Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most podium finishes in Formula 1 history — and it’s not particularly close.
The seven-time world champion has racked up over 200 podiums across his career, with figures sitting around 202–203 in recent tallies. The next closest driver is the legendary Michael Schumacher, who managed 155. After that, Sebastian Vettel sits on roughly 122.
Hamilton first broke Schumacher’s record on 16 August 2020, at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Driving for Mercedes, he won the race by 24 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen — his 88th career win and his 156th podium, one more than Schumacher had ever managed.
It hadn’t taken long to get there. Just one week earlier, Hamilton had tied the record with a second-place finish at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone.
After breaking it, Hamilton was typically understated. He said the achievement was “far beyond what I dreamed as a kid” and that he felt “humbled and honoured” to surpass such a long-standing benchmark.
Since then, he’s just kept adding to it. What started as one podium ahead of Schumacher has grown into a lead of nearly 50.
Hamilton also holds F1 records for the most race wins (105), most pole positions (104), and most career points — making the podium record just one piece of a broader legacy that may take decades to challenge.
