Formula 1: Drivers with the Highest Pole Percentage

Name the drivers who have achieved the most pole positions per an entered Grand Prix-race.

Does not include drivers who participated exclusively in Indy 500

As of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021

Source: https://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/pilote/pole/nombre.aspx

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Pole %	Driver	Active years	Country
56.9	Juan Manuel Fangio	1950-1951, 1953-1958	Argentina
45.8	Jim Clark	1960-1968	United Kingdom
43.8	Alberto Ascari	1950-1955	Italy
40.4	Ayrton Senna	1984-1994	Brazil
35.8	Lewis Hamilton	2007-	United Kingdom
24.2	Stirling Moss	1951-1961	United Kingdom
22.2	Michael Schumacher	1991-2006, 2010-2012	Germany
20.4	Sebastian Vettel	2007-	Germany
17.4	Damon Hill	1992-1999	United Kingdom
17.2	Jackie Stewart	1965-1973	United Kingdom
17.1	Nigel Mansell	1980-1992,1994-1995	United Kingdom
16.8	Mike Parkes	1959, 1966-1967	United Kingdom
16.8	Jochen Rindt	1964-1970	Austria
16.6	Alain Prost	1980-1991, 1993	France
16.2	Mika Häkkinen	1991-2001	Finland

Pole %	Driver	Active years	Country
15.2	James Hunt	1973-1979	United Kingdom
15.2	Nino Farina	1950-1955	Italy
14.6	Nico Rosberg	2006-2016	Germany
14.3	Stuart Lewis-Evans	1957-1958	United Kingdom
14.1	Mario Andretti	1968-1972, 1974-1982	United States
14.0	Niki Lauda	1971-1979, 1982-1985	Austria
13.8	Juan Pablo Montoya	2001-2006	Colombia
12.8	Phil Hill	1958-1964, 1966	United States
12.2	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1974-1975, 1977-1981	France
12.1	René Arnoux	1978-1989	France
11.8	Nelson Piquet	1978-1991	Brazil
11.5	José Froilán González	1950-1957, 1960	Argentina
11.4	Jacky Ickx	1967-1979	Belgium
11.4	Ronnie Peterson	1970-1978	Sweden
11.6	Charles Leclerc	2018-	Monaco