The best of the best are on this list. But how many more championships could Aryton Senna have won had he not hit the wall at San Marino in 1994, or Jim Clark if he had not died in the trees at Hockenheim in 1968? The answers to these imponderables will perplex F1 enthusiasts forever.
Statistics though 2017 season.
| No. | Driver | Nat. | Seasons |
| 7 |  Michael Schumacher |
GER | 94, 95, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04 |
| 5 |  Juan Manuel Fangio |
ARG | 51, 54, 55, 56, 57 |
| 4 |  Lewis Hamilton |
GBR | 08, 14, 15, 17 |
| 4 |  Alain Prost |
FRA | 85, 86, 89, 93 |
| 4 |  Sebastian Vettel |
GER | 10, 11, 12, 13 |
| 3 |  Jack Brabham |
AUS | 59, 60, 66 |
| 3 |  Niki Lauda |
AUT | 75, 77, 84 |
| 3 |  Nelson Piquet |
BRA | 81, 83, 87 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna |
BRA | 88, 90, 91 |
| 3 | Jackie Stewart |
GBR | 69, 71, 73 |
| 2 |  Alberto Ascari |
ITA | 52, 53 |
| 2 |  Fernando Alonso |
ESP | 05, 06 |
| 2 | Jim Clark |
GBR | 63, 65 |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
BRA | 72, 74 |
| 2 |  Mika Häkkinen |
FIN | 98, 99 |
| 2 | Graham Hill |
GBR | 62, 68 |
| 1 |  Mario Andretti |
USA | 78 |
| 1 | Jenson Button |
GBR | 09 |
| 1 | Guiseppi Farina |
ITA | 50 |
| 1 | Mike Hawthorn |
GBR | 58 |
| 1 | Damon Hill |
GBR | 96 |
| 1 | Phil Hill |
USA | 61 |
| 1 |  Denis Hulme |
NZ | 67 |
| 1 | James Hunt |
GBR | 76 |
| 1 |  Alan Jones |
AUS | 80 |
| 1 | Nigel Mansell |
GBR | 92 |
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen |
FIN | 07 |
| 1 | Jochen Rindt |
AUT | 70 |
| 1 | Keke Rosberg |
FIN | 82 |
| 1 |  Nico Rosberg |
GER | 16 |
| 1 |  Jody Scheckter |
SAF | 79 |
| 1 | John Surtees |
GBR | 64 |
| 1 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
CAN | 97 |