Most F1 Race Wins in a Season

The record for the most Formula 1 race wins in a single season is 19, set by Max Verstappen for Red Bull in 2023. Verstappen also owns second place with 15 wins in 2022, having rewritten a record that Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel had shared at 13.

Single-season win totals are one of the clearest measures of dominance in motorsport, but they come with a caveat: the number of races on the calendar has grown enormously over the decades. A driver today has more chances to win than a champion from the 1990s ever did, which is why win percentage matters as much as the raw count. Here is the full leaderboard of the most wins in an F1 season, and what the numbers really tell us. All figures are through the 2025 season.

The record holder: Verstappen’s 19 wins in 2023

Max Verstappen’s 2023 season is the most dominant single campaign in Formula 1 history by wins. He took 19 victories from 22 races, a staggering rate of roughly 86 percent, and included a record run of 10 consecutive wins along the way. Red Bull’s car was the class of the field, and Verstappen rarely let anyone else near the top step.

The 19 wins broke his own record of 15 from the previous year, meaning Verstappen holds both of the top two single-season marks. No driver in the sport’s history had reached even 16 wins in a year before him.

The full leaderboard of single-season wins

The table below ranks the most race wins in a single Formula 1 season, listing the drivers who set each mark.

Rank	Wins	Driver	Season
1	19	Max Verstappen	2023
2	15	Max Verstappen	2022
3	13	Michael Schumacher	2004
3	13	Sebastian Vettel	2013
5	11	Michael Schumacher	2002
5	11	Sebastian Vettel	2011
5	11	Lewis Hamilton	2014, 2018, 2019, 2020

Verstappen sits clear at the top, with Schumacher and Vettel anchoring the 13-win tier. Lewis Hamilton is notable for reaching 11 wins in four separate seasons, more 11-win campaigns than any other driver, a testament to his sustained peak during the Mercedes era.

The 13-win era: Schumacher and Vettel

Before Verstappen’s surge, the single-season record belonged to two of the sport’s other great serial winners. Michael Schumacher won 13 races for Ferrari in 2004, a season of near-total control during his championship dynasty. Nine years later, Sebastian Vettel matched it with 13 wins for Red Bull in 2013, closing his own title run with nine straight victories.

Both did it in seasons shorter than the modern calendar, so their win percentages were exceptionally high. That context is why many fans still rate the 2004 and 2013 campaigns alongside Verstappen’s, even though the raw totals differ.

Why win percentage matters

The growth of the calendar is the single biggest reason recent seasons dominate the leaderboard. In the 1950s and 1960s a full season might feature fewer than a dozen races; today drivers contest 22 or more. A modern winner simply has more opportunities to pile up victories, which is why comparing eras by percentage rather than count is fairer.

Even by that stricter measure, though, Verstappen’s 2023 holds up: an 86 percent win rate would be historically elite in any era. For more on the sport’s all-time greats and how these seasons fit their careers, see our features on the greatest Formula 1 drivers and how the F1 points system turns wins into championships.

The short version: Max Verstappen holds the record for most F1 wins in a season with 19 in 2023, followed by his own 15 in 2022, with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel tied at 13. Through the 2025 season, Verstappen’s 2023 stands as the most dominant single campaign in Formula 1 history.