Total pole positions
| Driver | Nationality | Entries | Poles | Percentage | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | German | 250 | 68 | 27.2% |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | 162 | 65 | 40.1% |
| 3 | Jim Clark | British | 73 | 33 | 45.2% |
| 3 | Alain Prost | French | 202 | 33 | 16.3% |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | British | 191 | 32 | 16.8% |
| 6 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentinian | 52 | 29 | 55.8% |
| 7 | Mika Hakkinen | Finnish | 165 | 26 | 15.8% |
| 8 | Niki Lauda | Austrian | 177 | 24 | 13.6% |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | 207 | 24 | 11.6% |
| 10 | Damon Hill | British | 122 | 20 | 16.4% |
