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Wins
pos
driver
1
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
80
2
Satoshi Motoyama
46
3
Sho Tsuboi
43
4
Kamui Kobayashi
42
=
Yuichi Nakayama
42
6
Kazuki Nakajima
40
7
Ritomo Miyata
35
8
Mitsunori Takaboshi
34
9
Masahiro Hasemi
33
=
Tsugio Matsuda
33
11
Yuji Kunimoto
32
12
Kei Cozzolino
31
=
Ryo Hirakawa
31
14
Kazuya Oshima
30
15
Takuma Sato
29
=
Toshio Suzuki
29
=
Takashi Kogure
29
18
Kenta Yamashita
28
=
Morio Nitta
28
20
Naoki Yamamoto
27
Podiums
pos
driver
1
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
169
2
Satoshi Motoyama
112
3
Kazuki Nakajima
103
=
Kamui Kobayashi
103
5
Ritomo Miyata
92
6
Tsugio Matsuda
89
7
Ryo Hirakawa
88
8
Masahiro Hasemi
87
=
Kazuya Oshima
87
10
Sho Tsuboi
86
11
Masanori Sekiya
80
12
Keita Sawa
79
13
Naoki Hattori
75
14
Naoki Yamamoto
74
15
Yuji Kunimoto
73
=
Morio Nitta
73
17
Mitsunori Takaboshi
72
=
Yuhi Sekiguchi
72
=
Takashi Kogure
72
20
Toshio Suzuki
70
Fastest laps
pos
driver
1
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
48
2
Ritomo Miyata
39
=
Kamui Kobayashi
39
4
Yuichi Nakayama
35
=
Mitsunori Takaboshi
35
6
Satoshi Motoyama
33
7
Takuma Sato
31
8
Sho Tsuboi
30
=
Yuhi Sekiguchi
30
10
Nobuharu Matsushita
29
11
Daiki Sasaki
28
12
Kimiya Sato
27
13
Takashi Kogure
25
14
Kazuki Nakajima
22
=
Yuji Kunimoto
22
16
Naoki Hattori
21
17
Kenta Yamashita
20
=
Kazuya Oshima
20
19
Hideki Yamauchi
19
=
Tomoki Nojiri
19
Pole positions
pos
driver
1
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
76
2
Hideki Yamauchi
39
3
Takashi Kogure
38
4
Kamui Kobayashi
37
5
Satoshi Motoyama
36
6
Masahiro Hasemi
35
7
Tomoki Nojiri
33
8
Satoru Nakajima
31
=
Yuichi Nakayama
31
=
Yuhi Sekiguchi
31
11
Sho Tsuboi
30
12
Yuji Kunimoto
27
=
Ritomo Miyata
27
=
Naoki Yamamoto
27
=
Kazuya Oshima
27
16
Kazuki Nakajima
26
=
Masahiko Kageyama
26
18
Yuji Tachikawa
25
=
Naoki Hattori
25
20
Kenta Yamashita
24
Race starts
pos
driver
1
Satoshi Motoyama
410
2
Kamui Kobayashi
392
3
Takuma Sato
387
4
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
377
5
Tsugio Matsuda
357
6
Naoki Hattori
348
7
Yuji Tachikawa
334
8
Takashi Kogure
328
9
Masami Kageyama
323
=
Masahiro Hasemi
323
11
Kazuki Nakajima
314
12
Seiji Ara
311
13
Yuhi Sekiguchi
308
14
Kazuya Oshima
306
15
Ryo Michigami
301
16
Takuya Izawa
297
=
Yuji Kunimoto
297
18
Katsutomo Kaneishi
296
19
Tetsuya Tanaka
293
=
Kohei Hirate
293
Win percentages
pos
driver
1
Sho Tsuboi
21.83%
2
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
21.22%
3
Yuichi Nakayama
20.69%
4
Ritomo Miyata
17.95%
5
Hibiki Taira
17.14%
6
Naoya Gamou
16.89%
7
Keiichi Suzuki
16.67%
=
Mitsunori Takaboshi
16.67%
9
Ryo Hirakawa
14.76%
10
Kei Cozzolino
14.74%
11
Kenta Yamashita
14.29%
12
Yuki Nemoto
13.99%
13
Takayuki Kinoshita
13.97%
14
Satoru Nakajima
13.13%
15
Ayumu Iwasa
12.50%
16
Kazuki Nakajima
11.78%
17
Akihiro Asai
11.65%
18
Nobuharu Matsushita
11.36%
19
Ukyo Sasahara
11.28%
20
Hideki Yamauchi
11.27%

DriverDB Top 100

pos
driver
championship
points
change
01
Formula 1
2204.55
+2
02
Formula 1
2130.8
-3.4
03
Formula 1
2034.25
+2.8
04
Formula 1
2023.45
+3
05
British GT Championship - GT3
1999.6
-5.4
06
Formula 1
1992.25
+1.8
07
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD
1990.25
-
08
ARCA Series
1956.65
-6.3
09
Intercontinental GT Challenge
1946.35
-
10
Formula 1
1946.1
+1.3
Based on over 70,000 race results the DriverDB ranking is an objective way to rate drivers without relying on subjective evaluations of championships and categories. Rating is based on the average of the drivers' last 20 races.