Most points in a debut season by an F1 driver
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| # | Driver | Year | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Current | 109 | |
| 2 | (THA) Alexander Albon (Toro Rosso, Red Bull) Current | 92 | |
| 3 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) | 78 | |
| 4 | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) Current | 55 | |
| 5 | (NLD) Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) Current | 49 | |
| 6 | (GBR) Lando Norris (McLaren) Current | 49 | |
| 7 | (AUS) Oscar Piastri (McLaren) Current | 42 | |
| 8 | (CAN) Lance Stroll (Williams) Current | 40 | |
| 9 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc (Sauber) Current | 39 | |
| 10 | (CHE) Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) | 33 | |
| 11 | (JPN) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) Current | 32 | |
| 12 | (COL) Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) | 31 | |
| 13 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) | 30 | |
| 14 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen (Renault) | 30 | |
| 15 | (ITA) Luigi Fagioli (Alfa Romeo) | 28 | |
| 16 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) | 27 | |
| 17 | (RUS) Vitaly Petrov (Renault) | 27 | |
| 18 | (GBR) Paul di Resta (Force India) | 27 | |
| 19 | (BRA) Felipe Nasr (Sauber) | 27 | |
| 20 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) Current | 22 | |
| 21 | (BRA) Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) | 19 | |
| 22 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) Current | 18 | |
| 23 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren (Cooper) | 16.5 | |
| 24 | (FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) | 16 | |
| 25 | (GBR) James Hunt (March) | 14 | |
| 26 | (GBR) David Coulthard (Williams) | 14 | |
| 27 | (MEX) Sergio Perez (Sauber) Current | 14 | |
| 28 | (FRA) Louis Rosier (Talbot-Lago) | 13 | |
| 29 | (USA) Dan Gurney (Ferrari) | 13 | |
| 30 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Toleman) | 13 | |
| 31 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) | 13 | |
| 32 | (DEU) Karl Kling (Mercedes) | 12 | |
| 33 | (ITA) Eugenio Castellotti (Lancia, Ferrari) | 12 | |
| 34 | (BRA) Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) | 12 | |
| 35 | (GBR) Jenson Button (Williams) | 12 | |
| 36 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) | 11 | |
| 37 | (SWE) Gunnar Nilsson (Lotus) | 11 | |
| 38 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (Cooper) | 10 | |
| 39 | (USA) Masten Gregory (Maserati) | 10 | |
| 40 | (DEU) Rolf Stommelen (Brabham) | 10 | |
| 41 | (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Benetton) | 10 | |
| 42 | (BRA) Cristiano da Matta (Toyota) | 10 | |
| 43 | (USA) Phil Hill (Ferrari) | 9 | |
| 44 | (ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti (Ferrari) | 9 | |
| 45 | (FRA) Olivier Panis (Ligier) | 9 | |
| 46 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen (Sauber) | 9 | |
| 47 | (GBR) Jim Clark (Lotus) | 8 | |
| 48 | (USA) Richie Ginther (Ferrari) | 8 | |
| 49 | (FRA) Jean Alesi (Tyrrell) | 8 | |
| 50 | (RUS) Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) | 8 | |
| 51 | (FRA) Didier Pironi (Tyrrell) | 7 | |
| 52 | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima (Lotus) | 7 | |
| 53 | (USA) Michael Andretti (McLaren) | 7 | |
| 54 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) | 7 | |
| 55 | (PRT) Tiago Monteiro (Jordan) | 7 | |
| 56 | (FRA) Jean Behra (Gordini) | 6 | |
| 57 | (GBR) John Surtees (Lotus) | 6 | |
| 58 | (GBR) Jackie Oliver (Lotus) | 6 | |
| 59 | (POL) Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) | 6 | |
| 60 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel (BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso) | 6 | |
| 61 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) | 6 | |
| 62 | (MEX) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) | 6 | |
| 63 | (CHN) Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) Current | 6 | |
| 64 | (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (Maserati) | 5 | |
| 65 | (GBR) Stuart Lewis-Evans (Connaught, Vanwall) | 5 | |
| 66 | (GBR) Innes Ireland (Lotus) | 5 | |
| 67 | (NZL) Denny Hulme (Brabham) | 5 | |
| 68 | (GBR) Vic Elford (Cooper) | 5 | |
| 69 | (NZL) Howden Ganley (BRM) | 5 | |
| 70 | (USA) George Follmer (Shadow) | 5 | |
| 71 | (DEU) Hans-Joachim Stuck (March) | 5 | |
| 72 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Ensign) | 5 | |
| 73 | (FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren) | 5 | |
| 74 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin (March) | 5 | |
| 75 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert (Benetton) | 5 | |
| 76 | (IND) Narain Karthikeyan (Jordan) | 5 |