Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 |
Data sources
- FIA
- Formula1.com
- Motorsport Stats
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fernando Alonso ranks #5 in Formula 1
Fernando Alonso ranks 5th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 541st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 89, Longevity 94, Honours 82, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Formula 1 reference universe of 146 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2001–present with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, which sets the Peak component at 89. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 2, grand prix wins 32, podiums 106, pole positions 22.
Immediately ahead sits Alain Prost on 90.4, a gap of 3.2 points. Directly behind is Mario Andretti on 85.9. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Fernando Alonso GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alonso stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Alonso comparisons
Fernando Alonso — frequently asked
- Is Fernando Alonso the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fernando Alonso ranks 5th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Fernando Alonso's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fernando Alonso rank all time?
- 541st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Formula 1.
- Fernando Alonso vs Alain Prost: who ranks higher?
- Alain Prost, on 90.4 against Fernando Alonso's 87.2 — a margin of 3.2 points.