Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIA
- Formula1.com
- StatsF1
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Brendon Hartley ranks #17 in Formula 1
Brendon Hartley ranks 17th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 1897th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 2017–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes le mans overall wins 3, world endurance titles 2, grand prix starts 25, wec race wins 20.
Immediately ahead sits Nelson Piquet on 83.9, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Kimi Räikkönen on 82.9. 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.
Brendon Hartley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hartley stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Hartley comparisons
Brendon Hartley — frequently asked
- Is Brendon Hartley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Brendon Hartley ranks 17th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Brendon Hartley's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Brendon Hartley rank all time?
- 1897th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Formula 1.
- Brendon Hartley vs Nelson Piquet: who ranks higher?
- Nelson Piquet, on 83.9 against Brendon Hartley's 83.6 — a margin of 0.3 points.