Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 72
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 16 | |
| 1960 | 34 | |
| 1961 | 11 | |
| 1962 | 27 | |
| 1963 | 17 | |
| 1964 | 13 | |
| 1965 | 10 | |
| 1966 | 3 | |
| 1967 | 10 | |
| 1968 | 22 | |
| 1969 | 26 | |
| 1970 | 0 |
Data sources
- FIA
- Formula1.com
- StatsF1
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bruce McLaren ranks #48 in Formula 1
Bruce McLaren ranks 48th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 992nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 73.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 80, Longevity 74, Honours 74, Statistics 72. 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 1958–1970 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 80. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 80 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand prix wins 4, podiums 27, le mans wins 1, race starts 100.
Immediately ahead sits Carlos Reutemann on 74.5, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Alan Jones on 73.8. 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.
Bruce McLaren GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McLaren stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1960. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics72/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 72/100.
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Bruce McLaren — frequently asked
- Is Bruce McLaren the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bruce McLaren ranks 48th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 73.9, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Bruce McLaren's GOAT Score?
- 73.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 72 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bruce McLaren rank all time?
- 992nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Formula 1.
- Bruce McLaren vs Carlos Reutemann: who ranks higher?
- Carlos Reutemann, on 74.5 against Bruce McLaren's 73.9 — a margin of 0.6 points.