Category profile
- Dominance
- 68
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 66
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 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 Carlos Sainz Jr. ranks #50 in Formula 1
Carlos Sainz Jr. ranks 50th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 999th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 73.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 68, Peak 80, Longevity 74, Honours 66, Statistics 80. 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 2015–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, 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, pole positions 6, best championship finish 4.
Immediately ahead sits Alan Jones on 73.8, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Heinz-Harald Frentzen on 73.1. 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.
Carlos Sainz Jr. GOAT Score explained
- Dominance68/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sainz stood above the field while competing. Scored 68/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours66/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 66/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Sainz comparisons
Carlos Sainz Jr. — frequently asked
- Is Carlos Sainz Jr. the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Carlos Sainz Jr. ranks 50th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 73.0, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Carlos Sainz Jr.'s GOAT Score?
- 73.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 68 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 66 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Carlos Sainz Jr. rank all time?
- 999th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Formula 1.
- Carlos Sainz Jr. vs Alan Jones: who ranks higher?
- Alan Jones, on 73.8 against Carlos Sainz Jr.'s 73.0 — a margin of 0.8 points.