Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 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 Felipe Massa ranks #20 in Formula 1
Felipe Massa ranks 20th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 871st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 72, Statistics 84. 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 2002–2017 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand prix wins 11, podiums 41, pole positions 16, championship runner-up finishes 1.
Immediately ahead sits John Surtees on 81.2, a gap of 2.2 points. Directly behind is Stirling Moss on 80.3. 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.
Felipe Massa GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Massa stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Felipe Massa — frequently asked
- Is Felipe Massa the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Felipe Massa ranks 20th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 79.0, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Felipe Massa's GOAT Score?
- 79.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Felipe Massa rank all time?
- 871st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Formula 1.
- Felipe Massa vs John Surtees: who ranks higher?
- John Surtees, on 81.2 against Felipe Massa's 79.0 — a margin of 2.2 points.