Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 | |
| 1961 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 7 | |
| 1964 | 3 | |
| 1965 | 6 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 4 | |
| 1968 | 1 |
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 Jim Clark ranks #14 in Formula 1
Jim Clark ranks 14th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 795th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 93, Longevity 74, Honours 84, 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 1960–1968 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1963, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 2, grand prix wins 25, pole positions 33, podiums 32.
Immediately ahead sits Nelson Piquet on 83.9, a gap of -1.5 points. Directly behind is Emerson Fittipaldi on 81.9. 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.
Jim Clark GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clark stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1963. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Clark comparisons
Jim Clark — frequently asked
- Is Jim Clark the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jim Clark ranks 14th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Jim Clark's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jim Clark rank all time?
- 795th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Formula 1.
- Jim Clark vs Nelson Piquet: who ranks higher?
- Jim Clark, on 85.4 against Nelson Piquet's 83.9 — a margin of 1.5 points.