Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 5 |
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 Jochen Rindt ranks #41 in Formula 1
Jochen Rindt ranks 41st among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 969th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 64, Honours 78, 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 1964–1970 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 1, grand prix wins 6, pole positions 10, podiums 13.
Immediately ahead sits John Watson on 74.7, a gap of -3.7 points. Directly behind is Jean Alesi on 73.4. 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.
Jochen Rindt GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rindt stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Rindt comparisons
Jochen Rindt — frequently asked
- Is Jochen Rindt the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jochen Rindt ranks 41st in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 78.4, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Jochen Rindt's GOAT Score?
- 78.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jochen Rindt rank all time?
- 969th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Formula 1.
- Jochen Rindt vs John Watson: who ranks higher?
- Jochen Rindt, on 78.4 against John Watson's 74.7 — a margin of 3.7 points.