Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 2 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 4 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 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 Nelson Piquet ranks #13 in Formula 1
Nelson Piquet ranks 13th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 766th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 84, 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 1978–1991 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 world titles 3, grand prix wins 23, podiums 60, pole positions 24.
Immediately ahead sits Kimi Räikkönen on 82.9, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Jim Clark on 85.4. 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.
Nelson Piquet GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Piquet stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- 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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Nelson Piquet — frequently asked
- Is Nelson Piquet the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nelson Piquet ranks 13th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 83.9, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Nelson Piquet's GOAT Score?
- 83.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nelson Piquet rank all time?
- 766th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Formula 1.
- Nelson Piquet vs Kimi Räikkönen: who ranks higher?
- Nelson Piquet, on 83.9 against Kimi Räikkönen's 82.9 — a margin of 1.0 points.