Category profile
- Dominance
- 91
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 91
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 3 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 4 | |
| 1984 | 7 | |
| 1985 | 5 | |
| 1986 | 4 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 7 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 5 | |
| 1991 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 7 |
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 Alain Prost ranks #4 in Formula 1
Alain Prost ranks 4th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 413th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 91, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 90, Statistics 91. 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 1980–1993 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 90. Dominance is the defining strength of the profile at 91 out of 100, and it carries 25% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 4, grand prix wins 51, podiums 106, pole positions 33.
Immediately ahead sits Juan Manuel Fangio on 92.8, a gap of 2.4 points. Directly behind is Fernando Alonso on 87.2. 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.
Alain Prost GOAT Score explained
- Dominance91/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Prost stood above the field while competing. Scored 91/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics91/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 91/100.
Top Prost comparisons
Alain Prost — frequently asked
- Is Alain Prost the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alain Prost ranks 4th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 90.4, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Alain Prost's GOAT Score?
- 90.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 91 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 91 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alain Prost rank all time?
- 413th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Formula 1.
- Alain Prost vs Juan Manuel Fangio: who ranks higher?
- Juan Manuel Fangio, on 92.8 against Alain Prost's 90.4 — a margin of 2.4 points.