Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 0 | |
| 1952 | 0 | |
| 1953 | 0 | |
| 1954 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 2 | |
| 1957 | 1 | |
| 1958 | 4 | |
| 1959 | 2 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 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 Stirling Moss ranks #21 in Formula 1
Stirling Moss ranks 21st among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 877th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 74, Statistics 82. 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 1948–1962 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand prix wins 16, podiums 24, pole positions 16, championship runner-up 4.
Immediately ahead sits Felipe Massa on 79.0, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Mika Häkkinen on 79.5. 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.
Stirling Moss GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Moss stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Moss comparisons
Stirling Moss — frequently asked
- Is Stirling Moss the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stirling Moss ranks 21st in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 80.3, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Stirling Moss's GOAT Score?
- 80.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stirling Moss rank all time?
- 877th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Formula 1.
- Stirling Moss vs Felipe Massa: who ranks higher?
- Stirling Moss, on 80.3 against Felipe Massa's 79.0 — a margin of 1.3 points.