Category profile
- Dominance
- 85
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Race wins per season
| Season | Race wins per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 0 |
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 Sebastian Vettel ranks #7 in Formula 1
Sebastian Vettel ranks 7th among Formula 1 athletes on GOAT Rank and 637th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 85, Peak 91, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 2007–2022 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 91. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 91 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 4, grand prix wins 53, pole positions 57, podiums 122.
Immediately ahead sits Mario Andretti on 85.9, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Niki Lauda on 86.8. 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.
Sebastian Vettel GOAT Score explained
- Dominance85/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vettel stood above the field while competing. Scored 85/100 against the full Formula 1 cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Vettel comparisons
Sebastian Vettel — frequently asked
- Is Sebastian Vettel the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sebastian Vettel ranks 7th in Formula 1 with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Lewis Hamilton on 96.1.
- What is Sebastian Vettel's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 85 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sebastian Vettel rank all time?
- 637th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Formula 1.
- Sebastian Vettel vs Mario Andretti: who ranks higher?
- Sebastian Vettel, on 87.1 against Mario Andretti's 85.9 — a margin of 1.2 points.