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Hawthorn vs Hamilton

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HamiltonWinner
96.1

Hamilton wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Hawthorn
31.4

Hawthorn wins: no category outright

🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton
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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton
96.1

Hamilton leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Record 105 wins and 104 poles across a nineteen-season career.

1. Lewis Hamilton
96.1
2. Mike Hawthorn
31.4

Category breakdown

Season form · Race wins per season

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 22 · Race wins per season
1. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton4 race wins
1 season by age 22 · 4 per season

Setting the pace at age 22

No verified birth date for Hawthorn — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricHawthornRetiredHamiltonActive
World titles—7
Race wins—105
Pole positions—104
Podiums—202
Fastest laps—67
Win rate—29.9%
Dominance w25%31.395
Peak w20%33.394
Longevity w20%29.399
Honours w20%32.396
Statistics w15%30.397
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GOAT Rank · the data
Hamilton96.1
Hawthorn31.4
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