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Cheever vs Pérez

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CheeverWinner
76.9

Cheever wins: Peak, Longevity

Pérez
76.6

Pérez wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever
76.9

Cheever leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Nine Formula 1 podiums and winner of the 1998 Indianapolis 500.

1. Eddie Cheever
76.9
2. Sergio Pérez
76.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Race wins per season

Career timeline · Race wins per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Race wins per season
1. 🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever5 seasons played · career day 2,55650 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 Sergio Pérez5 seasons played · career day 1,8256 race wins
-88.0% vs Cheever at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Cheever00002558
🇲🇽 Pérez000369

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricCheeverRetiredPérezRetired
Indianapolis 500 wins1
Formula 1 podiums9
Grand Prix starts132281
Career F1 points70
Seasons in top-level racing20
Grand Prix wins6
Podiums39
Pole positions3
Best championship finish2
Dominance w25%6670
Peak w20%8882
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%6670
Statistics w15%8082

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cheever76.9
Pérez76.6
The people
Cheever
Pérez

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