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Fittipaldi vs Clark

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ClarkWinner
85.4

Clark wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Fittipaldi
81.9

Fittipaldi wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jim Clark
85.4

Clark leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won a third of the races he started and led almost every lap of 1963.

1. Jim Clark
85.4
2. Emerson Fittipaldi
81.9

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. 🇬🇧 Jim Clark5 seasons played · career day 1,82613 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 race wins
-7.7% vs Clark at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Fittipaldi00111214
🇬🇧 Clark00001025

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.

MetricFittipaldiRetiredClarkRetired
World titles22
Grand Prix wins1425
Podiums3532
Indianapolis 500 wins21
IndyCar titles1
Race starts14472
Pole positions33
Dominance w25%7888
Peak w20%8693
Longevity w20%8674
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Clark85.4
Fittipaldi81.9
The people
Fittipaldi
Clark

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