Who is better, Hamilton or von Trips?
Lewis Hamilton leads with a GOAT score of 96.1 against 74.0 for Wolfgang von Trips — a gap of 22.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Hamilton vs von Trips
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Lewis Hamilton above Wolfgang von Trips: 96.1 vs 74.0. Lewis Hamilton leads on Longevity, Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
HamiltonWinner
96.1Hamilton wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
von Trips
74.0von Trips wins: no category outright
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton
96.1
Hamilton leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Wolfgang von Trips
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 22 · Form index 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 von Trips — 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.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Hamilton96.1
von Trips74.0
FAQ
Where does von Trips beat Hamilton?
von Trips does not lead any of the five categories; Hamilton is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Hamilton vs von Trips score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Hamilton: 96.1, von Trips: 74.0.
What do you think?
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