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Villeneuve vs Piquet

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PiquetWinner
83.9

Piquet wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics

Villeneuve
83.0

Villeneuve wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet
83.9

Piquet leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three world titles across the turbo era's most dangerous machinery.

1. Nelson Piquet
83.9
2. Jacques Villeneuve
83.0

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. 🇨🇦 Jacques Villeneuve5 seasons played · career day 1,825359 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet5 seasons played · career day 2,19010 race wins
-97.2% vs Villeneuve at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Villeneuve004099359612
🇧🇷 Piquet0000717

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.

MetricVilleneuveRetiredPiquetRetired
Formula 1 world titles1
Grand Prix wins1123
Podiums2360
Pole positions1324
Indianapolis 500 wins1
World titles3
Race starts204
Fastest laps23
Dominance w25%7882
Peak w20%9486
Longevity w20%7684
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Piquet83.9
Villeneuve83.0
The people
Villeneuve
Piquet

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