Who is better, Villeneuve or Schumacher?
Michael Schumacher leads with a GOAT score of 94.8 against 83.0 for Jacques Villeneuve — a gap of 11.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Villeneuve vs Schumacher
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Michael Schumacher above Jacques Villeneuve: 94.8 vs 83.0. Michael Schumacher leads on Dominance, Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SchumacherWinner
94.8Schumacher wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Villeneuve
83.0Villeneuve wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher
94.8
Schumacher leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Michael Schumacher
2. Jacques Villeneuve
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 23 · Form index per season
1. 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher1 race wins
1 season by age 23 · 1 per season
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Villeneuve — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | VilleneuveRetired | SchumacherRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Formula 1 world titles | 1 | — |
| Grand Prix wins | 11 | — |
| Podiums | 23 | 155 |
| Pole positions | 13 | 68 |
| Indianapolis 500 wins | 1 | — |
| World titles | — | 7 |
| Race wins | — | 91 |
| Fastest laps | — | 77 |
| Win rate | — | 29.6% |
| Dominance w25% | 78 | 97 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 97 |
| Longevity w20% | 76 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 95 |
| Statistics w15% | 82 | 94 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Schumacher94.8
Villeneuve83.0
The people
Villeneuve
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Where does Villeneuve beat Schumacher?
Villeneuve does not lead any of the five categories; Schumacher is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Villeneuve vs Schumacher score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Villeneuve: 83.0, Schumacher: 94.8.
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