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Jabouille vs Kobayashi

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KobayashiWinner
70.0

Kobayashi wins: Longevity, Honours

Jabouille
69.7

Jabouille wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi
70.0

Kobayashi leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Formula 1 podium finisher at Suzuka and a Le Mans 24 Hours winner.

1. Kamui Kobayashi
70.0
2. Jean-Pierre Jabouille
69.7

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. 🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi5 seasons played · career day 1,825125 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jabouille5 seasons played · career day 2,1909 race wins
-92.8% vs Kobayashi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Jabouille0000021
🇯🇵 Kobayashi00335125125

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.

MetricJabouilleRetiredKobayashiRetired
Grand Prix wins2
Pole positions6
Grand Prix starts4976
Career points21
Seasons contested8
Formula 1 podiums1
Le Mans wins1
WEC titles1
Career F1 points125
Dominance w25%6462
Peak w20%8682
Longevity w20%6672
Honours w20%5860
Statistics w15%7878

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Kobayashi70.0
Jabouille69.7
The people
Jabouille
Kobayashi

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