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Button vs Gurney

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GurneyWinner
78.9

Gurney wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Button
76.8

Button wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Dan Gurney
78.9

Gurney leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won a Grand Prix in a car of his own construction and Le Mans in 1967.

1. Dan Gurney
78.9
2. Jenson Button
76.8

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. 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney5 seasons played · career day 1,8256 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jenson Button5 seasons played · career day 2,5561 race wins
-83.3% vs Gurney at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Button000007
🇺🇸 Gurney0012612

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.

MetricButtonRetiredGurneyRetired
World titles1
Grand Prix wins154
Podiums5019
Pole positions83
Race starts306
Fastest laps8
Le Mans wins1
Constructor wins as builder1
Dominance w25%7076
Peak w20%8286
Longevity w20%8476
Honours w20%7276
Statistics w15%7882

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gurney78.9
Button76.8
The people
Button
Gurney

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