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Clark vs Ascari

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ClarkWinner
85.4

Clark wins: Longevity

Ascari
84.8

Ascari wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jim Clark
85.4

Clark leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won a third of the races he started and led almost every lap of 1963.

1. Jim Clark
85.4
2. Alberto Ascari
84.8

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. 🇬🇧 Jim Clark5 seasons played · career day 1,82613 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari5 seasons played · career day 2,92112 race wins
-7.7% vs Clark at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Clark00001025
🇮🇹 Ascari0000112

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.

MetricClarkRetiredAscariRetired
World titles22
Grand Prix wins2513
Pole positions3314
Podiums3217
Race starts7232
Indianapolis 500 wins1
Consecutive wins9
Dominance w25%8888
Peak w20%9394
Longevity w20%7470
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Clark85.4
Ascari84.8
The people
Clark
Ascari

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