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Räikkönen vs Clark

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ClarkWinner
85.4

Clark wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Räikkönen
82.9

Räikkönen wins: Longevity

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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. Kimi Räikkönen
82.9

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. 🇫🇮 Kimi Räikkönen5 seasons played · career day 2,19010 race wins
-23.1% vs Clark at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇮 Räikkönen0000919
🇬🇧 Clark00001025

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.

MetricRäikkönenRetiredClarkRetired
World titles12
Grand Prix wins2125
Podiums10332
Pole positions1833
Race starts34972
Fastest laps46
Indianapolis 500 wins1
Dominance w25%7888
Peak w20%8693
Longevity w20%9074
Honours w20%7884
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Clark85.4
Räikkönen82.9
The people
Räikkönen
Clark

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