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Barrichello vs Button

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ButtonWinner
76.8

Button wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Barrichello
75.2

Barrichello wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jenson Button
76.8

Button leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won the 2009 title with Brawn GP in the team's only season.

1. Jenson Button
76.8
2. Rubens Barrichello
75.2

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. 🇧🇷 Rubens Barrichello5 seasons played · career day 1,82552 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jenson Button5 seasons played · career day 2,5561 race wins
-98.1% vs Barrichello at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Barrichello0022152195
🇬🇧 Button000007

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.

MetricBarrichelloRetiredButtonRetired
Grand Prix wins1115
Podiums6850
Race starts322306
Pole positions148
Championship runner-up finishes2
World titles1
Fastest laps8
Dominance w25%6670
Peak w20%7882
Longevity w20%9084
Honours w20%6472
Statistics w15%8278

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Button76.8
Barrichello75.2
The people
Barrichello
Button

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