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Boutsen vs Leclerc

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BoutsenWinner
73.0

Boutsen wins: Peak, Longevity

Leclerc
72.8

Leclerc wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen
73.0

Boutsen leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three Grand Prix wins with Williams, all in wet or chaotic conditions.

1. Thierry Boutsen
73.0
2. Charles Leclerc
72.8

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. 🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen5 seasons played · career day 1,8256 race wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc5 seasons played · career day 1,8255 race wins
-16.7% vs Boutsen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇪 Boutsen0000615
🇲🇨 Leclerc000258

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.

MetricBoutsenRetiredLeclercActive
Grand Prix wins38
Podiums1545
Pole positions126
Grand Prix starts163
Best championship finish4
Championship runner-up1
Race starts160
Fastest laps10
Dominance w25%6670
Peak w20%8482
Longevity w20%7870
Honours w20%6266
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Boutsen73.0
Leclerc72.8
The people
Boutsen
Leclerc

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