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The Top Ranked
Racecar Drivers of the 1950s
Notes:
Ranking Explanations
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
|
1 |
Juan Manuel Fangio |
|
2 |
Lee Petty |
|
3 |
Jimmy Bryan |
|
4 |
Herb Thomas |
|
5 |
Buck Baker |
|
6 |
Tony Bettenhausen |
|
7 |
Alberto Ascari |
|
8 |
Tim Flock |
|
9 |
Nino Farina |
|
10 |
Sam Hanks |
|
11 |
Henry Banks |
|
12 |
Mike Hawthorn |
|
13 |
Rodger Ward |
|
14 |
Chuck Stevenson |
|
15 |
Bob Sweikert |
|
16 |
Jack Brabham |
|
17 |
Bill Rexford |
|
18 |
Stirling Moss |
|
19 |
Jack McGrath |
|
20 |
George Amick |
|
21 |
Manny Ayulo |
|
22 |
Tony Brooks |
|
23 |
Jose Froilan Gonzalez |
|
24 |
Walt Faulkner |
|
25 |
Marvin Panch |
|
26 |
Fonty Flock |
|
27 |
Fireball Roberts |
|
28 |
Jim Rathmann |
|
29 |
Cotton Owens |
|
30 |
Pat Flaherty |
|
31 |
Speedy Thompson |
|
32 |
Johnny Thomson |
|
33 |
Dick Rathmann |
|
34 |
Don Freeland |
|
35 |
Luigi Musso |
|
36 |
Johnnie Parsons |
|
37 |
Piero Taruffi |
|
38 |
Peter Collins |
|
39 |
Duane Carter |
|
40 |
Eugenio Castellotti |
|
41 |
Luigi Fagioli |
|
42 |
Bob Welborn |
|
43 |
Andy Linden |
|
44 |
Maurice Trintignant |
|
45 |
Jean Behra |
|
46 |
Jimmy Reece |
|
47 |
Paul Russo |
|
48 |
Pat O'Connor |
|
49 |
Louis Rosier |
|
50 |
Jud Larson |
|
51 |
A.J. Foyt |
|
52 |
Lloyd Moore |
|
53 |
Roy Salvadori |
|
54 |
Herman Beam |
|
55 |
Shorty Rollins |
|
56 |
Cecil Green |
|
57 |
Phil Hill |
|
58 |
Curtis Turner |
|
59 |
Joe Eubanks |
|
60 |
Jim Paschal |
|
61 |
Jimmy Davies |
|
62 |
Jack Smith |
|
63 |
Luigi Villoresi |
|
64 |
Mike Nazaruk |
|
65 |
Eddie Sachs |
|
66 |
Frank Mundy |
|
67 |
Karl Kling |
|
68 |
Rudi Fischer |
|
69 |
Bill Blair |
|
70 |
Harry Schell |
|
71 |
Johnny Boyd |
|
72 |
Junior Johnson |
|
73 |
Billy Myers |
|
74 |
L.D. Austin |
|
75 |
Robert Manzon |
|
76 |
Don Branson |
|
77 |
Masten Gregory |
|
78 |
Prince Bira |
|
79 |
Tom Pistone |
|
80 |
Bruce McLaren |
|
81 |
Chuck Mahoney |
|
82 |
Duke Dinsmore |
|
83 |
Hans Herrmann |
|
84 |
Hershel McGriff |
|
85 |
Jesse James Taylor |
|
86 |
Paco Godia |
|
87 |
Bob Veith |
|
88 |
Rex White |
|
89 |
Len Sutton |
|
90 |
Roberto Mieres |
|
91 |
Felice Bonetto |
|
92 |
Toulo de Graffenried |
|
93 |
Johnny Allen |
|
94 |
Eddie Skinner |
|
95 |
Bobby Ball |
|
96 |
Dan Gurney |
|
97 |
Dick Linder |
|
98 |
Louis Chiron |
|
99 |
Jimmie Lewallen |
|
100 |
Onofre Marimon |
|
101 |
Ray Duhigg |
|
102 |
Bill Snowden |
|
103 |
Cesare Perdisa |
|
104 |
Conslavo Sanesi |
|
105 |
Jimmy Florian |
|
106 |
Ken Wharton |
|
107 |
Ralph Moody |
|
108 |
Brownie King |
|
109 |
Jim Reed |
|
110 |
Donald Thomas |
|
111 |
Elmer George |
|
112 |
Stuart Lewis-Evans |
|
113 |
Yves Giraud-Cabantous |
|
114 |
Jo Bonnier |
|
115 |
Eddie Pagan |
|
116 |
Alfonso de Portago |
|
117 |
Bobby Grim |
|
118 |
Paul Frere |
|
119 |
Ralph Liguori |
|
120 |
Gwyn Staley |
|
121 |
Bill Schindler |
|
122 |
Gene Force |
|
123 |
Buddy Shuman |
|
124 |
Innes Ireland |
|
125 |
Larry Crockett |
|
126 |
Raymond Sommer |
|
127 |
Sergio Mantovani |
|
128 |
Wolfgang von Trips |
|
129 |
Tiny Lund |
|
130 |
Blackie Pitt |
|
131 |
Ted Chamberlain |
|
132 |
Slick Smith |
|
133 |
Bill Vukovich |
|
134 |
Carlos Menditeguy |
|
135 |
Horace Gould |
|
136 |
Jim McWithey |
|
137 |
Philippe Etancelin |
|
138 |
Bobby Keck |
|
139 |
Shep Langdon |
|
140 |
Johnnie Tolan |
|
141 |
Dave Terrell |
|
142 |
Cliff Allison |
|
143 |
Elton Hildreth |
|
144 |
Al Keller |
|
145 |
Bob Flock |
|
146 |
Fred Agabashian |
|
147 |
Hermano da Silva Ramos |
|
148 |
Ed Elisian |
|
149 |
Gober Sosebee |
|
150 |
Jimmy Massey |
|
151 |
Jim Rigsby |
|
152 |
Clyde Minter |
|
153 |
Duke Nalon |
|
154 |
G.C. Spencer |
|
155 |
Giorgio Scarlatti |
|
156 |
Jimmy Daywalt |
|
157 |
Joe Barzda |
|
158 |
Paul Goldsmith |
|
159 |
Perk Brown |
|
160 |
Umberto Maglioli |
|
161 |
Cal Niday |
|
162 |
Joe James |
|
163 |
Shorty Templeman |
|
164 |
Andre Pilette |
|
165 |
Dick Burns |
|
166 |
Jack Turner |
|
167 |
Laird Bruner |
|
168 |
Mack Hellings |
|
169 |
Mike Magill |
|
170 |
Tommy Irwin |
|
171 |
Tootle Estes |
|
172 |
Joe Weatherly |
|
173 |
Bub King |
|
174 |
Cliff Griffith |
|
175 |
Clarence DeZalia |
|
176 |
Billy Garrett |
|
177 |
Fred Dove |
|
178 |
Richard Petty |
|
179 |
George Connor |
|
180 |
George Hartley |
|
181 |
Jerry Hoyt |
|
182 |
Rex Easton |
|
183 |
Wayne Weiler |
|
184 |
Bill Amick |
|
185 |
Neal Carter |
|
186 |
Eddie Russo |
|
187 |
Earl Motter |
|
188 |
Chuck Weyant |
|
189 |
Doug Cox |
|
190 |
Erick Erickson |
|
191 |
Gayle Warren |
|
192 |
Gene Hartley |
|
193 |
Ray Knepper |
|
194 |
Dick Beaty |
|
195 |
Dempsey Wilson |
|
196 |
Gene Comstock |
|
197 |
Gene Simpson |
|
198 |
Jiggs Peters |
|
199 |
Jim Packard |
|
200 |
Neil Cole |
|
201 |
Bill Cheesbourg |
|
202 |
Bob Scott |
|
203 |
Edgar Elder |
|
204 |
Lou Figaro |
|
205 |
Troy Ruttman |
|
206 |
Larry Frank |
|
207 |
Arden Mounts |
|
208 |
Billy Rafter |
|
209 |
Frankie Schneider |
|
210 |
Jack Reynolds |
|
211 |
Walt Brown |
|
212 |
Billy Carden |
|
213 |
Bucky Sager |
|
214 |
Don Edmunds |
|
215 |
Eddie Johnson |
|
216 |
Johnny McDowell |
|
217 |
Pop McGinnis |
|
218 |
Mike Klapak |
|
219 |
Ned Jarrett |
|
220 |
Fred Harb |
|
221 |
George Green |
|
222 |
Danny Graves |
|
223 |
Gordon Reid |
|
224 |
Jim Fiebelkorn |
|
225 |
Joe Lee Johnson |
|
226 |
Johnny Roberts |
|
227 |
Ralph Earnhardt |
|
228 |
Rick Henderson |
|
229 |
Ken Rush |
|
230 |
Lloyd Dane |
|
231 |
Harvey Henderson |
|
232 |
Whitey Norman |
|
233 |
Buddy Baker |
|
234 |
George Seeger |
|
235 |
Johnny Patterson |
|
236 |
Bill Poor |
|
237 |
Bill Champion |
|
238 |
Dink Widenhouse |
|
239 |
Don Bailey |
|
240 |
Glen Wood |
|
241 |
Elmo Langley |
|
242 |
John Dodd Jr. |
|
243 |
Possum Jones |
|
244 |
Al Watkins |
|
245 |
Bill Benson |
|
246 |
Gordon Smith |
|
247 |
Johnny Mackison |
|
248 |
Roy Tyner |
|
249 |
Allen Adkins |
|
250 |
Dick Getty |
|
251 |
Jim Parsley |
|
252 |
Clyde Palmer |
|
253 |
Gene White |
|
254 |
Larry Odo |
|
255 |
Scotty Cain |
|
256 |
Don Oldenberg |
|
257 |
Johnny Dodson |
|
258 |
Bill Morton |
|
259 |
Harvey Hege |
|
260 |
TA Toomes |
|
261 |
Ed Cole |
|
262 |
Peck Peckham |
|
263 |
Danny Letner |
|
264 |
Harlan Richardson |
|
265 |
Roger Baldwin |
|
266 |
George Parrish |
|
267 |
Richard Riley |
|
268 |
Barney Shore |
|
269 |
Neil Castles |
|
270 |
Darel Dieringer |
|
271 |
Parnelli Jones |
|
272 |
Dick Joslin |
|
273 |
Art Binkley |
|
274 |
Mel Larson |
|
275 |
Al Tasnady |
|
276 |
Gene Blair |
|
277 |
Bill Lutz |
|
278 |
Don Gray |
|
279 |
Jimmy Thompson |
|
280 |
Bill Brown |
|
281 |
Norman Schihl |
|
282 |
Bob Beck |
|
283 |
James Jones |
|
284 |
Bob Pronger |
|
285 |
Dave Hirschfield |
|
286 |
Bun Emery |
|
287 |
Ray Atkinson |
|
288 |
Cannonball Brown |
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