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The Top Ranked Racecar Drivers of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete |
| 1 | Richard Petty |
| 2 | Cale Yarborough |
| 3 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 4 | A.J. Foyt |
| 5 | Niki Lauda |
| 6 | Jackie Stewart |
| 7 | Tom Sneva |
| 8 | Joe Leonard |
| 9 | Bobby Unser |
| 10 | Al Unser |
| 11 | Jody Scheckter |
| 12 | Gordon Johncock |
| 13 | Benny Parsons |
| 14 | Mario Andretti |
| 15 | Roger McCluskey |
| 16 | James Hunt |
| 17 | Bobby Isaac |
| 18 | Rick Mears |
| 19 | Jochen Rindt |
| 20 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 21 | Bobby Allison |
| 22 | Ronnie Peterson |
| 23 | Billy Vukovich Jr. |
| 24 | James Hylton |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni |
| 26 | Wally Dallenbach |
| 27 | Darrell Waltrip |
| 28 | Dave Marcis |
| 29 | Jacky Ickx |
| 30 | Gilles Villeneuve |
| 31 | Carlos Reutemann |
| 32 | Cecil Gordon |
| 33 | David Pearson |
| 34 | Francois Cevert |
| 35 | Denny Hulme |
| 36 | Alan Jones |
| 37 | Jim McElreath |
| 38 | Tom Bigelow |
| 39 | Mike Mosley |
| 40 | Patrick DePailler |
| 41 | Jacques Laffite |
| 42 | Larry Dickson |
| 43 | Buddy Baker |
| 44 | Richard Childress |
| 45 | Gary Bettenhausen |
| 46 | Elmo Langley |
| 47 | Lennie Pond |
| 48 | Neil Castles |
| 49 | Lloyd Ruby |
| 50 | Jimmy Caruthers |
| 51 | Mark Donohue |
| 52 | Peter Revson |
| 53 | Jo Siffert |
| 54 | Markku Alen |
| 55 | Sandro Munari |
| 56 | Bjorn Waldegard |
| 57 | Timo Makinen |
| 58 | Jean-Luc Therier |
| 59 | Arne Hertz |
| 60 | Dick Brooks |
| 61 | John Watson |
| 62 | Walter Ballard |
| 63 | Jabe Thomas |
| 64 | Carlos Pace |
| 65 | Jochen Mass |
| 66 | Danny Ongais |
| 67 | Mike Hiss |
| 68 | Jack Brabham |
| 69 | Joe Millikan |
| 70 | Hannu Mikkola |
| 71 | Walter Rohrl |
| 72 | Pentti Airikkala |
| 73 | Raffaele Pinto |
| 74 | Walter Boyce |
| 75 | Hans Thorszelius |
| 76 | Steve Krisiloff |
| 77 | Pancho Carter |
| 78 | Bill Champion |
| 79 | Rene Arnoux |
| 80 | Dale Earnhardt |
| 81 | Jerry Sneva |
| 82 | Pedro Rodriguez |
| 83 | Stig Blomqvist |
| 84 | Ilkka Kivimaki |
| 85 | Frank Warren |
| 86 | Dick Simon |
| 87 | Chris Amon |
| 88 | John Sears |
| 89 | Mike Hailwood |
| 90 | Gunnar Nilsson |
| 91 | Art Pollard |
| 92 | Tom Bagley |
| 93 | Earl Ross |
| 94 | J.D. McDuffie |
| 95 | Buddy Arrington |
| 96 | Johnny Parsons |
| 97 | Dean Dalton |
| 98 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
| 99 | Bernard Darniche |
| 100 | Ari Vatanen |
| 101 | Didier Pironi |
| 102 | Jean Ragnotti |
| 103 | Ricky Rudd |
| 104 | David Richards |
| 105 | Jean-Pierre Jarier |
| 106 | David Sisco |
| 107 | Per Eklund |
| 108 | Tom Pryce |
| 109 | Harry Kallstrom |
| 110 | Ben Arnold |
| 111 | Rolf Stommelen |
| 112 | Sheldon Kinser |
| 113 | Kyosti Hamalainen |
| 114 | Alcide Paganelli |
| 115 | Alain Mahe |
| 116 | Reine Wisell |
| 117 | Terry Labonte |
| 118 | Vittorio Brambilla |
| 119 | Hans-Joachim Stuck |
| 120 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas |
| 121 | John Martin |
| 122 | Peter Gethin |
| 123 | Lee Kunzman |
| 124 | Fulvio Bacchelli |
| 125 | Achim Warmbold |
| 126 | Henri Pescarolo |
| 127 | George Follmer |
| 128 | Cliff Hucul |
| 129 | Seppo Harjanne |
| 130 | Ed Negre |
| 131 | D.K. Ulrich |
| 132 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
| 133 | Graham Hill |
| 134 | Riccardo Patrese |
| 135 | Neil Bonnett |
| 136 | Howden Ganley |
| 137 | Jackie Oliver |
| 138 | Bobby Olivero |
| 139 | Mike Doughty |
| 140 | Salt Walther |
| 141 | George Snider |
| 142 | Bentley Warren |
| 143 | Tim Schenken |
| 144 | Patrick Tambay |
| 145 | Raymond Williams |
| 146 | Wilson Fittipaldi |
| 147 | Tighe Scott |
| 148 | Jim Malloy |
| 149 | John Surtees |
| 150 | Vern Schuppan |
| 151 | Bill Seifert |
| 152 | Claes Billstam |
| 153 | Roger Clark |
| 154 | Henley Gray |
| 155 | Maurizio Verini |
| 156 | Skip Manning |
| 157 | Wendell Scott |
| 158 | Mauro Pregliasco |
| 159 | Richie Panch |
| 160 | Elio de Angelis |
| 161 | Adartico Vudafieri |
| 162 | Bill Alsup |
| 163 | Frank Weiss |
| 164 | Jean-Marc Andrie |
| 165 | John Miles |
| 166 | Ove Andersson |
| 167 | Dick May |
| 168 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. |
| 169 | Christian Geistdorfer |
| 170 | Jean-Claude Andruet |
| 171 | Joe Saldana |
| 172 | Nelson Piquet |
| 173 | Spike Gehlhausen |
| 174 | Simo Lampinen |
| 175 | Bruce Hill |
| 176 | Al Loquasto |
| 177 | Charlie Roberts |
| 178 | Todd Gibson |
| 179 | Mel Kenyon |
| 180 | Friday Hassler |
| 181 | Andrea de Adamich |
| 182 | Bjorn Cederberg |
| 183 | Dana Carter |
| 184 | Henry Liddon |
| 185 | Mauro Mannini |
| 186 | Donnie Allison |
| 187 | Jimmy Means |
| 188 | Ronnie Thomas |
| 189 | Eldon Rasmussen |
| 190 | Guy Frequelin |
| 191 | Swede Savage |
| 192 | Leo Kinnunen |
| 193 | Earl Brooks |
| 194 | Arturo Merzario |
| 195 | Antonio Carello |
| 196 | Bror Danielsson |
| 197 | Nigel Rockey |
| 198 | Phil Threshie |
| 199 | Bill Simpson |
| 200 | Tommy Gale |
| 201 | Timo Salonen |
| 202 | Bill Dennis |
| 203 | Jerry Karl |
| 204 | John Buffum |
| 205 | Tom Frantz |
| 206 | Hector Rebaque |
| 207 | Bruce Walkup |
| 208 | Francis Serpaggi |
| 209 | Graham Elsmore |
| 210 | Risto Virtanen |
| 211 | Tony Brise |
| 212 | Coo Coo Marlin |
| 213 | Rauno Aaltonen |
| 214 | Guy Chasseuil |
| 215 | Chris Porter |
| 216 | Greg Weld |
| 217 | Keith Billows |
| 218 | Lella Lombardi |
| 219 | Paul White |
| 220 | Rick Muther |
| 221 | Jack Ingram |
| 222 | Butch Lindley |
| 223 | L.D. Ottinger |
| 224 | Red Farmer |
| 225 | Pete Hamilton |
| 226 | Jackie Rogers |
| 227 | Roger Hamby |
| 228 | Tiny Lund |
| 229 | Alain Beauchef |
| 230 | Bob Harkey |
| 231 | Denny Zimmerman |
| 232 | Gene Glover |
| 233 | Harry Gant |
| 234 | Sam Sommers |
| 235 | Terry Bivins |
| 236 | Joe Frasson |
| 237 | Russell Brookes |
| 238 | Bobby Wawak |
| 239 | Erkki Nyman |
| 240 | Francoise Conconi |
| 241 | Klaus Kaiser |
| 242 | Martin Holmes |
| 243 | Maurizio Perissinot |
| 244 | Patrice Baron |
| 245 | Stuart Pegg |
| 246 | Baxter Price |
| 247 | Tony Fowkes |
| 248 | Larry Smith (1942) |
| 249 | Carl Adams |
| 250 | James Walker |
| 251 | Janet Guthrie |
| 252 | Lee Brayton |
| 253 | Siroco Livieratos |
| 254 | Tony Pond |
| 255 | Chris Sclater |
| 256 | A. Arnold |
| 257 | Bob Burcham |
| 258 | Jean-Pierre Manzagol |
| 259 | Jimmy Vaughn |
| 260 | John Mahler |
| 261 | Larry McCoy |
| 262 | Gary Myers |
| 263 | Bruce Jacobi |
| 264 | Jerry Grant |
| 265 | Ron Hutcherson |
| 266 | Marc Surer |
| 267 | Charlie Glotzbach |
| 268 | Bruno Giacomelli |
| 269 | David Ray Boggs |
| 270 | Andy Dawson |
| 271 | Hakan Lindberg |
| 272 | Tony Drummond |
| 273 | G.C. Spencer |
| 274 | Jean-Pierre Jaussaud |
| 275 | Brian Henton |
| 276 | Eddie Cheever |
| 277 | Michel Leclere |
| 278 | Ron Keselowski |
| 279 | Derek Bell |
| 280 | Jacques Almeras |
| 281 | Wayne Andrews |
| 282 | Per-Inge Walfridsson |
| 283 | Sergio Barbasio |
| 284 | Gerard Larrousse |
| 285 | Heikki Enomaa |
| 286 | Ingvar Carlsson |
| 287 | Jean-Louis Clarr |
| 288 | Jimmy Rae |
| 289 | John Taylor |
| 290 | Mike Marshall |
| 291 | Murray Grierson |
| 292 | Wolfgang Hauck |
| 293 | Bill Elliott |
| 294 | Derek Daly |
| 295 | Dieter Quester |
| 296 | Anders Kullang |
| 297 | Iaveris Markouizos |
| 298 | Bill Shirley |
| 299 | Buck Baker |
| 300 | Dave Dayton |
| 301 | Edgar Herrmann |
| 302 | George Hill |
| 303 | Jean-Francois Piot |
| 304 | Leif Asterhag |
| 305 | Richard D. Brown |
| 306 | Roy Mayne |
| 307 | Bob Rehnstrom |
| 308 | Chantal Lienard Sola |
| 309 | Horst Rausch |
| 310 | Ian Grindrod |
| 311 | Jean-Jacques Bonin |
| 312 | Jim Paschal |
| 313 | Johnstone Syer |
| 314 | Josepha Laloz |
| 315 | Kevin Gormley |
| 316 | Mike Franchi |
| 317 | Shekhar Mehta |
| 318 | Wayne Watercutter |
| 319 | Keke Rosberg |
| 320 | Jim Vandiver |
| 321 | Maurizio Flammini |
| 322 | Grant Adcox |
| 323 | Alex Ribeiro |
| 324 | Vic Parsons |
| 325 | Jacques Coulon |
| 326 | Rad Dougall |
| 327 | Stephen South |
| 328 | David Purley |
| 329 | Beppe Gabbiani |
| 330 | Bil Shirley |
| 331 | Ingo Hoffmann |
| 332 | Bob Wollek |
| 333 | Dave Morgan |
| 334 | Amilcare Ballestrieri |
| 335 | Butch Hartman |
| 336 | Piero Necchi |
| 337 | Robin Widdows |
| 338 | Tetsu Ikuzawa |
| 339 | Alberto Colombo |
| 340 | Mike Beuttler |
| 341 | Ferrel Harris |
| 342 | Giancarlo Martini |
| 343 | Larry Baumel |
| 344 | Hans Binder |
| 345 | Giorgio Francia |
| 346 | Clarence Lovell |
| 347 | Claude Bourgoignie |
| 348 | Earle Canavan |
| 349 | Gabriele Serblin |
| 350 | Ernie Shaw |
| 351 | Manfred Winkelhock |
| 352 | Andrzej Jaroszewicz |
| 353 | Antonio Fassina |
| 354 | Antonio Zanini |
| 355 | Christian Gardavot |
| 356 | Colin Vandervell |
| 357 | Donald Heggie |
| 358 | Erhard Dahm |
| 359 | Jean Deschaseaux |
| 360 | Jean-Paul Luc |
| 361 | Luis Netto |
| 362 | Nicolas Koob |
| 363 | Rod Millen |
| 364 | Siegfried Stohr |
| 365 | Rick Newsom |
| 366 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi |
| 367 | Travis Tiller |
| 368 | Eje Elgh |
| 369 | Peter Westbury |
| 370 | Lee Roy Yarbrough |
| 371 | Al Holbert |
| 372 | E.J. Trivette |
| 373 | Joe Mihalic |
| 374 | Roberto Marazzi |
| 375 | Andy Sutcliffe |
| 376 | Don Tarr |
| 377 | Eddie Yarboro |
| 378 | George Altheide |
| 379 | Roger Williamson |
| 380 | Teo Fabi |
| 381 | Bobby Fleming |
| 382 | Duilio Truffo |
| 383 | Carlos Ruesch |
| 384 | Francois Migault |
| 385 | Lamberto Leoni |
| 386 | Alistair Walker |
| 387 | Gerry Birrell |
| 388 | Blackie Wangerin |
| 389 | Bobby Rahal |
| 390 | Jean-Pierre Paoli |
| 391 | Johnny Halford |
| 392 | Konstantinos Stefanis |
| 393 | Lofty Drews |
| 394 | Luciano Guizzardi |
| 395 | Pedro de Almeida |
| 396 | Peter Parnell |
| 397 | Torsten Palm |
| 398 | Ricardo Zunino |
| 399 | Ray Mallock |
| 400 | Bip-Bip Brambilla |
| 401 | Dave McConnell |
| 402 | Jean-Paul Perusse |
| 403 | Klaus Ludwig |
| 404 | Lars Carlsson |
| 405 | Pee Wee Wentz |
| 406 | Wilhelm Deutsch |
| 407 | Hubert Hahne |
| 408 | Maynard Troyer |
| 409 | Mel Larson |
| 410 | Miguel Angel Guerra |
| 411 | Tom Culbertson |
| 412 | Xavier Perrot |
| 413 | Jose Dolhem |
| 414 | Bob Hourihan |
| 415 | Chris Beynon |
| 416 | Chris Wathen |
| 417 | Drew Gallacher |
| 418 | Geoff Lees |
| 419 | Graham Taylor |
| 420 | Jerry Hufflin |
| 421 | Kevin Videan |
| 422 | Marek Gierowski |
| 423 | Masami Kuwashima |
| 424 | Patrick Neve |
| 425 | Peter Doughty |
| 426 | Robert Mucha |
| 427 | Taisto Heinonen |
| 428 | Tapio Rainio |
| 429 | Tom Samida |
| 430 | Tony Fall |
| 431 | William Dodd |
| 432 | Ken Meisenhelder |
| 433 | Harald Ertl |
| 434 | Loris Kessel |
| 435 | Patrick Dal Bo |
| 436 | Patrick Gaillard |
| 437 | Jo Vonlanthen |
| 438 | Alain Cudini |
| 439 | Arwed Fischer |
| 440 | Doug E. Shepherd |
| 441 | Gaudenzio Mantova |
| 442 | Jean Todt |
| 443 | John Cannon |
| 444 | Mike Goth |
| 445 | Pentti Kuukkala |
| 446 | Phil Short |
| 447 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
| 448 | Ragnar Spjuth |
| 449 | Robert Cianelli |
| 450 | Robert Schneck |
| 451 | Simetra II |
| 452 | Stuart Green |
| 453 | Bill Gubelmann |
| 454 | Bill Hollar |
| 455 | Freddy Kottulinsky |
| 456 | Gianfranco Brancatelli |
| 457 | Hans Heyer |
| 458 | Juan Cochesa |
| 459 | Markus Hotz |
| 460 | Roland Binder |
| 461 | Roy Tyner |
| 462 | Sten Gunnarsson |
| 463 | Tom Belso |
| 464 | Silvio Moser |
| 465 | Carlo Giorgio |
| 466 | Danny Sullivan |
| 467 | Huub Rothengatter |
| 468 | Juan Maria Traverso |
| 469 | Marv Acton |
| 470 | Peter Gaydon |
| 471 | Tommy Reid |
| 472 | Claudio Francisci |
| 473 | Fred Lorenzen |
| 474 | Tino Brambilla |
| 475 | Bernard de Dryver |
| 476 | Hiroshi Kazato |
| 477 | Brian Hart |
| 478 | Derek Warwick |
| 479 | Francois Mazet |
| 480 | Hans Royer |
| 481 | Helmut Marko |
| 482 | Luciano Pavesi |
| 483 | Patrick Bardinon |
| 484 | Andrea de Cesaris |
| 485 | John Kenney |
| 486 | Oscar Pedersoli |
| 487 | Paul Tyler |
| 488 | Bertil Roos |
| 489 | Cosimo Turizio |
| 490 | Sandro Cinotti |
| 491 | Brett Lunger |
| 492 | Hakan Dahlqvist |
| 493 | John Lepp |
| 494 | Vic Elford |
| 495 | Alain Garcon |
| 496 | Dave Haworth |
| 497 | Diamantis Petropoulos |
| 498 | Hans-Goran Ericsson |
| 499 | Izim Okerem |
| 500 | Jean-Pierre Fornaro |
| 501 | Massimo Sghedoni |
| 502 | Michael Schwagerl |
| 503 | Robert Orr |
| 504 | John Wingfield |
| 505 | Richard Scott |
| 506 | Spartaco Dini |
| 507 | Bob Marsland |
| 508 | Kurt Rieder |
| 509 | Peter Salisbury |
| 510 | Alain Manfredini |
| 511 | Albino Tristao |
| 512 | Colin Green |
| 513 | Hans Sylvan |
| 514 | Jacques Delaval |
| 515 | Jacques Marche |
| 516 | Jiri Motal |
| 517 | Luciano Tedeschini |
| 518 | Mats Nordstrom |
| 519 | Patrick de la Foata |
| 520 | Doug Parkhill |
| 521 | Giorgio Barban |
| 522 | Joaquim Bessa |
| 523 | Juhani Paalama |
| 524 | Maurice Gelin |
| 525 | Viktor Moskovskikh |
| 526 | Vincent Fattaccio |
| 527 | Yves Fontaine |
| 528 | Anatoliy Brum |
| 529 | Fred Gocentas |
| 530 | Isabel Baptista |
| 531 | Lars Backman |
| 532 | Malcolm Gavin |
| 533 | Philippe Gabrielli |
| 534 | Rauno Kangasniemi |
| 535 | Rinaldo Danelutti |
| 536 | Robert Blouin |
| 537 | Silvio Maiga |
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