As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Pat O'Connor · Jim Rathmann
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
2
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
4
—
1
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P8
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1954
1
0
1956
Career totals
Pat O'Connor
Jim Rathmann
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
1
0
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
29
Starts
5
10
Rate-adjusted · per start
Pat O'Connor
Jim Rathmann
Win rate
0%
10%
Podium rate
0%
40%
Pole rate
20%
0%
Points / start
0.0
2.9
Avg grid
P8.0
P17.3
Avg finish
P16.8
P11.3
Finish rate
60%
80%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Pat O'Connor
Jim Rathmann
Mechanical retirements
0
1
Crash retirements
2
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1954
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1960 · aged 31
1957
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P8
Best finish
P1
-8.8
Avg places gained
+6.0
Season points trajectory
Pat O'Connor
Jim Rathmann
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Pat O'Connor | Jim Rathmann |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Pat O'Connor 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 4 · P1 Jim Rathmann | ||
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).