On a steaming hot Texas day on Saturday, it was only fitting that the driver nicknamed the “Ice Man” conquered the NTT IndyCar Series season opener in blazing hot temps that neared the century mark. Scott Dixon was in a class all to himself en route to his 47th career Indy Car triumph in the Genesys 300.

Now, where does the Chip Ganassi Racing driver rank among the great in terms of career achievements? The 47 wins are only five shy of Mario Andretti’s 52 for second on the all-time wins list. He won five races in the last two seasons combined, so if he continues this trend, he will tie Mario some time in 2022. But, if he has cars like he had on Saturday night, he could in fact tie him sooner. Next up on that prestigious list would be AJ Foyt’s 67 career victories. Barring an incredible run here to close out his career, I honestly don’t see Dixon reaching that mark.

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Dixon, hasn’t won more than four races in a single season since 2009. Nine of his last 10 seasons saw him win three of fewer times in each. If he averages between 2-4 wins per year now, it would take him at least five years to catch Foyt, which I don’t see him staying around that long though.

But, Dixon’s does have a realistic shot at catching Foyt in another category — season championships. Foyt, has seven and Dixon five. No one else has more than four. With a dominating win on Saturday night and now leading the points standings after one race, Dixon’s No. 9 Honda can certainly be the one left standing on top in October for a sixth time.

Another feat that Dixon has going for him is 46 runner-up finishes. Andretti, had 56. This feat is doable too as Dixon had six second place finishes last year alone and 10 in his last 38 starts.

Combined, Dixon has 93 top two finishes in the major open wheel series. Andretti, had 108 and Foyt 97.

What about podiums? Dixon has 115 now. Foyt had 119 and Andretti 144. By the end of the year he will move into second place for sure.

Top fives? Dixon is second already with 165 and Andretti first with 194.

If you equate this to percentages of overall starts though, Dixon leads the way. Dixon, has made 322 career starts compared to Andretti’s 407 and Foyt’s 369.

In the win percentage, Foyt leads Dixon in that, but in runner-ups, podiums and top fives, it’s all Dixon. An amazing stat is, Dixon has finished in the top five in over half of his races run and his races run is no small sample size, it’s 322 starts.

Runner-Ups

Dixon 93 out of 322 (29%)

Andretti 108 out of 407 (27%)

Foyt 97 out of 369 (26%)

Podiums

Dixon 115 of 322 (36%)

Andretti 144 of 407 (35%)

Foyt 119 of 369 (32%)

Top 5’s

Dixon 165 of 322 (51%)

Andretti 194 of 407 (48%)

Foyt 149 of 369 (40%)

Also, Dixon has now won at least one race in 18 seasons of his career, tied most with Foyt. He’s won at least one race for 16 straight seasons now, a series record.

Then, look where they’re winning at. Foyt, won 64 of his 67 races on an oval. He only had three road/street course victories. Andretti, had 30 wins on ovals and 21 on road/street courses. Dixon, has 21 oval wins now and 26 on road/street courses.

The 26 road/street course victories trail only Sebastien Bourdais (32) and Will Power/Michael Andretti (28 each).

This just goes to show, that we’re not appreciating the greatness that is Scott Dixon enough right now. He’s on par with the all-time greats of this series and could end up being THE all-time great when it’s all said and done.