Oscars & A.R.Rahman - Some simple statistics

Being a Rahmaniac i really dont know if it's a good idea to compare ARR with other legendary composers in terms of getting nominations  @ Oscars or winning them !! Though it will make the idea of ARR's current position in the world music arena more clear !!

Michael Giacchino nominated  2 times - won  1 - win ratio 50%
Ray evans nominated 7 times - won 3 - win ratio 42.86%
Alan Menken nominated 19 times - won 8 - win ratio 42.11 %
A.R.Rahman nominated for 5 times - won 2 - win ratio 40%
Jimmy van heusen nominated 14times - won 4 - win ratio 28.57%
Alfred newman nominated  45 times - won 9 - win ratio 20%
James horner nominated 10 times - won 2 - win ratio 20%
Jhon williams nominated  45 times - won 5 - win ratio 11.11%
Hans Zimmer nominated 9 times - won 1 - win ratio 11.11%
James newton howard nominated  8 times - won 0
Alexandre desplat nominated 3 times - won 0
Thomas newman nominated  10 times - won 0
Danny Elfman nominated 4 times - won 0
Ennio Moricone nominated  5times - won 0 ( One honorary oscar in 2007 , he is supposedly ARR's fav Composer )


You can also check the rules for Music category
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html