Championship standings
IndyCar 2026 Championship Standings
Alex Palou leads the 2026 IndyCar drivers' championship on 631 points, 86 clear of Kyle Kirkwood. Palou drives for Chip Ganassi Racing on a Honda. Alex Palou has also won the most races this season, 6 of them. 8 different drivers have won across 18 rounds.
Championship leader · After round 18
Chip Ganassi Racing · Honda
631
Points
+86
Lead
over Kyle Kirkwood
6
Wins
8
Race winners
of 33 drivers
Drivers’ Championship
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Pts | Wins | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 631 | 6 | — |
| 2 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 545 | 2 | −86 |
| 3 | Christian Lundgaard | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 535 | 2 | −96 |
| 4 | Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 522 | 3 | −109 |
| 5 | David Malukas | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 514 | 0 | −117 |
| 6 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 482 | 1 | −149 |
| 7 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti Global | Honda | 429 | 1 | −202 |
| 8 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 423 | 2 | −208 |
| 9 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian | — | 412 | 1 | −219 |
| 10 | Rinus VeeKay | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 378 | 0 | −253 |
| 11 | Will Power | Andretti Global | Honda | 368 | 0 | −263 |
| 12 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 331 | 0 | −300 |
| 13 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 327 | 0 | −304 |
| 14 | Marcus Armstrong | Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian | — | 320 | 0 | −311 |
| 15 | Alexander Rossi | ECR | — | 307 | 0 | −324 |
| 16 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 302 | 0 | −329 |
| 17 | Santino Ferrucci | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | — | 280 | 0 | −351 |
| 18 | Louis Foster | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 267 | 0 | −364 |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 259 | 0 | −372 |
| 20 | Nolan Siegel | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 259 | 0 | −372 |
| 21 | Christian Rasmussen | ECR | — | 245 | 0 | −386 |
| 22 | Dennis Hauger | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 228 | 0 | −403 |
| 23 | Mick Schumacher | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 213 | 0 | −418 |
| 24 | Caio Collet | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | — | 203 | 0 | −428 |
| 25 | Sting Ray Robb | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 0 | −449 |
| 26 | Conor Daly | — | Chevrolet | 24 | 0 | −607 |
| 27 | Takuma Sato | — | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | −611 |
| 28 | Jack Harvey | — | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | −623 |
| 29 | Jacob Abel | — | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | −625 |
| 30 | Helio Castroneves | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | −626 |
| 31 | Ed Carpenter | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | −626 |
| 32 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | −626 |
| 33 | Katherine Legge | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | −626 |
Engines’ Championship
| Pos | Engine | Pts | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda | 3900 | 9 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 3373 | 8 |
| 3 | Unknown | 1767 | 1 |
About these numbers
Positions, points and win counts come from official NTT IndyCar Series points and race classifications, refreshed automatically after every round rather than typed in by hand; this table is current through round 18 of 2026.
Gap is the deficit to the championship leader in points. It is the number that decides the title and the one a position column alone hides: twodrivers a single place apart can be one round or one hundred points apart.
33 of the 33 drivers listed have scored this season, and 8 of them have won a race. The engines' table counts the best result from each engine's cars per round, which is why its totals do not simply add up the driver rows above it.