Drivers
NASCAR 2026 Drivers
43 drivers are classified in the 2026 NASCAR championship, across 20 teams. Kyle Larson leads on 2367 points for Hendrick Motorsports. 13 of them have won a race this season. 3 manufacturers are represented, the largest being Chevrolet with 18 cars. The widest gap between teammates is AJ Allmendinger, 214 points clear of Ty Dillon in the same equipment.
Leading the field · 2026 NASCAR
Hendrick Motorsports · Chevrolet
2367
Points
2
Wins
43
Drivers
across 20 teams
3
Manufacturers
largest Chevrolet
Widest gap between teammates: AJ Allmendinger is +214 clear of Ty Dillon in the same equipment.
The 2026 field
| Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Pts | Wins | vs teammate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2367 | 2 | +185 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2318 | 4 | +2 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2316 | 1 | −2 |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2302 | 2 | −16 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 2282 | 3 | +7 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 2275 | 3 | −7 |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 2253 | 5 | +71 |
| 8 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford | 2222 | 0 | −60 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2211 | 2 | −107 |
| 10 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2187 | 1 | +35 |
| 11 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2182 | 2 | −185 |
| 12 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 2182 | 0 | −71 |
| 13 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2159 | 0 | −208 |
| 14 | Daniel Suárez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2152 | 1 | −35 |
| 15 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford | 2151 | 0 | +11 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford | 2140 | 1 | −11 |
| 17 | Shane van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 718 | 2 | +76 |
| 18 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford | 662 | 0 | −1489 |
| 19 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 642 | 0 | −76 |
| 20 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 615 | 0 | −1572 |
| 21 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 595 | 0 | +96 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 560 | 0 | +214 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 557 | 0 | +56 |
| 24 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 550 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 539 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 504 | 0 | −1863 |
| 27 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 501 | 0 | −56 |
| 28 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 499 | 0 | −96 |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | HYAK Motorsports | Chevrolet | 474 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 465 | 0 | −1788 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 406 | 0 | −151 |
| 32 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 397 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 346 | 0 | −214 |
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet | 343 | 0 | −375 |
| 35 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 235 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Casey Mears | 2215 | — | 13 | 0 | — |
| 37 | Kevin Magnussen | — | — | 11 | 0 | +11 |
| 38 | Jimmie Johnson | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota | 9 | 0 | −586 |
| 39 | Katherine Legge | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Burt Myers | 3918 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 55 | David Ragan | 2674 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 56 | Joey Hand | — | — | 0 | 0 | −11 |
Drivers per manufacturer
| Manufacturer | Drivers | Share of grid |
|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | 18 | 42% |
| Ford | 10 | 23% |
| Toyota | 10 | 23% |
About this list
This is the classified championship field, taken from official NASCAR Cup Series points and race classifications, so it reflects who is actually scoring rather than a pre-season entry list. Replacement and wildcard drivers appear once they have started a race, and the order follows championship position rather than car or bike number.
Points and wins are this season only. The manufacturer column is what they compete on, which is not the same as the team they are contracted to - satellite and customer teams run another manufacturer’s cars, and the second table shows how the grid splits.
vs teammate is the points difference to the best-scoring driver in the same team. Teammates share equipment, which makes it the closest thing this championship offers to a like-for-like comparison of the person rather than the machine - a driver sitting mid-table while beating a highly rated teammate is having a very different season from one at the same position whose teammate is clear of them. Drivers in a single-car team have no comparison and show a dash rather than a zero.