Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 2022 | #2 2022 | #1 2023 | #2 2023 | #1 2024 | #2 2024 | 2025 #1 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.71 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5.43 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6.86 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 9.14 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 10.29 |
| 9 | Bubba Wallace | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 10.86 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 12 |
| 11 | Josh Berry | 30 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 13.75 | |||
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 27 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 14.71 |
| 13 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 15.57 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 29 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 15.57 |
| 15 | Erik Jones | 9 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 25 | 15.71 |
| 16 | Ty Gibbs | 21 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 16.17 | |
| 17 | Alex Bowman | 21 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 16 | 17.67 | |
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 23 | 13 | 17 | 17.67 | ||||
| 19 | Zane Smith | 34 | 17 | 7 | 19.33 | ||||
| 20 | Noah Gragson | 25 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Daniel Suarez | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 20.57 |
| 22 | Ryan Preece | 24 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 20.6 | ||
| 23 | Chase Briscoe | 24 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 21.43 |
| 23 | Austin Cindric | 20 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 21.43 |
| 25 | Todd Gilliland | 31 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 21.71 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 21.86 |
| 27 | Ty Dillon | 12 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 22.4 | ||
| 28 | Michael McDowell | 19 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 23.71 |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 17 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 23.86 |
| 30 | Cole Custer | 26 | 14 | 32 | 24 | ||||
| 31 | Justin Haley | 22 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 24.14 |
| 32 | Carson Hocevar | 24 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 27.5 | |||
| 33 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 30 | 29 | 29.5 | |||||
| 34 | John H Nemechek | 28 | 29 | 33 | 30 | ||||
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 34 | 34 | ||||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 34 | 34 | 37 | 35 |