Darlington Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | 2022 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2025 #2 | Avg. Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9.63 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 21 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9.88 |
| 3 | William Byron | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 10.63 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12.00 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 12.13 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 27 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 12.25 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 12.50 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13.38 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 34 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 15 | 14.25 |
| 9 | Chase Briscoe | 20 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 14.25 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 30 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 14.75 |
| 12 | AJ Allmendinger | 23 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 14.75 | ||||
| 13 | Ty Gibbs | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 15.00 | |
| 14 | Erik Jones | 25 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 15.50 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 33 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 16.00 |
| 16 | Austin Cindric | 18 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 17.50 |
| 17 | Justin Haley | 3 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 17.63 |
| 18 | Ryan Blaney | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 18 | 18.00 |
| 19 | Todd Gilliland | 15 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 19.00 |
| 19 | Ryan Preece | 15 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 19.00 | ||
| 21 | Kyle Larson | 36 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 20.38 |
| 22 | Zane Smith | 35 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 20.75 | ||||
| 23 | Noah Gragson | 26 | 14 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 21.00 | |||
| 24 | Austin Dillon | 9 | 17 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 21.25 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 8 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 21.50 |
| 25 | Cole Custer | 26 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 21.50 | ||||
| 27 | Michael McDowell | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 22.25 |
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 10 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 22.25 |
| 29 | John H Nemechek | 31 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 22.50 | ||||
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 12 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 16 | 34 | 23.33 | ||
| 31 | Carson Hocevar | 17 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 23.40 | |||
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 29 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 31 | 23.57 | |
| 33 | Shane van Gisbergen | 26 | 20 | 32 | 26.00 | |||||
| 34 | Josh Berry | 30 | 3 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 27.60 | |||
| 35 | Cody Ware | 19 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 28.75 | ||||
| 36 | Riley Herbst | 34 | 28 | 31.00 |