Talladega NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 2022 | #2 2022 | #1 2023 | #2 2023 | #1 2024 | #2 2024 | #1 2025 | #2 2025 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5.50 |
| 2 | Ross Chastain | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 10.63 |
| 3 | Erik Jones | 15 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11.50 |
| 4 | Bubba Wallace | 11 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 12.00 |
| 5 | Noah Gragson | 34 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 12.43 | |
| 6 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 13.25 |
| 7 | Alex Bowman | 5 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 13.29 | |
| 8 | William Byron | 19 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 14.50 |
| 9 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 14.88 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 20 | 15.38 |
| 11 | Ryan Preece | 18 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 33 | 15.67 | ||
| 12 | Kyle Larson | 21 | 21 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15.88 |
| 13 | Chase Elliott | 15 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 16.00 |
| 14 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 13 | 16.29 | |
| 15 | Christopher Bell | 8 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 17.00 |
| 16 | Carson Hoecevar | 36 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 17.40 | |||
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 12 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 17.80 | |||
| 18 | Ty Dillon | 23 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 17.83 | ||
| 19 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 32 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 18.50 | ||||
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | 31 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 18.50 |
| 21 | Cole Custer | 27 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 20.00 | ||||
| 22 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 30 | 20.38 |
| 23 | Daniel Suarez | 23 | 21 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 21.00 |
| 24 | Michael McDowell | 29 | 26 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 21.25 |
| 24 | Riley Herbst | 15 | 26 | 16 | 28 | 21.25 | ||||
| 26 | Joey Logano | 25 | 4 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 21.63 |
| 27 | Austin Cindric | 18 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 22.38 |
| 27 | Kyle Busch | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 32 | 23.38 |
| 29 | Brad Keselowski | 20 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 26 | 24.00 |
| 30 | Zane Smith | 35 | 35 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 25.40 | |||
| 31 | John H Nemechek | 38 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 25.75 | ||||
| 32 | Josh Berry | 26 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 27.50 | ||||
| 33 | Denny Hamlin | 28 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 36 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 27.63 |
| 34 | Austin Dillon | 17 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 28.88 |
| 35 | Cody Ware | 36 | 36 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 29.00 |