Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Driver Rating Rankings
| Rank | Driver | 2025 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2022 #1 | Avg. Driver Rating Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4.8 |
| 2 | William Byron | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 6.3 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 16 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9.8 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 21 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10.8 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 11 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10.9 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12.6 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 24 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 14.1 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 17 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 14.6 | |
| 12 | Erik Jones | 4 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 14.8 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 14 | Ryan Blaney | 18 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Chase Elliott | 19 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 16.4 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 8 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 17.0 | ||||
| 17 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 17.3 |
| 18 | Austin Cindric | 10 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 18.4 |
| 19 | Ryan Preece | 15 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 20 | 19.7 | ||
| 20 | Josh Berry | 36 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 21.4 | |||
| 21 | Todd Gilliland | 28 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 22.0 |
| 22 | Alex Bowman | 32 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 27 | 22.3 | |
| 23 | Noah Gragson | 20 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 28 | 22.4 | |||
| 24 | John H. Nemechek | 6 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 22.8 | ||||
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 31 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 23.4 |
| 25 | Michael McDowell | 27 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 23.4 |
| 27 | Carson Hocevar | 12 | 35 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 23.8 | |||
| 28 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23.9 |
| 29 | Zane Smith | 22 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 24.5 | ||||
| 30 | Cole Custer | 26 | 30 | 16 | 29 | 25.3 | ||||
| 31 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 33 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 26.4 |
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 34 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 28.2 | ||
| 33 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29.0 | |||||
| 34 | Riley Herbst | 30 | 36 | 33.0 | ||||||
| 35 | Cody Ware | 35 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 33.3 |