COTA NASCAR Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Avg. Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 2 | William Byron | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7.8 | |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen | 20 | 6 | 2 | 9.3 | ||
| 6 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 10.8 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 28 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 11.8 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 9 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 12.5 | |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 13.2 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 13.6 |
| 12 | Denny Hamlin | 18 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 15.8 |
| 12 | Michael McDowell | 13 | 12 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 15.8 |
| 14 | Todd Gilliland | 16 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 21 | 16.6 |
| 15 | Austin Cindric | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 17.8 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 29 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 19.6 |
| 17 | John H Nemechek | 21 | 22 | 17 | 20.0 | ||
| 17 | Riley Herbst | 17 | 23 | 20.0 | |||
| 19 | Noah Gragson | 20 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 21.0 | |
| 20 | Chase Briscoe | 30 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 21.8 |
| 20 | Joey Logano | 31 | 28 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 21.8 |
| 22 | Carson Hocevar | 22 | 13 | 31 | 22.0 | ||
| 23 | AJ Allmendinger | 33 | 34 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 22.4 |
| 24 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 20 | 23.4 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 37 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 28 | 23.6 |
| 26 | Bubba Wallace | 38 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 24.2 |
| 27 | Austin Dillon | 10 | 33 | 25 | 35 | 19 | 24.4 |
| 28 | Cole Custer | 23 | 23 | 29 | 25.0 | ||
| 28 | Erik Jones | 9 | 23 | 32 | 27 | 34 | 25.0 |
| 30 | Connor Zilish | 37 | 14 | 25.5 | |||
| 31 | Ty Dillon | 20 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 25.8 | |
| 32 | Ryan Preece | 32 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 26.5 | |
| 33 | Zane Smith | 19 | 29 | 33 | 27.0 | ||
| 34 | Cody Ware | 27 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 28.3 | |
| 35 | Daniel Suarez | 24 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 28.6 |
| 36 | Josh Berry | 35 | 26 | 26 | 29.0 |