Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | #1 2022 | #2 2022 | #1 2023 | #2 2023 | #1 2024 | #2 2024 | 2025 #1 | 2025 #2 | 2026 #1 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 2 | William Byron | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6.9 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 8.1 | |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 11.6 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 12.1 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 13.1 |
| 10 | Joey Logano | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13.4 |
| 11 | Brad Keselowski | 27 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 14.2 |
| 11 | Erik Jones | 9 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 14.2 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 29 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 14.3 |
| 14 | Ty Gibbs | 21 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 15.1 | |
| 15 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 15.2 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 23 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 15.6 | ||||
| 17 | Chase Briscoe | 24 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 17.9 |
| 18 | Connor Zilisch | 18 | 18.0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Ryan Preece | 24 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 18.1 | ||
| 20 | Josh Berry | 30 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 18.4 | ||||
| 20 | Austin Cindric | 20 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 18.4 |
| 22 | Alex Bowman | 21 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 16 | 34 | 20.0 | ||
| 23 | Daniel Suarez | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 5 | 20.2 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 34 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 20.4 | ||||
| 25 | Noah Gragson | 25 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 20.7 | |||
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 22.9 |
| 27 | Todd Gilliland | 31 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 23.1 |
| 28 | Michael McDowell | 19 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 23.3 |
| 29 | Carson Hocevar | 24 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 23.5 | |||
| 30 | John H Nemechek | 28 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 26 | 25.0 | ||||
| 31 | Cole Custer | 26 | 14 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 25.2 | ||||
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 12 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 25.4 | ||
| 33 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 17 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 26.1 |
| 34 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 30 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 26.3 | |||||
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 34 | 29 | 22 | 28.3 | ||||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 34 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 35.2 |