Bristol NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings
| Rank | Driver | 2026 #1 | 2025 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2023 | 2022 | Avg. Driver Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5.6 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 8.6 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 9.4 |
| 6 | Chase Briscoe | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 16 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 11.7 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 12 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12.1 |
| 9 | Carson Hocevar | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 12.3 | |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 11 | Ryan Preece | 11 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 13.8 | |
| 12 | Chase Elliott | 19 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 13.9 |
| 13 | Alex Bowman | 35 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 14.0 |
| 14 | William Byron | 33 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Ross Chastain | 17 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 16.1 |
| 16 | Joey Logano | 9 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 18.3 |
| 17 | Michael McDowell | 27 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 18.6 |
| 18 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 23 | 18.7 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 15 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 20.1 |
| 20 | Josh Berry | 21 | 33 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 20.6 | ||
| 21 | Zane Smith | 22 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 36 | 21.8 | ||
| 22 | John H. Nemechek | 31 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 22.2 | ||
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 25 | 19 | 17 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 25 | 22.3 |
| 24 | Kyle Busch | 28 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 22.9 |
| 25 | Austin Cindric | 13 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 23.0 |
| 26 | Riley Herbst | 20 | 25 | 28 | 24.3 | ||||
| 27 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 34 | 13 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 24.7 |
| 28 | Noah Gragson | 24 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 35 | 25.0 | ||
| 29 | Erik Jones | 26 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 25.1 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 14 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 26.0 |
| 31 | Daniel Suarez | 18 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 27.1 |
| 32 | Cole Custer | 30 | 38 | 33 | 10 | 27.8 | |||
| 33 | Connor Zilisch | 29 | 29.0 | ||||||
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 32 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 31.2 | ||
| 35 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 34 | 28 | 38 | 33.3 | ||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 36 | 37 | 37 | 31 | 35.3 |