Bristol NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2025 #2 | 2026 #1 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 20 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Chase Briscoe | 11 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10.7 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 10.9 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 7 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 11.4 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 35 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11.7 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 11.9 |
| 10 | Ryan Preece | 12 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 12.0 | |
| 11 | Carson Hocevar | 10 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 12.8 | |
| 12 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 13.7 |
| 13 | Alex Bowman | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 15.0 |
| 14 | William Byron | 9 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 15.1 |
| 15 | Ross Chastain | 10 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16.1 |
| 16 | John H Nemechek | 7 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 16.8 | ||
| 17 | Josh Berry | 9 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 17.4 | ||
| 18 | Tyler Reddick | 24 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 17.7 |
| 19 | Justin Haley | 17 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Zane Smith | 26 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 18.8 | ||
| 21 | Michael McDowell | 16 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 26 | 27 | 19.1 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | 14 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 21.4 |
| 23 | Erik Jones | 28 | 20 | 17 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 21.7 |
| 23 | Kyle Busch | 17 | 17 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 21.7 |
| 25 | Joey Logano | 19 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 22.3 |
| 26 | Austin Cindric | 27 | 35 | 36 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 23.1 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 21 | 19 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24.1 |
| 28 | Riley Herbst | 27 | 24 | 22 | 24.3 | ||||
| 29 | Austin Dillon | 26 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 37 | 23 | 25.9 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 32 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 26.6 |
| 30 | Noah Gragson | 35 | 14 | 28 | 33 | 23 | 26.6 | ||
| 32 | Cole Custer | 12 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 29.0 | |||
| 33 | Daniel Suarez | 25 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 29.6 |
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 30 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 30.6 | ||
| 35 | Shane van Gisbergen | 37 | 21 | 36 | 31.3 | ||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 31 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 34.5 |