NASCAR 2026 Season To Date Total Speed Rankings – Heading To Chicagoland
| Rank | Driver | Avg. speed Rank | Daytona #1 | Atlanta #1 | COTA | Phoenix #1 | Las Vegas #1 | Darlington #1 | Martinsville #1 | Bristol #1 | Kansas #1 | Talladega 2026 #1 | Texas | Watkins Glen | Charlotte | Nashville | Michigan | Pocono | San Diego | Sonoma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 8.8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 9.2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 9.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 10.9 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 11.3 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 18 |
| 6 | William Byron | 11.8 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 8 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 12.6 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 5 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe | 13.1 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | Carson Hocevar | 13.8 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 13.8 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Chase Elliott | 14.0 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 16 |
| 12 | Ryan Preece | 15.1 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | Daniel Suarez | 16.4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 14 | Ross Chastain | 16.5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 12 |
| 15 | Austin Cindric | 16.9 | 33 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 14 |
| 16 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 17.2 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace | 17.4 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 28 |
| 18 | Joey Logano | 17.7 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 24 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 17.9 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 15 |
| 20 | Zane Smith | 19.2 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 17 |
| 21 | Erik Jones | 19.9 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 23 |
| 22 | Michael McDowell | 20.6 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 10 |
| 23 | Brad Keselowski | 21.2 | 37 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 34 | 31 | 20 |
| 24 | Alex Bowman | 21.4 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 22 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 13 | ||||
| 25 | Connor Zilisch | 22.2 | 35 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 7 |
| 26 | John H. Nemechek | 23.7 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 22 |
| 27 | Austin Dillon | 23.9 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 31 |
| 27 | Riley Herbst | 23.9 | 21 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 30 |
| 29 | Todd Gilliland | 24.7 | 13 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 35 | 23 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 33 |
| 30 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 25.3 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 37 | 24 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 26.2 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 23 | 30 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 35 |
| 32 | Josh Berry | 27.0 | 26 | 32 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 29 |
| 33 | Austin Hill | 27.5 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Cole Custer | 27.8 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 29 | 27 |
| 35 | Ty Dillon | 29.8 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 37 | 34 | 32 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 33.4 | 28 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 36 |