Richmond NASCAR Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Finish | 2022 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 5.5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 7.5 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 7.6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Josh Berry | 8.6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 7 |
| 6 | William Byron | 12.5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 12.7 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 5 | |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 12.9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 26 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 12.9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Austin Dillon | 13.1 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Alex Bowman | 13.9 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Chase Briscoe | 13.9 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 13 | Shane van Gisbergen | 14.0 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| 14 | Ross Chastain | 14.4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 12 |
| 15 | Chris Buescher | 15.9 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 21 |
| 16 | Tyler Reddick | 16.6 | 12 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 11 |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace | 17.3 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 20 |
| 18 | Austin Cindric | 17.6 | 20 | 12 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | Daniel Suarez | 18.3 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | Ty Gibbs | 18.7 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 15 | |
| 21 | Ryan Preece | 21.3 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 17 | ||
| 22 | Michael McDowell | 21.6 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 28 |
| 23 | Carson Hocevar | 21.8 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Austin Hill | 23.0 | 23 | |||||||
| 25 | Todd Gilliland | 23.1 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 30 |
| 26 | Noah Gragson | 23.7 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 18 | |
| 27 | Connor Zilisch | 25.0 | 25 | |||||||
| 28 | Cole Custer | 25.3 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 29 | ||||
| 29 | Erik Jones | 26.0 | 23 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 26 | 27 |
| 30 | Zane Smith | 26.3 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 36 | ||||
| 31 | Ty Dillon | 26.8 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 32 |
| 32 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.2 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 33 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 28.1 | 28 | 22 | 35 | 17 | 33 | 36 | 23 | 31 |
| 34 | John H Nemechek | 28.5 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 22 | ||||
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 29.3 | 33 | 31 | 24 | |||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 34.0 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 34 |