Daytona NASCAR Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Finish | 2022 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2025 #1 | 2025 #2 | 2026 #1 | 2026 #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Buescher | 14.0 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 |
| 2 | John H Nemechek | 14.2 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Bubba Wallace | 15.2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 15.7 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 36 | 40 | 8 |
| 5 | Cole Custer | 15.8 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 17.2 | 9 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Cody Ware | 17.3 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 35 | ||
| 7 | Daniel Suarez | 17.3 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 18.3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Tyler Reddick | 18.5 | 35 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 18.6 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 18 |
| 12 | Ty Dillon | 18.9 | 11 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 21 | ||
| 13 | Ryan Blaney | 19.0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 33 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 19.1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 6 |
| 14 | Christopher Bell | 19.1 | 34 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 35 | 17 |
| 16 | Michael McDowell | 19.5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 4 |
| 17 | Ty Gibbs | 19.6 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 34 | |
| 17 | Josh Berry | 19.6 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 17 | William Byron | 19.6 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 22 |
| 20 | Chase Briscoe | 19.9 | 3 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 36 | 13 |
| 21 | Erik Jones | 20.3 | 29 | 17 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 39 |
| 22 | Zane Smith | 20.6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 20.9 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | Kyle Larson | 21.9 | 32 | 37 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 25 | Corey Heim | 22.0 | 28 | 16 | ||||||||
| 26 | AJ Allmendinger | 22.4 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 27 | Riley Herbst | 22.8 | 10 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 40 | 8 | ||||
| 28 | Ross Chastain | 23.1 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 24 |
| 29 | Noah Gragson | 23.2 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 26 | |
| 30 | Austin Hill | 24.0 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 27 | ||||||
| 31 | Austin Dillon | 24.2 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 7 |
| 32 | Ryan Preece | 25.1 | 36 | 31 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Denny Hamlin | 25.3 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 38 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 11 |
| 34 | Todd Gilliland | 26.9 | 33 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 39 | 19 |
| 35 | Shane van Gisbergen | 28.4 | 35 | 33 | 16 | 30 | 28 | |||||
| 36 | Carson Hocevar | 28.5 | 40 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| 37 | Connor Zilisch | 29.0 | 33 | 25 |