Darlington 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 | Tyler Reddick | 8.1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 10.8 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 11.6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 12.6 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 2 | |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 12.9 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| 6 | William Byron | 13.0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 13.2 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 13.6 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 13.9 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 13.9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 9 |
| 11 | Bubba Wallace | 14.0 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 34 | 8 |
| 12 | Erik Jones | 14.9 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 13 | Ryan Blaney | 15.1 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Austin Cindric | 15.8 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 13 |
| 15 | Ross Chastain | 16.1 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 17.1 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 18.5 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Carson Hocevar | 18.9 | 17 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Corey Heim | 19.0 | 19 | |||||||||
| 20 | Todd Gilliland | 19.1 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 16 |
| 21 | Kyle Larson | 20.0 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 32 | 5 |
| 22 | Daniel Suarez | 20.6 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 21 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 21.5 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 20 | 17 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | 21.7 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 25 | ||||
| 25 | Alex Bowman | 22.1 | 29 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 31 | 12 | ||
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 22.4 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 29 |
| 27 | Josh Berry | 23.1 | 30 | 3 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 28 | Noah Gragson | 23.3 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 29 | John H Nemechek | 23.5 | 31 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 27 | 24 | ||||
| 30 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 23.6 | 8 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 35 |
| 30 | Shane van Gisbergen | 23.6 | 26 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 26 | |||||
| 32 | Cole Custer | 24.5 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 33 | ||||
| 33 | Ty Dillon | 25.3 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 16 | 34 | 31 | 31 | ||
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | 26.0 | 18 | 34 | ||||||||
| 35 | Austin Hill | 29.5 | 31 | 28 | ||||||||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 31.2 | 19 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 36 | 36 | ||||
| 37 | Riley Herbst | 31.8 | 34 | 28 | 35 | 30 |