Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings

Rank	Driver	Avg. Driver Rating	2026 #2	2026 #2	2025 #2	2025 #1	2024 #2	2024 #1	2023 #2	2023 #1	2022 #2	2022 #1
1	Tyler Reddick	4.2	2	2	2	2	5	3	2	15	7	2
2	William Byron	5.9	12	8	14	1	7	4	5	1	3	4
3	Denny Hamlin	7.0	8	12	7	4	4	5	3	14	1	12
4	Bubba Wallace	9.3	4	17	3	13	6	6	9	7	12	16
5	Christopher Bell	9.7	1	18	16	7	3	17	17	9	4	5
6	Ross Chastain	11.4	28	19	5	8	10	13	14	4	10	3
7	Kyle Larson	11.7	6	10	9	38	1	8	1	8	14	22
8	Joey Logano	13.0	11	33	21	6	12	12	13	16	5	1
9	Ryan Blaney	13.1	5	4	18	3	37	23	8	11	9	13
10	Brad Keselowski	13.3	19	1	24	16	11	1	6	5	15	35
10	Ty Gibbs	13.3	9	9	17	12	13	2	19	19	20
12	Chase Briscoe	14.8	3	7	1	26	2	9	18	27	31	24
12	Chris Buescher	14.8	24	3	13	5	9	10	4	22	32	26
14	Erik Jones	15.1	18	15	4	20	19	25	10	23	6	11
15	Chase Elliott	15.9	14	14	19	14	18	21	11	12	28	8
16	Austin Cindric	16.2	10	5	10	9	21	22	24	24	18	19
17	Ryan Preece	17.8	13	11	15	10	15	24	34	20
18	Josh Berry	19.4	7	22	36	19	14	7		31
19	AJ Allmendinger	20.0	23	29	8	18			12	30
20	Carson Hocevar	21.1	16	13	12	35	22	29	21
21	Daniel Suarez	21.3	20	6	31	23	23	32	26	26	17	9
22	Alex Bowman	21.4	15		32	24	26	14	20		13	27
22	Michael McDowell	22.4	17	20	27	27	31	15	30	29	11	17
24	Todd Gilliland	22.9	21	32	28	17	17	11	31	17	27	28
25	John H. Nemechek	23.8	25	27	6	31	27	27
26	Zane Smith	24.0	22	24	22	11	29	36
27	Austin Dillon	24.8	31	26	23	25	16	33	23	25	23	23
28	Noah Gragson	25.0	32	31	20	21	24	19		28
29	Corey Heim	27.0	27
30	Shane Van Gisbergen	27.2	33	16	29	28	30
31	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	27.3	34	28	33	33	32	30	25	10	33	15
32	Cole Custer	27.5	30	34	26	30					16	29
33	Riley Herbst	29.3	26	25	30	36
34	Connor Zilisch	29.5	36	23
35	Ty Dillon	29.9	35	35	34	22			32	34	26	21
36	Austin Hill	30.5	29			32
37	Cody Ware	34.3	37	36	35	34					34	30