Charlotte NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings

Rank	Driver	2026 #2	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	Avg. Driver Rating
1	Christopher Bell	2	4	4	1	10	5	4.3
2	Denny Hamlin	6	2	3	4	15	2	5.3
3	Tyler Reddick	5	1	9	12	3	3	5.5
4	William Byron	19	18	1	2	2	18	10.0
5	Kyle Larson	3	5	25		12	9	10.8
6	Chase Briscoe	1	6	7	20	32	4	11.7
7	Ross Chastain	17	24	5	8	23	1	13.0
8	Ryan Blaney	4	8	31	14	1	22	13.3
9	Ty Gibbs	24	3	23	3	14		13.4
10	Chris Buescher	15	15	17	16	11	15	14.8
11	Chase Elliott	13	31	6	10	25	8	15.5
12	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	22	11	12	31	6	12	15.7
13	Joey Logano	10	13	26	23	16	10	16.3
14	Shane Van Gisbergen	9	7	20	32			17.0
15	Josh Berry	7	27	24	11			17.3
15	Daniel Suarez	14	9	34	17	24	6	17.3
17	Michael McDowell	18	17	11	13	27	19	17.5
18	AJ Allmendinger	28	20	2		21		17.8
18	Alex Bowman	26	30	19	5	13	14	17.8
20	Carson Hocevar	11	21	14	26			18.0
21	Brad Keselowski	33	14	15	7	7	34	18.3
22	Erik Jones	27	16	13	21	22	13	18.7
23	Bubba Wallace	16	23	37	6	8	23	18.8
24	Corey Heim	12	26					19.0
25	Ryan Preece	23	12	10	29	20	37	21.8
26	Austin Dillon	21	19	22	33	18	20	22.2
27	Zane Smith	25	10	27	35	19		23.2
28	Austin Cindric	8	35	21	22	26	31	23.8
29	Noah Gragson	30	25	8	19	35	29	24.3
30	Cole Custer	31	22	32			21	26.5
31	Riley Herbst	20	29	35				28.0
32	Todd Gilliland	32	33	29	27	36	25	30.3
33	Ty Dillon	34	34	28	38	34	26	32.3
34	Connor Zilisch	29	39	33				33.7
35	Austin Hill	37	32					34.5
35	Cody Ware	36	36	36			30	34.5