Bristol NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings

Rank	Driver	Avg. Driver Rating	2026 #2	2026 #1	2025 #2	2025 #1	2024 #2	2024 #1	2023	2022
1	Christopher Bell	4.5	3	10	6	7	2	5	1	2
2	Kyle Larson	5.4	4	1	23	1	1	6	4	3
3	Denny Hamlin	6.3	9	6	20	2	3	1	2	7
4	Ty Gibbs	7.8	2	3	1	5	13	3	3	32
5	Ryan Blaney	9.0	6	2	2	3	8	11	18	22
6	Carson Hocevar	11.3	5	5	5	4	19	30	11
7	Chase Briscoe	11.5	17	4	9	6	5	15	25	11
8	Bubba Wallace	11.9	7	7	13	19	6	19	12	12
9	Chris Buescher	12.0	11	12	7	31	18	10	6	1
10	Brad Keselowski	12.1	15	16	4	18	27	4	9	4
11	Ryan Preece	13.9	14	11	12	22	9	16	13
12	William Byron	14.4	8	33	10	9	11	31	7	6
13	Alex Bowman	14.5	18	35	8	14	7	9	10	15
14	Chase Elliott	15.1	24	19	30	16	4	12	8	8
15	Ross Chastain	15.8	13	17	21	11	12	20	23	9
16	Joey Logano	16.1	1	9	11	25	20	18	27	18
17	Corey Heim	17.0			17
18	Josh Berry	18.8	10	21	33	12	29	8
19	Michael McDowell	18.9	21	27	26	29	16	13	5	14
20	Tyler Reddick	19.8	27	8	16	15	21	33	15	23
21	AJ Allmendinger	20.9	26	15	18	10	23	29	33	13
22	Austin Cindric	21.6	12	13	15	21	17	32	35	28
23	Austin Dillon	23.6	16	23	34	13	25	28	24	26
24	Zane Smith	23.7	33	22	3	26	22	36
25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	23.8	34	25	19	17	31	25	14	25
26	Noah Gragson	24.0	19	24	29	23	14	35
27	Connor Zilisch	24.5	20	29
28	Riley Herbst	25.5	29	20	25	28
29	Todd Gilliland	25.5	22	14	31	35	32	22	21	27
30	Erik Jones	26.0	32	26	22	30	30	17	22	29
31	Daniel Suarez	26.6	23	18	35	34	33	23	26	21
32	Cole Custer	28.2	30	30	38	33				10
33	Shane Van Gisbergen	31.3	25	34	28	38
34	Ty Dillon	32.0	36	32	32	27			32	33
35	Austin Hill	33.5	31		36
36	Cody Ware	35.2	35	36	37	37				31