Kansas NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings

Ranking	Driver	2026 #2	2026 #1	2025 #2	2025 #1	2024 #2	2024 #1	2023 #2	2023 #1	2022 #2	2022 #1	Avg. Driver Rating
1	Denny Hamlin	3	1	1	14	8	2	1	1	5	8	4.4
2	Christopher Bell	5	5	2	2	2	6	7	14	3	4	5.0
3	Kyle Larson	1	3	4	1	31	1	3	3	8	3	5.8
4	Chase Elliott	8	7	3	5	12	7	4	8	14	16	8.4
5	William Byron	4	12	14	10	1	17	13	5	4	14	9.4
6	Tyler Reddick	14	2	9	18	14	15	2	7	10	7	9.8
7	Ryan Blaney	7	18	15	3	5	14	9	13	9	9	10.2
8	Bubba Wallace	11	4	6	23	19	19	8	4	2	13	10.9
9	Alex Bowman	18	17	16	4	7	12	15		1	10	11.1
10	Ross Chastain	21	23	7	22	4	9	14	6	7	5	11.8
11	Chris Buescher	17	9	8	8	13	3	16	18	16	30	13.8
12	Joey Logano	9	27	13	9	9	27	11	11	11	18	14.5
13	Ty Gibbs	12	8	12	31	3	13	17	9	28		14.8
14	Brad Keselowski	13	11	20	15	15	10	5	26	22	15	15.2
15	Carson Hocevar	23	10	10	19	18	22	23				17.9
16	Austin Cindric	2	13	31	11	22	18	31	30	13	11	18.2
17	Chase Briscoe	6	6	5	12	28	30	27	35	15	29	19.3
18	Daniel Suarez	15	21	26	29	16	33	18	12	12	20	20.2
19	Ryan Preece	10	14	32	6	17	34	24	33			21.3
20	Zane Smith	32	33	11	13	11	29					21.5
21	Corey Heim		16		24		25					21.7
22	Josh Berry	22	25	18	7	38	24		21			22.1
23	Noah Gragson	30	34	22	16	20	8		22	25	25	22.4
24	Austin Dillon	24	20	35	26	21	26	22	15	17	19	22.5
25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	34	22	24	27	27	20	28	20	18	12	23.2
25	Erik Jones	16	24	21	33	34		6	24	27	24	23.2
27	AJ Allmendinger	26	26	17	38			19	17			23.8
28	Michael McDowell	27	29	28	25	32	11	25	27	19	21	24.4
29	Todd Gilliland	20	19	30	21	24	16	29	28	30	31	24.8
30	Shane Van Gisbergen	25	32	19	32							27.0
31	Riley Herbst	29	15	33	30		37					28.8
32	Cole Custer	33	31	34	34			30		23	23	29.7
33	Ty Dillon	31	36	27	35	30		33	29	24	26	30.1
34	Austin Hill	28					36					32.0
35	Connor Zilisch	35	35									35.0
36	Cody Ware	36	37	37	37					32	35	35.7