Gateway NASCAR Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Finish | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Logano | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Connor Zilisch | 7.0 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 7.8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 9.6 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 10.6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Austin Cindric | 10.8 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | William Byron | 11.4 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 14.2 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 5 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 14.6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 35 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 14.8 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 18 | |
| 11 | Austin Dillon | 15.2 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 18 | 6 |
| 12 | Chris Buescher | 15.5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 27 | |
| 13 | AJ Allmendinger | 15.8 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 16 | |
| 14 | Brad Keselowski | 16.0 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 12 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 16.8 | 36 | 8 | 15 | 8 | |
| 16 | Chase Elliott | 17.0 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 31 | |
| 16 | Erik Jones | 17.0 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 13 |
| 18 | Michael McDowell | 17.2 | 18 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 20 |
| 19 | Alex Bowman | 19.0 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| 19 | Ryan Preece | 19.0 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 17 | |
| 21 | Tyler Reddick | 19.2 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 22 | Bubba Wallace | 19.8 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | Austin Hill | 21.0 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Chase Briscoe | 21.8 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 24 | Todd Gilliland | 21.8 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 24 |
| 26 | Cole Custer | 22.3 | 29 | 27 | 11 | ||
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 23.4 | 23 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 29 |
| 28 | Shane van Gisbergen | 24.0 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 26.0 | 32 | 32 | 20 | 20 | 26 |
| 30 | Zane Smith | 26.3 | 17 | 19 | 33 | 36 | |
| 31 | Ty Dillon | 29.0 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 30 | |
| 32 | Noah Gragson | 29.5 | 33 | 22 | 30 | 33 | |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 29.8 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 22 | |
| 34 | Riley Herbst | 32.5 | 31 | 34 | |||
| 35 | Josh Berry | 33.3 | 36 | 36 | 28 |