Gateway NASCAR Next Gen Driver Ratings
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Driver Rating | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Logano | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 8.2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 10.4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 11.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Austin Cindric | 12.0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 13.2 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | William Byron | 13.6 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 14.0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 18 | |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 15.0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 22 |
| 13 | Alex Bowman | 16.6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 15 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 16.6 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 14 |
| 15 | Bubba Wallace | 17.6 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 26 |
| 16 | Austin Dillon | 18.4 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 16 | 21 |
| 17 | Carson Hocevar | 19.3 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 34 | |
| 18 | Erik Jones | 19.6 | 16 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
| 19 | Connor Zilisch | 20.0 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Michael McDowell | 20.2 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 12 |
| 21 | AJ Allmendinger | 20.5 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 18 | |
| 22 | Josh Berry | 20.7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | ||
| 23 | Daniel Suarez | 21.0 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 17 |
| 24 | Chris Buescher | 21.8 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 22 | |
| 25 | Ryan Preece | 22.0 | 12 | 24 | 25 | 27 | |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 24.2 | 33 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 31 |
| 27 | Austin Hill | 26.0 | 26 | ||||
| 28 | Zane Smith | 26.3 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 28 | |
| 29 | Noah Gragson | 26.5 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 26 | |
| 30 | Cole Custer | 27.0 | 25 | 31 | 25 | ||
| 31 | Todd Gilliland | 28.4 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 29 | 29 |
| 32 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 29.0 | 29 | 29 | |||
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 30.0 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 32.0 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 30 | |
| 35 | Cody Ware | 35.5 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 35 |
