Gateway NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Speed Ranking | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 5.4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 6.4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 8.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 9.4 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Josh Berry | 9.7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 10.8 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | Austin Cindric | 11.4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 11.6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 14 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 12.0 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 11 | |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 12.6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 12 | William Byron | 13.0 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 13.6 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | Bubba Wallace | 16.0 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 18 |
| 15 | Brad Keselowski | 17.2 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| 16 | Carson Hocevar | 17.3 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 9 | |
| 17 | Alex Bowman | 17.6 | 16 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 12 |
| 18 | Austin Dillon | 18.6 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 22 |
| 19 | Daniel Suarez | 19.2 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 21 |
| 20 | Erik Jones | 20.8 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 19 |
| 20 | Michael McDowell | 20.8 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 35 |
| 22 | Chris Buescher | 21.5 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 31 | |
| 23 | Connor Zilisch | 23.0 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 23.8 | 29 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 32 |
| 25 | AJ Allmendinger | 24.0 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | |
| 25 | Austin Hill | 24.0 | 24 | ||||
| 27 | Ryan Preece | 24.5 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 17 | |
| 28 | Zane Smith | 25.3 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 24 | |
| 29 | Cole Custer | 27.0 | 22 | 32 | 27 | ||
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 27.8 | 25 | 31 | 24 | 33 | 26 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 28.0 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 30 | |
| 32 | Shane van Gisbergen | 29.5 | 31 | 28 | |||
| 33 | Riley Herbst | 31.0 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 32.0 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 34 | |
| 35 | Cody Ware | 33.0 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 33 |
