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NASCAR Cup Series Ratings

Driver strength, supporting performance signals, confidence scoring, and finish projections for the NASCAR Cup Series — derived from completed-race results, using the same KRS framework as Formula 1.

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Overview

Driver Strength

Composite rating blending recent finishes, qualifying performance, team/equipment strength, and consistency across the season to date. Higher values indicate a stronger overall profile relative to the field.

Completed Races

Rated Drivers

Races w/ Qualifying

Data Through

2026-07-26

#	Driver	Car	Team	Mfr	Qualifying	Equipment	Consistency	Confidence	Win	Top 5	Top 10
1	Denny Hamlin	—	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	80.6	70.3	61.2	97.1	19.7%	53.5%	65.9%
2	Ty Gibbs	—	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	80.1	70.3	46.2	97.1	6.1%	36.5%	58.7%
3	Carson Hocevar	—	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	72.4	63.6	59.4	97.1	5.2%	25.6%	41.3%
4	Christopher Bell	—	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	66.5	70.3	38.6	97.1	1.9%	38.3%	44.4%
5	Ryan Blaney	—	Team Penske	Ford	73.8	63.5	55.8	97.1	8.2%	25.2%	63.6%
6	Chase Briscoe	—	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	71.4	70.3	35.7	97.1	4.9%	37.9%	50.5%
7	Joey Logano	—	Team Penske	Ford	64.4	63.5	37.8	97.1	8.1%	21.8%	37.5%
8	Chris Buescher	—	RFK Racing	Ford	73.5	61.8	62.4	94.2	1.6%	12.3%	45.3%
9	Corey Heim	—	23XI Racing	Toyota	57	59.4	48.3	51	16.1%	23.9%	36.5%
10	Daniel Suárez	—	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	66.4	63.6	61.4	97.1	4.4%	14.4%	33.3%
11	Austin Cindric	—	Team Penske	Ford	55.3	63.5	54.5	97.1	1%	7.7%	23.4%
12	William Byron	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	66.9	59.7	46.4	97.1	0.9%	20.3%	42.5%
13	Ryan Preece	—	RFK Racing	Ford	53.3	61.8	53.8	94.2	4.2%	7.5%	30.4%
14	Brad Keselowski	—	RFK Racing	Ford	50.9	61.8	46	94.2	0.8%	13.9%	33.4%
15	Michael McDowell	—	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	63.6	56	94.2	0.7%	13.8%	29.9%
16	Shane Van Gisbergen	—	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	53.6	48.5	40.2	97.1	7.1%	19.7%	32%
17	Corey LaJoie	—	RFK Racing	Ford	62.4	61.8	50	27.9	2.8%	15.4%	27.2%
18	Kyle Busch	—	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	53	45.3	61.7	68.3	0.9%	5%	18.5%
19	Tyler Reddick	—	23XI Racing	Toyota	79.2	59.4	41.7	97.1	16.7%	35.5%	51.1%
20	Bubba Wallace	—	23XI Racing	Toyota	57	59.4	45	97.1	0.5%	12.9%	38.1%
21	Erik Jones	—	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	50.3	53.3	59.8	94.2	0.5%	13.2%	25.9%
22	Chase Elliott	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	64.1	59.7	47.2	94.2	10.5%	23.1%	35.8%
23	Alex Bowman	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	54.5	59.7	45.3	85.6	0.5%	14.6%	32.3%
24	Justin Allgaier	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	62.1	59.7	68.3	39.4	1.2%	8.2%	15.5%
25	Ross Chastain	—	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	54.7	48.5	53.8	94.2	0.4%	6.2%	22.2%
26	Todd Gilliland	—	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	34.2	47.9	59.5	91.3	0.3%	2.7%	15.6%
27	Chandler Smith	—	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	24.4	47.9	50	27.9	1.2%	10.1%	20.6%
28	Zane Smith	—	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	50.6	47.9	49.3	91.3	0.3%	9.3%	25.6%
29	Kyle Larson	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	79	59.7	33.6	97.1	0.2%	31.2%	43.2%
30	Austin Dillon	—	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	49.7	45.3	53	97.1	0.2%	8.6%	20.6%
31	Cole Custer	—	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	37.4	40	62.1	91.3	0.2%	2.1%	4.6%
32	Jesse Love	—	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	20.5	45.3	100	30.8	0.8%	7.5%	16.2%
33	Riley Herbst	—	23XI Racing	Toyota	44.6	59.4	54.8	91.3	0.2%	2%	14.8%
34	John H. Nemechek	—	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	45.1	53.3	61.3	91.3	0.2%	8.9%	14.7%
35	Jimmie Johnson	—	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	35	53.3	68.1	33.7	0.6%	6.3%	13.8%
36	Anthony Alfredo	—	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.6	59.7	72.5	30.8	0.5%	6.3%	14.3%
37	Ty Dillon	—	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	28.8	45.1	60.7	94.2	0.1%	1.7%	3.8%
38	AJ Allmendinger	—	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	49.5	45.1	56	94.2	0.1%	5%	13.7%
39	Ricky Stenhouse	—	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	41.9	48.1	51.9	94.2	0.1%	8.3%	17.1%
40	Kevin Magnussen	—	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	48.7	48.5	50	27.9	0.5%	6.7%	15.7%
41	Josh Berry	—	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	39.6	39.2	51.9	97.1	0.1%	1.5%	16.4%
42	Noah Gragson	—	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	28.6	47.9	61.1	94.2	0.1%	1.5%	6.8%
43	Connor Zilisch	—	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	42.6	48.5	51.9	97.1	0.1%	4.3%	9.3%
44	Austin Hill	—	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	39.3	45.3	68.9	59.6	0.1%	1.8%	4.7%
45	JJ Yeley	—	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	14.4	31.8	69.2	36.5	0.1%	2.5%	7.2%
46	Cody Ware	—	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	17.7	29.5	71.3	91.3	0%	0.8%	2.3%
47	Katherine Legge	—	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	6.4	20.5	90	30.8	0.1%	2.3%	7.3%
48	Chad Finchum	—	Garage 66	Ford	8.4	23.3	84.3	42.3	0%	1.5%	4.8%
49	Timmy Hill	—	Garage 66	Ford	9	23.3	97.5	30.8	0.1%	2%	6.6%
50	Joey Gase	—	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	2.6	31.8	50	27.9	0%	1.7%	6.3%
51	Daniel Dye	—	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	6	20.5	71	33.7	0%	1.3%	4.9%
52	Casey Mears	—	Beard Motorsports	Ford	12.3	23.1	42.5	36.5	0%	0.8%	13.4%
53	BJ McLeod	—	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	16	20.5	55.4	36.5	0%	0.7%	3.2%
54	Josh Bilicki	—	Garage 66	Ford	7.7	23.3	50	27.9	0%	1%	4.3%

54 rated drivers · provider ocblacktop · dataVersion ocblacktop-2026 · maturity prototype

#	Driver	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF	Avg Finish	Avg Start
1	Denny Hamlin	25	5	14	17	0	8.1	8.6
2	Ty Gibbs	25	1	9	15	5	12.5	8.8
3	Carson Hocevar	25	1	6	10	0	13.6	11.8
4	Christopher Bell	25	0	10	11	5	15.4	14.1
5	Ryan Blaney	25	2	6	17	2	10.6	11.2
6	Chase Briscoe	25	1	10	13	4	14.4	12.2
7	Joey Logano	25	2	5	9	4	17.4	14.9
8	Chris Buescher	24	0	2	11	2	13.6	11.3
9	Corey Heim	9	2	2	3	1	15.9	17.8
10	Daniel Suárez	25	1	3	8	1	14.2	14.1
11	Austin Cindric	25	0	1	5	3	17.6	18.4
12	William Byron	25	0	5	11	4	15.2	13.9
13	Ryan Preece	24	1	1	7	3	16.4	19.2
14	Brad Keselowski	24	0	3	8	3	17.5	20.2
15	Michael McDowell	24	0	3	7	1	17.8	16.6
16	Shane Van Gisbergen	25	2	5	8	2	17.2	19.1
17	Corey LaJoie	1	0	0	0	1	19	15.7
18	Kyle Busch	15	0	0	2	1	20.2	19.3
19	Tyler Reddick	25	5	10	14	2	12.6	9.1
20	Bubba Wallace	25	0	3	10	3	17.2	17.8
21	Erik Jones	24	0	3	6	0	16.5	20.4
22	Chase Elliott	24	3	6	9	2	13.9	15
23	Alex Bowman	21	0	3	7	3	19.9	18.8
24	Justin Allgaier	5	0	0	0	1	25.8	15.8
25	Ross Chastain	24	0	1	5	3	19.5	18.7
26	Todd Gilliland	23	0	0	3	2	20.3	26.7
27	Chandler Smith	1	0	0	0	0	16	31
28	Zane Smith	23	0	2	6	3	20	20.3
29	Kyle Larson	25	0	9	12	4	16.7	9.2
30	Austin Dillon	25	0	2	5	4	20	20.6
31	Cole Custer	23	0	0	0	2	24.4	25.4
32	Jesse Love	2	0	0	0	0	27	32
33	Riley Herbst	23	0	0	3	3	21.3	22.6
34	John H. Nemechek	23	0	2	3	1	21.4	22.4
35	Jimmie Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	24	26.3
36	Anthony Alfredo	2	0	0	0	1	27.5	27.7
37	Ty Dillon	24	0	0	0	1	24.2	28.8
38	AJ Allmendinger	24	0	1	3	4	20.6	20.7
39	Ricky Stenhouse	24	0	2	4	3	21.3	23.6
40	Kevin Magnussen	1	0	0	0	0	27	21
41	Josh Berry	25	0	0	4	5	24.7	24.6
42	Noah Gragson	24	0	0	1	4	23.9	29
43	Connor Zilisch	25	0	1	2	8	26.3	23.4
44	Austin Hill	12	0	0	0	3	29.2	24.7
45	JJ Yeley	4	0	0	0	1	27	35.2
46	Cody Ware	23	0	0	0	2	28.5	33.1
47	Katherine Legge	2	0	0	0	0	33	37.5
48	Chad Finchum	6	0	0	0	2	32.2	36.7
49	Timmy Hill	2	0	0	0	2	36.5	36.5
50	Joey Gase	1	0	0	0	0	30	39
51	Daniel Dye	3	0	0	0	1	30.3	37.7
52	Casey Mears	4	0	0	1	2	27.8	36
53	BJ McLeod	4	0	0	0	3	33	34.3
54	Josh Bilicki	1	0	0	0	0	34	37

NASCAR Cup ratings and projections are proprietary KittySports analytical outputs derived from completed-race provider data. Prototype maturity — not betting advice and not official NASCAR data.

Car numbers are not exposed by the current data provider for this season — the Car column renders “—” rather than a guessed value.