Chuck's Driver Rankings & Stats

So, who's the best driver in the world anyways?

March 1st 2010 edition

In this edition :

  • Only 20 new races (we still have snow here after all!)
  • A new logo, thanks to my brother Denis
  • Some UI speed improvements, thanks to the new version of jQuery
  • Complete results for the JETTA-CUP from 2008 and 2009
  • Complete results for the USAR from 2009

Top 50 Drivers

Pos. Driver Country Rating
1 Jeff Gordon United States 2191
2 Jimmie Johnson United States 2185
3 Tony Stewart United States 2184
4 Carl Edwards United States 2177
5 Mark Martin United States 2177
6 Fernando Alonso Spain 2170
7 Kyle Busch United States 2167
8 Clint Bowyer United States 2164
9 Felipe Massa Brazil 2164
10 Greg Biffle United States 2161
11 Kimi Raikkonen Finland 2160
12 Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom 2158
13 Kevin Harvick United States 2152
14 Matt Kenseth United States 2142
15 Jeff Burton United States 2127
16 Denny Hamlin United States 2126
17 Jamie Whincup Australia 2125
18 Kurt Busch United States 2122
19 Joey Logano United States 2119
20 Brad Keselowski United States 2103
21 David Reutimann United States 2102
22 Jan Magnussen Denmark 2102
23 Jenson Button United Kingdom 2100
24 Brian Vickers United States 2097
25 Nick Heidfeld Germany 2097
26 Ron Hornaday United States 2097
27 Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy 2096
28 Kasey Kahne United States 2085
29 Colin Turkington United Kingdom 2084
30 Matt Crafton United States 2083
31 Scott Pruett United States 2083
32 Ryan Newman United States 2081
33 Mark Webber Australia 2081
34 Sebastian Vettel Germany 2080
35 Rubens Barrichello Brazil 2078
36 Scott Dixon New Zealand 2076
37 Yvan Muller France 2074
38 Robert Kubica Poland 2070
39 Gabriele Tarquini Italy 2066
40 Nico Rosberg Germany 2062
41 Jon Fogarty United States 2061
42 Bob Faieta United States 2060
43 Mark Winterbottom Australia 2059
44 Jason Plato United Kingdom 2058
45 Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia 2058
46 Timo Glock Germany 2054
47 Casey Mears United States 2053
48 Mattias Ekström Sweden 2050
49 Timo Scheider Germany 2048
50 Jörg Bergmeister Germany 2044

Moving up

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 Paul Menard United States + 41
2 Shane Van Gisbergen New Zealand + 40
3 Giacomo Ricci Italy + 32
4 Michael Herck Belgium + 32
5 Lee Holdsworth Australia + 30
6 Mark Winterbottom Australia + 30
7 Justin Allgaier United States + 24
8 Davide Valsecchi Italy + 24
9 Justin Marks United States + 24
10 John Wes Townley United States + 23
11 Rick Kelly Australia + 23
12 Scott Riggs United States + 23
13 James Courtney Australia + 23
14 Steve Wallace United States + 22
15 Max Chilton United Kingdom + 20
16 Robb Brent United States + 19
17 Scott Speed United States + 19
18 Joey Logano United States + 18
19 Jamie Whincup Australia + 18
20 James Buescher United States + 17
21 Michael Caruso Australia + 17
22 Jason White United States + 16
23 Donnie Neuenberger United States + 16
24 Craig Lowndes Australia + 16
25 Bobby Gerhart United States + 16
26 Patrick Sheltra United States + 16
27 Matt Kenseth United States + 15
28 Tom Hessert United States + 15
29 Steve Arpin United States + 15
30 Mark Thompson United States + 15
31 Oliver Turvey United Kingdom + 15
32 Jason Bargwanna Australia + 14
33 Carl Edwards United States + 14
34 Brett Butler United States + 14
35 Jeff Burton United States + 14
36 Brian Vickers United States + 14
37 Timothy Peters United States + 14
38 Clint Bowyer United States + 13
39 Blake Koch United States + 13
40 Kevin Harvick United States + 13
41 Joe Nemechek United States + 13
42 Mike Wallace United States + 13
43 Mark Martin United States + 12
44 Tommy Joe Martins United States + 12
45 Jamie McMurray United States + 11
46 Sergio Perez Mexico + 11
47 Sean Murphy United States + 11
48 Tim Cowen United States + 10
49 Todd Bodine United States + 10
50 Tim George Jr. United States + 10

Moving down

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 Garth Tander Australia-53
2 Todd Kelly Australia-40
3 Mike Bliss United States-35
4 Sam Bird United Kingdom-32
5 Karl Reindler Australia-31
6 Johnny Sauter United States-28
7 Christian Vietoris Germany-28
8 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. United States-25
9 Tony Ricciardello Australia-23
10 Aric Almirola United States-23
11 Ryan Newman United States-22
12 Giedo van der Garde Netherlands-22
13 Danica Patrick United States-21
14 Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia-21
15 Will Davison Australia-19
16 Michael McDowell United States-19
17 Marcos Ambrose Australia-18
18 Edoardo Piscopo Italy-18
19 Fabian Coulthard New Zealand-17
20 Kyle Busch United States-16
21 Colin Braun United States-16
22 Landon Cassill United States-16
23 Frank Kimmel United States-15
24 Rob Jones United States-15
25 Parker Kligerman United States-15
26 Josef Král Czech Republic-14
27 Daniel Gaunt New Zealand-14
28 Fabio Leimer Switzerland-14
29 Josh Richards United States-14
30 John Borneman, III United States-13
31 Ted Musgrave United States-13
32 Ron Cox United States-13
33 Marc Easton United States-13
34 Rick Crawford United States-12
35 Will Kimmel United States-12
36 Chad McCumbee United States-12
37 Ron Hornaday United States-12
38 Marcus Ericsson Sweden-12
39 Butch Jarvis United States-12
40 Leilani Munter United States-12
41 Josh Wise United States-12
42 Milka Duno Venezuela-11
43 Russ Dugger United States-11
44 Kasey Kahne United States-11
45 Dennis Setzer United States-10
46 Chrissy Wallace United States-10
47 Steve Blackburn United States-10
48 Bill Baird United States-10
49 Craig Goess United States-9
50 Kenny Wallace United States-9

Compiled from 3347 races run by 5162 drivers representing 61 different countries on 2010-03-10 15:18:35

Copyright © 2007-2010 Charles Martin
And a big thank you to Marie-Claude Pratte for the data entry!