Chuck's Driver Rankings & Stats

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All time racing records

Most starts

1	Kyle Busch		396
2	Carl Edwards		358
3	Kevin Harvick		337
4	Clint Bowyer		305
5	Greg Biffle		280
6	Denny Hamlin		273
7	David Reutimann		265
8	David Ragan		260
9	Reed Sorenson		250
10	Matt Kenseth		250
11	Paul Menard		246
12	Jamie McMurray		243
13	Kasey Kahne		241
14	Jeff Burton		241
15	Mike Bliss		231
16	Ryan Newman		221
17	Joe Nemechek		220
18	David Gilliland		220
19	Tony Stewart		219
20	Juan Pablo Montoya		218
21	Bobby Labonte		216
22	Dale Earnhardt Jr.		209
23	Brad Keselowski		209
24	Elliott Sadler		207
25	Martin Truex Jr.		200
26	Dave Blaney		199
27	Casey Mears		197
28	Jimmie Johnson		196
29	Mark Martin		195
30	Brian Vickers		192
31	Kurt Busch		192
32	Robby Gordon		190
33	Jason Leffler		186
34	Joey Logano		183
35	Scott Speed		182
36	Jeff Gordon		181
37	Marcos Ambrose		179
38	Sam Hornish Jr.		179
39	Kenny Wallace		178
40	J.J. Yeley		178
41	Tony Raines		175
42	Steve Wallace		169
43	A.J. Allmendinger		168
44	David Stremme		166
45	Michael McDowell		165
46	Mike Wallace		164
47	Johnny Sauter		162
48	Regan Smith		159
49	Stephen Jelley		156
50	Mike Skinner		155

Most wins

1	Kyle Busch		76
2	Jamie Whincup		41
3	Kevin Harvick		38
4	Carl Edwards		38
5	Garth Tander		37
6	Lewis Hamilton		34
7	Jimmie Johnson		34
8	Jason Plato		29
9	Jan Magnussen		28
10	Denny Hamlin		26
11	Fernando Alonso		25
12	Nico Hulkenberg		23
13	Fabrizio Giovanardi		22
14	Gary Paffett		22
15	Scott Pruett		22
16	Tony Stewart		22
17	Scott Dixon		22
18	Clay Rogers		21
19	Michael Schumacher		21
20	Joey Logano		21
21	Sebastien Bourdais		21
22	Ron Hornaday		20
23	Patrick Cliche		19
24	Bob Faieta		19
25	Jon Fogarty		19
26	Randy Pobst		18
27	Patrick Laperle		18
28	Memo Rojas		18
29	Jörg Bergmeister		18
30	Ryan Briscoe		18
31	Raphael Matos		18
32	Benny Gordon		17
33	Alvaro Parente		17
34	Jeroen Bleekemolen		17
35	Gianmaria Bruni		17
36	Andy Lally		17
37	Jaime Melo		17
38	Patrick Long		17
39	Kimi Raikkonen		17
40	Andy Priaulx		16
41	Dario Franchitti		16
42	Olivier Bonnet		16
43	Adam Carroll		16
44	Sebastian Vettel		16
45	Steve Owen		16
46	Augusto Farfus Jr.		15
47	Romain Grosjean		15
48	Alexander Rossi		15
49	Mark Winterbottom		15
50	Craig Lowndes		15

Most podiums

1	Kyle Busch		151
2	Carl Edwards		100
3	Kevin Harvick		93
4	Jamie Whincup		74
5	Denny Hamlin		74
6	Garth Tander		70
7	Lewis Hamilton		67
8	Jimmie Johnson		67
9	Jason Plato		62
10	Jan Magnussen		61
11	Fernando Alonso		59
12	Matt Kenseth		56
13	Tony Stewart		55
14	Mark Winterbottom		54
15	Fabrizio Giovanardi		49
16	Ron Hornaday		48
17	Kimi Raikkonen		47
18	Scott Dixon		47
19	Yvan Muller		45
20	Joey Logano		45
21	Ryan Briscoe		45
22	Craig Lowndes		43
23	Jeff Gordon		43
24	Jeroen Bleekemolen		42
25	Clint Bowyer		41
26	Matt Neal		41
27	Scott Pruett		41
28	Andy Lally		41
29	Sebastian Vettel		41
30	Robert Wickens		40
31	Randy Pobst		40
32	Dario Franchitti		40
33	Brad Keselowski		39
34	Andy Priaulx		39
35	Todd Bodine		39
36	Patrick Laperle		38
37	Bob Faieta		38
38	Nico Hulkenberg		37
39	Hélio Castroneves		37
40	Jon Fogarty		36
41	Clay Rogers		36
42	Colin Turkington		36
43	Alvaro Parente		36
44	Mattias Ekström		35
45	Adam Carroll		35
46	Tony Kanaan		34
47	Jeff Burton		34
48	Memo Rojas		34
49	Gabriele Tarquini		33
50	Kurt Busch		33

Best average finish
(min. 50 races)

1	Memo Rojas		4.17
2	Anthony Rapone		4.43
3	Jörg Bergmeister		4.69
4	Fabrizio Giovanardi		4.90
5	Richard Westbrook		4.96
6	Jon Fogarty		5.09
7	Patrick Laperle		5.10
8	Jan Magnussen		5.17
9	Lewis Hamilton		5.17
10	Simon Pagenaud		5.35
11	Jason Plato		5.43
12	Gary Paffett		5.55
13	Alex Gurney		5.55
14	Peter Cunningham		5.62
15	Dirk Werner		5.78
16	Dirk Muller		5.80
17	Fernando Alonso		5.83
18	Scott Pruett		5.83
19	Robin Liddell		5.89
20	Paul Edwards		6.03
21	Patrick Long		6.11
22	Bernd Schneider		6.32
23	Yvan Muller		6.37
24	Nigel Heron		6.41
25	Jamie Whincup		6.47
26	Timo Scheider		6.49
27	Michael Schumacher		6.51
28	Wolf Henzler		6.56
29	Colin Turkington		6.58
30	Mattias Ekström		6.60
31	Michel Nykjær		6.61
32	Andy Pilgrim		6.61
33	Chris Dyson		6.68
34	Wade Cunningham		6.73
35	Jeroen Bleekemolen		6.76
36	Scott Dixon		6.84
37	Max Angelelli		6.94
38	Garth Tander		6.98
39	Etienne Borgeat		6.98
40	Oliver Jarvis		7.00
41	Tom Kristensen		7.03
42	Valtteri Bottas		7.06
43	Bruno Spengler		7.08
44	Philipp Eng		7.13
45	Lawson Aschenbach		7.16
46	Matt Neal		7.20
47	Hélio Castroneves		7.26
48	Randy Pobst		7.27
49	Mat Jackson		7.28
50	Mathieu Audette		7.32

Compiled from 4078 races run by 5597 drivers representing 63 different countries on 2012-05-19 22:21:10

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