Chuck's Driver Rankings & Stats

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All time racing records

Most starts

1	Kyle Busch		351
2	Carl Edwards		320
3	Kevin Harvick		300
4	Clint Bowyer		279
5	Greg Biffle		261
6	Denny Hamlin		252
7	David Reutimann		242
8	David Ragan		241
9	Matt Kenseth		230
10	Jamie McMurray		222
11	Jeff Burton		222
12	Reed Sorenson		221
13	Kasey Kahne		218
14	Paul Menard		208
15	Mike Bliss		204
16	Tony Stewart		200
17	Bobby Labonte		197
18	David Gilliland		194
19	Brian Vickers		192
20	Ryan Newman		192
21	Dale Earnhardt Jr.		188
22	Joe Nemechek		186
23	Dave Blaney		184
24	Casey Mears		183
25	Juan Pablo Montoya		181
26	Elliott Sadler		180
27	Jimmie Johnson		177
28	Robby Gordon		177
29	Mark Martin		176
30	Martin Truex Jr.		175
31	Kurt Busch		173
32	Brad Keselowski		168
33	J.J. Yeley		168
34	Jason Leffler		165
35	David Stremme		164
36	Scott Speed		163
37	Jeff Gordon		162
38	Kenny Wallace		159
39	Sam Hornish Jr.		159
40	Marcos Ambrose		158
41	Stephen Jelley		156
42	Michael Waltrip		150
43	Joey Logano		150
44	A.J. Allmendinger		149
45	Tony Raines		148
46	Steve Wallace		148
47	Mike Wallace		145
48	Alvaro Parente		144
49	Johnny Sauter		144
50	Fairuz Fauzy		141

Most wins

1	Kyle Busch		62
2	Jamie Whincup		39
3	Garth Tander		36
4	Kevin Harvick		34
5	Carl Edwards		33
6	Jimmie Johnson		33
7	Lewis Hamilton		33
8	Jan Magnussen		27
9	Jason Plato		24
10	Denny Hamlin		23
11	Nico Hulkenberg		23
12	Fabrizio Giovanardi		22
13	Fernando Alonso		21
14	Sebastien Bourdais		21
15	Scott Dixon		20
16	Tony Stewart		20
17	Gary Paffett		20
18	Joey Logano		20
19	Patrick Cliche		19
20	Bob Faieta		19
21	Jon Fogarty		18
22	Ryan Briscoe		18
23	Clay Rogers		18
24	Scott Pruett		18
25	Raphael Matos		18
26	Ron Hornaday		18
27	Alvaro Parente		17
28	Adam Carroll		16
29	Benny Gordon		16
30	Randy Pobst		16
31	Kimi Raikkonen		16
32	Matt Kenseth		15
33	Jaime Melo		15
34	Gianmaria Bruni		15
35	Patrick Laperle		15
36	Olivier Bonnet		15
37	Romain Grosjean		15
38	Jörg Bergmeister		15
39	Andy Lally		14
40	Mika Salo		14
41	Kasey Kahne		14
42	Dario Franchitti		14
43	Johnny Benson		14
44	Augusto Farfus Jr.		14
45	Alexander Rossi		14
46	Memo Rojas		14
47	Mark Winterbottom		13
48	Rock Poulin		13
49	Patrick Long		13
50	Mattias Ekström		13

Most podiums

1	Kyle Busch		128
2	Carl Edwards		87
3	Kevin Harvick		78
4	Denny Hamlin		69
5	Jamie Whincup		69
6	Garth Tander		65
7	Lewis Hamilton		63
8	Jimmie Johnson		60
9	Jan Magnussen		58
10	Matt Kenseth		55
11	Jason Plato		53
12	Tony Stewart		52
13	Fabrizio Giovanardi		49
14	Fernando Alonso		48
15	Mark Winterbottom		47
16	Scott Dixon		44
17	Ryan Briscoe		44
18	Kimi Raikkonen		43
19	Ron Hornaday		42
20	Jeff Gordon		41
21	Craig Lowndes		39
22	Bob Faieta		38
23	Joey Logano		37
24	Nico Hulkenberg		37
25	Clint Bowyer		37
26	Andy Lally		36
27	Scott Pruett		36
28	Matt Neal		35
29	Robert Wickens		35
30	Sebastian Vettel		35
31	Adam Carroll		35
32	Jeroen Bleekemolen		35
33	Yvan Muller		35
34	Alvaro Parente		34
35	Todd Bodine		34
36	Hélio Castroneves		34
37	Randy Pobst		34
38	Tony Kanaan		33
39	Mattias Ekström		33
40	Lucas di Grassi		33
41	Dario Franchitti		33
42	Andy Priaulx		33
43	Jeff Burton		33
44	Colin Turkington		32
45	Jon Fogarty		32
46	Johnny O'Connell		32
47	Kurt Busch		32
48	Raphael Matos		32
49	Oliver Jarvis		31
50	Richard Westbrook		31

Best average finish
(min. 50 races)

1	Fabrizio Giovanardi		4.86
2	Lewis Hamilton		4.87
3	Jörg Bergmeister		4.93
4	Richard Westbrook		4.96
5	Jan Magnussen		5.04
6	Jon Fogarty		5.25
7	Patrick Laperle		5.43
8	Jason Plato		5.54
9	Fernando Alonso		5.58
10	Alex Gurney		5.79
11	Paul Edwards		5.80
12	Gary Paffett		5.81
13	Dirk Werner		5.81
14	Dirk Muller		5.81
15	Simon Pagenaud		5.86
16	Scott Pruett		5.88
17	Robin Liddell		5.92
18	Mattias Ekström		6.08
19	Peter Cunningham		6.14
20	Patrick Long		6.16
21	Jamie Whincup		6.21
22	Bernd Schneider		6.32
23	Patrick Cliche		6.36
24	Nigel Heron		6.37
25	Wolf Henzler		6.40
26	Colin Turkington		6.40
27	Michel Nykjær		6.61
28	Yvan Muller		6.65
29	Garth Tander		6.65
30	Kimi Raikkonen		6.72
31	Scott Dixon		6.74
32	Wade Cunningham		6.80
33	Timo Scheider		6.82
34	Oliver Jarvis		6.84
35	Etienne Borgeat		6.87
36	Andy Pilgrim		6.87
37	Lawson Aschenbach		7.04
38	Jeroen Bleekemolen		7.04
39	Tom Kristensen		7.09
40	Hélio Castroneves		7.16
41	Max Angelelli		7.19
42	Tony Kanaan		7.27
43	Felipe Massa		7.29
44	Bruno Spengler		7.30
45	Matt Neal		7.33
46	Mat Jackson		7.36
47	Kelly Collins		7.37
48	Jamie Green		7.42
49	Randy Pobst		7.64
50	Koudai Tsukakoshi		7.67

Compiled from 3677 races run by 5510 drivers representing 63 different countries on 2010-09-04 05:26:26

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