2026 NASCAR CUP SERIES STANDINGS
| Points as of 3/1/2026 | |||
| Position | Driver | Points | Points Behind Leader |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 186 | |
| 2 | Bubba Wallace | 116 | -70 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 114 | -72 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | -86 |
| 5 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 90 | -96 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 90 | -96 |
| 7 | Daniel Suarez | 87 | -99 |
| 8 | AJ Allmendinger | 86 | -100 |
| 9 | Michael McDowell | 83 | -103 |
| 10 | Carson Hocevar | 82 | -104 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 81 | -105 |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 78 | -108 |
| 13 | William Byron | 76 | -110 |
| 14 | Zane Smith | 75 | -111 |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 73 | -113 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 68 | -118 |
| 17 | Ty Gibbs | 65 | -121 |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | 65 | -121 |
| 19 | Ty Dillon | 65 | -121 |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 64 | -122 |
| 21 | John Hunter Nemechek | 63 | -123 |
| 22 | Kyle Busch | 61 | -125 |
| 23 | Denny Hamlin | 60 | -126 |
| 24 | Christopher Bell | 59 | -127 |
| 25 | Riley Herbst | 53 | -133 |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 49 | -137 |
| 27 | Chase Briscoe | 46 | -140 |
| 28 | Josh Berry | 45 | -141 |
| 29 | Cole Custer | 40 | -146 |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland | 39 | -147 |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 39 | -147 |
| 32 | Connor Zilisch # | 37 | -149 |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 37 | -149 |
| 34 | Austin Dillon | 35 | -151 |
| 35 | Erik Jones | 32 | -154 |
| 36 | Alex Bowman | 23 | -163 |
| 37 | Casey Mears | 9 | -177 |
| 38 | Burton McLeod | 3 | -183 |
| 39 | * Jesse Love(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 40 | Corey Heim(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 41 | Chris Yeley(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 42 | Justin Allgaier(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 43 | Corey LaJoie | 0 | -186 |
| 44 | Anthony Alfredo(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 45 | Chandler Smith(i) | 0 | -186 |
| 46 | Jimmie Johnson | 0 | -186 |
# Denotes Rookie, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series