The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series regular season is gearing up, and your favorite drivers are back on the track in hopes of taking home the championship title. Below you’ll find the latest standings for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, so you can make sure you’re always up to speed.
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2026 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Standings
Find out where each driver stands after the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, August 9, 2026. Ty Gibbs took the checkered flag for his 2nd win of the season, while points leader Denny Hamlin managed a 5th-place finish despite brake issues all race long, and Tyler Reddick was collected in a lap-4 crash and dropped out of the top 2 in the standings for the first time since the Daytona 500.
| Pos | Driver | Manufacturer | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | DNF |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 923 | — | 23 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 820 | -103 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 813 | -110 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | Toyota | 803 | -120 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Chase Briscoe | Toyota | 663 | -260 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 659 | -264 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 657 | -266 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Carson Hocevar | Chevrolet | 644 | -279 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 637 | -286 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 629 | -294 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 600 | -323 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | Daniel Suárez | Chevrolet | 597 | -326 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Joey Logano | Ford | 586 | -337 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 565 | -358 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Shane van Gisbergen | Chevrolet | 544 | -379 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 526 | -397 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 17 | Ryan Preece | Ford | 497 | -29* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 479 | -47* | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 478 | -48* | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 476 | -50* | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | 454 | -72* | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 438 | -88* | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | Ford | 421 | -105* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Zane Smith | Ford | 417 | -109* | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Riley Herbst | Toyota | 386 | -140* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Chevrolet | 383 | -143* | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 382 | -144* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | John Hunter Nemechek | Toyota | 373 | -153* | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 313 | -213* | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | Josh Berry | Ford | 297 | -229* | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | Ford | 288 | -238* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 279 | -247* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Cole Custer | Chevrolet | 279 | -247* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | Chevrolet | 245 | -281* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 35 | Corey Heim | Toyota | 228 | -298* | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 217 | -309* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Cody Ware | Chevrolet | 188 | -338* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Jimmie Johnson | Toyota | 17 | -906 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Casey Mears | Ford | 12 | -911 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Kevin Magnussen | Chevrolet | 11 | -912 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Katherine Legge | Chevrolet | 8 | -915 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 4 | -919 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | Daniel Dye | Ford | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Jesse Love | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Chad Finchum | Ford | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Corey Lajoie | RAM | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Chandler Smith | Ford | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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