All-Time NASCAR Cup Series Race Winners

Updated 11-10-2024

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SEE BELOW for some cool Jayski stats:
drivers who have won on their birthday, all-time and current win streaks by season, all-time 2nd place finishes,
most winning drivers in a season, teams that have won 1-2-3-4 in a race,
drivers to win a race in 1st, 2nd or 3rd career start, foreign drivers who have won a Cup race and more

Active Drivers = Bold/Italics; Last Winning driver in RED; (HOF) = NASCAR Hall of Famer

NASCAR officials award Bobby Allison with 85th Cup victory: NASCAR announced its recognition of Bobby Allison as the official winner of the NASCAR Cup Series Myers Brothers Memorial at Bowman Gray Stadium on August 6, 1971. The NASCAR record books have been updated to reflect Allison in sole possession of fourth place on the all-time Cup Series wins list with 85 wins.  With Allison’s win total updated to 85, he now only trails fellow NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty (200), David Pearson (105) and Jeff Gordon (93).See full article here.(10-23-2024)

Rank Driver Wins Titles Title Years
1 Richard Petty (HOF) 200 7 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979
2 David Pearson (HOF) 105 3 1966, 1968, 1969
3 Jeff Gordon (HOF) 93 4 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001
4 Bobby Allison (HOF) 85 1 1983
5 Darrell Waltrip (HOF) 84 3 1981, 1982, 1985
6 Jimmie Johnson (HOF)
83 7 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
7 Cale Yarborough (HOF) 83 3 1976, 1977, 1978
8 Dale Earnhardt (HOF) 76 7 1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
9 Kyle Busch 63 2 2015, 2019
10 Kevin Harvick 60 1 2014
11 Rusty Wallace (HOF) 55 1 1989
12 Lee Petty (HOF) 54 3 1954, 1958, 1959
13 Denny Hamlin 54
14 Ned Jarrett (HOF) 50 2 1961, 1965
15 Junior Johnson (HOF) 50
16 Tony Stewart (HOF) 49 3 2002, 2005, 2011
17 Herb Thomas (HOF) 48 2 1951, 1953
18 Buck Baker (HOF) 46 2 1956, 1957
19 Bill Elliott (HOF) 44 1 1988
20 Mark Martin (HOF) 40
21 Tim Flock (HOF) 39 2 1952, 1955
22 Matt Kenseth (HOF) 39 1 2003
23 Bobby Isaac (HOF) 37 1 1970
24 Brad Keselowski 36 1 2012
25 Joey Logano 36 3 2018, 2022, 2024
26 Kurt Busch 34 1 2004
27 Martin Truex Jr. 34 1 2017
28 Fireball Roberts (HOF) 33
29 Dale Jarrett (HOF) 32 1 1999
30 Kyle Larson 29 1 2021
31 Carl Edwards 28
32 Rex White (HOF) 28 1 1960
33 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (HOF) 26
34 Fred Lorenzen (HOF) 26
35 Jim Paschal 25
36 Joe Weatherly (HOF) 25 2 1962, 1963
37 Ricky Rudd 23
38 Terry Labonte (HOF) 22 2 1984, 1996
39 Jeff Burton 21
40 Bobby Labonte (HOF) 21 1 2000
41 Benny Parsons (HOF) 21 1 1973
42 Jack Smith 21
43 Speedy Thompson 20
44 Chase Elliott 19 1 2020
45 Davey Allison (HOF) 19
46 Buddy Baker (HOF) 19
47 Greg Biffle 19
48 Fonty Flock 19
49 Geoffrey Bodine 18
50 Neil Bonnett 18
51 Harry Gant 18
52 Ryan Newman 18
53 Kasey Kahne 18
54 Marvin Panch 17
55 Curtis Turner (HOF) 17
56 Ernie Irvan 15
57 Dick Hutcherson 14
58 LeeRoy Yarbrough 14
59 Dick Rathmann 13
60 Tim Richmond 13
61 William Byron 13
62 Ryan Blaney 13 1 2023
63 Donnie Allison (HOF) 10
64 Clint Bowyer 10
65 Sterling Marlin 10
66 Paul Goldsmith 9
67 Cotton Owens (HOF) 9
68 Bob Welborn 9
69 Christopher Bell 9
70 Alex Bowman 8
71 Tyler Reddick 8
72 Kyle Petty 8
73 Darel Dieringer 7
74 A.J. Foyt 7
75 Jamie McMurray 7
76 Jim Reed 7
77 Marshall Teague 7
78 Chris Buescher 6
79 Ward Burton 5
80 Austin Dillon 5
81 Dan Gurney 5
82 Alan Kulwicki (HOF) 5 1 1992
83 Tiny Lund 5
84 Dave Marcis 5
85 Jeremy Mayfield 5
86 Ralph Moody 5
87 Ross Chastain
5
88 Lloyd Dane 4
89 Bob Flock 4
90 Charlie Glotzbach 4
91 Eddie Gray 4
92 Bobby Hamilton 4
93 Pete Hamilton 4
94 Parnelli Jones 4
95 Hershel McGriff (HOF) 4
96 Joe Nemechek 4
97 Eddie Pagan 4
98 Ken Schrader 4
99 Morgan Shepherd 4
100 Nelson Stacy 4
101 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4
102 Billy Wade 4
103 Michael Waltrip 4
104 Glen Wood (HOF) 4
105 AJ Allmendinger 3
106 Aric Almirola 3
107 Bill Blair 3
108 Robby Gordon 3
109 Erik Jones 3
110 DickLinder 3
111 Frank Mundy 3
112 Elliott Sadler 3
113 Gwyn Staley 3
114 Brian Vickers 3
115 Marcos Ambrose 2
116 John Andretti 2
117 Johnny Beauchamp 2
118 Chase Briscoe 2
119 Red Byron (HOF) 2 1 1949
120 Austin Cindric 2
121 Derrike Cope 2
122 Ricky Craven 2
123 Ray Elder 2
124 James Hylton 2
125 Bobby Johns 2
126 Joe Lee Johnson 2
127 Al Keller 2
128 Elmo Langley 2
129 Danny Letner 2
130 Michael McDowell 2
131 Juan Pablo Montoya 2
132 Billy Myers 2
133 Jimmy Pardue 2
134 Steve Park 2
135 “Tiger” Tom Pistone 2
136 Marvin Porter 2
137 David Ragan 2
138 David Reutimann 2
139 Gober Sosebee 2
140 Jimmy Spencer 2
141 Daniel Suarez 2
142 Bubba Wallace 2
143 Emanuel Zervakis 2
144 Johnny Allen 1
145 Bill Amick 1
146 Mario Andretti 1
147 Earl Balmer 1
148 Trevor Bayne 1
149 Johnny Benson 1
150 Brett Bodine 1
151 Ron Bouchard 1
152 Richard Brickhouse 1
153 Dick Brooks 1
154 Bob Burdick 1
155 Marvin Burke 1
156 Harrison Burton 1
157 Neil Cole 1
158 Jim Cook 1
159 Cole Custer 1
160 Mark Donohue 1
161 Joe Eubanks 1
162 Lou Figaro 1
163 Jimmy Florian 1
164 Larry Frank 1
165 Danny Graves 1
166 Royce Hagerty 1
167 Bobby Hillin 1
168 Justin Haley 1
169 Jim Hurtubise 1
170 John Kieper 1
171 Harold Kite 1
172 Paul Lewis 1
173 Johnny Mantz 1
174 Sam McQuagg 1
175 Casey Mears 1
176 Paul Menard 1
177 Lloyd Moore 1
178 Jerry Nadeau 1
179 Norm Nelson 1
180 Bill Norton 1
181 Phil Parsons 1
182 Dick Passwater 1
183 Lennie Pond 1
184 Bill Rexford 1 1 1950
185 Jody Ridley 1
186 Shorty Rollins 1
187 Jim Roper 1
188 Earl Ross 1
189 John Rostek 1
190 Johnny Rutherford 1
191 Greg Sacks 1
192 Leon Sales 1
193 Frankie Schneider 1
194 Wendell Scott (HOF) 1
195 Louis Grier “Buddy” Shuman 1
196 Regan Smith 1
197 John Soares 1
198 Lake Speed 1
199 Chuck Stevenson 1
200 Donald Thomas 1
201 Tommy Thompson 1
202 Shane van Gisbergen 1
203 Art Watts 1
204 Danny Weinberg 1
205 Jack White 1
(HOF) = in NASCAR Hall of Fame

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Only Three Birthday winners (5 times): Cale Yarborough, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth are the only NASCAR Cup Series drivers to ever win a points paying race on their birthday.
1) Yarborough, birthday March 27, won in 1977 at North Wilkesboro Speedway and a second time in 1983 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
2) Kyle Busch, birthday on May 2,  won in 2009 at Richmond (to become only the 2nd driver to win on their birthday) and a second time at Kansas in 2021.
3) Matt Kenseth, birthday on March 10, won in 2012 at Las Vegas, to become only the 3rd driver to win on their birthday, and only the 4th time ever.(5-2-2021)


Drivers with longest streak of consecutive (ten or more) seasons with at least one CUP win a year:
# of seasons, driver, years of streak
active driver streaks in bold/italics
19, Kyle Busch, 2005-2023
18, Richard Petty, 1960-1977
17, David Pearson, 1964-1980
16, Jimmie Johnson, 2002-2017
16, Ricky Rudd, 1983-1998
16, Rusty Wallace, 1986-2001
15, Tony Stewart, 1999-2013
15, Darrell Waltrip, 1975-1989
15, Dale Earnhardt, 1982-1996
14. Jeff Gordon, 1994-2007
13, Lee Petty, 1949-1961
13, Cale Yarborough, 1973-1985
13, Joey Logano, 2012-2024 (extends streak)
12, Denny Hamlin, 2006-2017
11, Dale Jarrett, 1993-2003
11, Brad Keselowski, 2011-2021
11, Kevin Harvick, 2010-2020
10, Buck Baker, 1952-1961
10, Bobby Allison, 1966-1975
10, Bill Elliott, 1983-1992
10, Kurt Busch, 2002-2011

Other Current Driver Winning Streaks
6, Denny Hamlin, 2019-2024
5, William Byron, 2020-2024
4, Kyle Larson, 2021-2024
4, Christopher Bell, 2021-2024
3, Tyler Reddick, 2022-2024
3, Chris Buescher, 2022-2024
3, Ross Chastain, 2022-2024
2, Ryan Blaney, 2023-2024
2, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2023-2024
1, Daniel Suarez, 2024-2024
1, Chase Elliott, 2024-2024
1, Brad Keselowski, 2024-2024
1, Austin Cindric, 2024-2024
1, Alex Bowman, 2024-2024
1, Austin Dillon, 2024-2024
1, Harrison Burton, 2024-2024
1, Chase Briscoe, 2024-2024

(lost their streaks after not winning a Cup race in 2024)
1, Martin Truex Jr., 2023-2023
1, Shane Van Gisbergen, 2023-2023
1, Michael McDowell, 2023-2023
1, AJ Allmendinger, 2023-2023

The All-Time Most 2nd Place / Runner-up Race Finishes (with thirty 2nd place finishes or more):
1 Richard Petty 157 (HOF)
2 David Pearson 89 (HOF)
3 Bobby Allison 87 (HOF)
4 Jeff Gordon 75 (HOF)
5 Dale Earnhardt 70 (HOF)
6 Kyle Busch 63
6 Kevin Harvick 63
8 Mark Martin 61 (HOF)
9 Cale Yarborough 59 (HOF)
10 Darrell Waltrip 58 (HOF)
11 Buck Baker 56 (HOF)
12 Lee Petty 48 (HOF)
13 Jimmie Johnson 46
14 Tony Stewart 44 (HOF)
15 Rusty Wallace 42 (HOF)
15 Terry Labonte 42 (HOF)
15 Buddy Baker 42 (HOF)
18 Denny Hamlin 41
19 Ned Jarrett 37 (HOF)
19 Bobby Isaac 37 (HOF)
19 Brad Keselowski 37
22 Kyle Larson 35
23 Harry Gant 35
24 Jim Paschal 34
25 Martin Truex Jr. 32
25 Dale Jarrett 32 (HOF)
25 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 32 (HOF)
28 Benny Parsons 31 (HOF)
28 Matt Kenseth 31 (HOF)
30 Ricky Rudd 30

active drivers above bold; (HOF) = NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee; Latest 2nd place driver in RED

current active drivers with 2nd place finishes
Chase Elliott 27
Joey Logano 23
Ryan Blaney 16
Tyler Reddick 13
William Byron 11
Ross Chastain 8
Alex Bowman 7
Christopher Bell 7
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 5
Bubba Wallace 4
Erik Jones 4
Chris Buescher 3
Austin Dillon 3
AJ Allmendinger 3
Daniel Suarez 3
Shane van Gisbergen 1
Ty Gibbs 1
Chase Briscoe, 1
Michael McDowell, 1
Austin Cindric 1
Justin Haley 1
Josh Berry 1
David Ragan 1
Zane Smith 1
J.J. Yeley 1

Closest finishes in NASCAR Cup Series History:(since the inception of electronic scoring in 1993)
1) Kansas, 5/5/2024, 0.001 seconds, #5-Kyle Larson won over #17-Chris Buescher
2-tie) Talladega, 4/17/2011, 0.002 seconds, #48-Jimmie Johnson won over #33-Clint Bowyer, with #24-Jeff Gordon in 3rd, Three wide finish
2-tie) Darlington, 3/16/2003: 0.002 seconds, #32-Rickyn Crave won over #97-Kurt Busch
3) Atlanta, 2/25/2024: 0.003 seconds, #99-Daniel Suarez over #12-Ryan Blaney, with #8-Kyle Busch by 0.007 in 3rd, Three wide finish
4-tie) Daytona, 7/7/2007: 0.005 seconds, #26-Jamie McMurray over #5-Kyle Busch
4-tie) Talladega, 7/25/1993: 0.005 seconds, #3-Dale Earnhardt over #4-Ernie Irvan
(5-5-2024)

Most winning drivers in a NASCAR Cup Series season::
2022: 19 drivers in 36 races
2001: 19 drivers in 36 races
1961: 19 drivers in 52 races
1958: 19 drivers in 51 races
1956: 19 drivers in 56 races

Three teams (four times) in NASCAR Cup Series history have finished 1-2-3-4 in a single race, drivers listed::
4) Hendrick Motorsports at Dover Speedway on May 16, 2021: #48-Alex Bowman, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott and #24-William Byron.
3) Roush Fenway Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20, 2005: #16-Greg Biffle, #6-Mark Martin, #17-Matt Kenseth and #99-Carl Edwards.
2) Peter DePaolo Engineering at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 7, 1957: #22-Fireball Roberts (led all 160 laps), #97-Paul Goldsmith, #12-Ralph Moody and #98-Marvin Panch
1) Peter DePaolo Engineering at Titusville-Cocoa Speedway on December 30, 1956: #22-Fireball Roberts, #C22-Curtis Turner, #98-Marvin Panch, #12-Ralph Moody (only drivers on the lead lap and only 15 cars ran for 56 laps on the 1.6 mile road course, the only Cup race ever ran at this track)

Drivers to win their first Cup race in least number of starts: In the Chicago Street Race (7/2/2023) #91-Shane van Gisbergen became the first NASCAR driver to win in their first Cup Series start since Johnny Rutherford won his Daytona 500 qualifying race in 1963 (qualifying races counted in the standings at the time).  van Gisbergen became the first road course specialist to win in a one-off effort since 1972 Indianapolis 500 winner Mark Donohue won for Team Penske at Riverside in 1973 (in his 5th Cup start).  Van Gisbergens win running the #91, was the first time number 91 has been in NASCAR Cup victory lane since Tim Flock won at Hickory, NC on May 16, 1953.  It is the 17th time #91 has won a Cup race, the other 16 times were all by Flock.
The list of drivers who have won a NASCAR Cup races in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd starts are as follows:
FIRST START:
Jim Roper, Charlotte Speedway, 6/19/1949, 1st start (first race of NASCAR Cup Series)(only career win in 2 career starts)
Jack White, Hamburg (NY), 9/18/1949, 1st start (only career Cup win in 12 starts)
Harold Kite, Daytona Beach Course, 2/5/1950, 1st start (only career Cup win in 9 starts)
Leon Sales, North Wilkesboro, 9/15/1950, 1st start (only career Cup win in 8 starts)
Marvin Burke, Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, 10/14/1951, 1st start (only career Cup win in ONE start)
Johnny Rutherford, Daytona 500 Qualifying Race #2, 2/22/1963 (was counted in standings at the time), 1st start
Shane van Gisbergen, Chicago Street Race, 7/2/2023, 1st start (active, part-time)(only career Cup win so far)
SECOND START:
Red Byron, Daytona Beach Course, 7/10/1949, 2nd start (1st Cup Champion 1949, 2 wins in 15 career starts)
John Rostek, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 4/3/1960, 2nd start (only career Cup win in 6 starts)
Jamie McMurray, Charlotte, 10/13/2002, 2nd start (7 wins in 584 starts)
Trevor Bayne, Daytona 500, 2/20/2011, 2nd start (only career Cup win in 187 starts)
THIRD START:
Bob Flock, Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro, NC, 8/7/1949, 3rd start (4 wins in 36 career starts)
Fireball Roberts, Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro, NC, 8/13/1950, 3rd start (33 wins in 206 career starts)
Bill Norton, Gardena, CA, 11/11/1951, 3rd start (only career Cup win in 4 starts)
Dan Gurney, Riverside, 1/20/1963, 3rd start (5 wins, all at Riverside, CA in 15 total races, 8 at Riverside)
Kevin Harvick, Atlanta, 3/11/2001, 3rd start (60 wins in 826 starts)
Justin Haley, Daytona, 7/7/2019, 3rd start (active)(only Cup win so far)
(research done using Racing-reference.info)(7-7-2024)

Van Gisbergen is the sixth foreign born driver to win a Cup race: #91-Shane Van Gisbergen won the Grant Park 200 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Chicago Street Race on July 2, 2023 for his first career win (in his first career start). Van Gisbergen is the first driver to win in his Cup Series debut since 1963 (Johnny Rutherford, Daytona qualifying race). He took the lead with 5 laps remaining and held the lead through a late caution and overtime attempt. He is the sixth foreign-born driver to win a Cup Series race. The list of foreign-born drivers:
Driver, Country, Wins (in order of last win)
Daniel Suarez, Mexico, 2 (Sonoma, 6/12/2022 & Atlanta, 2/25/2024)
Shane Van Gisbergen, New Zealand, 1 (Chicago Street Race, 7/2/2023)
Marcos Ambrose, Australia, 2 (Watkins Glen – twice; 8/15/2011 & 8/12/2012)
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombia, 2 (Sonoma 6/24/2007, Watkins Glen 8/8/2010)
Earl Ross, Canada, 1 (Martinsville, 9/29/1974)
Mario Andretti, Italy, 1 (Daytona 500, 2/26/1967)
Ambrose won seven races across the three NASCAR national touring series — in Cup, XFINITY and Trucks, the most among foreign-born drivers; Canada’s Ron Fellows has next most at six wins (none in Cup, 4 in XFINITY and 2 in Trucks) and Daniel Suarez has five total NASCAR national touring wins (1 in Cup, 3 in XFINITY, 1 Truck series win)(7-2-2023)

(many stats compiled from almighty stats site racing-reference.info)