Final 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Standings

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It was almost a foregone conclusion that Kyle Larson would walk away from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his third series championship. Larson, who finished 4th in Stage 1, was able to lock up the title after the opening Stage of the race.

In the end, he would finish 12th, which allowed him to win the championship over Christopher Bell by a margin of 49 points. Denny Hamlin would finish third in the standings, 56 points back.

Here are the final 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship standings after the Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway (race 36 of 36).

2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff	Starts	Wins	Stage Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNFs
1	Kyle Larson (C)	2501	0	36	3	9	15	21	4
2	Christopher Bell (C)	2452	-49	36	1	6	16	20	5
3	Denny Hamlin (C)	2445	-56	36	4	6	16	24	0
4	Ryan Blaney (C)	2407	-94	36	4	9	12	23	6
5	Tyler Reddick (C)	2397	-104	36	6	3	15	21	2
6	Chase Briscoe (C)	2386	-115	36	3	2	13	18	8
7	Joey Logano (C)	2386	-115	36	3	7	7	15	4
8	William Byron (C)	2344	-157	36	1	5	8	18	5
9	Ty Gibbs (C)	2335	-166	36	2	5	13	20	5
10	Austin Cindric (C)	2306	-195	36	0	1	4	10	5
11	Bubba Wallace (C)	2293	-208	36	0	2	5	17	4
12	Chase Elliott (C)	2287	-214	36	2	2	8	13	3
13	Daniel Suarez (C)	2243	-258	36	1	1	3	9	2
14	Carson Hocevar	2234	-267	35	1	0	6	12	2
15	Ryan Preece (C)	2226	-275	36	1	2	1	10	3
16	Chris Buescher (C)	2212	-289	36	0	1	2	11	3
17	Shane Van Gisbergen	774	-1727	36	2	2	6	10	3
18	Ross Chastain	752	-1749	36	0	4	3	8	3
19	Brad Keselowski	723	-1778	36	0	2	2	6	4
20	Michael McDowell	691	-1810	36	0	0	3	8	1
21	Todd Gilliland	656	-1845	36	0	1	0	3	2
22	Josh Berry	651	-1850	36	0	0	4	11	5
23	Erik Jones	643	-1858	36	0	1	2	5	4
24	Austin Dillon	607	-1894	36	0	0	0	6	5
25	AJ Allmendinger	606	-1895	36	0	1	1	4	4
26	Alex Bowman	594	-1907	32	0	0	4	8	6
27	Zane Smith	584	-1917	36	0	1	2	6	5
28	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	527	-1974	36	0	0	4	5	3
29	John Hunter Nemechek	517	-1984	36	0	0	1	2	2
30	Riley Herbst	495	-2006	35	0	0	0	3	7
31	Noah Gragson	486	-2015	36	0	0	0	3	6
32	Cole Custer	450	-2051	36	0	0	1	2	2
33	Connor Zilisch #	410	-2091	36	0	0	0	2	10
34	Ty Dillon	395	-2106	36	0	0	0	0	2
35	Cody Ware	264	-2237	36	0	0	0	0	4
36	Kyle Busch	217	-2284	12	0	0	0	2	1
37	* Casey Mears	15	-2486	6	0	0	0	0	4
38	Kevin Magnussen	11	-2490	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	Jimmie Johnson	9	-2492	2	0	0	0	0	1
40	Katherine Legge	8	-2493	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	BJ Mcleod	8	-2493	4	0	0	0	0	3
42	* Corey Heim(i)	0	-2501	13	2	0	3	4	2
43	Harrison Burton(i)	0	-2501	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	Austin Hill(i)	0	-2501	26	0	0	0	0	3
45	* JJ Yeley(i)	0	-2501	4	0	0	0	0	2
46	Joey Gase(i)	0	-2501	3	0	0	0	0	0
47	Justin Haley(i) (C)	0	-2501	1	0	0	0	0	0
48	Justin Allgaier(i)	0	-2501	4	0	0	0	0	1
49	Gray Gaulding(i)	0	-2501	2	0	0	0	0	2
50	Daniel Dye(i)	0	-2501	5	0	0	0	0	1
51	Jesse Love(i)	0	-2501	2	0	0	0	0	0
52	* Chad Finchum(i)	0	-2501	8	0	0	0	0	3
53	Anthony Alfredo(i)	0	-2501	1	0	0	0	0	2
54	Josh Bilicki(i)	0	-2501	4	0	0	0	0	2
55	Timmy Hill(i)	0	-2501	2	0	0	0	0	2
56	Corey LaJoie(i)	0	-2501	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Chandler Smith(i)	0	-2501	0	0	0	0	0	1

Toby Christie

Toby is the Founder of TobyChristie.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. Toby is also the co-host of The Final Lap Weekly Podcast. Additionally, he is an award-winning writer, and has followed the sport as a fan since 1993.