The 2026 NASCAR Cup season has concluded with Kyle Larson claiming his third championship title. Larson finished the 36-race season with 2,501 points.
Top Championship Finishers
Kyle Larson secured the title by beating championship runner-up Christopher Bell by 49 points, while Denny Hamlin finished in third place, 56 points behind the champion. Homestead race winner Ryan Blaney made the biggest move in the standings, climbing three positions to finish the year fourth with 2,407 points. Tyler Reddick, who recorded a division-high six victories this season, rounded out the top five with 2,397 points.
Final 2026 NASCAR Cup Standings
The complete final points standings for the 2026 season are led by Kyle Larson at first, followed by Christopher Bell in second, Denny Hamlin in third, Ryan Blaney in fourth, and Tyler Reddick in fifth. Chase Briscoe finished sixth with 2,386 points, Joey Logano seventh, William Byron eighth with 2,344 points, Ty Gibbs ninth with 2,335 points, and Austin Cindric tenth with 2,306 points.
Bubba Wallace secured eleventh position with 2,293 points, Chase Elliott twelfth with 2,267 points, Daniel Suarez thirteenth with 2,243 points, Carson Hocevar fourteenth with 2,234 points, Ryan Preece fifteenth with 2,226 points, and Chris Buescher sixteenth with 2,212 points to round out the playoff cutline field.
Drivers outside the top sixteen include Shane van Gisbergen in seventeenth with 774 points, Ross Chastain eighteenth with 752 points, Brad Keselowski nineteenth with 723 points, Michael McDowell twentieth with 691 points, Todd Gilliland twenty-first with 656 points, Josh Berry twenty-second with 651 points, Erik Jones twenty-third with 643 points, Austin Dillon twenty-fourth with 607 points, AJ Allmendinger twenty-fifth with 606 points, and Alex Bowman twenty-sixth with 594 points.
The remaining positions feature Zane Smith in twenty-seventh with 584 points, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. twenty-eighth with 527 points, John Hunter Nemechek twenty-ninth with 517 points, Riley Herbst thirtieth with 495 points, Noah Gragson thirty-first with 484 points, Cole Custer thirty-second with 450 points, Connor Zilisch thirty-third with 410 points, Ty Dillon thirty-fourth with 395 points, Cody Ware thirty-fifth with 264 points, and Kyle Busch thirty-sixth with 217 points. Casey Mears, Kevin Magnussen, Jimmie Johnson, Katherine Legge, and BJ McLeod completed the lower tier of the final standings.
