Last week at Watkins Glen was the SVG show as he won the Pole, then won Stage 2, and came from nearly 30 second back after his last pit stop to win by over 7 seconds. Now it’s All-Star week, and for the first time we head to Dover to see a peculiar format for the race as we crown this years top All-Star. Down below you will find different statistics from all of the NASCAR Cup All-Star Races ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats for the All-Star Race, if you are looking for only all-time drivers stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: All-Star Race. If you’re more interested in Dover stats then check out my other previous articles All-Time Cup Track Stats: Dover and Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: Dover.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led |
| 1 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 250 | 28 |
| 2 | 4 | Joey Logano | 250 | 139 |
| 3 | 3 | Ross Chastain | 250 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 250 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 250 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | William Byron | 250 | 12 |
| 7 | 13 | Tyler Reddick | 250 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 250 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | 250 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Chris Buescher | 250 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | Carson Hocevar | 250 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | Denny Hamlin | 250 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | Noah Gragson | 250 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | Austin Dillon | 250 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 250 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | Ryan Blaney | 250 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 | Josh Berry | 250 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | Austin Cindric | 250 | 1 |
| 19 | 22 | John Hunter Nemechek | 250 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | Harrison Burton | 250 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | Kyle Larson | 247 | 5 |
| 22 | 1 | Brad Keselowski | 176 | 62 |
| 23 | 12 | Daniel Suarez | 65 | 0 |
– Last year all of the Top 5 finishers started inside the Top 10, this was the first time this happened in the All-Star Race since 2017 and only the 6th time it happened in All-Star Race history.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 5.80 | 1st | 22nd | 15 |
| 2 | Bubba Wallace | 7.25 | 2nd | 16th | 4 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 7.70 | 1st | 23rd | 10 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 7.79 | 1st | 17th | 19 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 8.56 | 1st | 24th | 9 |
| 6 | Alex Bowman | 8.83 | 4th | 21st | 6 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 9.00 | 1st | 16th | 9 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | 9.84 | 1st | 23rd | 19 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 10.00 | 3rd | 16th | 4 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 10.20 | 1st | 17th | 5 |
| 11 | Chase Briscoe | 10.33 | 4th | 18th | 3 |
| 12 | Kyle Busch | 10.60 | 1st | 24th | 20 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 10.80 | 3rd | 17th | 5 |
| T14 | Carson Hocevar | 11.00 | 11th | 11th | 1 |
| T14 | Ty Gibbs | 11.00 | 9th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | Daniel Suarez | 11.17 | 2nd | 23rd | 6 |
| 17 | Brad Keselowski | 11.71 | 2nd | 22nd | 17 |
| T18 | Michael McDowell | 12.00 | 9th | 15th | 3 |
| T18 | William Byron | 12.00 | 6th | 20th | 7 |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 12.20 | 3rd | 22nd | 5 |
| 21 | A.J. Allmendinger | 13.14 | 7th | 20th | 7 |
| 22 | Austin Dillon | 13.80 | 7th | 19th | 5 |
| 23 | Austin Cindric | 14.00 | 3rd | 21st | 3 |
| 24 | Erik Jones | 14.50 | 8th | 20th | 4 |
| 25 | Cole Custer | 15.00 | 14th | 16th | 2 |
| T26 | Casey Mears | 15.67 | 13th | 18th | 3 |
| T26 | Noah Gragson | 15.67 | 11th | 23rd | 3 |
| 28 | Josh Berry | 16.00 | 15th | 17th | 2 |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 17.00 | 11th | 24th | 7 |
| 30 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.00 | 19th | 19th | 1 |
– Of the 30 active drivers to run an All-Star Race only 7 of them have never recorded a Top 10.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 19.59 | 15 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 5 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 19.46 | 9 | T1 | Bubba Wallace | 100 | 4 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 13.91 | 20 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 4 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 13.43 | 9 | T1 | Chase Briscoe | 100 | 3 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.07 | 19 | T1 | Michael McDowell | 100 | 3 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 8.82 | 17 | T1 | Cole Custer | 100 | 2 |
| 7 | Daniel Suarez | 5.77 | 6 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 2 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 5.31 | 10 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 1 |
| 9 | William Byron | 3.94 | 7 | 9 | John Hunter Nemechek | 100 | 1 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 3.15 | 5 | 10 | Austin Dillon | 99.86 | 5 |
Last year’s All-Star Race winner, Christopher Bell, is hoping to complete all the laps this year again and be the only active driver to run 6+ All-Star Races and finish all of the laps in every race. Photo by David Jensen — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 20 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 9 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 19 | T7 | Ryan Blaney | 9 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 19 | T9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 7 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 17 | T9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 15 | T9 | William Byron | 7 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 10 |
– With every full-time active driver getting a start in this year’s All-Star Race there isn’t much that changes in the table above.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 4 | 21.05 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 11.11 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 33.33 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 10.00 |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 2 | 13.33 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 5.26 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 20.00 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 5.00 |
– With a win in the All-Star Race this weekend Kyle Larson would tie Jimmie Johnson for the most All-Star Race wins by an active driver.
| Most Active All-Star Race Top 3’s | Best Active All-Star Race Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 6 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 44.44 | 4 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6 | 2 | Joey Logano | 40.00 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 3 | Austin Cindric | 33.33 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 31.58 | 6 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 25.00 | 5 |
| T5 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | T5 | Bubba Wallace | 25.00 | 1 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 2 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 25.00 | 1 |
| T8 | 8 drivers tied | 1 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 20.00 | 2 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 20.00 | 1 | |||
| T8 | Christopher Bell | 20.00 | 1 | |||
| T8 | Ross Chastain | 20.00 | 1 | |||
If Joey Logano can get another Top 3 this weekend then he would break his tie with Jimmie Johnson and be 1st by himself for most Top 3’s and Top 5’s among active drivers. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Most Active All-Star Race Top 5’s | Best Active All-Star Race Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 9 | 1 | Joey Logano | 60.00 | 9 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 55.56 | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 50.00 | 5 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 6 | T3 | Bubba Wallace | 50.00 | 2 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 47.37 | 9 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 36.84 | 7 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | T7 | Ryan Blaney | 33.33 | 3 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | T7 | Daniel Suarez | 33.33 | 2 |
| T9 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | T7 | Austin Cindric | 33.33 | 1 |
| T9 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | T7 | Chase Briscoe | 33.33 | 1 |
| Most Active All-Star Race Top 10’s | Best Active All-Star Race Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 14 | 1 | Joey Logano | 93.33 | 14 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 13 | 2 | Alex Bowman | 83.33 | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 12 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 80.00 | 8 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 11 | 4 | Bubba Wallace | 75.00 | 3 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 66.67 | 6 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 8 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 66.67 | 2 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 65.00 | 13 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 5 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 63.16 | 12 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | ||||
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 9 | Chris Buescher | 60.00 | 3 |
| T10 | Chris Buescher | 3 | ||||
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 3 | 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 57.89 | 11 |
| T10 | William Byron | 3 | ||||
– Joey Logano only has the 5th most All-Star Race starts by an active driver, but impressively he has the most Top 10’s by finishing just 1 of his races out of the Top 10.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 17 |
| T2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 7 |
| T2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 |
| T2 | William Byron | 7 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 6 |
| T5 | Daniel Suarez | 6 |
| T7 | Austin Dillon | 5 |
| T7 | Chris Buescher | 5 |
| T7 | Ross Chastain | 5 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 4 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 4 |
| T10 | Tyler Reddick | 4 |
There are 8 drivers that have 8+ All-Star Race starts and the only one of those that doesn’t have an All-Star win is Brad Keselowski. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Most Active All-Star Race Starts without Top 3 | Most Active All-Star Race Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 7 | T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 7 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 | T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 |
| T1 | William Byron | 7 | T1 | William Byron | 7 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 6 | 4 | Austin Dillon | 5 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 5 | 5 | Erik Jones | 4 |
– A.J. Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and William Byron have a combined 68 Top 3’s and 116 Top 5’s in their Cup careers, but in their combined 21 All-Star Races they haven’t gotten a single Top 3 or Top 5.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 |
| T2 | Casey Mears | 3 |
| T2 | Noah Gragson | 3 |
| T4 | Cole Custer | 2 |
| T4 | Josh Berry | 2 |
| T6 | Carson Hocevar | 1 |
| T6 | John Hunter Nemechek | 1 |
– The names in the table above are the only active drivers to start an All-Star Race and not get a Top 10 finish.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Joey Logano | 2 | Top 2’s | Chris Buesccher | 2 | Top 10’s |
| Joey Logano | 11 | Top 10’s | Kyle Busch | 2 | Top 10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 3 | Top 10’s | Ross Chastain | 2 | Top 10’s |
Joey Logano has been amazing in the All-Star Race as he’s on an unbelievable 11 straight Top 10 streak and has also finished the last 2 All-Star Races inside the Top 2. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Rank | Year | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Year | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2024 | 99.50 | Joey Logano | 1st | 6 | 2023 | 27.50 | Daniel Suarez | 7th |
| 2 | 2023 | 72.50 | Kyle Larson | 1st | 7 | 2025 | 24.80 | Brad Keselowski | 22nd |
| 3 | 2022 | 60.00 | Ryan Blaney | 1st | 8 | 2025 | 11.20 | Christopher Bell | 1st |
| 4 | 2025 | 55.60 | Joey Logano | 2nd | 9 | 2022 | 5.00 | Austin Cindric | 3rd |
| 5 | 2022 | 33.57 | Kyle Busch | 21st | 10 | 2025 | 4.80 | William Byron | 6th |
– The “Next Gen Laps Led% in a race” list doubled after last year. Coming into the race only 8 drivers were on the list and now there are 16 in the entire list.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-24) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-24) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 5th | 6.50 | 1 | 24th | 21.50 |
| 2 | 9th | 7.50 | 2 | 19th | 16.50 |
| 3 | 20th | 8.00 | 3 | 6th | 15.25 |
| 4 | 2nd | 8.50 | 4 | 4th | 14.50 |
| 5 | 23rd | 9.00 | T5 | 15th | 14.25 |
| 6 | 10th | 9.25 | T5 | 17th | 14.25 |
| T7 | 3rd | 10.25 | 7 | 22nd | 14.00 |
| T7 | 16th | 10.25 | 8 | 13th | 13.50 |
| 9 | 11th | 10.75 | 9 | 18th | 13.25 |
| T10 | 1st | 12.75 | |||
| 10 | 12th | 11.00 | T10 | 8th | 12.75 |
| T10 | 14th | 12.75 | |||
– Where you start in the All-Star Race this weekend doesn’t seem to matter much as there are 4 Top 10 starting positions in the “worst” table above, and there are 2 starting positions 20th or worse in the top 5 of the “best” table above.
| Best Next Gen All-Star Race Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen All-Star Race Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 4.25 | 4 | 1 | Joey Logano | 42.78 | 4 |
| 2 | Alex Bowman | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 18.99 | 4 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 7.00 | 4 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 10.63 | 4 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 7.25 | 4 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 7.97 | 4 |
| T5 | Bubba Wallace | 8.00 | 3 | 5 | Daniel Suarez | 6.96 | 4 |
| T5 | Tyler Reddick | 8.00 | 3 | 6 | Kyle Busch | 6.20 | 4 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 9.25 | 4 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 3.54 | 4 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 10.00 | 4 | 8 | William Byron | 1.77 | 4 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 10.25 | 4 | 9 | Austin Cindric | 1.36 | 3 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 10.33 | 3 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 0.26 | 2 |
– If Joey Logano can lead 232+ laps this weekend then he would have led half (or more) of the Next Gen All-Star Race laps that have been run.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 25.00 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | 25.00 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 25.00 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 25.00 |
– In 4 Next Gen All-Star Races there have been 4 different winners, and this weekend there are 32 drivers hoping to make it 5 different winner in 5 races.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 2 | 50.00 |
| T3 | Austin Cindric | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 25.00 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 25.00 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 25.00 |
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 25.00 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 25.00 |
– Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano are the only drivers to finish half of the Next Gen All-Star Races in the Top 3.
| Most Next Gen All-Star Race Top 5’s | Most Next Gen All-Star Race Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 3 | 75.00 | 1 | Joey Logano | 4 | 100 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 50.00 | T5 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 100 |
| T6 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 50.00 | T5 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 66.67 |
| T6 | Austin Cindric | 1 | 33.33 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 66.67 |
| T6 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 33.33 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 66.67 |
| T6 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 33.33 | T5 | 6 drivers tied with same % | 2 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
| T6 | 4 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 25.00 | ||||
Not mentioned in the table above, but something that is noteworthy. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the only driver to start all 4 Next Gen All-Star Races (13 drivers) to not get a Top 10 finish. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images