In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Phoenix.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 5 | Ryan Blaney | 312 | 28 | 1st | 12th | 120.7 |
| 2 | 12 | Christopher Bell | 312 | 176 | 2nd | 1st | 139.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 312 | 0 | 13th | 9th | 95.1 |
| 4 | 14 | Ty Gibbs | 312 | 12 | 8th | 11th | 103.6 |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 312 | 5 | 5th | 2nd | 112.4 |
| 6 | 28 | Bubba Wallace | 312 | 0 | 19th | 5th | 90.8 |
| 7 | 9 | William Byron | 312 | 1 | 9th | 21st | 95.8 |
| 8 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 312 | 0 | 4th | 8th | 109.0 |
| 9 | 16 | Michael McDowell | 312 | 0 | 18th | 29th | 81.3 |
| 10 | 32 | Erik Jones | 312 | 0 | 30th | 24th | 62.8 |
| 11 | 18 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 312 | 0 | 14th | 20th | 75.4 |
| 12 | 30 | Todd Gilliland | 312 | 0 | 21st | 10th | 70.0 |
| 13 | 13 | Ryan Preece | 312 | 4 | 11th | 32nd | 73.3 |
| 14 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 312 | 0 | 17th | 4th | 81.7 |
| 15 | 37 | Brad Keselowski | 312 | 0 | 32nd | 33rd | 54.8 |
| 16 | 25 | Austin Dillon | 312 | 0 | 22nd | 15th | 71.2 |
| 17 | 29 | Kyle Busch | 312 | 0 | 33rd | 34th | 44.3 |
| 18 | 22 | Riley Herbst | 312 | 0 | 26th | 27th | 53.5 |
| 19 | 23 | A.J. Allmendinger | 312 | 0 | 23rd | 19th | 59.8 |
| 20 | 7 | Carson Hocevar | 312 | 0 | 24th | 7th | 74.7 |
| 21 | 27 | Austin Hill | 312 | 0 | 28th | 30th | 39.5 |
| 22 | 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 312 | 0 | 27th | 25th | 44.5 |
| 23 | 26 | Chase Elliott | 312 | 0 | 20th | 13th | 54.5 |
| 24 | 34 | Cody Ware | 312 | 0 | 37th | 31st | 34.5 |
| 25 | 15 | John Hunter Nemechek | 312 | 0 | 16th | 17th | 62.0 |
| 26 | 33 | Ty Dillon | 311 | 0 | 25th | 22nd | 42.7 |
| 27 | 24 | Zane Smith | 294 | 0 | 35th | 16th | 52.7 |
| 28 | 6 | Ross Chastain | 286 | 0 | 10th | 18th | 75.4 |
| 29 | 19 | Connor Zilisch | 281 | 0 | 29th | 28th | 39.2 |
| 30 | 4 | Daniel Suarez | 254 | 0 | 7th | 26th | 55.2 |
| 31 | 1 | Joey Logano | 253 | 73 | 3rd | 3rd | 107.5 |
| 32 | 10 | Josh Berry | 253 | 13 | 15th | 14th | 55.5 |
| 33 | 31 | Anthony Alfredo | 217 | 0 | 34th | 23rd | 33.3 |
| 34 | 3 | Austin Cindric | 216 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 85.7 |
| 35 | 36 | Cole Custeer | 159 | 0 | 31st | 35th | 25.8 |
| 36 | 35 | Noah Gragson | 155 | 0 | 36th | 36th | 25.5 |
| 37 | 20 | Chase Briscoe | 131 | 0 | 12th | 37th | 60.2 |
– In the Spring Phoenix race RFK Racing finished 13th, 14th, 15th which was the first time 3 RFK cars finished in a row since the 2013 Spring Dover race where Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Carl Edwards, and Greg Biffle also finished 13th, 14th, and 15th.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 10.04 | 1st | 40th | 24 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 10.36 | 1st | 35th | 42 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 10.38 | 1st | 37th | 21 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 10.67 | 1st | 39th | 36 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 11.38 | 1st | 38th | 42 |
| 6 | William Byron | 11.88 | 1st | 33rd | 17 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 12.08 | 1st | 36th | 13 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 12.65 | 1st | 39th | 20 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 13.34 | 1st | 37th | 35 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 13.91 | 2nd | 42nd | 34 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 16.81 | 1st | 28th | 16 |
| 12 | Tyler Reddick | 17.00 | 3rd | 33rd | 13 |
| 13 | Josh Berry | 17.17 | 4th | 32nd | 6 |
| 14 | Chris Buescher | 18.00 | 2nd | 37th | 21 |
| 15 | Erik Jones | 18.10 | 4th | 31st | 20 |
| 16 | Daniel Suarez | 19.05 | 7th | 36th | 19 |
| 17 | A.J. Allmendinger | 19.35 | 6th | 38th | 26 |
| 18 | Bubba Wallace | 19.82 | 6th | 39th | 17 |
| 19 | Austin Dillon | 20.08 | 8th | 39th | 25 |
| 20 | Chase Briscoe | 20.09 | 1st | 37th | 11 |
| 21 | Ty Gibbs | 20.29 | 3rd | 40th | 7 |
| 22 | Alex Bowman | 20.90 | 6th | 41st | 21 |
| 23 | Austin Hill | 21.00 | 21st | 21st | 1 |
| 24 | Ty Dillon | 21.47 | 11th | 35th | 17 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21.81 | 4th | 41st | 27 |
| T26 | Todd Gilliland | 22.00 | 12th | 32nd | 9 |
| T26 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 22.00 | 11th | 31st | 3 |
| 28 | Carson Hocevar | 22.67 | 15th | 36th | 6 |
| 29 | Ryan Preece | 22.71 | 9th | 37th | 14 |
| 30 | Cole Custer | 22.78 | 9th | 35th | 9 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 23.67 | 12th | 36th | 6 |
| 32 | Harrison Burton | 25.33 | 16th | 35th | 6 |
| 33 | John Hunter Nemechek | 25.38 | 14th | 31st | 8 |
| 34 | Austin Cindric | 25.67 | 11th | 36th | 9 |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 26.00 | 18th | 37th | 3 |
| 36 | Casey Mears | 26.04 | 11th | 42nd | 26 |
| 37 | Justin Allgaier | 26.60 | 17th | 37th | 5 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 27.06 | 8th | 43rd | 31 |
| 39 | Zane Smith | 27.33 | 9th | 39th | 6 |
| 40 | J.J. Yeley | 28.95 | 14th | 39th | 21 |
| 41 | Connor Zilisch | 29.00 | 29th | 29th | 1 |
| 42 | Cody Ware | 29.70 | 24th | 36th | 10 |
| 43 | Katherine Legge | 30.00 | 30th | 30th | 1 |
| 44 | B.J. McLeod | 31.67 | 27th | 36th | 6 |
| 45 | Joey Gase | 33.13 | 29th | 42nd | 8 |
| 46 | Josh Bilicki | 33.33 | 30th | 35th | 3 |
| 47 | Anthony Alfredo | 34.67 | 33rd | 37th | 3 |
| 48 | Gray Gaulding | 35.67 | 34th | 37th | 3 |
| T49 | Timmy Hill | 36.00 | 29th | 43rd | 10 |
| T49 | Chad Finchum | 36.00 | 36th | 36th | 1 |
– It is hard to finish consistently well here at Phoenix for your entire career as no active driver has an Avg. Finish under 10.
| Best Active Phoenix Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Phoenix Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 102.83 | 33 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 85.78 | 21 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 101.95 | 21 | 2 | William Byron | 82.99 | 17 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 100.13 | 42 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 77.64 | 42 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 98.91 | 20 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 77.57 | 24 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 98.30 | 24 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 76.66 | 33 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 98.29 | 13 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 76.09 | 20 |
| 7 | William Byron | 97.13 | 17 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 75.84 | 42 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 97.07 | 42 | 8 | Joey Logano | 71.93 | 35 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 95.63 | 35 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 71.49 | 13 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 88.64 | 34 | 10 | Tyler Reddick | 69.77 | 13 |
– Ryan Blaney is not out of Championship contention when you see he’s most likely going to run well this weekend as he’s top 2 in both tables above.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 11.64 | 12 | 1 | Austin Hill | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 10.69 | 34 | 2 | William Byron | 99.91 | 17 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 9.30 | 19 | 3 | Todd Gilliland | 99.65 | 9 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 9.07 | 41 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.64 | 8 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 8.88 | 36 | 5 | Erik Jones | 99.61 | 20 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 8.78 | 12 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 99.52 | 42 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 7.46 | 20 | 7 | Harrison Burton | 99.31 | 6 |
| 8 | William Byron | 6.41 | 16 | 8 | Ty Dillon | 99.29 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 5.32 | 23 | 9 | Ross Chastain | 99.20 | 16 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 3.40 | 10 | 10 | Justin Allgaier | 98.84 | 5 |

Christopher Bell led so many laps this Spring at Phoenix that he went from 6th in the Laps Led% table above to 1st! Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Most Active Phoenix Starts | Most Active Phoenix Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 42 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 42 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 4 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | T3 | Ryan Blaney | 3 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 35 | T3 | Joey Logano | 3 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 34 | T3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| 6 | Michael McDowell | 31 | T6 | William Byron | 2 |
| 7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 2 |
| T8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 26 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 1 |
| T8 | Casey Mears | 26 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 1 |
| 10 | Austin Dillon | 25 | T8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 |
| T8 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | |||
– Out of the 5 drivers with 3 Poles in the table above, Ryan Blaney is the only one that is not in the Starts table above as well.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 4 | 11.43 | T7 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 9.09 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 4 | 11.11 | T7 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 7.14 | T7 | William Byron | 1 | 5.88 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 15.38 | T7 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 5.00 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 9.52 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 4.17 |
| T4 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 4.76 |
– This could be a big weekend for deciding the 2026 Cup Champion as the entire top 6 in points are in the Win table above.
| Most Active Phoenix Top 3’s | Best Active Phoenix Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 12 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 38.10 | 8 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 10 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 33.33 | 8 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 10 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 28.57 | 12 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 27.78 | 10 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 23.81 | 10 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 8 | 6 | Christopher Bell | 23.08 | 3 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | 7 | Joey Logano | 22.86 | 8 |
| T8 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 8 | Ross Chastain | 18.75 | 3 |
| T8 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | 15.38 | 2 |
| T8 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 15.00 | 3 |

Ryan Blaney has been great at Phoenix in his career as he has the best Top 3%, Top 5%, and Top 10% among active drivers. In addition he’s the only active driver to have finished over half of his Phoenix races in the Top 5. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images
| Most Active Phoenix Top 5’s | Best Active Phoenix Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 18 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 52.38 | 11 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 50.00 | 12 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 13 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 44.44 | 16 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 12 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 42.86 | 18 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 11 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 30.95 | 13 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 10 | 6 | Christopher Bell | 30.77 | 4 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 10 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 29.41 | 10 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 5 | T8 | Joey Logano | 28.57 | 10 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 4 | T8 | Ty Gibbs | 28.57 | 2 |
| T10 | Ross Chastain | 3 | ||||
| T10 | William Byron | 3 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 25.00 | 5 |
| T10 | Chris Buescher | 3 | ||||
| Most Active Phoenix Top 10’s | Best Active Phoenix Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 28 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 71.43 | 15 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 25 | T2 | Kyle Busch | 66.67 | 28 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 22 | T2 | Kyle Larson | 66.67 | 16 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 18 | 4 | Christopher Bell | 61.54 | 8 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 16 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 61.11 | 22 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 15 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 59.52 | 25 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 15 | 7 | William Byron | 58.82 | 10 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 11 | 8 | Chase Elliott | 55.00 | 11 |
| 9 | William Byron | 10 | 9 | Joey Logano | 51.43 | 18 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 8 | 10 | Josh Berry | 50.00 | 3 |
– If you’re trying to see who might finish well this weekend look at the Top 10% table above as those are the only active drivers to finish half (or more) of their starts here in the Top 10.
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 6 | 15.79 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 7.89 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 15.79 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 5.56 |
| 3 | William Byron | 5 | 14.71 | T8 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 5.26 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 11.54 | T10 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 3.85 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 8.33 | T10 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 2.63 |
| T4 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 7.89 |
– Not only is Ryan Blaney good at finishing Phoenix race well, he’s also good at finishing well in stages as he’s tied for the most Stage Wins here among active drivers. Plus, he has the most Stage T10’s in the table below.
| Most Active Phoenix Stage T10’s | Best Active Phoenix Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 29 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 77.78 | 28 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 28 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 76.32 | 29 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 27 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 75.00 | 27 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 26 | 4 | William Byron | 73.53 | 25 |
| 5 | William Byron | 25 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 68.42 | 26 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 24 | 6 | Joey Logano | 63.16 | 24 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 19 | 7 | Tyler Reddick | 61.54 | 16 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 18 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 53.85 | 14 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 16 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 50.00 | 19 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 14 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 47.37 | 18 |
| Most Active Phoenix Starts without Win | Most Active Phoenix Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 34 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 31 |
| 2 | Michael McDowell | 31 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27 |
| 3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27 | 3 | Casey Mears | 26 |
| T4 | A.J. Allmendinger | 26 | 4 | Austin Dillon | 25 |
| T4 | Casey Mears | 26 | T5 | Chris Buescher | 21 |
| 6 | Austin Dillon | 25 | T5 | J.J. Yeley | 21 |
| T7 | Alex Bowman | 21 | 7 | Erik Jones | 20 |
| T7 | Chris Buescher | 21 | 8 | Daniel Suarez | 19 |
| T7 | J.J. Yeley | 21 | T9 | Bubba Wallace | 17 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 20 | T9 | Ty Dillon | 17 |
– According to the tables above it is easier to get a Pole at Phoenix than a Win as the 10th most starts without a Win is 20. Meanwhile, the 10th most starts without a Pole is 17.
| Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 31 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 31 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 27 | T2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 26 |
| T3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 26 | T2 | Casey Mears | 26 |
| T3 | Casey Mears | 26 | 4 | Austin Dillon | 25 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 25 | T5 | Alex Bowman | 21 |
| T5 | J.J. Yeley | 21 | |||
– Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the only driver on the “without Top 3” list above that is not on the “without Top 5” list as well.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 26 |
| 2 | J.J. Yeley | 21 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | 17 |
| T4 | Cody Ware | 10 |
| T4 | Timmy Hill | 10 |

Casey Mears is not racing this weekend and that may not be a bad thing for him as he is the only driver on every “without” list above. Photo by Tyler Barrick — Getty Images for NASCAR
| Most Active Phoenix Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Phoenix Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 38 | 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 38 | 2 | Cody Ware | 20 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 38 | 3 | John Hunter Nemechek | 16 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 38 | T4 | J.J. Yeley | 14 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 38 | T4 | Timmy Hill | 14 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 34 | T6 | B.J. McLeod | 12 |
| T7 | Alex Bowman | 32 | T6 | Harrison Burton | 12 |
| T7 | Ross Chastain | 32 | T6 | Zane Smith | 12 |
| 9 | Joey Gase | 10 | |||
| 9 | Ty Dillon | 30 | T10 | Anthony Alfredo | 6 |
| T10 | Josh Bilicki | 6 | |||
| 10 | Ryan Preece | 26 | T10 | Riley Herbst | 6 |
| T10 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 6 | |||
– 11 drivers have ran every Phoenix race to feature stages, and 5 of those 11 have yet to get a Stage Win here.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Ryan Blaney | 2 | Wins | Denny Hamlin | 10 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 3 | Top 3’s | Joey Logano | 5 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 4 | Top 5’s | Christopher Bell | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 3 | Top 10’s | Austin Cindric | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Michael McDowell | 2 | Top 10’s | Tyler Reddick | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-36 | 65.20 | Denny Hamlin | 6th | T5 | 2022-04 | 45.83 | Ryan Blaney | 4th |
| 2 | 2023-04 | 63.41 | Kyle Larson | 4th | 7 | 2024-36 | 45.83 | Christopher Bell | 5th |
| 3 | 2022-36 | 59.94 | Joey Logano | 1st | 8 | 2022-36 | 34.94 | Ryan Blaney | 2nd |
| 4 | 2026-04 | 56.41 | Christopher Bell | 2nd | 9 | 2024-36 | 34.29 | Joey Logano | 1st |
| T5 | 2023-36 | 50.32 | Ross Chastain | 1st | 10 | 2025-04 | 33.65 | Christopher Bell | 1st |
– Leading a lot of laps usually leads to a good finish in the Next Gen at Phoenix as every driver to lead over 30% of a race has finished Top 6, but don’t lead too much as no driver leading over 60% of a race has won.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-36 | Ross Chastain | 144.2 | 1st | 6 | 2023-04 | Kyle Larson | 139.0 | 4th |
| 2 | 2022-36 | Joey Logano | 143.8 | 1st | 7 | 2024-36 | Joey Logano | 136.6 | 1st |
| 3 | 2025-36 | Denny Hamlin | 140.2 | 6th | 8 | 2024-36 | Christopher Bell | 132.7 | 5th |
| 4 | 2026-04 | Christopher Bell | 139.5 | 2nd | 9 | 2023-04 | William Byron | 131.4 | 1st |
| 5 | 2025-04 | Christopher Bell | 139.1 | 1st | 10 | 2022-04 | Ryan Blaney | 131.2 | 4th |

In 3 of the 9 Next Gen Phoenix races Christopher Bell has had a Driver Rating over 130. So, consider him one to watch this weekend. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2024-36 | William Byron | 100 | 3rd | T1 | 2025-04 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 3rd |
| T1 | 2024-36 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 4th | T1 | 2025-36 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | 1st |
| T1 | 2024-36 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 6th | T1 | 2025-36 | Joey Logano | 100 | 4th |
| T1 | 2024-36 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 8th | T1 | 2025-36 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 6th |
| T1 | 2025-04 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 1st | T1 | 2026-04 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 2nd |
| T1 | 2025-04 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 2nd |
– Running every lap at Phoenix in the Top 15 is sort of easy in the Next Gen car as 23 drivers have done it in the 9 Next Gen races here, that’s an average of around 2.5 cars per race.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 17th | 9.22 | 1 | 40th | 38.00 |
| 2 | 1st | 9.33 | 2 | 38th | 37.00 |
| 3 | 2nd | 10.78 | 3 | 35th | 31.11 |
| T4 | 5th | 11.33 | 4 | 36th | 29.89 |
| T4 | 8th | 11.33 | 5 | 33rd | 28.56 |
| 6 | 11th | 11.56 | 6 | 34th | 27.89 |
| 7 | 15th | 11.67 | 7 | 31st | 27.00 |
| 8 | 9th | 11.78 | 8 | 20th | 26.11 |
| 9 | 16th | 11.89 | 9 | 30th | 26.00 |
| 10 | 12th | 13.11 | 10 | 39th | 24.00 |
– Looking at the table above it’s clear that a bad starting spot leads to bad finishes at Phoenix, however starting good doesn’t really mean great finishes.
| Best Next Gen Phoenix Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Phoenix Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 114.38 | 9 | 1 | Kevin Harvick | 98.72 | 4 |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | 111.95 | 4 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 95.71 | 9 |
| 3 | William Byron | 109.03 | 9 | 3 | William Byron | 93.55 | 9 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 107.26 | 9 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 88.37 | 9 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 102.06 | 9 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 86.74 | 9 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 101.78 | 9 | 6 | Tyler Reddick | 82.34 | 9 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 98.42 | 9 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 81.91 | 9 |
| 8 | Tyler Reddick | 94.17 | 9 | 8 | Ross Chastain | 76.81 | 9 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 92.82 | 9 | 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 71.23 | 6 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 89.93 | 6 | 10 | Joey Logano | 70.04 | 9 |
– Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney, and William Byron have been among the best drivers at Phoenix in the Next Gen as they make up the top 3 spots in both tables above.
| Best Next Gen Phoenix Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Phoenix Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 16.81 | 9 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 5.22 | 9 | 2 | Joey Logano | 16.03 | 9 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | 5.75 | 4 | 3 | William Byron | 11.56 | 9 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 8.56 | 9 | 4 | Ryan Blaney | 11.13 | 9 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 9.67 | 9 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 10.57 | 9 |
| 6 | Chris Buescher | 10.33 | 9 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 7.66 | 9 |
| 7 | William Byron | 10.67 | 9 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 5.60 | 9 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 10.89 | 9 | 8 | Kevin Harvick | 4.71 | 4 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 11.89 | 9 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 4.15 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyle Busch | 13.33 | 9 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 3.48 | 8 |
– Based on the tables above look for Ryan Blaney to finish well this weekend, and watch for Christopher Bell and Joey Logano to lead quite a bit of laps as well.
| Next Gen Phoenix Win List | Next Gen Phoenix Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 22.22 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 2 | 22.22 | T1 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 22.22 | T1 | William Byron | 2 |
| T4 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 11.11 | T4 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 11.11 | T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 |
| T4 | William Byron | 1 | 11.11 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |

Team Penske has been great at Phoenix in the Next Gen car as together their drivers have 7 of the 18 Race Wins/Pole Wins. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 66.67 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 44.44 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 33.33 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 2 | 22.22 |
| T5 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 22.22 |
| T5 | William Byron | 2 | 22.22 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 14.29 |
| T8 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 11.11 |
| T8 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 11.11 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 11.11 |
| T8 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 11.11 |
– It would be shocking if Ryan Blaney doesn’t finish near the front this weekend as he is the only driver to finish over half their Phoenix Next Gen races in the Top 3.
| Most Next Gen Phoenix Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Phoenix Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 88.89 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 88.89 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 66.67 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 77.78 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 4 | 44.44 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 6 | 66.67 |
| T4 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 33.33 | T3 | William Byron | 6 | 66.67 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 3 | 33.33 | T5 | Chris Buescher | 5 | 55.56 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 33.33 | T5 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 55.56 |
| T4 | William Byron | 3 | 33.33 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 55.56 |
| T8 | Kevin Harvick | 2 | 50.00 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 55.56 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 28.57 | T9 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | 100 |
| T8 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 22.22 | T9 | Chase Briscoe | 4 | 44.44 |
| T8 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 22.22 | T9 | Joey Logano | 4 | 44.44 |
| T8 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 22.22 | T9 | Michael McDowell | 4 | 44.44 |
| T8 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 22.22 | T9 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 44.44 |
– Kevin Harvick was so good at Phoenix that he only raced in 4 of the 9 Phoenix Next Gen races and he’s still in the Top 10 table above.
| Most Next Gen Phoenix Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Phoenix Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | William Byron | 5 | 27.78 | 1 | William Byron | 17 | 94.44 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 22.22 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 16 | 88.89 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 16.67 | 3 | Kyle Larson | 15 | 83.33 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 11.11 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 14 | 77.78 |
| T5 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 5.56 | 5 | Christopher Bell | 13 | 72.22 |
| T5 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 5.56 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 12 | 66.67 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 11 | 61.11 | ||||
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 5.56 | 8 | Chase Elliott | 9 | 56.25 |
| T9 | Kevin Harvick | 8 | 100 | ||||
| T5 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 5.56 | T9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8 | 66.67 |
| T9 | Chase Briscoe | 8 | 44.44 | ||||

In the Spring Phoenix race this year William Byron finished without 2 Stage T10’s for the first time in a Next Gen Phoenix race. Photo by Kevin Abele — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images