Here is a list of NASCAR Cup Series champions by year.
Across its 78-year history, the NASCAR Cup Series has crowned 35 different champions, dating back to 1949. Eighteen of the past champions have won multiple titles.
The series’ all-time champions list can be found here.
NASCAR Cup Series Champions By Year
2025: Kyle Larson (2)
2024: Joey Logano (3)
2023: Ryan Blaney
2022: Joey Logano (2)
2021: Kyle Larson
2020: Chase Elliott
2019: Kyle Busch (2)
2018: Joey Logano
2017: Martin Truex, Jr.
2016: Jimmie Johnson (7)
2015: Kyle Busch
2014: Kevin Harvick
2013: Jimmie Johnson (6)
2012: Brad Keselowski
2011: Tony Stewart (3)
2010: Jimmie Johnson (5)
2009: Jimmie Johnson (4)
2008: Jimmie Johnson (3)
2007: Jimmie Johnson (2)
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Tony Stewart (2)
2004: Kurt Busch
2003: Matt Kenseth
2002: Tony Stewart
2001: Jeff Gordon (4)
2000: Bobby Labonte
1999: Dale Jarrett
1998: Jeff Gordon (3)
1997: Jeff Gordon (2)
1996: Terry Labonte (2)
1995: Jeff Gordon
1994: Dale Earnhardt (7)
1993: Dale Earnhardt (6)
1992: Alan Kulwicki
1991: Dale Earnhardt (5)
1990: Dale Earnhardt (4)
1989: Rusty Wallace
1988: Bill Elliott
1987: Dale Earnhardt (3)
1986: Dale Earnhardt (2)
1985: Darrell Waltrip (3)
1984: Terry Labonte
1983: Bobby Allison
1982: Darrell Waltrip (2)
1981: Darrell Waltrip
1980: Dale Earnhardt
1979: Richard Petty (7)
1978: Cale Yarborough (3)
1977: Cale Yarborough (2)
1976: Cale Yarborough
1975: Richard Petty (6)
1974: Richard Petty (5)
1973: Benny Parsons
1972: Richard Petty (4)
1971: Richard Petty (3)
1970: Bobby Isaac
1969: David Pearson (3)
1968: David Pearson (2)
1967: Richard Petty (2)
1966: David Pearson (1)
1965: Ned Jarrett (2)
1964: Richard Petty
1963: Joe Weatherly (2)
1962: Joe Weatherly
1961: Ned Jarrett
1960: Rex White
1959: Lee Petty (3)
1958: Lee Petty (2)
1957: Buck Baker (2)
1956: Buck Baker
1955: Tim Flock (2)
1954: Lee Petty
1953: Herb Thomas (2)
1952: Tim Flock
1951: Herb Thomas
1950: Bill Rexford
1949: Red Byron
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From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.
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