Kyle Larson (5) Hendrick Motorsports Currently leads the 2025 NASCAR playoff points standings with 2,032 pointsWon the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series championship and has 11 total wins during his career in the playoffs2025 marks the ninth time Larson has competed in the playoffsIn 2025, Larson has 3 wins, 11 top fives with an average start of 13.2 and an average finish of 13.9
2. William Byron (24) Hendrick Motorsports
Currently sits second in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series points standings with 2,032 points2025 NASCAR Cup Series regular season championHas made the Championship 4 twice (2023,2024) and has seven appearances in the playoffsIn 2025, Byron has 2 wins along with 9 top fives with an average start of 10.9 and an average finish of 13.9
3. Denny Hamlin (11) Joe Gibbs Racing
Currently sits third in the 2025 points standings with 2,029 pointsFinished a career-best of second in the 2010 playoffsHas won 12 times over the course of his playoff career and has four appearances in the Championship 42025 marks the 19th time he has competed in the playoffsIn 2025, Hamlin has 4 wins, 11 top fives with an average start of 14.4 and an average finish of 13.9
4. Ryan Blaney (12) Team Penske
Currently sits fourth in the points standings with 2,026 pointsWon the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championshipHas won five times in the playoffs over the course of his career2025 marks the ninth time Blaney has competed in the playoffsIn 2025, Blaney has 2 wins, 10 top fives with an average start of 14.7 and an average finish of 15.3
5. Christopher Bell (20) Joe Gibbs Racing
Currently sits fifth in the points standings with 2,023 pointsFinished a career best of third in the 2022 NASCAR playoffsHas won three times over the course of his playoff career and has made the Championship 4 twice in his careerIn 2025, Bell has three wins, 9 top fives with an average start of 14.1 and an average finish of 12.5
6. Shane Van Gisbergen (88) Trackhouse Racing
Currently sits sixth in the 2025 playoff standings with 2,022 points2025 marks his first appearance in the playoffsMade his debut in the Cup series in 2023 part-time winning his first race at the Chicago Street CourseIn 2025, SVG has 4 wins, 4 top fives with an average start of 22.7 and an average finish of 21.1
7. Chase Elliott (9) Hendrick Motorsports
Currently sits seventh in the points standings with 2,013 points2020 Cup series champion and 2022 regular season championHas won seven times in his playoff career and has made the playoffs nine timesHas appeared in the Championship 4 three timesIn 2025, Elliott has 1 win, 7 top fives with an average start of 16.3 and an average finish of 12.0
8. Chase Briscoe (19) Joe Gibbs Racing
Currently sits eighth in the 2025 Cup series playoffs with 2,010 points2025 marks the third time Briscoe has competed in the playoffsHighest career finish in the playoffs was ninth in 2022In 2025, Briscoe has 1 win, 10 top fives with an average start of 10.3 and an average finish of 13.7
9. Bubba Wallace (23) 23XI Racing
Currently sits ninth in the points standings with 2,008 pointsCareer best finish of 10th in the playoffs back in 20232025 marks the second time Wallace has competed in the playoffsFailed to make the playoffs in 2024, finishing 18th in the points standingsIn 2025, Wallace has 1 win, 4 top fives with an average start of 16.6 and an average finish of 18.9
10. Austin Cindric (2) Team Penske
Currently sits 10th in the playoff standings with 2,008 points2025 marks his third appearance in the playoffsEnded his 2024 season 11th in playoff standingsIn 2025, Cindric has 1 win, 2 top fives with an average start of 13.1 and an average finish of 19.7
11. Ross Chastain (1) Trackhouse Racing
Currently sits 11th in playoff standings with 2,007 points2025 marks his third playoff appearance and one appearance in the Championship 4 that came in 2022Failed to make the playoffs in 2024, finishing 19th in standings In 2025, Chastain has 1 win, 3 top fives with an average start of 21.9 and an average finish of 16.2
12. Joey Logano (22) Team Penske
Currently sits 12th in the playoff standings with 2,007 pointsIs a three-time Cup series champion, winning the championship in 2018, 2022 and 2024Has won in the playoffs 15 times over the course of his career, making the Championship 4 six times2025 marks the 12th time Logano has competed in the playoffsIn 2025, Logano has 1 win, 7 top tens with an average start of 13.0 and an average finish of 17.0
13. Josh Berry (21) Wood Brothers Racing
Currently sits 13th in playoff standings with 2,006 points2025 marks Berry’s first appearance in the playoffsIn 2025, Berry has 1 win, 2 top fives with an average start of 16.4 and an average finish of 20.8
14. Tyler Reddick (45) 23XI Racing
Currently sits 14th in playoff standings with 2,006 pointsFinished a career best of fourth in the 2024 playoffsHas won three times in the playoffs over the course of his careerIn 2025, Reddick has 5 top fives with an average start of 12.9 and an average finish of 15.4
15. Austin Dillion (3) Richard Childress Racing
Currently sits 15th in playoff standings with 2,005 pointsFinished a career best of 11th three times over the course of his playoff career2025 marks the sixth time Dillion has competed in the playoffsIn 2025, Dillion has 1 win, 1 top five with an average start of 19.3 and an average finish of 20.0
16. Alex Bowman (48) Hendrick Motorsports
Currently sits 16th in points standings with 2,002 pointsFinished a career best of sixth in the playoffs in 2020Has 1 win in his playoff career that came at Martinsville in 2021In 2025, Bowman has 6 top fives with an average start of 15.4 and an average finish of 16.4