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NASCAR CUP SERIES STANDINGS
| Pos. | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | DNFs | Laps Led | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 547 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 670 | 11 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 499 | -48 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 851 | 23 |
| 3 | Christpher Bell | 459 | -88 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 147 | 16 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 443 | -104 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 450 | 13 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 442 | -105 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 6 | Tyler Reddick | 429 | -118 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 417 | -140 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 338 | 8 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 380 | -167 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 302 | 7 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 377 | -170 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 5 |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 343 | -204 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 2 |
| 11 | Chase Briscoe | 342 | -205 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 81 | 0 |
| 12 | Alex Bowman | 334 | -213 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 110 | 0 |
| 13 | Austin Cindric | 303 | -244 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 228 | 7 |
| 14 | Chris Buescher | 297 | -250 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | -5 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 291 | -256 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Preece | 289 | -258 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
| 17 | Carson Hocevar | 287 | -260 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 285 | -262 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 284 | -263 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Josh Berry | 278 | -269 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 169 | 6 |
| 21 | Michael McDowell | 278 | -269 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 22 | John H. Nemechek | 267 | -280 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 261 | -286 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | -5 |
| 24 | Erik Jones | 259 | -288 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Zane Smith | 255 | -292 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 252 | -295 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | Ty Gibbs | 236 | -311 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| 28 | Daniel Suarez | 231 | -316 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Justin Haley | 218 | -329 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 217 | -330 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Noah Gragson | 214 | -333 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Brad Keselowski | 194 | -353 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | Shane van Gisbergen | 173 | -374 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| 34 | Cole Custer | 173 | -374 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Riley Herbst | 173 | -374 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 84 | -463 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 35 | -512 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Corey Lajoie | 24 | -523 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 39 | Katherine Legge | 7 | -540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Derek Kraus | 5 | -542 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Chad Finchum | 3 | -544 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Casey Mears | 2 | -545 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Burt Myers | 1 | -546 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | -546 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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