NASCAR Cup Series


Highest average percent led

Data are approximate to speed up querying time, but should in most cases be accurate to the hundredths place. This statistic measures the average percentage of a race a driver led and is the best measure for dominance (because very often the driver who wins the race was not the driver who dominated), and laps led is biased towards races that have larger numbers of laps, while this statistic equalizes all races. 25 or more starts are needed to appear on the list for F1, Champ Car, IndyCar, MotoGP, NASCAR Xfinity, or NASCAR Trucks, while 50 or more starts are needed for NASCAR series. Data for NASCAR Xfinity Series is only available from 1995 to present.


DriverAverage percent led
Tim Flock19.541337
Cale Yarborough16.173107
Dick Hutcherson15.503883
Junior Johnson15.251757
David Pearson14.943746
Bobby Isaac14.915682
Fonty Flock14.795294
Fred Lorenzen13.865696
Richard Petty13.863801
Curtis Turner12.909293
Fireball Roberts12.183689
Ned Jarrett11.455028
Bobby Allison11.445014
Dale Earnhardt11.300385
Jimmie Johnson11.239250
Herb Thomas10.883886
Glen Wood10.829032
Jeff Gordon10.366248
Kyle Busch9.310897
Speedy Thompson8.831675
Parnelli Jones8.537647
Dick Rathman8.413721
Rex White8.386867
Davey Allison8.373979
Dick Linder8.281071
Rusty Wallace8.005057
Darrell Waltrip7.878072
Tony Stewart7.388051
Paul Goldsmith7.068898
Billy Wade6.768571
Denny Hamlin6.698011
Marvin Panch6.512222
Jim Reed6.436415
Banjo Matthews6.266667
Jack Smith6.079470
Ernie Irvan6.077732
Brad Keselowski6.048498
Joe Weatherly5.875913
A.J. Foyt5.840391
Matt Kenseth5.810208
Donnie Allison5.793926
LeeRoy Yarbrough5.590556
Lee Petty5.545012
Kurt Busch5.459944
Kevin Harvick5.409257
Charlie Glotzbach5.265081
Tim Richmond5.235459
Al Keller5.044828
Neil Bonnett5.014848
Mark Martin4.988696
Buddy Baker4.985771
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.4.984367
Buck Baker4.818126
Frank Mundy4.759615
Geoff Bodine4.716296
Ralph Moody4.488511
Harry Gant4.479958
Bill Elliott4.457258
Pete Hamilton4.440469
Darel Dieringer4.230110
Greg Biffle4.204283
Carl Edwards4.177946
Joey Logano4.098745
Jim Paschal3.930499
Benny Parsons3.923270
Gober Sosebee3.752817
Bob Welborn3.745956
Dale Jarrett3.563054
Cotton Owens3.556375
Kasey Kahne3.508588
Alan Kulwicki3.465845
Nelson Stacy3.319556
Frankie Schneider3.165556
Ryan Newman3.015977
Jeff Burton2.944705
Bill Blair2.859837
Ricky Rudd2.613433
Tom Pistone2.611231
Bobby Johns2.580000
Terry Labonte2.572427
Martin Truex, Jr.2.338645
Bob Flock2.320556
Jim Hurtubise2.296857
Ray Elder2.250968
Tiny Lund2.217030
Clint Bowyer2.212964
Gwyn Staley2.163333
Sterling Marlin2.138516
Juan Pablo Montoya2.009843
Danny Letner1.944444
Steve Park1.872568
Lloyd Dane1.856415
Ron Fellows1.853600
Jeremy Mayfield1.815520
Bobby Labonte1.804883
Tommy Irwin1.767677
Sam McQuagg1.722581
Bud Moore1.692927
Ward Burton1.535333
Bill Rexford1.444444
Brian Vickers1.423082
Jamie McMurray1.392405
Bobby Hamilton1.361348
Hershel McGriff1.311882
Billy Myers1.290476
Mike Skinner1.290175
Kyle Petty1.248999
Jerry Nadeau1.220226
Marvin Porter1.170294
Morgan Shepherd1.166776
Joe Ruttman1.140622
Earl Ross1.137308
Ken Schrader1.122412
Marcos Ambrose1.057401
Ricky Craven1.050935
Emanuel Zervakis1.047952
Bill Amick1.046250
Elliott Sadler1.021264
Shorty Rollins0.962093
Lennie Pond0.932446
Dave Marcis0.918233
Jimmy Pardue0.905760
Jimmy Spencer0.897845
Robby Gordon0.847904
Johnny Benson, Jr.0.811095
Ralph Earnhardt0.802353
Michael Waltrip0.795237
Donald Thomas0.784810
Jimmy Florian0.769231
A.J. Allmendinger0.760076
John Andretti0.727150
Kyle Larson0.701200
Jim Vandiver0.693412
Scott Pruett0.676500
Kenny Irwin, Jr.0.676207
Johnny Allen0.650694
Joe Millikan0.633165
Casey Atwood0.623600
Joe Nemechek0.616552
Earl Balmer0.604375
Jimmy Insolo0.590345
Lloyd Moore0.581633
Brett Bodine0.564167
Joe Eubanks0.561006
James Hylton0.558090
Johnny Rutherford0.537143
Boris Said0.528235
Dick Brooks0.508852
Richard Brickhouse0.492821
Greg Sacks0.464791
Eddie Pagan0.456774
Larry Frank0.446796
Lake Speed0.438130
Casey Mears0.435863
David Reutimann0.435021
Ron Bouchard0.421250
Hut Stricklin0.417378
Sonny Hutchins0.415789
Todd Bodine0.399292
Billy Carden0.397260
Possum Jones0.397234
Phil Parsons0.395271
Patrick Carpentier0.393750
Brendan Gaughan0.388000
Roscoe Thompson0.379310
Rick Mast0.376538
Sam Sommers0.373667
Aric Almirola0.365028
Ted Musgrave0.357738
Paul Menard0.353639
Rick Wilson0.345194
Friday Hassler0.342963
Doug Yates0.339535
Loy Allen, Jr.0.329583
David Sisco0.297218
Paul Lewis0.296053
Scotty Cain0.294722
Scott Riggs0.293654
Robert Pressley0.284585
Mel Larson0.282128
Austin Dillon0.270706
Coo Coo Marlin0.269576
Reed Sorenson0.263590
Scott Wimmer0.262883
Jeff Green0.262407
Sam Hornish, Jr.0.255749
Joe Lee Johnson0.236364
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.0.234823
Kenny Wallace0.233837
Mike Alexander0.227568
Mike Wallace0.222538
Derrike Cope0.221809
Dave Blaney0.220021
Elmo Langley0.216822
David Ragan0.216135
Bobby Hillin, Jr.0.214132
John Sears0.202421
Johnny Halford0.195122
Buckshot Jones0.193929
Jason Leffler0.192740