NASCAR Cup Series

Most races led

Driver	Races led
Richard Petty	598
Jeff Gordon	487
Bobby Allison	415
Dale Earnhardt	406
Darrell Waltrip	403
Mark Martin	370
Cale Yarborough	340
David Pearson	329
Jimmie Johnson	302
Rusty Wallace	289
Matt Kenseth	286
Bill Elliott	274
Terry Labonte	265
Tony Stewart	256
Buddy Baker	242
Kurt Busch	238
Ricky Rudd	237
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	234
Geoff Bodine	222
Kyle Busch	208
Kevin Harvick	208
Dale Jarrett	208
Ryan Newman	204
Jeff Burton	198
Bobby Labonte	198
Dave Marcis	195
Sterling Marlin	193
Harry Gant	192
Benny Parsons	192
Denny Hamlin	176
Michael Waltrip	168
Greg Biffle	165
Carl Edwards	163
Ken Schrader	160
Neil Bonnett	155
Bobby Isaac	155
Junior Johnson	136
Kasey Kahne	133
Kyle Petty	131
Ernie Irvan	124
Brad Keselowski	123
Ned Jarrett	114
Morgan Shepherd	109
Clint Bowyer	107
Jamie McMurray	107
Donnie Allison	105
Elliott Sadler	103
Buck Baker	101
Martin Truex, Jr.	99
Davey Allison	97
Jimmy Spencer	96
Lee Petty	91
Fireball Roberts	90
Jeremy Mayfield	85
Joey Logano	83
Fred Lorenzen	82
Tim Flock	81
Herb Thomas	81
Alan Kulwicki	77
Joe Nemechek	77
Tim Richmond	76
Ward Burton	73
Jim Paschal	73
Brian Vickers	72
Curtis Turner	69
Casey Mears	68
Brett Bodine	67
Robby Gordon	67
Joe Weatherly	66
LeeRoy Yarbrough	66
John Andretti	65
James Hylton	65
Rex White	64
Juan Pablo Montoya	62
Marvin Panch	62
David Ragan	60
Ricky Craven	55
Dave Blaney	54
Fonty Flock	54
Bobby Hamilton	54
Jack Smith	54
A.J. Foyt	53
Dick Hutcherson	53
Lennie Pond	53
Paul Goldsmith	51
Mike Skinner	51
Speedy Thompson	49
Johnny Benson, Jr.	48
Charlie Glotzbach	48
David Gilliland	46
Travis Kvapil	44
Darel Dieringer	41
Paul Menard	41
Dick Brooks	40
Lake Speed	39
Ted Musgrave	38
Dick Rathman	34
Joe Ruttman	34
Marcos Ambrose	33
A.J. Allmendinger	32
Tiny Lund	32
J.J. Yeley	32
Steve Park	31
Todd Bodine	30
David Reutimann	30
Pete Hamilton	29
Rick Mast	29
Cotton Owens	29
Jeff Green	28
Reed Sorenson	28
Bobby Johns	27
Derrike Cope	26
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	26
Greg Sacks	26
Hut Stricklin	26
Robert Pressley	25
Kevin Lepage	24
Kenny Wallace	24
Bob Welborn	24
Coo Coo Marlin	23
Richard Childress	22
Chad Little	22
Jerry Nadeau	22
Mike Wallace	22
Ron Bouchard	21
Tom Pistone	21
Dick Trickle	21
Phil Parsons	20
Scott Riggs	20
Landon Cassill	19
Aric Almirola	18
Jim Reed	18
J.D. McDuffie	17
Jimmy Means	17
Michael McDowell	16
Joe Millikan	16
Billy Wade	16
Kyle Larson	15
Rick Wilson	15
Scott Wimmer	15
Glen Wood	15
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	14
Hershel McGriff	14
Jody Ridley	14
David Sisco	13
Regan Smith	13
David Stremme	13
Bill Blair	12
Cecil Gordon	12
Banjo Matthews	12
Scott Speed	12
G.C. Spencer	12
Mike Bliss	11
Trevor Boys	11
Bob Flock	11
Sam Hornish, Jr.	11
Parnelli Jones	11
Jimmy Pardue	11
Stacy Compton	10
Austin Dillon	10
Kenny Irwin, Jr.	10
John Sears	10
Nelson Stacy	10
Marshall Teague	10
Earl Balmer	9
Sam McQuagg	9
Gober Sosebee	9
Buddy Arrington	8
Tommy Ellis	8
Joe Frasson	8
Jimmy Hensley	8
Elmo Langley	8
Boris Said	8
Bill Amick	7
Mario Andretti	7
Trevor Bayne	7
Patrick Carpentier	7
Lloyd Dane	7
Joe Eubanks	7
Jason Leffler	7
Ralph Moody	7
Mike Alexander	6
Steve Grissom	6
Dan Gurney	6
Friday Hassler	6
Jim Hurtubise	6
Tommy Kendall	6
Andy Lally	6
Billy Myers	6
Eddie Pagan	6
Danica Patrick	6
Earl Ross	6
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	6
Jim Vandiver	6
Johnny Allen	5
Justin Allgaier	5
Michael Annett	5
Red Byron	5
Ray Elder	5
Ron Fellows	5