1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings
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Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Money | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Laps | DNFs |
1 | Terry Labonte | 4657 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 4030648 | 10.65 | 8.23 | 22 | 4 | 57 | 968 | 11 | 9.60 | 81.77 | 9444 | 3 |
2 | Jeff Gordon | 4620 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 3428485 | 6.26 | 9.48 | 25 | 9 | 96 | 2315 | 5 | 20.75 | 78.60 | 8973 | 5 |
3 | Dale Jarrett | 4568 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2985418 | 12.06 | 8.84 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 747 | 7 | 7.08 | 80.23 | 9308 | 3 |
4 | Dale Earnhardt | 4327 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2285926 | 14.61 | 10.65 | 18 | 3 | 54 | 616 | 9 | 8.04 | 75.67 | 9530 | 2 |
5 | Mark Martin | 4278 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 1887396 | 8.81 | 11.26 | 16 | 3 | 38 | 702 | 0 | 8.45 | 74.13 | 9065 | 4 |
6 | Ricky Rudd | 3845 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1503025 | 20.55 | 14.65 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 150 | 0 | 1.51 | 65.58 | 9281 | 1 |
7 | Rusty Wallace | 3717 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 1665315 | 16.42 | 16.61 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 965 | 0 | 8.95 | 60.62 | 8383 | 6 |
8 | Sterling Marlin | 3682 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1588425 | 17.77 | 16.26 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 331 | 0 | 5.87 | 61.51 | 8877 | 6 |
9 | Bobby Hamilton | 3639 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1151235 | 19.94 | 16.55 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 649 | 0 | 4.99 | 60.78 | 9154 | 3 |
10 | Ernie Irvan | 3632 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 1683313 | 17.26 | 17.58 | 15 | 0 | 36 | 381 | 0 | 3.89 | 58.18 | 8619 | 5 |
11 | Bobby Labonte | 3590 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1475196 | 11.77 | 17.35 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 330 | 0 | 3.61 | 58.75 | 8917 | 6 |
12 | Ken Schrader | 3540 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1089603 | 16.19 | 17.16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0.94 | 59.24 | 9408 | 2 |
13 | Jeff Burton | 3538 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 884303 | 20.10 | 16.13 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 208 | 0 | 1.80 | 61.82 | 8592 | 1 |
14 | Michael Waltrip | 3535 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1182811 | 22.45 | 16.94 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0.35 | 59.80 | 9279 | 3 |
15 | Jimmy Spencer | 3476 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1090876 | 26.00 | 17.71 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 156 | 0 | 1.31 | 57.85 | 9339 | 2 |
16 | Ted Musgrave | 3466 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 961512 | 21.16 | 17.61 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.05 | 58.10 | 9353 | 2 |
17 | Geoff Bodine | 3218 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1031762 | 22.42 | 20.55 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 90 | 0 | 1.38 | 50.69 | 8919 | 5 |
18 | Rick Mast | 3190 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 924559 | 21.74 | 20.32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 51.26 | 8972 | 6 |
19 | Morgan Shepherd | 3133 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 719059 | 24.45 | 21.10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 0.87 | 49.31 | 8976 | 3 |
20 | Ricky Craven | 3078 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 941959 | 20.81 | 22.10 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 136 | 0 | 1.25 | 46.79 | 8551 | 7 |
21 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 3004 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 947080 | 22.20 | 21.43 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 105 | 0 | 1.84 | 48.62 | 8507 | 5 |
22 | Hut Stricklin | 2854 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 631055 | 23.68 | 24.00 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 1.58 | 41.99 | 8620 | 3 |
23 | Lake Speed | 2834 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 817175 | 21.35 | 24.06 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.16 | 41.82 | 8493 | 9 |
24 | Brett Bodine | 2814 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 767716 | 24.47 | 23.20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.04 | 44.22 | 8732 | 4 |
25 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 2786 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 837001 | 27.13 | 23.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 43.30 | 8191 | 8 |
26 | Jeremy Mayfield | 2721 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 592853 | 22.23 | 24.50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0.39 | 40.66 | 7914 | 8 |
27 | Kyle Petty | 2696 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 689041 | 23.61 | 22.61 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0.58 | 45.50 | 8081 | 4 |
28 | Kenny Wallace | 2694 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 457665 | 20.00 | 24.57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.12 | 40.49 | 8415 | 9 |
29 | Darrell Waltrip | 2657 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 740185 | 26.58 | 25.90 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 37.18 | 7767 | 11 |
30 | Bill Elliott | 2627 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 716506 | 18.88 | 18.46 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 109 | 0 | 1.55 | 55.80 | 7439 | 2 |
31 | John Andretti | 2621 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 688511 | 20.73 | 25.67 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0.52 | 37.97 | 7850 | 11 |
32 | Robert Pressley | 2485 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 690465 | 26.50 | 27.33 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 1.14 | 33.50 | 7948 | 10 |
33 | Ward Burton | 2411 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 873619 | 21.89 | 24.96 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 0.48 | 40.48 | 6544 | 10 |
34 | Joe Nemechek | 2391 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 666247 | 22.10 | 26.97 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 34.29 | 8110 | 7 |
35 | Derrike Cope | 2374 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 675781 | 20.07 | 27.24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0.46 | 34.00 | 7329 | 11 |
36 | Dick Trickle | 2131 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 404927 | 21.54 | 27.12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.04 | 34.59 | 6694 | 9 |
37 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | 2128 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 395224 | 28.69 | 27.12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.03 | 34.59 | 7164 | 5 |
38 | Dave Marcis | 2047 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 435177 | 32.37 | 29.56 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0.37 | 28.28 | 7202 | 5 |
39 | Steve Grissom | 1188 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 314983 | 25.38 | 24.31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.49 | 41.73 | 3169 | 3 |
40 | Todd Bodine | 991 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 198525 | 17.40 | 21.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 49.88 | 3210 | 1 |
41 | Mike Wallace | 799 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169082 | 32.45 | 30.27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.08 | 27.48 | 2876 | 6 |
42 | Greg Sacks | 710 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207755 | 30.00 | 28.22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.17 | 32.69 | 2196 | 2 |
43 | Elton Sawyer | 705 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129618 | 23.44 | 28.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.56 | 2448 | 3 |
44 | Chad Little | 627 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164752 | 24.33 | 31.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.75 | 1816 | 4 |
45 | Loy Allen, Jr. | 603 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130667 | 32.33 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.98 | 1439 | 5 |
46 | Gary Bradberry | 591 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155785 | 28.44 | 32.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.04 | 2212 | 3 |
47 | Mike Skinner | 529 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65850 | 13.00 | 19.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.58 | 54.23 | 1459 | 1 |
48 | Jeff Purvis | 328 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91127 | 16.75 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.35 | 532 | 2 |
49 | Jeff Green | 247 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46875 | 28.00 | 33.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.09 | 813 | 2 |
50 | Randy MacDonald | 228 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33910 | 30.33 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.41 | 680 | 0 |
51 | Billy Standridge | 198 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27780 | 29.67 | 32.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.19 | 789 | 1 |
52 | Jim Sauter | 170 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51172 | 31.50 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.90 | 633 | 1 |
53 | Chuck Bown | 168 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38867 | 32.00 | 35.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.13 | 338 | 2 |
54 | Jack Sprague | 136 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22720 | 23.00 | 32.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.32 | 25.00 | 333 | 1 |
55 | Dorsey Schroeder | 129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22745 | 19.00 | 13.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.22 | 68.42 | 90 | 0 |
56 | Stacy Compton | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18115 | 16.00 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.57 | 756 | 1 |
57 | Robby Gordon | 123 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33915 | 17.33 | 40.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.56 | 344 | 3 |
58 | Butch Leitzinger | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22705 | 17.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 90 | 0 |
59 | Jeff Krogh | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19680 | 36.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.95 | 222 | 1 |
60 | Tommy Kendall | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20730 | 32.00 | 28.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.41 | 37.21 | 73 | 0 |
61 | Lance Hooper | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9645 | 43.00 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.58 | 302 | 0 |
62 | Larry Gunselman | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10200 | 43.00 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.60 | 70 | 0 |
63 | Hermie Sadler | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13055 | 30.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.20 | 349 | 1 |
64 | Rich Woodland, Jr. | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10095 | 44.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.28 | 68 | 0 |
65 | Scott Gaylord | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10095 | 29.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.95 | 67 | 0 |
66 | Ed Berrier | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11395 | 33.00 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.32 | 57 | 1 |
67 | Randy Baker | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12550 | 27.00 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.44 | 51 | 1 |