1998 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 | Jeff Gordon | 5328 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 6175867 | 6.97 | 5.70 | 26 | 8 | 74 | 1707 | 20 | 21.39 | 88.82 | 9818 | 2 |
2 | Mark Martin | 4964 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 3279370 | 8.88 | 8.64 | 23 | 8 | 74 | 1730 | 0 | 15.71 | 81.82 | 9830 | 1 |
3 | Dale Jarrett | 4619 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 3368735 | 8.73 | 11.18 | 22 | 2 | 56 | 811 | 0 | 8.24 | 75.76 | 9475 | 3 |
4 | Rusty Wallace | 4501 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 2133435 | 8.91 | 11.70 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 946 | 8 | 8.11 | 74.53 | 9603 | 2 |
5 | Jeff Burton | 4415 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 2114597 | 18.12 | 12.58 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 979 | 0 | 8.85 | 72.44 | 9488 | 4 |
6 | Bobby Labonte | 4180 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 2648970 | 12.58 | 14.21 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 181 | 0 | 2.35 | 68.54 | 9512 | 6 |
7 | Jeremy Mayfield | 4157 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 1970521 | 17.52 | 14.21 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 480 | 4 | 4.68 | 68.54 | 9745 | 1 |
8 | Dale Earnhardt | 3928 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2611100 | 26.45 | 16.15 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 274 | 1 | 3.65 | 63.92 | 9459 | 3 |
9 | Terry Labonte | 3901 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1838415 | 20.12 | 16.51 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 338 | 0 | 3.30 | 63.06 | 9573 | 4 |
10 | Bobby Hamilton | 3786 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1789180 | 26.73 | 17.00 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 443 | 0 | 3.06 | 61.90 | 9840 | 1 |
11 | John Andretti | 3682 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1642700 | 15.94 | 17.94 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 137 | 0 | 0.96 | 59.67 | 9181 | 4 |
12 | Ken Schrader | 3675 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1729881 | 17.24 | 17.88 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0.67 | 59.81 | 9238 | 5 |
13 | Sterling Marlin | 3530 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1180740 | 19.50 | 18.09 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 342 | 0 | 2.73 | 59.30 | 9154 | 1 |
14 | Jimmy Spencer | 3464 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1600236 | 24.87 | 18.19 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 119 | 0 | 1.37 | 59.06 | 8934 | 2 |
15 | Chad Little | 3423 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1321786 | 27.06 | 19.41 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 69 | 0 | 0.64 | 56.18 | 9081 | 6 |
16 | Ward Burton | 3352 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1396633 | 14.33 | 21.15 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 127 | 0 | 1.26 | 52.02 | 9552 | 4 |
17 | Michael Waltrip | 3340 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1360385 | 26.31 | 20.00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.15 | 54.76 | 9519 | 3 |
18 | Bill Elliott | 3305 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1454465 | 22.53 | 20.50 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 0.34 | 53.57 | 8865 | 7 |
19 | Ernie Irvan | 3262 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1476141 | 21.20 | 18.87 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 193 | 0 | 2.85 | 57.46 | 8513 | 3 |
20 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 3160 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1286971 | 25.22 | 22.34 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 93 | 0 | 1.01 | 49.18 | 8565 | 5 |
21 | Mike Skinner | 3153 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1205581 | 18.57 | 20.23 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 112 | 0 | 2.25 | 54.21 | 8425 | 3 |
22 | Ricky Rudd | 3131 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1564145 | 20.21 | 23.15 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 256 | 0 | 1.85 | 47.26 | 9127 | 7 |
23 | Ted Musgrave | 3124 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1215626 | 24.03 | 22.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.78 | 8796 | 7 |
24 | Darrell Waltrip | 2957 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 998530 | 34.97 | 24.79 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.29 | 43.36 | 8995 | 5 |
25 | Brett Bodine | 2907 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1245173 | 26.91 | 25.27 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0.23 | 42.21 | 9462 | 2 |
26 | Joe Nemechek | 2897 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1343991 | 17.69 | 24.63 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0.50 | 43.75 | 8771 | 5 |
27 | Geoff Bodine | 2864 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1247255 | 22.97 | 24.88 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0.32 | 43.15 | 8745 | 9 |
28 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 2760 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1433567 | 19.31 | 25.97 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 129 | 0 | 1.39 | 40.55 | 8182 | 8 |
29 | Dick Trickle | 2678 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1207471 | 25.59 | 26.59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.04 | 39.06 | 8671 | 10 |
30 | Kyle Petty | 2675 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1262731 | 27.85 | 27.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.16 | 8464 | 8 |
31 | Kenny Wallace | 2615 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 995216 | 23.35 | 26.65 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0.58 | 38.94 | 7076 | 13 |
32 | Robert Pressley | 2388 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 996721 | 27.03 | 28.03 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.06 | 35.63 | 7224 | 7 |
33 | Rick Mast | 2296 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 894327 | 24.10 | 28.97 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0.53 | 33.41 | 7667 | 7 |
34 | Steve Grissom | 2215 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1030041 | 33.67 | 27.07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.26 | 37.92 | 7119 | 3 |
35 | Kevin Lepage | 2196 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 852721 | 26.00 | 27.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.39 | 7198 | 9 |
36 | Jerry Nadeau | 2121 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 804867 | 24.23 | 30.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.13 | 8132 | 7 |
37 | Derrike Cope | 2065 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 956980 | 23.29 | 29.93 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0.22 | 31.12 | 7526 | 9 |
38 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 1832 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 807856 | 25.78 | 28.04 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.28 | 35.61 | 5941 | 5 |
39 | Rich Bickle | 1773 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 682255 | 25.48 | 26.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.68 | 5691 | 5 |
40 | Jeff Green | 1687 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 589841 | 26.05 | 28.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.87 | 6088 | 7 |
41 | Todd Bodine | 1322 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 378766 | 21.43 | 23.29 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 1.03 | 46.94 | 4846 | 2 |
42 | Steve Park | 1322 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 487265 | 29.82 | 28.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.73 | 4596 | 5 |
43 | Lake Speed | 1297 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 552521 | 25.31 | 27.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.35 | 4790 | 2 |
44 | David Green | 1014 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441121 | 20.20 | 31.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.67 | 3500 | 6 |
45 | Dave Marcis | 949 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 444946 | 32.31 | 30.38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0.45 | 30.04 | 3378 | 3 |
46 | Ricky Craven | 907 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 506230 | 28.09 | 27.18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0.53 | 37.66 | 2688 | 0 |
47 | Morgan Shepherd | 843 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364541 | 23.75 | 30.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.77 | 2796 | 6 |
48 | Gary Bradberry | 787 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341307 | 24.62 | 34.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.06 | 3398 | 5 |
49 | Randy LaJoie | 768 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 336905 | 25.33 | 26.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.95 | 2750 | 3 |
50 | Hut Stricklin | 700 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337106 | 29.15 | 36.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.75 | 2690 | 8 |
51 | Dennis Setzer | 502 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150495 | 30.57 | 30.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.93 | 2143 | 1 |
52 | Buckshot Jones | 458 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 162435 | 18.60 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.24 | 1025 | 1 |
53 | Greg Sacks | 400 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296880 | 23.57 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.37 | 1821 | 2 |
54 | Andy Hillenburg | 334 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184901 | 26.75 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.29 | 836 | 0 |
55 | Billy Standridge | 250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170936 | 28.25 | 33.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 22.62 | 568 | 1 |
56 | Tommy Kendall | 232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53205 | 36.00 | 16.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 | 63.10 | 202 | 0 |
57 | Matt Kenseth | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42340 | 16.00 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 88.10 | 400 | 0 |
58 | Mike Bliss | 146 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32520 | 26.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.95 | 743 | 0 |
59 | Elliott Sadler | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45325 | 31.50 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.81 | 705 | 1 |
60 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27850 | 33.00 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 69.05 | 112 | 0 |
61 | Tom Hubert | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42430 | 15.00 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.71 | 166 | 1 |
62 | Mike Wallace | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86105 | 23.00 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 47.62 | 199 | 0 |
63 | Ron Fellows | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46310 | 21.50 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.52 | 355 | 0 |
64 | Butch Gilliland | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28625 | 40.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.24 | 112 | 0 |
65 | Frank Kimmel | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28065 | 36.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 197 | 0 |
66 | Mike Dillon | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28050 | 27.00 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.05 | 239 | 0 |
67 | Robby Gordon | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24765 | 18.00 | 37.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.89 | 14.29 | 102 | 1 |
68 | Dan Pardus | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35480 | 26.00 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.67 | 99 | 1 |