2001 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 | 5112 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6649076 | 9.53 | 10.97 | 25 | 11 | 90 | 2322 | 23 | 21.72 | 76.24 | 10638 | 2 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 4763 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 3493043 | 17.03 | 12.56 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 465 | 0 | 4.06 | 72.47 | 10429 | 4 |
| 3 | Sterling Marlin | 4741 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 3361660 | 15.42 | 13.03 | 24 | 2 | 57 | 535 | 1 | 5.61 | 71.34 | 10723 | 2 |
| 4 | Ricky Rudd | 4706 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 3976203 | 13.08 | 13.17 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 568 | 0 | 5.21 | 71.01 | 10536 | 3 |
| 5 | Dale Jarrett | 4612 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4608366 | 14.78 | 13.94 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 511 | 10 | 5.05 | 69.16 | 10744 | 4 |
| 6 | Bobby Labonte | 4561 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 4139851 | 17.81 | 14.06 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 228 | 0 | 2.02 | 68.89 | 10361 | 6 |
| 7 | Rusty Wallace | 4481 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 4272406 | 15.14 | 14.44 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 1105 | 1 | 8.68 | 67.97 | 10138 | 3 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 4460 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5384627 | 16.69 | 15.17 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 767 | 0 | 8.28 | 66.25 | 10302 | 4 |
| 9 | Kevin Harvick | 4406 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 3716633 | 16.06 | 14.11 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 374 | 0 | 3.28 | 68.75 | 10561 | 1 |
| 10 | Jeff Burton | 4394 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 3866333 | 21.44 | 15.25 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 401 | 0 | 3.63 | 66.05 | 10463 | 1 |
| 11 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 4152 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 2573570 | 17.67 | 17.14 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 101 | 0 | 1.10 | 61.55 | 10049 | 7 |
| 12 | Mark Martin | 4095 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3487719 | 15.56 | 17.92 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 190 | 0 | 1.63 | 59.70 | 10138 | 4 |
| 13 | Matt Kenseth | 3982 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2265840 | 27.81 | 18.61 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 100 | 0 | 1.01 | 58.04 | 10341 | 5 |
| 14 | Ward Burton | 3846 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3293600 | 20.44 | 19.81 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 178 | 0 | 1.63 | 55.20 | 10158 | 9 |
| 15 | Bill Elliott | 3824 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3337670 | 13.67 | 19.92 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 171 | 0 | 2.23 | 54.93 | 9915 | 2 |
| 16 | Jimmy Spencer | 3782 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2398940 | 19.67 | 20.19 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 214 | 0 | 2.18 | 54.27 | 10259 | 7 |
| 17 | Jerry Nadeau | 3675 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2246770 | 22.33 | 21.19 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 180 | 0 | 1.66 | 51.89 | 10238 | 8 |
| 18 | Bobby Hamilton | 3575 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2275900 | 22.33 | 21.83 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 239 | 0 | 1.48 | 50.36 | 10750 | 0 |
| 19 | Ken Schrader | 3480 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2254390 | 22.81 | 22.33 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.14 | 49.17 | 10534 | 2 |
| 20 | Elliott Sadler | 3471 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2525010 | 28.42 | 22.81 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 125 | 0 | 0.81 | 48.05 | 10392 | 2 |
| 21 | Ricky Craven | 3379 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1923980 | 20.58 | 23.97 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 170 | 0 | 1.11 | 45.27 | 9670 | 9 |
| 22 | Dave Blaney | 3303 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1788150 | 23.22 | 24.08 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 0.75 | 45.00 | 10053 | 6 |
| 23 | Terry Labonte | 3280 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2972900 | 30.75 | 24.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.00 | 10517 | 8 |
| 24 | Michael Waltrip | 3159 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3373390 | 21.64 | 25.83 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 88 | 1 | 1.27 | 40.83 | 9527 | 6 |
| 25 | Robert Pressley | 3156 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2100020 | 25.88 | 23.82 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.07 | 45.62 | 9154 | 9 |
| 26 | Casey Atwood | 3132 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1797110 | 20.14 | 24.83 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 137 | 0 | 1.34 | 43.23 | 9473 | 6 |
| 27 | Kurt Busch | 3081 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2170630 | 29.43 | 25.54 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 160 | 0 | 1.17 | 41.52 | 8932 | 7 |
| 28 | Joe Nemechek | 2994 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2510720 | 21.55 | 22.81 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 227 | 0 | 2.01 | 48.04 | 8706 | 6 |
| 29 | Todd Bodine | 2960 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1740310 | 16.69 | 26.80 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 110 | 0 | 1.12 | 38.53 | 9161 | 12 |
| 30 | Brett Bodine | 2948 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1740530 | 27.92 | 27.22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.05 | 37.52 | 9968 | 3 |
| 31 | John Andretti | 2943 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2873180 | 22.54 | 26.57 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0.31 | 39.07 | 9994 | 4 |
| 32 | Steve Park | 2859 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2385970 | 21.33 | 16.50 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 508 | 0 | 6.63 | 63.10 | 6368 | 2 |
| 33 | Stacy Compton | 2752 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1704960 | 23.79 | 27.56 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.17 | 36.72 | 9424 | 7 |
| 34 | Mike Wallace | 2693 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2075040 | 31.21 | 23.90 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 0.61 | 45.44 | 8684 | 4 |
| 35 | Jeremy Mayfield | 2651 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2682600 | 22.93 | 23.57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0.63 | 46.26 | 7286 | 4 |
| 36 | Kevin Lepage | 2461 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1424850 | 28.52 | 26.17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.10 | 40.02 | 8557 | 3 |
| 37 | Jason Leffler | 2413 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1724690 | 28.70 | 27.70 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.22 | 36.38 | 7983 | 8 |
| 38 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 2305 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1435860 | 27.50 | 30.50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0.24 | 29.71 | 8659 | 8 |
| 39 | Kenny Wallace | 2054 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1507920 | 25.33 | 26.33 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 104 | 0 | 1.11 | 39.62 | 7334 | 6 |
| 40 | Mike Skinner | 2029 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1921190 | 20.91 | 25.17 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0.86 | 42.44 | 6717 | 4 |
| 41 | Buckshot Jones | 1939 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1631490 | 31.60 | 32.90 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 23.99 | 7819 | 11 |
| 42 | Hut Stricklin | 1770 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1006020 | 29.18 | 27.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.69 | 6215 | 3 |
| 43 | Kyle Petty | 1673 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1008920 | 27.46 | 31.17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 28.10 | 5026 | 8 |
| 44 | Robby Gordon | 1552 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1371900 | 32.41 | 24.82 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 2.23 | 43.20 | 4401 | 2 |
| 45 | Rick Mast | 1187 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680321 | 31.76 | 31.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.33 | 4543 | 3 |
| 46 | Andy Houston | 1123 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 865263 | 24.00 | 32.41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 25.21 | 3612 | 9 |
| 47 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | 748 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 546847 | 28.70 | 29.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 32.22 | 2577 | 4 |
| 48 | Jeff Green | 539 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 441449 | 18.75 | 27.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 1.78 | 36.90 | 1758 | 3 |
| 49 | Ryan Newman | 497 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 465276 | 14.14 | 24.71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.63 | 43.54 | 1478 | 2 |
| 50 | Boris Said | 272 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 124340 | 31.00 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 79.76 | 202 | 0 |
| 51 | Scott Pruett | 262 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134045 | 9.50 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.67 | 75.00 | 202 | 0 |
| 52 | Jimmie Johnson | 210 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122320 | 22.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 781 | 1 |
| 53 | Dave Marcis | 171 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153196 | 18.67 | 35.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.25 | 837 | 0 |
| 54 | Jeff Purvis | 169 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238985 | 18.50 | 40.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.55 | 409 | 3 |
| 55 | Carl Long | 147 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152376 | 28.33 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 513 | 2 |
| 56 | Rich Bickle | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114910 | 17.50 | 31.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.38 | 653 | 0 |
| 57 | Dale Earnhardt | 132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296833 | 7.00 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 73.81 | 199 | 1 |
| 58 | Hermie Sadler | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121865 | 26.67 | 30.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.37 | 1206 | 0 |
| 59 | Ron Fellows | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72055 | 9.50 | 40.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 10.60 | 7.14 | 137 | 2 |
| 60 | Derrike Cope | 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81871 | 30.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.24 | 263 | 0 |
| 61 | Brian Simo | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72175 | 28.50 | 39.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.33 | 113 | 2 |
| 62 | Dorsey Schroeder | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52805 | 36.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 42.86 | 112 | 0 |
| 63 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64410 | 43.00 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.48 | 198 | 0 |
| 64 | Ted Musgrave | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73287 | 15.00 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 198 | 0 |
| 65 | Dick Trickle | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33850 | 7.00 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.81 | 389 | 0 |
| 66 | Shawna Robinson | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35190 | 32.00 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.43 | 197 | 0 |
| 67 | Anthony Lazzaro | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32265 | 31.00 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.43 | 88 | 0 |
| 68 | Geoff Bodine | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80855 | 24.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.19 | 750 | 0 |
| 69 | Stuart Kirby | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32605 | 22.00 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.38 | 46 | 1 |
| 70 | Lance Hooper | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47700 | 36.00 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.38 | 104 | 1 |

