2004 NASCAR Nextel 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 | Kurt Busch | 6506 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 4200332 | 15.03 | 12.47 | 21 | 4 | 41 | 746 | 9 | 5.86 | 72.69 | 10215 | 3 |
2 | Jimmie Johnson | 6498 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 5692624 | 10.50 | 12.06 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 1312 | 9 | 11.84 | 73.68 | 10054 | 7 |
3 | Jeff Gordon | 6490 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 6437665 | 9.58 | 11.39 | 25 | 7 | 60 | 1237 | 4 | 14.30 | 75.26 | 10120 | 4 |
4 | Mark Martin | 6399 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 3948497 | 15.25 | 13.78 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 465 | 0 | 4.47 | 69.58 | 10403 | 2 |
5 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 6368 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7201380 | 10.94 | 12.11 | 19 | 5 | 64 | 1131 | 10 | 9.37 | 73.54 | 10588 | 3 |
6 | Tony Stewart | 6326 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 6221710 | 15.33 | 12.92 | 17 | 5 | 44 | 887 | 0 | 9.17 | 71.63 | 10426 | 2 |
7 | Ryan Newman | 6180 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5152666 | 7.53 | 16.47 | 24 | 2 | 46 | 957 | 0 | 8.03 | 63.16 | 10271 | 9 |
8 | Matt Kenseth | 6069 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 6223892 | 21.69 | 15.67 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 477 | 4 | 3.88 | 65.08 | 10279 | 6 |
9 | Elliott Sadler | 6024 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 5158362 | 11.67 | 15.92 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 254 | 0 | 2.67 | 64.48 | 10517 | 1 |
10 | Jeremy Mayfield | 6000 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3892573 | 12.53 | 16.89 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 387 | 0 | 3.14 | 62.17 | 10393 | 3 |
11 | Jamie McMurray | 4597 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 3676311 | 15.86 | 13.22 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 224 | 0 | 1.19 | 70.90 | 10197 | 6 |
12 | Bobby Labonte | 4277 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 4570545 | 16.81 | 15.75 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0.39 | 64.88 | 10590 | 2 |
13 | Kasey Kahne | 4274 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 4759022 | 13.61 | 16.67 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 692 | 0 | 6.29 | 62.70 | 9419 | 7 |
14 | Kevin Harvick | 4228 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 4739012 | 17.67 | 16.28 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 177 | 0 | 1.45 | 63.62 | 10405 | 4 |
15 | Dale Jarrett | 4214 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 4539334 | 20.78 | 16.42 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0.32 | 63.29 | 10260 | 3 |
16 | Rusty Wallace | 3960 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4447302 | 15.17 | 18.56 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 308 | 0 | 2.04 | 58.20 | 10366 | 3 |
17 | Greg Biffle | 3902 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3583342 | 14.19 | 19.19 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 356 | 0 | 3.66 | 56.68 | 10210 | 5 |
18 | Jeff Burton | 3902 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3695075 | 23.75 | 18.72 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 0.40 | 57.80 | 9732 | 6 |
19 | Joe Nemechek | 3878 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3872415 | 14.78 | 19.42 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 129 | 0 | 1.42 | 56.15 | 9494 | 6 |
20 | Michael Waltrip | 3878 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4245688 | 20.22 | 19.25 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 192 | 0 | 2.22 | 56.55 | 10179 | 6 |
21 | Sterling Marlin | 3857 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4117753 | 22.33 | 19.53 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 201 | 0 | 2.16 | 55.89 | 10285 | 9 |
22 | Casey Mears | 3690 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3250317 | 17.08 | 21.00 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 103 | 0 | 1.35 | 52.38 | 10180 | 3 |
23 | Robby Gordon | 3646 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4025545 | 23.17 | 21.19 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 0.98 | 51.92 | 10498 | 3 |
24 | Ricky Rudd | 3615 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3717099 | 23.72 | 21.17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.05 | 51.98 | 9615 | 6 |
25 | Brian Vickers | 3521 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3044898 | 16.08 | 22.11 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 0.81 | 49.74 | 9694 | 6 |
26 | Terry Labonte | 3519 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3745242 | 26.92 | 22.31 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0.24 | 49.27 | 10283 | 5 |
27 | Scott Wimmer | 3198 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3675879 | 29.54 | 24.14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.14 | 44.90 | 9475 | 7 |
28 | Brendan Gaughan | 3165 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2929396 | 20.89 | 25.44 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0.54 | 41.80 | 9703 | 8 |
29 | Scott Riggs | 3090 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3443345 | 21.00 | 25.20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.21 | 42.38 | 9477 | 8 |
30 | Jeff Green | 3054 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3483436 | 24.11 | 26.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 40.15 | 9884 | 11 |
31 | Ken Schrader | 3032 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2666592 | 29.72 | 26.58 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.08 | 39.09 | 9789 | 4 |
32 | Ward Burton | 2929 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2471941 | 22.38 | 25.71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 41.18 | 8980 | 8 |
33 | Kyle Petty | 2811 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2780131 | 31.23 | 27.66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.08 | 36.53 | 9087 | 9 |
34 | Ricky Craven | 2086 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2337417 | 29.85 | 27.65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 36.54 | 6401 | 8 |
35 | Jimmy Spencer | 1969 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1985121 | 35.12 | 29.54 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0.20 | 32.05 | 6415 | 7 |
36 | Johnny Sauter | 1430 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1333521 | 31.06 | 24.75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 43.45 | 5138 | 2 |
37 | Carl Edwards | 1424 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1410571 | 19.85 | 18.62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0.36 | 58.06 | 4056 | 2 |
38 | Dave Blaney | 1347 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461638 | 25.50 | 25.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.12 | 42.26 | 3436 | 5 |
39 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | 1271 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1259213 | 28.76 | 29.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 32.35 | 4318 | 6 |
40 | Derrike Cope | 1058 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349621 | 37.44 | 34.83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | 19.44 | 4058 | 9 |
41 | Todd Bodine | 986 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1275532 | 36.14 | 38.29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.08 | 11.22 | 2472 | 18 |
42 | Morgan Shepherd | 925 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1133618 | 41.11 | 38.37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.09 | 11.03 | 2090 | 17 |
43 | Kevin Lepage | 915 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1217519 | 31.94 | 35.82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 17.09 | 2751 | 10 |
44 | Hermie Sadler | 852 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 945549 | 37.38 | 36.69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 15.03 | 2671 | 11 |
45 | John Andretti | 818 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 752386 | 24.78 | 24.22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.06 | 44.71 | 2529 | 1 |
46 | Mike Wallace | 764 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 624850 | 37.50 | 29.50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 1.40 | 32.14 | 2666 | 5 |
47 | Kirk Shelmerdine | 723 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1095041 | 41.00 | 40.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.89 | 670 | 18 |
48 | Bill Elliott | 595 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 567900 | 17.50 | 21.67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1.30 | 50.79 | 1432 | 1 |
49 | Mike Bliss | 407 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 284405 | 20.50 | 21.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.79 | 1117 | 2 |
50 | Kenny Wallace | 365 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 366155 | 31.40 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.95 | 1130 | 2 |
51 | Shane Hmiel | 349 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330385 | 28.20 | 31.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.32 | 27.62 | 1271 | 2 |
52 | Kyle Busch | 345 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 394489 | 27.17 | 35.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.65 | 1098 | 4 |
53 | Tony Raines | 318 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 426994 | 33.17 | 36.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.08 | 905 | 5 |
54 | P.J. Jones | 316 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293704 | 36.00 | 33.60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.10 | 22.38 | 584 | 4 |
55 | Boris Said | 302 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 252440 | 29.00 | 21.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.59 | 625 | 1 |
56 | Geoff Bodine | 278 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364460 | 39.80 | 35.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.14 | 533 | 3 |
57 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 271 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 403674 | 32.00 | 31.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.79 | 742 | 3 |
58 | Carl Long | 267 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 371479 | 40.00 | 39.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.33 | 681 | 6 |
59 | Larry Gunselman | 248 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303159 | 41.20 | 37.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.38 | 454 | 3 |
60 | Joe Ruttman | 247 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 399093 | 38.71 | 42.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.02 | 64 | 7 |
61 | Kerry Earnhardt | 228 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227779 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 462 | 1 |
62 | Stanton Barrett | 224 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341878 | 36.00 | 39.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.57 | 570 | 5 |
63 | Travis Kvapil | 213 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236315 | 19.00 | 30.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.37 | 979 | 1 |
64 | Scott Pruett | 207 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 338332 | 24.00 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.46 | 48.81 | 119 | 1 |
65 | Andy Hillenburg | 206 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 342337 | 42.60 | 40.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.71 | 425 | 4 |
66 | Larry Foyt | 194 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171475 | 38.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.95 | 883 | 0 |
67 | Ron Fellows | 170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 101260 | 43.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 97.62 | 90 | 0 |
68 | Randy LaJoie | 126 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160261 | 41.00 | 40.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.35 | 403 | 3 |
69 | J.J. Yeley | 122 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144040 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.43 | 351 | 1 |
70 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116150 | 34.00 | 34.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.24 | 510 | 2 |
71 | Greg Sacks | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154100 | 36.33 | 41.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 32 | 3 |
72 | Klaus Graf | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58925 | 38.00 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 61.90 | 110 | 0 |
73 | Tom Hubert | 110 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111250 | 36.00 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.67 | 94 | 1 |
74 | Jim Inglebright | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70550 | 28.00 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 57.14 | 110 | 0 |
75 | Jeff Fuller | 105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186610 | 35.67 | 42.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 19 | 3 |
76 | Andy Belmont | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139614 | 41.50 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 149 | 2 |
77 | Mike Skinner | 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251813 | 43.00 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 198 | 0 |
78 | Eric McClure | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65175 | 35.00 | 26.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.53 | 40.48 | 188 | 0 |
79 | Ted Christopher | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116369 | 42.50 | 39.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.33 | 277 | 2 |
80 | Mario Gosselin | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107090 | 42.50 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.76 | 88 | 2 |
81 | Chad Blount | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124312 | 34.00 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.38 | 134 | 2 |
82 | Tony Ave | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53465 | 42.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 84 | 0 |
83 | David Green | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56565 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 397 | 0 |
84 | Austin Cameron | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57590 | 32.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 78 | 0 |
85 | Chad Chaffin | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53765 | 37.00 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.52 | 100 | 1 |
86 | Jason Jarrett | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51505 | 42.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.14 | 40 | 1 |
87 | Brandon Ash | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57450 | 37.00 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.76 | 63 | 1 |
88 | Jason Leffler | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116359 | 25.00 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 |