2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings

2005 season results

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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	Tony Stewart	6533	36	3	5	17	25	6987535	12.00	9.92	19	11	86	1845	15	19.99	78.77	10670	1
2	Greg Biffle	6498	36	0	6	15	21	5729928	13.22	11.89	27	4	70	1322	1	11.57	74.07	10521	1
3	Carl Edwards	6498	36	2	4	13	18	4889993	18.92	13.97	12	1	38	434	0	4.33	69.11	10358	1
4	Mark Martin	6428	36	0	1	12	19	5994353	15.53	13.22	14	1	25	324	0	3.31	70.90	10306	2
5	Jimmie Johnson	6406	36	1	4	13	22	6796664	12.22	12.69	17	2	42	547	17	4.71	72.16	10088	5
6	Ryan Newman	6359	36	8	1	8	16	5578114	6.28	15.31	19	0	33	391	0	3.45	65.94	10397	3
7	Matt Kenseth	6352	36	2	1	12	17	5790774	17.03	15.39	17	3	45	1001	0	7.97	65.74	10183	4
8	Rusty Wallace	6140	36	0	0	8	17	4868976	19.28	13.78	7	1	11	259	0	1.85	69.58	10603	0
9	Jeremy Mayfield	6073	36	0	1	4	9	4566913	15.28	15.86	12	0	15	151	0	1.05	64.62	10584	1
10	Kurt Busch	5974	34	0	3	9	18	6516318	13.68	15.32	17	5	50	958	2	9.40	65.90	9361	3
11	Jeff Gordon	4174	36	2	4	8	14	6855444	11.50	17.75	15	1	36	581	1	5.75	60.12	9648	9
12	Jamie McMurray	4130	36	1	0	4	10	3923968	21.42	16.75	2	0	10	39	0	0.57	62.50	10405	4
13	Elliott Sadler	4084	36	4	0	1	12	5024119	14.11	17.58	13	1	29	383	0	3.37	60.52	10495	1
14	Kevin Harvick	4072	36	2	1	3	10	4970049	19.22	17.44	12	0	26	326	0	2.36	60.85	10463	0
15	Dale Jarrett	3960	36	1	1	4	7	4705436	20.44	18.25	3	0	4	4	0	0.06	58.93	10589	2
16	Joe Nemechek	3953	36	1	0	2	9	4223376	16.22	18.61	11	1	15	147	0	1.60	58.07	10473	2
17	Brian Vickers	3847	36	1	0	5	10	3982133	16.53	19.69	10	2	23	315	0	3.38	55.49	9852	4
18	Jeff Burton	3803	36	0	0	3	6	4265666	25.97	19.56	2	0	2	7	0	0.09	55.82	10375	3
19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3780	36	0	1	7	13	5761832	24.92	20.53	7	1	14	169	0	1.51	53.51	9608	6
20	Kyle Busch	3753	36	1	2	9	13	4185239	18.56	21.00	10	1	21	362	0	3.25	52.38	9672	8
21	Ricky Rudd	3667	36	0	0	2	9	4300412	21.44	20.75	5	0	5	30	0	0.58	52.98	9735	6
22	Casey Mears	3637	36	0	0	3	9	4234171	24.00	21.44	8	0	14	145	0	1.52	51.32	9692	4
23	Kasey Kahne	3611	36	2	1	5	8	4874838	14.78	21.89	10	1	20	430	0	3.65	50.26	9522	9
24	Bobby Labonte	3488	36	0	0	4	7	4627404	22.11	22.69	4	0	6	64	0	0.38	48.35	9523	10
25	Michael Waltrip	3452	36	1	0	3	7	4375088	26.56	23.44	14	0	20	175	0	1.82	46.56	9943	10
26	Dave Blaney	3289	36	0	0	0	2	3342288	23.39	24.14	4	0	4	24	0	0.20	44.91	10212	2
27	Kyle Petty	3288	36	0	0	0	2	3465687	32.92	24.50	12	0	12	14	0	0.14	44.05	10321	3
28	Mike Bliss	3262	36	0	0	0	2	3091108	22.75	24.28	2	0	2	5	0	0.04	44.58	9798	8
29	Jeff Green	3241	36	0	0	0	0	4040428	26.83	24.69	8	0	8	8	0	0.08	43.58	10174	2
30	Sterling Marlin	3183	35	0	0	1	5	4080118	26.51	24.60	8	0	8	20	0	0.17	43.81	9553	8
31	Ken Schrader	3159	36	0	0	0	3	3057533	30.11	25.28	8	0	8	34	0	0.25	42.20	9911	7
32	Scott Wimmer	3122	36	0	0	0	0	3682979	27.53	25.75	7	0	9	45	0	0.47	41.07	10074	7
33	Travis Kvapil	3077	36	0	0	0	2	3293454	25.94	26.17	6	0	8	36	0	0.29	40.08	9668	7
34	Scott Riggs	2965	36	1	0	2	4	4030685	18.94	27.25	3	0	4	18	0	0.25	37.50	9727	9
35	Mike Wallace	2269	28	0	0	0	1	2325742	33.14	27.89	9	0	9	9	0	0.13	35.97	7958	6
36	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	2183	33	0	0	0	0	2898094	25.58	32.33	1	0	1	1	0	0.01	25.40	8191	9
37	Robby Gordon	2117	29	0	0	1	2	2271313	27.03	30.07	8	0	8	20	0	0.26	30.79	7047	13
38	Jason Leffler	1538	19	0	0	0	0	1663868	25.74	27.53	2	0	2	2	0	0.05	36.84	4957	3
39	Kevin Lepage	1460	21	0	0	0	1	1774788	30.86	30.48	2	0	2	2	0	0.03	29.82	5624	3
40	Terry Labonte	1071	14	0	0	0	1	1202520	29.36	29.36	4	0	4	36	0	0.66	32.48	3485	6
41	Denny Hamlin	806	7	1	0	0	3	610030	19.00	17.14	3	0	4	25	0	1.15	61.56	2334	0
42	Boris Said	791	9	0	0	1	1	1006678	25.78	25.44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.80	1710	1
43	Johnny Sauter	722	10	0	0	0	1	749453	31.10	28.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.81	1902	5
44	Hermie Sadler	717	12	0	0	0	0	943248	37.25	34.42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.44	3311	7
45	Bill Elliott	695	9	0	0	0	0	809013	21.44	28.78	1	0	1	13	0	0.36	33.86	2102	3
46	Jimmy Spencer	667	11	0	0	0	0	808985	31.27	34.27	1	0	1	2	0	0.07	20.78	3169	4
47	Martin Truex, Jr.	589	7	0	0	0	1	929028	20.14	26.71	1	0	1	4	0	0.14	38.78	1506	5
48	Mike Garvey	491	9	0	0	0	0	595642	36.56	36.33	1	0	1	1	0	0.06	15.87	1576	4
49	Mike Skinner	487	10	0	0	0	0	969109	27.60	38.10	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.67	1279	8
50	Tony Raines	419	6	0	0	0	0	420500	30.17	31.33	1	0	1	2	0	0.17	27.78	1715	1
51	Stanton Barrett	389	8	0	0	0	0	595613	37.63	38.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.61	1527	5
52	Kenny Wallace	376	5	0	0	0	0	561242	29.80	27.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.67	1365	1
53	Carl Long	356	9	0	0	0	0	632896	36.00	39.78	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.67	1267	7
54	Stuart Kirby	352	7	0	0	0	0	498851	35.14	37.57	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.93	1286	4
55	John Andretti	304	4	0	0	0	0	474613	31.50	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	899	1
56	J.J. Yeley	276	4	0	0	0	0	290115	23.25	31.75	1	0	1	1	0	0.13	26.79	1026	0
57	David Stremme	244	4	0	0	0	0	268150	30.25	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.43	855	3
58	Scott Pruett	230	2	0	0	1	1	197133	17.00	17.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.71	202	0
59	Ron Fellows	230	2	0	0	0	1	179945	40.00	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	63.10	202	0
60	Bobby Hamilton	201	3	0	0	0	0	277015	32.67	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.19	818	1
61	Kerry Earnhardt	195	3	0	0	0	0	254953	25.00	32.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.60	300	2
62	P.J. Jones	189	4	0	0	0	0	257190	34.75	39.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.12	9.52	358	3
63	Morgan Shepherd	162	4	0	0	0	0	311093	41.75	41.25	1	0	1	2	0	0.19	4.17	187	4
64	Johnny Benson, Jr.	150	3	0	0	0	0	225297	24.67	37.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.70	526	2
65	Brian Simo	134	1	0	0	0	1	83085	22.00	10.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	78.57	110	0
66	Randy LaJoie	134	3	0	0	0	0	236603	37.00	40.00	1	0	1	2	0	0.27	7.14	255	3
67	Reed Sorenson	119	2	0	0	0	0	137575	18.50	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.24	398	1
68	Todd Bodine	103	1	0	0	0	0	68375	24.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	54.76	266	0
69	Clint Bowyer	97	1	0	0	0	0	61700	25.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	311	0
70	David Reutimann	97	1	0	0	0	0	66600	26.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	336	0
71	Paul Menard	82	1	0	0	0	0	58755	42.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.10	92	0
72	Chris Cook	79	1	0	0	0	0	67680	28.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.71	110	0
73	Anthony Lazzaro	79	1	0	0	0	0	61595	38.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.71	92	0
74	Shane Hmiel	77	2	0	0	0	0	140348	27.00	41.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.57	305	2
75	Johnny Miller	76	1	0	0	0	0	58375	40.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.33	92	0
76	Ted Christopher	74	2	0	0	0	0	130770	38.00	42.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.38	58	2
77	Joey McCarthy	70	1	0	0	0	0	67375	39.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.57	295	0
78	Jeff Fuller	68	2	0	0	0	0	136650	41.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	39	2
79	Greg Sacks	68	2	0	0	0	0	137901	38.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	17	2
80	Eric McClure	67	1	0	0	0	0	128288	41.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.19	237	1
81	Derrike Cope	64	1	0	0	0	0	116188	38.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.81	488	0
82	Jorge Goeters	63	1	0	0	0	0	57500	43.00	35.00	1	0	1	1	0	1.09	19.05	91	0
83	Jerry Robertson	40	1	0	0	0	0	60035	43.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.76	51	1
84	Kirk Shelmerdine	37	1	0	0	0	0	109548	43.00	42.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.38	11	1
85	Brandon Ash	37	1	0	0	0	0	74690	18.00	42.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.38	161	1
86	Tom Hubert	34	1	0	0	0	0	66203	35.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	33	1
87	Wayne Anderson	34	1	0	0	0	0	65586	35.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	16	1
88	Chad Chaffin	34	1	0	0	0	0	60115	35.00	43.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	14	1