2008 NASCAR Sprint 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 | Jimmie Johnson | 6684 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7354861 | 8.53 | 10.53 | 29 | 10 | 101 | 1959 | 8 | 18.29 | 77.31 | 10643 | 1 |
2 | Carl Edwards | 6615 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8101000 | 12.28 | 9.50 | 21 | 5 | 68 | 1282 | 2 | 12.06 | 79.76 | 10603 | 2 |
3 | Greg Biffle | 6467 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 4906164 | 13.75 | 12.86 | 20 | 1 | 42 | 465 | 0 | 3.82 | 71.76 | 10456 | 3 |
4 | Kevin Harvick | 6408 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 5597854 | 17.58 | 12.36 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 192 | 0 | 1.62 | 72.95 | 10525 | 0 |
5 | Clint Bowyer | 6381 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4514595 | 20.83 | 14.06 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 188 | 0 | 1.35 | 68.92 | 10655 | 0 |
6 | Jeff Burton | 6335 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 5542181 | 20.75 | 12.47 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 140 | 4 | 1.29 | 72.69 | 10388 | 2 |
7 | Jeff Gordon | 6316 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 5944145 | 10.67 | 14.53 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 447 | 0 | 4.04 | 67.79 | 10269 | 6 |
8 | Denny Hamlin | 6214 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 5494359 | 15.33 | 15.39 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 766 | 0 | 6.14 | 65.74 | 10139 | 3 |
9 | Tony Stewart | 6202 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 6268432 | 17.11 | 14.92 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 633 | 0 | 5.44 | 66.87 | 10333 | 3 |
10 | Kyle Busch | 6186 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 6617595 | 11.94 | 12.47 | 24 | 6 | 71 | 1673 | 21 | 16.55 | 72.69 | 10311 | 2 |
11 | Matt Kenseth | 6184 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 5526944 | 16.47 | 16.44 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 604 | 0 | 5.54 | 63.23 | 10322 | 3 |
12 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 6127 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 4611290 | 10.28 | 14.06 | 22 | 2 | 84 | 896 | 0 | 9.06 | 68.92 | 10574 | 2 |
13 | David Ragan | 4299 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3980813 | 17.44 | 15.56 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0.35 | 65.34 | 10661 | 2 |
14 | Kasey Kahne | 4085 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6272459 | 16.06 | 18.06 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 186 | 0 | 2.16 | 59.39 | 10227 | 4 |
15 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 3839 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4663447 | 17.14 | 18.25 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 0.57 | 58.93 | 10144 | 5 |
16 | Jamie McMurray | 3809 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4056446 | 20.06 | 20.06 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 168 | 0 | 1.30 | 54.63 | 10344 | 2 |
17 | Ryan Newman | 3735 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6179561 | 16.22 | 20.33 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 70 | 1 | 0.68 | 53.97 | 10184 | 4 |
18 | Kurt Busch | 3635 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4469511 | 20.39 | 21.89 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 164 | 0 | 1.42 | 50.26 | 10271 | 5 |
19 | Brian Vickers | 3580 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3630250 | 21.72 | 20.72 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 232 | 0 | 2.40 | 53.04 | 10040 | 5 |
20 | Casey Mears | 3527 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3941470 | 22.25 | 22.11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0.86 | 49.74 | 9936 | 5 |
21 | Bobby Labonte | 3448 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4668831 | 24.61 | 22.56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.03 | 48.68 | 10616 | 2 |
22 | David Reutimann | 3397 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3341230 | 24.47 | 23.31 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 118 | 0 | 0.84 | 46.89 | 10434 | 4 |
23 | Travis Kvapil | 3384 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4250752 | 26.14 | 23.28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.21 | 46.96 | 10519 | 2 |
24 | Elliott Sadler | 3364 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4466243 | 18.50 | 23.69 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0.29 | 45.97 | 9865 | 4 |
25 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 3329 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4409363 | 23.31 | 23.94 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0.23 | 45.37 | 10316 | 9 |
26 | Paul Menard | 3151 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3559135 | 24.44 | 25.42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0.46 | 41.87 | 10383 | 2 |
27 | David Gilliland | 3064 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3764088 | 29.81 | 26.19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.04 | 40.01 | 10107 | 8 |
28 | Mark Martin | 3022 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3553705 | 11.50 | 13.33 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 124 | 0 | 2.07 | 70.63 | 7023 | 0 |
29 | Michael Waltrip | 2889 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3663188 | 30.47 | 28.22 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0.22 | 35.19 | 10329 | 2 |
30 | Dave Blaney | 2851 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3456711 | 26.89 | 27.46 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.08 | 37.01 | 9983 | 7 |
31 | Scott Riggs | 2797 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3426766 | 25.68 | 25.82 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0.23 | 40.90 | 10037 | 1 |
32 | Reed Sorenson | 2795 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4316343 | 26.57 | 27.97 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.15 | 35.78 | 10000 | 2 |
33 | Robby Gordon | 2770 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3816362 | 30.94 | 28.97 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.05 | 33.40 | 9880 | 4 |
34 | Regan Smith | 2672 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3243845 | 25.76 | 28.24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 35.15 | 10328 | 0 |
35 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 2523 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4547374 | 27.97 | 29.65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 31.79 | 9370 | 4 |
36 | A.J. Allmendinger | 2436 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2408797 | 25.26 | 24.67 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.17 | 43.65 | 7011 | 5 |
37 | Joe Nemechek | 1989 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2681757 | 31.19 | 33.72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 22.10 | 8223 | 5 |
38 | Patrick Carpentier | 1794 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989154 | 25.17 | 29.63 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0.15 | 31.85 | 6308 | 4 |
39 | Bill Elliott | 1528 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1965748 | 30.00 | 28.95 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 33.45 | 6517 | 0 |
40 | Michael McDowell | 1466 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1757650 | 32.35 | 30.15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.06 | 30.60 | 5419 | 2 |
41 | J.J. Yeley | 1263 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1839455 | 32.94 | 29.88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 31.23 | 4931 | 3 |
42 | Aric Almirola | 1075 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1356811 | 20.58 | 24.83 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 1.00 | 43.25 | 3562 | 1 |
43 | Ken Schrader | 1040 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366539 | 29.80 | 31.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 27.78 | 5136 | 1 |
44 | Kyle Petty | 879 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1435104 | 34.73 | 34.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.52 | 4759 | 1 |
45 | Marcos Ambrose | 844 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1112281 | 29.36 | 29.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.12 | 2448 | 2 |
46 | Terry Labonte | 811 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 939617 | 31.10 | 27.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.38 | 1967 | 0 |
47 | Tony Raines | 800 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 847075 | 28.91 | 30.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.74 | 3289 | 3 |
48 | Mike Skinner | 734 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 879897 | 26.45 | 32.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.97 | 3525 | 0 |
49 | Dario Franchitti | 606 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1008351 | 28.30 | 34.30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 20.71 | 2785 | 2 |
50 | Jeremy Mayfield | 578 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 848175 | 29.75 | 30.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.36 | 2734 | 0 |
51 | Sterling Marlin | 482 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 719795 | 23.89 | 33.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.28 | 2271 | 3 |
52 | Chad McCumbee | 396 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497754 | 37.67 | 32.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.40 | 1807 | 1 |
53 | Johnny Sauter | 387 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 704920 | 37.33 | 34.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.37 | 2614 | 2 |
54 | Dale Jarrett | 367 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 716013 | 30.60 | 30.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.24 | 30.48 | 1496 | 1 |
55 | Scott Speed | 366 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 396300 | 28.40 | 30.60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.13 | 29.52 | 1683 | 1 |
56 | Ron Fellows | 200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163025 | 27.00 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 52.38 | 202 | 0 |
57 | Brad Keselowski | 200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166850 | 34.00 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 52.38 | 598 | 0 |
58 | Boris Said | 194 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260953 | 20.33 | 33.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.41 | 23.02 | 333 | 2 |
59 | Jason Leffler | 192 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286450 | 30.00 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.81 | 567 | 1 |
60 | Jon Wood | 183 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292835 | 20.33 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.43 | 488 | 0 |
61 | Kenny Wallace | 166 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 354493 | 15.50 | 27.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.79 | 36.90 | 331 | 1 |
62 | John Andretti | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 422213 | 33.67 | 38.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.13 | 11.11 | 692 | 1 |
63 | Mike Wallace | 143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137075 | 23.00 | 30.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.76 | 495 | 1 |
64 | Joey Logano | 113 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262425 | 37.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 887 | 0 |
65 | Max Papis | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131118 | 35.00 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.52 | 192 | 1 |
66 | David Stremme | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91525 | 43.00 | 28.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.06 | 35.71 | 187 | 1 |
67 | P.J. Jones | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68825 | 38.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 89 | 0 |
68 | Scott Pruett | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97599 | 27.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 108 | 1 |
69 | Brad Coleman | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79675 | 43.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 197 | 1 |
70 | Mike Bliss | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67250 | 38.00 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.52 | 455 | 1 |
71 | Brian Simo | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70164 | 43.00 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20 | 1 |