2012 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 | Brad Keselowski | 2400 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 6227850 | 16.17 | 10.08 | 21 | 2 | 51 | 735 | 7 | 7.10 | 78.37 | 10328 | 1 |
2 | Clint Bowyer | 2361 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 5546082 | 12.81 | 10.94 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 388 | 0 | 4.04 | 76.32 | 10271 | 4 |
3 | Jimmie Johnson | 2360 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 8129639 | 10.56 | 11.17 | 26 | 8 | 79 | 1745 | 4 | 15.63 | 75.79 | 9924 | 6 |
4 | Kasey Kahne | 2345 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 4721971 | 8.78 | 13.14 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 282 | 0 | 2.26 | 71.10 | 9919 | 4 |
5 | Greg Biffle | 2332 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 5683998 | 9.92 | 10.19 | 16 | 1 | 55 | 721 | 14 | 6.75 | 78.11 | 10397 | 0 |
6 | Denny Hamlin | 2329 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6922136 | 11.94 | 12.81 | 24 | 5 | 67 | 1226 | 2 | 10.95 | 71.89 | 10274 | 4 |
7 | Matt Kenseth | 2324 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7528332 | 13.31 | 11.14 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 480 | 7 | 6.05 | 75.86 | 10367 | 1 |
8 | Kevin Harvick | 2321 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5792916 | 14.64 | 12.08 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 256 | 0 | 2.22 | 73.61 | 10398 | 2 |
9 | Tony Stewart | 2311 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6601185 | 18.33 | 13.61 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 420 | 0 | 4.59 | 69.97 | 10195 | 2 |
10 | Jeff Gordon | 2303 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 6113129 | 12.92 | 14.14 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 567 | 0 | 3.95 | 68.72 | 10006 | 5 |
11 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 2299 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 5291626 | 12.06 | 12.11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 434 | 0 | 4.24 | 73.54 | 10100 | 2 |
12 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 2245 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 5165255 | 15.38 | 10.85 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 358 | 2 | 4.75 | 76.54 | 9817 | 0 |
13 | Kyle Busch | 1133 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 6559391 | 10.19 | 13.28 | 18 | 6 | 54 | 1436 | 0 | 14.42 | 70.77 | 9844 | 4 |
14 | Ryan Newman | 1051 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 5431951 | 10.89 | 15.03 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0.28 | 66.60 | 9767 | 5 |
15 | Carl Edwards | 1030 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5344175 | 14.50 | 15.56 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 254 | 0 | 1.74 | 65.34 | 9968 | 2 |
16 | Paul Menard | 1006 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4062235 | 16.19 | 15.47 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0.34 | 65.54 | 10406 | 1 |
17 | Joey Logano | 965 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4050163 | 11.92 | 17.42 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 190 | 0 | 1.65 | 60.91 | 10224 | 3 |
18 | Marcos Ambrose | 950 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4767873 | 14.31 | 17.94 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 74 | 0 | 1.07 | 59.66 | 10198 | 4 |
19 | Jeff Burton | 883 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5163065 | 23.08 | 19.61 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0.49 | 55.69 | 10139 | 2 |
20 | Aric Almirola | 868 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4785031 | 16.17 | 20.00 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 0.79 | 54.76 | 10045 | 3 |
21 | Jamie McMurray | 868 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4567468 | 21.31 | 20.08 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 0.92 | 54.56 | 10206 | 4 |
22 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 810 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4494049 | 23.33 | 21.67 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0.42 | 50.79 | 10079 | 5 |
23 | Bobby Labonte | 772 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4131879 | 26.64 | 22.58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 48.61 | 10071 | 2 |
24 | Regan Smith | 747 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3946540 | 18.18 | 22.06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.03 | 49.86 | 8819 | 4 |
25 | Kurt Busch | 735 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4064608 | 22.17 | 23.17 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0.33 | 47.21 | 9738 | 6 |
26 | Mark Martin | 701 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2863683 | 9.13 | 15.21 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 197 | 0 | 3.02 | 66.17 | 6590 | 5 |
27 | Travis Kvapil | 638 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3607246 | 36.57 | 25.66 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.14 | 41.29 | 9604 | 3 |
28 | David Ragan | 622 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3613656 | 29.86 | 26.97 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0.14 | 38.16 | 9685 | 5 |
29 | Casey Mears | 612 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3537774 | 26.44 | 27.17 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0.36 | 37.70 | 8616 | 11 |
30 | David Gilliland | 605 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3494350 | 33.78 | 27.31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.08 | 37.37 | 9503 | 4 |
31 | Landon Cassill | 598 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4178755 | 29.03 | 27.50 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.06 | 36.90 | 9593 | 4 |
32 | A.J. Allmendinger | 453 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2958285 | 16.29 | 22.57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 0 | 1.32 | 48.64 | 5816 | 3 |
33 | Dave Blaney | 417 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2935774 | 35.24 | 31.79 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.10 | 26.68 | 6607 | 19 |
34 | David Reutimann | 373 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2255278 | 31.92 | 29.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.14 | 6132 | 8 |
35 | Brian Vickers | 250 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 774435 | 16.00 | 13.25 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 4.03 | 70.83 | 2726 | 1 |
36 | David Stremme | 236 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2457431 | 32.57 | 35.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.69 | 3612 | 23 |
37 | Michael McDowell | 187 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2465274 | 29.10 | 37.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 12.38 | 3001 | 25 |
38 | J.J. Yeley | 166 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1914170 | 37.21 | 37.13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 13.99 | 3134 | 16 |
39 | Josh Wise | 147 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2333560 | 33.17 | 39.13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.06 | 9.21 | 1590 | 29 |
40 | Ken Schrader | 146 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1191740 | 39.54 | 32.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.36 | 3660 | 2 |
41 | Stephen Leicht | 126 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1332865 | 39.07 | 35.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.62 | 2067 | 10 |
42 | Scott Speed | 124 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387953 | 30.65 | 36.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.99 | 1411 | 14 |
43 | Michael Waltrip | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 396472 | 21.75 | 20.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.71 | 52.98 | 804 | 1 |
44 | Terry Labonte | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 582995 | 34.00 | 20.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.37 | 52.98 | 694 | 1 |
45 | Tony Raines | 71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 788728 | 41.43 | 33.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.77 | 771 | 5 |
46 | Scott Riggs | 56 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496515 | 36.55 | 41.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.29 | 511 | 20 |
47 | Brendan Gaughan | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 354559 | 33.00 | 31.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.38 | 1057 | 1 |
48 | Boris Said | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167290 | 26.50 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.10 | 200 | 0 |
49 | Bill Elliott | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196098 | 21.00 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 160 | 2 |
50 | Hermie Sadler | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80610 | 41.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 505 | 0 |
51 | Mike Olsen | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81735 | 42.00 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.81 | 289 | 3 |
52 | Robby Gordon | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 405300 | 30.00 | 40.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.35 | 131 | 3 |
53 | Mike Skinner | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 340850 | 40.00 | 40.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.36 | 82 | 4 |
54 | Kelly Bires | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222024 | 41.00 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.76 | 67 | 3 |
55 | Tomy Drissi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76242 | 41.00 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.90 | 78 | 1 |
56 | Stacy Compton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64225 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.52 | 24 | 1 |
57 | David Mayhew | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72625 | 33.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.14 | 25 | 1 |
58 | Patrick Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61555 | 43.00 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.38 | 2 | 1 |
59 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2562725 | 16.80 | 19.35 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.36 | 56.31 | 5448 | 3 |
60 | Trevor Bayne | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1788292 | 17.69 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.24 | 48.89 | 3852 | 2 |
61 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 513070 | 23.50 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 39.29 | 946 | 2 |
62 | Danica Patrick | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1053885 | 36.10 | 28.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.00 | 3115 | 2 |
63 | Timmy Hill | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 403060 | 40.00 | 34.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.95 | 811 | 3 |
64 | Mike Bliss | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483903 | 35.47 | 39.47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 8.40 | 831 | 18 |
65 | Austin Dillon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88285 | 22.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.24 | 198 | 0 |
66 | Robert Richardson, Jr. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184578 | 41.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 362 | 2 |
67 | Elliott Sadler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 305788 | 10.00 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.10 | 196 | 0 |
68 | Joe Nemechek | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2534419 | 37.00 | 39.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.45 | 1507 | 29 |
69 | Reed Sorenson | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463722 | 38.26 | 39.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.15 | 1749 | 15 |
70 | T.J. Bell | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453510 | 40.60 | 31.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.62 | 1468 | 1 |
71 | Jason Leffler | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 378772 | 37.40 | 37.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.38 | 560 | 4 |
72 | Jason White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76610 | 41.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 28.57 | 81 | 1 |
73 | Cole Whitt | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 395747 | 37.40 | 39.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.57 | 183 | 5 |
74 | Chris Cook | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134035 | 38.50 | 41.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.57 | 18 | 2 |