Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after Richmond 2026

The battle to make the Chase becomes increasingly clear with just two races left before the reset

With just two races left before the Chase reset, Denny Hamlin holds a 115-point lead in the championship. After the reset, it will be reduced to just 25 over whoever is second. After Richmond, that driver is now Ryan Blaney, who jumped back ahead of Ty Gibbs.

The biggest mover in the standings was easily Joey Logano, rocketing up four positions to ninth after winning the Cup race at Richmond. The biggest loser was Carson Hocevar for the second consecutive week, dropping three spots to 11th after being the lone DNF on Saturday night.

In the battle to make the Chase, Austin Cindric pulled himself off the bubble with his best result of the season, collecting a lot of stage points and finishing third.

Suddenly, Shane van Gisbergen is now on the bubble, but he is a full 50 points clear of his closest pursuer -- Ryan Preece in 17th. Ross Chastain, who made big gains at Iowa, fell back to -63pts after Cindric's big day.

The top seven drivers in the standings have mathematically clinched a spot in the Chase after Richmond. The Cup Series now heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

2026 NASCAR Cup points after Richmond (Race 24 of 36)

Pos.	Driver	Points	Positions gained or lost
1	Denny Hamlin	969	--
2	Ryan Blaney	854	+1
3	Ty Gibbs	842	-1
4	Tyler Reddick	831	--
5	Chase Briscoe	715	--
6	Chase Elliott	695	+1
7	Christopher Bell	695	-1
8	Kyle Larson	660	+2
9	Joey Logano	659	+4
10	Chris Buescher	653	-1
11	Carson Hocevar	645	-3
12	William Byron	630	-1
13	Daniel Suarez	618	-1
14	Bubba Wallace	587	--
15	Austin Cindric	574	+1
16	Shane van Gisbergen	567	-1
CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE	CHASE CUTLINE
17	Ryan Preece	517	--
18	Ross Chastain	504	--
19	Brad Keselowski	489	--
20	Erik Jones	486	--
21	Michael McDowell	463	--
22	AJ Allmendinger	442	--
23	Todd Gilliland	428	--
24	Zane Smith	418	--
25	Austin Dillon	400	+2
26	Riley Herbst	399	-1
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	389	-1
28	John Hunter Nemechek	388	--
29	Alex Bowman	340	--
30	Josh Berry	337	--
31	Noah Gragson	307	--
32	Cole Custer	287	+1
33	Ty Dillon	284	-1
34	Connor Zilisch	257	--
35	Cody Ware	191	--
36	Casey Mears	12	--
37	Kevin Magnussen	11	--
38	Jimmie Johnson	9	--
39	Katherine Legge	8	--
40	BJ McLeod	4	--

Note: Kyle Busch scored 217 points before his tragic passing, and we have followed NASCAR's decision to no longer classify Busch in the weekly driver standings.