Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see what the "Chase" standings would look like if they were based on our rankings (note that a somewhat different list of drivers would be eligible). This is before assessing the bonus of five points for each position above 10th after 26 races.
| prev | rank | driver | mean | sd | races | wins | Top5 | Top10 | AvgFinish | SDFinish | Last5 | Points | SimPts | SimWins | SimChamps |
| 1 | 1 | TonyStewart | 1.724 | 0.18 | 35 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 25-2-9-6-4 | 5081 | 4803 | 5.053 | 337 |
| 2 | 2 | GregBiffle | 1.680 | 0.18 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 3-20-7-20-2 | 4799 | 4751 | 4.705 | 289 |
| 3 | 3 | JimmieJohnson | 1.569 | 0.18 | 35 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 1-3-16-5-7 | 4753 | 4629 | 3.706 | 151 |
| 4 | 4 | CarlEdwards | 1.402 | 0.18 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 10-26-1-1-6 | 4427 | 4459 | 2.635 | 70 |
| 5 | 5 | KurtBusch | 1.385 | 0.18 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 14-2-6-36-10 | 4248 | 4304 | 2.409 | 25 |
| 6 | 6 | MarkMartin | 1.363 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 5-34-3-2-14 | 4501 | 4410 | 2.416 | 57 |
| 7 | 7 | MattKenseth | 1.260 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 15.7 | 13.1 | 26-12-5-3-32 | 4286 | 4292 | 1.799 | 25 |
| 8 | 8 | JeffGordon | 1.244 | 0.18 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18.0 | 13.6 | 38-1-2-14-3 | 4031 | 4264 | 1.743 | 24 |
| 9 | 9 | RustyWallace | 1.130 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 24-19-37-22-29 | 4388 | 4140 | 1.305 | 7 |
| 11 | 10 | KyleBusch | 1.127 | 0.18 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20.4 | 14.7 | 39-9-12-40-1 | 3738 | 4141 | 1.275 | 10 |
| 10 | 11 | RyanNewman | 1.099 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 7-10-23-25-12 | 4258 | 4098 | 1.105 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | JamieMcMurray | 0.952 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16.7 | 10.2 | 31-7-6-11-18 | 4021 | 3922 | 0.743 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | JeremyMayfield | 0.910 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16.0 | 9.2 | 11-28-38-35-24 | 4147 | 3898 | 0.674 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | DaleEarnhardtJr. | 0.904 | 0.18 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20.6 | 14.2 | 42-18-4-8-40 | 3674 | 3882 | 0.649 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | BrianVickers | 0.896 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19.0 | 12.7 | 12-36-15-19-26 | 3838 | 3847 | 0.634 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | DennyHamlin | 0.875 | 0.36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.5 | 9.7 | 8-8-19-7-13 | 737 | 661 | 0.171 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | ElliottSadler | 0.830 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 27-29-10-9-11 | 3990 | 3795 | 0.488 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | KaseyKahne | 0.813 | 0.18 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22.1 | 13.2 | 23-17-35-42-27 | 3521 | 3768 | 0.497 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | KevinHarvick | 0.804 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17.7 | 8.9 | 28-15-22-16-23 | 3950 | 3764 | 0.463 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | DaleJarrett | 0.758 | 0.17 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18.3 | 9.8 | 30-31-14-12-9 | 3848 | 3714 | 0.394 | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | RickyRudd | 0.721 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20.3 | 11.9 | 9-11-17-13-20 | 3640 | 3668 | 0.354 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | JoeNemechek | 0.718 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18.5 | 9.4 | 4-23-18-37-17 | 3857 | 3669 | 0.347 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | JeffBurton | 0.707 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19.4 | 10.5 | 14-5-8-30-15 | 3715 | 3648 | 0.310 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | BobbyLabonte | 0.648 | 0.18 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22.4 | 12.5 | 18-4-31-26-5 | 3427 | 3600 | 0.258 | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | ScottPruett | 0.643 | 0.51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 31-4 | 230 | 204 | 0.038 | 0 |
| 27 | 26 | CaseyMears | 0.575 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21.9 | 11.3 | 6-22-21-4-22 | 3477 | 3507 | 0.201 | 0 |
| 25 | 27 | MichaelWaltrip | 0.575 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23.3 | 12.7 | 29-27-11-41-33 | 3376 | 3495 | 0.209 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | BrianSimo | 0.564 | 0.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | NA | 10 | 134 | 99 | 0.018 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | RonFellows | 0.539 | 0.52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 8-25 | 230 | 193 | 0.024 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | SterlingMarlin | 0.336 | 0.17 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 24.6 | 11.8 | 40-38-20-23-34 | 3093 | 3164 | 0.075 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | MikeBliss | 0.218 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.6 | 10.1 | 35-41-13-17-31 | 3135 | 3102 | 0.030 | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | BorisSaid | 0.194 | 0.32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.4 | 9.7 | 28-31-3-30-31 | 791 | 790 | 0.016 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | ScottRiggs | 0.142 | 0.18 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 26.9 | 10.1 | 33-24-33-34-38 | 2916 | 3041 | 0.025 | 0 |
| 35 | 34 | KylePetty | 0.139 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.4 | 8.7 | 15-14-25-21-19 | 3206 | 3036 | 0.029 | 0 |
| 34 | 35 | MartinTruexJr. | 0.133 | 0.36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 13.1 | 7-42-28-40-15 | 589 | 607 | 0.014 | 0 |
| 36 | 36 | KenSchrader | 0.098 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.4 | 8.9 | 34-13-34-29-30 | 3087 | 3002 | 0.021 | 0 |
| 37 | 37 | DaveBlaney | 0.089 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.7 | 7.4 | 13-16-24-28-25 | 3134 | 2988 | 0.014 | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | DavidReutimann | 0.078 | 0.66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | NA | 22 | 97 | 86 | 0.014 | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | ClintBowyer | 0.059 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | NA | 22 | 97 | 84 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | JeffGreen | 0.053 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 19-37-29-18-28 | 3168 | 2951 | 0.018 | 0 |
| 42 | 41 | TravisKvapil | 0.051 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 9.7 | 17-21-26-24-10 | 3010 | 2954 | 0.015 | 0 |
| 41 | 42 | JohnnySauter | -0.030 | 0.31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.8 | 13.1 | 40-17-28-16-39 | 722 | 819 | 0.008 | 0 |
| 44 | 43 | ScottWimmer | -0.069 | 0.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 6.8 | 20-25-27-27-21 | 2992 | 2827 | 0.010 | 0 |
| 43 | 44 | PaulMenard | -0.080 | 0.69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | NA | 27 | 82 | 80 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 45 | 45 | TerryLabonte | -0.085 | 0.27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.4 | 11.7 | 40-27-9-33-31 | 1071 | 1126 | 0.006 | 0 |
| 46 | 46 | BillElliott | -0.111 | 0.33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.8 | 10.4 | 35-23-11-40-32 | 695 | 719 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 47 | 47 | AnthonyLazzaro | -0.116 | 0.70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | NA | 28 | 79 | 79 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 48 | 48 | JasonLeffler | -0.139 | 0.23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | 8.2 | 18-20-24-24-33 | 1538 | 1514 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 49 | 49 | ChrisCook | -0.143 | 0.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | NA | 28 | 79 | 78 | 0.005 | 0 |
| 51 | 50 | MikeWallace | -0.147 | 0.19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.9 | 9.0 | 19-35-43-35-36 | 2269 | 2206 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 50 | 51 | JohnnyMiller | -0.150 | 0.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | NA | 29 | 76 | 78 | 0.003 | 0 |
| 65 | 52 | KennyWallace | -0.178 | 0.46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 10.3 | 40-27-34-16 | 301 | 316 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 59 | 53 | RobbyGordon | -0.209 | 0.20 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30.6 | 9.7 | 39-23-32-42-8 | 2046 | 2157 | 0.003 | 0 |
| 52 | 54 | DavidStremme | -0.228 | 0.52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 13.6 | 16-42-36 | 207 | 234 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 53 | 55 | JoeyMcCarthy | -0.260 | 0.73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | NA | 31 | 70 | 79 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 54 | 56 | DerrikeCope | -0.308 | 0.74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | NA | 33 | 64 | 78 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 55 | 57 | KerryEarnhardt | -0.322 | 0.53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 13.7 | 17-42-39 | 195 | 223 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 56 | 58 | EricMcClure | -0.328 | 0.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | NA | 32 | 67 | 77 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 57 | 59 | JohnAndretti | -0.340 | 0.47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 1.4 | 31-29-28-28 | 304 | 298 | 0.001 | 0 |
| 58 | 60 | KevinLepage | -0.351 | 0.23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.2 | 8.5 | 30-36-21-42-33 | 1402 | 1471 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 60 | 61 | JorgeGoeters | -0.371 | 0.76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | NA | 35 | 63 | 74 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 61 | 62 | J.J.Yeley | -0.482 | 0.48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.8 | 6.1 | 39-34-25-29 | 276 | 289 | 0.001 | 0 |
| 63 | 63 | TonyRaines | -0.508 | 0.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 5.7 | 31-28-34-38-22 | 419 | 425 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 62 | 64 | BobbyHamilton | -0.509 | 0.54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 6.2 | 27-39-30 | 201 | 214 | 0.003 | 0 |
| 64 | 65 | BobbyHamiltonJr. | -0.551 | 0.18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 8.2 | 41-30-39-38-35 | 2123 | 2206 | 0.001 | 0 |
| NA1 | 66 | JerryRobertson | -0.661 | 0.84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | NA | 41 | 40 | 71 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 66 | 67 | ReedSorenson | -0.663 | 0.85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | NA | 41 | 40 | 69 | 0.002 | 0 |
| 67 | 68 | BrandonAsh | -0.698 | 0.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | NA | 42 | 37 | 68 | 0.005 | 0 |
| 68 | 69 | KirkShelmerdine | -0.705 | 0.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | NA | 42 | 37 | 70 | 0.001 | 0 |
| 69 | 70 | TomHubert | -0.741 | 0.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | NA | 43 | 34 | 66 | 0.003 | 0 |
| 70 | 71 | WayneAnderson | -0.752 | 0.88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | NA | 43 | 34 | 68 | 0.004 | 0 |
| NA2 | 72 | ChadChaffin | -0.753 | 0.88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | NA | 43 | 34 | 70 | 0.004 | 0 |
| 71 | 73 | JimmySpencer | -0.858 | 0.33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.6 | 6.6 | 36-39-40-39-36 | 592 | 625 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 72 | 74 | HermieSadler | -0.896 | 0.30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.4 | 4.9 | 41-30-30-42-32 | 717 | 744 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 73 | 75 | JohnnyBenson | -0.923 | 0.59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 8.4 | 42-43-28 | 150 | 192 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 74 | 76 | MikeGarvey | -1.058 | 0.35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 5.7 | 36-36-34-37-32 | 491 | 536 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 77 | 77 | P.J.Jones | -1.211 | 0.54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 4.7 | 32-41-42-41 | 189 | 221 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 76 | 78 | StuartKirby | -1.212 | 0.41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.6 | 4.8 | 41-43-32-37-37 | 352 | 397 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 75 | 79 | ShaneHmiel | -1.219 | 0.77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.5 | 2.1 | 43-40 | 77 | 119 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 79 | 80 | TedChristopher | -1.289 | 0.79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 42-42 | 74 | 117 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 80 | 81 | MikeSkinner | -1.306 | 0.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 5.7 | 29-43-43-43-37 | 441 | 487 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 81 | 82 | RandyLaJoie | -1.306 | 0.64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 3.5 | 42-36-42 | 134 | 166 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 78 | 83 | StantonBarrett | -1.343 | 0.39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 5.5 | 34-41-43-43-42 | 389 | 440 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 82 | 84 | GregSacks | -1.427 | 0.83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 43-43 | 68 | 110 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 83 | 85 | JeffFuller | -1.438 | 0.84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 43-43 | 68 | 111 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 84 | 86 | CarlLong | -1.754 | 0.38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.8 | 4.5 | 40-43-32-42-32 | 356 | 444 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 85 | 87 | MorganShepherd | -1.778 | 0.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.2 | 1.0 | 40-42-42-41 | 162 | 201 | 0.000 | 0 |
| prev | rank | driver | mean | sd | races | wins | Top5 | Top10 | AvgFinish | SDFinish | Last5 | Points | SimPts | SimWins | SimChamps |
| 1 | 1 | CarlEdwards | 1.398 | 0.31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 10-26-1-1-6 | 1313 | 1219 | 1.144 | 183 |
| 2 | 2 | JimmieJohnson | 1.383 | 0.31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 1-3-16-5-7 | 1328 | 1211 | 1.116 | 173 |
| 3 | 3 | MarkMartin | 1.313 | 0.31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 5-34-3-2-14 | 1228 | 1198 | 0.996 | 170 |
| 4 | 4 | TonyStewart | 1.310 | 0.29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 25-2-9-6-4 | 1365 | 1196 | 0.908 | 119 |
| 6 | 5 | GregBiffle | 1.159 | 0.30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 3-20-7-20-2 | 1268 | 1154 | 0.714 | 88 |
| 8 | 6 | JeffGordon | 1.053 | 0.32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 38-1-2-14-3 | 1059 | 1122 | 0.577 | 61 |
| 5 | 7 | MattKenseth | 1.050 | 0.30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 26-12-5-3-32 | 1172 | 1125 | 0.568 | 56 |
| 19 | 9 | KyleBusch | 0.817 | 0.32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20.4 | 15.2 | 39-9-12-40-1 | 965 | 1055 | 0.330 | 27 |
| 11 | 14 | RustyWallace | 0.563 | 0.31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19.1 | 11.5 | 24-19-37-22-29 | 976 | 987 | 0.170 | 13 |
| 9 | 10 | KurtBusch | 0.725 | 0.32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16.8 | 13.1 | 14-2-6-36-10 | 944 | 919 | 0.212 | 0 |