We all know the incredible 200 number for the King, Richard Petty. Everyone does. But did you know that number has since been passed? Winning is huge in motorsports, and since 2014 with the introduction of the Playoff format has never been more important.
Today we are going to look at not just Cup Series wins, but combined wins from all three of NASCAR’s major touring series. Yes yes, we know “those wins don’t count.” Well, NASCAR counts them, therefor, so do we.
With the Convertible Series operating from 1956-1959 due to the popularity of convertibles in the United States at the time, Richard Petty has a single win in that Series. That mean technically Petty has a NASCAR win total of 201.
Anyways, lets focus on the modern day, today. As of writing this on Saturday 6/23/24 at 11am, Christopher Bell is the most recent winner in NASCAR after he won his 18th career Xfinity Series race for Joe Gibbs Racing at New Hampshire. This gives him a win total of 33 in NASCAR (See below for full details). So lets dive into the 10 winningest active drivers in NASCAR today.
The List
To qualify to get onto this list, a driver must be a full-time driver in one of NASCAR’s three national touring series. The Craftsman Truck Series, the Xfinity Series or the Cup Series and be winning, obviously.
10. Justin Allgaier – 24
The 38 year-old Justin Allgaier currently runs full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports where he holds all 24 of his NASCAR wins. In the past he has raced part-time in the Craftsman Truck Series as well as 2 full-time seasons in Cup.
9. William Byron – 25
William Byron is now one of the hottest drivers in all of NASCAR who is currently racing in Cup for the legendary Hendrick Motorsports. After winning the Daytona 500 and multiple races per year, he is also the winningest driver since the introduction of the NEXT-GEN Cup car. William has 13 Cup Series wins (11 in the Gen 7 car), 4 in Xfinity and 8 in the Craftsman Truck Series.
8. Chase Elliott – 28
Chase Elliott is NASCAR’s most popular driver and a Cup Series champion racing for Hendrick Motorsports. Winning comes naturally to the second generation driver from Georgia, 17 times he has gone to victory lane in the Cup Series with 6 more coming in Xfinity and 3 in the Craftsman Trucks.
7. Christopher Bell – 33
Christopher Bell is one of the greatest racers of his generation in NASCAR. He is currently full-time in the Cup Series racing for Joe Gibbs Racing. In 2024 he has already added 2 wins to his record putting him at 8 in Cup, 18 in Xfinity and 7 in Trucks.
6. Kyle Larson – 44
He needs no introduction, probably one of the greatest all-around racers of all time, Larson races full-time for Hendrick Motorsports in the Cup Series. He has amassed all but 6 of his 26 Cup wins since joining the organization in 2021. He also has 15 Xfinity Series victories and 3 in trucks.
5. Martin Truex Jr. – 48
Truex has been racing in NASCAR for two decades now, he is a three time Champion in Cup (2017) & the former Busch Series (Xfinity 2004 & 2005) and has amassed nearly 50 NASCAR wins. 34 of those come from the Cup Series where he runs full-time until the end of this season after announcing his retirement earlier this month. Martin has 13 Xfinity Series wins to his name as well as a single Truck win that he scored on dirt for his former teammate’s race team at Bristol.
4. Joey Logano – 64
Joey Logano is a 2x Cup Series champion and the first driver on this list to be in the top-20 winningest drivers in NASCAR history. On that list, he sits 16th. Currently a full-time driver for Team Penske, Joey has amassed 32 Cup Series wins, 30 Xfinity Series wins and just a pair of wins in the Craftsman Truck Series
3. Denny Hamlin – 74
Denny Hamlin has lived up to being the heel in NASCAR, but he has backed it by winning consistently at the sports highest level. He is currently the second winningest driver in Cup with 54 wins, all coming at Joe Gibbs Racing behind the wheel of the No. 11. Denny has a pair of Truck wins and 18 Xfinity Series wins to his name as well. Those 74 wins put him 13th all time in NASCAR history.
2. Brad Keselowski – 76
Michigan native Brad Keselowski sits second on this list while running full-time as an owner and a driver for the same team in the Cup Series, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing or RFK for short. Brad’s career started part-time with an infamous win at Talladega in 2009 and he has put Cup wins together almost every year since for a total of 36 of them. In Xfinity, Brad has collected 39 checkered flags and 1 more in the Craftsman Truck Series where he won for himself in 2014. He sits 12th all-time.
1. Kyle Busch – 231
Winning is a passion for Kyle Busch. He made a promise to his fans early in his career. Racing so few times per year in the Cup Series, everyone knew 200 wins was unobtainable, but he would reach that number racing in the Truck and then Busch Series’ as well. Everyone laughed. Fast forward over 20 years and Kyle holds records that will never be beaten. He has won in every Cup Season for 20 years. He has won in every truck season since 2005. He is the winningest driver in Xfinity and Truck Series history and most importantly, he is the winningest driver overall in NASCAR history at 231 wins. Kyle is the winningest active Cup Series driver at 64 wins, he is the winningest Xfinity Series driver in history with 102 wins and he is the winningest driver in the Craftsman Truck Series with 66.
