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Single Season Wins        Multiple Winners        Rookies 1958-2001        BEST of the '90s      

Top 50 Career Wins        Top 5's Finishes        Top 10's Finishes

SINGLE SEASON WIN's

WINS

1 Richard Petty 1967 27
2 Richard Petty 1971 21
3 Tim Flock 1955 18
4 Richard Petty 1970 18
5 Bobby Isaac 1969 17
6 David Pearson 1968 16
7 Richard Petty 1968 16
8 Ned Jarrett 1964 15
9 David Pearson 1966 15
10 Buck Baker 1956 14
11 Richard Petty 1963 14
12 Jeff Gordon 1998 13
13 Ned Jarrett 1965 13
14 Junior Johnson 1965 13
15 Richard Petty 1965 13

MULTIPLE WINNERS

Prior to the 2000 season, the Nascar Winston Cup Series circuit had 51 titles divided among 23 drivers.  Leading the way with 7 wins each are Richard Petty-(64,67,71,72,74,75,79) and Dale Earnhardt (80,86,87,90,91,93,94)

Other multiple winners are Lee Petty (54,58,59);  David Pearson (66,68,69); Cale Yarborough (76,77,78); Darrell Waltrip (81,82,85) and Jeff Gordon (95,97,98).

Two time winners before 1998 are Herb Thomas (51,53);  Tim Flock (52,55);  Buck Baker (56,57);  Ned Jarrett (61,65);  Joe Weatherly (62,63) and  Terry Labonte (84,96).


ROOKIE's  1958 to 2001

 
YEAR Driver Position Starts Wins Top-5's Top-10's
1958 Shorty Rollins 4 29 1 N/A 22
1959 Richard Petty 15 21 0 6 8
1960 David Pearson 23 22 0 3 7
1961 Woody Wilson 41 5 0 0 1
1962 Tom Cox 18 42 0 N/A N/A
1963 Billy Wade 16 31 0 5 15
1964 Doug Cooper 21 39 0 4 11
1965 Sam McQuagg 24 15 0 2 5
1966 James Hylton 2 41 0 20 32
1967 Donnie Allison 16 20 0 4 7
1968 Pete Hamilton 32 16 0 N/A N/A
1969 Dick Brooks 21 28 0 3 12
1970 Bill Dennis 25 25 0 0 5
1971 Walter Ballard 10 41 0 3 11
1972 Larry Smith 23 23 0 0 7
1973 Lennie Pond 23 23 0 1 9
1974 Earl Ross 8 21 1 4 9
1975 Bruce Hill 16 26 0 3 11
1976 Skip Manning 18 27 0 0 4
1977 Ricky Rudd 17 25 0 1 10
1978 Ronnie Thomas 18 27 0 0 2
1979 Dale Earnhardt 7 27 1 11 17
1980 Joe Ridley 7 31 0 2 18
1981 Ron Bouchard 21 22 1 5 12
1982 Geoff Bodine 22 25 0 4 10
1983 Bill Elliott 3 30 0 12 22
1984 Rusty Wallace 14 30 0 2 4
1985 Ken Schrader 16 28 2 0 3
1986 Alan Kulwicki 21 23 0 1 4
1987 Davey Allison 21 22 0 9 10
1988 Ken Bouchard 28 32 0 0 5
1989 Dick Trickle 15 28 0 6 9
1990 Rob Moroso 30 25 0 0 1
1991 Bobby Hamilton 22 28 0 0 4
1992 Jimmy Hensley 28 22 0 0 4
1993 Jeff Gordon 14 30 0 7 11
1994 Jeff Burton 24 30 0 2 3
1995 Rick Craven 24 31 0 0 4
1996 Johnny Benson 21 30 0 1 6
1997 Mike Skinner 30 31 0 0 3
1998 Kenny Irwin 28 32 0 1 4
1999 Tony Stewart 4 34 3 12 21
2000 Matt Kenseth 14 34 1 4 11
2001 Kevin Harvick 9 35 2 6 16

        2002   Ryan Newman
        2003   Jamie McMurray
        2004   Kasey Kahne
        2005   Kyle Busch
        2006   Denny Hamlin

BEST of the '90s

"Based on 200 starts during the '90s"

DRIVER STARTS WINS POLES TOP-10's CHAMPIONSHIP
Dale Earnhardt 309 35 14 206 90-91-93-94
Rusty Wallace 309 33 15 169  
Mark Martin 309 30 27 217  
Ken Schrader 309 2 14 124  
Ricky Rudd 309 10 8 132  
Terry Labonte 309 11 7 131 96
Sterling Marlin 308 6 10 106  
Michael Waltrip 308 0 2 71  
Brett Bodine 304 1 5 48  
Geoff Bodine 303 11 12 88  
Dale Jarrett 303 22 6 159 99
Darrell Waltrip 295 5 2 81  
Bill Elliott 301 8 12 110  
Derrick Cope 280 2 0 27  
Kyle Petty 292 6 8 84  
Jimmy Spender 283 2 4 55  
Ernie Irvan 253 15 19 119  
Bobby Hamilton 263 3 4 55  
Jeff Gordon 222 49 23 144 95-97-98
Bobby Labonte 222 12 15 110  

CAREER WINS

Top-50 Positions

Position Driver Wins
01 Richard Petty 200
02 David Pearson 105
03 Bobby Allison 84
  Darrell Waltrip 84
05 Cale Yarborough 83
06 Dale Earnhardt 76
07 Jeff Gordon 58
08 Rusty Wallace 54
  Lee Petty 54
10 Ned Jarrett 50
  Junior Johnson 50
12 Herb Thomas 48
13 Buck Baker 46
14 Bill Elliott 41
15 Tim Flock 39
16 Bobby Isaac 37
17 Fireball Roberts 33
18 Mark Martin 32
19 Dale Jarrett 28
19 Rex White 28
21 Fred Lorenzen 26
22 Jim Paschal 25
22 Joe Weatherly 25
24 Ricky Rudd 22
25 Terry Labonte 21
25 Benny Parsons 21
27 Speedy Thompson 20
28 Davey Allison 19
  Buddy Baker 19
  Fonty Flock 19
31 Bobby Labonte 18
  Geoff Bodine 18
  Neil Bonnett 18
  Harry Gant 18
35 Jeff Burton 17
  Curtis Turner 17
  Marvin Panch 17
38 Ernie Irvan 15
39 Dick Hutcherson 14
  Lee Roy Yarborough 14
41 Dick Rathmann 13
  Tim Richmond 13
43 Tony Stewart 12
44 Donnie Allison 10
  Paul Goldsmith 9
  Cotton Owens 9
47 Bob Welborn 9
48 Sterling Marlin 8
  Kyle Petty 8
50 Darel Deringer 7
  Marshall Teague 7
  A.J. Foyt 7
  Jim Reed 7

TOP 25 TOP 5's FINISHES Leaders

Position Driver Top-5's 
01 Richard Petty 555
02 Bobby Allison 336
03 David Pearson 301
04 Dale Earnhardt 281
05 Darrell Waltrip 276
06 Cale Yarborough 255
07 Buck Baker 246
08 Lee Petty 231
09 Buddy Baker 202
10 Benny Parsons 199
11 Ned Jarrett 185
12 Mark Martin 185
13 Terry Labonte 175
14 Rusty Wallace 174
15 Ricky Rudd 165
16 Bill Elliott 155
17 Jim Paschal 149
18 James Hylton 140
19 Bobby Isaac 134
20 Harry Gant 123
21 Jeff Gordon 122
22 Herb Thomas 122
23 Junior Johnson 121
24 Rex White 110
25 Joe Weatherly 105

TOP 10's FINISHES

 TOP 25 Leaders

Position Driver Top-10's