We’re officially through the first two races of the 2026 NASCAR season, with Sunday’s Cup Series race in Atlanta delivering more shakeup of the points leaderboard early in the year. Every week matters in the months leading up to the 10-race The Chase, so the results today could determine who is the regular-season champ.
Here are the NASCAR points leaders in the Cup Series following the Autotrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway.
Related: Winners, Losers from NASCAR Race Today at EchoPark Speedway
NASCAR Points Standings Today: Cup Series Points Leaders
| Rank | Driver | Points | Above Cutline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 125 | +81 |
| 2 | Bubba Wallace | 85 | +41 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 81 | +37 |
| 4 | Carson Hocevar | 74 | +30 |
| 5 | Zane Smith | 71 | +27 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 68 | +24 |
| 7 | Daniel Suarez | 67 | +23 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 67 | +23 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 61 | +17 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 61 | +17 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 52 | +8 |
| 12 | Noah Gragson | 50 | +6 |
| 13 | William Byron | 50 | +6 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 49 | +5 |
| 15 | Chase Briscoe | 45 | +1 |
| 16 | Shane van Gisbergen | 44 | — |
| 17 | Ty Dillon | 44 | — |
| 18 | AJ Allmendinger | 43 | -1 |
| 19 | John H. Nemechek | 43 | -1 |
| 20 | Michael McDowell | 43 | -1 |
| 21 | Kyle Larson | 42 | -2 |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 40 | -4 |
| 23 | Riley Herbst | 39 | -5 |
| 24 | Kyle Busch | 36 | -8 |
| 25 | Josh Berry | 34 | -10 |
| 26 | Austin Cindric | 34 | -10 |
| 27 | Denny Hamlin | 32 | -12 |
| 28 | Cody Ware | 30 | -14 |
| 29 | Erik Jones | 29 | -15 |
| 30 | Cole Custer | 29 | -15 |
| 31 | Christopher Bell | 25 | -19 |
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 18 | -26 |
| 33 | Ty Gibbs | 17 | -27 |
| 34 | Austin Dillon | 17 | -27 |
| 35 | Todd Gilliland | 16 | -28 |
| 36 | Connor Zilisch | 14 | -30 |
Related: NASCAR Results Today for Cup Series, NASCAR Stage Results for Atlanta
