All-time NASCAR Cup Series poles list

The NASCAR Cup Series pole winner list is current as of the 2026 Talladega April race (April 25, 2026).

A driver in bold is an active driver. A driver in bold-italic type-face is the most recent winner. An active driver is defined as someone who has attempted at least once race in the current season.

123
Richard Petty

113
David Pearson

81
Jeff Gordon

69
Cale Yarborough

59
Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip

56
Mark Martin

55
Bill Elliott

51
Ryan Newman

49
Denny Hamlin

48
Bobby Isaac

46
Junior Johnson

45
Buck Baker

39
Tim Flock, Herb Thomas

38
Buddy Baker

37
Geoff Bodine

36
Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace, Rex White

35
Kyle Busch, Ned Jarrett

34
Joey Logano

33
Fonty Flock

32
Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts

31
Kevin Harvick

29
Ricky Rudd

28
Kurt Busch

27
Kasey Kahne, Terry Labonte

26
Bobby Labonte

25
Martin Truex Jr.

24
Alan Kulwicki

23
Ken Schrader, Jack Smith

22
Dale Earnhardt, Carl Edwards, Ernie Irvan, Kyle Larson

21
Dick Hutcherson, Marvin Panch

20
Matt Kenseth, Benny Parsons, Neil Bonnett

19
Speedy Thompson

18
Brad Keselowski, Lee Petty, Joe Weatherly, Donnie Allison

17
Harry Gant

16
William Byron, Dale Jarrett, Curtis Turner

15
Christopher Bell, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart

14
Davey Allison, Dave Marcis, Tyler Reddick, Tim Richmond, Glen Wood

13
Greg Biffle, Ryan Blaney, Dick Rathmann

12
Chase Elliott, Charlie Glotzbach, Jim Paschal, Brian Vickers

11
Sterling Marlin, Jamie McMurray

10
Joe Nemechek, Cotton Owens, LeeRoy Yarbrough

9
Chase Briscoe, Darel Dieringer, A.J. Foyt, Jeremy Mayfield, Juan Pablo Montoya

8
Paul Goldsmith, Michael McDowell, Kyle Petty, Elliott Sadler

7
Alex Bowman, Ward Burton, Morgan Shepherd, Bob Welborn

6
Aric Almirola, Jeff Burton, Ricky Craven, Austin Dillon, Tiny Lund, Eddie Pagan, Mike Skinner

5
A.J. Allmendinger, Bill Amick, Brett Bodine, Todd Bodine, Bobby Hamilton, Dick Linder, Hershel McGriff, Ralph Moody, Ted Musgrave, Tom Pistone, Lennie Pond
Jim Reed, Billy Wade, Art Watts

4
John Andretti, Clint Bowyer, Joe Eubanks, James Hylton, Rick Mast, Frank Mundy, Steve Park, David Reutimann, Gober Sosebee, Shane Van Gisbergen, Michael Waltrip

3
Johnny Allen, Loy Allen Jr., Marcos Ambrose, Ron Bouchard, Bob Flock, David Gilliland, Pete Hamilton, Kenny Irwin Jr., Parnelli Jones, Banjo Matthews, Casey Mears, Jimmy Pardue, Scott Riggs, Joe Ruttman, Jimmy Spencer, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace, Kenny Wallace, Dan Gurney, Johnny Kieper

2
Johnny Benson Jr., Dave Blaney, Bob Burdick, Red Byron, Ross Chastain, Stacy Compton, Ty Gibbs, Jeff Green, Friday Hassler, Tommy Irwin, Bobby Johns
Erik Jones, Mel Larson, Paul Menard, Ryan Preece, David Ragan, Ken Rush
Greg Sacks, Boris Said, John Sears, Gwyn Staley, Marshall Teague, Doug Yates,
Emanuel Zervakis, Billy Carden

1
Casey Atwood, Dick Bailey, Larry Baumel, Bill Blair, Al Bonnell, Chuck Bown, Perk Brown, Chris Buescher, Wally Campbell, Patrick Carpentier, Austin Cindric, Neil Cole, Jim Cook, Derrike Cope, Doug Cox, Cole Custer, Lloyd Dane, Bill Dennis, Bob Duell, Glenn Dunaway, George Dunn, Ralph Earnhardt, Lou Figaro, Jimmy Florian, George Follmer, Robby Gordon, Danny Graves, Eddie Gray, David Green, Royce Hagerty, Daniel Hemric, Russ Hepler, Carson Hocevar, Jim Hunter, Possum Jones, Al Keller, Pat Kirkwood, Travis Kvapil, Elmo Langley, Jason Leffler, Kevin Lepage, Danny Letner, Jimmie Lewallen, Paul Lewis, Joe Littlejohn, Chuck Mahoney, Jimmy Massey, J.D. McDuffie, Joe Millikan, Tommy Moon, Bud Moore, Billy Myers, Norm Nelson, Danica Patrick, Andy Pierce, Bob Pronger, Bill Rexford, Bob Ross, John Rostek, Frankie Schneider, Brian Scott, Wendell Scott, Frank Secrist, Lloyd Shaw, Slick Smith, Zane Smith, Sam Sommers, Reed Sorenson, G.C. Spencer, Ramo Stott, Hut Stricklin, Jesse James Taylor, Donald Thomas, Dick Trickle, Kenneth Wagner, Danny Weinberg, Dink Widenhouse, Rick Wilson, J.J. Yeley

Research done with help from racing-reference.info.