Kyle Larson leads Cup Series in stage points after Talladega

By collecting 18 stage points in the Jacks Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday, Kyle Larson now leads the NASCAR Cup Series in most stage points collected in 2025.

Larson has earned 97 total points, followed by William Byron with 90 points.

Prior to Talladega, Ryan Blaney led the field in stage points, but remains with 89 points, third overall.

Bubba Wallace (84) and Joey Logano (73) round out the Top-5 highest stage point earning drivers.

With Cody Ware and Riley Herbst earning stage points at Talladega, 35 total drivers have earned stage points this year. The lone full-time driver to yet earn stage points is No. 3 Austin Dillon.

Stage point totals following Talladega

DRIVER	POINTS
Kyle Larson	97
William Byron	90
Ryan Blaney	89
Bubba Wallace	84
Joey Logano	73
Alex Bowman	66
Denny Hamlin	59
Austin Cindric	54
Chase Elliott	53
Tyler Reddick	50
Christopher Bell	47
Carson Hocevar	39
Ryan Preece	36
Josh Berry	32
A.J. Allmendinger	29
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	22
Brad Keselowski	21
Ty Gibbs	17
Chase Briscoe	16
Daniel Suarez	16
Shane Van Gisbergen	14
Todd Gilliland	13
Justin Haley	13
Chris Buescher	12
Ross Chastain	12
Kyle Busch	8
Michael McDowell	8
Erik Jones	6
John Hunter Nemechek	6
Ty Dillon	4
Zane Smith	4
Noah Gragson	3
Cody Ware	3
Cole Custer	2
Riley Herbst	2

STAGE POINTS EXPLAINED

NASCAR awards points to the Top-10 finishers in each stage of a points race (except the Clash, Duels and All-Star Race). Each race has two stages except the Coca-Cola 600, which has three.

A stage winner earns 10 points while the second-place driver earns 9. Third-place earns 8 points, down to the 10th-place driver who earns 1.

Stage points are added to a driver’s points for their finishing position. Finishing first awards a driver 40 points, second awards 34, down to 36th through 40th-place each awarding 1 point.

The totals in this article do not include the points earned in the Daytona qualifier races.