William Byron leads NASCAR Cup Series in stage points
LAS VEGAS — Through the first five races, William Byron leads the NASCAR Cup Series in stage points earned in 2025.
Byron, who won the season-opening Daytona 500, has picked up 49 total stage points, which includes his nine points earned Sunday in the Pennzoil 400.
Ryan Blaney has the second-most stage points with 48, earning five points Sunday at Las Vegas.
Bubba Wallace (45 points), Joey Logano (44) and Kyle Larson (40) round out the Top-5 highest stage point earners this season.
In total, 27 drivers have earned at least one stage point so far this year.
STAGE POINT TOTALS
William Byron: 49
Ryan Blaney: 48
Bubba Wallace: 45
Joey Logano: 44
Kyle Larson: 40
Tyler Reddick: 35
Austin Cindric: 34
Chase Elliott: 30
Christopher Bell: 26
Alex Bowman: 26
Josh Berry: 22
Ryan Preece: 18
Carson Hocevar: 18
Daniel Suarez: 16
Shane Van Gisbergen: 14
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 11
Todd Gilliland: 10
Brad Keselowski: 9
Denny Hamlin: 8
Kyle Busch: 8
Michael McDowell: 8
Ross Chastain: 8
Erik Jones: 6
A.J. Allmendinger: 6
Chris Buescher: 5
A.J. Allmendinger: 5
Noah Gragson: 1
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.
OUTLOOK
The next race for the NASCAR Cup Series is scheduled for Sunday, March 23 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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