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2025 NASCAR Playoffs Standings and Picture After Indy's Brickyard 400
Published July 28, 2025
Bubba Wallace's win in Indy has locked him into the playoffs, making the NASCAR playoff picture just a little more clear with only four regular-season races remaining. Check out the full NASCAR Cup Playoff Standings after this weekend's Brickyard 400.
NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Standings
- Denny Hamlin (4 Wins)*
- Kyle Larson (3 Wins)*
- Christopher Bell (3 Wins)*
- Shane van Gisbergen (3 Wins)*
- Chase Elliott (Win)
- William Byron (Win)
- Ryan Blaney (Win)
- Chase Briscoe (Win)
- Bubba Wallace (Win)
- Joey Logano (Win)
- Ross Chastain (Win)
- Austin Cindric (Win)
- Josh Berry (Win)
- Tyler Reddick (+138)
- Alex Bowman (+63)
- Chris Buescher (+42)
The top 16 drivers make the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Here are the rest of the drivers on the outside looking in:
- Ryan Preece (–42)
- Kyle Busch (–81)
- Ty Gibbs (–95)
- AJ Allmendinger (–124)
- Michael McDowell (–129)
- John Hunter Nemechek (–134)
- Erik Jones (–147)
- Carson Hocevar (–149)
- Brad Keselowski (–161)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (–165)
- Zane Smith (–165)
- Todd Gilliland (–195)
- Justin Haley (–196)
- Austin Dillon (–203)
- Daniel Suárez (–208)
- Ty Dillon (–213)
- Cole Custer (–279)
- Noah Gragson (–284)
- Riley Herbst (–297)
- Cody Ware (-410)
* Have clinched a spot in the NASCAR Playoffs
How do the NASCAR Playoffs work?
16 drivers advance to the NASCAR Playoffs. A win guarantees a spot in the playoffs unless there are more winners than spots available. The 16 spots go to the regular-season champion and then 15 drivers based on wins with tiebreakers by points.
Right now, there have been 13 winners and the regular-season champion will most likely be a driver who has won a race. So unless there are four new winners (or three new winners and winless Tyler Reddick makes up a 71-point deficit to win the regular-season title), everyone with a win will get in.
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