StatSaga
2026 NASCAR Cup Series

Ten races to the finish, and the odds are shifting.

Win probabilities for every mathematically live driver, recalculated after each race from stage points, race points, and what's left on the schedule. Not a sportsbook line — this is what the model says a fair bet would look like.

Win Probability

After Coke Zero Sugar 400 · 10 races left
1
Denny Hamlin
36.4%
2
Ryan Blaney
15.2%
3
Tyler Reddick
10.2%
4
Ty Gibbs
8.3%
5
Chase Briscoe
6.7%
6
Christopher Bell
5.4%
7
Kyle Larson
4.3%
8
Chase Elliott
3.4%

Full Field

N = 36 vs. N = 37 car field
#DriverCarPointsN=36N=37
1Denny Hamlin112,10036.38%35.89%
2Ryan Blaney122,07515.16%15.11%
3Tyler Reddick452,06510.23%10.24%
4Ty Gibbs542,0608.32%8.35%
5Chase Briscoe192,0556.72%6.76%
6Christopher Bell202,0505.39%5.44%
7Kyle Larson52,0454.29%4.34%
8Chase Elliott92,0403.39%3.44%
9Joey Logano222,0352.66%2.71%
10Chris Buescher172,0302.07%2.12%
11Daniel Suarez72,0251.60%1.64%
12Carson Hocevar772,0201.23%1.26%
13William Byron242,0150.93%0.96%
14Bubba Wallace232,0100.70%0.73%
15Austin Cindric22,0050.53%0.55%
16Ryan Preece602,0000.39%0.41%

How this is calculated

Each driver's score in a race is built from three pieces: Stage 1 points, Stage 2 points, and race finish points. The model treats each of those as a random draw across the field, then works out the full range of outcomes for the races still left on the schedule by combining that distribution with itself once per remaining race.

A driver's win probability is the chance their season-ending total ends up higher than everyone else's, given those simulated outcomes. Two field sizes are shown side by side — 36 cars and 37 — since that one assumption has enough sensitivity to matter.

The model treats every driver as equally capable and every remaining race as statistically identical. That's a simplification: it doesn't account for a driver's actual form, or for track-specific strengths and weaknesses like superspeedway variance. Only drivers still mathematically able to catch the leader are shown.