NASCAR Cup Series


Cumulative races led

This statistic measures the cumulative percentage of a race a driver led. This can be interpreted as a measure of career dominance (how many races a driver should have won based on their average percent led). For instance, a driver who leads 10% of the first ten races of a season would have a total of 1 cumulative race led and would be expected to have 1 race win. Drivers with more actual wins than cumulative races led could be considered closers. Data for NASCAR Xfinity Series is only available from 1995 to present.


DriverCumulative races led
Richard Petty164.147400
Cale Yarborough90.569400
David Pearson85.777100
Jeff Gordon82.619000
Bobby Allison82.175200
Dale Earnhardt76.390600
Darrell Waltrip63.733600
Jimmie Johnson56.983000
Rusty Wallace56.515700
Junior Johnson47.738000
Bobby Isaac45.940300
Mark Martin44.000300
Tony Stewart43.589500
Ned Jarrett40.321700
Bill Elliott36.906100
Tim Flock36.542300
Kyle Busch36.312500
Buddy Baker34.900400
Matt Kenseth33.583000
Buck Baker30.595100
Kurt Busch29.483700
Kevin Harvick29.101800
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.28.759800
Geoff Bodine27.118700
Fireball Roberts25.098400
Herb Thomas24.924100
Denny Hamlin24.246800
Dale Jarrett23.801200
Curtis Turner23.753100
Ricky Rudd23.677700
Lee Petty23.677200
Terry Labonte22.894600
Fonty Flock22.636800
Fred Lorenzen21.907800
Harry Gant21.235000
Benny Parsons20.636400
Jeff Burton20.465700
Greg Biffle19.928300
Rex White19.541400
Ernie Irvan19.023300
Neil Bonnett18.203900
Speedy Thompson17.398400
Carl Edwards17.087800
Jim Paschal16.547400
Jack Smith16.049800
Sterling Marlin15.996100
Davey Allison15.994300
Dick Hutcherson15.969000
Ryan Newman15.441800
Kasey Kahne15.157100
Brad Keselowski14.093000
Marvin Panch14.066400
Donnie Allison14.021300
Joe Weatherly13.514600
Bobby Labonte13.085400
LeeRoy Yarbrough11.069300
Dick Rathman10.853700
Joey Logano10.451800
Kyle Petty10.354200
Tim Richmond9.685600
Paul Goldsmith8.977500
Martin Truex, Jr.8.629600
Ken Schrader8.564000
Dave Marcis8.108000
Clint Bowyer7.988800
Jeremy Mayfield7.861200
Darel Dieringer7.656500
A.J. Foyt7.475700
Alan Kulwicki7.174300
Bob Welborn6.855100
Jim Reed6.822600
Tiny Lund6.717600
Glen Wood6.714000
Jamie McMurray6.600000
Charlie Glotzbach6.528700
Michael Waltrip6.210800
Morgan Shepherd6.043900
Ward Burton5.757500
Cotton Owens5.690200
Juan Pablo Montoya5.125100
Bobby Hamilton5.050600
Billy Wade4.738000
Brian Vickers4.525400
Elliott Sadler4.442500
Jimmy Spencer4.291700
Joe Nemechek4.112400
Marshall Teague3.983900
Dan Gurney3.758600
Mike Skinner3.689900
Bobby Johns3.637800
Bill Blair3.517600
Steve Park3.426800
Tom Pistone3.394600
James Hylton3.359700
Robby Gordon3.357700
Banjo Matthews3.196000
Ricky Craven2.921600
Parnelli Jones2.902800
John Andretti2.857700
Pete Hamilton2.841900
Brett Bodine2.708000
Gober Sosebee2.664500
Joe Ruttman2.566400
Frank Mundy2.475000
Marcos Ambrose2.400300
Dick Linder2.318700
Johnny Benson, Jr.2.222400
Lennie Pond2.172600
Jerry Nadeau2.159800
Ralph Moody2.109600
A.J. Allmendinger1.999000
Casey Mears1.970100
Jimmy Pardue1.965500
Dick Brooks1.816600
Lake Speed1.756900
Tommy Irwin1.750000
Nelson Stacy1.493800
Gwyn Staley1.492700
Al Keller1.463000
Rick Mast1.370600
Hut Stricklin1.369000
Greg Sacks1.222400
Red Byron1.218300
Mario Andretti1.216700
Elmo Langley1.160000
Paul Menard1.156400
Johnny Beauchamp1.153000
Johnny Allen1.125700
Hershel McGriff1.115100
Ted Musgrave1.091100
Billy Myers1.084000
Sam McQuagg1.068000
Dave Blaney1.040700
David Reutimann1.022300
Johnny Mantz1.017500
Art Watts1.000000
Lou Figaro1.000000
Eddie Gray0.991300
Lloyd Dane0.983900
Todd Bodine0.958300
Norm Nelson0.955000
Derrike Cope0.907200
Joe Eubanks0.892000
Emanuel Zervakis0.869800
Frankie Schneider0.854700
Bob Flock0.835400
Kenny Wallace0.804400
Jim Hurtubise0.803900
Phil Parsons0.802400
Harold Kite0.791700
Buckie Sager0.730000
Mark Donohue0.722500
Bobby Hillin, Jr.0.715200
Rick Wilson0.711100
Jeff Green0.708500
David Ragan0.704600
Ray Elder0.697800
Bud Moore0.694100
Chuck Stevenson0.675000
Ron Bouchard0.674000
Aric Almirola0.653400
John Rostek0.650000
John Sears0.643700
Dave MacDonald0.621600
Donald Thomas0.620000
Reed Sorenson0.616800
Scott Riggs0.610800
Jim Vandiver0.589400
Kenny Irwin, Jr.0.588300
Robert Pressley0.583400
G.C. Spencer0.580900
Dick Trickle0.532800
Wally Dallenbach, Jr.0.530700
Kyle Larson0.525900
Danny Letner0.525000
Bill Rexford0.520000
Jesse James Taylor0.505000
Bill Amick0.502200
Joe Millikan0.500200
J.D. McDuffie0.471400
Casey Atwood0.467700
Ron Fellows0.463400
Friday Hassler0.463000
Larry Frank0.460200
Coo Coo Marlin0.444800
Richard Childress0.443000
Mike Wallace0.438400
Sam Hornish, Jr.0.427100
John Soares0.425400
Shorty Rollins0.413700
Dick Meyer0.410000
Ralph Earnhardt0.409200
Butch Lindley0.403500
Marvin Porter0.397900
David Sisco0.395300
Allen Adkins0.395000
Travis Kvapil0.368700
Chad Little0.367300
Frank Warren0.360000
Paul Lewis0.337500