Ernie Irvan NASCAR Cup Series head-to-head driver comparisons
| Opponent | Races | Wins | Losses |
| Grant Adcox | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| John Alexander | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Alexander | 23 | 7 | 16 |
| Loy Allen, Jr. | 30 | 27 | 3 |
| Bobby Allison | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| Davey Allison | 160 | 73 | 87 |
| Donnie Allison | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Andretti | 138 | 87 | 51 |
| Buddy Arrington | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| H.B. Bailey | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| Buddy Baker | 33 | 19 | 14 |
| Charlie Baker | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Randy Baker | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Balough | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Barfield, Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Barkdoll | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Stan Barrett | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Stanton Barrett | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Beebe | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Belmont | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Norm Benning | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Johnny Benson, Jr. | 112 | 57 | 55 |
| Ed Berrier | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Rich Bickle | 62 | 42 | 20 |
| Eddie Bierschwale | 46 | 33 | 13 |
| Dave Blaney | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Bliss | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Bodine | 305 | 183 | 122 |
| Geoff Bodine | 307 | 159 | 148 |
| Todd Bodine | 59 | 45 | 14 |
| Neil Bonnett | 60 | 21 | 39 |
| Joe Booher | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Bouchard | 28 | 13 | 15 |
| Chuck Bown | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| Jim Bown | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Trevor Boys | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Geoff Brabham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Bradberry | 36 | 31 | 5 |
| Darin Brassfield | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Brooks | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Burton | 136 | 62 | 74 |
| Ward Burton | 126 | 71 | 55 |
| Terry Byers | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Kim Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Carelli | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Pancho Carter | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Chapman | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Chase | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Steve Christman | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Ted Christopher | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rodney Combs | 34 | 22 | 12 |
| Stacy Compton | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Edward Cooper | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Derrike Cope | 281 | 195 | 86 |
| Ernie Cope | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delma Cowart | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ricky Craven | 88 | 51 | 37 |
| Freddie Crawford | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommie Crozier | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 177 | 122 | 55 |
| Jeff Davis | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Derhaag | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Dillon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Philip Duffie | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 313 | 101 | 212 |
| Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Elliott | 305 | 133 | 172 |
| Tommy Ellis | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Jack Ely | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Esau | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Lee Faulk | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Fellows | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ed Ferree | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Fisher | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Flowers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Follmer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Fox | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A.J. Foyt | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Doug French | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Fuller | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Gant | 189 | 102 | 87 |
| Ruben Garcia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Gaylord | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug George | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Gerhart | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Mickey Gibbs | 35 | 25 | 10 |
| Mark Gibson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Gilliland | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Charlie Glotzbach | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Jeff Gordon | 168 | 57 | 111 |
| Robby Gordon | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| Harry Goularte | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Green | 57 | 38 | 19 |
| Jeff Green | 44 | 31 | 13 |
| Allan Grice | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Grissom | 95 | 61 | 34 |
| Larry Gunselman | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 213 | 135 | 78 |
| J.T. Hayes | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Hedgecock | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Hendrick | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Hensley | 66 | 46 | 20 |
| Ben Hess | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Jerry Hill | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Hillenburg | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Bobby Hillin, Jr. | 197 | 121 | 76 |
| Irv Hoerr | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Lance Hooper | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Jimmy Horton | 45 | 35 | 10 |
| Tom Hubert | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Hufflin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James Hylton | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| Bill Ingram | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 54 | 32 | 22 |
| Wayne Jacks | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dale Jarrett | 308 | 146 | 162 |
| Rick Jeffrey | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Dick Johnson | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Slick Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Buckshot Jones | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| P.J. Jones | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Brent Kaeding | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Kendall | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| Ted Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Kenseth | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Keselowski | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oma Kimbrough | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Kimmel | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Krebs | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Jeff Krogh | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Kulwicki | 151 | 75 | 76 |
| Bobby Labonte | 169 | 83 | 86 |
| Terry Labonte | 313 | 136 | 177 |
| Scott Lagasse | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Randy LaJoie | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| Butch Leitzinger | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Lepage | 48 | 29 | 19 |
| Tracy Leslie | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Chad Little | 168 | 112 | 56 |
| Randy MacDonald | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Dave Mader III | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Jocko Maggiacomo | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Dave Marcis | 253 | 171 | 82 |
| Curtis Markham | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sterling Marlin | 312 | 159 | 153 |
| Mark Martin | 308 | 111 | 197 |
| Rick Mast | 255 | 173 | 82 |
| Jeremy Mayfield | 127 | 66 | 61 |
| Jeff McClure | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick McCray | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. McDuffie | 23 | 20 | 3 |
| John McFadden | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Hershel McGriff | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Mike McLaughlin | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Meacham | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Means | 138 | 101 | 37 |
| Butch Miller | 34 | 23 | 11 |
| Mike Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Patty Moise | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Moroso | 28 | 21 | 7 |
| Larry Moyer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Murry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Musgrave | 226 | 141 | 85 |
| Jerry Nadeau | 53 | 40 | 13 |
| Joe Nemechek | 135 | 86 | 49 |
| Brad Noffsinger | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Jerry O'Neil | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| Dan Pardus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Park | 40 | 27 | 13 |
| Benny Parsons | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| Phil Parsons | 97 | 48 | 49 |
| Dana Patten | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| John Paul, Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Pearson | 51 | 35 | 16 |
| Jack Pennington | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| Steve Perry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry Petris | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Petty | 287 | 147 | 140 |
| Richard Petty | 142 | 93 | 49 |
| Ritchie Petty | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Pimm | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Pletcher | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Pollard | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lennie Pond | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Porter | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Potter | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| Robert Pressley | 91 | 58 | 33 |
| Jeff Purvis | 39 | 34 | 5 |
| Ken Ragan | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Lee Raymond | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Reed | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Riggins | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Ross | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Rotsell | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ricky Rudd | 313 | 160 | 153 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Ruttman | 58 | 40 | 18 |
| Greg Sacks | 151 | 117 | 34 |
| Elliott Sadler | 23 | 12 | 11 |
| Hermie Sadler | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Boris Said | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronnie Sanders | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Sauter | 49 | 36 | 13 |
| Elton Sawyer | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Connie Saylor | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Schacht | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| Bill Schmitt | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Ken Schrader | 313 | 155 | 158 |
| Dorsey Schroeder | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Rick Scribner | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Sedgwick | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Jack Sellers | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Setzer | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Scott Sharp | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Shelmerdine | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Morgan Shepherd | 260 | 148 | 112 |
| David Simko | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Skinner | 91 | 47 | 44 |
| R.K. Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Roy Smith | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Stanley Smith | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| Jay Sommers | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Sosebee | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lake Speed | 201 | 135 | 66 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 248 | 153 | 95 |
| Jack Sprague | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Sprague | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Stahl | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Billy Standridge | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| Tim Steele | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Dirk Stephens | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Steurer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Stewart | 21 | 4 | 17 |
| Hut Stricklin | 238 | 163 | 75 |
| Danny Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy Swindell | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Graham Taylor | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| T.W. Taylor | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Teague | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| Kerry Teague | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Ronnie Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Trickle | 234 | 151 | 83 |
| D.K. Ulrich | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Al Unser, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sarel van der Merwe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Van Houten | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Venturini | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Rich Vogler | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenny Wallace | 149 | 96 | 53 |
| Mike Wallace | 42 | 33 | 9 |
| Rusty Wallace | 313 | 125 | 188 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 305 | 157 | 148 |
| Michael Waltrip | 313 | 185 | 128 |
| Rick Ware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denny Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Wilson | 147 | 98 | 49 |
| Rich Woodland, Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Woodside | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cale Yarborough | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Clay Young | 3 | 3 | 0 |
