NASCAR Draft Kit: 2020 Driver Projections

Mark Taylor projects wins, poles and more for all of NASCAR's Monster Energy Cup drivers for this season. Check out the sortable rankings now.

January 3, 2020

NASCAR Draft Kit: 2020 Driver Projections

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Mark Taylor

January 3, 2020

NASCAR Draft Kit

The following are our driver projections for the 2020 season.

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RANK	DRIVER	WINS	POLES	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	Kyle Busch	6	2	19	28
2	Kevin Harvick	4	5	18	27
3	Martin Truex Jr.	4	1	15	24
4	Chase Elliott	3	4	13	20
5	Joey Logano	3	2	12	21
6	Denny Hamlin	4	3	13	20
7	Brad Keselowski	3	3	12	19
8	Kyle Larson	1	1	10	18
9	Ryan Blaney	2	3	11	19
10	Kurt Busch	1	1	8	18
11	Erik Jones	1	2	9	17
12	William Byron	1	3	8	16
13	Clint Bowyer	1	1	7	17
14	Aric Almirola	0	1

The following are our driver projections for the 2020 season.

Click column headings to sort.

RANK	DRIVER	WINS	POLES	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	Kyle Busch	6	2	19	28
2	Kevin Harvick	4	5	18	27
3	Martin Truex Jr.	4	1	15	24
4	Chase Elliott	3	4	13	20
5	Joey Logano	3	2	12	21
6	Denny Hamlin	4	3	13	20
7	Brad Keselowski	3	3	12	19
8	Kyle Larson	1	1	10	18
9	Ryan Blaney	2	3	11	19
10	Kurt Busch	1	1	8	18
11	Erik Jones	1	2	9	17
12	William Byron	1	3	8	16
13	Clint Bowyer	1	1	7	17
14	Aric Almirola	0	1	5	13
15	Alex Bowman	1	1	5	11
16	Cole Custer	1	1	4	11
17	Tyler Reddick	0	1	3	10
18	Ryan Newman	0	0	2	9
19	Jimmie Johnson	0	0	1	9
20	Austin Dillon	0	1	1	8
21	Matt DiBenedetto	0	0	2	8
22	Christopher Bell	0	0	1	5
23	Chris Buescher	0	0	0	4
24	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	0	0	1	3
25	Ty Dillon	0	0	0	1
26	Ryan Preece	0	0	0	2
27	John Hunter Nemechek	0	0	0	2
28	Darrell Wallace Jr.	0	0	0	0
29	Michael McDowell	0	0	0	1
30	Corey Lajoie	0	0	0	0
31	Brennan Poole	0	0	0	0
32	Joey Gase	0	0	0	0
33	Timmy Hill	0	0	0	0
34	J.J. Yeley	0	0	0	0
35	Landon Cassill	0	0	0	0
36	Quinn Houff	0	0	0	0
37	Ross Chastain	0	0	0	0
38	Reed Sorenson	0	0	0	0
39	Cody Ware	0	0	0	0
40	Daniel Suarez	0	0	0	0

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Taylor is RotoWire's senior NASCAR writer. A nine-time FSWA finalist, Taylor was named the Racing Writer of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016 and 2017. He is also a military historian, focused specifically on World War II and the U.S. Navy's efforts in the Pacific.