Ranking the Top 10 NASCAR Drivers Since 2000 | REACTION
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Please do more lists eric and rank every track at the end of the season
That’s a good idea
Even include in Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky, even though I think we all know where Kentucky would be and that's either last or above Texas and for me also above Kansas and that's about it lol
10.Casey Mears
9. Travis Kvapil
8.Joey Gase
7. Timmy hill
6. Kaz gralla
5.David stremme
4.Scott speed
3. Kevin Conway
2.Danica Patrick
1. Daaaaaaaaale jr
Danica Patrick?
@@agenth47 2nd greatest driver all time
@@RedneckJesus88 how? I don't even think she has a win
@@agenth47 fine she's third behind Kevin Conway
@@RedneckJesus88 he's before 2000
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Tony Stewart
3) Kyle Busch
4) Kevin Harvick
5) Jeff Gordon
6) Brad Keselowski
7) Matt Kenseth
8) Denny Hamlin
9) Martin Truex Jr
10) Joey Logano
I don't know stats off hand like top 4's in the playoff and top 5/10%, but I know championships and approximate win totals. Kurt Busch is 11. He has the wins, but he's been racing full time for almost this entire era and more than anyone, so those win totals are over likely a longer period, which makes it a little less impressive for me. Great consistency though with winning almost every year and he does have a championship but so does everyone here but Denny, who also has 48 wins. 6-11 are all really, really close though and I don't see any wrong answers between them. I think Harvick and Kyle Busch have been a bit better than Gordon in the 2000's since half of Gordon was the 90's. Stewart barely over Kyle Busch because I do value the 3 championships and especially the 2002 championship.
1.) Johnson
2.) Ky. Busch
3.) Stewart
4.) Harvick
5.) Gordon
6.) Kenseth
7.) Hamlin
8.) Keselowski
9.) Ku. Busch
10.) Truex
johnson, stewart, gordon, kyle busch, harvick, keslowski, logano, kenseth, kurt busch, larson is my top 10
Here's my take on Truex vs Kurt Busch. Truex, in cup since 2006, really only gets factored here because of what he has done 2015-2021. Kurt, while no single year matches either of Truex's 2016-2019, was consistently around, and look what Kurt was able to do after leaving Penske, in what he'd done for the teams he drove for. Truex's Furniture Row tear and eventual Gibbs stats arguably would not have happened had Kurt never driven for that team in 2013, showing them what they could do. Then after SHR, went to Ganassi in the struggling 1 and made them consistent, and again, arguably, the stepping stones were put in place for Trackhouse to do what they are doing now.
Well said! Kurt has made every team he has driven for better.
For the equipment truex got put in besides the disastrous first year at furniture row he was very consistent a driver who didn't dnf every other week of his own doing would pop a win now and then remember when spingate happene he just had some bad luck and that race was not his personal doing. I'd have him in the top 10 where as Kurt he helped furniture row minus said first year with truex elevate but the 51 year and then furniture row was self inflicted which ya he's learned and humbled a lot but you can forget those bad radio sweetheart years
@@budsodastories oh believe me I know the whole Kurt saga and Truex's early career. Been following nascar since the 90s haha. But if you look at the overall picture I feel Kurt is the better choice over Truex. Yes DEI was falling and MWR was building up, but look at what Kurt did. He won with about everyone he drove for. And the years he didn't win, he about took the Sonoma win from Clint until the car broke (with a several year old chassis no less) and the woulda-coulda-shoulda races with FRR and bringing that team to the chase. Now if we're talking last 10 years? Yea Truex is in there no doubt. I will say, Truex's career played out more like old school careers than the "new school" of thought.
Exactly... Truex only had 2 or 3 wins up until 2016
Kurt deserves to be Top 8 at least. I agree with you. He’s better than Truex, Keselowski and Logano.
I love how a longtime NASCAR reporter who hasn’t tweeted since 2020 just showed up without warning and dropped the most definitive NASCAR list of the last 20 years.
Then left as suddenly as he came.
What a Chad.
?
@@skiess955 Some dude named Mike Hembree just showed up, dropped a fire list on the NBC Sports website, added no further elaboration, and then left.
Legend.
I'd love to see a "top 5 drivers at every track" list, like (just saying random drivers)
Martinsville
1) gordon
2) johnson
3) hamlin
4) MTJ
5) cody ware
etc etc, and go through every tracks fop 5, I feel like it would be really useful info going into every race weekend and would be fun to re-visit before every race
JG #1 no contest
Why have ware so low? And no Timmy hill
youre forgetting travis kvapil
@@sleezyweezy4068 for real
Hey quin houff #1
Gordon was super consistent in the 2000's/2010's when the rules shifted away from valuing that. Which interestingly he lacked in the 90's. He was definitely the best driver in 2007 and 2014.
He still didn’t win the 2007 and 2014 championship
2007 would have went down as Gordon's best season every if it was the old point system.
True
@@brandanhall9943 idk how you can possibly out anything above 98’. His consistency in 07’ has gone unmatched but 13 fucking wins in 1998. That’s absolutely incredible
agreed. We've been so spoiled with this generation of Johnson, Gordon, Smoke, Kenseth, Harvick, Hamlin, Kyle Busch exc. Think of it this way. Denny Hamlin is only two wins away from 50. He would become only the 14th driver in NASCAR HISTORY to get at least 50 wins. Included in that list of 50 win drivers is Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin will be added to that list. That's impressive.
I feel like this is hard to list because many were finishing 2nd to Jimmie Johnson had a huge affects on the win totals for some like Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart vs Kyle Busch who got a lot of his when Jimmie fell off.
Chad Knaus admitted on the podcast with Dale Jr. (also now on YT as vid) that they "tweaked" JJ48's car to win 7x. Watch Chad. I have never seen him so nervous about to answer questions. JJ48 no way #1. Jeff Gordon changed Nascar and brought in all the new, younger, urban fans. Gordon #1.
JJ won 7 Championships in 10 years. Kyle Busch won 36 races during that 10 year stretch. He also had 138 top 5's during that stretch. So he actually got most of his wins when JJ was winning his championships. Not the other way around like you suggested. KB started racing full time before JJ won his first championship. I think a lot of you forget how long KB has been racing.
@@troygalusha4173 agree; been telling everyone I see that Kyle Busch is, without a doubt, the BEST (most skilled) driver in Nascar . . .till Kyle Larson came; Now they are both that. Just don't like KB18 !!!!!
@@esciteach7997 you sound vastly uneducated on the sport lmao
As a larson fan, I agree he's at like 11th or 12th, I think Carl Edwards could've made it
Carl was my 12th on the list or 2nd honorable mention but idk I just couldn’t put him in the top 10.
I think partially because I’d put these 10 ahead of him and I’d put Dale Jr ahead of him because on the race track they both won races and should have won at least a single championship but for me it’s that Jr continues to do everything he can to grow the sport of Nascar and Edwards just dropped off the face of the earth.
my top 10 drivers list
1) Timmy Hill
2) Timmy Hill
3) Timmy Hill
4) Timmy Hill
5) Timmy Hill
6) Timmy Hill
7) Timmy Hill
8) Timmy Hill
9) Timmy Hill
10) Timmy Hill
*…oh are we not talking about iracing*
1) Cody Ware
2) Cody Ware
3) Cody Ware
4) Cody Ware
5) Cody Ware
6) Cody Ware
7) Cody Ware
8) Cody Ware
9) Cody Ware
10) Cody Ware
What about Danica Patrick??
Quin houff
I would have to throw Cousin Carl in to tie for 10th! As a Gordon fan, I hated to see a backflip
JG24 #1. no contest.
@@vicp1990 Carl Edwards always did a backflip after a win… seemed to always be a late race caution and he would beat Gordon on restarts
@@esciteach7997 hahahaha what
1. Danica Patrick
2. Trevor bayne
3. Ricky stenhouse...
Oh wait wrong list
Special mention: TY GIBBS!
I appreciate there were 3 separate lists and none of them included Dale Jr. I respect what he did for the sport and he was a threat in the early 2000s, but he is definitely not top 10 material
He's not a top 10 driver but he's definitely the #1 personality in the sport right now.
I'm glad truex is getting some attention. Feels like he is super underrated
I swear, the toxic Chase fans will say Chase should've made the list
Not me though but he will be 1 day
@@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81 you are toxic thats the thing
Jimmie Johnson's #1 due to his 5 in a row. NO CONTEST
And two more to boot!!
Yeah I'm not a jj fan but its not even a debate.
especially since he won it multiple different ways.
He did what he had to each time he won it. Even if we hate the Chase, or Playoffs, he won it fairly .
as a Jeff Gordon fan, 2004, 2007, and 2014 all bug me, because I do feel, had it been a regular season championship, he could have won it all. however, we will never really know. Because in fairness, Kurt, Jimmie and Harvick all did what they had to do to win them the way they did.
Was never a JJ fan but completely agree! He won championships in three different generations of car. To me that’s the most impressive part
@@kenzschueler I hated jj in his prime. I was a any body but him fan. He was just like tom Brady you just new no matter what him and chad were going to figger it out and win. I went from that to feeling so bad for him at the end. I wanted him to win a race so bad that last year. We saw something special. The dude is the goat.
I think Kevin Lepage should be in the conversation for #1.
Lapage was the only one with enough courage to pull a NR2003 move irl. He was a true gamer.
Absolutely. Especially after his move at Talladega in the Xfinity series years ago.
Kevin Conway was much better
Like his dnfs and dnqs are unmatchable
Fox Top 10 :
1 : JD McDuffie
2 : Cody Ware
3 : a pig
4 : Jesus Christ
5 : Bubba Wallace
6 : Eric Estepp
7 : Kenny Wallace
8 : Brian Keselowski
9 : Vin Diesel
10 : Finn McMissile
You're forgetting Lighting McQueen
@@chaisediamond752 McQueen is too fast for Fox
Any chance am I jesus Christ or is it my dad who ran a season and a race in the 2000s
Eric is really just an energized Matt Kenseth in disguise
Jeff Gordon retired full-time seven years ago. His numbers are still great. In my opinion, he's no lower than third.
My Top Ten
First: Jimmie Johnson
2nd: Tony Stewart
3rd: Jeff Gordon
4th: Kyle Busch
5th: Kevin Harvick
6th: Matt Kenseth
7th: Denny Hamlin
8th: Martin Truex Jr.
9th: Brad Keselowski
10th: Kurt Busch
guess you did not watch vid of Chad Knaus on Dale Junior's podcast; Chad Knaus admitted they "tweaked" JJ48's car; that is how he won 7x. Go watch; it's on YT. Gordon #1.
I’m a smoke fan but Gordon should be 2nd.
I think guys like Larson will be there at or near the end of his career. But right now I agree. And while Hamlin doesn't have a title, 48 wins and 3 Daytona 500's are impressive.
Agreed.
@@esciteach7997 All those teams tweaked their cars🤣
My List:
1. Jimmie Johnson (83 wins 7 champ)
2. Kyle Busch (60 wins 2 champ)
3. Tony Stewart (46 wins 3 champ)
4. Kevin Harvick (58 wins 1 champ)
5. Jeff Gordon (44 wins 1 champ)
6. Matt Kenneth (39 wins 1 champ)
7. Brad Keslowksi (35 Wins 1 champ)
8. Denny Hamlin (48 wins)
9. Kurt Busch (34 wins 1 champ)
10. Martin Truex Jr. (31 wins 1 champ)
11. Joey Logano (29 wins 1 champ)
12. Kyle Larson (17 wins 1 champ)
13. Carl Edwards (28 wins)
14. Chase Elliott (14 wins 1 champ)
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (26 wins)
16. Greg Biffle (19 wins)
17. Bobby Labonte (9 wins 1 champ)
18. Kasey Kahne (18 wins)
19. Ryan Newman (18 wins)
20. Tie: Clint Bowyer (10 wins) Jeff Burton (10 wins)
This is a stats list not a best driver list lol
14. Mark Martin
My list is:
1. Johnson
2. Ky. Busch
3. Stewart
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. Keselowski
7. Hamlin
8. Truex Jr.
9. Kenseth
10. Edwards
Honorable Mentions
11. Logano
12. Ku. Busch
13. Larson
You have to value championships over truck wins lol KY
@@hoosierfilms5350 the way i ranked it was kyle has done more in less time. He may only have 2 championships but hes been so close to so many more
Kyle Busch is higher. Tony may have 1 more championship, but KB also had 14 more wins. I would say a champion is worth about 10-12 wins but I understand if you disagree with how much they are worth so KB is higher for me. Also Edwards got 28 wins, while Logano and Kurt got 34 and 29 + a championship. so I don’t see how you can put Edwards ahead of them.
@@taggg-kj3lb I believe that Carl Edwards couldve been a champion had he not retired. I factored in the fact that he retired in his prime
-1000 Larson
I can argue Carl Edwards fairly easily. He tied Tony Stewart for the 2011 title and only lost it by tie breaker (wins). Had the tire breaker been literally anything else, Edwards wins the 2011 title and he gets much closer to the list. Plus, he had two other championship runs that got him close to winning it.
Mark Martin is easily in the top 10.
he did most damage in the 90s
Lets not forget Johnson also did 5 in a row. That will never happen again imo
That’s why he’s easily #1
I am utterly appalled that Danica Patrick wasn't on any of these lists and especially your list. You should be ashamed of yourself for not putting arguably the greatest talent in NASCAR history in the top 10.
Stewart’s 03 championship was more leverage then today’s championship
@@tonystewartfan2014 Danica Patrick's Daytona 500 pole was the single greatest achievement in motorsport history
My Top 10 Best NASCAR Driver's from 2000 onward
10. Carl Edwards
9. Kurt Busch
8. Kevin Harvick
7. Martin Truex Jr.
6. Denny Hamlin
5. Matt Kenseth
4. Kyle Busch
3. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Stewart
1. Jimmie Johnson
Honourable Mentions
Chase Elliott
Ryan Newman
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Larson
Mark Martin
Clint Bowyer
Dale Jr.
Greg Biffle
Very good list and mentions
Eric forgot to mention Cody Ware. He is the undisputed best driver since 2000
I'll give it up to you Eric I've been a fan of yours for 4+ years & I know you're not a huge fan of Tony Stewart which is my driver but you are fair and consistent and bottom line championships pay the rent. They're too many variables to get things down to this and that and left and right and up and down and black and white but I can't argue with your list because you're a real Nascar fan and you pay attention like I. Another great episode brother 👍🏻
Kenseth clinched that championship at Rockingham that year. He should definitely be further up the list after something broke at Martinsville and Logano ended up in the wall. Boy, we all knew it was coming! I have never before or since heard such a loud fan reaction of approval! Glad I recorded it even though I was there. Love watching it every now and then! 😂
Kurt could honestly be above Kenseth so the fact he isn't even on here is whack af. More poles, more top 5s, longer career then Kenseth, been here since the list starts in 2000 and still around winning races today... Kurt is top 10 yall are tripping.
Kyle Busch is second place without a doubt. if you're talking straight up best driver list you can't ignore what he's done to the truck and xfinity series. it is not a stretch to say he's the greatest truck racer in human history
Busch crybaby is overrated trash not even top 12 of 2000s
Wow, it is tough to rank but here’s my list.
1. Cole Custer
2.Cole Custer
3.Cole Custer
4.Cole Custer
5.Cole Custer
6.Cole Custer
7.Cole Custer
8.Cole Custer
9.Ross Chastain
10.Cole Custer
I would put Cole up front of Ross but that me
1. jj 2. kb 3. stewart 4. jeff gordon 5. harvick 6. matt kenseth 7. bk 8. denny hamlin 9. logano 10. truex is my list
hey eric, doubt you'll see this comment...
buuuuuuuuuuut
what if you made some kind of NASCAR parody involving Ross Chastain vs. the field? I know you said you thought you exhausted most of your best ideas but I think this one could be really great!
Mine is probably pretty bias in one placement and it'll be obvious right away
1) Kurt Busch
2) Kurt Busch
3) Kurt Busch
4) Kurt Busch
5) Kurt Busch
6) Kurt Busch
7) Kurt Busch
8) Kurt Busch
9) Kurt Busch
10) Kurt Busch
Okay, now that nobody is reading
1) Jeff Gordon
2) Jimmie Johnson
3) Kyle Busch
4) Kevin Harvick
5) Tony Stewart
6) Matt Kenseth
7) Denny Hamlin
8) Joey Logano
9) Kurt Busch
10) Brad Keselowski
I only put Kurt above Brad because of what Kurt did in sub-par equipment compared to what Brad has done so far in sub-par equipment
Truex is just barely out.
And yes I am biased.
Man I miss Gordon on the track :(
How different would the narrative(s) have been if NASCAR had retained the full season Winston Cup points format instead of several different versions of the Chase and then the subsequent playoff format since 2003?
Not that it matters, because the counter argument would always be that the drivers and teams would have raced differently if the full season format had been retained-and by and large they would be correct in their assertion. This is why I never placed much stock in it, although I continued to keep track just to see.
So, for this century we know that historically from 2000-2003 it was Bobby Labonte, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and finally Matt Kenseth. So what would the the rest of the century have looked like so far?
2004 Jeff Gordon (5)
2005 Tony Stewart (2)
2006 Jimmie Johnson (1)
2007 Jeff Gordon (6)
2008 Carl Edwards (1)
2009 Jimmie Johnson (2)
2010 Kevin Harvick (1)
2011 Carl Edwards (2)
2012 Brad Keselowski (1)
2013 Jimmie Johnson (3)
2014 Jeff Gordon (7)
2015 Kevin Harvick (2)
2016 Kevin Harvick (3)
2017 Martin Truex (1)
2018 Kyle Busch (1)
2019 Kyle Busch (2)
2020 Kevin Harvick (4)
2021 Kyle Larson (1)
All these seasons were scored using the Winston Cup points system which had the race winners score increased to 185 with 5 points for a lap led and 5 points for the most laps led for a max of 195 in a given race in the mid 2000's. The number in parenthesis are that drivers career number of Winston Cups.
So now all of a sudden Gordon and Harvick have 4 championships in the 2000's, Johnson 3, Stewart, Edwards and Kyle Busch have 2. That's what I meant by the change in narratives. All of a sudden Carl Edwards is a muti-time champion and now would be on many peoples top 10 lists for this century.
The reason why Eric feels like Harvick should have won more championships is because Harvick had multiple years of full season dominance or near dominance-but the championships since 2014 have been decided on what happens in 1 race at the end of the season. The year that Harvick won his real life championship, 2014, he was only 4th, 242 points behind Jeff Gordon in the Winston Cup standings. He won 5 races but was wildly inconsistent at the beginning of the year, with 4 finishes of 30th or worse in the first 8 races, but winning 2 of those 8 races (Phoenix and Darlington). It was a hole too deep to climb out of. Harvick is my driver but I almost puked when he won it in 2014 because I really felt like he didn't deserve it. I then I rationalized that it made up for the one that got away in 2010. But then 2015 happened. Dominant all year, but dared to only finish 2nd in the final race to a guy that missed more than a quarter of the season due to injury.
I personally never really liked any version of the Chase, and I absolutely abhor the current playoff format. I really don't care who wins the real circus, oops I mean championship. I still watch through the lens of 2 different season long championships-the Winston Cup, and another project I keep track of. I call it the FIA Cup, because I use the 25 for first down to 1 for 10th FIA system that Formula 1 uses. It really only something that I do for me, and some of the results have been interesting, like the fact that I have scored every Cup race back to 1949, and Jimmie Johnson is the only 7 time FIA champion. Let that sink in for a minute.
This was a very enjoyable video to watch, keep up the good work!
Harvick would be a 4 time champion without a chase or playoff I would have him only behind Stewart and Johnson
Jeff Gordon would have at least 7 titles & 4 of them since the 2001 season.
Harvick got hosed, but Gordon lost more during this Chase Era.
@@mofoprada Harvick was absolutely robbed of it in 2020.
@NolanEP I don’t think that’s correct but Harvick has more wins too so I would put Harvick over logano anyways
Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards getting underrated
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. KY. Busch
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. Hamlin
7. Kenseth
8. Keselowski
9. Logano
10. KU. Busch
Strongly agree with this list
Im sorry but Hamlin should not be on this list. Wins are great and all but Larson, Kurt, and Chase are all championship winners left off... they all deserve to be ahead of Hamlin until Hamlin can actually seal the deal
As a Denny fan, I am impressed at how many people in the comments have him on their lists. I agree with his positioning on Eric and NBCs lists. I think even without a championship its hard to look passed a guy thats 1 win away from tying Tony Stewart on the All Time win list for Cup.
Fair fight here Kyle Busch should be 2nd in both lists
Kyle Busch makes the best recovery’s he’s like dale sr and Richard petty with skill the guy is like Gordon ramsy yes but take some time to think on how great Kyle Busch actually is.
I know that there’s gonna be a angry jr fan or Hendrick fan would reply saying gay things like Larsons better or Larson has more history
I hate those people that thinks Larson is the best even tho he’s not.
Larson has only truly been a top competitor for like 5 seasons. Not enough to even sniff the top 10. Personally I'd put Larson around 16th.
As for a list of the top 15 guys.
1. Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Stewart
4. Gordon
5. Harvick
6. Bread Keslowski
7. Hamlin
8. Kenseth
9. MTJ
10. Kurt Busch
11. Logano
12. Edwards
13. Dale Jr.
14. Burton
15. Biffle
This is definitely an interesting topic, considering there have been 3 primarily different point systems in place during this time period. That being said, I'm not sure how much you can rely on championships to count toward an analysis like this. But if I remember correctly, if the "classic" points system was still in place, Jeff Gordon would have 7 championships, Jimmie would have 3, and Kevin Harvick would have 4 today. Granted they prolly would have raced different seasons differently, but it stinks that we don't have an apples to apples comparison for these kind of things.
im just a guy with a gangster spongebob pfp, take this list with a grain of salt
1. johnson
2. stewart
3. busch
4. harvick
5. gordon
6. kenseth
7. logano
8. mtj
9. keselowski
10. hamlin
only took larson off because of body of work, but he could easily eclipse a few ahead of him in a couple of seasons, 7-11 is so hard to rank. honorable mentions outside of the top 11 go to kurt and carl edwards
I would put chase Elliott at 12 because he has had a young career has at least 35 wins in his career
Here’s mine if anyone cares
1 Jimmie Johnson
2 Kyle bush
3 tony Stewart
4 Jeff Gordon
5 Kevin harvick
6 mtj
7 Matt kensith
8 brad keslowski
9 Joey Lagaono
10 Kurt bush
Honorable mentions dale jr Denny Hamlin Carl edwards
Top 20 talents since 2000
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Kyle Bush
3) Jeff Gordon
4) Tony Stewart
5) Carl Edwards
6) Denny Hamlin
7) Kevin Harvick
8) Brad Keselowski
9) Joey Logano
10) Matt Kenseth
11) Kurt Bush
12) MTJ
13) Kyle Larson
14) Mark Martin
15) Chase Elliot
16) Bobby Labonte
17) Greg Biffle
18) Rusty Wallace
19) Ross Chastain
t-20) Dale Jr / Kasey Kahne
(note this is me gauging talent, not necessarily top 10 career results)
You have Dale Jr extremely low, the man won 26 races, 2 Daytona 500s, and was a serious title threat in 04, 06, 14, and 15, that's far more than what Chastain ever did or Wallace (with only 6 wins in 2000 and later)
@@BrandonA1 perceived talent, not wins
@@94nolo yeah and Dale Jr is one of the most talented drivers of the last 25 years, he proved it many times.
My list is:
1.Johnson
2. Ky Busch
3.Stewart
4.harvick
5.Gordon
6.kenseth
7.keseloski
8.MTJ
9.Hamlin
10.Carl Edwards
Honorable mentions:
ku Busch
Larson
Elliot
Dale jr
Newman
Bowman
Byron
Logano
I like this list a lot but I will say Byron and Bowman are probably not in the top 20. Byron has 4 wins. He’d be below guys like Bowyer, McMurray, Sterling Marlin, Rusty Wallace, and most of the old veterans in the early 2000’s etc. Byron wouldn’t crack the top 20. Bowman could be a top 20 contender though.
@EricEstepp no Timmy hill he has over 800 wins
This should be a very fun interesting video to watch🍿
i going to niece motorsports soon 2023 or 2024 / 2025 in number #65
Yes you are
Jimmie Johnson
Kyle Busch
Tony Stewart
Jeff Gordon
Kevin Harvick
Matt Kenseth
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano
Kyle Larson
Denny Hamlin
Yo Carl edwards always gets so disrespected
my list
1. jimmie johnson.
2. kyle busch.
3. tony stewert.
4. kevin harvick.
5. Jeff Gordon.
6. Matt Kenseth.
7. Hamlin.
8. Keselowski.
9. Martin Truex jr.
10. Kurt Busch
MTJ won with a non top 4 team , the only one , he has to be above Hamlin, Kenneth, keslowski, Lagano if all things equal …..also 4/5 straight final 4 appearances and 3 2nd place finishes 2 due to bs flags and or pit crew. MTJ getting that disrespect bro
2006 -2014 non factor
Yes but Truex was basically irrelevant for most of his career which Hamlin Kenseth Keselowski and Logano werent
No doubt Kyle Busch is better than Stewart.
List is rigged because Bobby Labonte isn’t #1
1. Johnson 2. Kyle Busch 3. Stewart 4. Gordon 5. Keselowski 6. Harvick 7. Kenseth 8. Hamlin 9. Truex Jr. 10. Larson
How is Brad K ahead of Harvick?
How could Jeff even compare to JJ with JJ having 5 in a row. 7 is amazing but 5 in a row I don’t believe y’all still don’t give it the respect due.
With a cheater crew chief and a playoff gimmick format 5 in a row isn't all that impressive
@@nascarandrc8296 he won 5 in a row with 3 different point systems, are you new? Why didn’t anyone else win? They literally changed the points because of him and he still dominated.
@@BenMyattt Jeff and Jimmie are very good but my all-time favorite is far better
Dale Earnhardt
@@nascarandrc8296 I loved Dale but JJ 5 in a row beats anything anyone has ever done in this sport.
@@BenMyattt no it doesn't Jimmie isn't even close to Dale just benefited from a gimmick chase/playoff format
I agree with your list however I'm gonna switch Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch. Although Stewart has more championships, Kyle has more wins (cup and overall) and actually races in the cup series still
What - No Cole Custer ???
Come on Man !
I feel like people forget that under the Latford system, Kevin Harvick would be a five time champion. 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020. And the funny thing is that would have done this in most of these years without having the most wins. Harvick is by far one of the most consistent drivers of the last twenty years. Even in 2021 when he went winless, he still had an insanely consistent season.
Edit: Kyle Busch would have won in 2018 not Harvick
I agree but 2018 Ky Busch just barely edges out Harv.
@@hengineer whoops for some reason I thought Harvick won it that year
Wait, Hamlin hasn't been a consistent contender until the last few years? come on now. I'm the farthest thing from a Hamlin fan, but I think you are ignoring how often he's been in contention. He's finished top 5 in points 7 times and finished in the top 3 points 4 different times. He was very close to winning championships early on.
I really think he should be higher up on the list. I think the points system has been wonky for several years now so although Championships are the most important, I don't think they are the end all be all. He has a win in 16 of 17 seasons. 11 multi win seasons. He has 9 more wins and 19 more top 5s than Kenseth in 100 fewer races. He also led 1000 laps more over this time. Overall I think he's better than Keselowski too.
My list
1. Jimmie Johnson (Chase Era GOAT)
2. Kyle Busch (Less championships than JJ)
3. Kevin Harvick (Unparalleled longevity, amazing driver)
4. Tony Stewart (Horrendous drop-off at the end)
5. Jeff Gordon (Best of the 90s, not so much for 2000s)
6. Matt Kenseth (Pure consistency)
7. Denny Hamlin (Higher if he hoisted the cup)
8. Carl Edwards (HOW DID EVERYONE FORGET THIS MAN?!)
9. Martin Truex Jr. (Did so much with so little)
T-10. Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski (Logano and Brad go up when talking about just the 2010s, but neither did anything in the 2000s, so Kurt gets credit for that, along with his amazing performances in trash equipment (FRR 78, CGR 1))
Ranking the all time Truck series drivers
1: Ron Hornaday 51 wins 4 Championships
2: Kyle Busch wins 62 and perctage alone even though he's not allowed to qualify for a championship
3: Jack Sprague
4: Mike Skinner
5: Todd Bodine
6: Johnny Sauter
7: Matt Crafton
8: Ted Musgrave
9: Johnny Benson
10: Dennis Setzer
Carl Edwards easily could have been a 3 time champion.
If it weren't for that biased system, he could've won a championship maybe 4 times
Larson over Truex is ridiculous. He didn’t start till 2014 lol
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. Ky. Busch
4. Gordon
5. Harvick
6. Truex Jr
7. Keselowski
8. Kenseth
9. Logano
10. Hamlin
Kenneth 6th. He had 39 wins. Brad 7th 35 wins 8th Kurt 34 wins, Truex 9th 31 wins, Logano 10th 29 wins, fit Denny in there however much you value champions, he had 48 wins.
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Kevin Harvick
6. Matt Kenseth
7. Brad Keslowski
8. Joey Logano
9. Martin Truex Jr
10. Kurt Busch
11. Kyle Larson
12. Chase Elliott
13. Denny Hamlin
14. Carl Edwards
15. Bobby Labonte
Strongly disagree this is Denny Hamlin slander at its finest he’s most definitely top 10
You all missed Kevin Conway. The GOAT right up there with Johnson.
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Kevin Conway was the best Cup driver of all time. Just look at his stats!
I'm glad for the most part NBC actually stuck to the title by naming the best drivers from the early 2000s especially
Here’s my top ten drivers since 2000:
1. Johnson
2. Busch
3. Stewart
4. Gordon and Harvick (tie)
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Matt Kenseth
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Joey Logano
10. Carl Edwards
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Kurt Busch
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Matt Kenseth
10. Joey Logano
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Kyle Busch
3) Tony Stewart
4) Kevin Harvick
5) Jeff Gordon
6) Matt Kenseth
7) Martin Truex Jr
8) Brad Keselowski
9) Denny Hamlin
10) Joey Logano
1. Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Jeff Gordon
5. Kevin Harvick
6. Kenseth
7. Hamlin
8. Kurt Busch
9. Keselowski
10. Truex
I would put Kevin ahead of Kyle only because Kevin won all the big races and raced against nascars best
This was a fun video, here is my top 10:
1) Jimmy Johnson
2) Kyle Busch
3) Tony Stewart
4) Kevin Harvick
5) Jeff Gordon
6) Matt Kenseth
7) Joey Logano
8) Brad Kislowski
9) Denny Hamlin
10) Kurt Busch
Honorable Mentions
11) Martin Truex Jr
12) Kyle Larson
13) Carl Edwards
I put Ky Busch ahead of Stewart because he has a lot more wins than him and I don’t think he’s done winning yet, and I pick Kurt over Truex for tenth because I’d say both there winning days are over and Kurt has a couple more and a Daytona 500
Joey has 29 wins compared to brads 35, Kurt’s 34 and Truex’s 31, so I think Logano is 11th
@@taggg-kj3lb Logano is still in his early 30s while the guys you listed are all close to retiring
@@scout222 that’s like saying that Larson is in his 20’s so he can win like 30 more races and be in 6th. You never know what’s going to happen. Once Logano can put it togther and have more wins then these others I’ll put him ahead but for now no.
@@taggg-kj3lb well I’d say Larson is too young right now, in the future I can see him being ahead of all these guys other than Johnson
Nice variety of lists shown in this video of the greatest NASCAR drivers since the 2000s! Some of these drivers I’ve known about since getting into NASCAR like Jeff Gordon.
For me, I love JJ but Jeff is the GOAT from the beginning of Nascar to now. 93 wins in the modern era. Like you said, he didn’t really fall off and go winless at the end. But really he and JJ are basically the top two for me all time.
I think Truex is pretty overrated honesty. Dude was nothing for years and then had a few good years. He only has a few more wins than Jr but somehow people praise him more even tho he lacks 2 500 wins.
I would agree with your top 10. Kurt Busch 11th. Then, Earnhardt, Edwards, Biffle, Newman, and Kahne would be my next 5.
My 2000s top 10 is
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. KY. Busch
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. Kenseth
7. Truex Jr
8. Hamlin
9. Ku. Busch
10. Edwards
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11. Larson
12. Earnhardt Jr.
13. Martin
14. Biffle
15. Ch. Elliott
My list is
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. Kurt Busch
7. Kenseth
8. Keselowski
9. Logano
10. Hamlin
Honorable mentions
11. MTJ
12. Edwards
13. Earnhardt Jr.
14. Mark Martin
15. Larson
My list:
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. Ky Busch
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. Keselowski
7. Truex Jr.
8. Logano
9. Ku.Busch
10. Kenseth
Next 5: Edwards, Dale Jr., Newman, Larson, Chase Elliott.
I have made a top 11, because I can’t leave a certain driver out, but here is my list:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Tony Stewart
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Matt Kenseth
9. Joey Logano
10. Martin Truex Jr.
11. Kurt Busch
1. Johnson
2. Ky. Busch
3. Stewart
4. Gordon
5. Harvick
6. Kenseth
7. Keselowski
8. Logano
9. Hamlin
10. Truex
The reason harvick is below Gordon is: How has Harvick only won 1 championship. From 2014-2020 he was in one of, if not the best car on the grid. Also moving him down because of choking 2020.
One more thing, I’m not a Kyle Busch fan, I just think he’s a bit better than Stewart.
My top 10 list
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Tony Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Matt Kenseth
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Martin Truex Jr.
10. Joey Logano
My top 10:
1. Johnson
2. Gordon
3. KY.Busch
4. Stewart
5. Harvick
6. Keslowski
7. Mark martin
8. Truex JR
9. Edwards
10. KU. Busch
My top 10
1. Johnson
2. Gordon
3. Stewart
4. Ky Bush
5. Harvick
6. Keselowski
7. Hamlin
8. Logano
9. Truex
10. Kenseth
I put more stock into who would have won championships in those years under the old points system. Nobody got screwed more by the chase format then Gordon. He would have won 3 more under the old system
Kurt Busch is better than Truex, Brad and Logano. You can’t really compare those guys to Kurt anyway because Kurt was with bad teams for several years and made them way better. Can’t just look at the stats. Kurt would have multiple titles if he stayed with a team or two his entire career like they did.
1. Johnson
2. Gordon (should have at least 1 or 2 more titles)
3. Stewart
4. Ky. Busch
5. Harvick
6. Martin
7. MTJ
8. The Outlaw
9. Keelowski
10. Kenseth
Johnson should NOT be the highest rated driver. I think he cheated his way to these championships, as once NASCAR tightened up the inspection of cars, he couldn't land a top ten!! Then he quit NASCAR!! Cheater for sure! No respect from me! And NOT because he drives a Chevy - I HATE cheaters! B-FORDFAN-Gardner
Paul Menard
Timmy hill
Bubba Wallace
Kasey Kahne
Martin Truex Junior
Grey Goulding
Ricky Bobby
Ricky Stenhouse Junior
Kyle Larson (before Hendrick)
Austin Dillon
Personally my list, as a Gordon/HMS fan bias would be
1. Johnson
2. Stewart
3. Kyle Busch
4. Gordon
5. Harvick
6. Truex Jr
7. Kurt Busch
8. Kenseth
9. Hamlin
10. Keselowski/Logano
For my list 1-6 I feel confident about my order, for 7-10 they could be rearranged in any order but I feel this is the 10.
I think Kurt deserves the spot over Kenseth and the others for the fact that he not only won a championship in the same era as Kenseth but the fact that even in his time on mediocre teams he was never mediocre and he ALWAYS out performed his equipment. Keselowski and Logano not being in Penske the whole time?
Well look at Keselowski this year.
And Truex won his championship with front row motor sports and in the time Truex spent driving the Napa 56 car he was still relevant and fighting for his career and I remember thinking he deserved a top tier ride and was happy for him to get that championship and personally I think he should have a second one and Logano should have lost the damn war like Truex said he would at Martinsville.
Can’t argue with a single pick here. 10th was obviously down to MTJ or Ku. Busch. I like Kurt these days and I think he deserves all the respect in the world. His 500 win does vault him up a little bit, but I don’t think you can rank him above MTJ. MTJ has almost as many wins in what , 5 or 6 less years of racing? He may not have a Daytona 500 win, but he’s won everything else, and some of that was in less than stellar equipment. My biggest argument for MTJ is the tear he went on from 2015-2021. Then 2018, when he was part of “the big 3.” There were multiple years when Truex was just flat out dominant. Kurt Busch has never shown that sort of dominance in his career. That alone gives MTJ the edge for me.
Can’t do this over a 20 year run ok. I’ll break this down for everyone. Gordon 98- 05 Johnson 06-13 Kyle Busch 14-20. Those 3 drivers during those time spans are the man. Now 2 easy ones driver of the 90s Dale Earnhardt. Driver of the 80s Bill Elliott those two were easy
1. Jimmie
2. Stewart
3. Ky. Busch
4. Harvick
5. Gordon
6. MTJ(took a small single car team and won a title, tied for most champ 4’s at 5, making it every year at Gibbs barring COVID season. Plus he’s got two xfinity championships)
7. Kenseth
8. Kurt Busch (the ability to win in so many different rides in so many different eras for as long as he has done it is mad impressive)
9. Hamlin (one break in one of those championships away from being 6 slots higher and right ahead of harvick as his three 500 wins plus the 4 years more harvick has raced, I’d have to give the tie breaker to Denny, but that’s still yet to happen)
10. Logano (I put him ahead of BK bc his up years are much higher, although his down years can be much lower too, however he’s going to continue to grow the gap and id rather have a guy who’s gonna give me 2-3 shots at a title in a 6 year period with a stinker mixed in than a guy who’s gonna always just be on the outside looking in at 4th-8th place)
First 4 out
11. Brad K
12. Carl Edwards (I would love to have seen him run 5 more years for JGR, the level that they were at he’d surely have been in the running to get that title and find himself with probably 10-20 more wins and in the top 6-7 of this list but I digress)
13. Junior (2004 coming through would make a big difference, but a lot of drivers have those. He had his shots but mixing in the plethora of different places he found success as well as the 500 wins and I’d say he’s just on the cusp of one of the greatest of the last 2 decades and by far one of the most influential and positively impactful drivers the sport has ever seen)
14. Tie between Larson and Chase Elliot (obviously it’s different but their driving styles remind me of the senna/Prost dichotomy with one being insanely consistent at a high level and one possessing a level of skill beyond what even the greatest in the sport can do but doing so on a razors edge, resulting in some mistakes but ultimately some unbelievable streaks of unmatchable pace)