2025 NASCAR Playoff field set after regular season finale at Daytona

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff field is set after a wild regular season finale race at Daytona on Saturday night. Ryan Blaney won the Daytona race to win his second race of the year.

The 16 drivers who have qualified for the playoffs will now focus on a 10-race season that starts next Sunday at Darlington. Here’s a look at the entire NASCAR Cup Series playoff field.

Rank	Driver	Playoff Points
1	Kyle Larson	+26
2	William Byron	+26
3	Denny Hamlin	+23
4	Ryan Blaney	+20
5	Christopher Bell	+17
6	Shane van Gisbergen	+16
7	Chase Elliott	+7
8	Chase Briscoe	+4
9	Bubba Wallace	+2
10	Austin Cindric	+2
11	Ross Chastain	+1
12	Joey Logano	+1
13	Josh Berry	-1
14	Tyler Reddick	-1
15	Austin Dillon	-2
16	Alex Bowman	-5

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Before the Daytona race, 14 drivers clinched a spot in the playoffs. Tyler Reddick wrecked at Daytona, but he became the 15th driver to clinch a playoff spot because Alex Bowman was involved in a different wreck. Before Daytona, Reddick was in 15th place in the playoff standings, and Bowman was in 16th.

William Byron clinched the regular season title last weekend, but can he survive the playoffs? Byron has missed out on winning the title the last two seasons, finishing third in the final Cup points standings in 2023 and 2024.

The playoffs will start with the Round of 16 on Aug. 31 at Darlington. There will be three playoff races before the bottom four drivers are eliminated.