Chuck's Driver Rankings & Stats

So, who's the best driver in the world anyways?

October 1st 2008 edition

In this edition :

Top 50 World Drivers

Pos. Driver Country Rating
1 Fernando Alonso Spain 2249
2 Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom 2189
3 Kimi Raikkonen Finland 2178
4 Felipe Massa Brazil 2170
5 Carl Edwards United States 2156
6 Nick Heidfeld Germany 2141
7 Jimmie Johnson United States 2140
8 Jeff Gordon United States 2137
9 Clint Bowyer United States 2124
10 Greg Biffle United States 2122
11 Jeff Burton United States 2122
12 Kevin Harvick United States 2121
13 Tony Stewart United States 2116
14 Matt Kenseth United States 2113
15 Dale Earnhardt Jr. United States 2108
16 Heikki Kovalainen Finland 2107
17 Kyle Busch United States 2103
18 Robert Kubica Poland 2102
19 Mark Martin United States 2098
20 Denny Hamlin United States 2095
21 Garth Tander Australia 2084
22 Scott Dixon New Zealand 2076
23 Ron Hornaday United States 2073
24 Jamie Whincup Australia 2062
25 Hélio Castroneves Brazil 2056
26 Tony Kanaan Brazil 2055
27 David Ragan United States 2054
28 Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy 2051
29 Jan Magnussen Denmark 2050
30 Kasey Kahne United States 2043
31 Johnny Benson United States 2039
32 Scott Pruett United States 2039
33 Scott Wimmer United States 2038
34 Rick Crawford United States 2037
35 Mattias Ekström Sweden 2037
36 Martin Truex Jr. United States 2032
37 Jarno Trulli Italy 2026
38 Jon Fogarty United States 2024
39 Raphael Matos Brazil 2021
40 Mike Bliss United States 2020
41 Bernd Schneider Germany 2018
42 Mark Winterbottom Australia 2017
43 Andy Pilgrim United Kingdom 2016
44 Colin Turkington United Kingdom 2016
45 Frank Kimmel United States 2015
46 Paul Edwards United States 2014
47 Benny Gordon United States 2013
48 Matt Crafton United States 2013
49 Patrick Laperle Canada 2012
50 Ryan Newman United States 2012

Moving up this month

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 Pastor Maldonado Venezuela + 53
2 Valtteri Bottas Finland + 47
3 Sebastian Vettel Germany + 45
4 Miguel Molina Spain + 42
5 Richard Singleton United Kingdom + 42
6 Steven Kane United Kingdom + 39
7 Roberto Merhi Spain + 37
8 Jerome d'Ambrosio Belgium + 37
9 Andrea Caldarelli Italy + 36
10 Esteban Guerrieri Argentina + 35
11 Patrick Laperle Canada + 35
12 Brian Scott United States + 34
13 Kyle Marcelli Canada + 32
14 Henrik Lundgaard Denmark + 32
15 Jens Reno Møller Denmark + 31
16 Bryan Silas United States + 31
17 Nicholas Krikorian Canada + 31
18 James Thompson United Kingdom + 30
19 Gilbert Tomaro Canada + 30
20 Erik Darnell United States + 28

Moving down this month

Pos. Driver Country Difference
1 Mathieu Arzeno France-53
2 Kyle Busch United States-47
3 Fabrizio Giovanardi Italy-38
4 Javier Villa Spain-35
5 David Reynolds Australia-33
6 Christian Mamerow Germany-32
7 Rubens Barrichello Brazil-31
8 Dean Canto Australia-30
9 Tommy Rustad Norway-29
10 Nick Wittmer Canada-28
11 Siso Cunill Spain-28
12 Brian Ickler United States-28
13 Kimi Raikkonen Finland-27
14 Brian Vickers United States-27
15 Marcelo Conchado Spain-27
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Italy-27
17 Jason Plato United Kingdom-27
18 Jeff Lapcevich Canada-27
19 Ernesto Otero Brazil-27
20 Justin Hobgood United States-26

Compiled from 2494 races run by 4524 drivers representing 52 different countries on

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