Nascar
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Drivers Champions
See a complete list of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Drivers Champions. Chase Elliott won the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series. This was his first title.
Fast Facts:
- The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Drivers‘ Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful Sprint Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results.
- 34 different drivers have won the Championship, with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt holding the record for most titles at seven.
- Jimmie Johnson won five races in a row from 2006 to 2010 and again in 2013 earning him the title as the most successful driver to win consecutive Championships.
- The auto manufacturer Chevrolet has the most championship wins with thirty-nine.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions:
| Year | Driver | Make |
| 2020 | Chase Elliott (1) | Chevrolet |
| 2019 | Kyle Busch (2) | Toyota |
| 2018 | Joey Logano | Ford |
| 2017 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota |
| 2016 | Jimmie Johnson (7) | Chevrolet |
| 2015 | Kyle Busch | Toyota |
| 2014 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
| 2013 | Jimmie Johnson (6) | Chevrolet |
| 2012 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge Charger |
| 2011 | Tony Stewart (3) | Chevrolet Impala |
| 2010 | Jimmie Johnson (5) | Chevrolet Impala |
| 2009 | Jimmie Johnson (4) | Chevrolet Impala SS |
| 2008 | Jimmie Johnson (3) | Chevrolet Impala SS |
| 2007 | Jimmie Johnson (2) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS/Chevrolet Impala SS |
| 2006 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS |
| 2005 | Tony Stewart (2) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 2004 | Kurt Busch | Ford Taurus |
| 2003 | Matt Kenseth | Ford Taurus |
| 2002 | Tony Stewart | Pontiac Grand Prix |
| 2001 | Jeff Gordon (4) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 2000 | Bobby Labonte | Pontiac Grand Prix |
| 1999 | Dale Jarrett | Ford Taurus |
| 1998 | Jeff Gordon (3) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1997 | Jeff Gordon (2) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1996 | Terry Labonte (2) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1995 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1994 | Dale Earnhardt (7) | Chevrolet Lumina |
| 1993 | Dale Earnhardt (6) | Chevrolet Lumina |
| 1992 | Alan Kulwicki | Ford Thunderbird |
| 1991 | Dale Earnhardt (5) | Chevrolet Lumina |
| 1990 | Dale Earnhardt (4) | Chevrolet Lumina |
| 1989 | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac Grand Prix |
| 1988 | Bill Elliott | Ford Thunderbird |
| 1987 | Dale Earnhardt (3) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1986 | Dale Earnhardt (2) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1985 | Darrell Waltrip (3) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1984 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1983 | Bobby Allison | Buick Regal |
| 1982 | Darrell Waltrip (2) | Buick Regal |
| 1981 | Darrell Waltrip | Buick Regal |
| 1980 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1979 | Richard Petty (7) | Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| 1978 | Cale Yarborough (3) | Oldsmobile Cutlass |
| 1977 | Cale Yarborough (2) | Chevrolet Malibu |
| 1976 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet Chevelle |
| 1975 | Richard Petty (6) | Dodge Charger |
| 1974 | Richard Petty (5) | Dodge Charger |
| 1973 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet Chevelle |
| 1972 | Richard Petty (4) | Plymouth Satellite |
| 1971 | Richard Petty (3) | Plymouth Satellite |
| 1970 | Bobby Isaac | Dodge Charger |
| 1969 | David Pearson (3) | Ford Torino |
| 1968 | David Pearson (2) | Ford Torino |
| 1967 | Richard Petty (2) | Plymouth Sport Fury |
| 1966 | David Pearson | Dodge Charger |
| 1965 | Ned Jarrett (2) | Ford Galaxie |
| 1964 | Richard Petty | Plymouth Sport Fury |
| 1963 | Joe Weatherly (2) | Pontiac |
| 1962 | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac |
| 1961 | Ned Jarrett | Chevrolet Impala |
| 1960 | Rex White | Chevrolet Impala |
| 1959 | Lee Petty (3) | Plymouth |
| 1958 | Lee Petty (2) | Oldsmobile |
| 1957 | Buck Baker (2) | Chevrolet |
| 1956 | Buck Baker | Chrysler 300 |
| 1955 | Tim Flock (2) | Chrysler 300 |
| 1954 | Lee Petty | Chrysler New Yorker |
| 1953 | Herb Thomas (2) | Hudson Hornet |
| 1952 | Tim Flock | Hudson Hornet |
| 1951 | Herb Thomas | Hudson Hornet |
| 1950 | Bill Rexford | Oldsmobile |
| 1949 | Red Byron | Oldsmobile |