NASCAR champions
NASCAR Sprint Cup champions
| Year | Champion | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet |
| 2020 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet |
| 2019 | Kye Busch | Toyota |
| 2018 | Joey Logano | Ford |
| 2017 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota |
| 2016 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2015 | Kyle Busch | Toyota |
| 2014 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
| 2013 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2012 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge |
| 2011 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
| 2010 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2009 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2008 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2007 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2006 | Jimmy Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 2005 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
| 2004 | Kurt Busch | Ford |
| 2003 | Matt Kenseth | Ford |
| 2002 | Tony Stewart | Pontiac |
| 2001 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 2000 | Bobby Labonte | Pontiac |
| 1999 | Dale Jarrett | Ford |
| 1998 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 1997 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 1996 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet |
| 1995 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 1994 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1993 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1992 | Alan Kulwicki | Ford |
| 1991 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1990 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1989 | Rusty Wallace | Pontiac |
| 1988 | Bill Elliott | Ford |
| 1987 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1986 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1985 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
| 1984 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet |
| 1983 | Bobby Allison | Buick |
| 1982 | Darrell Waltrip | Buick |
| 1981 | Darrell Waltrip | Buick |
| 1980 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet |
| 1979 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet |
| 1978 | Cale Yarborough | Oldsmobile |
| 1977 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 1976 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 1975 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 1974 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 1973 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 1972 | Richard Petty | Plymouth |
| 1971 | Richard Petty | Plymouth |
| 1970 | Bobby Isaac | Dodge |
| 1969 | David Pearson | Ford |
| 1968 | David Pearson | Ford |
| 1967 | Richard Petty | Plymouth |
| 1966 | David Pearson | Dodge |
| 1965 | Ned Jarrett | Ford |
| 1964 | Richard Petty | Plymouth |
| 1963 | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac |
| 1962 | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac |
| 1961 | Ned Jarrett | Chevrolet |
| 1960 | Rex White | Chevrolet |
| 1959 | Lee Petty | Plymouth |
| 1958 | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile |
| 1957 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet |
| 1956 | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 1955 | Tim Flock | Chrysler |
| 1954 | Lee Petty | Chrysler |
| 1953 | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 1952 | Tim Flock | Hudson |
| 1951 | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 1950 | Bill Rexford | Oldsmobile |
| 1949 | Red Byron | Oldsmobile |
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