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🇺🇸 Jimmie Johnson

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Cup Series.
Driver facts
Full name
Jimmie Johnson
Born
17 September 1975(b. 1975)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Cup Series
Status
Active
Career wins
3
Career podiums
15
Career starts
268
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,754
Jimmie Johnson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,754
Rank 1486 of 38,983 indexed, -89 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jimmie Johnson is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Cup Series. Johnson has recorded 3 wins and 15 podiums from 268 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,754 ranks Johnson 1486th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-06-21NASCAR Cup Series at San DiegoNASCAR Cup SeriesP28+9
2026-06-19NASCAR Cup Series at San DiegoNASCAR TruckP30−119
2026-02-15Daytona 500NASCAR Cup SeriesP29+1
2026-02-13Duel #1NASCAR Cup SeriesP15+20
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+205Daytona 500 2025NASCAR Cup SeriesP3
+173THE CLASH AT DAYTONA 2019NASCAR Cup SeriesP1
+161Grand Prix of Iowa Race 2 2022IndyCarP5
+142Chicago 2001NASCAR XfinityP1
+140Grand Prix of Texas 2022IndyCarP6
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT CHARLOTTE4 starts+37
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT RICHMOND4 starts+35
Daytona 5004 starts+29
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT BRISTOL4 starts+28
Struggles
Darlington5 starts-45
Watkins Glen4 starts-32
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT MICHIGAN4 starts-32
Charlotte13 starts-20
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸NASCAR Cup Series300000P32+304,754
▸NASCAR Truck100000P33−119
2025▸NASCAR Cup Series301000P34+664,843
2024▸NASCAR Cup Series1000000P37−2024,777
2023▸NASCAR Cup Series400000P37−2034,979
▸WECHendrick Motorsports111000——
2022▸IndyCar1700000P17−1195,183
▸IMSA WeatherTechAlly Cadillac402000P12+84
2021▸IndyCar1200000P26−7015,217
▸IMSA WeatherTechAlly Cadillac Racing401000P11−51
2020▸NASCAR Cup Series3803000P17+315,161
2019▸NASCAR Cup Series3912000P15−2936,101
2018▸NASCAR Cup Series3901000P16↑891+66,460
2013▸NASCAR XfinityJR Motorsports100000P37+325,334
2011▸NASCAR XfinityJR Motorsports101000P25+1145,302
2008▸NASCAR XfinityJR Motorsports400000P37−1245,188
2007▸NASCAR XfinityHendrick Motorsports300000P32+1115,311
2006▸NASCAR XfinityHendrick Motorsports300000P39−735,201
2005▸NASCAR XfinityHendrick Motorsports801020P28−885,274
2004▸NASCAR XfinityHendrick Motorsports101000P29+1205,362
2001▸NASCAR XfinityHerzog Motorsports3311000P14+2925,242
2000▸NASCAR XfinityHerzog Motorsports3100000P25+3484,950
1999▸NASCAR XfinityHerzog Motorsports500000P34+824,603
1998▸NASCAR XfinityEmerald Performance Group300000P44+3,1714,521
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Johnson finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Kevin Harvick6,2792005314727%
🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum5,9851494010927%
🇺🇸 Denny Hamlin7,3811463910727%
🇺🇸 Brad Keselowski5,994143509335%
🇺🇸 Martin Truex Jr5,8181393610326%
🇺🇸 Joey Logano6,354138409829%
🇺🇸 Alex Bowman5,814135558041%
🇺🇸 Ryan Blaney7,083133478635%
🇺🇸 Ryan Newman4,665132646848%
🇺🇸 William Byron6,493131676451%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,6593052517%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion7,0242952417%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,476🇺🇸 Patrick DempseyWEC4,768
1,477🇺🇸 Robby FoleyIMSA Pilot Challenge4,768
1,478🇺🇸 Trenton EstepIMSA Pilot Challenge4,766
1,479🇺🇸 Benjamin PedersenIMSA WeatherTech4,764
1,480🇨🇭 Mathéo TuscherWEC4,762
1,481🇨🇦 Roman De AngelisIMSA WeatherTech4,762
1,482🇬🇧 Duncan TAPPYEuropean Le Mans Series4,761
1,483🇨🇭 Ralph BoschungFormula 24,761
1,484🇺🇸 Bill SweedlerIMSA WeatherTech4,760
1,485🇫🇷 Reshad De GérusEuropean Le Mans Series4,758
1,486🇺🇸 Jimmie JohnsonNASCAR Cup Series4,754
1,487🇲🇨 Vincent AbrilGT World Challenge Europe4,753
1,488🇧🇷 Daniel SchneiderAsian Le Mans Series4,752
1,489🇧🇷 Alberto ValérioGP2 Series4,751
1,490🇮🇹 Giorgio MondiniFormula V8 3.54,750
1,491🇺🇸 Ryan ReedNASCAR Truck4,749
1,492🇬🇧 Sascha MaassenFIA GT Championship4,748
1,493🇯🇵 Hayanari ShimodaFormula V8 3.54,747
1,494🇫🇮 Niko KARIFormula 34,747
1,495🇺🇸 Dean ThompsonNASCAR Xfinity4,746
1,496🇦🇹 Walter GrubmüllerFormula V8 3.54,746
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Jimmie Johnson is a professional driver competing primarily in NASCAR Cup Series, where he holds a Platinum FIA grading in sportscar racing. His record across 175 starts from 2018 to 2026 shows 2 wins and 11 podiums, with an average finish of P17.7. His most significant recent result came in 2023 when he won a WEC round for Hendrick Motorsports. In Cup Series competition across 136 starts, Johnson has secured 1 win and 7 podiums, placing him in the middle order of a field populated by drivers rated substantially higher; rivals including Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Kyle Busch all carry ratings above 6,000, while Johnson's own rating of 4,884 places him in the mid-tier of the active professional grid.[1]

Johnson's head-to-head record against his most frequent rivals reveals consistent underperformance. Against Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, all strong professionals in the 6,000 to 7,000 rating band, Johnson finished ahead in roughly one-third of shared races. His record against Alex Bowman and William Byron is similarly one-sided, though his head-to-head against Kyle Busch, a Platinum-graded champion, is notably stronger, with Johnson ahead in 97 of 131 encounters. Over his nine seasons on record, Johnson has occasionally finished ahead of much stronger drivers such as multiple-time champion Alex Palou and former champions Pato O'Ward and Denny Hamlin, though these represent isolated results rather than sustained competitiveness at that level.[2]

Johnson's career has been one of gradual transition into endurance and prototype racing. His 2021 and 2022 seasons included eight IMSA starts that yielded 3 podiums, while a 29-start IndyCar campaign over the same period produced no podiums. A single outing in World Endurance Championship competition in 2023 resulted in a win, representing his most competitive recent performance. His current activity remains centred on part-time NASCAR Cup Series racing, where he continues to compete against a field of front-running professionals while seeking to rebuild his competitive standing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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RACER - Racing News
19 Aug 2026
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Jimmie Johnson set to leave NASCAR with famous friends in tow and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame[2]
The Killeen Daily Herald
13 Aug 2026
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Jimmie Johnson will pull out all the stops for one more Daytona 500[3]
Chattanooga Times Free Press
13 Aug 2026
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