| # | Driver | Team | Championships | Career wins | FIA Category | Racer Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward | 1 | 28 | Platinum | 6,319 |
| 2 | Jack Aitken | Emil Frey Racing | 2 | 25 | Platinum | 6,062 |
| 3 | Rene Rast | Schubert Motorsport | 3 | 33 | Platinum | 5,868 |
| 4 | Jordan Pepper | TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT | 0 | 10 | Gold | 5,824 |
| 5 | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf | 1 | 21 | Platinum | 5,691 |
| 6 | Kelvin van der Linde | Schubert Motorsport | 1 | 24 | Platinum | 5,689 |
| 7 | Jules Gounon | Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter | 0 | 20 | Platinum | 5,612 |
| 8 | Thomas Preining | Manthey EMA | 1 | 16 | Platinum | 5,566 |
| 9 | Ayhancan Güven | Manthey EMA | 1 | 14 | Platinum | 5,540 |
| 10 | Marco Wittmann | Schubert Motorsport | 1 | 24 | Platinum | 5,406 |
| 11 | Ben Green | Emil Frey Racing | 0 | 9 | Platinum | 5,271 |
| 12 | Thierry Vermeulen | Emil Frey Racing | 0 | 2 | Gold | 5,150 |
| 13 | Nicki Thiim | Abt Sportsline | 0 | 17 | Platinum | 5,137 |
| 14 | Ricardo Feller | Land Motorsport | 1 | 17 | Platinum | 5,119 |
| 15 | Matteo Cairoli | Emil Frey Racing | 0 | 11 | Platinum | 5,070 |
| 16 | Luca Engstler | TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT | 0 | 7 | Gold | 4,954 |
| 17 | Morris Schuring | Manthey Junior Team | 0 | 5 | Gold | 4,940 |
| 18 | Mirko Bortolotti | Abt Sportsline | 1 | 12 | Platinum | 4,878 |
| 19 | Bastian Buus | Land Motorsport | 1 | 6 | Platinum | 4,859 |
| 20 | Arjun Maini | HRT Ford Performance | 0 | 5 | Gold | 4,708 |
| 21 | Marco Mapelli | Red Bull Team ABT | 1 | 8 | Gold | 4,651 |
| 22 | Finn Wiebelhaus | HRT Ford Racing | 0 | 7 | Silver | 4,390 |
| 23 | Gilles Magnus | Comtoyou Racing | 0 | 6 | Gold | 4,380 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | Dörr Motorsport | 1 | 13 | Platinum | 4,155 |
| 25 | Ben Dörr | Dörr Motorsport | 0 | 1 | Silver | 4,131 |
| 26 | Fabio Scherer | HRT Ford Performance | 0 | 5 | Gold | 4,087 |
| 27 | Maximilian Paul | Paul Motorsport | 0 | 1 | Silver | 3,953 |
| 28 | Nicolas Baert | Comtoyou Racing | 0 | 0 | Silver | 3,728 |
| 29 | Tom Kalender | Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf | 0 | 0 | Silver | 3,684 |
DTM is a single-class sprint series that runs tin-top racing at the professional level. Its field is established professional, populated substantially by Platinum and Gold graded drivers; Maro Engel, Jack Aitken, and René Rast lead the roster. Drivers arrive chiefly from the peer Formula 3 championships and the Macau Grand Prix qualifying school, making DTM a natural step for drivers progressing through the European single-seater ladder. The series functions as a transitional level between that ladder and sportscar racing; drivers move on primarily to endurance competition, particularly the World Endurance Championship and IMSA, though some pursue domestic sportscar championships.