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The 16 Greatest NASCAR Drivers of the 1990s

By YPB Team

Four titles for one man, a decade of wins for another, and a dozen more who beat them both on a given Sunday.

  1. Jeff Gordon — ranked #11
    Jeff Gordon
    Took three championships and 49 wins in the decade after arriving in 1993.
    1000pts
  2. Alan Kulwicki — ranked #22
    Alan Kulwicki
    The owner-driver who took the 1992 title by ten points, the closest margin then recorded.
    763pts
  3. Dale Earnhardt — ranked #33
    Dale Earnhardt
    Won four of his seven Cup titles in the 1990s driving the black No. 3.
    643pts
  4. Bobby Labonte — ranked #44
    Bobby Labonte
    Won 12 races in the decade before taking the 2000 championship.
    643pts
  5. Terry Labonte — ranked #55
    Terry Labonte
    The Iceman, 1996 champion and holder of a then-record consecutive starts streak.
    566pts
  6. Darrell Waltrip — ranked #66
    Darrell Waltrip
    Won the 1989 Daytona 500 and carried three titles into the decade.
    500pts
  7. Mark Martin — ranked #77
    Mark Martin
    The decade's most consistent runner-up, with four top-two points finishes.
    423pts
  8. Bill Elliott — ranked #88
    Bill Elliott
    Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, the sport's most popular driver for most of the decade.
    423pts
  9. Davey Allison — ranked #99
    Davey Allison
    Won the 1992 Daytona 500 and 19 races before his death in 1993.
    423pts
  10. Dale Jarrett — ranked #1010
    Dale Jarrett
    Won the 1999 title plus Daytona 500s in 1993 and 1996.
    333pts
  11. Jeff Burton — ranked #1111
    Jeff Burton
    Broke through in 1997 and won six races in 1999.
    333pts
  12. Rusty Wallace — ranked #1212
    Rusty Wallace
    The 1989 champion who won ten races in 1993 and never stopped contending.
    333pts
  13. Sterling Marlin — ranked #1313
    Sterling Marlin
    Won the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995, back to back.
    333pts
  14. Ernie Irvan — ranked #1414
    Ernie Irvan
    Won the 1991 Daytona 500 and came back to win again after a near-fatal 1994 crash.
    227pts
  15. Ricky Rudd — ranked #1515
    Ricky Rudd
    Won at least one race in sixteen straight seasons, most of them in the 1990s.
    227pts
  16. Harry Gant — ranked #1616
    Harry Gant
    Handsome Harry won four straight races in September 1991 at age 51.
    227pts

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