Four titles for one man, a decade of wins for another, and a dozen more who beat them both on a given Sunday.
1Dale EarnhardtWon four of his seven Cup titles in the 1990s driving the black No. 3.1000pts
2Jeff GordonTook three championships and 49 wins in the decade after arriving in 1993.952pts
3Alan KulwickiThe owner-driver who took the 1992 title by ten points, the closest margin then recorded.685pts
4Bobby LabonteWon 12 races in the decade before taking the 2000 championship.633pts
5Terry LabonteThe Iceman, 1996 champion and holder of a then-record consecutive starts streak.621pts
6Ricky RuddWon at least one race in sixteen straight seasons, most of them in the 1990s.464pts
7Mark MartinThe decade's most consistent runner-up, with four top-two points finishes.464pts
8Bill ElliottAwesome Bill from Dawsonville, the sport's most popular driver for most of the decade.464pts
9Darrell WaltripWon the 1989 Daytona 500 and carried three titles into the decade.464pts
10Rusty WallaceThe 1989 champion who won ten races in 1993 and never stopped contending.464pts
11Davey AllisonWon the 1992 Daytona 500 and 19 races before his death in 1993.464pts
12Sterling MarlinWon the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995, back to back.464pts
13Dale JarrettWon the 1999 title plus Daytona 500s in 1993 and 1996.365pts
14Jeff BurtonBroke through in 1997 and won six races in 1999.365pts
15Harry GantHandsome Harry won four straight races in September 1991 at age 51.249pts
16Ernie IrvanWon the 1991 Daytona 500 and came back to win again after a near-fatal 1994 crash.0pts
Photo credits
- Alan Kulwicki — jbspec7, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bobby Labonte — Nascarking, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Terry Labonte — Michael Tipton, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mark Martin — TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bill Elliott — Nascar9919, CC BY 4.0
- Darrell Waltrip — Zach Catanzareti, CC BY 2.0
- Rusty Wallace — Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Davey Allison — Kathleen Lupole [1], CC BY 2.0
- Sterling Marlin — Ed McDonald, CC BY 2.0
- Dale Jarrett — Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0
- Harry Gant — Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ernie Irvan — Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0
Comments 1
Four championships for Earnhardt in this decade, 49 race wins for Gordon. One of twelve lists where the same two careers refuse to line up: https://youpick.best/articles/earnhardt-vs-gordon-ranked
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