# The 16 Greatest NASCAR Drivers of the 1990s

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

*By YPB Team · Published September 11, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-16-greatest-nascar-drivers-of-the-1990s*

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

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