Denny Hamlin led the Cup Series with 11 podium finishes in 2023. 3 times were race wins. This season, 26 drivers achieved at least one podium finish.
There were only two drivers over 10. Cup Series Champion Ryan Blaney He has eight podium finishes, including three race wins.
Most podiums in a 2023 Cup Series season
1. Denny Hamlin (11 podiums) — Hamlin won three races, finished second in four races and third in four races.
2. William Byron (10) — Six of Byron’s podium finishes were race wins. Three people were runners-up. One was a 3rd place award.
3. Kyle Larson (9) — Four of Larson’s podium finishes were race wins. Three of the podiums were second-place finishes. Two people won third place.
4. Ryan Blaney (8) — Blaney won three races, placed second in four races and third in one race.
Five. Kyle Busch (8) — Busch won three races. He finished second in two races. He finished third in three races.
6. Martin Truex Jr. (8) — Truex won three races. He finished second in two races. He finished third in three races.
7. Christopher Bell (7) — Bell won two races. He finished second in one race. He finished third in four races.
8. Tyler Reddick (7) — Reddick won two races in his first season with 23XI Racing. He finished second in three races. He finished third in two races.
9. Ross Chastain (6) — Chastain won two races, finished second in two races and third in two races.
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10. Joey Logano (6) — Logano won one race, placed second in three races and third in two races.
11. Chris Buescher (5) — Buescher won three races. He finished third in two races. There was no second place finish.
12. Chase Elliott (Four) — Elliott finished second in two races. He finished third in two races.
13. Alex Bowman (2) — Bowman finished third in two races.
14. Aric Almirola (2) — Almirola finished third in one race this season. He finished second in one race.
15. Brad Keselowski (2) — Keselowski finished second in two races.
16.AJ Allmendinger (2) — Allmendinger has one win this season. He finished third in one race.
17. Daniel Suarez (2) — Suarez finished second in one race and third in one race.
18. Josh Berry (1) — Berry finished second at Richmond in place of injured Chase Elliott.
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19. Austin Dillon (1) — Dillon finished third in the Bristol dirt race.
20. Justin Haley (1) — Haley took second place in a Chicago street race.
21. Kevin Harvick (1) — Harvick placed second in Darlington’s spring race.
22. Eric Jones (1) — Jones finished third in the fall race at Kansas.
23. Michael McDowell (1) — McDowell’s podium finish came at Indianapolis.
24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1) — Stenhouse won the Daytona 500, earning his only podium finish.
25. Shane van Gisbergen (1) — Van Gisbergen finished on the podium in his cup debut this season. He won the Chicago street race..
26. Bubba Wallace (1) —Wallace finished third at Texas.