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Final Nextel Cup point standings
| Rank | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Poles | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| 1 | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 6723 | Leader | 36 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 24 |
| 2 | -- | Jeff Gordon | 6646 | -77 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 |
| 3 | -- | Clint Bowyer | 6377 | -346 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | Matt Kenseth | 6298 | -425 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | -1 | Kyle Busch | 6293 | -430 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | -1 | Tony Stewart | 6242 | -481 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | Kurt Busch | 6231 | -492 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | -- | Jeff Burton | 6231 | -492 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | -- | Carl Edwards | 6222 | -501 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 10 | -3 | Kevin Harvick | 6199 | -524 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | -- | Martin Truex Jr. | 6164 | -559 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | -- | Denny Hamlin | 6143 | -580 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 13 | -- | Ryan Newman | 4046 | -2677 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 14 | 1 | Greg Biffle | 3991 | -2732 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | 1 | Casey Mears | 3949 | -2774 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 16 | -2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 3929 | -2794 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 3556 | -3167 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | -- | Bobby Labonte | 3517 | -3206 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | -- | Kasey Kahne | 3489 | -3234 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 20 | 1 | Juan Montoya* | 3487 | -3236 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | -1 | J.J. Yeley | 3456 | -3267 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | -- | Reed Sorenson | 3275 | -3448 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | -- | David Ragan* | 3251 | -3472 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 1 | David Stremme | 3163 | -3560 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | -1 | Elliott Sadler | 3140 | -3583 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | -- | Robby Gordon | 3014 | -3709 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 3 | Mark Martin | 2960 | -3763 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 28 | -1 | David Gilliland | 2924 | -3799 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | -1 | Tony Raines | 2920 | -3803 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | -1 | Johnny Sauter | 2875 | -3848 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | 1 | Dave Blaney | 2781 | -3942 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 32 | -1 | Jeff Green | 2704 | -4019 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | -- | Ricky Rudd | 2622 | -4101 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | -- | Paul Menard* | 2496 | -4227 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | -- | Kyle Petty | 2312 | -4411 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | -- | Scott Riggs | 2135 | -4588 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | -- | Joe Nemechek | 2117 | -4606 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | -- | Brian Vickers | 2065 | -4658 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 39 | -- | David Reutimann* | 1878 | -4845 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | -- | Sterling Marlin | 1752 | -4971 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 1 | Dale Jarrett | 1584 | -5139 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | -1 | Bill Elliott | 1579 | -5144 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | -- | A.J. Allmendinger* | 1165 | -5558 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | -- | Michael Waltrip | 1149 | -5574 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | 1 | Jeremy Mayfield | 1126 | -5597 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | -1 | Kenny Wallace | 1066 | -5657 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | -- | Ward Burton | 939 | -5784 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | -- | John Andretti | 932 | -5791 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | -- | Ken Schrader | 932 | -5791 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | -- | Regan Smith | 516 | -6207 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | -- | Boris Said | 510 | -6213 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 | -- | Aric Almirola | 357 | -6366 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | -- | Mike Bliss | 325 | -6398 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | -- | Ron Fellows | 283 | -6440 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | -- | P.J. Jones | 267 | -6456 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | -- | Mike Wallace | 266 | -6457 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | 1 | Patrick Carpentier | 209 | -6514 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | -1 | Terry Labonte | 204 | -6519 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 2 | Johnny Benson | 159 | -6564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | -1 | Jacques Villeneuve | 140 | -6583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | -1 | Chad McCumbee | 128 | -6595 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 5 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 125 | -6598 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | -1 | Chad Chaffin | 125 | -6598 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | -1 | Kevin Lepage | 95 | -6628 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | -1 | Mike Skinner | 91 | -6632 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | -1 | Butch Leitzinger | 79 | -6644 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | -1 | Jon Wood | 76 | -6647 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | -- | Scott Wimmer | 70 | -6653 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | -- | Marc Goossens | 55 | -6668 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Rookie
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