Sprint Cup 2008 - Standings
| Rank | +/- | Driver / Team | Points |
| 1 | -- | Kyle Busch | 3609 |
| 2 | -- | Carl Edwards | 3397 |
| 3 | +1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 3193 |
| 4 | -1 | Jimmie Johnson | 3191 |
| 5 | -- | Jeff Burton | 3117 |
| 6 | -- | Tony Stewart | 3013 |
| 7 | -- | Greg Biffle | 2984 |
| 8 | -- | Kevin Harvick | 2972 |
| 9 | -- | Jeff Gordon | 2951 |
| 10 | -- | Matt Kenseth | 2921 |
| 11 | +1 | Denny Hamlin | 2900 |
| 12 | +1 | Clint Bowyer | 2855 |
| 13 | +1 | David Ragan | 2843 |
| 14 | -3 | Kasey Kahne | 2799 |
| 15 | +2 | Ryan Newman | 2674 |
| 16 | -1 | Brian Vickers | 2672 |
| 17 | -1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2592 |
| 18 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 2492 |
| 19 | -- | Kurt Busch | 2442 |
| 20 | -- | Elliott Sadler | 2364 |
| 21 | -- | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2311 |
| 22 | -- | Bobby Labonte | 2297 |
| 23 | -- | Travis Kvapil | 2286 |
| 24 | -- | Casey Mears | 2219 |
| 25 | +1 | David Gilliland | 2161 |
| 26 | +1 | David Reutimann | 2136 |
| 27 | -2 | Mark Martin | 2115 |
| 28 | -- | Paul Menard | 2089 |
| 29 | -- | Robby Gordon | 1868 |
| 30 | +1 | Michael Waltrip | 1861 |
| 31 | -1 | Reed Sorenson | 1855 |
| 32 | -- | Dave Blaney | 1825 |
| 33 | -- | Sam Hornish Jr. | 1823 |
| 34 | +1 | Regan Smith | 1781 |
| 35 | -1 | Scott Riggs | 1754 |
| 36 | +1 | Joe Nemecheck | 1409 |
| 37 | -1 | Patrick Carpentier | 1406 |
| 38 | -- | A.J. Allmendinger | 1366 |
| 39 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 1263 |
| 40 | -- | Michael McDowell | 1200 |
| 41 | -- | Bill Elliot | 790 |
| 42 | -- | Terry Labonte | 699 |
| 43 | +2 | Kyle Petty | 610 |
| 44 | -1 | Dario Franchitti | 606 |
| 45 | +2 | Aric Amirola | 598 |
| 46 | -2 | Jeremy Mayfield | 578 |
| 47 | -1 | Mike Skinner | 560 |
| 48 | +1 | Ken Schrader | 398 |
| 49 | -1 | Dale Jarrett | 367 |
| 50 | -2 | Marcos Ambrose | 333 |
| 51 | -1 | Sterling Marlin | 302 |
| 52 | +4 | Tony Raines | 222 |
| 53 | -- | Ron Fellows | 200 |
| 54 | -- | Boris Said | 194 |
| 55 | -- | Jason Leffler | 192 |
| 56 | -- | Johnny Sauter | 155 |
| 57 | -- | John Andretti | 149 |
| 58 | -- | Jon Wood | 119 |
| 59 | -- | Chad McCumbee | 112 |
| 60 | -- | Max Papis | 92 |
| 61 | -- | David Stremme | 84 |
| 62 | -- | P.J. Jones | 52 |
| 63 | -- | Scott Pruett | 49 |
| 64 | -- | Brad Coleman | 49 |
| 65 | -- | Kenny Wallace | 34 |
| 66 | -1 | Brian Simo | 34 |
| 67 | -- | Johnny Benson | 0 |
| 68 | -1 | Brandon Ash | 0 |
| 69 | -- | Stanton Barrett | 0 |
| 70 | -1 | Jacques Villenueve | 0 |
| 71 | -1 | Eric McClure | 0 |
| 72 | -- | Burney Lamar | 0 |
| 73 | -1 | Carl Long | 0 |
| 74 | -- | Scott Wimmer | 0 |
| 75 | -- | Jeff Green | 0 |