TrueLapScore

Who really raced up front?

TrueLapScore (TLS) scores every lap. On each lap, every car earns points for where it is running: in a 38-car field P1 earns 38 and P38 earns 1. Add up the laps for the race, then the races for the season.

It doesn't replace NASCAR's official points. It shows who ran up front all race, not just who was in front at the checkered flag. How it works →

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This week's TLS Movers

TLS champions by season

"TLS champion" = most TrueLapScore points that season (not the official NASCAR champion). Seasons still in progress show the current TLS leader.

Cup Series

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 leader Denny Hamlin (C) 259,660
2025 William Byron (P) 265,740
2024 Denny Hamlin (P) 273,119
2023 Denny Hamlin (P) 262,800
2022 Joey Logano (P) 252,415
2021 Denny Hamlin (P) 294,969
2020 Joey Logano (P) 318,739

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (formerly Xfinity)

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 leader Justin Allgaier (C) 160,650
2025 Justin Allgaier (P) 156,960
2024 Cole Custer (P) 167,273
2023 John Hunter Nemechek (P) 165,119
2022 Noah Gragson (P) 167,142
2021 Austin Cindric (P) 170,803
2020 Chase Briscoe (P) 168,964

Truck Series

SeasonTLS championTLS points
2026 leader Kaden Honeycutt (C) 104,386
2025 Corey Heim (P) 109,734
2024 Christian Eckes (P) 111,732
2023 Corey Heim (P) 91,564
2022 Chandler Smith (P) 91,738
2021 Todd Gilliland (P) 85,183
2020 Brett Moffitt (P) 95,161

Name tags such as (C), (P), # and * come from NASCAR's timing data. See the legend.