IndyCar Standings

The IndyCar standings play an integral role during the sport’s season. While the winner of an IndyCar race takes home $30,000 on average, it’s the points from winning the race the drivers are really after.

Throughout the season, the IndyCar driver standings are likely to change. Whether it’s a close competition at the top to decide who will take the championship at the end of the season, or jockeying for position in the middle of the standings, you can almost count on movement.

**2022 Championship – IndyCar Standings**
POSITION	DRIVER	TEAM	TOTAL
1	Will Power	Penske	560
2	Josef Newgarden	Penske	544
3	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	521
4	Scott McLaughlin & Alex Palou	Penske & Chip Ganassi Racing	510
5	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	506
6	Pato O’Ward	McLaren	480
7	Felix Rosenqvist	McLaren	393
8	Alexander Rossi & Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	381
9	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	345
10	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	331
11	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	328
12	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	323
13	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	314
14	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	305
15	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	267
16	Helio Castroneves	Penske	263
17	Takuma Sato	Coyne Racing	258
18	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	219
19	Jimmie Johnson	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	214
20	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	209
21	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	206
22	Kyle Kirkwood	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	183
23	Dalton Kellett	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	133
24	Tony Kanaan	Penske	78
25	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	75
26	Santino Ferrucci	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	71
27	Tatiana Calderon	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	58
28	Juan Pablo Montoya	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	44
29	Simona De Silvestro	Paretta Autosport	34
30	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	17
31	Sage Karam	Eric DeBord	14
32	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	10

IndyCar Season Explained

The winner of each race will receive 50 points. Second place received 40 points and third 35 points to the IndyCar series standings. Fourth is awarded 32 points.

Fifth through 10th decrease by two points. Eleventh place through the last car each receive one point less than the finishing spot directly in front of them.

Drivers can also get points for winning the pole position. The driver who leads the most laps during the race receives two points.

The Indy 500 is the most famous race on the IndyCar schedule. Not only are drivers competing for the biggest purse of the season (Marcus Ericsson took home $3.1 million after winning the 2022 Indy 500) but all points earned are doubled.

Extra points are awarded to the top-nine qualifiers at the Indy 500, while the pole-sitter is awarded nine additional points

IndyCar Standings FAQs

What are the points standings in IndyCar championship?

The point standings in the IndyCar Championship are the points drivers are awarded from each race tallied through the season. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season is the champion.

What does ntt stand for in IndyCar?

NTT stands for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.

How to watch IndyCar?

NBC has the broadcasting rights to the IndyCar series. The network makes the decision whether the race will be on its prime channel or on a NBC affiliate like USA Network.