Sprint Cup 2008 - Standings
| Rank | +/- | Driver / Team | Points |
| 1 | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 5718 |
| 2 | -- | Carl Edwards | 5646 |
| 3 | -- | Greg Biffle | 5641 |
| 4 | -- | Jeff Burton | 5619 |
| 5 | +2 | Clint Bowyer | 5566 |
| 6 | -1 | Kevin Harvick | 5547 |
| 7 | +4 | Tony Stewart | 5515 |
| 8 | -2 | Jeff Gordon | 5486 |
| 9 | -- | Matt Kenseth | 5473 |
| 10 | -2 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 5469 |
| 11 | +1 | Kyle Busch | 5387 |
| 12 | -2 | Denny Hamlin | 5383 |
| 13 | -- | David Ragan | 3539 |
| 14 | -- | Kasey Kahne | 3422 |
| 15 | -- | Ryan Newman | 3181 |
| 16 | +1 | Brian Vickers | 3168 |
| 17 | -1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3151 |
| 18 | -- | Kurt Busch | 2906 |
| 19 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 2877 |
| 20 | -- | Bobby Labonte | 2833 |
| 21 | +2 | Elliott Sadler | 2784 |
| 22 | -- | David Reutimann | 2768 |
| 23 | +1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2748 |
| 24 | -3 | Travis Kvapil | 2747 |
| 25 | -- | Casey Mears | 2730 |
| 26 | -- | David Gilliland | 2607 |
| 27 | -- | Mark Martin | 2539 |
| 28 | -- | Paul Menard | 2484 |
| 29 | -- | Michael Waltrip | 2299 |
| 30 | -- | Reed Sorenson | 2277 |
| 31 | -- | Dave Blaney | 2259 |
| 32 | -- | Robby Gordon | 2182 |
| 33 | +1 | Regan Smith | 2143 |
| 34 | -1 | Scott Riggs | 2143 |
| 35 | -- | Sam Hornish Jr. | 2116 |
| 36 | +1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1828 |
| 37 | -- | Patrick Carpentier | 1713 |
| 38 | -- | Joe Nemecheck | 1578 |
| 39 | -- | Michael McDowell | 1466 |
| 40 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 1263 |
| 41 | -- | Bill Elliot | 924 |
| 42 | +1 | Kyle Petty | 793 |
| 43 | -1 | Aric Amirola | 780 |
| 44 | -- | Terry Labonte | 699 |
| 45 | -- | Mike Skinner | 618 |
| 46 | -- | Dario Franchitti | 606 |
| 47 | +1 | Ken Schrader | 584 |
| 48 | -1 | Jeremy Mayfield | 578 |
| 49 | +2 | Tony Raines | 413 |
| 50 | -- | Marcos Ambrose | 400 |
| 51 | -1 | Dale Jarrett | 367 |
| 52 | -1 | Johnny Sauter | 335 |
| 53 | -1 | Sterling Marlin | 302 |
| 54 | -- | Ron Fellows | 200 |
| 55 | -- | Boris Said | 194 |
| 56 | -- | Jason Leffler | 192 |
| 57 | +2 | Chad McCumbee | 149 |
| 58 | -1 | John Andretti | 149 |
| 59 | -1 | Jon Wood | 119 |
| 60 | -- | Max Papis | 92 |
| 61 | -- | David Stremme | 84 |
| 62 | +11 | Joey Logano | 67 |
| 63 | -1 | P.J. Jones | 52 |
| 64 | -1 | P.J. Jones | 52 |
| 65 | -1 | Brad Coleman | 49 |
| 66 | -1 | Scott Pruett | 49 |
| 67 | -- | Scott Pruett | 49 |
| 68 | -1 | Kenny Wallace | 34 |
| 69 | -1 | Brian Simo | 34 |
| 70 | -- | Johnny Benson | 0 |
| 71 | -1 | Brandon Ash | 0 |
| 72 | -- | Stanton Barrett | 0 |
| 73 | -1 | Jacques Villenueve | 0 |
| 74 | -1 | Eric McClure | 0 |
| 75 | -- | Burney Lamar | 0 |
| 76 | -1 | Carl Long | 0 |
| 77 | -- | Scott Wimmer | 0 |
| 78 | -- | Jeff Green | 0 |