NASCAR Odds: Current Cup Series Championship favorites with Denny Hamlin closing in

Class is permanent they say, and that appears to be the case with Denny Hamlin closing in on favorite Tyler Reddick at the head of the odds to win the 2026 NASCAR Cup Championship Series.

The 45-year-old Hamlin came desperately close to finally ending that long wait for a title in 2025, losing out to Kyle Larson on the final laps of an agonizing finale in Phoenix.

Denny is back for more in 2026 and the Joe Gibbs Racing star is now just 129 points behind 23XI Racing star Reddick at the head of the standings. It is even closer in the moneyline odds with Tyler trading at +400 and Hamlin a whisker behind at +475.

Another great of the sport, reigning champion Larson, comes next on +700 as he sits in eighth place in the early-season standings. Former champ Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are next on +800 with William Byron and Christopher Bell both on +900.

Ty Gibbs (+2500) plus new sensation Carson Hocevar and Chris Buescher (both +4500) complete the top 10 as we head to this weekend’s All Star race at Dover.

For the long-suffering Kyle Busch fans out there, the two-time Cup Series king is a distant +20000 shot as his long wait for another race win stretches into three figures.

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Latest Cup Series Championship Odds

The latest moneyline leaders today (Wednesday May 13) are as follows:

**2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Odds, May 13**
Driver	Odds
Tyler Reddick	+400
Denny Hamlin	+475
Kyle Larson	+700
Ryan Blaney	+800
Chase Elliott	+800
William Byron	+900
Christopher Bel	+900
Chase Briscoe	+1600
Ty Gibbs	+2500
Chris Buescher	+4500
Carson Hocevar	+4500
Joey Logano	+5000
Bubba Wallace	+5000
Brad Keselowski	+10000
Ross Chastain	+15000
Austin Cindric	+17500
Ryan Preece	+17500
Kyle Busch	+20000

Latest Cup Series Championship standings

The standings coming out of Watkins Glen look like this:

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points (Stage)	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	567 (96)	5	8	9
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	438 (91)	1	5	7
3	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	422 (61)	2	5	7
4	Ryan Blaney	Ford	405 (95)	1	3	7
5	Chris Buescher	Ford	375 (67)	0	2	6
6	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	372 (74)	1	6	8
7	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	342 (53)	1	3	5
8	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	332 (91)	0	3	6
9	Brad Keselowski	Ford	318 (50)	0	2	4
10	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	313 (72)	0	1	6
11	Christopher Bell	Toyota	311 (77)	0	3	4
12	William Byron	Chevrolet	309 (57)	0	2	6
13	Ryan Preece	Ford	296 (43)	0	0	2
14	Daniel Suárez	Chevrolet	295 (31)	0	1	3
15	Austin Cindric	Ford	287 (60)	0	1	4
16	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	283 (37)	1	2	3
17	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	277 (40)	0	4	5
18	Joey Logano	Ford	245 (63)	0	2	3
19	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	236 (32)	0	1	2
20	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	235 (25)	0	0	2
21	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	225 (20)	0	2	3
22	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	220 (15)	0	0	1
23	Zane Smith	Ford	217 (11)	0	1	3
24	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	217 (22)	0	0	2
25	Erik Jones	Toyota	214 (10)	0	0	2
26	Todd Gilliland	Ford	206 (19)	0	0	1
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	193 (19)	0	1	2
28	John H. Nemechek	Toyota	189 (19)	0	0	1
29	Riley Herbst	Toyota	186 (14)	0	0	1
30	Noah Gragson	Ford	168 (4)	0	0	1
31	Josh Berry	Ford	160 (30)	0	0	2
32	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	145 (5)	0	0	0
33	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	140 (0)	0	0	0
34	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	127 (11)	0	2	2
35	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	113 (3)	0	0	0
36	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	93 (4)	0	0	0
37	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	9 (3)	0	0	0
38	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	3 (0)	0	0	0
39	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet	2 (0)	0	0	0