Sprint Cup 2008 - Standings
| Rank | +/- | Driver / Team | Points |
| 1 | -- | Kyle Busch | 2496 |
| 2 | -- | Jeff Burton | 2432 |
| 3 | -- | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2352 |
| 4 | -- | Carl Edwards | 2262 |
| 5 | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 2220 |
| 6 | -- | Jeff Gordon | 2171 |
| 7 | +1 | Denny Hamlin | 2150 |
| 8 | -1 | Greg Biffle | 2119 |
| 9 | +2 | Tony Stewart | 2042 |
| 10 | -1 | Kasey Kahne | 2031 |
| 11 | -1 | Clint Bowyer | 2021 |
| 12 | +1 | Kevin Harvick | 2016 |
| 13 | -1 | Matt Kenseth | 2001 |
| 14 | +3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1945 |
| 15 | +1 | Ryan Newman | 1905 |
| 16 | -1 | Brian Vickers | 1903 |
| 17 | -3 | David Ragan | 1888 |
| 18 | +4 | Kurt Busch | 1794 |
| 19 | -1 | Travis Kvapil | 1731 |
| 20 | +2 | Bobby Labonte | 1705 |
| 21 | -1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1705 |
| 22 | -1 | David Gilliland | 1692 |
| 23 | +1 | Casey Mears | 1657 |
| 24 | -4 | Jamie McMurray | 1656 |
| 25 | -- | Elliott Sadler | 1621 |
| 26 | -- | Paul Menard | 1519 |
| 27 | +1 | David Reutimann | 1496 |
| 28 | -1 | Mark Martin | 1437 |
| 29 | +1 | Michael Waltrip | 1421 |
| 30 | -1 | Dave Blaney | 1363 |
| 31 | -- | Robby Gordon | 1329 |
| 32 | +3 | Reed Sorenson | 1329 |
| 33 | -2 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 1294 |
| 34 | -1 | Regan Smith | 1269 |
| 35 | -- | Scott Riggs | 1211 |
| 36 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 1047 |
| 37 | +1 | Joe Nemecheck | 952 |
| 38 | -1 | Patrick Carpentier | 927 |
| 39 | -- | Michael McDowell | 833 |
| 40 | -- | A.J. Allmendinger | 690 |
| 41 | +1 | Dario Franchitti | 606 |
| 42 | -1 | Jeremy Mayfield | 578 |
| 43 | -- | Kyle Petty | 540 |
| 44 | -- | Bill Elliot | 539 |
| 45 | -- | Mike Skinner | 423 |
| 46 | +1 | Aric Amirola | 416 |
| 47 | -1 | Dale Jarrett | 367 |
| 48 | +1 | Terry Labonte | 319 |
| 49 | -1 | Ken Schrader | 298 |
| 50 | -- | Sterling Marlin | 228 |
| 51 | -- | John Andretti | 149 |
| 52 | -- | David Stremme | 84 |
| 53 | -- | Ron Fellows | 76 |
| 54 | +9 | Johnny Sauter | 76 |
| 55 | -1 | Max Papis | 58 |
| 56 | -1 | Jon Wood | 55 |
| 57 | -1 | Scott Pruett | 49 |
| 58 | -1 | Tony Raines | 43 |
| 59 | -1 | Jason Leffler | 43 |
| 60 | -1 | Boris Said | 40 |
| 61 | -1 | Marcos Ambrose | 37 |
| 62 | -1 | Brian Simo | 34 |
| 63 | -1 | Kenny Wallace | 34 |
| 64 | -- | Jacques Villenueve | 0 |
| 65 | -- | Jeff Green | 0 |
| 66 | -- | Burney Lamar | 0 |
| 67 | -- | Eric McClure | 0 |
| 68 | -- | Stanton Barrett | 0 |
| 69 | -- | Carl Long | 0 |