2012 Sprint Cup Series Standings
| RANK | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| 1 | -- | Greg Biffle | 411 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | -- | Matt Kenseth | 409 | -2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | -- | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 397 | -14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | -- | Denny Hamlin | 394 | -17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | +3 | Jimmie Johnson | 372 | -39 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | -- | Martin Truex Jr. | 372 | -39 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | -- | Tony Stewart | 369 | -42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | -3 | Kevin Harvick | 361 | -50 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | -- | Kyle Busch | 349 | -62 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | +1 | Carl Edwards | 337 | -74 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | -1 | Clint Bowyer | 335 | -76 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | -- | Brad Keselowski | 328 | -83 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | -- | Ryan Newman | 308 | -103 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | -- | Paul Menard | 308 | -103 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | -- | Joey Logano | 293 | -118 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | +3 | Kasey Kahne | 283 | -128 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | +1 | Jeff Burton | 275 | -136 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | +3 | Marcos Ambrose | 274 | -137 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | -2 | Juan Montoya | 272 | -139 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | -4 | Jamie McMurray | 263 | -148 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | +1 | Aric Almirola | 262 | -149 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | -2 | AJ Allmendinger | 253 | -158 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | +1 | Mark Martin | 242 | -169 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | -1 | Jeff Gordon | 241 | -170 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | -- | Kurt Busch | 238 | -173 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | +1 | Regan Smith | 238 | -173 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | -1 | Bobby Labonte | 226 | -185 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | -- | Casey Mears | 209 | -202 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | -- | David Ragan | 188 | -223 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | -- | David Gilliland | 184 | -227 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | -- | David Reutimann | 162 | -249 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | -- | Travis Kvapil | 160 | -251 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | -- | Dave Blaney | 157 | -254 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | -- | Landon Cassill | 154 | -257 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | -- | David Stremme | 86 | -325 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 80 | -331 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | -- | Brian Vickers | 66 | -345 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | -- | Michael McDowell | 57 | -354 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | -- | Brendan Gaughan | 50 | -361 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | -- | Ken Schrader | 47 | -364 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | -- | Terry Labonte | 42 | -369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | -- | Tony Raines | 41 | -370 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | -- | Josh Wise* | 40 | -371 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | -- | Michael Waltrip | 26 | -385 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | -- | Hermie Sadler | 13 | -398 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | -- | Scott Riggs | 13 | -398 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | -- | Stephen Leicht | 9 | -402 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | -- | Bill Elliott | 7 | -404 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | -- | Robby Gordon | 6 | -405 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | -- | Scott Speed | 4 | -407 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |