Chase Setup: Top ten in points after 26 races plus 2 Wild Cards based upon wins. Points are reset to 300 points, with 3 bonus given per win in the regular season.
Note: Had Tony Stewart made this version of the Chase, he would have won the championship with a point total of 450.
| 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Standings (F1 Points System) | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Chg | # | Driver | Points | Behind | Next | Starts | Wins | T5s | T10s | ||
| 1 | 0 | 99 | Carl Edwards | 398 | Ldr | Ldr | 36 | 1 | 18 | 26 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | 388 | -10 | -10 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 365 | -33 | -23 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | 363 | -35 | -2 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 358 | -40 | -5 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | 356 | -42 | -2 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 338 | -60 | -18 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 22 | Kurt Busch | 336 | -62 | -2 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 321 | -77 | -15 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 10 | -1 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | 321 | -77 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | -1 | 39 | Ryan Newman | 319 | -79 | -2 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 6 | David Ragan | 309 | -89 | -10 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 14 | Tony Stewart | 241 | -157 | -68 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | 164 | -234 | -77 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | 134 | -264 | -30 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 100 | -298 | -34 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 2 | 56 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 78 | -320 | -22 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 18 | -1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 68 | -330 | -10 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 19 | -1 | 27 | Paul Menard | 66 | -332 | -2 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 0 | 20 | Joey Logano | 61 | -337 | -5 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 0 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 52 | -346 | -9 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 0 | 78 | Regan Smith | 51 | -347 | -1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Mark Martin | 46 | -352 | -5 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 24 | -1 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | 46 | -352 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 25 | 0 | 31 | Jeff Burton | 41 | -357 | -5 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 0 | 83 | Brian Vickers | 37 | -361 | -4 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 0 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 30 | -368 | -7 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 0 | 00 | David Reutimann | 26 | -372 | -4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 0 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | 25 | -373 | -1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30 | 0 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | -380 | -7 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 31 | 0 | 34 | David Gilliand | 17 | -381 | -1 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 32 | 0 | 35 | Dave Blaney | 15 | -383 | -2 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 0 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | 2 | -396 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 0 | 71 | Mike Bliss | 0 | -398 | -2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 0 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | 0 | -398 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 0 | 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 0 | -398 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 0 | 13 | Casey Mears | 0 | -398 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 0 | 32 | T.J. Bell | 0 | -398 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 39 | 0 | 36 | Geoffrey Bodine | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 0 | 51 | Landon Cassill | 0 | -398 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | 0 | 84 | Cole Whitt | 0 | -398 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 0 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | 0 | -398 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 0 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | 0 | -398 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | 0 | 30 | David Stremme | 0 | -398 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 45 | 0 | 66 | Michael McDowell | 0 | -398 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 46 | 0 | 7 | Johnny Sauter | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | 0 | 7 | Reed Sorenson | 0 | -398 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 48 | 0 | 7 | Robby Gordon | 0 | -398 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 49 | 0 | 7 | Scott Wimmer | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 0 | 32 | Andrew Ranger | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 0 | 32 | Jason White | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | 0 | 32 | Ken Schrader | 0 | -398 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 53 | 0 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 54 | 0 | 32 | Terry Labonte | 0 | -398 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 55 | 0 | 35 | Steve Park | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 56 | 0 | 36 | Ron Fellows | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | 0 | 36 | Steven Leicht | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 58 | 0 | 37 | Chris Cook | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 59 | 0 | 37 | Mike Skinner | 0 | -398 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 60 | 0 | 37 | Robert Richardson | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61 | 0 | 37 | Tony Raines | 0 | -398 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 62 | 0 | 38 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 63 | 0 | 46 | Andy Pilgram | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 64 | 0 | 46 | Bill Elliott | 0 | -398 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 65 | 0 | 46 | Erik Darnell | 0 | -398 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 66 | 0 | 46 | Scott Speed | 0 | -398 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 67 | 0 | 51 | Boris Said | 0 | -398 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 68 | 0 | 55 | Jeff Green | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 69 | 0 | 66 | Josh Wise | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 70 | 0 | 66 | Todd Bodine | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 71 | 0 | 71 | Andy Lally | 0 | -398 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 72 | 0 | 71 | Hermie Sadler | 0 | -398 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 73 | 0 | 77 | P.J. Jones | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 74 | 0 | 77 | Steve Wallace | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 75 | 0 | 81 | Brian Simo | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 76 | 0 | 81 | Scott Riggs | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 77 | 0 | 92 | Brian Keselowski | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 78 | 0 | 92 | Dennis Setzer | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 79 | 0 | 95 | David Starr | 0 | -398 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80 | 0 | 97 | Kevin Conway | 0 | -398 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 81 | 0 | 98 | Austin Dillon | 0 | -398 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
