Rookie of 
Year	Driver		Owner			Make		Wins	Earnings	the Year	Wins	Earnings	Starts
2008
2007	Jimmie Johnson				Chevrolet	10	$7,646,421	Juan Pablo Montoya   1	$4,822,208	36
2006	Jimmie Johnson				Chevrolet	5	$8,909,143	Denny Hamlin	2	$4,389,222	36
2005	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs		Chevrolet	5	$6,987,530 	Kyle Busch	2	$4,730,471 	36
2004	Kurt Busch	Georgetta Roush		Ford		3	$4,200,330 	Kasey Kahne	0	$5,415,611 	36
2003	Matt Kenseth	Mark Martin		Ford		1	$4,038,120 	Jamie McMurray	0	$2,699,970 	36
2002	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs		Pontiac		3	$4,695,150 	Ryan Newman	1	$4,373,830 	36
2001	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick		Chevrolet	6	$6,649,080 	Kevin Harvick	2	$3,716,630 	35
2000	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs		Pontiac		4	$4,041,750 	Matt Kenseth	1	$2,150,760 	34
1999	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates		Ford		4	$3,608,829 	Tony Stewart	3	$2,615,226 	34
1998	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick		Chevrolet	13	$6,175,867 	Kenny Irwin	0	$1,433,567 	32
1997	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick		Chevrolet	10	$4,201,227 	Mike Skinner	0	$791,819 	31
1996	Terry Labonte	Rick Hendrick		Chevrolet	2	$4,030,648 	Johnny Benson	0	$947,080 	30
1995	Jeff Gordon	Rick Hendrick		Chevrolet	7	$2,088,460 	Ricky Craven	0	$538,304 	31
1994	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	4	$1,465,890 	Jeff Burton	0	$508,200 	30
1993	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	6	$1,326,240 	Jeff Gordon	0	$623,855 	30
1992	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki		Ford		2	$907,510 	Jimmy Hensley	0	$213,735 	22
1991	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	4	$1,029,060 	Bobby Hamilton	0	$223,955 	28
1990	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	9	$1,307,830 	Rob Moroso	0	$141,902 	25
1989	Rusty Wallace	Raymond Beadle		Pontiac		6	$860,990 	Dick Trickle	0	$273,432 	28
1988	Bill Elliott	Harry Melling		Ford		6	$812,775 	Ken Bouchard	0	$93,410 	24
1987	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	11	$1,041,120 	Davey Allison	2	$337,160 	22
1986	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	5	$868,100 	Alan Kulwicki	0	$83,450 	23
1985	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson		Chevrolet	3	$702,298 	Ken Schrader	0	$178,470 	28
1984	Terry Labonte	Billy Hagan		Chevrolet	2	$417,293 	Rusty Wallace	0	$172,615 	30
1983	Bobby Allison	Bill Gardner		Buick		6	$613,700 	Sterling Marlin	0	$119,375 	30
1982	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson		Buick		12	$682,085 	Geoffrey Bodine	0	$247,750 	25
1981	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson		Buick		12	$539,050 	Ron Bouchard	1	$139,605 	22
1980	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund		Chevrolet	5	$451,360 	Jody Ridley	0	$166,000 	31
1979	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Chevrolet	5	$416,650 	Dale Earnhardt	1	$237,575 	27
1978	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson		Oldsmobile	10	$422,980 	Ronnie Thomas	0	$59,260 	27
1977	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson		Chevrolet	9	$385,576 	Ricky Rudd	0	$54,956 	25
1976	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson		Chevrolet	9	$294,591 	Skip Manning	0	$45,820 	27
1975	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Dodge		13	$284,980 	Bruce Hill	0	$43,750 	26
1974	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Dodge		10	$299,175 	Earl Ross	1	$64,830 	21
1973	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt		Chevrolet	1	$114,345 	Lennie Pond	0	$25,155 	23
1972	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Plymouth	8	$227,015 	Larry Smith	0	$24,215 	23
1971	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Plymouth	21	$309,225 	Walter Ballard	0	$30,974 	41
1970	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf		Dodge		11	$121,470 	Bill Dennis	0	$15,670 	25
1969	David Pearson	Holman-Moody		Ford		11	$183,700 	Dick Brooks	0	$27,532 	28
1968	David Pearson	Holman-Moody		Ford		16	$118,842 	Pete Hamilton	0	$8,239 		16
1967	Richard Petty	Dale Inman		Plymouth	27	$130,275 	Donnie Allison	0	$16,440 	20
1966	David Pearson	Cotton Owens		Dodge		14	$59,205 	James Hylton	0	$29,575 	41
1965	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long		Ford		13	$77,966 	Sam McQuagg	0	$10,555 	15
1964	Richard Petty	Richard L Petty		Plymouth	9	$98,810 	Doug Cooper	0	$10,445 	39
1963	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore		Pontiac		3	$58,110 	Billy Wade	0	$8,710 		22
1962	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore		Pontiac		9	$56,110 	Tom Cox		0	$8,980 		40
1961	Ned Jarrett	W.G. Holloway Jr.	Chevrolet	1	$27,285 	Woodie Wilson	0	$2,625 		5
1960	Rex White	White-Clements		Chevrolet	6	$45,260 	David Pearson	0	$5,030 		22
1959	Lee Petty	Lee Petty		Plymouth	10	$45,570 	Richard Petty	0	$7,630 		22
1958	Lee Petty	Lee Petty		Oldsmobile	7	$20,600 	Shorty Rollins	1	$8,515 		21
1957	Buck Baker	Buck Baker		Chevrolet	10	$24,712 					
1956	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer		Chrysler	14	$29,790 					
1955	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer		Chrysler	18	$33,750 					
1954	Lee Petty	Lee Petty		Chrysler	7	$26,706 					
1953	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas		Hudson		11	$27,300 					
1952	Tim Flock	Ted Chester		Hudson		8	$20,210 					
1951	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas		Hudson		7	$18,200 					
1950	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink		Oldsmobile	1	$6,175 					
1949	Red Byron	Raymond Parks		Oldsmobile	2	$5,800