Jimmie Johnson.
More championships and maturity.
Kyle has matured a lot and deserves respect and if this were just a five year pole he would be deserving of the definition. But that does not change the foolish hot headed mentality that was a detriment during the early years of this decade.
Wins in the 2010's
Driver Wins Top 5 Top 10 Races Championships
Kyle Busch 40 144 211 348 2
Kevin Harvick 38 145 233 360 1
Jimmie Johnson 36 110 184 360 3
Brad Keselowski 29 114 182 360 1
Denny Hamlin 29 114 180 355
Martin Truex, Jr. 25 89 168 360 1
Joey Logano 22 113 193 360 1
Matt Kenseth 21 86 155 301
My answer is Kyle Busch. Harvick underrated, won every year in the 2010's same as KB. JJ's last 2 winless seasons take him out imo.
Gets tough forming a top 5 best driver of the decade list.
That's a good point and lately since the kids came along he too has matured. He has been pretty good at not cutting off the limb he is sitting on with public criticisms about the sport.Considering the RCR years I think Harvick was the greatest overachiever..
I was going with Harvick as second best.Wins in the 2010's
Driver Wins Top 5 Top 10 Races Championships
Kyle Busch 40 144 211 348 2
Kevin Harvick 38 145 233 360 1
Jimmie Johnson 36 110 184 360 3
Brad Keselowski 29 114 182 360 1
Denny Hamlin 29 114 180 355
Martin Truex, Jr. 25 89 168 360 1
Joey Logano 22 113 193 360 1
Matt Kenseth 21 86 155 301
My answer is Kyle Busch. Harvick underrated, won every year in the 2010's same as KB. JJ's last 2 winless seasons take him out imo.
Gets tough forming a top 5 best driver of the decade list.
Considering the RCR years I think Harvick was the greatest overachiever..
His 2010 season is the biggest disparity from avg. starting position 21.0 to avg finishing position 8.67 I've ever seen for a championship contender, 29 car was stout in race trim. As soon as he made the switch to the 4 he became a frontrunner qualifying 8 poles in 2014 and leading over 2,000 laps in back to back seasons. Honestly, he should probably be sitting with more wins for that time period than he has, specifically 2015 only 3 wins that year is showing up lighter than expected considering how dominating they were on speed.
Kyle Busch. What does attitude have to do with driver of the decade? Lol
When it is loud enough to turn off the brain it matters.Kyle Busch. What does attitude have to do with driver of the decade? Lol
If they had stayed with Chevy he would better numbers.
Kevin Harvick
Over the same time period Kyle has an average finish of 12.2 and Harvick is 10.6. To me given the silly championship format you can no longer count championships as a measure of driver greatness. Also considering Kevin wasn't really in top level equipment until 2014 I think he has the edge
We are going to forget all of this because Johnson hasn't won in 2 years and Kyle finally wins title number two?
Drop some more stats on youKyle will need an attorney's argument for this one.
Its JJ. Because at beginning of 2018, it was JJ and it wasn't even CLOSE.
Coming into 2018, Johnson had 9 more wins this decade than Kyle Busch and Harvick. 9 more wins. Over the course of 2 seasons (20% of this decade), Busch has 13 unanswered wins vs Johnson, Harvick has 10. Despite this, Johnson only has 4 less wins than Busch. 2 less than Harvick and more titles.
This decade:
Johnson got win #11 at Dover
Win #8 at Charlotte
Win #9 at Martinsville
Win #7 at Texas
Became the all time leader at multiple tracks this decade.
During this decade Johnson has won
The Daytona 500
The Brickyard 400
The Southern 500
The Coke 600
The only driver to win all 4 crown jewel events this decade... For the second decade in a row.
Kyle Busch hasn't won all 4 crown jewel events yet, and he hasn't won 3 titles yet. In a handful of ways, Johnson accomplished more this decade than Kyle Busch has his entire career.
We are going to forget all of this because Johnson hasn't won in 2 years and Kyle finally wins title number two?
The Jimmie Johnson era ended in 2016, not 2010. Johnson's declining decade is still superior to these other two champion's prime decade.
Yes, the answer is Jimmie Johnson, no, Kyle Busch doesn't have a case here.
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Kyle will need an attorney's argument for this one.
Its JJ. Because at beginning of 2018, it was JJ and it wasn't even CLOSE.
Coming into 2018, Johnson had 9 more wins this decade than Kyle Busch and Harvick. 9 more wins. Over the course of 2 seasons (20% of this decade), Busch has 13 unanswered wins vs Johnson, Harvick has 10. Despite this, Johnson only has 4 less wins than Busch. 2 less than Harvick and more titles.
This decade:
Johnson got win #11 at Dover
Win #8 at Charlotte
Win #9 at Martinsville
Win #7 at Texas
Became the all time leader at multiple tracks this decade.
During this decade Johnson has won
The Daytona 500
The Brickyard 400
The Southern 500
The Coke 600
The only driver to win all 4 crown jewel events this decade... For the second decade in a row.
Kyle Busch hasn't won all 4 crown jewel events yet, and he hasn't won 3 titles yet. In a handful of ways, Johnson accomplished more this decade than Kyle Busch has his entire career.
We are going to forget all of this because Johnson hasn't won in 2 years and Kyle finally wins title number two?
The Jimmie Johnson era ended in 2016, not 2010. Johnson's declining decade is still superior to these other two champion's prime decade.
Yes, the answer is Jimmie Johnson, no, Kyle Busch doesn't have a case here.
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Jimmie has the third most wins this decade, behind harvick and Kyle Busch. Harvick is the same age as Jimmie and is still performing at a high level while Jimmie can't finish top 16 in points. So now you're shifting the goalposts and ignoring the superior stats they have put up and are propping up crown jewel wins because that's the only area he has them beat lol. All wins count the same in the stat books. These are facts as well
Obviously. Johnson being vastly superior from 2010-2018 holds no weight. SillyOf course they will![]()