As the season opener at St. Petersburg approaches, Push2Pass went through the 2018 statistics to go through every team and drivers’ average qualifying and finishing positions last season. These statistics were utilized throughout the team previews, but are compiled here for easier comparison and ranking.
Note: Team statistics do not include one-off entries at the Indy 500. Individual statistics include drivers who participated in at least two races in a full-time car.
Individual Stats
Average Qualifying
- Will Power: 2.8
- Josef Newgarden: 5.2
- Alexander Rossi: 6.3
- Ryan Hunter-Reay: 6.3
- Robert Wickens: 6.4
- Scott Dixon: 7.6
- Simon Pagenaud: 8.0
- Sebastien Bourdais: 9.8
- James Hinchcliffe: 11.0
- Ed Carpenter: 11.3
- Takuma Sato: 12.2
- Marco Andretti: 12.4
- Ed Jones: 13.1
- Jordan King: 13.1
- Graham Rahal: 13.2
- Zach Veach: 14.5
- Spencer Pigot: 14.8
- Tony Kanaan: 14.9
- Conor Daly: 15.7
- Pietro Fittipaldi: 16.5
- Santino Ferrucci: 17.3
- Max Chilton: 17.5
- Matheus Leist: 17.6
- Carlos Munoz 18.0
- Gabby Chaves: 18.4
- Zachary Claman DeMelo: 19.1
- Jack Harvey: 19.3
- Charlie Kimball: 19.4
- Kyle Kaiser: 19.8
- Alfonso Celis Jr: 22.0
- Rene Binder: 22.2
Average Finish (Championship Standings)
- Scott Dixon: 4.2 (1st)
- Alexander Rossi: 5.7 (2nd)
- Josef Newgarden: 7.1 (5th)
- Simon Pagenaud: 8.6 (6th)
- Ryan Hunter-Reay: 8.7 (4th)
- Robert Wickens: 8.9 (11th)
- Will Power: 9.5 (3rd)
- James Hinchcliffe: 10.1 (10th)
- Ed Carpenter: 10.2 (20th)
- Sebastien Bourdais: 11.1 (7th)
- Graham Rahal: 11.1 (8th)
- Marco Andretti: 11.1 (9th)
- Takuma Sato: 13.2 (12th)
- Ed Jones: 13.2 (13th)
- Spencer Pigot: 13.6 (14th)
- Tony Kanaan: 13.8 (16th)
- Zach Veach: 14.1 (15th)
- Charlie Kimball: 15.0 (17th)
- Carlos Munoz 15.0 (25th)
- Jordan King: 15.8 (22nd)
- Conor Daly: 16.7 (29th)
- Matheus Leist: 16.8 (18th)
- Gabby Chaves: 17.1 (21st)
- Jack Harvey: 17.3 (24th)
- Pietro Fittipaldi: 17.3 (26th)
- Zachary Claman DeMelo: 17.8 (23rd)
- Max Chilton: 17.9 (19th)
- Santino Ferrucci: 18.3 (27th)
- Alfonso Celis Jr: 18.5 (36th)
- Rene Binder: 19.8 (28th)
- Kyle Kaiser: 21.3 (30th)
Team Stats
Average Qualifying
- Penske: 5.3
- Schmidt Peterson: 9.5
- Andretti: 9.9
- Ganassi: 10.4
- RLL: 12.7
- ECR: 13.7
- Dale Coyne: 14.1
- A.J. Foyt: 16.3
- Harding: 17.2
- Carlin: 18.4
- Meyer Shank w/Schmidt Peterson 19.3
- Juncos: 21.3
Average Finish
- Penske: 8.4
- Ganassi: 8.7
- Schmidt Peterson 9.6
- Andretti: 9.9
- RLL: 12.2
- ECR: 13.7
- Dale Coyne: 14.6
- A.J. Foyt: 15.3
- Carlin: 16.5
- Harding: 16.6
- Meyer Shank w/Schmidt Peterson 17.3
- Juncos: 20.1
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