IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings after Portland
Here's where the drivers and teams stand in the season-long points, Rookie of the Year and Leaders Circle races.
Report from Portland: Power snaps Team Penske drought as Palou clinches championship
IndyCar Series championship points 2025
(Through 15 of 17 races; Alex Palou has clinched the season championship)
Alex Palou, 626 points
Pato O'Ward, 475
Scott Dixon, 411
Christian Lundgaard, 398
Kyle Kirkwood, 387
Will Power, 342
Felix Rosenqvist, 337
Colton Herta, 333
Marcus Armstrong, 331
David Malukas, 287
Scott McLaughlin, 285
Rinus Veekay, 272
Christian Rasmussen, 257
Santino Ferrucci, 253
Graham Rahal, 246
Alexander Rossi, 244
Kyffin Simpson, 240
Josef Newgarden, 239
Conor Daly, 220
Marcus Ericsson, 208
Nolan Siegel, 195
Callum Ilott, 191
Louis Foster, 189
Robert Shwartzman, 183
Sting Ray Robb, 160
Devlin DeFrancesco, 145
Jacob Abel, 107
Takuma Sato, 36
Helio Castroneves, 20
Ed Carpenter, 16
Jack Harvey, 12
Ryan Hunter-Reay, 10
Kyle Larson, 6
Marco Andretti, 5
IndyCar Series rookie points
By virtue of finishing two spots ahead, 13th versus 15th, of his neck-and-neck IndyCar Rookie of the Year rival, Louis Foster tacked on another couple points onto what had been a four-point lead over Robert Shwartzman entering this weekend at Portland.
Louis Foster, 189 points
Robert Shwartzman, 183 points
Jacob Abel, 107 points
IndyCar Series Leaders Circle standings 2025
IndyCar's Leaders Circle program pays eligible teams just over $1 million the following season in guarantees. To qualify for one of the 22 spots, the entry must be associated with one of IndyCar's 25 charters — teams are allowed to have a maximum of three. Only Prema Racing's two cars remain unchartered. The 25 chartered cars are then ranked by entrant points and, at the end of this season, the top 22 eligible entries will be paid $1.2 million or more by Penske Entertainment throughout the 2026 season.
Here are the cars around the bubble after IndyCar's Portland race:
20. Andretti Global No. 28, 208 points
21. Arrow McLaren No. 6, 195 points
22. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 45, 189 points
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23. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 77, 160 points
24. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30, 145 points
25. Dale Coyne Racing No. 51, 107 points
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Who won the IndyCar race today? Portland results, driver rankings
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