Las siguientes son las estadísticas más destacadas de los pilotos NASCAR Cup Series 2021 antes de la carrera en el Richmond Raceway.
Las estadísticas corresponden a las últimas 5 carreras para los pilotos activos, en orden de promedio de posición final.
| Piloto | Carreras | Victorias | Top 5 | Top 10 | Puntos | Vueltas de líder | Prom. Pos. arrancada | Prom. Pos. final |
| Kyle Busch | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 219 | 431 | 11.4 | 3.2 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 244 | 579 | 6.2 | 4.2 |
| Kevin Harvick | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 213 | 119 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Brad Keselowski | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 221 | 379 | 10.6 | 5.8 |
| Joey Logano | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 207 | 189 | 12.8 | 6.8 |
| Denny Hamlin | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 173 | 51 | 9.8 | 7.8 |
| Chase Elliott | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 180 | 36 | 13.4 | 7.8 |
| Austin Dillon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 55 | 15.0 | 10.6 |
| Tyler Reddick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 22.0 | 11.0 |
| Aric Almirola | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 1 | 15.8 | 13.8 |
| Kurt Busch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 113 | 6.0 | 14.2 |
| Kyle Larson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 9.2 | 14.6 |
| Christopher Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 26.0 | 15.0 |
| Alex Bowman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 1 | 12.0 | 15.8 |
| Daniel Suarez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 0 | 27.8 | 16.6 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 2 | 15.8 | 17.0 |
| Ryan Newman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 0 | 18.8 | 17.8 |
| William Byron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 14.2 | 18.0 |
| Erik Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 16.6 | 19.6 |
| Cole Custer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.5 | 20.0 |
| Ryan Blaney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 13.8 | 20.4 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 20.4 | 21.0 |
| Ryan Preece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 20.3 | 23.3 |
| Bubba Wallace | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 25.8 | 23.4 |
| Chris Buescher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 19.2 | 26.6 |
| Michael McDowell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 19.2 | 27.4 |
| Corey LaJoie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 28.8 | 28.5 |
| Ross Chastain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31.8 |