List of NASCAR EA cover athletes

Jeff Gordon has been the cover driver for four games, the most by any driver

This is the list of drivers who have been on the cover of EA Sports NASCAR video games.

Year	Game Title	Driver Name(s)	Release Date	Platform(s)
1998	NASCAR 98	Jeff Gordon	October 31, 1997	PlayStation, Sega Saturn
1999	NASCAR 99	Dale Earnhardt	October 31, 1998	PlayStation, Nintendo 64
2000	NASCAR 2000	Dale Earnhardt	November 30, 1999	PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PC
2001	NASCAR 2001	Tony Stewart	November 7, 2000	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox
2002	NASCAR Thunder 2002	Jeff Gordon	October 2, 2001	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox
2003	NASCAR Thunder 2003	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	September 19, 2002	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PC
2004	NASCAR Thunder 2004	Tony Stewart	September 16, 2003	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC
2005	NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup	Kevin Harvick	August 31, 2004	PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
2006	NASCAR 06: Total Team Control	Jeff Gordon/Jimmie Johnson	August 30, 2005	PlayStation 2, Xbox
2007	NASCAR 07	Elliott Sadler	September 6, 2006	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox
2008	NASCAR 08	Tony Stewart	July 23, 2007	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2009	NASCAR 09	Jeff Gordon/Elliott Sadler (versions sold at Best Buy)	June 10, 2008	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Notes

• Multiple cover athletes
  • Jeff Gordon (1998, 2002, 2006, 2009)
  • Elliott Sadler (2007), (2009 - Best Buy versions)
  • Tony Stewart (2001, 2004, 2008)
  • Dale Earnhardt (1999, 2000)

• Single cover athletes
  • Kevin Harvick (2005)
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003)

• Multiple cover platforms
  • PlayStation 2 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Xbox (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
  • PlayStation (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
  • PC (2000, 2003, 2004)
  • PlayStation 3 (2008, 2009)
  • Xbox 360 (2008, 2009)
  • GameCube (2003, 2005)
  • Nintendo 64 (1999, 2000)

• Single cover platforms
  • PlayStation Portable (2007)
  • Game Boy Color (2000)
  • Sega Saturn (1998)

• Cover athletes with Sprint Cup Championships (Year)
  • Dale Earnhardt (1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994)
  • Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001)
  • Jimmie Johnson (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
  • Tony Stewart (2002, 2005, 2011)
  • Kevin Harvick (2014)

• Cover athletes without Sprint Cup Championship
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  • Elliott Sadler

• Driver Won Sprint Cup Championship while on cover
  • Jimmie Johnson (2006)
  • Jeff Gordon (1998)

• Drivers Won Sprint Cup Championship after appearing on cover
  • Tony Stewart (Cover Year: 2001, 2004) (Championship Year: 2002, 2005)
  • Jimmie Johnson (Cover Year: 2006) (Championship Year: 2007)

• Other drivers cars appearing on cover (uncredited)
  • 1998: (Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Labonte, John Andretti)
  • 1999: (Mark Martin)
  • 2000: (Mark Martin, Terry Labonte)
  • 2001: Jeff Burton
  • 2002: (Steve Park, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd)
  • 2003: (Jeff Gordon)
  • 2004: (Michael Waltrip, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte, Mike Skinner, Casey Mears, Kyle Petty, Joe Nemechek, Ward Burton)
  • 2005: Travis Kvapil
  • 2006: Ryan Newman, Jeremy Mayfield, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick
  • 2007: Carl Edwards
  • 2008: none
  • 2009: (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)

*More drivers could possibly uncredited in season covers. The reason being is they cannot be depicted, and have nore credited sources to their car on the cover.