Five time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson continued to hold the points lead in the series following the completion of the Kobalt Tools 400.
Matt Kenseth won his first race of the season driving the No. 20 Toyota on his 41st birthday. With the win be became the third different driver to win this season and moved up to 7th in the standings.
Full Point Standings after Las Vegas
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 129 | — | $1,774,986 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 124 | -5 | $875,931 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 119 | -10 | $1,282,089 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 102 | -27 | $527,839 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 98 | -31 | $675,064 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Mark Martin | 95 | -34 | $943,963 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Matt Kenseth | 93 | -36 | $725,447 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Greg Biffle | 93 | -36 | $655,639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Clint Bowyer | 89 | -40 | $513,179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | 88 | -41 | $524,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 87 | -42 | $498,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul Menard | 82 | -47 | $452,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jeff Gordon | 79 | -50 | $528,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kasey Kahne | 77 | -52 | $480,843 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Joey Logano | 76 | -53 | $505,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Marcos Ambrose | 74 | -55 | $488,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kyle Busch | 72 | -57 | $535,643 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Tony Stewart | 72 | -57 | $506,079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Kevin Harvick | 68 | -61 | $675,379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Jeff Burton | 66 | -63 | $407,963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Jamie McMurray | 66 | -63 | $432,928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Martin Truex Jr. | 64 | -65 | $488,809 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 63 | -66 | $472,782 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bobby Labonte | 63 | -66 | $437,055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Casey Mears | 60 | -69 | $417,647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | J.J. Yeley | 58 | -71 | $420,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | David Reutimann | 58 | -71 | $414,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dave Blaney | 58 | -71 | $395,285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Kurt Busch | 57 | -72 | $480,679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Danica Patrick | 53 | -76 | $420,864 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Ryan Newman | 50 | -79 | $672,029 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Travis Kvapil | 40 | -89 | $410,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Michael McDowell | 36 | -93 | $366,121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | AJ Allmendinger | 33 | -96 | $111,808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | David Gilliland | 29 | -100 | $355,849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | David Ragan | 29 | -100 | $383,588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Scott Speed | 28 | -101 | $360,914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | David Stremme | 26 | -103 | $77,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Michael Waltrip | 23 | -106 | $309,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Terry Labonte | 18 | -111 | $339,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ken Schrader | 17 | -112 | $72,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Landon Cassill | 14 | -115 | $75,125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
