Closest final-round
wins and losses
Victories by Qualifying Position
Victories over final-round opponents
Victories in which he did not have lane choice in the final
Glidden and Force: Head to Head
John Force: Victories over final-round opponents:
| Cruz Pedregon | 12 |  Cruz Pedregon - 12 losses |
| Al Hofmann | 9 | |
| Chuck Etchells | 9 | |
| Tony Pedregon | 9 | |
| Ed McCulloch | 4 | |
| Bruce Larson | 4 | |
| Dean Skuza | 4 | |
| Ron Capps | 4 | |
| Mark Oswald | 3 |  Al Hofmann - 9 losses |
| Jim Epler | 3 | |
| Gary Densham | 3 | |
| Tom Hoover | 2 | |
| K.C. Spurlock | 2 | |
| Randy Anderson | 2 | |
| Tommy Johnson Jr. | 2 | |
| Whit Bazemore | 2 | |
| Del Worsham | 2 |  Chuck Etchells - 9 losses |
| Jim White | 2 | |
| John Martin | 1 | |
| Kenny Bernstein | 1 | |
| Richard Hartman | 1 | |
| Glen Mikres | 1 | |
| Gordie Bonin | 1 | |
| Kenji Okazaki | 1 | |
| Cory Lee | 1 | |
| Jerry Toliver | 1 |