| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Sam Ard | 5454 | $140,660 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 30 | |
| 2 | Jack Ingram | 5367 | $103,805 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 29 | |
| 3 | Tommy Houston | 4933 | $79,810 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 22 | |
| 4 | Tommy Ellis | 4929 | $81,560 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 21 | |
| 5 | Dale Jarrett | 4837 | $42,325 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |
| 6 | Ronnie Silver | 4058 | $25,575 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| 7 | Pete Silva | 3945 | $34,215 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Jimmy Hensley | 3716 | $19,010 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | |
| 9 | Eddie Falk | 3617 | $14,820 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| 10 | Jeff Hensley | 3444 | $13,485 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 11 | Bob Shreeves | 3312 | $18,885 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| 12 | Jimmy Lawson | 3275 | $12,320 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 13 | Butch Lindley | 3052 | $39,670 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |
| 14 | Charlie Luck | 3022 | $14,015 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 15 | Phil Parsons | 2904 | $37,680 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 16 | Bosco Lowe | 2758 | $17,905 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 17 | John Linville | 2690 | $12,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Morgan Shepherd | 2512 | $33,160 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |
| 19 | Joe Thurman | 2494 | $16,160 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | Rick Mast | 2399 | $10,900 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 21 | Rodney Howard | 2081 | $11,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 22 | Robert Ingram | 1456 | $5,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 23 | Glenn Jarrett | 1448 | $19,645 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 | Jack Bland | 1369 | $6,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 25 | Chip Lain | 1270 | $5,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Junior Miller | 1205 | $5,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Dickie Boswell | 1038 | $4,495 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 28 | Larry Pearson | 929 | $10,895 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 29 | Neil Bonnett | 820 | $31,770 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 30 | Bobby Allison | 819 | $22,205 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 31 | Dale Earnhardt | 790 | $35,280 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 32 | Jay Hedgecock | 750 | $3,015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Orvil Reedy | 742 | $2,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Al Hylton | 710 | $2,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Allan Powell | 666 | $10,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Ronnie Davidson | 658 | $2,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Aaron Dudley | 621 | $2,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Mitchell Clark | 603 | $2,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Bennie Davis | 598 | $1,865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 40 | Diane Teel | 594 | $2,745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | Jeff Hall | 570 | $1,780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Gary Neice | 569 | $2,990 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | Dickie Linville | 560 | $2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | J.D. McDuffie | 542 | $6,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Geoffrey Bodine | 534 | $12,895 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 46 | Davey Allison | 532 | $15,310 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 47 | Harry lee Hill | 530 | $3,055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Satch Worley | 527 | $6,875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Daryl Lacks | 509 | $2,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Tony Warren | 505 | $2,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |