| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Lee Petty | 9232 | $43,590 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 35 | |
| 2 | Cotton Owens | 8258 | $11,925 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 22 | |
| 3 | Speedy Thompson | 6200 | $5,365 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 4 | Buck Baker | 5718 | $9,540 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |
| 5 | Herman Beam | 5700 | $4,140 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Jim Reed | 5664 | $22,784 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
| 7 | Tom Pistone | 5338 | $10,885 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| 8 | Richard Petty | 4854 | $7,630 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Jack Smith | 4694 | $11,850 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 10 | Rex White | 4626 | $11,560 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |
| 11 | Larry Frank | 4616 | $5,993 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 12 | L.D. Austin | 4612 | $4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 13 | Junior Johnson | 4524 | $8,605 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| 14 | Joe Weatherly | 4404 | $9,495 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| 15 | Tommy Irwin | 4152 | $8,715 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |
| 16 | G.C. Spencer | 3680 | $3,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 17 | Shep Langdon | 3620 | $3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 18 | Bob Welborn | 3588 | $9,370 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |
| 19 | Bob Burdick | 3352 | $10,050 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | Jimmy Thompson | 3288 | $1,580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Joe Lee Johnson | 2976 | $6,807 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 22 | Joe Eubanks | 2920 | $2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 23 | Shorty Rollins | 2904 | $1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 24 | Fireball Roberts | 2900 | $10,865 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 | Gene White | 2840 | $2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | Johnny Beauchamp | 2816 | $10,315 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 27 | Johnny Allen | 2432 | $2,525 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 28 | Wilbur Rakestraw | 2320 | $1,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Bobby Johns | 2312 | $5,630 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 | Tiny Lund | 2158 | $4,620 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 31 | Ken Rush | 2120 | $2,095 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 32 | Curtis Turner | 2088 | $3,845 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 33 | Marvin Panch | 2000 | $1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Bobby Keck | 1910 | $1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Elmo Langley | 1852 | $2,280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 | Jim Paschal | 1792 | $2,980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 37 | Glen Wood | 1750 | $6,875 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |
| 38 | Ben Benz | 1748 | $615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 39 | Buddy Baker | 1692 | $1,705 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 40 | Richard Foley Jr. | 1648 | $250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Tim Flock | 1464 | $850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Roy Tyner | 1416 | $5,425 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| 43 | Charlie Cregar | 1408 | $560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Dick Freeman | 1352 | $475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | George Green | 1280 | $2,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 46 | Raul Cilloniz | 1272 | $550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Ned Jarrett | 1248 | $3,860 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 48 | Dick Joslin | 1224 | $485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Billy Carden | 1200 | $375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Harvey Hege | 1152 | $955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |