| 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 | Buck Baker | 5718 | $9,540 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |
| 4 | Tom Pistone | 5338 | $10,885 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| 5 | Tommy Irwin | 4152 | $8,715 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |
| 6 | Junior Johnson | 4524 | $8,605 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| 7 | Roy Tyner | 1416 | $5,425 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rex White | 4626 | $11,560 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |
| L.D. Austin | 4612 | $4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Bob Welborn | 3588 | $9,370 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Glen Wood | 1750 | $6,875 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 12 | Herman Beam | 5700 | $4,140 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Jack Smith | 4694 | $11,850 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 14 | Joe Weatherly | 4404 | $9,495 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| Tiny Lund | 2158 | $4,620 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 16 | Speedy Thompson | 6200 | $5,365 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Jim Reed | 5664 | $22,784 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Richard Petty | 4854 | $7,630 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Larry Frank | 4616 | $5,993 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 20 | Joe Eubanks | 2920 | $2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Ned Jarrett | 1248 | $3,860 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 22 | Shep Langdon | 3620 | $3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joe Lee Johnson | 2976 | $6,807 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 80 | $1,875 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 25 | G.C. Spencer | 3680 | $3,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Buddy Baker | 1692 | $1,705 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| George Green | 1280 | $2,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brownie King | 360 | $1,875 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 29 | Bob Burdick | 3352 | $10,050 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Shorty Rollins | 2904 | $1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fireball Roberts | 2900 | $10,865 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Curtis Turner | 2088 | $3,845 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jim Paschal | 1792 | $2,980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Marvin Porter | 616 | $1,940 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 35 | Johnny Beauchamp | 2816 | $10,315 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Ken Rush | 2120 | $2,095 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Harvey Hege | 1152 | $955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Draper | 0 | $640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charley Griffith | 0 | $4,955 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 40 | Gene White | 2840 | $2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bobby Johns | 2312 | $5,630 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 1852 | $2,280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ben Benz | 1748 | $615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chi Chi Dibos | 1128 | $1,050 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Riley | 440 | $910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fritz Wilson | 372 | $880 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Harley Richardson | 184 | $1,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Ross | 176 | $935 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Long | 168 | $700 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Potter | 160 | $550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||