| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Lee Petty | 9232 | $43,590 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 35 | |
| 2 | Rex White | 4626 | $11,560 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |
| Junior Johnson | 4524 | $8,605 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Jack Smith | 4694 | $11,850 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 5 | Jim Reed | 5664 | $22,784 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
| Bob Welborn | 3588 | $9,370 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||
| 7 | Tom Pistone | 5338 | $10,885 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| Curtis Turner | 2088 | $3,845 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ned Jarrett | 1248 | $3,860 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Cotton Owens | 8258 | $11,925 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 22 | |
| Buck Baker | 5718 | $9,540 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||
| Joe Lee Johnson | 2976 | $6,807 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Fireball Roberts | 2900 | $10,865 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Johnny Beauchamp | 2816 | $10,315 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Gray | 200 | $870 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Parnelli Jones | 120 | $1,905 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Speedy Thompson | 6200 | $5,365 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Herman Beam | 5700 | $4,140 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Richard Petty | 4854 | $7,630 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Larry Frank | 4616 | $5,993 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| L.D. Austin | 4612 | $4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Joe Weatherly | 4404 | $9,495 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Tommy Irwin | 4152 | $8,715 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 3680 | $3,220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shep Langdon | 3620 | $3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Burdick | 3352 | $10,050 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Thompson | 3288 | $1,580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Eubanks | 2920 | $2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Shorty Rollins | 2904 | $1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gene White | 2840 | $2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Allen | 2432 | $2,525 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wilbur Rakestraw | 2320 | $1,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Johns | 2312 | $5,630 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 2158 | $4,620 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Ken Rush | 2120 | $2,095 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Marvin Panch | 2000 | $1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Keck | 1910 | $1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 1852 | $2,280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Paschal | 1792 | $2,980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Glen Wood | 1750 | $6,875 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Ben Benz | 1748 | $615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 1692 | $1,705 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Foley Jr. | 1648 | $250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Flock | 1464 | $850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy Tyner | 1416 | $5,425 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Charlie Cregar | 1408 | $560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Freeman | 1352 | $475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Green | 1280 | $2,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Raul Cilloniz | 1272 | $550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Joslin | 1224 | $485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||