| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Rex White | 21164 | $45,280 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 35 | |
| 2 | Ned Jarrett | 14660 | $20,540 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | |
| Lee Petty | 14350 | $26,650 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 30 | ||
| 4 | Richard Petty | 17068 | $35,180 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 30 | |
| Junior Johnson | 9772 | $30,775 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | ||
| Jack Smith | 6944 | $23,590 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Joe Weatherly | 6380 | $19,370 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Glen Wood | 244 | $4,910 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Buck Baker | 14522 | $33,915 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 23 | |
| Speedy Thompson | 5538 | $8,035 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Fireball Roberts | 4700 | $19,895 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Bobby Johns | 14964 | $40,840 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |
| Johnny Beauchamp | 8316 | $15,491 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Joe Lee Johnson | 7232 | $33,388 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Cotton Owens | 4390 | $14,065 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Jim Cook | 2178 | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Rostek | 1282 | $2,060 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Marvin Porter | 734 | $2,100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Emanuel Zervakis | 9720 | $9,675 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Jim Paschal | 8968 | $13,965 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Banjo Matthews | 8458 | $6,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Herman Beam | 7776 | $4,785 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Fred Lorenzen | 6764 | $8,005 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Pardue | 6692 | $4,855 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Bob Welborn | 6572 | $5,240 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Tom Pistone | 6572 | $5,960 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Johnny Allen | 6346 | $14,035 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Doug Yates | 6286 | $5,205 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| David Pearson | 5956 | $5,030 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Gerald Duke | 5950 | $5,930 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| L.D. Austin | 5920 | $4,885 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Marvin Panch | 5358 | $3,225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Lewis | 5060 | $3,535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Crawfish Crider | 4650 | $3,395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Shorty Rollins | 4374 | $2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 4124 | $2,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Possum Jones | 4110 | $6,330 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 3994 | $3,910 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Frank | 3634 | $2,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Herb Tillman | 3504 | $2,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Turner | 3300 | $3,220 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bunkie Blackburn | 3252 | $3,600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 3222 | $1,895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wilbur Rakestraw | 2676 | $2,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Massey | 2662 | $3,310 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Charley Griffith | 2564 | $1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Reed | 2340 | $2,240 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Thompson | 2272 | $1,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Gahan | 2080 | $625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Burdick | 1970 | $750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||