| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Rex White | 26442 | $48,830 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 38 | |
| 2 | Ned Jarrett | 27282 | $27,235 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 34 | |
| 3 | Emanuel Zervakis | 22322 | $20,800 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 28 | |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 14984 | $22,671 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 23 | |
| 5 | Junior Johnson | 17188 | $25,310 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 22 | |
| 6 | Joe Weatherly | 17894 | $39,965 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |
| G.C. Spencer | 9128 | $6,515 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 8 | Jim Paschal | 13922 | $16,828 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 16 | |
| Jimmy Pardue | 13408 | $9,240 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 10 | Buck Baker | 13746 | $12,225 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | |
| 11 | Fireball Roberts | 17600 | $38,300 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | |
| Jack Smith | 15186 | $18,260 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Herman Beam | 11842 | $8,120 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 14 | Johnny Allen | 13114 | $11,855 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Cotton Owens | 8032 | $11,800 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 16 | Doug Yates | 5878 | $5,370 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 17 | David Pearson | 13088 | $49,580 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Nelson Stacy | 10436 | $26,760 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| L.D. Austin | 7316 | $4,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Tommy Irwin | 7300 | $7,170 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 4526 | $3,460 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Bob Welborn | 12570 | $12,115 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Harry Leake | 3092 | $2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Marvin Panch | 9392 | $28,865 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Fred Lorenzen | 9316 | $29,655 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 26 | Ralph Earnhardt | 10182 | $10,445 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Paul Lewis | 5712 | $4,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Barron | 5412 | $3,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 5376 | $3,530 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Wendell Scott | 4726 | $3,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 31 | Jim Reed | 4708 | $3,350 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Larry Thomas | 3140 | $2,065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Maurice Petty | 1600 | $1,460 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 34 | Bobby Johns | 7590 | $5,010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Banjo Matthews | 4924 | $5,560 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Burdick | 4382 | $18,750 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Doc Reitzel | 4380 | $2,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Pistone | 3766 | $2,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 3668 | $4,965 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Joe Lee Johnson | 2700 | $2,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Green | 2066 | $1,635 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Morton | 1592 | $1,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glen Wood | 1540 | $2,000 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tim Flock | 1538 | $1,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Gray | 1376 | $3,400 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Pagan | 1108 | $825 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 47 | Crawfish Crider | 8414 | $7,420 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tiny Lund | 7740 | $5,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Darel Dieringer | 4416 | $3,150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Roscoe Thompson | 3602 | $2,535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||