| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Joe Weatherly | 30836 | $55,055 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 45 | |
| 2 | Richard Petty | 28440 | $52,885 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 39 | |
| 3 | Ned Jarrett | 25336 | $35,320 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 35 | |
| Jack Smith | 22870 | $28,485 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 35 | ||
| 5 | Jim Paschal | 18128 | $24,645 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 24 | |
| 6 | Rex White | 19424 | $30,643 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 23 | |
| 7 | Tom Cox | 11688 | $9,105 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |
| 8 | Wendell Scott | 9906 | $7,133 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 9 | Herman Beam | 13650 | $9,935 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Crawfish Crider | 13050 | $9,490 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Jimmy Pardue | 11734 | $11,455 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | |
| 12 | George Green | 12132 | $8,210 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| 13 | Buck Baker | 12838 | $11,435 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | |
| 14 | G.C. Spencer | 9788 | $8,260 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 15 | Fred Lorenzen | 17554 | $42,948 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |
| Fireball Roberts | 16380 | $51,970 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Bob Welborn | 14576 | $8,995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Larry Thomas | 11946 | $8,585 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 19 | Buddy Baker | 9828 | $7,578 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 20 | Tommy Irwin | 3980 | $3,775 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 21 | Marvin Panch | 15138 | $23,995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| Larry Frank | 12814 | $31,410 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Junior Johnson | 11140 | $33,940 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Johnny Allen | 7602 | $7,230 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Cotton Owens | 4984 | $5,905 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 26 | David Pearson | 14404 | $15,575 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Nelson Stacy | 10934 | $42,515 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 28 | Ralph Earnhardt | 5472 | $4,545 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 29 | Sherman Utsman | 4896 | $3,581 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 | Bunkie Blackburn | 8016 | $5,890 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bobby Johns | 5670 | $14,535 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Darel Dieringer | 4548 | $5,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 3430 | $2,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Maurice Petty | 1278 | $965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 1208 | $745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 36 | Emanuel Zervakis | 6406 | $4,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Banjo Matthews | 4956 | $11,375 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stick Elliott | 4254 | $3,878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Morton | 2522 | $1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Billy Wade | 2008 | $1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Hughes | 1296 | $965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Melvin Bradley | 1152 | $990 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Getty | 1108 | $675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| T.C. Hunt | 1004 | $1,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Bennett | 1000 | $950 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Doug Yates | 904 | $1,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 47 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 4240 | $3,485 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Speedy Thompson | 2522 | $1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernie Gahan | 2092 | $725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Cushman | 1954 | $850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||