| 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 | Jack Smith | 22870 | $28,485 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 35 | |
| 4 | Ned Jarrett | 25336 | $35,320 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 35 | |
| 5 | Rex White | 19424 | $30,643 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 23 | |
| 6 | Jim Paschal | 18128 | $24,645 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 24 | |
| 7 | Fred Lorenzen | 17554 | $42,948 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fireball Roberts | 16380 | $51,970 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 12 | |
| 9 | Junior Johnson | 11140 | $33,940 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| Cotton Owens | 4984 | $5,905 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Buck Baker | 12838 | $11,435 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | |
| G.C. Spencer | 9788 | $8,260 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Marvin Panch | 15138 | $23,995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| Bob Welborn | 14576 | $8,995 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Pardue | 11734 | $11,455 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Nelson Stacy | 10934 | $42,515 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 9828 | $7,578 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Johnny Allen | 7602 | $7,230 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Wendell Scott | 9906 | $7,133 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 20 | Crawfish Crider | 13050 | $9,490 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |
| Larry Thomas | 11946 | $8,585 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Tom Cox | 11688 | $9,105 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 23 | Larry Frank | 12814 | $31,410 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Bobby Johns | 5670 | $14,535 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ralph Earnhardt | 5472 | $4,545 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Irwin | 3980 | $3,775 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Maurice Petty | 1278 | $965 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 28 | David Pearson | 14404 | $15,575 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| George Green | 12132 | $8,210 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Bunkie Blackburn | 8016 | $5,890 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Banjo Matthews | 4956 | $11,375 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sherman Utsman | 4896 | $3,581 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Darel Dieringer | 4548 | $5,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 4240 | $3,485 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Troy Ruttman | 1890 | $1,750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Bradley | 1152 | $990 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Bennett | 1000 | $950 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Reed | 712 | $1,030 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lee Petty | 588 | $750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dan Gurney | 472 | $700 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Dunn | 352 | $305 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Herman Beam | 13650 | $9,935 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Emanuel Zervakis | 6406 | $4,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 4384 | $2,880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stick Elliott | 4254 | $3,878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ed Livingston | 3604 | $2,940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 3430 | $2,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 2556 | $1,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Speedy Thompson | 2522 | $1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Morton | 2522 | $1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||