| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 31170 | $47,765 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 39 | |
| 2 | Ned Jarrett | 27214 | $38,740 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 39 | |
| 3 | Junior Johnson | 17720 | $65,710 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | |
| 4 | Fred Lorenzen | 29684 | $113,570 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 23 | |
| 5 | Jim Paschal | 13456 | $19,915 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 18 | |
| 6 | Fireball Roberts | 22642 | $67,320 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | |
| 7 | Joe Weatherly | 33398 | $57,710 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 35 | |
| 8 | Jimmy Pardue | 22228 | $15,985 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | |
| Darel Dieringer | 21418 | $25,575 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 19624 | $40,930 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Buck Baker | 18114 | $16,978 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 30 | ||
| Marvin Panch | 17156 | $37,461 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Dan Gurney | 2200 | $18,350 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Glen Wood | 944 | $1,070 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Rutherford | 0 | $2,450 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | David Pearson | 21156 | $21,160 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | |
| Rex White | 20976 | $24,235 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Nelson Stacy | 14974 | $16,625 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Wendell Scott | 14814 | $9,085 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Billy Wade | 14630 | $14,115 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Crawfish Crider | 13996 | $10,515 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 13724 | $12,420 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Isaac | 12858 | $8,385 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Bobby Johns | 12652 | $15,915 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Larry Thomas | 11010 | $8,925 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Stick Elliott | 9582 | $6,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jack Smith | 8218 | $8,645 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Cale Yarborough | 8062 | $5,550 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 7872 | $6,680 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Herman Beam | 7742 | $5,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Frank | 7582 | $5,975 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Manning | 6952 | $5,405 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Ed Livingston | 6818 | $4,930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Neil Castles | 5928 | $5,615 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Tommy Irwin | 5176 | $2,655 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Reb Wickersham | 4812 | $3,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Worth McMillion | 4614 | $3,195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob James | 4316 | $3,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Mayne | 4188 | $3,490 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Massey | 4016 | $2,905 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 3982 | $2,170 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Cooper | 3752 | $2,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Welborn | 3484 | $4,830 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 3386 | $2,720 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Dave MacDonald | 2944 | $5,330 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Major Melton | 2806 | $1,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sal Tovella | 2570 | $1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2520 | $1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2498 | $1,620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Perry | 2478 | $1,575 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||