| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Ned Jarrett | 38824 | $77,966 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 45 | |
| 2 | Dick Hutcherson | 35790 | $49,420 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 37 | |
| 3 | Junior Johnson | 18486 | $57,925 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 19 | |
| 4 | G.C. Spencer | 24314 | $23,030 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 25 | |
| 5 | Cale Yarborough | 20192 | $24,040 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 | |
| 6 | Marvin Panch | 22798 | $54,045 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |
| Buddy Baker | 20672 | $25,390 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 8 | Darel Dieringer | 24696 | $47,775 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | |
| J.T. Putney | 20928 | $18,715 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | ||
| Richard Petty | 5638 | $16,450 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Tiny Lund | 12820 | $11,750 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | |
| David Pearson | 5464 | $8,925 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 13 | Neil Castles | 20628 | $16,715 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | |
| Buddy Arrington | 11744 | $11,025 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Fred Lorenzen | 18448 | $77,115 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| Bobby Johns | 12842 | $23,695 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Dick Dixon | 2560 | $2,215 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 18 | Wendell Scott | 19922 | $16,230 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | |
| Tom Pistone | 6598 | $10,050 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Jim Paschal | 6046 | $7,085 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 21 | Bob Derrington | 21394 | $14,580 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
| Paul Lewis | 18118 | $11,800 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 10982 | $10,895 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Curtis Turner | 5542 | $17,838 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bud Moore | 3216 | $3,560 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 26 | Buck Baker | 13136 | $20,615 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Earl Balmer | 11636 | $19,005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Sam McQuagg | 11460 | $10,555 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Junior Spencer | 8436 | $9,145 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 5852 | $5,905 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Stick Elliott | 4332 | $5,230 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Doug Cooper | 12920 | $11,415 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Henley Gray | 9552 | $8,320 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Roy Mayne | 8838 | $9,060 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| H.B. Bailey | 7340 | $5,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Donald Tucker | 7118 | $5,680 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy Tyner | 5882 | $6,505 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Hutchins | 3118 | $3,585 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gene Hobby | 2966 | $2,485 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Frank | 2354 | $4,960 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Davis | 2200 | $1,850 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buren Skeen | 1804 | $2,885 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Crawfish Crider | 1196 | $1,200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fred Harb Jr. | 1148 | $840 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Isaac | 980 | $1,660 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Byrd | 708 | $1,075 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hunter | 352 | $300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harvey Jones | 336 | $275 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 0 | $11,885 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dan Gurney | 0 | $13,625 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||