| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | David Pearson | 3345 | $118,487 | 16 | 12 | 36 | 38 | |
| Richard Petty | 2991 | $89,103 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 35 | ||
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 1660 | $134,136 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |
| 4 | Bobby Isaac | 3231 | $44,530 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 36 | |
| 5 | Bobby Allison | 2304 | $50,391 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 20 | |
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 1828 | $86,604 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 7 | Buddy Baker | 2211 | $54,125 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |
| Charlie Glotzbach | 1693 | $41,835 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 1307 | $50,815 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Dan Gurney | 0 | $21,250 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | John Sears | 2962 | $20,960 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | |
| Clyde Lynn | 2914 | $20,690 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 2819 | $19,825 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | ||
| Jabe Thomas | 2683 | $16,740 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Wendell Scott | 2681 | $17,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| James Hylton | 2640 | $27,865 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 28 | ||
| Roy Tyner | 2428 | $18,360 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Neil Castles | 2326 | $16,345 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Bill Seifert | 2171 | $16,505 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 1953 | $12,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Dean Holt | 1722 | $7,720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darel Dieringer | 1515 | $26,955 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 1440 | $17,785 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Henley Gray | 1429 | $11,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 1398 | $10,120 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 1370 | $8,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Stan Meserve | 1273 | $7,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Friday Hassler | 1265 | $12,000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Bill Champion | 1155 | $10,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bud Moore | 1083 | $12,325 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Paul Goldsmith | 1017 | $24,365 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ed Negre | 925 | $5,085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Hamilton | 919 | $8,239 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Smith | 898 | $7,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 848 | $8,199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Tarr | 824 | $7,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E.J. Trivette | 818 | $8,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Johnson | 735 | $5,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walson Gardner | 677 | $4,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Cooper | 664 | $4,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buck Baker | 650 | $3,580 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Manning | 640 | $6,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Warren | 608 | $5,365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frog Fagan | 531 | $3,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Brickhouse | 514 | $7,190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Hurtubise | 501 | $4,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Turner | 456 | $5,850 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Grant | 451 | $5,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Johns | 450 | $5,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Yarboro | 447 | $2,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||