| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | David Pearson | 4170 | $183,700 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 44 | |
| 2 | James Hylton | 3753 | $55,992 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 39 | |
| 3 | Richard Petty | 3813 | $109,180 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 38 | |
| 4 | Bobby Isaac | 3301 | $80,560 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 33 | |
| 5 | Neil Castles | 3530 | $38,822 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | |
| 6 | Elmo Langley | 3383 | $33,002 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | |
| 7 | John Sears | 3166 | $34,827 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | |
| 8 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 2709 | $188,105 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 21 | |
| 9 | E.J. Trivette | 2991 | $27,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Bill Seifert | 2765 | $27,407 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Bobby Allison | 2055 | $66,775 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 12 | Jabe Thomas | 3103 | $31,732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| J.D. McDuffie | 2741 | $27,407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 1717 | $27,532 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Wendell Scott | 3015 | $27,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Dave Marcis | 2348 | $27,777 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 1769 | $57,910 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 1662 | $74,255 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Bill Champion | 2813 | $25,702 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 20 | Richard Brickhouse | 1660 | $45,312 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 21 | Cecil Gordon | 3002 | $27,847 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Ben Arnold | 2736 | $26,802 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Cale Yarborough | 1715 | $73,540 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 1562 | $21,660 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 25 | Friday Hassler | 1421 | $17,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 26 | Earl Brooks | 2454 | $25,187 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Buddy Arrington | 1099 | $12,525 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Young | 981 | $15,522 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Glotzbach | 944 | $34,690 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 30 | Henley Gray | 2517 | $24,532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Paul Goldsmith | 892 | $22,305 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 32 | Ed Negre | 1465 | $15,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hoss Ellington | 1210 | $16,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Hessert | 1113 | $12,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Johnson | 1055 | $11,182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ray Elder | 433 | $6,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 37 | Don Tarr | 855 | $13,720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Benny Parsons | 183 | $8,200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 0 | $16,825 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 40 | Wayne Smith | 925 | $10,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sonny Hutchins | 535 | $9,552 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Coo Coo Marlin | 375 | $5,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ramo Stott | 96 | $8,460 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sam McQuagg | 90 | $2,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Vandiver | 24 | $13,925 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pete Hamilton | 0 | $5,110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Swede Savage | 0 | $4,670 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 48 | Frank Warren | 1293 | $15,677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roy Tyner | 1191 | $12,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Hazelwood | 598 | $4,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||