| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 4435 | $269,225 | 21 | 9 | 38 | 41 | |
| 2 | James Hylton | 4071 | $55,860 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 37 | |
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 3489 | $235,795 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 31 | |
| 4 | Elmo Langley | 3356 | $37,595 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | |
| 5 | Cecil Gordon | 3677 | $42,949 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | |
| 6 | Benny Parsons | 2611 | $48,517 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 18 | |
| 7 | Bobby Isaac | 1819 | $106,426 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |
| 8 | Buddy Baker | 2358 | $115,150 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | |
| 9 | Jabe Thomas | 3200 | $31,895 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| 10 | Bill Champion | 3058 | $31,709 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| Dave Marcis | 2049 | $37,407 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Friday Hassler | 2277 | $32,225 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 13 | Pete Hamilton | 1742 | $60,440 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |
| Dick Brooks | 987 | $32,921 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Walter Ballard | 2633 | $25,598 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 16 | Frank Warren | 2890 | $31,200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Bill Dennis | 2183 | $27,128 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Neil Castles | 2040 | $22,439 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Charlie Glotzbach | 699 | $38,905 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Donnie Allison | 1205 | $69,995 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |
| Fred Lorenzen | 795 | $45,100 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| David Pearson | 486 | $32,135 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Tiny Lund | 183 | $19,965 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 24 | J.D. McDuffie | 2862 | $28,502 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 25 | Ron Keselowski | 1448 | $17,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| G.C. Spencer | 1008 | $11,470 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 27 | Henley Gray | 2395 | $25,513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bill Seifert | 2370 | $25,844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Wendell Scott | 2181 | $19,399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 2170 | $22,172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Joe Frasson | 1619 | $20,975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Vandiver | 553 | $13,575 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 0 | $88,999 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 34 | John Sears | 2168 | $22,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ben Arnold | 1618 | $18,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Maynard Troyer | 879 | $13,115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ray Elder | 444 | $30,595 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 98 | $9,285 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Paschal | 0 | $4,215 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Andrews | 0 | $1,780 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Ed Negre | 2529 | $24,158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Shirey | 1246 | $9,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Roberts | 1053 | $12,470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Brown | 901 | $11,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Ray Boggs | 357 | $4,969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Terris | 291 | $5,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buck Baker | 0 | $2,345 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Sessoms | 0 | $1,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 49 | Dean Dalton | 1226 | $13,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dick May | 1054 | $9,225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||