| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 4435 | $269,225 | 21 | 9 | 38 | 41 | |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 3489 | $235,795 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 31 | |
| 3 | Bobby Isaac | 1819 | $106,426 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |
| 4 | David Pearson | 486 | $32,135 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
| Tiny Lund | 183 | $19,965 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 0 | $88,999 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 | Benny Parsons | 2611 | $48,517 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 18 | |
| Buddy Baker | 2358 | $115,150 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Pete Hamilton | 1742 | $60,440 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 1205 | $69,995 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Charlie Glotzbach | 699 | $38,905 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Ray Elder | 444 | $30,595 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | James Hylton | 4071 | $55,860 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 37 | |
| Cecil Gordon | 3677 | $42,949 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 3356 | $37,595 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | ||
| Jabe Thomas | 3200 | $31,895 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Bill Champion | 3058 | $31,709 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Frank Warren | 2890 | $31,200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2862 | $28,502 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Walter Ballard | 2633 | $25,598 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Ed Negre | 2529 | $24,158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Henley Gray | 2395 | $25,513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Seifert | 2370 | $25,844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Friday Hassler | 2277 | $32,225 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Bill Dennis | 2183 | $27,128 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Wendell Scott | 2181 | $19,399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 2170 | $22,172 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Sears | 2168 | $22,651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 2049 | $37,407 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Neil Castles | 2040 | $22,439 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Joe Frasson | 1619 | $20,975 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ben Arnold | 1618 | $18,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Keselowski | 1448 | $17,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Williams | 1271 | $14,585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Shirey | 1246 | $9,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dean Dalton | 1226 | $13,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick May | 1054 | $9,225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Roberts | 1053 | $12,470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 1008 | $11,470 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 987 | $32,921 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Larry Baumel | 904 | $10,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Brown | 901 | $11,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Maynard Troyer | 879 | $13,115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy Mayne | 821 | $10,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Lorenzen | 795 | $45,100 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 729 | $8,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Meisenhelder | 727 | $5,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Hollar | 604 | $4,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marv Acton | 585 | $8,620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Tyler | 561 | $6,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||