| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 4783 | $284,980 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 24 | |
| 2 | Buddy Baker | 3235 | $163,985 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 3480 | $126,475 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |
| David Pearson | 3057 | $171,975 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Bobby Allison | 2421 | $122,435 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 6 | Darrell Waltrip | 3462 | $82,170 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | |
| 7 | Dave Marcis | 4061 | $112,560 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |
| Benny Parsons | 3820 | $112,995 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | ||
| 9 | James Hylton | 3914 | $62,845 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |
| Richard Childress | 3818 | $54,210 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 3702 | $63,485 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 3399 | $40,095 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 3182 | $66,185 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Walter Ballard | 3151 | $34,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Warren | 3148 | $33,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sisco | 3116 | $41,170 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bruce Hill | 3002 | $43,750 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Ed Negre | 2982 | $35,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 2766 | $30,065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2746 | $33,215 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Coo Coo Marlin | 2584 | $44,235 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 2540 | $45,065 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Jabe Thomas | 2252 | $21,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carl Adams | 2182 | $24,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Jacobi | 1732 | $28,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 1583 | $15,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 1514 | $39,895 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dean Dalton | 1486 | $18,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Vandiver | 1370 | $23,450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richie Panch | 1243 | $25,335 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Champion | 1219 | $11,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earle Canavan | 1062 | $9,725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ferrel Harris | 1048 | $16,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Adcox | 1020 | $16,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Mihalic | 957 | $12,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Travis Tiller | 922 | $7,780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick May | 879 | $10,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 877 | $9,370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Frasson | 860 | $10,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Henley Gray | 826 | $9,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 758 | $16,605 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Rogers | 678 | $11,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 634 | $14,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 631 | $4,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Tissot | 595 | $9,595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Manning | 536 | $9,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Jefferson | 534 | $11,395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Neil Castles | 529 | $4,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hershel McGriff | 518 | $7,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Isaac | 499 | $6,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||