| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | 4644 | $294,591 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 23 | |
| 2 | Richard Petty | 4449 | $295,074 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 22 | |
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 4304 | $209,459 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 23 | |
| 4 | Buddy Baker | 3745 | $200,894 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | |
| David Pearson | 3483 | $274,299 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 | ||
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 4097 | $184,544 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | |
| 7 | Lennie Pond | 3930 | $122,379 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | |
| Darrell Waltrip | 3505 | $178,385 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 9 | Dave Marcis | 3875 | $181,025 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| 10 | Dick Brooks | 3447 | $95,380 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |
| 11 | James Hylton | 3380 | $68,280 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Donnie Allison | 1046 | $41,120 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ray Elder | 320 | $11,315 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | J.D. McDuffie | 3400 | $70,865 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Terry Bivins | 2099 | $44,070 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Neil Bonnett | 1236 | $31,650 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Terry Ryan | 558 | $24,640 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 490 | $15,060 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Insolo | 407 | $12,105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Richard Childress | 3428 | $72,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| D.K. Ulrich | 3280 | $59,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 3247 | $63,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Warren | 3240 | $61,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Sisco | 2994 | $56,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Skip Manning | 2931 | $45,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Negre | 2709 | $47,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 2573 | $50,930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 2147 | $30,265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bruce Hill | 1995 | $43,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dick May | 1834 | $29,425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 1752 | $20,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Ballard | 1554 | $16,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Henley Gray | 1425 | $15,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coo Coo Marlin | 1412 | $39,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Grant Adcox | 1309 | $25,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Myers | 1296 | $11,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Rogers | 1173 | $21,215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 1005 | $18,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Mihalic | 981 | $12,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 824 | $7,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Travis Tiller | 816 | $6,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Baker | 778 | $12,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sonny Easley | 772 | $11,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Frasson | 707 | $12,075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Bryant | 676 | $11,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jabe Thomas | 648 | $6,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Elliott | 635 | $11,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Dalton | 633 | $7,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earle Canavan | 610 | $6,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 607 | $5,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||