| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | 5000 | $385,576 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 27 | |
| 2 | Richard Petty | 4614 | $303,425 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 4570 | $263,806 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | |
| 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 4498 | $249,243 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 | |
| 5 | Buddy Baker | 3961 | $185,081 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | |
| 6 | Dick Brooks | 3742 | $124,095 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | |
| 7 | James Hylton | 3476 | $88,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 8 | Bobby Allison | 3467 | $75,755 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | |
| 9 | Richard Childress | 3463 | $82,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 10 | Cecil Gordon | 3294 | $73,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Buddy Arrington | 3247 | $76,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | J.D. McDuffie | 3236 | $74,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 | David Pearson | 3227 | $174,561 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |
| 14 | Skip Manning | 3120 | $78,217 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 15 | D.K. Ulrich | 2901 | $59,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Frank Warren | 2876 | $61,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Ricky Rudd | 2810 | $54,956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 18 | Neil Bonnett | 2766 | $107,180 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |
| 19 | Jimmy Means | 2640 | $46,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 20 | Tighe Scott | 2628 | $57,190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | Sam Sommers | 2517 | $48,625 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 22 | Donnie Allison | 2214 | $124,785 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| Ed Negre | 2214 | $42,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Dave Marcis | 2122 | $69,955 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 25 | Janet Guthrie | 2104 | $34,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 26 | Tommy Gale | 1689 | $39,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Lennie Pond | 1492 | $48,476 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 28 | Bruce Hill | 1475 | $25,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 29 | Coo Coo Marlin | 1361 | $41,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 30 | Dick May | 1324 | $21,690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Henley Gray | 1214 | $18,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Butch Hartman | 1116 | $18,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 33 | Ferrel Harris | 1088 | $19,365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Baxter Price | 1086 | $10,865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Gary Myers | 1015 | $10,975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Bill Elliott | 1002 | $19,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | Dave Sisco | 847 | $13,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Terry Bivins | 841 | $14,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | G.C. Spencer | 785 | $15,755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Bobby Wawak | 749 | $13,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | A.J. Foyt | 706 | $28,850 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 42 | Terry Ryan | 702 | $12,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | Joe Mihalic | 683 | $7,650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Elmo Langley | 634 | $5,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Dean Dalton | 620 | $6,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Rick Newsom | 607 | $3,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Ron Hutcherson | 553 | $23,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | Earl Brooks | 552 | $3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Harold Miller | 549 | $8,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Grant Adcox | 501 | $8,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |