| 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 | |
| Benny Parsons | 4570 | $263,806 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 4498 | $249,243 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 | |
| David Pearson | 3227 | $174,561 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Buddy Baker | 3961 | $185,081 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | |
| Donnie Allison | 2214 | $124,785 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 8 | Dick Brooks | 3742 | $124,095 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | |
| 9 | Bobby Allison | 3467 | $75,755 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | |
| Neil Bonnett | 2766 | $107,180 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 2122 | $69,955 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Lennie Pond | 1492 | $48,476 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 13 | Sam Sommers | 2517 | $48,625 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 14 | Skip Manning | 3120 | $78,217 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Ricky Rudd | 2810 | $54,956 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Tighe Scott | 2628 | $57,190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Coo Coo Marlin | 1361 | $41,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 706 | $28,850 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sonny Easley | 386 | $9,290 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Insolo | 221 | $4,090 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | James Hylton | 3476 | $88,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Richard Childress | 3463 | $82,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 3294 | $73,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 3247 | $76,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 3236 | $74,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 2901 | $59,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Warren | 2876 | $61,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2640 | $46,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Negre | 2214 | $42,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Janet Guthrie | 2104 | $34,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 1689 | $39,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Hill | 1475 | $25,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dick May | 1324 | $21,690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henley Gray | 1214 | $18,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Hartman | 1116 | $18,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ferrel Harris | 1088 | $19,365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baxter Price | 1086 | $10,865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Myers | 1015 | $10,975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Elliott | 1002 | $19,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Sisco | 847 | $13,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Bivins | 841 | $14,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| G.C. Spencer | 785 | $15,755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 749 | $13,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ryan | 702 | $12,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Mihalic | 683 | $7,650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmo Langley | 634 | $5,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Dalton | 620 | $6,255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 607 | $3,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hutcherson | 553 | $23,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Earl Brooks | 552 | $3,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||