| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | 4841 | $422,980 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 4367 | $293,250 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 22 | |
| 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 4362 | $306,470 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 20 | |
| 4 | Benny Parsons | 4350 | $255,250 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 21 | |
| 5 | Dave Marcis | 4335 | $143,105 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | |
| 6 | Richard Petty | 3949 | $196,960 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | |
| 7 | Lennie Pond | 3794 | $143,535 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |
| 8 | Dick Brooks | 3769 | $116,870 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | |
| 9 | Buddy Arrington | 3626 | $96,240 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | Richard Childress | 3566 | $93,075 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 11 | J.D. McDuffie | 3255 | $75,275 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 12 | Neil Bonnett | 3129 | $148,610 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |
| 13 | Tighe Scott | 3110 | $75,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 14 | Frank Warren | 3036 | $58,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dick May | 2936 | $58,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | David Pearson | 2756 | $147,760 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | |
| Jimmy Means | 2756 | $55,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 18 | Ronnie Thomas | 2733 | $59,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | Cecil Gordon | 2641 | $47,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Tommy Gale | 2639 | $54,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Roger Hamby | 2617 | $40,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | D.K. Ulrich | 2452 | $53,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 23 | Baxter Price | 2418 | $35,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Buddy Baker | 2130 | $103,515 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 25 | James Hylton | 2112 | $47,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 26 | Donnie Allison | 2051 | $97,435 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| 27 | Ed Negre | 1930 | $28,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Gary Myers | 1915 | $21,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Skip Manning | 1802 | $52,820 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 | Ferrel Harris | 1547 | $39,535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 31 | Grant Adcox | 1467 | $35,700 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 32 | Ricky Rudd | 1260 | $49,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 33 | Bruce Hill | 1214 | $25,620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | Bill Elliott | 1176 | $42,065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 35 | Al Holbert | 1142 | $31,075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 36 | Coo Coo Marlin | 765 | $18,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | Blackie Wangerin | 760 | $13,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Earle Canavan | 744 | $8,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Bobby Wawak | 680 | $5,870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Janet Guthrie | 674 | $17,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | Dale Earnhardt | 660 | $20,145 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 42 | Terry Labonte | 659 | $20,545 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | Ralph Jones | 634 | $6,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Roland Wlodyka | 549 | $9,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Joe Frasson | 533 | $8,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Nelson Oswald | 501 | $2,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Joe Mihalic | 492 | $6,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Satch Worley | 489 | $6,205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Harry Gant | 431 | $14,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Jim Thirkettle | 389 | $6,850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |