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