| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Richard Petty | 4830 | $416,650 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 27 | |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 4819 | $450,870 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 4633 | $362,825 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 22 | |
| 4 | Cale Yarborough | 4604 | $379,515 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 22 | |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | 4256 | $207,680 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 21 | |
| 6 | Joe Millikan | 4014 | $199,460 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 3749 | $237,575 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
| 8 | Richard Childress | 3735 | $111,415 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ricky Rudd | 3642 | $135,605 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | |
| 10 | Terry Labonte | 3615 | $119,860 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 11 | Buddy Arrington | 3589 | $118,390 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 12 | D.K. Ulrich | 3508 | $99,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 13 | J.D. McDuffie | 3473 | $89,885 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 14 | James Hylton | 3405 | $85,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 15 | Buddy Baker | 3249 | $255,455 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | |
| 16 | Frank Warren | 3199 | $87,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | Ronnie Thomas | 2912 | $92,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | Tommy Gale | 2795 | $65,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Dick Brooks | 2756 | $61,235 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 20 | Cecil Gordon | 2737 | $62,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Dave Marcis | 2736 | $48,305 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 22 | Harry Gant | 2710 | $46,435 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 23 | Jimmy Means | 2575 | $54,730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Donnie Allison | 2508 | $142,620 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| 25 | Baxter Price | 2364 | $44,415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Neil Bonnett | 2287 | $140,735 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| 27 | Tighe Scott | 1879 | $87,260 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 28 | Dick May | 1649 | $25,595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Bill Elliott | 1603 | $56,580 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 30 | Lennie Pond | 1415 | $31,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | Roger Hamby | 1231 | $21,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | David Pearson | 1203 | $87,680 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 33 | Chuck Bown | 724 | $31,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | Bruce Hill | 712 | $17,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Coo Coo Marlin | 613 | $27,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | Blackie Wangerin | 571 | $14,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Grant Adcox | 560 | $15,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Kyle Petty | 559 | $10,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Nelson Oswald | 519 | $3,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Al Holbert | 518 | $14,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | Earle Canavan | 517 | $6,675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | John Anderson | 496 | $11,210 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 43 | Ralph Jones | 477 | $12,785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | John Kennedy | 440 | $4,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Slick Johnson | 431 | $5,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Dave Watson | 413 | $7,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Bobby Wawak | 376 | $7,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Jody Ridley | 374 | $11,245 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 49 | Bill Hollar | 371 | $2,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Mike Potter | 364 | $3,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |