| 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 | |
| Cale Yarborough | 4604 | $379,515 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 4 | Bobby Allison | 4633 | $362,825 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 22 | |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | 4256 | $207,680 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 21 | |
| 6 | Buddy Baker | 3249 | $255,455 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 3749 | $237,575 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
| 8 | Donnie Allison | 2508 | $142,620 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| 9 | Joe Millikan | 4014 | $199,460 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | |
| 10 | Ricky Rudd | 3642 | $135,605 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | |
| Neil Bonnett | 2287 | $140,735 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| David Pearson | 1203 | $87,680 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Terry Labonte | 3615 | $119,860 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 14 | Richard Childress | 3735 | $111,415 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Buddy Arrington | 3589 | $118,390 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 3473 | $89,885 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 2756 | $61,235 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 2736 | $48,305 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tighe Scott | 1879 | $87,260 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bill Elliott | 1603 | $56,580 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Anderson | 496 | $11,210 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jody Ridley | 374 | $11,245 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Schmitt | 342 | $11,695 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| A.J. Foyt | 309 | $41,690 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 25 | D.K. Ulrich | 3508 | $99,985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| James Hylton | 3405 | $85,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Warren | 3199 | $87,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 2912 | $92,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 2795 | $65,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 2737 | $62,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Gant | 2710 | $46,435 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2575 | $54,730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Baxter Price | 2364 | $44,415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick May | 1649 | $25,595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 1415 | $31,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Hamby | 1231 | $21,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Bown | 724 | $31,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Hill | 712 | $17,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coo Coo Marlin | 613 | $27,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Blackie Wangerin | 571 | $14,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Adcox | 560 | $15,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Petty | 559 | $10,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Oswald | 519 | $3,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Holbert | 518 | $14,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Earle Canavan | 517 | $6,675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Jones | 477 | $12,785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kennedy | 440 | $4,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Slick Johnson | 431 | $5,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Watson | 413 | $7,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 376 | $7,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||