| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 4661 | $451,360 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 24 | |
| Cale Yarborough | 4642 | $432,325 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 4278 | $345,260 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | |
| Darrell Waltrip | 4239 | $351,065 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 5 | Richard Petty | 4255 | $338,365 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 19 | |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 4020 | $331,630 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | |
| 7 | Neil Bonnett | 2865 | $207,240 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | |
| Buddy Baker | 2603 | $259,200 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 9 | Harry Gant | 3703 | $151,230 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | |
| 10 | Terry Labonte | 3766 | $199,825 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| 11 | Dave Marcis | 3745 | $128,045 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
| David Pearson | 1189 | $94,330 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Donnie Allison | 1858 | $82,640 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 14 | Jody Ridley | 3972 | $166,000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |
| Dick Brooks | 1902 | $60,700 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 1830 | $62,265 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Joe Millikan | 1365 | $64,765 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Ricky Rudd | 1319 | $50,500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tighe Scott | 791 | $21,925 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Schmitt | 503 | $21,610 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rusty Wallace | 291 | $22,760 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22 | Richard Childress | 3742 | $140,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Buddy Arrington | 3461 | $105,935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| James Hylton | 3449 | $96,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 3066 | $82,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 2993 | $75,740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2968 | $78,095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2947 | $82,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 2885 | $76,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Hamby | 2606 | $43,940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick May | 2141 | $42,945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lake Speed | 2083 | $69,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Anderson | 1884 | $48,265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Slick Johnson | 1851 | $35,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 1742 | $21,080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kyle Petty | 1690 | $36,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Baxter Price | 1689 | $26,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Miller | 1402 | $23,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Elliott | 1232 | $42,545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Elswick | 1053 | $15,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 987 | $23,055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Warren | 637 | $18,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Bown | 593 | $13,145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sterling Marlin | 588 | $29,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Booher | 582 | $15,930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Whittington | 567 | $18,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Richmond | 527 | $14,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Simmons | 495 | $6,365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 483 | $3,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Saylor | 459 | $11,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||