| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 4880 | $539,050 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 25 | |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 4827 | $534,665 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 26 | |
| 3 | Richard Petty | 3882 | $369,505 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 16 | |
| Benny Parsons | 3452 | $273,705 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Neil Bonnett | 2449 | $180,920 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | Cale Yarborough | 2381 | $150,090 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| 7 | Jody Ridley | 4002 | $220,215 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |
| Morgan Shepherd | 3264 | $155,785 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Ron Bouchard | 2693 | $139,605 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 10 | Harry Gant | 4213 | $233,815 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | |
| Terry Labonte | 4052 | $276,970 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Ricky Rudd | 3991 | $352,980 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Dale Earnhardt | 3978 | $324,290 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 3510 | $143,325 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 3384 | $118,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kyle Petty | 3335 | $100,745 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Tim Richmond | 3221 | $84,675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 3145 | $91,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 3143 | $96,630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 3000 | $95,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lake Speed | 2820 | $84,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Hylton | 2756 | $80,975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Millikan | 2682 | $140,470 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 2320 | $55,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Childress | 2190 | $70,375 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 2138 | $52,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Ruttman | 2008 | $110,125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 1980 | $114,345 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Mike Alexander | 1908 | $33,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 1520 | $36,640 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Elliott | 1442 | $68,570 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 1230 | $29,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 1212 | $21,790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Rutherford | 1207 | $38,095 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 1114 | $27,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Balough | 988 | $34,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Barrett | 897 | $26,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick May | 869 | $26,380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Houston | 778 | $20,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 768 | $8,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Saylor | 664 | $18,780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Wilson | 639 | $15,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Martin | 615 | $13,950 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 603 | $27,745 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Pearson | 603 | $17,150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Hill | 596 | $15,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Fields | 591 | $7,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 517 | $14,845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Potter | 507 | $14,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geoffrey Bodine | 493 | $15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||