| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 4489 | $682,085 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |
| Terry Labonte | 4211 | $297,595 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 21 | ||
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 4417 | $574,545 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 20 | |
| 4 | Benny Parsons | 2892 | $237,860 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 5 | Harry Gant | 3877 | $275,335 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | |
| Richard Petty | 3814 | $385,870 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 7 | Bill Elliott | 2723 | $201,030 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Cale Yarborough | 2022 | $218,340 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Dale Earnhardt | 3402 | $357,270 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| Tim Richmond | 3263 | $175,908 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Neil Bonnett | 3063 | $133,290 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 12 | Ricky Rudd | 3537 | $182,075 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| Morgan Shepherd | 3451 | $134,920 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Joe Ruttman | 3186 | $183,430 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 15 | Geoffrey Bodine | 3024 | $247,750 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Buddy Baker | 2727 | $252,925 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 17 | Ron Bouchard | 3545 | $309,825 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
| 18 | Dave Marcis | 3666 | $171,790 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Mark Martin | 3181 | $115,600 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Kyle Petty | 3024 | $110,375 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| David Pearson | 607 | $47,945 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Butch Lindley | 435 | $16,695 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 23 | Buddy Arrington | 3642 | $147,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jimmy Means | 3423 | $136,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jody Ridley | 3333 | $293,605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2886 | $106,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lake Speed | 2853 | $109,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 2698 | $101,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 2566 | $78,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Slick Johnson | 1591 | $44,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Hylton | 1514 | $49,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 1506 | $23,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 1215 | $45,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 1002 | $23,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Teague | 966 | $14,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Allison | 897 | $38,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick May | 773 | $16,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Millikan | 763 | $56,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Wilson | 731 | $33,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 725 | $12,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Saylor | 567 | $16,225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Balough | 564 | $35,735 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lowell Cowell | 554 | $26,215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Duffie | 542 | $13,755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Sage | 506 | $4,970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hillin Jr | 479 | $9,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| H.B. Bailey | 462 | $9,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 457 | $13,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Combs | 431 | $7,940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Loquasto | 419 | $14,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||