| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Bobby Allison | 4667 | $613,700 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 25 | |
| Darrell Waltrip | 4620 | $650,030 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 25 | ||
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 1960 | $254,535 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 4042 | $389,060 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | |
| 5 | Neil Bonnett | 3997 | $379,365 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
| Dale Earnhardt | 3732 | $396,991 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Ricky Rudd | 3693 | $235,565 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | Bill Elliott | 4279 | $318,500 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 22 | |
| Terry Labonte | 4009 | $258,660 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | ||
| Harry Gant | 3790 | $361,475 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Tim Richmond | 3592 | $226,965 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 2611 | $201,110 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Dave Marcis | 3361 | $284,405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Joe Ruttman | 3342 | $202,805 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Kyle Petty | 3261 | $141,291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Brooks | 3230 | $159,665 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 3158 | $120,265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Bouchard | 3113 | $130,955 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Morgan Shepherd | 3048 | $254,035 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Geoffrey Bodine | 3019 | $183,840 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2983 | $118,090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sterling Marlin | 2980 | $119,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 2515 | $47,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 2507 | $88,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 2400 | $85,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Trevor Boys | 2369 | $87,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 2197 | $73,425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lake Speed | 2114 | $78,220 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Benny Parsons | 1781 | $119,760 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Mark Martin | 1621 | $99,655 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Hillin Jr | 1161 | $30,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Hopkins | 1147 | $26,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lennie Pond | 1054 | $41,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jody Ridley | 1050 | $45,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Pearson | 989 | $59,720 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Potter | 947 | $20,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Ragan | 836 | $27,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 825 | $22,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Slick Johnson | 808 | $13,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Gordon | 682 | $15,690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Newsom | 573 | $14,445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Senneker | 515 | $11,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Combs | 500 | $12,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Sauter | 476 | $26,910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Parsons | 458 | $23,850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Elmore | 427 | $13,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Bowman | 419 | $8,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick May | 419 | $7,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Dwyer | 411 | $14,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Baldwin | 401 | $15,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||