| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Terry Labonte | 4508 | $417,293 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 24 | |
| Bill Elliott | 4377 | $504,708 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Harry Gant | 4443 | $505,853 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | |
| 4 | Dale Earnhardt | 4265 | $509,805 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | |
| 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 4235 | $639,728 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 4094 | $591,325 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 19 | |
| 7 | Ricky Rudd | 3918 | $417,875 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| 8 | Neil Bonnett | 3797 | $199,300 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
| Geoffrey Bodine | 3734 | $351,900 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | Richard Petty | 3643 | $232,520 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | Buddy Baker | 2477 | $133,635 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 12 | Tim Richmond | 3505 | $314,830 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| 13 | Ron Bouchard | 3609 | $214,045 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| Cale Yarborough | 2448 | $385,853 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Benny Parsons | 1870 | $211,665 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 16 | Dave Marcis | 3416 | $316,730 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 17 | Joe Ruttman | 2945 | $140,150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 18 | Lake Speed | 2111 | $98,320 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 19 | Kyle Petty | 3159 | $313,190 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 20 | Dick Brooks | 3265 | $173,880 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 21 | Rusty Wallace | 3316 | $172,615 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 22 | Phil Parsons | 2433 | $87,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jody Ridley | 1367 | $64,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Pearson | 950 | $54,125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Sterling Marlin | 1207 | $54,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lennie Pond | 1188 | $54,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 27 | Trevor Boys | 3040 | $139,593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greg Sacks | 2545 | $61,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Ellis | 1911 | $44,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Morgan Shepherd | 1866 | $59,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Alexander | 1862 | $94,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hershel McGriff | 200 | $3,815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Buddy Arrington | 2504 | $115,860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Dwyer | 2374 | $114,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2218 | $105,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 1775 | $79,325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hillin Jr | 1477 | $45,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Gale | 1426 | $69,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 1366 | $50,320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Heveron | 1359 | $39,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Combs | 903 | $22,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Ragan | 873 | $37,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 810 | $31,040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Saylor | 589 | $19,675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Schrader | 449 | $16,425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 395 | $11,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Hensley | 394 | $12,895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Bowman | 347 | $6,265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Southard | 346 | $6,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Hooker | 322 | $4,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||