| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 4292 | $702,298 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |
| 2 | Bill Elliott | 4191 | $2,015,468 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 18 | |
| 3 | Harry Gant | 4028 | $581,690 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | |
| 4 | Neil Bonnett | 3897 | $433,870 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 18 | |
| 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | 3862 | $464,175 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |
| 6 | Ricky Rudd | 3857 | $425,410 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | |
| 7 | Terry Labonte | 3683 | $476,850 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 3561 | $457,658 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |
| 9 | Kyle Petty | 3523 | $248,590 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | |
| 10 | Lake Speed | 3507 | $268,040 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| 11 | Tim Richmond | 3413 | $230,220 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
| 12 | Bobby Allison | 3312 | $235,505 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | |
| 13 | Ron Bouchard | 3267 | $212,245 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 14 | Richard Petty | 3140 | $268,585 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| 15 | Bobby Hillin Jr | 3091 | $120,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 16 | Ken Schrader | 3024 | $178,470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 17 | Buddy Baker | 2986 | $203,680 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 18 | Dave Marcis | 2871 | $154,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 19 | Rusty Wallace | 2867 | $205,875 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 20 | Buddy Arrington | 2780 | $136,425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Phil Parsons | 2740 | $105,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 22 | Clark Dwyer | 2641 | $128,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Jimmy Means | 2548 | $132,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Eddie Bierschwale | 2396 | $107,265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Greg Sacks | 2123 | $227,110 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 26 | Cale Yarborough | 1861 | $260,465 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 27 | J.D. McDuffie | 1853 | $84,965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Trevor Boys | 1564 | $76,325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Joe Ruttman | 1548 | $71,425 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 | Benny Parsons | 1427 | $72,450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 31 | Morgan Shepherd | 1406 | $55,985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 | Bobby Wawak | 1223 | $42,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Lennie Pond | 1195 | $70,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Tommy Ellis | 1173 | $27,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Mike Alexander | 1046 | $43,765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | David Pearson | 879 | $45,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Sterling Marlin | 721 | $31,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Don Hume | 637 | $22,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Ronnie Thomas | 631 | $10,505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Ken Ragan | 571 | $35,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | A.J. Foyt | 570 | $29,750 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 42 | Slick Johnson | 564 | $24,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Mike Potter | 543 | $10,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Alan Kulwicki | 509 | $10,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Rick Newsom | 450 | $8,690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Jerry Bowman | 434 | $8,665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Bobby Gerhart | 422 | $7,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Phil Good | 406 | $6,870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Michael Waltrip | 395 | $9,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | Dick Brooks | 383 | $29,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |