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