| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Tim Richmond | 4174 | $657,670 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | |
| 2 | Dale Earnhardt | 4468 | $868,100 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 23 | |
| 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 4180 | $693,845 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 22 | |
| 4 | Bill Elliott | 3844 | $586,730 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| Ricky Rudd | 3823 | $523,025 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Rusty Wallace | 3757 | $386,220 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Geoffrey Bodine | 3678 | $669,605 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 8 | Bobby Allison | 3698 | $388,040 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | |
| Kyle Petty | 3537 | $352,375 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Bobby Hillin Jr | 3536 | $333,740 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Terry Labonte | 3473 | $443,690 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Neil Bonnett | 3369 | $410,120 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Morgan Shepherd | 2896 | $218,245 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 14 | Harry Gant | 3498 | $463,450 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |
| Richard Petty | 3314 | $235,405 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Joe Ruttman | 3295 | $209,040 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Ken Schrader | 3052 | $207,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Marcis | 2912 | $181,450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Waltrip | 2853 | $84,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Arrington | 2776 | $153,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Kulwicki | 2705 | $83,450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Means | 2525 | $145,440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Ellis | 2393 | $77,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Bierschwale | 2048 | $97,110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Baker | 1919 | $124,600 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| J.D. McDuffie | 1825 | $94,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Parsons | 1742 | $83,680 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rick Wilson | 1698 | $87,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Cale Yarborough | 1642 | $106,010 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Benny Parsons | 1555 | $100,985 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Bouchard | 1553 | $106,835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chet Fillip | 1433 | $36,110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jody Ridley | 1213 | $84,379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Trevor Boys | 1192 | $64,645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Heveron | 1176 | $74,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sterling Marlin | 989 | $113,070 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| D.K. Ulrich | 916 | $47,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sauter | 760 | $52,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pancho Carter | 701 | $56,355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Ragan | 627 | $33,890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lake Speed | 608 | $57,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Connie Saylor | 595 | $33,770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Sacks | 579 | $54,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Davey Allison | 515 | $24,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Cranmer | 509 | $23,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Thomas | 504 | $25,215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Martin | 488 | $20,515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wawak | 480 | $10,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Combs | 421 | $12,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derrike Cope | 400 | $8,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||