| Standings | ||||||||
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | |
| 1 | Jeff Gordon | 5112 | $6,636,076 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 4768 | $3,543,043 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 22 | |
| 3 | Sterling Marlin | 4741 | $3,360,162 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | |
| 4 | Ricky Rudd | 4706 | $3,976,203 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 23 | |
| 5 | Dale Jarrett | 4612 | $4,608,366 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |
| 6 | Bobby Labonte | 4561 | $4,135,851 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 20 | |
| 7 | Rusty Wallace | 4481 | $4,270,406 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 4460 | $5,384,627 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
| 9 | Kevin Harvick | 4406 | $3,716,633 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| 10 | Jeff Burton | 4394 | $3,864,333 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | |
| 11 | Johnny Benson | 4152 | $2,570,069 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | |
| 12 | Mark Martin | 4095 | $3,487,719 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| 13 | Matt Kenseth | 3982 | $2,234,839 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 14 | Ward Burton | 3846 | $3,293,599 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| 15 | Bill Elliott | 3824 | $3,331,671 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 16 | Jimmy Spencer | 3782 | $2,398,939 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 17 | Jerry Nadeau | 3675 | $2,206,774 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 18 | Bobby Hamilton | 3575 | $2,275,904 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 19 | Ken Schrader | 3480 | $2,246,390 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 20 | Elliott Sadler | 3471 | $2,517,007 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | Ricky Craven | 3379 | $1,923,981 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 22 | Dave Blaney | 3303 | $1,788,146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 23 | Terry Labonte | 3280 | $2,972,901 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 | Michael Waltrip | 3159 | $3,373,394 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 25 | Robert Pressley | 3156 | $2,100,020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 26 | Casey Atwood | 3132 | $1,797,111 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 27 | Kurt Busch | 3081 | $2,170,629 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 28 | Joe Nemechek | 2994 | $2,510,723 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 29 | Todd Bodine | 2960 | $1,719,156 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 30 | Brett Bodine | 2948 | $1,726,764 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 31 | John Andretti | 2943 | $2,873,184 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 | Steve Park | 2859 | $2,385,971 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 33 | Stacy Compton | 2752 | $1,691,798 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | Mike Wallace | 2693 | $2,075,044 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 35 | Jeremy Mayfield | 2651 | $2,732,603 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 36 | Kevin Lepage | 2461 | $1,424,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Jason Leffler | 2413 | $1,724,692 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 2305 | $1,417,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Kenny Wallace | 2054 | $1,502,922 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 40 | Mike Skinner | 2029 | $1,921,186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | Buckshot Jones | 1939 | $1,631,488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Hut Stricklin | 1770 | $970,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | Kyle Petty | 1673 | $1,008,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Robby Gordon | 1552 | $1,371,900 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 45 | Rick Mast | 1187 | $645,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Andy Houston | 1123 | $865,263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Bobby Hamilton Jr. | 748 | $520,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Jeff Green | 539 | $441,449 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Ryan Newman | 497 | $465,276 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 50 | Boris Said | 272 | $124,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |