
| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
|---|
| 1 | Richard Petty | 4,830 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 6.4 |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 4,819 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 4,633 | 31 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 8.6 |
| 4 | Cale Yarborough | 4,604 | 31 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8.6 |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | 4,256 | 31 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 11.3 |
| 6 | Joe Millikan | 4,014 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 12.6 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 3,749 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 10.7 |
| 8 | Richard Childress | 3,735 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14.7 |
| 9 | Ricky Rudd | 3,642 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12.1 |
| 10 | Terry Labonte | 3,615 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16.3 |
| 11 | Buddy Arrington | 3,589 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16.1 |
| 12 | James Hylton | 3,405 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.9 |
| 13 | Buddy Baker | 3,249 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 16.1 |
| 14 | Frank Warren | 3,199 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 |
| 15 | Ronnie Thomas | 2,912 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.1 |
| 16 | Tommy Gale | 2,795 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 |
| 17 | Cecil Gordon | 2,737 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 18 | Dave Marcis | 2,736 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18.5 |
| 19 | Harry Gant | 2,664 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18.7 |
| 20 | Dick Brooks | 2,622 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19.4 |
| 21 | Jimmy Means | 2,575 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.6 |
| 22 | Donnie Allison | 2,508 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14.7 |
| 23 | Baxter Price | 2,364 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 24 | Neil Bonnett | 2,223 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20.3 |
| 25 | Tighe Scott | 1,879 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18.0 |
| 26 | Bill Elliott | 1,548 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14.3 |
| 27 | Lennie Pond | 1,415 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.2 |
| 28 | Dick May | 1,390 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 |
| 29 | Roger Hamby | 1,231 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.8 |
| 30 | David Pearson | 1,203 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12.9 |
| 31 | Coo Coo Marlin | 613 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.3 |
| 32 | Bruce Hill | 594 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 |
| 33 | Blackie Wangerin | 571 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 |
| 34 | Grant Adcox | 560 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 35 | Kyle Petty | 559 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.2 |
| 36 | Chuck Bown | 523 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.3 |
| 37 | John Anderson | 496 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 |
| 38 | Ralph Jones | 477 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 39 | Earle Canavan | 456 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 |
| 40 | Slick Johnson | 431 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.5 |
| 41 | Nelson Oswald | 431 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 42 | Dave Watson | 413 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 |
| 43 | Al Holbert | 402 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 |
| 44 | Bobby Wawak | 376 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 45 | Jody Ridley | 374 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13.7 |
| 46 | Bill Hollar | 371 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.6 |
| 47 | Rick Newsom | 355 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.8 |
| 48 | Bill Schmitt | 342 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.3 |
| 49 | Ed Negre | 336 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 50 | John Kennedy | 322 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 51 | Tim Williamson | 320 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 |
| 52 | Richard White | 264 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 53 | Jimmy Insolo | 258 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 |
| 54 | Jim Robinson | 240 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 |
| 55 | Henry Jones | 237 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 56 | Steve Spencer | 230 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| 57 | Travis Tiller | 229 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.2 |
| 58 | Jim Vandiver | 225 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 59 | Bill Elswick | 221 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 |
| 60 | Jack Ingram | 219 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 61 | Jimmy Finger | 213 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 |
| 62 | Wayne Watercutter | 212 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 63 | Bob Burcham | 212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 64 | John Rezek | 209 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 65 | Mike Potter | 209 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 66 | Marty Robbins | 207 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 |
| 67 | Steve Peles | 203 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 |
| 68 | Bill Dennis | 200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 69 | Buck Simmons | 197 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 70 | Dave Dion | 191 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 |
| 71 | Mike Kempton | 185 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| 72 | Vince Giamformaggio | 176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 73 | Connie Saylor | 170 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 74 | Paul Fess | 164 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 75 | Sandy Satullo | 155 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 |
| 76 | David Sosebee | 146 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 77 | Jim Thirkettle | 142 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 78 | Norm Palmer | 142 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 79 | Geoff Bodine | 139 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 80 | Louis Gatto | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 81 | Elmo Langley | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 82 | Steve Pfeifer | 134 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 |
| 83 | Sterling Marlin | 123 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 84 | Butch Hartman | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 |
| 85 | Al Elmore | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 86 | Ed Hale | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 87 | Gary Balough | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 88 | Keith Davis | 116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 |
| 89 | Skip Manning | 116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 |
| 90 | Kevin Housby | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| 91 | Ernie Shaw | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| 92 | Billy Hagan | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 93 | Steve Moore | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 94 | Dick Whalen | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 95 | Nestor Peles | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 96 | Joe Fields | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 97 | John Borneman | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 98 | Roy Smith | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 99 | Don Graham | 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 100 | Jerry Jolly | 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 |