
| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Dale Earnhardt | 4,661 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Cale Yarborough | 4,642 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9.0 |
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 4,278 | 31 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 11.4 |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 4,255 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Darrell Waltrip | 4,239 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12.8 |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 4,024 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14.1 |
| 7 | Jody Ridley | 3,972 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12.4 |
| 8 | Terry Labonte | 3,766 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15.1 |
| 9 | Dave Marcis | 3,745 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15.6 |
| 10 | Richard Childress | 3,742 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14.8 |
| 11 | Harry Gant | 3,703 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 16.2 |
| 12 | Buddy Arrington | 3,461 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17.3 |
| 13 | James Hylton | 3,449 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.4 |
| 14 | Ronnie Thomas | 3,066 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.3 |
| 15 | Cecil Gordon | 2,993 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 |
| 16 | Jimmy Means | 2,947 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 |
| 17 | Tommy Gale | 2,885 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 |
| 18 | Neil Bonnett | 2,865 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 14.0 |
| 19 | Roger Hamby | 2,606 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 |
| 20 | Buddy Baker | 2,603 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 21 | Lake Speed | 1,853 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18.2 |
| 22 | Slick Johnson | 1,851 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.4 |
| 23 | John Anderson | 1,805 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 |
| 24 | Bobby Wawak | 1,742 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.8 |
| 25 | Donnie Allison | 1,730 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21.3 |
| 26 | Dick Brooks | 1,698 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21.4 |
| 27 | Kyle Petty | 1,690 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.2 |
| 28 | Baxter Price | 1,689 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 29 | Lennie Pond | 1,558 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19.8 |
| 30 | Junior Miller | 1,402 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 31 | Joe Millikan | 1,274 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 17.7 |
| 32 | Bill Elliott | 1,232 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.0 |
| 33 | Ricky Rudd | 1,213 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21.1 |
| 34 | Dick May | 1,211 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.4 |
| 35 | Bill Elswick | 1,053 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 36 | David Pearson | 1,004 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13.9 |
| 37 | Tighe Scott | 791 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28.4 |
| 38 | Frank Warren | 549 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 39 | Tim Richmond | 527 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 |
| 40 | Bill Schmitt | 503 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 |
| 41 | Buck Simmons | 495 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.8 |
| 42 | Rick Newsom | 483 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.5 |
| 43 | Dave Dion | 441 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.8 |
| 44 | Don Whittington | 429 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.4 |
| 45 | Steve Moore | 412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 46 | Tommy Houston | 396 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 47 | Sterling Marlin | 387 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.6 |
| 48 | Bruce Hill | 348 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 |
| 49 | Chuck Bown | 329 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.6 |
| 50 | Jim Vandiver | 328 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 |
| 51 | Jeff McDuffie | 327 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 |
| 52 | Coo Coo Marlin | 303 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 |
| 53 | Don Sprouse | 303 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 54 | Joe Booher | 294 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 55 | Rusty Wallace | 291 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 56 | Jim Robinson | 273 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 57 | Hershel McGriff | 270 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 |
| 58 | Roy Smith | 263 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 |
| 59 | Don Puskarich | 255 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 60 | Kenny Hemphill | 252 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.8 |
| 61 | Blackie Wangerin | 237 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 62 | Mike Potter | 237 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 63 | Travis Tiller | 237 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 |
| 64 | Rick McCray | 231 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 65 | Connie Saylor | 227 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 |
| 66 | Rick Wilson | 225 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 |
| 67 | Janet Guthrie | 209 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 68 | Wayne Watercutter | 206 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 69 | Marty Robbins | 204 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 70 | Randy Ogden | 204 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 |
| 71 | Eddie Dickerson | 197 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 72 | Don Waterman | 191 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 |
| 73 | Kevin Housby | 185 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 |
| 74 | John Utsman | 182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 75 | Steve Pfeifer | 182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 |
| 76 | Ralph Jones | 179 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 |
| 77 | Phil Finney | 152 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 78 | Nelson Oswald | 152 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 79 | Jocko Maggiacomo | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 |
| 80 | John Borneman | 131 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 81 | Harry Dinwiddie | 127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 |
| 82 | Mike Miller | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.5 |
| 83 | Joey Arrington | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| 84 | Jimmy Finger | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 |
| 85 | Jim Ingram | 118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 86 | Billie Harvey | 115 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.8 |
| 87 | Bill Osborne | 110 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 |
| 88 | Joel Stowe | 109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 89 | Vince Giamformaggio | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 90 | John Callis | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 91 | Bill Hollar | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 92 | Bruce Jacobi | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 |
| 93 | Chuck Wahl | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 94 | Jim Hopkinson | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| 95 | Stuart Huffman | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 96 | Dick Skillen | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 97 | Nestor Peles | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 |
| 98 | Ed Hale | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 99 | Bobby Sands | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| 100 | Bill Whittington | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 |