Results
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"Final Points Standing" 1981 Winston Cup Standings |
| Position | Driver | Starts | Wins | Points |
| 01 | Darrell Waltrip | 31 | 12 | 4880 |
| 02 | Bobby Allison | 31 | 5 | 4827 |
| 03 | Harry Gant | 31 | 0 | 4210 |
| 04 | Terry Labonte | 31 | 0 | 4052 |
| 05 | Jody Ridley | 31 | 1 | 4002 |
| 06 | Ricky Rudd | 31 | 0 | 3988 |
| 07 | Dale Earnhardt | 31 | 0 | 3975 |
| 08 | Richard Petty | 31 | 3 | 3880 |
| 09 | Dave Marcis | 31 | 0 | 3507 |
| 10 | Benny Parsons | 31 | 3 | 3449 |
| 11 | Buddy Arrington | 31 | 0 | 3381 |
| 12 | Kyle Petty | 31 | 0 | 3335 |
| 13 | Morgan Shepherd | 29 | 1 | 3261 |
| 14 | Jimmy Means | 30 | 0 | 3142 |
| 15 | Tommy Gale | 30 | 0 | 3140 |
| 16 | Tim Richmond | 29 | 0 | 3091 |
| 17 | J. D. McDuffie | 28 | 0 | 2996 |
| 18 | Lake Speed | 27 | 0 | 2817 |
| 19 | James Hylton | 28 | 0 | 2753 |
| 20 | Joe Millikan | 23 | 0 | 2682 |
| 21 | Ron Bouchard | 22 | 1 | 2594 |
| 22 | Neil Bonnett | 22 | 3 | 2449 |
| 23 | Cecil Gordon | 25 | 0 | 2320 |
| 24 | Cale Yarborough | 18 | 2 | 2201 |
| 25 | Richard Childress | 21 | 0 | 2144 |
| 26 | Ronnie Thomas | 23 | 0 | 2138 |
| 27 | Buddy Baker | 16 | 0 | 1904 |
| 28 | Joe Ruttman | 17 | 0 | 1851 |
| 29 | Mike Alexander | 19 | 0 | 1784 |
| 30 | Bill Elliott | 13 | 0 | 1442 |
| 31 | Bobby Wawak | 14 | 0 | 1212 |
| 32 | D. K. Ulrich | 15 | 0 | 1191 |
| 33 | Johnny Rutherford | 12 | 0 | 1140 |
| 34 | Lennie Pond | 12 | 0 | 1100 |
| 35 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 11 | 0 | 1020 |
| 36 | Rick Newsom | 9 | 0 | 768 |
| 37 | Dick May | 9 | 0 | 754 |
| 38 | Stan Barrett | 10 | 0 | 718 |
| 39 | Connie Saylor | 7 | 0 | 664 |
| 40 | Gary Balough | 10 | 0 | 656 |
| 41 | Rick Wilson | 8 | 0 | 639 |
| 42 | Mark Martin | 5 | 0 | 615 |
| 43 | Bruce Hill | 8 | 0 | 596 |
| 44 | Donnie Allison | 6 | 0 | 527 |
| 45 | Geoff Bodine | 5 | 0 | 420 |
| 46 | Joe Fields | 6 | 0 | 418 |
| 47 | Jack Ingram | 5 | 0 | 377 |
| 48 | Randy Ogden | 4 | 0 | 367 |
| 49 | Jim Robinson | 3 | 0 | 351 |
| 50 | Don Waterman | 3 | 0 | 351 |