1998 Points
| No. |
Driver
Name |
Points |
Money
Won |
Races |
Top
5 |
Top
10 |
DNF |
Poles |
Avg
Start |
Avg
Finish |
| 1 | Jeff Gordon | 5328 | $9,306,584 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 6.97 | 5.70 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | 4964 | $4,309,006 | 33 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 8.88 | 8.64 |
| 3 | Dale Jarrett | 4619 | $4,019,657 | 33 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8.73 | 11.18 |
| 4 | Rusty Wallace | 4501 | $2,667,889 | 33 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 8.91 | 11.70 |
| 5 | Jeff Burton | 4415 | $2,626,987 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 18.12 | 12.58 |
| 6 | Bobby Labonte | 4180 | $2,980,052 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 12.58 | 14.21 |
| 7 | Jeremy Mayfield | 4157 | $2,332,034 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 17.52 | 14.21 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 3928 | $2,990,749 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26.46 | 16.15 |
| 9 | Terry Labonte | 3901 | $2,054,163 | 33 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 20.12 | 16.52 |
| 10 | Bobby Hamilton | 3786 | $2,089,566 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26.73 | 17.00 |
| 11 | John Andretti | 3682 | $1,838,379 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15.94 | 17.94 |
| 12 | Ken Schrader | 3675 | $1,907,399 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17.24 | 17.88 |
| 13 | Sterling Marlin | 3530 | $1,350,161 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19.50 | 18.09 |
| 14 | Jimmy Spencer | 3464 | $1,741,012 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24.87 | 18.19 |
| 15 | Chad Little | 3423 | $1,449,653 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27.06 | 19.41 |
| 16 | Ward Burton | 3352 | $1,516,183 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14.33 | 21.15 |
| 17 | Michael Waltrip | 3340 | $1,508,680 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26.31 | 20.00 |
| 18 | Bill Elliott | 3305 | $1,618,421 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 22.53 | 20.50 |
| 19 | Ernie Irvan | 3262 | $1,600,452 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21.20 | 18.87 |
| 20 | Johnny Benson | 3160 | $1,360,335 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 25.22 | 22.34 |
| 21 | Mike Skinner | 3153 | $1,518,901 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18.57 | 20.23 |
| 22 | Ricky Rudd | 3131 | $1,602,895 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20.21 | 23.15 |
| 23 | Ted Musgrave | 3124 | $1,253,626 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 24.03 | 22.09 |
| 24 | Darrell Waltrip | 2957 | $1,056,475 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34.97 | 24.79 |
| 25 | Brett Bodine | 2907 | $1,281,673 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26.91 | 25.27 |
| 26 | Joe Nemechek | 2897 | $1,343,991 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17.69 | 24.63 |
| 27 | Geoff Bodine | 2864 | $1,247,255 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 22.97 | 24.88 |
| 28 | Kenny Irwin Jr. | 2760 | $1,459,867 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19.31 | 25.97 |
| 29 | Dick Trickle | 2678 | $1,208,771 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 25.59 | 26.59 |
| 30 | Kyle Petty | 2675 | $1,287,731 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 27.85 | 27.39 |
| 31 | Kenny Wallace | 2615 | $1,019,861 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 23.36 | 26.65 |
| 32 | Robert Pressley | 2388 | $996,721 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 27.03 | 28.03 |
| 33 | Rick Mast | 2296 | $894,327 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 24.10 | 28.97 |
| 34 | Steve Grissom | 2215 | $1,030,041 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33.67 | 27.07 |
| 35 | Kevin Lepage | 2196 | $852,721 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 26.00 | 27.30 |
| 36 | Jerry Nadeau | 2121 | $804,867 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24.23 | 30.77 |
| 37 | Derrike Cope | 2065 | $985,730 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23.29 | 29.93 |
| 38 | Wally Dallenbach | 1832 | $808,856 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 25.78 | 28.04 |
| 39 | Rich Bickle | 1773 | $682,255 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25.48 | 26.33 |
| 40 | Jeff Green | 1687 | $589,841 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26.05 | 28.77 |
| 41 | Steve Park | 1322 | $487,265 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29.82 | 28.41 |
| 41 | Todd Bodine | 1322 | $378,766 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21.43 | 23.29 |
| 43 | Lake Speed | 1297 | $552,521 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25.31 | 27.31 |
| 44 | David Green | 1014 | $441,121 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20.20 | 31.80 |
| 45 | Dave Marcis | 949 | $444,946 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32.31 | 30.39 |
| 46 | Ricky Craven | 907 | $527,875 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.09 | 27.18 |
| 47 | Morgan Shepherd | 843 | $364,541 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23.75 | 30.92 |
| 48 | Gary Bradberry | 787 | $341,307 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24.62 | 34.15 |
| 49 | Randy LaJoie | 768 | $336,905 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25.33 | 26.22 |
| 50 | Hut Stricklin | 700 | $337,106 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29.15 | 36.39 |
| 51 | Dennis Setzer | 502 | $150,495 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30.57 | 30.43 |
| 52 | Buckshot Jones | 458 | $162,435 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.60 | 24.00 |
| 53 | Greg Sacks | 400 | $296,880 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23.57 | 35.29 |
| 54 | Andy Hillenburg | 334 | $184,901 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.75 | 26.50 |
| 55 | Billy Standridge | 250 | $170,936 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28.25 | 33.50 |
| 56 | Tom Kendall | 232 | $53,205 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 16.50 |
| 57 | Matt Kenseth | 150 | $42,340 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 6.00 |
| 58 | Mike Bliss | 146 | $32,520 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 30.00 |
| 59 | Elliott Sadler | 128 | $45,325 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31.50 | 33.00 |
| 60 | Ron Hornaday | 121 | $27,850 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 14.00 |
| 61 | Tom Hubert | 95 | $42,430 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.00 | 38.50 |
| 62 | Mike Wallace | 94 | $86,105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 23.00 |
| 63 | Ron Fellows | 92 | $46,310 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.50 | 39.00 |
| 64 | Butch Gilliland | 91 | $28,625 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | 24.00 |
| 65 | Frank Kimmel | 70 | $28,065 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 31.00 |
| 66 | Mike Dillon | 58 | $28,050 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 35.00 |
| 67 | Robby Gordon | 57 | $24,765 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 37.00 |
| 68 | Dan Pardus | 55 | $35,480 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.00 | 36.00 |
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