| 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Driver Finishes | ||||||||
| = Winston cup rookie year | ||||||||
| Average | Top | Top | ||||||
| Position | Driver | Points | Starts | Finish | Wins | 5's | 10's | Winnings |
| 1 | Gordon, Jeff | 4710 | 32 | 9.56 | 10 | 22 | 23 | $4,201,227 |
| 2 | Jarrett, Dale | 4696 | 32 | 9.56 | 7 | 20 | 23 | $2,512,382 |
| 3 | Martin, Mark | 4681 | 32 | 8.97 | 4 | 16 | 24 | $1,877,139 |
| 4 | Burton, Jeff | 4285 | 32 | 12.41 | 3 | 13 | 18 | $1,858,234 |
| 5 | Earnhardt, Dale | 4216 | 32 | 12.13 | 0 | 7 | 16 | $1,663,019 |
| 6 | Labonte, Terry | 4177 | 32 | 12.91 | 1 | 8 | 20 | $1,951,844 |
| 7 | Labonte, Bobby | 4101 | 32 | 13.72 | 1 | 9 | 18 | $1,943,239 |
| 8 | Elliott, Bill | 3836 | 32 | 15.81 | 0 | 5 | 14 | $1,377,607 |
| 9 | Wallace, Rusty | 3598 | 32 | 18.69 | 1 | 8 | 12 | $1,505,260 |
| 10 | Schrader, Ken | 3576 | 32 | 17.81 | 0 | 2 | 8 | $1,109,782 |
| 11 | Benson, Johnny | 3575 | 32 | 17.63 | 0 | 0 | 8 | $1,120,814 |
| 12 | Musgrave, Ted | 3556 | 32 | 18.25 | 0 | 5 | 8 | $1,128,404 |
| 13 | Mayfield, Jeremy | 3547 | 32 | 17.94 | 0 | 3 | 8 | $943,794 |
| 14 | Irvan, Ernie | 3534 | 32 | 19.16 | 1 | 5 | 13 | $1,492,739 |
| 15 | Petty, Kyle | 3455 | 32 | 19.06 | 0 | 2 | 9 | $834,639 |
| 16 | Hamilton, Bobby | 3450 | 32 | 19.63 | 1 | 6 | 8 | $1,350,335 |
| 17 | Rudd, Ricky | 3330 | 32 | 20.63 | 2 | 6 | 11 | $1,863,040 |
| 18 | Waltrip, Michael | 3173 | 32 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | $1,015,384 |
| 19 | Craven, Ricky | 3108 | 30 | 20.87 | 0 | 4 | 7 | $1,139,860 |
| 20 | Spencer, Jimmy | 3079 | 32 | 22.88 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $1,016,109 |
| 21 | Grissom, Steve | 3061 | 31 | 21.81 | 0 | 3 | 6 | $1,045,374 |
| 22 | Bodine, Geoff | 3046 | 29 | 20.59 | 0 | 3 | 10 | $1,021,114 |
| 23 | Andretti, John | 3019 | 32 | 23.56 | 1 | 3 | 3 | $1,115,725 |
| 24 | Burton, Ward | 2987 | 31 | 22.71 | 0 | 0 | 7 | $977,044 |
| 25 | Marlin, Sterling | 2954 | 32 | 24.19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | $1,287,570 |
| 26 | Waltrip, Darrell | 2942 | 31 | 23.23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $946,179 |
| 27 | Cope, Derrike | 2901 | 31 | 23.35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $707,404 |
| 28 | Nemechek, Joe | 2754 | 30 | 24.17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | $732,194 |
| 29 | Bodine, Brett | 2716 | 31 | 25.35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $936,694 |
| 30 | Skinner, Mike | 2669 | 31 | 26.16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | $791,819 |
| 31 | Trickle, Dick | 2629 | 28 | 23.25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | $656,189 |
| 32 | Mast, Rick | 2569 | 29 | 24.24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $829,339 |
| 33 | Wallace, Kenny | 2462 | 31 | 27.97 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $926,501 |
| 34 | Stricklin, Hut | 2423 | 29 | 26.55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $802,904 |
| 35 | Speed, Lake | 2301 | 25 | 23.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $715,074 |
| 36 | Little, Chad | 2081 | 27 | 28.74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $555,914 |
| 37 | Green, David | 2038 | 26 | 28.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $483,833 |
| 38 | Shepard, Morgan | 2033 | 23 | 25.22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | $662,999 |
| 39 | Green, Jeff | 1624 | 20 | 27.65 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $434,685 |
| 40 | Gordon, Robby | 1495 | 20 | 29.65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $622,439 |
| 41 | Dallenbach, Wally | 1475 | 22 | 32.23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $461,279 |
| 42 | Marcis, Dave | 1405 | 19 | 29.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $427,364 |
| 43 | Pressley, Robert | 984 | 14 | 31.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $252,478 |
| 44 | Bradberry, Gary | 868 | 16 | 36.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $251,930 |
| 45 | Sacks, Gregg | 778 | 12 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $320,714 |
| 46 | Wallace, Mike | 541 | 7 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $159,303 |
| 47 | Hillin, Bobby Jr | 511 | 10 | 37.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $211,978 |
| 48 | Hooper, Lance | 402 | 6 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $134,150 |
| 49 | Irwin, Kenny | 390 | 4 | 22.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $61,230 |
| 50 | Standridge, Billy | 366 | 6 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $149,824 |
| 51 | Park, Steve | 326 | 5 | 32.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $74,480 |
| 52 | Bodine, Todd | 310 | 5 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $125,845 |
| 53 | Wilson, Rick | 306 | 3 | 20.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $101,685 |
| 54 | Nadeau, Jerry | 287 | 5 | 35.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $118,545 |
| 55 | Berrier, Ed | 255 | 3 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $90,195 |
| 56 | Lepage, Kevin | 231 | 3 | 28.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $57,720 |
| 57 | Purvis, Jeff | 152 | 3 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $80,526 |
| 58 | Allen, Loy | 119 | 2 | 34.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $75,239 |
| 59 | Barfield, Ron | 97 | 1 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $64,935 |
| 60 | Gilliland, Butch | 91 | 1 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $21,410 |
| 61 | Hubert, Tommy | 79 | 1 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $21,350 |
| 62 | Parsons, Phil | 70 | 1 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $12,845 |
| 63 | Schroeder, Dorsey | 70 | 1 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $11,630 |
| 64 | Woodside, Sean | 64 | 1 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,905 |
| 65 | Bickle, Rich | 61 | 1 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $56,410 |
| 66 | Davis, Jeff | 52 | 1 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $30,745 |
| 67 | Gunselman, Larry | 49 | 1 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,720 |
| 68 | Sprague, Jack | 43 | 1 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $18,650 |
| 69 | MacDonald, Randy | 40 | 1 | 41.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $20,600 |
| 70 | Jones, Buckshot | 34 | 1 | 43.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $2,087 |