
| 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Driver Standings | ||||||||
| = Winston cup rookie year | ||||||||
| Average | Top | Top | ||||||
| Position | Driver | Points | Starts | Finish | Wins | 5's | 10's | Winnings |
| 1 | Gordon, Jeff | 5328 | 33 | 5.70 | 13 | 26 | 28 | $6,175,867 |
| 2 | Martin, Mark | 4964 | 33 | 8.64 | 7 | 22 | 26 | $3,279,370 |
| 3 | Jarrett, Dale | 4619 | 33 | 11.18 | 3 | 19 | 22 | $3,368,735 |
| 4 | Wallace, Rusty | 4501 | 33 | 11.70 | 1 | 15 | 21 | $2,133,435 |
| 5 | Burton, Jeff | 4415 | 33 | 12.58 | 2 | 18 | 23 | $2,114,597 |
| 6 | Labonte, Bobby | 4180 | 33 | 14.21 | 2 | 11 | 18 | $2,648,970 |
| 7 | Mayfield, Jeremy | 4157 | 33 | 14.21 | 1 | 12 | 16 | $1,970,521 |
| 8 | Earnhardt, Dale | 3928 | 33 | 16.15 | 1 | 5 | 13 | $2,611,100 |
| 9 | Labonte, Terry | 3901 | 33 | 16.52 | 1 | 5 | 15 | $1,838,415 |
| 10 | Hamilton, Bobby | 3786 | 33 | 17.00 | 1 | 3 | 8 | $1,789,180 |
| 11 | Andretti, John | 3682 | 33 | 17.94 | 0 | 3 | 10 | $1,642,700 |
| 12 | Schrader, Ken | 3675 | 33 | 17.88 | 0 | 3 | 11 | $1,729,881 |
| 13 | Marlin, Sterling | 3530 | 32 | 18.09 | 0 | 0 | 6 | $1,180,740 |
| 14 | Spencer, Jimmy | 3464 | 31 | 18.19 | 0 | 3 | 8 | $1,600,236 |
| 15 | Little, Chad | 3423 | 32 | 19.41 | 0 | 1 | 7 | $1,321,786 |
| 16 | Burton, Ward | 3352 | 33 | 21.15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | $1,396,633 |
| 17 | Waltrip, Michael | 3340 | 32 | 19.39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | $1,360,385 |
| 18 | Elliott, Bill | 3305 | 32 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | $1,454,465 |
| 19 | Irvan, Ernie | 3262 | 30 | 18.87 | 0 | 0 | 11 | $1,476,141 |
| 20 | Benson, Johnny | 3160 | 32 | 22.34 | 0 | 3 | 10 | $1,286,971 |
| 21 | Skinner, Mike | 3153 | 30 | 20.23 | 0 | 4 | 9 | $1,205,581 |
| 22 | Rudd, Ricky | 3131 | 33 | 23.15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | $1,564,145 |
| 23 | Musgrave, Ted | 3124 | 32 | 22.09 | 0 | 2 | 5 | $1,215,626 |
| 24 | Waltrip, Darrell | 2957 | 33 | 24.79 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $998,530 |
| 25 | Bodine, Brett | 2907 | 33 | 25.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,245,173 |
| 26 | Nemechek, Joe | 2897 | 32 | 24.63 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $1,343,991 |
| 27 | Bodine, Geoff | 2864 | 32 | 24.88 | 0 | 1 | 5 | $1,247,255 |
| 28 | Irwin, Kenny | 2760 | 32 | 25.97 | 0 | 1 | 4 | $1,433,567 |
| 29 | Trickle, Dick | 2678 | 32 | 26.59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $1,207,471 |
| 30 | Petty, Kyle | 2675 | 33 | 27.39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $1,262,731 |
| 31 | Wallace, Kenny | 2615 | 31 | 26.65 | 0 | 0 | 7 | $995,216 |
| 32 | Pressley, Robert | 2388 | 30 | 28.03 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $996,721 |
| 33 | Mast, Rick | 2296 | 30 | 28.97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $894,327 |
| 34 | Grissom, Steve | 2215 | 27 | 27.07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $1,030,041 |
| 35 | Lepage, Kevin | 2196 | 27 | 27.30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $852,721 |
| 36 | Nadeau, Jerry | 2121 | 30 | 30.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $804,867 |
| 37 | Cope, Derrike | 2065 | 28 | 29.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $956,980 |
| 38 | Dallenbach, Wally | 1832 | 23 | 28.04 | 0 | 0 | 3 | $807,856 |
| 39 | Bickle, Rich | 1773 | 21 | 26.33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $682,255 |
| 40 | Green, Jeff | 1687 | 22 | 28.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $589,841 |
| 41 | Bodine, Todd | 1322 | 14 | 23.29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | $378,766 |
| 42 | Park, Steve | 1322 | 17 | 28.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $487,265 |
| 43 | Speed, Lake | 1297 | 16 | 27.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $552,521 |
| 44 | Green, David | 1014 | 15 | 31.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $441,121 |
| 45 | Marcis, Dave | 949 | 13 | 30.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $444,946 |
| 46 | Craven, Ricky | 907 | 11 | 27.18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $506,230 |
| 47 | Shepard, Morgan | 843 | 12 | 31.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $364,541 |
| 48 | Bradberry, Gary | 787 | 13 | 34.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $341,307 |
| 49 | LaJoie, Randy | 768 | 9 | 26.22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | $336,905 |
| 50 | Stricklin, Hut | 700 | 13 | 35.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $337,106 |
| 51 | Seltzer, Dennis | 502 | 7 | 30.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $150,495 |
| 52 | Jones, Buckshot | 458 | 5 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $162,435 |
| 53 | Sacks, Gregg | 400 | 7 | 35.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $296,880 |
| 54 | Hillenburg, Andy | 334 | 4 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $184,901 |
| 55 | Standridge, Billy | 250 | 4 | 33.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $170,936 |
| 56 | Kendall, Tom | 232 | 2 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $53,205 |
| 57 | Kenseth, Mat | 150 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $42,340 |
| 58 | Bliss, Mike | 146 | 2 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $32,520 |
| 59 | Sadler, Elliot | 128 | 2 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $45,325 |
| 60 | Hornaday, Ron | 121 | 1 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $27,850 |
| 61 | Hubert, Tom | 95 | 2 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $42,430 |
| 62 | Wallace, Mike | 94 | 1 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $86,105 |
| 63 | Fellows, Ron | 92 | 2 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $46,310 |
| 64 | Gilliland, Butch | 91 | 1 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $28,625 |
| 65 | Kimmel, Frank | 70 | 1 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $28,065 |
| 66 | Dillon, Mike | 58 | 1 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $28,050 |
| 67 | Gordon, Robby | 57 | 1 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $24,765 |
| 68 | Pardus, Dan | 55 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $35,480 |