| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan-Manuel Fangio | Maserati / Mercedes | 8 | 6 | 42 / 57,14 |
| 2 | Jose-Froilan Gonzalez | Ferrari | 7 | 1 | 25,14 / 26,64 |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 8 | 1 | 24,64 |
| 4 | Maurice Trintignant | Rosier / Ferrari | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Bill Vukovich | Indy | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Hans Herrmann | Mercedes | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Jimmy Bryan | Indy | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Luigi Musso | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Roberto Mieres | Mieres / Maserati | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Jack McGrath | Indy | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Stirling Moss | Moss / Maserati | 6 | 0 | 4,14 |
| 14 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 4 | 0 | 4,14 |
| 15 | Robert Manzon | Rosier / Ferrari | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Sergio Mantovani | Maserati | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Prinz Bira | Maserati / Bira | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Andre Pilette | Gordini | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati / Lancia | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Elie Bayol | Gordini | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Mike Nazaruk | Indy | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Duane Carter | Indy | 1 | 0 | 1,5 |
| 24 | Troy Ruttman | Indy | 1 | 0 | 1,5 |
| 25 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati / Ferrari / Lancia | 4 | 0 | 1,14 |
| 26 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 8 | 0 | 0,14 |
| 27 | Harry Schell | Schell / Maserati | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ken Wharton | BRM | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Francesco Godia-Sales | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Fred Wacker | Gordini | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Fred Agabashian | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Louis Rosier | Rosier / Maserati | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Don Freeland | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Peter Collins | Vanwall | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | de Graffenried | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jacques Swaters | Swaters | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jerry Hoyt | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Paul Russo | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Larry Crockett | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Cal Niday | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Bob Gerard | Gerard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Sam Hanks | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Johnnie Parsons | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Jorge Daponte | Daponte | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Don Beauman | Boles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Andy Linden | Indy / Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Art Cross | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Jimmy Davies | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Chuck Stevenson | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Walt Faulkner | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Manny Ayulo | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Leslie Marr | Marr | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Bob Sweikert | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Leslie Thorne | Ecosse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Horace Gould | Gould | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Tony Bettenhausen | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Marshall Teague | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Jimmy Jackson | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Ernie McCoy | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Jimmy Reece | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Ed Elisian | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Bob Scott | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Frank Armi | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | George Fonder | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Jimmy Daywalt | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Johnny Thomson | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Paul Frere | Gordini | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Roy Salvadori | Greene | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Hermann Lang | Mercedes | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Clemar Bucci | Gordini | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Pat O'Connor | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Reg Parnell | Lurani | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Roger Loyer | Gordini | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Lance Macklin | HWM | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Rodger Ward | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Gene Hartley | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Bill Homeier | Indy / Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Bill Whitehouse | Whitehouse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Theo Helfrich | Klenk | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Georges Berger | Berger | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | John Riseley-Prichard | Walker Rob | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Peter Whitehead | Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Eric Brandon | Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Len Duncan | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Jim Rathmann | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Spider Webb | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Pat Flaherty | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Ron Flockhart | Bira | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Eddie Johnson | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Danny Kladis | Indy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Ottorino Volonterio | de Graffenried | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Alan Brown | Chase | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Carlos Menditeguy | Marimon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Giovanni de Riu | de Riu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Rodney Nuckey | Richmond | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Andre Simon | Gordini | 0 | 0 | 0 |