| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 14 | 5 | 67 / 71 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 3 | 54 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 14 | 1 | 42 / 49 |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 14 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | John Watson | McLaren | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Marc Surer | ATS | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rupert Keegan | RAM | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jan Lammers | ATS / Ensign | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Geoff Lees | Shadow / Theodore / Ensign / RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Tiff Needell | Ensign | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mike Thackwell | Arrows / Tyrrell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dave Kennedy | Shadow / Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Stefan Johansson | Shadow | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Manfred Winkelhock | Arrows | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Stephen South | McLaren | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Desire Wilson | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Harald Ertl | ATS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Kevin Cogan | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 |