| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| 2 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 10 | 2 | 39 |
| 3 | John Watson | McLaren | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | Renault | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Rene Arnoux | Renault | 16 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Derek Daly | Theodore / Williams | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Mario Andretti | Williams / Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Brian Henton | Arrows / Tyrrell | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jochen Mass | RAM | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Slim Borgudd | Tyrrell | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Raul Boesel | RAM | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Rupert Keegan | RAM | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Geoff Lees | Theodore / Lotus | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Teo Fabi | Toleman | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Riccardo Paletti | Osella | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Tommy Byrne | Theodore | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jan Lammers | Theodore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Emilio de Villota | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Roberto Moreno | Lotus | 0 | 0 | 0 |