| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 15 | 3 | 59 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 4 | 57 |
| 3 | Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 15 | 3 | 49 |
| 4 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever | Renault | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 15 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Williams | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Mauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Toleman | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Johnny Cecotto | Theodore | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Chico Serra | Arrows | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Raul Boesel | Ligier | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Stefan Johansson | Spirit | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Corrado Fabi | Osella | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Roberto Guerrero | Theodore | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Kenneth Acheson | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Jonathan Palmer | Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Eliseo Salazar | RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Alan Jones | Arrows | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr. | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 |