| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 16 | 5 | 72 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 16 | 7 | 71,5 |
| 3 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 16 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 16 | 1 | 30,5 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 16 | 1 | 20,5 |
| 9 | Ayrton Senna | Toleman | 14 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 16 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Patrick Tambay | Renault | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Teo Fabi | Brabham | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Williams | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Stefan Johansson | Tyrrell / Toleman | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Jo Gartner | Osella | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Gerhard Berger | ATS | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Francois Hesnault | Ligier | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Corrado Fabi | Brabham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mauro Baldi | Spirit | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS / Brabham | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | RAM | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Huub Rothengatter | Spirit | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Johnny Cecotto | Toleman | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Philippe Alliot | RAM | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Philippe Streiff | Renault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mike Thackwell | RAM / Tyrrell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Pierluigi Martini | Toleman | 0 | 0 | 0 |