| Rang | Pilot | Team | Starts | Siege | Punkte |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 16 | 4 | 72 / 74 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 16 | 5 | 70 / 72 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 16 | 4 | 69 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 16 | 2 | 55 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 16 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Alan Jones | Haas Lola | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | Haas Lola | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Christian Danner | Osella / Arrows | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elio de Angelis | Brabham | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Allen Berg | Osella | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Eddie Cheever | Haas Lola | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ivan Capelli | AGS | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mauro Baldi | Ekström | 0 | 0 | 0 |