| Pos | Driver | ARG | BRA | SOU | USW | BEL | MON | FRE | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | CAN | US | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones |
1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 67 (71) |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet |
2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 54 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann |
Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 42 (49) |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite |
Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi |
Ret | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | René Arnoux |
Ret | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 5 | NC | Ret | 9 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis |
Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese |
Ret | 6 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg |
3 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 16 | DNQ | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | John Watson |
Ret | 11 | 11 | 4 | NC | DNQ | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | NC | 6 |
| 12 | Derek Daly |
4 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Ret | 12 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 7 | NC | 6 |
| 14 | Gilles Villeneuve |
Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 6 |
| 15 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
NC | 15 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 16 | Alain Prost |
6 | 5 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 5 | |
| 17 | Jochen Mass |
Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | DNQ | DNS | 11 | Ret | 4 | |
| 18 | Bruno Giacomelli |
5 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| 19 | Jody Scheckter |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 8 | DNQ | 11 | 2 |
| 20 | Mario Andretti |
Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Hector Rebaque |
7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 1 | |||||||
| 22 | Marc Surer |
Ret | 7 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | Ret | DNQ | 8 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Ricardo Zunino |
7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | Rupert Keegan |
11 | DNQ | 15 | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni |
NC | Ret | 9 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Jan Lammers |
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 12 | NC | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| 27 | Eddie Cheever |
DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Geoff Lees |
13 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | Patrick Depailler |
Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | Nigel Mansell |
Ret | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Tiff Needell |
Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Mike Thackwell |
DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Dave Kennedy |
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
| 36 | Stefan Johansson |
DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Harald Ertl |
DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 38 | Manfred Winkelhock |
DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 39 | Stephen South |
DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Desiré Wilson |
DNQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 41 | Kevin Cogan |
DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No | ARG | BRA | SOU | USW | BEL | MON | FRE | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | CAN | US | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams |
27 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 |
| 28 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 43 | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 11 | DNQ | 15 | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 9 | ||||||||||
| 51 | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ligier |
25 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 3 | 66 |
| 26 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 11 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Brabham |
5 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 55 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | |||
| 4 | Renault |
15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 38 | |
| 16 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 5 | NC | Ret | 9 | 2 | 10 | Ret | 7 | |||
| 5 | Lotus |
11 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 43 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tyrrell |
3 | Ret | 12 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 15 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 7 | NC | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 43 | Ret | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Arrows |
29 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 |
| 30 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | DNQ | DNS | DNQ | 11 | Ret | |||
| 8 | Fittipaldi |
20 | NC | 15 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 16 | DNQ | 5 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 9 | McLaren |
7 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 4 | NC | DNQ | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | NC | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | DNS | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Ret | DNS | |||
| 10 | Ferrari |
1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 8 | DNQ | 11 | 8 |
| 2 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | |||
| 11 | Alfa Romeo |
22 | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||
| 23 | 5 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 12 | ATS |
9 | Ret | 7 | DNS | Ret | 12 | NC | Ret | Ret | 12 | 12 | 10 | Ret | DNQ | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Ensign |
14 | NC | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| 41 | Ret | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Osella |
31 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 15 | Shadow |
17 | DNQ | DNQ | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |