Drivers Standings
| 1966 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Jack Brabham |
Brabham-Repco | 42 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 |  John Surtees |
Cooper-Maserati & Ferrari | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |  Jochen Rindt |
Cooper-Maserati | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  Denny Hulme |
Brabham-Climax & Brabham-Repco | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Graham Hill |
BRM | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jim Clark |
Lotus-BRM & Lotus-Climax | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Jackie Stewart |
BRM | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Parkes |
Ferrari | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 |  Lorenzo Bandini |
Ferrari | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Ludovico Scarfiotti |
Ferrari | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Richie Ginther |
Cooper-Maserati & Honda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Dan Gurney |
Eagle-Climax & Eagle-Weslake | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mike Spence |
Lotus-BRM | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bob Bondurant |
BRM & Eagle-Climax & Eagle-Weslake | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  Jo Siffert |
Brabham-BRM & Cooper-Maserati | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Bruce McLaren |
McLaren-Ford & McLaren-Serenissima | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Peter Arundell |
Lotus-BRM & Lotus-Climax | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Bob Anderson |
Brabham-Climax | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Jo Bonnier |
Brabham-Climax & Cooper-Maserati | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | John Taylor |
Brabham-BRM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Chris Irwin |
Brabham-Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Chris Amon |
Brabham-BRM & Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ronnie Bucknum |
Honda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  Guy Ligier |
Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Giacomo Russo |
Lotus-Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chris Lawrence |
Cooper-Ferrari | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Giancarlo Baghetti |
Ferrari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Innes Ireland |
BRM | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Moises Solana |
Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Pedro Rodriguez |
Lotus-BRM & Lotus-Climax | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Trevor Taylor |
Shannon-Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best five scores counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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