Drivers Standings
| 1971 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford | 62 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Alfa Romeo & March-Ford | 33 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  Francois Cevert |
Tyrrell-Ford | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Jo Siffert |
BRM | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Lotus-Ford | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 |  Mario Andretti |
Ferrari | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Peter Gethin |
BRM & McLaren-Ford | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  Pedro Rodriguez |
BRM | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  Chris Amon |
Matra | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Reine Wisell |
Lotus-Ford | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Tim Schenken |
Brabham-Ford | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Howden Ganley |
BRM | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mark Donohue |
McLaren-Ford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Henri Pescarolo |
March-Ford | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mike Hailwood |
Surtees-Ford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | John Surtees |
Surtees-Ford | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Rolf Stommelen |
Surtees-Ford | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Graham Hill |
Brabham-Ford | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean Pierre Beltoise |
Matra | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jackie Oliver |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Brian Redman |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  Gijs Van Lennep |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jo Bonnier |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | David Hobbs |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Nanni Galli |
March-Alfa Romeo & March-Ford | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Helmut Marko |
BRM | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Andrea de Adamich |
March-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Vic Elford |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Francois Mazet |
March-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |  John Cannon |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | George Eaton |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 |  Alex Soler-Roig |
March-Alfa Romeo & March-Ford | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Chris Craft |
Brabham-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 |  Dave Charlton |
Brabham-Ford & Lotus-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Dave Walker |
Lotus-Pratt & Whitney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Derek Bell |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Jackie Pretorius |
Brabham-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
March-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 |  John Love |
March-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Max Jean |
March-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Mike Beuttler |
March-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Niki Lauda |
March-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Pete Lovely |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Peter Revson |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Sam Posey |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Silvio Moser |
Bellasi-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Skip Barber |
March-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best five scores from the first six races and the best four scores from the remaining races counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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