Drivers Standings
| 1976 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 69 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 68 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 49 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 39 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 31 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford & Parnelli-Ford | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford & March-Ford | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  Alan Jones |
Surtees-Ford | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & Ferrari | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  Chris Amon |
Ensign-Ford | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Rolf Stommelen |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & Hesketh-Ford | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford & Wolf-Williams-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Larry Perkins |
Boro-Ford & Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Henri Pescarolo |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Arturo Merzario |
March-Ford & Wolf-Williams-Ford | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 |  Noritake Takahara |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Renzo Zorzi |
Williams-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Michel Leclere |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brett Lunger |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Bob Evans |
Brabham-Ford & Lotus-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ingo Hoffman |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Masahiro Hasemi |
Kojima-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Lella Lombardi |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & Brabham-Ford & March-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Alex Ribeiro |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Loris Kessel |
Brabham-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Warwick Brown |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Guy Edwards |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Patrick Neve |
Brabham-Ford & Ensign-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 |  Boy Hayje |
Penske-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Conny Andersson |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Hans Binder |
Ensign-Ford & Wolf-Williams-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ian Ashley |
BRM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ian Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best seven scores from the first eight races and the best seven scores from the remaining races counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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