Drivers Standings
| 1977 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 72 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 55 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 47 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 42 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 25 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  Alan Jones |
Shadow-Ford | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & March-Ford | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson |
Tyrrell-Ford | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ensign-Ford | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Patrick Tambay |
Ensign-Ford & Surtees-Ford | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Ligier-Matra & Penske-Ford & Shadow-Ford | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Riccardo Patrese |
Shadow-Ford | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Renzo Zorzi |
Shadow-Ford | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Rupert Keegan |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Patrick Neve |
March-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Vern Schuppan |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Danny Ongais |
Penske-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Ingo Hoffman |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Alex Ribeiro |
March-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Hans Binder |
Penske-Ford & Surtees-Ford | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Brett Lunger |
March-Ford & McLaren-Ford | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Jackie Oliver |
Shadow-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 |  Kunimitsu Takahashi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ian Scheckter |
March-Ford | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brian Henton |
Boro-Ford & March-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari & McLaren-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
Kojima-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Larry Perkins |
BRM & Surtees-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | David Purley |
LEC-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 |  Emilio de Villota |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Arturo Merzario |
March-Ford & Shadow-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ian Ashley |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 |  Boy Hayje |
March-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Bruno Giacomelli |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Hans Heyer |
Penske-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 |  Hector Rebaque |
Hesketh-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Noritake Takahara |
Kojima-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 0 | 3 | 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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