Drivers Standings
| 1978 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 64 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 2 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Lotus-Ford | 51 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 48 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 44 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 34 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 24 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Shadow-Ford | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Shadow-Ford | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford & Hesketh-Ford | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Brett Lunger |
Ensign-Ford & McLaren-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jochen Mass |
ATS-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
ATS-Ford & Lotus-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Rene Arnoux |
Martini-Ford & Surtees-Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Rolf Stommelen |
Arrows-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & Ensign-Ford & McLaren-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Keke Rosberg |
ATS-Ford & Theodore-Ford & Wolf-Ford | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Harald Ertl |
ATS-Ford & Ensign-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rupert Keegan |
Surtees-Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bobby Rahal |
Wolf-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Danny Ongais |
Ensign-Ford & Shadow-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Eddie Cheever |
Hesketh-Ford & Theodore-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Lamberto Leoni |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 |  Michael Bleekemolen |
ATS-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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