Drivers Standings
| 1979 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 47 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 36 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler |
Ligier-Ford | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 |  Niki Lauda |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo & Brabham-Ford | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ligier-Ford | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  Hector Rebaque |
Lotus-Ford & Rebaque-Ford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Geoff Lees |
Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Ricardo Zunino |
Brabham-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |  Derek Daly |
Ensign-Ford & Tyrrell-Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | James Hunt |
Wolf-Ford | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Alfa Romeo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Patrick Gaillard |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Marc Surer |
Ensign-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best four scores from the first seven 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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