Drivers Standings
| 1986 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 72 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 70 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 69 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Renault | 55 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 |  Stefan Johansson |
Ferrari | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  Keke Rosberg |
McLaren-TAG | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 |  Gerhard Berger |
Benetton-BMW | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Renault | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Renault | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle |
Tyrrell-Renault | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Alan Jones |
Lola-Ford & Lola-Hart | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Johnny Dumfries |
Lotus-Renault | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Renault | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay |
Lola-Ford & Lola-Hart | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-BMW | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  Christian Danner |
Arrows-BMW & Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Renault | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Arrows-BMW | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Derek Warwick |
Brabham-BMW | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jonathan Palmer |
Zakspeed | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Huub Rothengatter |
Zakspeed | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elio de Angelis |
Brabham-BMW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 |  Marc Surer |
Arrows-BMW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Allen Berg |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 |  Eddie Cheever |
Lola-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Ivan Capelli |
AGS-Motori Moderni | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best eleven scores counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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