Drivers Standings
| 1987 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 73 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 61 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Honda | 57 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 46 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 36 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 |  Stefan Johansson |
McLaren-TAG | 30 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-Ford | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW & Williams-Honda | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Brabham-BMW | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Ford | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Ford | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle |
Zakspeed | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Yannick Dalmas |
Lola-Ford | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Ford | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Megatron | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Roberto Moreno |
AGS-Ford | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Christian Danner |
Zakspeed | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ligier-Megatron | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Pascal Fabre |
AGS-Ford | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Alex Caffi |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Adrian Campos |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Franco Forini |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Gabriele Tarquini |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Nicola Larini |
Coloni-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-BMW | 0 | 1 | 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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