Drivers Standings
| 1996 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Damon Hill |
Williams-Renault | 97 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 2 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Williams-Renault | 78 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari | 59 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 |  Jean Alesi |
Benetton-Renault | 47 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Mika Hakkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 31 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  Gerhard Berger |
Benetton-Renault | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | David Coulthard |
McLaren-Mercedes | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  Rubens Barrichello |
Jordan-Peugeot | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis |
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine |
Ferrari | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle |
Jordan-Peugeot | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
Sauber-Ford | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mika Salo |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert |
Sauber-Ford | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz |
Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Jos Verstappen |
Footwork-Hart | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Ukyo Katayama |
Tyrrell-Yamaha | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ricardo Rosset |
Footwork-Hart | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Giancarlo Fisichella |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  Pedro Lamy |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer |
Forti-Ford | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Giovanni Lavaggi |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Andrea Montermini |
Forti-Ford | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Tarso Marques |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points for top six finishers (10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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