Drivers Standings
| ARG | BRA | RSA | USA | MON | BEL | SPA | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | Total | Valids | ||
| 1 |  Mario Andretti |
9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
| 2 |  Ronnie Peterson |
2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 51 | 51 |
| 3 |  Carlos Reutemann |
0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 48 |
| 4 |  Niki Lauda |
6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 5 |  Patrick Depailler |
4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 34 |
| 6 |  John Watson |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 7 |  Jody Scheckter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 9 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 17 |
| 10 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 11 |  Alan Jones |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 |  Riccardo Patrese |
- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | James Hunt |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | Didier Pironi |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 16 |  Clay Regazzoni |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
- | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 20 |  Derek Daly |
- | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 |  Hector Rebaque |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Brett Lunger |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
- | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jochen Mass |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Rene Arnoux |
- | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Rolf Stommelen |
- | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Nelson Piquet |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Keke Rosberg |
- | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Harald Ertl |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rupert Keegan |
0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bobby Rahal |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 |  Jacky Ickx |
- | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Arturo Merzario |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Danny Ongais |
0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Eddie Cheever |
0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Lamberto Leoni |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 38 |  Michael Bleekemolen |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |