1981 World Championship Standings
| Position |
Rider |
Constructor |
Points |
| 1 |
Marco Lucchinelli |
Suzuki |
105 |
| 2 |
Randy Mamola |
Suzuki |
94 |
| 3 |
Kenny Roberts |
Yamaha |
74 |
| 4 |
Barry Sheene |
Yamaha |
72 |
| 5 |
Graeme Crosby |
Suzuki |
68 |
| 6 |
Boet van Dulmen |
Yamaha |
64 |
| 7 |
Jack Middelburg |
Suzuki |
60 |
| 8 |
Kork Ballington |
KR500 |
43 |
| 9 |
Marc Fontan |
Yamaha |
25 |
| 10 |
Hiroyuki Kawasaki |
Suzuki |
19 |
| 11 |
Bernard Fau |
Suzuki |
14 |
| 12 |
Guido Paci |
Yamaha |
14 |
| 13 |
Franco Uncini |
Suzuki |
12 |
| 14 |
Willem Zoet |
Suzuki |
10 |
| 15 |
Seppo Rossi |
Suzuki |
9 |
| 16 |
Gianni Pelletier |
Suzuki |
8 |
| 17 |
Michel Frutschi |
Yamaha |
6 |
| 18 |
Dave Potter |
Yamaha |
5 |
| 19 |
Stuart Avant |
Suzuki |
4 |
| 20 |
Sergio Pellandini |
Suzuki |
4 |
| 21 |
Ikujiro Takai |
Yamaha |
3 |
| 22 |
Steve Parrish |
Yamaha |
3 |
| 23 |
Frank Gross |
Suzuki |
2 |
| 24 |
Wil Hartog |
Suzuki |
2 |
| 25 |
Christian Sarron |
Yamaha |
2 |
| 26 |
Sadao Asami |
Yamaha |
1 |
| 27 |
Chris Guy |
Suzuki |
1 |
| 28 |
Keith Huewen |
Suzuki |
1 |
| 29 |
Kimmo Kopra |
Suzuki |
1 |
|
Adelio Faccioli |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Stefan Klabacher |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Mike Baldwin |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Jon Ekerold |
Solo |
0 |
|
Gustav Reiner |
Solo |
0 |
|
Gary Lingham |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Günter Dreier |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Gerhard Vogt |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Dennis Ireland |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Philippe Chaltin |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Barry Woodland |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Peter Sköld |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Alex George |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Lennart Bäckström |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Rob Punt |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Jochen Schmid |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Patrick Fernandez |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Graeme Geddes |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Fritz Kerschbaumer |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Wolfgang von Muralt |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Klaus Klein |
|
0 |
|
Peter Ammann |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Herve Guilleux |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Hubert Rigal |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Sergio Bertocchi |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Freddie Spencer |
NR500 |
0 |
|
Steve Henshaw |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
John Newbold |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Corrado Tuzii |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Seppo Korhonen |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Bengt Slydal |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Gina Bovaird |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Gregg Hansford |
KR500 |
0 |
|
Graziano Rossi |
Morbidelli 500-4 |
0 |
|
Philippe Coulon |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Dominique Pernet |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Leandro Beccheroni |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Gianni Rolando |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Peter Sjöström |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Dick Alblas |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Lars Johansson |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Walter Migliorati |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Alain Roethlisberger |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Takazumi Katayama |
NR500 |
0 |
|
Timo Pohjola |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Borge Nielsen |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Roberto Pietri |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Dale Singleton |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Marco Papa |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Raymond Roche |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Andreas Hofmann |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Christian Estrosi |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Josef Hage |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Jean Lafond |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Fabio Biliotti |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Graham Wood |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Henk de Vries |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Marco Greco |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Rafaelle Pasqual |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Jacques Agopian |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Carlo Perugini |
Sanvenero 500 |
0 |
|
Virginio Ferrari |
GP500 |
0 |
|
Åke Grahn |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Michael Schmid |
Suzuki |
0 |
