| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Lawson | YZR500 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 139 |
| 2 | Wayne Gardner | NSR500 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 117 |
| 3 | Randy Mamola | YZR500 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 105 |
| 4 | Mike Baldwin | YZR500 | 5 | 10 | 78 | |
| 5 | Rob McElnea | YZR500 | 9 | 60 | ||
| 6 | Christian Sarron | YZR500 | 2 | 8 | 58 | |
| 7 | Didier de Radiguès | Chevallier-NS500 | 1 | 8 | 42 | |
| 8 | Raymond Roche | NS500/NSR500 | 7 | 35 | ||
| 9 | Ron Haslam | Elf3-RS500 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 10 | Pierfrancesco Chili | RG500 | 5 | 18 | ||
| 11 | Niall Mackenzie | RG500 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Boet Van Dulmen | RS500 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 13 | Shunji Yatsushiro | RS500 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 14 | Gustav Reiner | RS500 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Fabio Biliotti | RS500 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | Dave Petersen | RG500 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 17 | Juan Garriga | GP500 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 18 | Paul Lewis | RG500 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Mile Pajic | RS500 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Kenny Irons | YZR500 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Roger Burnett | RS500/NS500 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Kevin Schwantz | RG500 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Bakker-RG500 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 24 | Marco Papa | RS500 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dietmar Mayer | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leandro Becheroni | RG500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Esko Kuparinen | RS500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Steve Manley | RG500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Maarten Duyzers | RS500 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Helmut Schutz | RS500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Josef Doppler | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Philippe Robinet | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Armando Errico | RG500 | 0 | ||||
| Marco Lucchinelli | GP500 | 0 | ||||
| Bohumil Stasa | RS500 | 0 | ||||
| Alessandro Valesi | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rob Punt | RS500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Fabio Barchitta | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Peter Linden | RS500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Freddie Spencer | NSR500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Christian Le Liard | Elf3-RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Karl Truchsess | RS500 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Simon Buckmaster | RS500 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Eero Hyvarinen | RS500 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Henk van der Mark | RS500 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Marco Gentile | Fior-RS500 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Manfred Fischer | HG-RS500 | 7 | 0 |