1988 World Championship Standings
| Position |
Rider |
Constructor |
Points |
| 1 |
Eddie Lawson |
Yamaha |
252 |
| 2 |
Wayne Gardner |
Honda |
229 |
| 3 |
Wayne Rainey |
Yamaha |
189 |
| 4 |
Christian Sarron |
Yamaha |
149 |
| 5 |
Kevin Magee |
Yamaha |
138 |
| 6 |
Niall Mackenzie |
Honda |
125 |
| 7 |
Didier de Radiguès |
Yamaha |
120 |
| 8 |
Kevin Schwantz |
Suzuki |
119 |
| 9 |
Pierfrancesco Chili |
Honda |
110 |
| 10 |
Rob McElnea |
Suzuki |
83 |
| 11 |
Ron Haslam |
Elf5-RS500 |
68 |
| 12 |
Randy Mamola |
GP500 |
58 |
| 13 |
Shunji Yatsushiro |
Honda |
57 |
| 14 |
Patrick Igoa |
Yamaha |
44 |
| 15 |
Tadahiko Taira |
Yamaha |
36 |
| 16 |
Alessandro Valesi |
Honda |
19 |
| 17 |
Marco Papa |
Honda |
17 |
| 18 |
Roger Burnett |
Honda |
15 |
| 19 |
Mike Baldwin |
Honda |
14 |
| 20 |
Raymond Roche |
GP500 |
13 |
| 21 |
Fabio Barchitta |
Honda |
12 |
| 22 |
Bruno Kneubühler |
Honda |
9 |
| 23 |
Donnie McLeod |
Honda |
9 |
| 24 |
Marco Gentile |
Fior-RS500 |
8 |
| 25 |
Daniel Amatriain |
Honda |
7 |
| 26 |
Hikaru Miyagi |
Honda |
5 |
| 27 |
Gustav Reiner |
Honda |
5 |
| 28 |
Steve Manley |
Suzuki |
4 |
| 29 |
Malcolm Campbell |
Elf5-RS500 |
4 |
| 30 |
Norihiko Fujiwara |
Yamaha |
4 |
| 31 |
Francisco Gonzales |
Honda |
4 |
| 32 |
Fabio Biliotti |
Paton-RS500 |
4 |
| 33 |
Rachel Nicotte |
Honda |
3 |
| 34 |
Peter Schleef |
Honda |
3 |
| 35 |
Massimo Broccoli |
GP500 |
2 |
| 36 |
Peter Linden |
Honda |
2 |
| 37 |
Osamu Hiwatashi |
Suzuki |
1 |
| 38 |
Maarten Duyzers |
Honda |
1 |
| 39 |
Michael Rudroff |
Honda |
1 |
| 40 |
Manfred Fischer |
Honda |
1 |
| 41 |
Cees Doorakkers |
Honda |
1 |
| 42 |
Shinji Katayama |
Yamaha |
0 |
| 43 |
Nicholas Schmassman |
Honda |
0 |
| 44 |
Andreas Leuthe |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 45 |
Masaru Mizutani |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 46 |
Josef Doppler |
Honda |
0 |
| 47 |
Alberto Rota |
Honda |
0 |
| 48 |
Franz Holzmeier |
Honda |
0 |
| 49 |
Eddie Laycock |
Honda |
0 |
| 50 |
Wolfgang van Muralt |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 51 |
Keiji Kinoshita |
Honda |
0 |
| 52 |
Ian Pratt |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 53 |
Kees van der Endt |
Honda |
0 |
| 54 |
Karl Truchsess |
Honda |
0 |
| 55 |
Silvo Habat |
Honda |
0 |
| 56 |
Jean Luc Demierre |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 57 |
Romolo Balbi |
Honda |
0 |
| 58 |
Georg Jung |
Honda |
0 |
| 59 |
Ari Ramo |
Honda |
0 |
| 60 |
Helmut Schutz |
Honda |
0 |
| 61 |
Dave Leach |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 62 |
Peter Skold |
Honda |
0 |
| 63 |
Chris Buerki |
Honda |
0 |
| 64 |
Claude Arciero |
Honda |
0 |
| 65 |
Johann Ten Napel |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 66 |
Simon Buckmaster |
Honda |
0 |
| 67 |
Claus Wulff |
Honda |
0 |
| 68 |
Pavel Dekanek |
Honda |
0 |
| 69 |
Ake Dahli |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 70 |
Lars Johansson |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 71 |
Hisashi Yamana |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 72 |
Katunori Shinozaki |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 73 |
John Long |
Yamaha |
0 |
| 74 |
Claude Albert |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 75 |
Vincenzo Cascino |
Honda |
0 |
| 76 |
Larry Moreno Vacondio |
Honda |
0 |
| 77 |
Tony Carey |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 78 |
Hans Klingbiel |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 79 |
Hansjörg Butz |
Honda |
0 |
| 80 |
Koos van Leyen |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 81 |
Vittorio Scatola |
Paton-RS500 |
0 |
| 82 |
Eric Sabatier |
Honda |
0 |
| 83 |
Thierry Rapicault |
Fior-RS500 |
0 |
| 84 |
Darren Dixon |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 85 |
Steve Spray |
Suzuki |
0 |
| 86 |
Thomas Aronsson |
Nicco Bakker-RS500 |
0 |
