| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Lawson | YZR500 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 252 |
| 2 | Wayne Gardner | NSR500 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 229 |
| 3 | Wayne Rainey | YZR500 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 189 |
| 4 | Christian Sarron | YZR500 | 6 | 11 | 149 | |
| 5 | Kevin Magee | YZR500 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 138 |
| 6 | Niall Mackenzie | NSR500 | 1 | 12 | 125 | |
| 7 | Didier de Radiguès | YZR500 | 1 | 13 | 120 | |
| 8 | Kevin Schwantz | RGV500 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 119 |
| 9 | Pierfrancesco Chili | NSR500 | 13 | 110 | ||
| 10 | Rob McElnea | RGV500 | 13 | 83 | ||
| 11 | Ron Haslam | Elf5-RS500 | 12 | 68 | ||
| 12 | Randy Mamola | GP500 | 1 | 6 | 58 | |
| 13 | Shunji Yatsushiro | NSR500 | 8 | 57 | ||
| 14 | Patrick Igoa | YZR500 | 10 | 44 | ||
| 15 | Tadahiko Taira | YZR500 | 5 | 36 | ||
| 16 | Alessandro Valesi | RS500 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 17 | Marco Papa | RS500 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Roger Burnett | RS500 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 19 | Mike Baldwin | RS500 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 20 | Raymond Roche | GP500 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 21 | Fabio Barchitta | RS500 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 22 | Bruno Kneubühler | RS500 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 23 | Donnie McLeod | RS500 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 24 | Marco Gentile | Fior-RS500 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 25 | Daniel Amatriain | RS500 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 26 | Hikaru Miyagi | NSR500 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 27 | Gustav Reiner | RS500 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 28 | Steve Manley | RG500 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 29 | Malcolm Campbell | Elf5-RS500 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 30 | Norihiko Fujiwara | YZR500 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 31 | Francisco Gonzales | RS500 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 32 | Fabio Biliotti | Paton-RS500 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 33 | Rachel Nicotte | RS500 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 35 | Massimo Broccoli | GP500 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 36 | Peter Linden | RS500 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 37 | Osamu Hiwatashi | RGV500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Maarten Duyzers | RS500 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 39 | Michael Rudroff | RS500 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 40 | Manfred Fischer | RS500 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 41 | Cees Doorakkers | RS500 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Shinji Katayama | YZR500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | Nicholas Schmassman | RS500 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Andreas Leuthe | RG500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 46 | Josef Doppler | RS500 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Alberto Rota | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Franz Holzmeier | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Eddie Laycock | RS500 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Keiji Kinoshita | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 52 | Ian Pratt | RG500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Kees van der Endt | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Karl Truchsess | RS500 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Silvo Habat | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 56 | Jean Luc Demierre | RG500 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 57 | Romolo Balbi | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 58 | Georg Jung | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 59 | Ari Ramo | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 60 | Helmut Schutz | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 61 | Dave Leach | RG500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 62 | Peter Skold | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Claude Arciero | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 66 | Simon Buckmaster | RS500 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 67 | Claus Wulff | RS500 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 68 | Pavel Dekanek | RS500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 69 | Ake Dahli | RG500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Lars Johansson | RG500 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Hisashi Yamana | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 72 | Katunori Shinozaki | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 73 | John Long | YZR500 | 0 | |||
| 74 | Claude Albert | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 75 | Vincenzo Cascino | RS500 | 0 | |||
| 76 | Larry Moreno Vacondio | RS500 | 0 | |||
| 77 | Tony Carey | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 81 | Vittorio Scatola | Paton-RS500 | 0 | |||
| 82 | Eric Sabatier | RS500 | 0 | |||
| 83 | Thierry Rapicault | Fior-RS500 | 0 | |||
| 84 | Darren Dixon | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 85 | Steve Spray | RG500 | 0 | |||
| 86 | Thomas Aronsson | Nicco Bakker-RS500 | 0 |