| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Lawson | Honda | 4 | 13 | 14 | 228 |
| 2 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | 3 | 13 | 13 | 211 |
| 3 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | 3 | 14 | 166 | |
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | 6 | 9 | 9 | 163 |
| 5 | Kevin Magee | Yamaha | 13 | 139 | ||
| 6 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Honda | 1 | 1 | 12 | 122 |
| 7 | Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha | 1 | 11 | 103 | |
| 8 | Ron Haslam | Suzuki | 10 | 86 | ||
| 9 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 1 | 9 | 81 | |
| 10 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | 1 | 2 | 5 | 67 |
| 11 | Rob McElnea | Honda | 10 | 53 | ||
| 12 | Simon Buckmaster | Honda | 1 | 14 | 44 | |
| 13 | Alessandro Valesi | Yamaha | 10 | 40 | ||
| 14 | Tadahiko Taira | Yamaha | 5 | 39 | ||
| 15 | Dominique Sarron | Honda | 7 | 39 | ||
| 16 | Freddie Spencer | Yamaha | 6 | 34 | ||
| 18 | Randy Mamola | Cagiva | 8 | 33 | ||
| 19 | Adrien Morillas | Honda | 4 | 26 | ||
| 20 | Michael Rudroff | Honda | 1 | 9 | 18 | |
| 21 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | 2 | 17 | ||
| 22 | Bubba Shobert | Honda | 2 | 12 | ||
| 23 | Josef Doppler | Honda | 7 | 11 | ||
| 25 | Romolo Balbi | Honda | 1 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha | 1 | 8 | ||
| 28 | Massimo Broccoli | Cagiva | 2 | 8 | ||
| 30 | Michael Dowson | Yamaha | 1 | 7 | ||
| 32 | Shinichi Ito | Honda | 1 | 6 | ||
| 33 | Fabio Biliotti | Honda | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | Bruno Kneubühler | Honda | 11 | 6 | ||
| 35 | John Kocinski | Yamaha | 1 | 6 | ||
| 36 | Ernst Gschwender | Suzuki | 1 | 5 | ||
| 37 | Roger Burnett | Honda | 1 | 4 | ||
| 38 | Thierry Crine | Suzuki | 1 | 4 | ||
| 40 | Alberto Rota | Yamaha | 1 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Honda | 1 | 3 | ||
| 42 | Cees Doorakkers | Honda | 3 | 3 | ||
| 43 | Eddie Laycock | Honda | 4 | 2 | ||
| 44 | Kunio Machii | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | ||
| 45 | Peter Linden | Honda | 2 | 1 | ||
| 46 | Hansjoerg Butz | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Marco Papa | Paton | 4 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Shinji Katayama | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Vincenzo Cascino | Honda | 2 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Claude Albert | Suzuki | 3 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Rachel Nicotte | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 52 | Georg Jung | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Robert Holden | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Timo Paavilainen | Suzuki | 1 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Vittorio Scatola | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 56 | Stefan Klabacher | Honda | 4 | 0 | ||
| 57 | Michele Valdo | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 59 | Steve Williams | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | ||
| 61 | Karl Dauer | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 62 | Hans Klingebiel | Honda | 3 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Keiji Kinoshita | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 65 | Ian Pratt | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 66 | Rudolf Zeller | Manhattan | 3 | 0 | ||
| 67 | Kenmei Matsumoto | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 68 | Fabian Pilloud | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 69 | Martin Trosch | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Mark Phillips | Suzuki | 1 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Pascal Seguela | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 73 | Bernard Gitton | Fior | 1 | 0 | ||
| 74 | Peter Graves | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Felix Beck | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 76 | Helmut Schutz | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Anton Berghammer | Suzuki | 1 | 0 | ||
| 78 | Dario Marchetti | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| 79 | Harry Heutmekers | Suzuki | 1 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Alan Carter | Honda | 0 | |||
| 82 | Fred Merkel | Honda | 1 | 5 | ||
| 83 | Doug Polen | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 84 | Hikaru Miyagi | Honda | 0 | |||
| 86 | Osamu Hiwatashi | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 87 | Greg Drew | PRP | 0 | |||
| 88 | James Judd | Yamaha | 0 | |||
| 89 | Malcolm Campbell | Honda | 0 | |||
| 90 | Eugene Brown | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 91 | Larry Moreno Vacondio | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 92 | Raymond Roche | Cagiva | 0 | |||
| 93 | Roland Busch | Honda | 0 | |||
| 94 | Karl Truchsess | Honda | 0 | |||
| 95 | Stephane Mertens | Honda | 0 | |||
| 96 | Bernard Andrault | Honda | 0 | |||
| 97 | Patrick Leruste | Fior | 0 | |||
| 98 | Patrick Salles | Fior | 0 | |||
| 99 | David Crampton | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 100 | John Mossey | Suzuki | 0 | |||
| 101 | Torbjorn Bastiansen | Suzuki | 0 |