| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda NSR500 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 317 |
| 2 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha YZR500 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 174 |
| 3 | John Kocinski | Cagiva GP500 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 172 |
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki RGV500 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 169 |
| 5 | Alberto Puig | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 14 | 152 | |
| 6 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda NSR500 | 3 | 12 | 144 | |
| 7 | Shinichi Ito | Honda NSR500 | 3 | 11 | 141 | |
| 8 | Alex Barros | Suzuki RGV500 | 1 | 13 | 134 | |
| 9 | Doug Chandler | Cagiva GP500 | 1 | 10 | 96 | |
| 10 | Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha YZR500 | 11 | 69 | ||
| 11 | Bernard Garcia | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 56 | ||
| 12 | Jeremy McWilliams | Yamaha YZR500 | 12 | 49 | ||
| 13 | Daryl Beattie | Yamaha YZR500 | 6 | 44 | ||
| 14 | John Reynolds | Yamaha YZR500 | 9 | 43 | ||
| 15 | Sean Emmett | Harris-Yamaha | 10 | 34 | ||
| 16 | Juan López Mella | ROC-Yamaha / Suzuki RGV500 | 7 | 26 | ||
| 17 | Norifumi Abe | Honda NSR500 / Yamaha YZR500 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 18 | Laurent Naveau | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 19 | ||
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 17 | ||
| 20 | Cristiano Migliorati | ROC-Yamaha | 11 | 12 | ||
| 21 | Marc Garcia | ROC-Yamaha | 9 | 11 | ||
| 22 | Toshihiko Honma | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Jean Foray | ROC-Yamaha | 9 | 8 | ||
| 24 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia RSW500 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 25 | Bernard Haenggeli | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 7 | ||
| 26 | Julián Miralles | ROC-Yamaha | 6 | 7 | ||
| 27 | Bruno Bonhuil | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 7 | ||
| 28 | Hervé Moineau | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 5 | ||
| 29 | Scott Doohan | Harris-Yamaha | 1 | 4 | ||
| 30 | Udo Mark | Harris-Yamaha / ROC-Yamaha | 2 | 2 | ||
| 31 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC-Yamaha | 6 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Neil Hodgson | Harris-Yamaha | 2 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Andrew Stroud | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 1 | ||
| Felipe Horta | Harris-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Michael Liedl | Harris-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| James Haydon | ROC-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Nick Hopkins | Harris-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Néstor Amoroso | Harris-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marco Papa | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vittorio Scatola | Paton | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lothar Neukirchner | Harris-Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |||
| Philippe Monneret | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ermanno Bastianini | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cees Doorakkers | Harris-Yamaha | 11 | 0 | |||
| Andreas Leuthe | ROC-Yamaha | 7 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Mitchell | Harris-Yamaha | 5 | 0 |