| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda NSR500 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 248 |
| 2 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki RGV500 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 215 |
| 3 | Luca Cadalora | Yamaha YZR500 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 176 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 166 |
| 5 | Shinichi Ito | Honda NSR500 | 2 | 12 | 127 | |
| 6 | Loris Capirossi | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 10 | 108 | |
| 7 | Alex Barros | Honda NSR500 | 11 | 104 | ||
| 8 | Alberto Puig | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 99 |
| 9 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | 9 | 81 | |
| 10 | Loris Reggiani | Aprilia RSW-2 500 | 8 | 59 | ||
| 11 | Neil Hodgson | ROC-Yamaha | 12 | 54 | ||
| 12 | Juan Borja | ROC-Yamaha | 9 | 52 | ||
| 13 | Scott Russell | Suzuki RGV500 | 6 | 43 | ||
| 14 | Bernard Garcia | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 41 | ||
| 15 | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki RGV500 | 3 | 34 | ||
| 16 | Carlos Checa | Honda NSR500 | 3 | 26 | ||
| 17 | Adrian Bosshard | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 21 | ||
| 18 | Laurent Naveau | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 21 | ||
| 19 | Jeremy McWilliams | Yamaha YZR500 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 20 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Harris-Yamaha | 3 | 20 | ||
| 21 | Cristiano Migliorati | Harris-Yamaha | 8 | 17 | ||
| 22 | Sean Emmett | Harris-Yamaha | 6 | 17 | ||
| 23 | Takuma Aoki | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| 24 | James Haydon | Harris-Yamaha | 6 | 11 | ||
| 25 | Frédéric Protat | ROC-Yamaha | 8 | 9 | ||
| 26 | Marc Garcia | ROC-Yamaha | 9 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Cagiva GP500 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 28 | Bruno Bonhuil | ROC-Yamaha | 9 | 5 | ||
| 29 | Andrew Stroud | ROC-Yamaha | 4 | 5 | ||
| 30 | Eugene McManus | Harris-Yamaha | 10 | 4 | ||
| 31 | Bernard Haenggeli | ROC-Yamaha | 8 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Philippe Monneret | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Chris Walker | Harris-Yamaha | 2 | 1 | ||
| 34 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Paton | 3 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC-Yamaha | 7 | 1 | ||
| Enrique De Juan | ROC-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Cees Doorakkers | Harris-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Antonio Irizar | Harris-Yamaha | 0 | ||||
| Toshihiko Honma | Yamaha YZR500 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Filice | Harris-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marco Papa | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nicholas Schmassman | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lee Pullan | Harris-Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |||
| Martin Craggill | Harris-Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jose Kuhn | ROC-Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jamie Robinson | Harris-Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |||
| Scott Gray | ROC-Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |||
| Brian Morrison | Harris-Yamaha | 1 | 0 |