| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda NSR500 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 309 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda NSR500 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 245 |
| 3 | Luca Cadalora | Honda NSR500 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 168 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Honda NSR500 | 3 | 14 | 158 | |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 148 |
| 6 | Scott Russell | Suzuki RGV500 | 2 | 12 | 133 | |
| 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda NSR500V | 3 | 12 | 132 | |
| 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 124 |
| 9 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha YZR500 | 12 | 110 | ||
| 10 | Loris Capirossi | Yamaha YZR500 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 98 |
| 11 | Alberto Puig | Honda NSR500 | 1 | 14 | 93 | |
| 12 | Shinichi Ito | Honda NSR500V | 12 | 77 | ||
| 13 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Yamaha YZR500 | 9 | 69 | ||
| 14 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 7 | 34 | ||
| 15 | Frédéric Protat | ROC-Yamaha | 12 | 32 | ||
| 16 | Jeremy McWilliams | ROC-Yamaha | 10 | 26 | ||
| 17 | Lucio Pedercini | ROC-Yamaha | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki RGV500 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 19 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia RSW-2 500 | 4 | 23 | ||
| 20 | Terry Rymer | Suzuki RGV500 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 21 | James Haydon | ROC-Yamaha | 8 | 16 | ||
| 22 | Sean Emmett | Harris-Yamaha | 7 | 9 | ||
| 23 | Peter Goddard | Suzuki RGV500 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Eugene McManus | Yamaha | 9 | 6 | ||
| 25 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Harris-Yamaha / Paton V70 C10/2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Laurent Naveau | ROC-Yamaha | 3 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Florian Ferracci | ROC-Yamaha Paton V70 C10/2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Jean-Marc Delétang | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Paul Young | Harris-Yamaha | 3 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Andrew Stroud | ROC-Yamaha | 1 | 2 | ||
| 31 | Chris Walker | ELF 500 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 32 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia RSA500 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Paton V70 C10 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Stéphane Mertens | Harris-Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |||
| Marco Papa | ROC-Yamaha | 2 | 0 | |||
| Adrian Bosshard | ELF 500 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki RGV500 | 0 | ||||
| Takuma Aoki | Honda NSR500 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Rudroff | Suzuki RGV500 | 0 | ||||
| Martin Craggill | ELF 500 | 0 |