1996 World Championship Standings
| Position |
Rider |
Constructor |
Points |
| 1 |
Mick Doohan |
Honda |
309 |
| 2 |
Àlex Crivillé |
Honda |
245 |
| 3 |
Luca Cadalora |
Honda |
168 |
| 4 |
Alex Barros |
Honda |
158 |
| 5 |
Norifumi Abe |
Yamaha |
148 |
| 6 |
Scott Russell |
Suzuki |
133 |
| 7 |
Tadayuki Okada |
Honda |
132 |
| 8 |
Carlos Checa |
Honda |
124 |
| 9 |
Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha |
110 |
| 10 |
Loris Capirossi |
Yamaha |
98 |
| 11 |
Alberto Puig |
Honda |
93 |
| 12 |
Shinichi Ito |
Honda |
77 |
| 13 |
Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Yamaha |
69 |
| 14 |
Juan Borja |
ELF 500 |
34 |
| 15 |
Frédéric Protat |
ROC-Yamaha |
32 |
| 16 |
Jeremy McWilliams |
ROC-Yamaha |
26 |
| 17 |
Lucio Pedercini |
ROC-Yamaha |
25 |
| 18 |
Daryl Beattie |
Suzuki |
24 |
| 19 |
Doriano Romboni |
Aprilia RSW-2 500 |
23 |
| 20 |
Terry Rymer |
Suzuki |
16 |
| 21 |
James Haydon |
ROC-Yamaha |
16 |
| 22 |
Sean Emmett |
Harris-Yamaha |
9 |
| 23 |
Peter Goddard |
Suzuki |
6 |
| 24 |
Eugene McManus |
Yamaha |
6 |
| 25 |
Toshiyuki Arakaki |
Harris-Yamaha / Paton V70 C10/2 |
4 |
| 26 |
Laurent Naveau |
ROC-Yamaha |
3 |
| 27 |
Florian Ferracci |
ROC-Yamaha / Paton V70 C10/2 |
3 |
| 28 |
Jean-Marc Delétang |
ROC-Yamaha |
2 |
| 29 |
Paul Young |
Harris-Yamaha |
2 |
| 30 |
Andrew Stroud |
ROC-Yamaha |
2 |
| 31 |
Chris Walker |
ELF 500 |
2 |
| 32 |
Marcellino Lucchi |
Aprilia RSA500 |
1 |
|
Jean-Pierre Jeandat |
Paton V70 C10/2 |
0 |
|
Stéphane Mertens |
Harris-Yamaha |
0 |
|
Nicholas Schmassman |
Yamaha |
0 |
|
Marco Papa |
ROC-Yamaha |
0 |
|
Adrian Bosshard |
ELF 500 |
0 |
|
Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Takuma Aoki |
Honda |
0 |
|
Michael Rudroff |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
Martin Craggill |
ELF 500 |
0 |
