1997 World Championship Standings
| Position |
Rider |
Constructor |
Points |
| 1 |
Mick Doohan |
Honda |
340 |
| 2 |
Tadayuki Okada |
Honda |
197 |
| 3 |
Nobuatsu Aoki |
Honda |
179 |
| 4 |
Àlex Crivillé |
Honda |
172 |
| 5 |
Takuma Aoki |
Honda |
134 |
| 6 |
Luca Cadalora |
Yamaha |
129 |
| 7 |
Norifumi Abe |
Yamaha |
126 |
| 8 |
Carlos Checa |
Honda |
119 |
| 9 |
Alex Barros |
Honda |
101 |
| 10 |
Doriano Romboni |
Aprilia |
88 |
| 11 |
Daryl Beattie |
Suzuki |
63 |
| 12 |
Alberto Puig |
Honda |
63 |
| 13 |
Sete Gibernau |
Yamaha |
56 |
| 14 |
Régis Laconi |
Honda |
52 |
| 15 |
Anthony Gobert |
Suzuki |
44 |
| 16 |
Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Modenas KR3 |
37 |
| 17 |
Juan Borja |
ELF 500 |
37 |
| 18 |
Jean-Michel Bayle |
Modenas KR3 |
31 |
| 19 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Honda |
29 |
| 20 |
Jürgen Fuchs |
ELF 500 |
28 |
| 21 |
Kirk McCarthy |
ROC Yamaha / Yamaha |
20 |
| 22 |
Peter Goddard |
Suzuki |
13 |
| 23 |
Troy Corser |
Yamaha |
11 |
| 24 |
Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki |
9 |
| 25 |
Norihiko Fujiwara |
Yamaha |
7 |
| 26 |
Bernard Garcia |
Honda |
7 |
| 27 |
Laurent Naveau |
ROC Yamaha |
3 |
| 28 |
Jason Vincent |
Honda |
2 |
| 29 |
Lucio Pedercini |
ROC Yamaha |
2 |
|
Frédéric Protat |
ROC Yamaha / Honda |
0 |
|
Francesco Monaco |
Paton |
0 |
|
Alessandro Gramigni |
Aprilia |
0 |
