1998 World Championship Standings
| Position |
Rider |
Constructor |
Points |
Wins |
Podiums |
Poles |
Fastest Laps |
Finishes |
Laps Led |
| 1 |
Mick Doohan |
Honda |
260 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
11 |
172 |
| 2 |
Max Biaggi |
Honda |
208 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
87 |
| 3 |
Àlex Crivillé |
Honda |
198 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
25 |
| 4 |
Carlos Checa |
Honda |
139 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
43 |
| 5 |
Alex Barros |
Honda |
138 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
12 |
9 |
| 6 |
Norifumi Abe |
Yamaha |
128 |
|
3 |
|
|
11 |
5 |
| 7 |
Simon Crafar |
Yamaha |
119 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
27 |
| 8 |
Tadayuki Okada |
Honda |
106 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
8 |
|
| 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki |
101 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
| 10 |
Régis Laconi |
Yamaha |
86 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
| 11 |
Sete Gibernau |
Honda |
72 |
|
1 |
|
|
9 |
|
| 12 |
John Kocinski |
Honda |
64 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
| 13 |
Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Modenas KR3 |
59 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
| 14 |
Ralf Waldmann |
Modenas KR3 |
46 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
| 15 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Honda |
40 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
| 16 |
Jean-Michel Bayle |
Yamaha |
28 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
| 17 |
Garry McCoy |
Honda |
23 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
| 18 |
Kyoji Nanba |
Yamaha |
22 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
1 |
| 19 |
Matt Wait |
Honda |
17 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
| 20 |
Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha |
16 |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
| 21 |
Scott Smart |
Honda |
14 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
| 22 |
Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki |
10 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| 23 |
Luca Cadalora |
Yamaha / Suzuki / MuZ |
10 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 24 |
Bernard Garcia |
Honda |
10 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| 25 |
Norihiko Fujiwara |
Yamaha |
9 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 26 |
Eskil Suter |
MuZ |
7 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
| 27 |
Gregorio Lavilla |
Honda |
5 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 28 |
Doriano Romboni |
MuZ |
4 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 29 |
John McGuinness |
Honda |
4 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 30 |
Sébastien Gimbert |
Honda |
4 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
| 31 |
Fernando Cristóbal |
Honda |
4 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| 32 |
Juan Borja |
Honda |
3 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
| 33 |
Mark Willis |
Suzuki |
2 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| 34 |
Fabio Carpani |
Honda |
1 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Paolo Tessari |
Paton |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Craig Connell |
Honda |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Juan Pablo Gianini |
Honda |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Felisberto Teixeira |
Honda |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Keiichi Kitagawa |
Suzuki |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russell Wood |
Honda |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gianmaria Liverani |
Paton |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jean-Philippe Ruggia |
MuZ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jörg Schöllhorn |
Honda |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
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