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