| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 11 | 13 | 15 | 325 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 3 | 9 | 14 | 219 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 9 | 15 | 210 | |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 1 | 4 | 14 | 182 |
| 5 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 1 | 15 | 155 | |
| 6 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 3 | 13 | 137 | |
| 7 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 1 | 13 | 137 | |
| 8 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 2 | 12 | 120 | |
| 9 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 14 | 119 |
| 10 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 1 | 11 | 107 | |
| 11 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki | 1 | 12 | 97 | |
| 12 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 3 | 9 | 88 | |
| 13 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton KR | 12 | 65 | ||
| 14 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 9 | 59 | ||
| 15 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 9 | 59 | ||
| 16 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 12 | 45 | ||
| 17 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 9 | 33 | ||
| 18 | Anthony West | Honda | 11 | 27 | ||
| 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 10 | 13 | ||
| 20 | Chris Walker | Honda | 4 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 1 | 6 | ||
| 22 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 23 | Brendan Clarke | Honda | 5 | 5 | ||
| 24 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 9 | 4 | ||
| 25 | Mark Willis | Pulse | 6 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Jason Vincent | Pulse / Yamaha | 4 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 1 | 1 | ||
| Akira Ryō | Suzuki | 0 | ||||
| Shaun Geronimi | Paton | 0 | ||||
| Kurtis Roberts | Proton KR | 0 | ||||
| Vladimír Častka | Paton | 0 | ||||
| Marcus Payten | Honda | 0 | ||||
| Miguel Tey | Honda | 0 | ||||
| Sébastien Gimbert | Paton | 0 |