| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 11 | 15 | 15 | 355 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 2 | 8 | 13 | 215 |
| 3 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 1 | 9 | 13 | 209 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 2 | 6 | 14 | 204 |
| 5 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 4 | 11 | 141 | |
| 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 15 | 129 | ||
| 7 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 2 | 10 | 117 | |
| 8 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 2 | 10 | 109 | |
| 9 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki | 1 | 11 | 99 | |
| 10 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 11 | 81 | ||
| 11 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 12 | 68 | ||
| 12 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton KR | 8 | 63 | ||
| 13 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | 13 | 60 | ||
| 14 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton KR | 10 | 59 | ||
| 15 | John Hopkins | Yamaha | 14 | 58 | ||
| 16 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 9 | 51 | ||
| 17 | Tetsuya Harada | Honda | 13 | 47 | ||
| 18 | Akira Ryō | Suzuki | 1 | 7 | 41 | |
| 19 | Régis Laconi | Aprilia | 10 | 33 | ||
| 20 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 10 | 33 | ||
| 21 | Shinichi Ito | Honda | 1 | 13 | ||
| 22 | Alex Hofmann | Yamaha / Honda | 3 | 11 | ||
| 23 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 5 | 9 | ||
| 24 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25 | Wataru Yoshikawa | Yamaha | 1 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki | 3 | 4 | ||
| 27 | Pere Riba | Yamaha | 2 | 4 | ||
| Sylvain Guintoli | Yamaha | 1 | 0 | |||
| Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 0 | ||||
| Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki | 0 | ||||
| David García | Proton KR | 0 |