| Pos | Rider | Constructor | Wins | Podiums | Finishes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 9 | 16 | 16 | 357 |
| 2 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 4 | 10 | 15 | 277 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 2 | 9 | 15 | 228 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 1 | 6 | 12 | 177 |
| 5 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 2 | 15 | 130 | |
| 6 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati | 3 | 12 | 128 | |
| 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 13 | 123 | ||
| 8 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 14 | 123 | ||
| 9 | Alex Barros | Yamaha | 1 | 12 | 101 | |
| 10 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 15 | 101 | ||
| 11 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | 1 | 13 | 87 | |
| 12 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 11 | 71 | ||
| 13 | Colin Edwards | Aprilia | 14 | 62 | ||
| 14 | Noriyuki Haga | Aprilia | 12 | 47 | ||
| 15 | Marco Melandri | Yamaha | 9 | 45 | ||
| 16 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 5 | 31 | ||
| 17 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | 10 | 29 | ||
| 18 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton KR | 8 | 27 | ||
| 19 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki | 12 | 22 | ||
| 20 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda | 13 | 22 | ||
| 21 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton KR | 10 | 19 | ||
| 22 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki | 13 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki | 5 | 8 | ||
| 24 | Akira Ryō | Suzuki | 2 | 6 | ||
| 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 1 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki | 14 | 4 | ||
| Tamaki Serizawa | MD211VF Proto / Moriwaki | 2 | 0 | |||
| Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki | 1 | 0 | |||
| José David de Gea | Sabre V4 / Harris WCM | 5 | 0 | |||
| Chris Burns | Harris WCM / ROC Yamaha | 1 | 0 |