PosDriverPoints
1 Mario Andretti • Lotus93-6-99-945
2 Ronnie Peterson • Lotus2-93-664636
3 Niki Lauda • Brabham64--6--9-25
4 Patrick Depailler • Tyrrell4-649----23
5 Carlos Reutemann • Ferrari-9-9-4---22
6 John Watson • Brabham--4-3-2-312
7 Jacques Laffite • Ligier--22-24--10
8 Riccardo Patrese • Arrows--11--6-8
9 James Hunt • McLaren3-----1-48
10 Jody Scheckter • Wolf----4-3-18
11 Emerson Fittipaldi • Copersucar-6-----1-7
12 Alan Jones • Williams--3-----25
13 Didier Pironi • Tyrrell-11-21---5
14 Patrick Tambay • McLaren1------3-4
15 Clay Regazzoni • Shadow-2-----2-4
16 Gilles Villeneuve • Ferrari-----3---3
- Arturo Merzario • Merzario----------
- Brett Lunger • McLaren----------
- Vittorio Brambilla • Surtees----------
- Hans Joachim Stuck • Shadow----------
- Jochen Mass • ATS----------
- Hector Rebaque • Lotus----------
- Rupert Keegan • Surtees----------
- Jean-Pierre Jarier • ATS------
- Lamberto Leoni • Ensign-----
- Eddie Cheever • Hesketh----
- Danny Ongais • Shadow----
- Divina Galica • Hesketh---
- Rolf Stommelen • Arrows--------
- Jean-Pierre Jabouille • Renault--------
- Keke Rosberg • ATS--------
- René Arnoux • Martini------
- Derek Daly • Ensign-----
- Jacky Ickx • Ensign-----
- Bruno Giacomelli • McLaren---
- Alberto Colombo • ATS---
- Patrick Neve • March--
- Bernard de Dryver • Ensign--
- Emilio de Villota • McLaren--

Points System

9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top 6 places.
Best 14 results (7 from first 8 and 7 from last 8) count toward championship.
Only the points of the highest-scoring driver for each constructor at each race (including privateer entries) are counted towards the Constructors' Championship.