F1 driver standings
| Pos | Driver | ARG  | BRA  | ZAF  | USW  | ESP  | MCO  | BEL  | SWE  | FRA  | GBR  | DEU  | AUT  | NLD  | ITA  | USA | CAN  | JPN  | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | DNS | 2 | 2 | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 72 | ||
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | 1 | R | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | R | R | R | R | 2 | R | 3 | R | 3 | 1 | 10 | 55 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 5R | R | R | 1 | 1 | 5 | R | 6 | 1 | 14R | R | R | R | 1 | 2 | 9R | R | 47 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 3 | 1 | 8 | R | 2 | 3 | R | 3 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | R | 6 | R | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | James Hunt | R | 2 | 4 | 7 | R | R | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | R | R | R | R | 1 | R | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | Jochen Mass | R | R | 5 | R | 4 | 4 | R | 2 | 9 | 4 | R | 6 | R | 4 | R | 3 | R | 25 |
| 7 |  Alan Jones | R | R | 6 | 5 | 17 | R | 7 | R | 1 | R | 3 | R | 4 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Gunnar Nilsson | DNS | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | R | 1 | 19R | 4 | 3 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 20 |
| = | Patrick Depailler | R | R | 3 | 4 | R | R | 8 | 4 | R | R | R | 13 | R | R | 14 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Jacques Laffite | NC | R | R | 9R | 7 | 7 | R | 1 | 8 | 6 | R | R | 2 | 8 | 7 | R | 5R | 18 |
| 11 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | R | R | 6 | R | 6 | 10 | R | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | R | R | R | 7 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 14 | R | R | 18 | 11 | R | DNQ | 11 | 4 | DNQ | 13 | R | 11 | |
| 13 | John Watson | R | R | 6 | DSQ | R | R | R | 5 | 2 | R | R | 8 | R | R | 12 | R | R | 9 |
| 14 | Ronnie Peterson | R | R | R | R | 8 | R | 3 | R | 12 | R | 9R | 5 | R | 6 | 16 | R | R | 7 |
| 15 | Carlos Pace | 2 | R | 13 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| = | Vittorio Brambilla | 7R | R | 7 | R | R | 8 | 4 | R | 13 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 12R | R | 19 | 6R | 8 | 6 |
| 17 |  Clay Regazzoni | 6 | R | 9 | R | R | DNQ | R | 7 | 7 | DNQ | R | R | R | 5 | 5 | R | R | 5 |
| = | Patrick Tambay | DNQ | R | 6 | R | 5 | R | DNQ | 5 | R | 5 | ||||||||
| 19 | Renzo Zorzi | R | 6 | R | R | R | 1 | ||||||||||||
| = | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 6 | DNQ | 11 | 11 | 8 | R | 9 | R | 14 | R | R | 9 | R | 1 | ||||
| = | Riccardo Patrese | 9 | R | R | R | 10R | 13R | R | 10R | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rupert Keegan | R | 12 | R | 13 | 10 | R | R | 7 | R | 9 | 8 | R | |||||||
| Patrick Neve | 12 | 10 | 15 | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | 9 | DNQ | 7 | 18 | R | ||||||||
| Vern Schuppan | 12 | 7 | 16 | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Ingo Hoffmann | R | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Danny Ongais | R | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alex Ribeiro | R | R | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 8 | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 15 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Hans Binder | R | R | 11 | 11 | 9 | R | 12 | 8 | DNQ | 11 | R | R | |||||||
| Brett Lunger | 14 | R | 10 | DNS | 11 | DNQ | 13 | R | 10 | 9 | R | 10 | 11R | ||||||
| Harald Ertl | R | DNQ | 9 | 16 | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| Jackie Oliver | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kunimitsu Takahashi | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Scheckter | R | R | 11 | DNQ | R | R | NC | R | R | R | 10 | R | R | R | |||||
| Brian Henton | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DSQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Jacky Ickx | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gilles Villeneuve | 11 | 12R | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Perkins | R | 15 | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| David Purley | DNQ | 13 | 14 | R | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||
| Emilio de Villota | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 17R | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| Arturo Merzario | R | DNQ | 14 | R | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | |||||||||||
| Ian Ashley | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 17 | DNS | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Pryce | NC | R | R | ||||||||||||||||
| Boy Hayje | R | DNQ | DNQ | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | R | R | R | R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
 Hector Rebaque | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Hans Heyer | DSQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Giacomelli | R | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noritake Takahara | R | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conny Andersson | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Teddy Pilette | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
 Mikko Kozarowitzky | DNQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Bernard de Dryver | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Bleekemolen | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lamberto Leoni | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loris Kessel | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Giorgio Francia | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Sutcliffe | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guy Edwards | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Trimmer | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brian McGuire | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. | Driver | ARG | BRA | ZAF | USW | ESP | MCO | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | USA | CAN | JPN | Points |
Table key
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNPQ: Did not pre-qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
Points system and championship rules
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best eight results from the first nine races and the best seven results from the last eight races counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1977.