Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1978 Drivers
| Driver | Races | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podia | F. laps | Pts | |
| 1 | Mario Andretti | 16 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 64 |
| 2 | René Arnoux | 11 | 6 | |||||
| 3 | Hans Binder | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Michael Bleekemolen | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Vittorio Brambilla | 14 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Alberto Colombo | 3 | ||||||
| 8 | Derek Daly | 10 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Bernard de Dryver | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | Emilio de Villota | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Patrick Depailler | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 12 | Harald Ertl | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 16 | 16 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Carlo Franchi | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Beppe Gabbiani | 2 | ||||||
| 16 | Divina Galica | 2 | ||||||
| 17 | Bruno Giacomelli | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 18 | James Hunt | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Jacky Ickx | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 14 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Alan Jones | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Rupert Keegan | 13 | 6 | |||||
| 24 | Jacques Laffite | 16 | 16 | 2 | 19 | |||
| 25 | Niki Lauda | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 44 |
| 26 | Geoff Lees | 1 | ||||||
| 27 | Lamberto Leoni | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 28 | Brett Lunger | 15 | 10 | |||||
| 29 | Jochen Mass | 13 | 10 | |||||
| 30 | Arturo Merzario | 16 | 8 | |||||
| 31 | Patrick Nève | 1 | ||||||
| 32 | Danny Ongais | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 33 | Riccardo Patrese | 15 | 14 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 34 | Ronnie Peterson | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| 35 | Nelson Piquet | 6 | 5 | |||||
| 36 | Didier Pironi | 16 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| 37 | Bobby Rahal | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 38 | Hector Rebaque | 16 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 39 | Clay Regazzoni | 16 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| 40 | Carlos Reutemann | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 48 |
| 41 | Keke Rosberg | 14 | 9 | |||||
| 42 | Jody Scheckter | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | |||
| 43 | Rolf Stommelen | 14 | 9 | |||||
| 44 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 16 | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 45 | Patrick Tambay | 16 | 15 | 8 | ||||
| 46 | Tony Trimmer | 1 | ||||||
| 47 | Gilles Villeneuve | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 48 | John Watson | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 25 |