500cc World Standing 1997
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points | 1 | Mick DOOHAN | Honda | AUS | 340 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tadayuki OKADA | Honda | JPN | 197 | 3 | Nobuatsu AOKI | Honda | JPN | 179 |
| 4 | Alex CRIVILLE | Honda | SPA | 172 | 5 | Takuma AOKI | Honda | JPN | 134 |
| 6 | Luca CADALORA | Yamaha | ITA | 129 | 7 | Norick ABE | Yamaha | JPN | 126 |
| 8 | Carlos CHECA | Honda | SPA | 119 | 9 | Alex BARROS | Honda | BRA | 101 |
| 10 | Doriano ROMBONI | Aprilia | ITA | 88 | 11 | Daryl BEATTIE | Suzuki | AUS | 63 |
| 12 | Alberto PUIG | Honda | SPA | 63 | 13 | Sete GIBERNAU | Yamaha | SPA | 56 |
| 14 | Regis LACONI | Honda | FRA | 52 | 15 | Anthony GOBERT | Suzuki | AUS | 44 |
| 16 | Kenny ROBERTS JR | Modenas KR3 | USA | 37 | 17 | Juan BORJA | ELF 500 | SPA | 37 |
| 18 | Jean Michel BAYLE | Modenas KR3 | FRA | 31 | 19 | Jurgen vd GOORBERGH | Honda | NED | 29 |
| 20 | Jurgen FUCHS | ELF 500 | GER | 28 | 21 | Kirk McCARTHY | Yamaha | AUS | 20 |
| 22 | Peter GODDARD | Suzuki | AUS | 13 | 23 | Troy CORSER | Yamaha | AUS | 11 |
| 24 | Yukio KAGAYAMA | Suzuki | JPN | 9 | 25 | Norihiko FUJIWARA | Yamaha | JPN | 7 |
| 26 | Bernard GARCIA | Honda | FRA | 7 | 27 | Laurent NAVEAU | ROC Yamaha | BEL | 3 |
| 28 | Jay VINCENT | Honda | GBR | 2 | 29 | Lucio PEDERCINI | ROC Yamaha | ITA | 2 |
Michael Waltrip
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Michael Waltrip
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Tony Kanaan
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