500cc World Standing 1979
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
|---|
1 | Kenny ROBERTS | Yamaha | USA | 113 | | 2 | Virginio FERRARI | Suzuki | ITA | 89 |
3 | Barry SHEENE | Suzuki | GBR | 87 | | 4 | Wil HARTOG | Suzuki | NED | 66 |
5 | Franco UNCINI | Suzuki | ITA | 51 | | 6 | Boet VAN DULMEN | Suzuki | NED | 50 |
7 | Jack MIDDELBURG | Suzuki | NED | 36 | | 8 | Randy MAMOLA | Suzuki | USA | 29 |
9 | Philippe COULON | Suzuki | SWI | 29 | | 10 | Tom HERRON | Suzuki | IRL | 28 |
11 | Christian SARRON | Yamaha | FRA | 26 | | 12 | Steve PARRISH | Suzuki | GBR | 19 |
13 | Mike BALDWIN | Kawasaki | USA | 17 | | 14 | Dennis IRELAND | Suzuki | NZE | 16 |
15 | Michel ROUGERIE | Suzuki | FRA | 16 | | 16 | Bernard FAU | Suzuki | FRA | 13 |
17 | Kenny BLAKE | Yamaha | AUS | 12 | | 18 | Marco LUCCHINELLI | Suzuki | ITA | 11 |
19 | Gary LINGHAM | Suzuki | GBR | 10 | | 20 | Johnny CECOTTO | Yamaha | VEN | 10 |
21 | Gustav REINER | Suzuki | GER | 8 | | 22 | Hiroyuki KAWASAKI | Suzuki | JPN | 6 |
22 | Henk DE VRIES | Suzuki | NED | 6 | | 24 | Gerhardt VOGT | Suzuki | GER | 6 |
25 | Roberto PIETRI | Suzuki | VEN | 5 | | 25 | Jodef HAGE | Suzuki | GER | 5 |
27 | Jacky MATAGNE | Suzuki | BEL | 4 | | 28 | Max WIENER | Suzuki | AUT | 4 |
29 | Ikujiro TAKAI | Yamaha | JPN | 3 | | 29 | Carlo PERUGINI | Suzuki | ITA | 3 |
31 | Sergio PELLANDINI | Suzuki | SWI | 2 | | 31 | Guy COOREMANS | Suzuki | BEL | 2 |
31 | Graziano ROSSI | Morbidelli | ITA | 2 | | 31 | John WOODLEY | Suzuki | GBR | 2 |
35 | Peter SJOSTROM | Suzuki | SWE | 1 | | 35 | Seppo ROSSI | Suzuki | FIN | 1 |
35 | Dieter HEINEN | Yamaha | BEL | 1 | | 35 | Mike GRANT | Suzuki | GBR | 1 |
35 | John NEWBOLD | Suzuki | GBR | 1 | | 35 | Gianni PELLETIER | Suzuki | ITA | 1 |