500cc World Standing 1981
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
|---|
1 | Marco LUCCHINELLI | Suzuki | ITA | 105 | | 2 | Randy MAMOLA | Suzuki | USA | 94 |
3 | Kenny ROBERTS | Yamaha | USA | 74 | | 4 | Barry SHEENE | Yamaha | GBR | 72 |
5 | Graeme CROSBY | Suzuki | NZE | 68 | | 6 | Boet VAN DULMEN | Yamaha | NED | 64 |
7 | Jack MIDDELBURG | Suzuki | NED | 60 | | 8 | Kork BALLINGTON | Kawasaki | RSA | 43 |
9 | Marc FONTAN | Yamaha | FRA | 25 | | 10 | Hiroyuki KAWASAKI | Suzuki | JPN | 19 |
11 | Bernard FAU | Suzuki | FRA | 14 | | 12 | Guido PACI | Yamaha | ITA | 14 |
13 | Franco UNCINI | Suzuki | ITA | 12 | | 14 | Willem ZOET | Suzuki | NED | 10 |
15 | Seppo ROSSI | Suzuki | FIN | 9 | | 16 | Gianni PELLETIER | Suzuki | ITA | 8 |
17 | Michel FRUTSCHI | Yamaha | SWI | 6 | | 18 | Dave POTTER | Yamaha | GBR | 5 |
19 | Stuart AVANT | Suzuki | NZE | 4 | | 20 | Sergio PELLANDINI | Suzuki | SWI | 4 |
21 | Ikujiro TAKAI | Yamaha | JPN | 3 | | 22 | Steve PARRISH | Yamaha | GBR | 3 |
23 | Frank GROSS | Suzuki | FRA | 2 | | 23 | Wil HARTOG | Suzuki | NED | 2 |
23 | Christian SARRON | Yamaha | FRA | 2 | | 26 | Sadao ASAMI | Yamaha | JPN | 1 |
26 | Chris GUY | Suzuki | GBR | 1 | | 26 | Keith HUEWEN | Suzuki | GBR | 1 |
26 | Kimmo KOPRA | Suzuki | FIN | 1 |