| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford WR-1 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 4 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford |
| 6 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford |
| 10 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign-Ford |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarrier | Penske-Ford |
| 12 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford |
| 13 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford |
| 14 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 15 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford |
| 16 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford |
| 17 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford |
| 18 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford |
| 19 | Hans Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 20 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford |