1979 Formula 1 drivers' standings

Final standings after 15 rounds.

Jody Scheckter won the 1979 drivers' championship with 51 points.

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari	3	51
2	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	3	47
3	Alan Jones	Williams	4	40
4	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	2	36
5	Clay Regazzoni	Williams	1	29
6	Patrick Depailler	Ligier	1	20
7	Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus	0	20
8	René Arnoux	Renault	0	17
9	John Watson	McLaren	0	15
10	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell	0	14
11	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Tyrrell	0	14
12	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus	0	14
13	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	1	9
14	Niki Lauda	Brabham-Alfa Romeo, Brabham-Ford	0	4
15	Elio de Angelis	Shadow	0	3
16	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Alfa Romeo, Brabham-Ford	0	3
17	Jacky Ickx	Ligier	0	3
18	Jochen Mass	Arrows	0	3
19	Hans-Joachim Stuck	ATS	0	2
20	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows	0	2
21	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi	0	1
-	Hector Rebaque	Team Lotus, Rebaque	0	0
-	Patrick Tambay	McLaren	0	0
-	Ricardo Zunino	Brabham-Ford	0	0
-	Geoff Lees	Tyrrell	0	0