1997 World Championship Points Tables
| Rank | Driver | Team | Points |
| 1. | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 81 |
| DSQ | Michael Schumacher* | Ferrari | 78 |
| 2. | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Renault | 42 |
| 3. | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 36 |
| 4. | Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 36 |
| 5. | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 27 |
| 6. | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 27 |
| 7. | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 24 |
| 8. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan-Peugeot | 20 |
| 9. | Olivier Panis | Prost-Mugen Honda | 16 |
| 10. | Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 15 |
| 11. | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 13 |
| 12. | Damon Hill | Arrows-Yamaha | 7 |
| 13. | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford | 6 |
| 14. | Alexander Wurz | Benetton-Renault | 4 |
| 15. | Jarno Trulli* | Prost-Mugen Honda | 3 |
| 16. | Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Ford | 2 |
| 17. | Pedro Diniz | Arrows-Yamaha | 2 |
| 18. | Shinji Nakano | Prost-Mugen Honda | 2 |
| 19. | Nicola Larini | Sauber-Petronas | 1 |
* M Schumacher disqualified from the Championship results for the Jerez incident with Villeneuve, however he kept his wins, points, pole positions and fastest laps. Trulli also drove for Minardi-Hart, scoring no points.
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1. | Williams-Renault | 123 |
| 2. | Ferrari | 102 |
| 3. | Benetton-Renault | 67 |
| 4. | McLaren-Mercedes | 63 |
| 5. | Jordan-Peugeot | 33 |
| 6. | Prost-Mugen Honda | 21 |
| 7. | Sauber-Petronas | 16 |
| 8. | Arrows-Yamaha | 9 |
| 9. | Stewart-Ford | 6 |
| 10. | Tyrrell-Ford | 2 |