1959 Drivers' Championship Standings
[edit] Points System
1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points
Best five scores from nine races count.
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| 1 | 
| Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2 | 
| Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 3 |
| Sterling Moss | Cooper-Climax & BRM | 0 | 0 | DSQ | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 
| Phil Hill | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 
| Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | 
| Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 7 |
| Dan Guerney | Ferrari | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | 
| Jo Bonnier | BRM | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 |
| Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 10 |
| Rodger Ward | Watson- Offenhauser | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 |
| Jim Rathmann | Watson- Offenhauser | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 |
| Johnny Thomson | Lesovsky- Offenhauser | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 |
| Harry Schell | BRM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 |
| Innes Ireland | Lotus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 
| Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16 |
| Tony Bettenhausen | Epperly- Offenhauser | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 |
| Jean Behra | Ferrari | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 |
| Paul Goldsmith | Epperly- Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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