1996 Formula One standings
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| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | Not Classified |
| 1 | Damon Hill | 97 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1.44 | 4.75 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 480 | 16 | 45.23 | 80.65 | 5 | 847 | 4 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | 78 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3.06 | 4.94 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 285 | 0 | 27.91 | 79.68 | 6 | 937 | 3 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | 59 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.73 | 6.87 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 114 | 0 | 12.02 | 69.66 | 2 | 721 | 5 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | 47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.88 | 7.00 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 6.04 | 69.03 | 2 | 814 | 5 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.63 | 7.44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.28 | 66.77 | 0 | 900 | 3 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.75 | 8.88 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 4.31 | 59.35 | 1 | 774 | 7 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.25 | 10.19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2.88 | 52.58 | 0 | 738 | 7 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.06 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.84 | 0 | 784 | 7 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.44 | 10.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1.33 | 50.97 | 0 | 729 | 7 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 43.23 | 0 | 575 | 10 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.13 | 10.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.32 | 0 | 705 | 7 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.56 | 11.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.16 | 0 | 711 | 9 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.25 | 11.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.16 | 0 | 693 | 8 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.94 | 11.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 44.84 | 0 | 716 | 8 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.44 | 13.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 36.77 | 0 | 607 | 10 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.06 | 15.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.42 | 0 | 480 | 12 |
| 17 | Ukyo Katayama | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.06 | 13.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.19 | 0 | 616 | 10 |
| 18 | Ricardo Rosset | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.06 | 13.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.23 | 0 | 614 | 8 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.63 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.39 | 0 | 256 | 5 |
| 20 | Pedro Lamy | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.44 | 13.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.42 | 0 | 646 | 8 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.33 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.46 | 0 | 283 | 4 |
| 22 | Giovanni Lavaggi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.58 | 0 | 139 | 1 |
| 23 | Andrea Montermini | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.25 | 16.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.10 | 0 | 119 | 3 |
| 24 | Tarso Marques | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
