1985 CART PPG IndyCar World Series 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 | DNFs | 
| 1 | Al Unser | 151 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9.93 | 6.43 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 301 | 3 | 11.17 | 79.68 | 0 | 1747 | 2 | 
| 2 | Al Unser, Jr. | 150 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7.13 | 8.93 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 231 | 3 | 13.57 | 70.03 | 0 | 1620 | 6 | 
| 3 | Bobby Rahal | 134 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4.13 | 11.40 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 467 | 0 | 26.82 | 60.71 | 0 | 1620 | 6 | 
| 4 | Danny Sullivan | 126 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4.73 | 9.33 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 209 | 0 | 10.82 | 68.51 | 0 | 1787 | 5 | 
| 5 | Mario Andretti | 114 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.64 | 10.43 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 514 | 8 | 26.39 | 64.52 | 0 | 1700 | 8 | 
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 104 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9.53 | 10.13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 2.14 | 65.49 | 0 | 1627 | 4 | 
| 7 | Tom Sneva | 66 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.73 | 12.60 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0.80 | 56.17 | 0 | 1619 | 7 | 
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. | 54 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10.27 | 13.36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.55 | 52.45 | 0 | 948 | 6 | 
| 9 | Michael Andretti | 53 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.53 | 14.93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1.33 | 47.36 | 0 | 1221 | 9 | 
| 10 | Rick Mears | 51 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4.40 | 11.40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | 61.19 | 1 | 629 | 2 | 
| 11 | Johnny Rutherford | 51 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.29 | 13.79 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1.13 | 51.88 | 0 | 1441 | 6 | 
| 12 | Josele Garza | 46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.80 | 14.87 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0.83 | 47.61 | 0 | 1345 | 7 | 
| 13 | Ed Pimm | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.69 | 11.69 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 59.48 | 0 | 1587 | 3 | 
| 14 | Kevin Cogan | 44 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.60 | 14.47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1.00 | 49.12 | 0 | 1534 | 7 | 
| 15 | Geoff Brabham | 41 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.87 | 14.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.12 | 0 | 1430 | 7 | 
| 16 | Pancho Carter | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.30 | 12.70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.77 | 55.85 | 0 | 1258 | 3 | 
| 17 | Roberto Guerrero | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.43 | 16.93 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 1.49 | 39.73 | 0 | 1155 | 10 | 
| 18 | Arie Luyendyk | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.33 | 14.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.84 | 0 | 1064 | 5 | 
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.89 | 11.89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.30 | 58.82 | 0 | 739 | 4 | 
| 20 | Jim Crawford | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.14 | 13.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.74 | 0 | 622 | 3 | 
| 21 | Bill Whittington | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.22 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 42.21 | 0 | 687 | 5 | 
| 22 | Scott Brayton | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.50 | 17.70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.05 | 38.38 | 0 | 844 | 7 | 
| 23 | Alan Jones | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 92.00 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 
| 24 | Danny Ongais | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | 14.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.92 | 0 | 637 | 3 | 
| 25 | Howdy Holmes | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.08 | 15.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 46.71 | 0 | 1255 | 5 | 
| 26 | Jan Lammers | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.20 | 13.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.89 | 53.79 | 0 | 401 | 3 | 
| 27 | Michael Roe | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.50 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 46.79 | 0 | 264 | 2 | 
| 28 | Roberto Moreno | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.20 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3.24 | 35.61 | 0 | 251 | 4 | 
| 29 | Johnny Parsons | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 87.50 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 
| 30 | Raul Boesel | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.80 | 17.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.36 | 0 | 597 | 6 | 
| 31 | Enrique Mansilla | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.67 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 63.16 | 0 | 329 | 2 | 
| 32 | Pete Halsmer | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.50 | 13.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.49 | 0 | 445 | 1 | 
| 33 | Dennis Firestone | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.80 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.02 | 0 | 1003 | 8 | 
| 34 | Steve Chassey | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.38 | 15.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45.93 | 0 | 856 | 4 | 
| 35 | Rupert Keegan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 13.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 52.50 | 0 | 218 | 2 | 
| 36 | Dick Simon | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.29 | 18.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.14 | 0 | 770 | 3 | 
| 37 | Chet Fillip | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.67 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 46.84 | 0 | 415 | 1 | 
| 38 | Dominic Dobson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.06 | 0 | 163 | 2 | 
| 39 | Herm Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 34.62 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 
| 40 | Derek Daly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.00 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 65.63 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 
| 41 | Randy Lanier | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.67 | 18.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.89 | 0 | 484 | 7 | 
| 42 | Spike Gehlhausen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 42.31 | 0 | 315 | 1 | 
| 43 | John Paul, Jr. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.15 | 0 | 246 | 1 | 
| 44 | Phil Krueger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.18 | 0 | 203 | 2 | 
| 45 | Rocky Moran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 
| 46 | Gary Bettenhausen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.50 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.53 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 
| 47 | Tom Bigelow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.67 | 22.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17.95 | 0 | 277 | 2 | 
| 48 | Ian Ashley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.04 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 
| 49 | A.J. Foyt | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.50 | 23.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.53 | 0 | 251 | 6 | 
| 50 | Don Whittington | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.67 | 22.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.75 | 0 | 216 | 3 | 
| 51 | Chip Ganassi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.15 | 0 | 190 | 2 | 
| 52 | Dale Coyne | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 25.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.77 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 
| 53 | Sammy Swindell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16.36 | 0 | 97 | 2 | 
| 54 | Jeff Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18.52 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 
| 55 | Rich Vogler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.25 | 0 | 119 | 1 | 
| 56 | Chico Serra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.11 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 
| 57 | Dick Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 
| 58 | Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.41 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 
| 59 | Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.00 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 
| 60 | George Snider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 

