CART standings for 1987Click on the Driver to see 1987 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bobby Rahal | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1794 | 315 | 718,482 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 12 | 3,124.07 | 9 | 188 | |
| 2 | Michael Andretti | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1792 | 459 | 681,458 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 11 | 3,120.16 | 6 | 158 | -30 |
| 3 | Al Unser, Jr. | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1512 | 12 | 526,384 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 9 | 2,611.43 | 3 | 107 | -81 |
| 4 |  Roberto Guerrero | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1469 | 273 | 636,745 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 7 | 2,856.19 | 5 | 106 | -82 |
| 5 | Rick Mears | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1496 | 80 | 515,536 | 7.8 | 10.5 | 9 | 2,830.00 | 2 | 102 | -86 |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1542 | 610 | 821,546 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 5 | 2,818.90 | 3 | 100 | -88 |
| 7 |  Arie Luyendyk | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1815 | 3 | 435,999 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 11 | 3,228.02 | 1 | 98 | -90 |
| 8 |  Geoff Brabham | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1686 | 14 | 456,318 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 10 | 2,981.97 | 4 | 90 | -98 |
| 9 | Danny Sullivan | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1605 | 5 | 474,999 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 9 | 3,019.84 | 4 | 87 | -101 |
| 10 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1545 | 209 | 469,021 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 7 | 2,838.14 | 4 | 78 | -110 |
| 11 |  Josele Garza | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1664 | 0 | 386,949 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10 | 3,088.98 | 0 | 46 | -142 |
| 12 |  Fabrizio Barbazza | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1580 | 0 | 446,497 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 7 | 2,826.65 | 0 | 42 | -146 |
| 13 | Al Unser | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 808 | 18 | 622,943 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 2 | 1,601.30 | 2 | 39 | -149 |
| 14 | Tom Sneva | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 963 | 0 | 342,143 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 5 | 1,587.44 | 0 | 37 | -151 |
| 15 |  Derek Daly | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1236 | 6 | 320,321 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 6 | 2,278.64 | 0 | 27 | -161 |
| 16 | Kevin Cogan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1082 | 13 | 323,346 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 4 | 1,913.84 | 1 | 25 | -163 |
| 17 | John Andretti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 514 | 0 | 118,880 | 17.2 | 8.4 | 5 | 936.12 | 0 | 24 | -164 |
| 18 | Johnny Rutherford | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1271 | 0 | 340,159 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 8 | 2,156.24 | 0 | 23 | -165 |
| 19 | Jeff MacPherson | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1293 | 0 | 345,741 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 7 | 2,101.30 | 0 | 21 | -167 |
| 20 | Dick Simon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1019 | 0 | 265,244 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 4 | 1,692.49 | 0 | 15 | -173 |
| 21 | Randy Lewis | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1174 | 0 | 316,271 | 20.7 | 16.7 | 6 | 2,269.45 | 0 | 15 | -173 |
| 22 | Scott Brayton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 471 | 0 | 179,529 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 2 | 985.98 | 0 | 14 | -174 |
| 23 | A.J. Foyt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 795 | 1 | 160,336 | 9.3 | 15.0 | 3 | 1,349.46 | 0 | 14 | -174 |
| 24 | Gary Bettenhausen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 957 | 0 | 194,582 | 20.4 | 12.4 | 5 | 1,748.00 | 0 | 10 | -178 |
| 25 | Pancho Carter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 807 | 49 | 206,424 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 4 | 1,697.85 | 0 | 9 | -179 |
| 26 | Chip Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 0 | 43,160 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 2 | 359.60 | 0 | 8 | -180 |
| 27 | Raul Boesel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | 42,900 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 1 | 337.88 | 0 | 8 | -180 |
| 28 |  Scott Goodyear | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | 0 | 119,479 | 19.4 | 15.6 | 4 | 977.83 | 0 | 7 | -181 |
| 29 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 863 | 0 | 185,261 | 24.0 | 15.8 | 5 | 1,686.40 | 0 | 7 | -181 |
| 30 |  Didier Theys | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 40,495 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 2 | 384.10 | 0 | 6 | -182 |
| 31 | Dennis Firestone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 0 | 34,220 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 251.78 | 0 | 6 | -182 |
| 32 | Stan Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 0 | 111,263 | 26.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 480.00 | 0 | 6 | -182 |
| 33 | Jeff Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 0 | 61,292 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 2 | 612.91 | 0 | 6 | -182 |
| 34 | Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 798 | 0 | 284,170 | 16.9 | 19.1 | 2 | 1,454.20 | 0 | 5 | -183 |
| 35 | Davy Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 610 | 0 | 157,511 | 22.2 | 16.8 | 3 | 1,046.43 | 0 | 3 | -185 |
| 36 | Rick Miaskiewicz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 0 | 53,340 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 476.30 | 0 | 1 | -187 |
| 37 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 12,550 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 180.00 | 0 | 1 | -187 |
| Dale Coyne | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 102,681 | 24.1 | 19.6 | 2 | 543.46 | 0 | |||
| John Richards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 42,590 | 21.3 | 16.5 | 2 | 454.78 | 0 | |||
| Ed Pimm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 0 | 106,471 | 24.0 | 18.5 | 0 | 628.50 | 0 | |||
| Danny Ongais | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 0 | 15,802 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 384.54 | 0 | |||
| Rocky Moran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 22,300 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 143.62 | 0 | |||
| Rich Vogler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 98,263 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 272.50 | 0 | |||
 Ian Ashley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 3,275 | 26.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 99.90 | 0 | |||
 Graham McRae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1,620 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 72.00 | 0 | |||
| Gordon Johncock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 94,913 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 190.00 | 0 | |||
| Steve Chassey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 97,913 | 32.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 170.00 | 0 | |||
| Fulvio Ballabio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8,500 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 30.33 | 0 | |||
| Dick Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 8,920 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 38.00 | 0 | |||
| George Snider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92,713 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |