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| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tony Kanaan | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 593 | 80 | 93,900 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 12 | 913.66 | 12 | 156 | |
| 2 | Helio Castroneves | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 598 | 180 | 99,800 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 11 | 934.35 | 10 | 152 | -4 |
| 3 | Cristiano da Matta | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 564 | 87 | 97,000 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 10 | 854.93 | 9 | 141 | -15 |
| 4 |  Dave Empringham | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 610 | 30 | 57,500 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 10 | 943.50 | 10 | 107 | -49 |
| 5 | Lee Bentham | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 517 | 34 | 45,700 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11 | 836.38 | 10 | 88 | -68 |
| 5 |  Chris Simmons | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 575 | 46 | 39,700 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 11 | 879.67 | 9 | 88 | -68 |
| 7 | Mark Hotchkis | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 531 | 54 | 33,000 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 874.65 | 9 | 74 | -82 |
| 8 | Clint Mears | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 569 | 100 | 47,900 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 10 | 860.22 | 8 | 53 | -103 |
| 9 | Airton Dare | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 625 | 0 | 24,500 | 15.4 | 9.8 | 13 | 977.44 | 10 | 51 | -105 |
| 9 |  Hideki Noda | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 571 | 7 | 32,400 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 10 | 870.91 | 7 | 51 | -105 |
| 11 |  Christophe Tinseau | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 528 | 0 | 23,100 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 10 | 825.99 | 7 | 49 | -107 |
| 12 |  Fredrik Larsson | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 324 | 0 | 20,500 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 5 | 460.76 | 3 | 43 | -113 |
| 13 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 492 | 0 | 16,200 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 10 | 801.27 | 9 | 38 | -118 |
| 14 | Robby Unser | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 534 | 0 | 16,000 | 15.7 | 13.2 | 8 | 804.38 | 8 | 35 | -121 |
| 14 | Didier Andre | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 0 | 15,400 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 10 | 777.09 | 5 | 35 | -121 |
| 16 | Naoki Hattori | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 529 | 0 | 11,500 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 8 | 818.50 | 6 | 32 | -124 |
| 17 | Geoff Boss | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 535 | 0 | 15,100 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 10 | 813.21 | 7 | 30 | -126 |
| 18 | Sergio Paese | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 302 | 0 | 15,300 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 5 | 505.66 | 5 | 27 | -129 |
| 19 | Dave DeSilva | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 0 | 8,800 | 10.6 | 17.1 | 6 | 500.61 | 6 | 17 | -139 |
| 20 | Oswaldo Negri, Jr. | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 6,700 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 3 | 340.02 | 3 | 15 | -141 |
| 21 | Jaques Lazier | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 290 | 0 | 8,000 | 18.2 | 14.5 | 5 | 375.61 | 3 | 12 | -144 |
| 21 | Brian Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 10 | 4,800 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 2 | 255.79 | 2 | 12 | -144 |
| 23 | Casey Mears | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 598 | 0 | 6,000 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 11 | 930.62 | 5 | 9 | -147 |
| 24 |  Jeff Ward | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 2,400 | 22.0 | 14.7 | 2 | 198.27 | 2 | 6 | -150 |
| 25 | Shigeaki Hattori | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 0 | 3,900 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 8 | 665.80 | 4 | 5 | -151 |
| 26 | Bob Dorricott, Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 525 | 0 | 3,800 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 8 | 800.81 | 5 | 4 | -152 |
| 26 | Frederic Gosparini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 3,800 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 2 | 224.10 | 2 | 4 | -152 |
| 28 | Andrew Bordin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364 | 0 | 2,000 | 20.2 | 17.4 | 6 | 576.41 | 5 | 3 | -153 |
| 29 | Chris Bingham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 0 | 1,900 | 21.3 | 15.0 | 4 | 258.53 | 3 | 2 | -154 |
 Rodolfo Lavin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 6 | 603.63 | 4 | |||
| John Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 20.0 | 5 | 373.26 | 2 | |||
| Claude Bourbonnais | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 22.8 | 20.8 | 3 | 202.93 | 1 | |||
| Eric Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 74.00 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Philippe Belloc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 29.09 | 0 | |||
 Phillipp Sager | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |