| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1959. | |||
| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
| 1 | Jack Brabham | Cooper | 34 |
| 2 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 27 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | BRM/Cooper | 23.5 |
| 4 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 20 |
| 5 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper | 19 |
| 6 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper | 16.5 |
| 7 | Dan Gurney | Ferrari | 13 |
| 8 | Jo Bonnier | BRM | 10 |
| - | Masten Gregory | Cooper | 10 |
| 10 | Rodger Ward | Watson | 8 |
| 11 | Jim Rathmann | Watson | 6 |
| 12 | Innes Ireland | Lotus | 5 |
| - | Harry Schell | BRM | 5 |
| - | Johnny Thomson | Lesovsky | 5 |
| 15 | Tony Bettenhausen, Sr. | Epperly | 3 |
| - | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 3 |
| 17 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 2 |
| - | Jean Behra | Ferrari | 2 |
| - | Paul Goldsmith | Epperly | 2 |