1979 Dünya Ralli Şampiyonası
Sürücüler Şampiyonası

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| Rank | Driver | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Event | Total points |
| Rank | Driver |  MON |  SWE |  POR |  KEN |  GRC |  NZL |  FIN |  CAN |  ITA |  FRA |  GBR |  CIV | Total points |
| 1 |  Björn Waldegård | 15 | 15 | 15 | (6) | 20 | - | 12 | 20 | - | - | (2) | 15 | 112 |
| 2 |  Hannu Mikkola | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | 111 |
| 3 |  Markku Alén | 12 | 10 | - | 12 | - | - | 20 | - | 6 | - | 8 | - | 68 |
| 4 |  Timo Salonen | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 8 | 15 | - | - | 12 | - | 50 |
| 5 |  Ari Vatanen | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 15 | 12 | - | - | 10 | - | 50 |
| 6 |  Bernard Darniche | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 40 |
| 7 |  Jean Ragnotti | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | 25 |
| 8 |  Andrew Cowan | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 22 |
| 9 |  Walter Röhrl | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 3 | - | 21 |
| 10 |  Stig Blomqvist | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 10 |  Shekhar Mehta | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 10 |  Antonio 'Tony' Fassina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | 20 |
| 13 |  Ove Andersson | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 20 |
| 14 |  Andy Dawson | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| 15 |  Pentti Airikkala | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 16 |
| 16 |  Blair Robson | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 16 |  Russell Brookes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| 18 |  Harry Källström | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 19 |  Attilio Bettega | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 19 |  Pierre-Louis Moreau | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 |
| 21 |  Michèle Mouton | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 12 |
| 22 |  Jean-Claude Andruet | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 22 |  Paul Adams | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 22 |  Ulf Grönholm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 22 |  Tony Pond | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
| 22 |  Alain Coppier | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| 22 |  Vic Preston, Jr. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
| 28 |  Carlos Torres | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| 28 |  Rauno Aaltonen | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28 |  Anastasios 'Iaveris' Markouizos | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28 |  Shane Murland | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28 |  Taisto Heinonen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 28 |  Dario Cerrato | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| 34 |  Jean-Pierre Nicolas | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Björn Johansson | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Harald Demuth | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Iórgos Moschous | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  David Parkes | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Lasse Lampi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Hendrik Blok | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Bernard Picone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| 34 |  John Taylor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 34 |  Alain Ambrosino | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 44 |  Ola Strömberg | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Freddy Kottulinsky | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Mike Kirkland | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Evangelos Gallo | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Brian Green | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Tapio Rainio | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Jack Swayze | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Angelo Presotto | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Paul Rouby | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 44 |  Michel Mitri | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 54 |  Guy Fréquelin | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Lars Carlsson | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Joaquim Santos | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Václav Blahna | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Roger Goss | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Per Eklund | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Claude Laurent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Antonio Tognana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Jean-Pierre Mari | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 54 |  Jean-Pierre Paure | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 64 |  Jacques Alméras | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  John Haugland | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Jorge Ortigão | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Nikolay Elizarov | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Malcolm Stewart | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Erkki Pitkänen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Nicole Quimet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Domenico 'Nico' Grosoli | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 64 |  Jean Bondrille | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 73 |  Sven-Inge Neby | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Marques Baptista | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Sandro Munari | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Sergey Vukovich | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Bob Robb | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Pekka Vilpponen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Paul Bourgeois | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Paolo Pasutti | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Jean-Charles Martinetti | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 73 |  Greg Carr | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
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| Derece | Ülkw | En yüksek | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Yarışma | Toplam puan |
| Derece | Ülkw | En yüksek |  MON |  SWE |  POR |  KEN |  GRC |  NZL |  FIN |  CAN |  ITA |  FRA |  GBR |  CIV | Toplam puan |
| 1 |  Finlandiya | Hannu Mikkola | 21 | 30 | 20 | 35 | 15 | 32 | 66 | 27 | 6 | - | 54 | 20 | 326 |
| 2 |  İsveç | Björn Waldegård | 15 | 49 | 31 | 2 | 32 | - | 12 | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | 187 |
| 3 |  Fransa | Bernard Darniche | 45 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 3 | - | 81 | - | 13 | 152 |
| 4 |  Birleşik Krallık | Andrew Cowan | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | - | 21 | 12 | 73 |
| 5 |  İtalya | Tony | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | 48 |
| 6 |  Yeni Zelanda | Blair Robson | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 |
| 7 |  Kenya | Shekhar Mehta | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 34 |
| 8 |  Almanya | Walter Röhrl | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 3 | - | 27 |
| 9 |  Yunanistan | Iaveris | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| 10 |  Kanada | Taisto Heinonen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 11 |  Portekiz | Carlos Torres | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 12 |  ABD | Hendrik Blok | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 13 |  Çekoslovakya | Václav Blahna | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 14 |  Sovyetler Birliği | Nikolay Elizarov | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 15 |  Norveç | John Haugland | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 16 |  Avustralya | Greg Carr | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |