| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Alfa Romeo SpA | Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 159 | Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8C | Pirelli |
| 2 | Emilio Giuseppe Farina | I |  |
| 3 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  | Alfa Romeo 158 |
| 4 | Luigi Fagioli | I |  |
| 5 | Reginald Parnell | GB |  |
| 6 | Consalvo Sanesi | I |  |
| 7 | José Froilán González | RA |  | Scuderia Achille Varzi | Maserati 4CLT-48 | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 8 | Cirillo Pagani | I |  |
| 9 | Alfredo Pian | RA |  | Maserati 4CLT-50 |
| 10 | Anton Branca | CH |  | Maserati 4CL |
| 11 | David Murray | GB |  | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Maserati 4CLT-48 Maserati 4CL | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 12 | David Alan Hampshire | GB |  | Maserati 4CLT-48 |
| 13 | Reginald Parnell | GB |  |
| 14 | Leslie George Johnson | GB |  | T A S O Mathieson | ERA E | ERA | |
| 15 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Horschell Racing Corporation | Cooper T12 | JAP | |
| 16 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Ecurie Bleue | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | F |  |
| 18 | Peter Douglas Conyers Walker | GB |  | Peter Walker | ERA E | ERA | |
| 19 | Anthony Rolt | GB |  |
| 20 | Joseph Gibson Fry | GB |  | Joe Fry | Maserati 4CL | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 21 | Brian Shawe-Taylor | GB |  |
| 22 | Robert Manzon | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Simca-Gordini T15 | Simca-Gordini 1.5 L4C | |
| 23 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  |
| 24 | Thomas Cuthbert Harrison | GB |  | Cuth Harrison | ERA B | ERA 1.5 L6C | |
| 25 | Frederick Roberts Gerard | GB |  | Bob Gerard | ERA B ERA A | ERA | |
| 26 | Marius Aristide Yves Giraud-Cabantous | F |  | Automobiles Talbot-Darracq | Talbot-Lago T26C-DA | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 27 | Marius Eugène Chaboud | F |  |
| 28 | Eugène Martin | F |  |
| 29 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Talbot-Lago T26C-DA Talbot-Lago T26C |
| 30 | Philippe Étancelin | F |  |
| 31 | Pierre Eugene Alfred Bouillin | F |  | Talbot-Lago T26C |
| 32 | Raymond Sommer | F |  | Talbot-Lago T26C-GS |
| 33 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Ecurie Rosier | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 34 | Ernest Henri Louveau | F |  | Talbot-Lago T26C-GS |
| 35 | Philippe Étancelin | F |  | Philippe Etancelin | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 36 | Pierre Eugene Alfred Bouillin | F |  | Pierre Levegh | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 37 | Carlos Alberto Pozzi | F |  | Charles Pozzi | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 38 | Louis Rosier | F |  |
| 39 | Octave John Claes | B |  | Ecurie Belge | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 40 | Alexandre Louis Chiron | MC |  | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 4CLT-48 | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 41 | Franco Rol | I |  |
| 42 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH |  | Enrico Plate | Maserati 4CLT-50 Maserati 4CLT-48 | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 43 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  |
| 44 | Joseph Michael Kelly | IRL |  | Joe Kelly | Alta GP | Alta | |
| 45 | Geoffrey Crossley | GB |  | Geoffry Crossley | Alta GP | Alta | |
| 46 | Peter N. Whitehead | GB |  | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari 125 | Ferrari 1.5 V12C | |
| 47 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 125 | Ferrari 1.5 V12C | |
| 48 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Ferrari 125 Ferrari 275 Ferrari 375 | Ferrari 1.5 V12C Ferrari 3.3 V12 Ferrari 4.5 V12 | Egglebert |
| 49 | Teodoro Serafini | I |  | Ferrari 375 | Ferrari 4.5 V12 | |
| 50 | Raymond Sommer | F |  | Ferrari 125 Ferrari 166F2-50 | Ferrari 1.5 V12C Ferrari |
| 51 | Raymond Sommer | F |  | Raymond Sommer | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 52 | Anton Branca | CH |  | Antonio Branca | Maserati 4CL | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 53 | Felice Bonetto | I |  | Scuderia Milano | Maserati 4CLT-50 Milano | Maserati 1.5 L4C Milano 1.5 L4C | |
| 54 | Gianfranco Comotti | I |  | Maserati 4CLT-50 | Milano 1.5 L4C |
| 55 | Clemente Biondetti | I |  | Clemente Biondetti | Ferrari 166T | Jaguar | |
| 56 | Paul Pietsch | D |  | Paul Pietsch | Maserati 4CLT-48 | Maserati 1.5 L4C | |
| 57 | Guy Mairesse | F |  | Guy Mairesse | Talbot-Lago T26C | Talbot 4.5 L6 | |
| 58 | John Parsons | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft Inc. | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 59 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C |
| 60 | Myron Fohr | USA |  | Carl Marchese | Marchese | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 61 | William Holland | USA |  | Lou Moore | Deidt | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 62 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  |
| 63 | George Connor | USA |  | Lesovsky |
| 64 | Lee Wallard | USA |  | Moore |
| 65 | Walter C. Brown | USA |  | Charles Pritchard | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 66 | Ronald 'Mack' Hellings | USA |  |
| 67 | Paul Russo | USA |  | Paul Russo & Ray Nichels | Nichels | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 68 | Henry Edwin Banks | USA |  | Indianapolis Race Cars Inc. | Maserati 8CTF | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C | Firestone |
| 69 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  |
| 70 | George Rice Chitwood | USA |  | Ervin Wolfe | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 71 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  |
| 72 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  | Murrell Belanger | Stevens | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C | Firestone |
| 73 | Travis Webb | USA |  | R A Cott | Maserati 8CTF | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C | Firestone |
| 74 | James Davies | USA |  | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 75 | Samuel Hanks | USA |  | Milt Marion | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 76 | Bayliss D. Levrett | USA |  | Richard L Palmer | Adams | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 77 | Willard Cantrell | USA |  |
| 78 | Walter Ader | USA |  | Sampson Manufactoring Co. | Rae | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C | Firestone |
| 79 | Maurice Rose | USA |  | Howard Keek Co. | Deidt | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 80 | James Rathmann | USA |  | A J Watson | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 81 | John McGrath | USA |  | Jack B Hinkle | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 82 | Judge Cecil Holt | USA |  | M A Walker | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 83 | Troy Ruttman | USA |  | Bowes Racing Inc. | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 84 | George Francis Patrick Flaherty | USA |  | Grancor Auto Specialists | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 85 | James Jackson | USA |  | Cummins Engine Co. | Kurtis Kraft | Cummins 3.0 L6C | Firestone |
| 86 | John McDowell | USA |  | M Pete Wales | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 87 | William Schindler | USA |  | Louis Rassey | Snowberger | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 88 | J. Carlyle Dinsmore | USA |  | Verlin Brown | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 89 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  | Joe Langley | Langley | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | John Lorenz | Wetteroth | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | John Holmes | USA |  | Norm Olson | Olson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | Gerald F. Hoyt | USA |  | Ludson D Morris | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | Walter Faulkner | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |