| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati A6GCM-53 | Maserati 2.0 L6 | Pirelli |
| 2 | José Froilán González | RA |  |
| 3 | Felice Bonetto | I |  |
| 4 | Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | RA |  |
| 5 | Octave John Claes | B |  |
| 6 | Onofre Augustin Marimón | RA |  |
| 7 | Sergio Mantovani | I |  |
| 8 | Luigi Musso | I |  |
| 9 | Hermann Lang | D |  | Maserati A6GCM |
| 10 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH |  | Enrico Plate | Maserati A6GCM-53 | Maserati 2.0 L6 | Pirelli |
| 11 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH |  | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati A6GCM-53 | Maserati 2.0 L6 | Pirelli |
| 12 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  | Scuderia Milano | Maserati A6GCM-53 | Maserati 2.0 L6 | Pirelli |
| 13 | Francisco Sacco Landi | BR |  | Maserati A6GCM |
| 14 | Francisco Sacco Landi | BR |  | Ecurie Bandeirantes | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.0 L6 | Pirelli |
| 15 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 16 | Emilio Giuseppe Farina | I |  |
| 17 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 18 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  |
| 19 | Umberto Maglioli | I |  | Ferrari 553 |
| 20 | Pietro Carini | I |  |
| 21 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Ecurie Rosier | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 22 | Jacques Swaters | B |  | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 23 | Charles de Tornaco | B |  | |
| 24 | Kurt Adolff | D |  | Ecurie Espadon | Ferrari 166C | Ferrari 2.0 V12 | |
| 25 | Max de Terra | CH |  |
| 26 | Peter Hirt | CH |  | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 |
| 27 | Alan Brown | GB |  | Cooper Car Co | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 28 | John David Barber | GB |  | Cooper T23 |
| 29 | Adolfo Julio Carlos Schwelm | RA |  |
| 30 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | Cooper T23 Cooper T24 | Alta 1.5 L4 |
| 31 | Alan Brown | GB |  | R J Chase | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 32 | Alan Brown | GB |  | Equipe Anglaise | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 33 | Helmut Glöckler | D |  |
| 34 | Kenneth Albert Wharton | GB |  | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 35 | Frederick Roberts Gerard | GB |  | Bob Gerard | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 36 | Peter N. Whitehead | GB |  | Atlantic Stable | Cooper T24 | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 37 | Thomas Anthony Crook | GB |  | Tony Crook | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 38 | Rodney Nuckey | GB |  | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 39 | Robert Manzon | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.0 L6 | |
| 40 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  |
| 41 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  |
| 42 | Jean Marie Behra | F |  |
| 43 | Carlos Alberto Menditeguy | RA |  |
| 44 | Roberto Mieres | RA |  |
| 45 | Frederick G. Wacker Jr. | USA |  |
| 46 | Pablo Américo Birger | RA |  | Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini |
| 47 | Georges Berger | B |  | Georges Berger | Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini | |
| 48 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | Connaught Engineering | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 49 | Kenneth McAlpine | GB |  |
| 50 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  |
| 51 | John Fairman | GB |  |
| 52 | Octave John Claes | B |  | Ecurie Belge | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 53 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  |
| 54 | André Pilette | B |  |
| 55 | Anthony Rolt | GB |  | R R C Walker Racing Team | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 56 | Ian Stewart | GB |  | Ecurie Ecosse | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 57 | James Stewart | GB |  | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 |
| 58 | Peter John Collins | GB |  | HW Motors | HWM | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 59 | Francis Boel Lancelot Campbell Macklin | GB |  |
| 60 | Paul Frère | B |  |
| 61 | Marius Aristide Yves Giraud-Cabantous | F |  |
| 62 | James Duncan Hamilton | GB |  |
| 63 | John Fairman | GB |  |
| 64 | Albert Scherrer | CH |  |
| 65 | John Cooper Fitch | USA |  |
| 66 | Arthur Legat | B |  | Arthur Legat | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 67 | Wolfgang Seidel | D |  | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas RS | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 68 | Wilhelm Heeks | D |  | Willi Heeks | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 69 | Theodor Helfrich | D |  | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 70 | Oswald Karch | D |  | Oswald Karch | Veritas RS | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 71 | Ernst Loof | D |  | Ernst Loof | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 72 | Hans Herrmann | D |  | Hans Herrmann | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 73 | Erwin Bauer | D |  | Erwin Bauer | Veritas RS | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 74 | Alexandre Louis Chiron | MC |  | Louis Chiron | Osca 20 | Osca | |
| 75 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F |  | Elie Bayol | Osca 20 | Osca | |
| 76 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F |  | OSCA Automobili | Osca 20 | Osca | |
| 77 | Hans Villiez von Stuck | D |  | Hans Stuck | AFM | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 78 | Theodor Fitzau | DDR |  | Helmut Niedermayr | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 79 | Karl-Günther Bechem | D |  | Guenther Bechem | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 80 | Edgar Barth | DDR |  | Rennkollektiv EMW | EMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 81 | Eric Rudolf Krause | DDR |  | Dora Greifzu | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 82 | Ernst Klodwig | DDR |  | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 83 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | Ernest L Ruiz | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 84 | Edward Johnson | USA |  |
| 85 | Samuel Hanks | USA |  | Ed Walsh | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 86 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  |
| 87 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  | Murrell Belanger | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 88 | Calvin Niday | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft |
| 89 | John McGrath | USA |  | Jack B Hinkle | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | Paul Russo | USA |  | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 4000 |
| 92 | James Ernest Bryan | USA |  | John L McDaniel | Schroeder | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | Dennis C. Nalon | USA |  | Jean Marcenac | Kurtis Kraft | Novi 3.0 L8C | Firestone |
| 94 | Ernest McCoy | USA |  | H A Chapman | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 95 | William Vukovich | USA |  | Howard Keck Co | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 96 | Arthur Francis Cross | USA |  | Bessie Lee Paoli | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 97 | John Parsons | USA |  | J S Belond | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 98 | Marshall Teague | USA |  | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 99 | Walter Faulkner | USA |  | Eugene A Casaroll | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 100 | John Mantz | USA |  |
| 101 | Robert Scott | USA |  | Louis & Bruce Bromme | Bromme | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 102 | Andrew Linden | USA |  | Rotary Engineering Corp | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 103 | Donald Freeland | USA |  | Bob Estes | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 104 | James Daywalt | USA |  | Chapman S Root | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 105 | William Holland | USA |  | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 106 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  |
| 107 | Robert Sweikert | USA |  | A E Dean | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 108 | James Davies | USA |  | Pat Clancy | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 109 | Gerald F. Hoyt | USA |  | John Zink | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 110 | Charles Stevenson | USA |  |
| 111 | Andrew Linden | USA |  |
| 112 | John Thomson | USA |  | R N Sabourin | Del Roy | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 113 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  | Grancor Auto Specialists | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 114 | Paul Russo | USA |  |
| 115 | Travis Webb | USA |  | 3-L Racing Team | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 116 | John Thomson | USA |  |
| 117 | John Holmes | USA |  |
| 118 | Carl Scarborough | USA |  | Lee Elkins | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 119 | Robert Scott | USA |  |
| 120 | Michael Nazaruk | USA |  | Turner |
| 121 | George Francis Patrick Flaherty | USA |  | Peter Schmidt | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 122 | Manuel Ayulo | USA |  | Kuzma |
| 123 | Rodger Ward | USA |  | M A Walker | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 124 | Andrew Linden | USA |  |
| 125 | J. Carlyle Dinsmore | USA |  |
| 126 | Charles Stevenson | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 127 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  |
| 128 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  |