| 1 | Norman Graham Hill | GB |  | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT33
Brabham BT37 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 2 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  | Brabham BT34
Brabham BT37 |
| 3 | Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. | BR |  | Brabham BT33
Brabham BT34 |
| 4 | John Young Stewart | GB | | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 003
Tyrrell 004
Tyrrell 005 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 5 | Albert François Cévert | F |  | Tyrrell 002
Tyrrell 006 |
| 6 | Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler | F | | Tyrrell 004 |
| 7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR | | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 8 | Reine Tore Leif Wisell | S |  |
| 9 | David Walker | AUS |  |
| 10 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR | | World Wide Racing | Lotus 72D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 11 | David Charlton | ZA |  | Luky Strike Racing | Lotus 72D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 12 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | S | | STP March Racing Team | March 721X
March 721
March 721G | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 13 | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | A |  | March 721
March 721X
March 721G |
| 14 | Michael Beuttler | GB | | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing | March 721G | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 15 | Rolf-Johann Stommelen | D |  | Team Eifelland Caravans | March 721 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 16 | John Barber III | USA |  | Gene Mason Racing | March 711 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 17 | Denis Clive Hulme | NZ |  | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M19C
McLaren M19A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 18 | Brian Thomas Redman | GB | | McLaren M19A |
| 19 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA | |
| 20 | Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson | USA | | McLaren M19A
McLaren M19C |
| 21 | Keith Jack Oliver | GB | | Marlboro BRM | BRM P160B | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 22 | Reine Tore Leif Wisell | S | | BRM P153
BRM P160B
BRM P160C |
| 23 | James Howden Ganley | NZ | | BRM P160B
BRM P160C
BRM P180 |
| 24 | Peter Kenneth Gethin | GB | |
| 25 | Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise | F | |
| 26 | Brian Thomas Redman | GB | | BRM P180 |
| 27 | William Brack | CDN |  |
| 28 | Vernon Schuppan | AUS | | BRM P153B |
| 29 | Alejandro Soler-Roig Janer | E |  | Espana Marlboro BRM | BRM P160B | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 30 | Helmut Marko | A | | Austria Marlboro BRM | BRM P153
BRM P153B
BRM P160B | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 31 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312B2-72 | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | |
| 32 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA | |
| 33 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH |  |
| 34 | Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto Galli | I |  |
| 35 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I | |
| 36 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ | | Equipe Matra | Matra MS120D
Matra MS120C | Matra 3.0 V12 | |
| 37 | John Surtees | GB | | Team Surtees | Surtees TS14 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 38 | Timothy Schenken | AUS | | Surtees TS9B
Surtees TS14 |
| 39 | Timothy Schenken | AUS | | Brooke Bond Oxo/Rob Walker/Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 40 | Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood | GB | |
| 41 | Timothy Schenken | AUS | | Flame Out Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 42 | Andrea Ludovico de Adamich | I | | Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 43 | John Maxwell Lineham Love | RHO |  | Team Gunston | Surtees TS9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 44 | William Ferguson | ZA | | Brabham BT33 |
| 45 | Samuel Posey | USA | | Chapcar Inc. | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 46 | Henri Jacques William Pescarolo | F | | Team Williams Motul | Politoys FX3
March 721 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 47 | José Carlos Pace | BR | | March 711 |
| 48 | Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto Galli | I | | Martini Racing Team | Tecno PA123 | Tecno 3.0 F12 | |
| 49 | Derek Bell | GB | |
| 50 | Francois Migault | F | | Darnvall Connew Racing Team | Connew PC1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
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