| 1 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | S |  | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72E
Lotus 76 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 2 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B |  |
| 31 | Timothy Schenken | AUS |  | Lotus 76 |
| 3 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA |  | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 006
Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 4 | Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler | F |  | Tyrrell 005
Tyrrell 006
Tyrrell 007 |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR |  | Marlboro Team Texaco | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 6 | Denis Clive Hulme | NZ |  |
| 7 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT44 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 8 | Richard A. Robarts | GB |  |
| 8 | Frederick von Opel | FL |  |
| 8 | José Carlos Pace | BR | |
| 34 | Theodore Pilette-Vlug | B | | Brabham BT42 |
| 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | D |  | March Engineering | March 741 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 9 | Reine Tore Leif Wisell | S | |
| 10 | James Howden Ganley | NZ | |
| 10 | Vittorio Brambilla | I |  |
| 11 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312B3 | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | |
| 12 | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | A |  |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise | F | | Team Motul BRM | BRM P160E
BRM P201 | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 15 | Henri Jacques William Pescarolo | F | |
| 15 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ | | BRM P201 |
| 37 | Francois Migault | F | | BRM P160E
BRM P201 |
| 16 | Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson | USA |  | UOP Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 16 | Brian Thomas Redman | GB | |
| 16 | Bertil Roos | S | |
| 16 | Thomas Maldwyn Pryce | GB | |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | Shadow DN1
Shadow DN3 |
| 18 | José Carlos Pace | BR | | Team Surtees | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 18,19 | José Dolhem | F | |
| 18 | Derek Bell | GB | |
| 19 | Joachim Mass | D | |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | |
| 19 | Helmuth Koinigg | A | |
| 18 | José Carlos Pace | BR | | Bang & Olufsen Team Surtees | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 18 | José Dolhem | F | |
| 18 | Derek Bell | GB | |
| 19 | Joachim Mass | D | |
| 20 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I | | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso Marlboro FW | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 20 | Richard A. Robarts | GB | |
| 21 | Tom Belsų | DK |  |
| 21 | Gijsbert van Lennep | NL |  |
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | |
| 21 | Jacques Henri Sabin Laffite | F | |
| 22 | Frederick von Opel | FL | | Team Ensign | Ensign N173 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 22 | Vernon Schuppan | AUS | | Ensign N174 |
| 22,25 | Michael Wilds | GB | | Ensign N173
Ensign N174 |
| 22,30 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ | | Chris Amon Racing | Amon AF1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 23 | David Charlton | ZA | | Scribante Lucky Strike Racing | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 23,29,41 | Timothy Schenken | AUS | | Trojan Tauranac Racing | Trojan T103 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 23,43,44 | Leo Juhani 'Leksa' Kinnunen | FIN |  | AAW Racing Team | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 24 | James Simon Wallis Hunt | GB | | Hesketh Racing | March 731
Hesketh 308 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 31 | Ian Scheckter | ZA | | Hesketh 308 |
| 25 | James Howden Ganley | NZ | | Maki Engineering | Maki F101 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 26 | Norman Graham Hill | GB | | Embassy Racing with Graham Hill | Lola T370 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 27 | Guy Richard Goronwy Edwards | GB | |
| 27 | Peter Kenneth Gethin | GB | |
| 27 | Rolf-Johann Stommelen | D | |
| 28 | John Marshall Watson | GB | | John Goldie Racing with Hexagon | Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 34 | José Carlos Pace | BR | |
| 28 | John Marshall Watson | GB | | Goldie Hexagon Racing | Brabham BT42
Brabham BT44 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 29 | Ian Scheckter | ZA | | Team Gunston | Lotus 72E | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 30 | Ernest Gould Driver | ZA | |
| 29 | John Nicholson | NZ | | Pinch Plant | Lyncar 006 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 30 | Larry Perkins | AUS | | Dalton Amon Racing | Amon AF1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 30 | Dietrich Quester | A | | Memphis International Team Surtees | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 31 | Carlo Giovanni Facetti | I | | Scuderia Finotto | Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 32 | Helmuth Koinigg | A | |
| 43 | Gérard Larrousse | F | |
| 32 | Edward Keizan | ZA | | Blignaut Embassy Racing SA | Tyrrell 004 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 32,35 | Ian Hugh Gordon Ashley | GB | | Team Harper-Token Racing | Token RJ02 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 33 | Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood | GB | | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 33 | David Wishart Hobbs | GB | |
| 33 | Joachim Mass | D | |
| 35 | Michael Wilds | GB | | Dempster International Racing Team | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 42 | Thomas Maldwyn Pryce | GB | | Token Racing | Token RJ02 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 42 | David Purley | GB | |
| 42 | Ian Hugh Gordon Ashley | GB | | Chequered Flag/Richard Oaten | Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 50 | Egbert Wietzes | CDN |  | Team Canada Formula 1 Racing | Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 55 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA | | Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing | Parnelli VPJ4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 66 | Mark Neary Donohue | USA | | Penske Cars | Penske PC1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 208 | Maria Grazia Lombardi | I | | Allied Polymer Group | Brabham BT42 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
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