Indy Racing League standings for 1996Click on the Driver to see 1996 race-level statistics for that driver. Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Scott Sharp | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 578 | 40 | 330,303 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 1 | 869.00 | 1 | 82 | |
| 1 | Buzz Calkins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 541 | 130 | 345,553 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 2 | 763.00 | 1 | 82 | |
| 3 | Robbie Buhl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 543 | 21 | 322,653 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 2 | 838.50 | 0 | 80 | -2 |
| 4 | Richie Hearn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 415 | 7 | 484,203 | 12.0 | 8.7 | 2 | 715.00 | 1 | 79 | -3 |
| 5 |  Roberto Guerrero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | 47 | 412,003 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 1 | 781.00 | 0 | 79 | -3 |
| 6 | Mike Groff | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 516 | 0 | 279,253 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 2 | 699.00 | 0 | 76 | -6 |
| 7 |  Arie Luyendyk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 481 | 122 | 387,503 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 1 | 704.50 | 1 | 75 | -7 |
| 8 | Tony Stewart | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 447 | 92 | 349,303 | 4.0 | 12.3 | 1 | 570.00 | 1 | 68 | -14 |
| 9 | Johnny O'Connell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 0 | 244,303 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 2 | 509.50 | 0 | 64 | -18 |
| 10 | Davey Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 431 | 2 | 261,003 | 8.3 | 13.7 | 1 | 702.50 | 0 | 64 | -18 |
| 11 |  Michele Alboreto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 428 | 0 | 259,203 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 2 | 492.50 | 0 | 63 | -19 |
| 12 | Lyn St. James | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 0 | 240,853 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 1 | 585.50 | 0 | 62 | -20 |
| 13 |  Stephan Gregoire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 0 | 231,853 | 11.3 | 16.7 | 1 | 406.50 | 0 | 55 | -27 |
| 14 | Buddy Lazier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 261 | 71 | 1,413,854 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 561.00 | 1 | 53 | -29 |
| 15 | John Paul, Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 0 | 227,453 | 15.3 | 18.0 | 1 | 331.00 | 0 | 51 | -31 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 373 | 0 | 249,353 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 1 | 656.50 | 0 | 49 | -33 |
| 17 | Johnny Parsons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 0 | 237,203 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 0 | 314.00 | 0 | 47 | -35 |
| 18 | Dave Kudrave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 78,250 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 172.00 | 0 | 40 | -42 |
| 19 |  Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 226,653 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 1 | 473.50 | 0 | 37 | -45 |
| 20 | Scott Brayton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 73,000 | 7.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 175.00 | 0 | 37 | -45 |
| 21 | Jim Guthrie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 0 | 206,453 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 475.00 | 0 | 37 | -45 |
| 22 | Davy Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 46 | 632,503 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 500.00 | 1 | 33 | -49 |
| 23 | Alessandro Zampedri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 20 | 270,853 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 497.50 | 0 | 31 | -51 |
| 24 |  Fermin Velez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 210,653 | 21.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 299.50 | 0 | 30 | -52 |
| 25 |  Eliseo Salazar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 226,653 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 492.50 | 0 | 29 | -53 |
| 26 | Danny Ongais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 228,253 | 33.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 492.50 | 0 | 28 | -54 |
| 27 | Johnny Unser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 188,203 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 1 | 185.00 | 0 | 28 | -54 |
| 28 |  Hideshi Matsuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 233,953 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 492.50 | 0 | 27 | -55 |
| 29 | Stan Wattles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 2 | 40,000 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 144.00 | 0 | 22 | -60 |
| 30 | Scott Harrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 190,753 | 32.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 375.00 | 0 | 20 | -62 |
| 31 | Mark Dismore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 161,253 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 322.50 | 0 | 16 | -66 |
| 32 | Paul Durant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 159,153 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 23.50 | 0 | 16 | -66 |
| 33 | Joe Gosek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 169,653 | 31.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 265.00 | 0 | 13 | -69 |
| 34 | Brad Murphey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 177,853 | 26.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 227.50 | 0 | 12 | -70 |
| 35 | Racin Gardner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 149,853 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 190.00 | 0 | 10 | -72 |
| 36 |  Marco Greco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 153,303 | 22.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 160.00 | 0 | 9 | -73 |