Kompletní výsledky závodníků královské třídy 500 ccm roku 1987. Mistrem světa se stal Wayne Gardner na motocyklu Honda, druhý byl Randy Mamola a třetí Eddie Lawson.
Celkové pořadí jezdců 500 ccm 1987
| Poz. | Jméno | Číslo | Národnost | Tým | Motocykl | Body | Vítězství | Pole pos. | Nejrych. kola |
| 1 |  Wayne Gardner |
2 | Australia | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 178 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 2 |  Randy Mamola |
3 | United States | Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | YZR500 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Eddie Lawson |
1 | United States | Marlboro-Yamaha Team Agostini | YZR500 | 157 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 |  Ron Haslam |
9 | United Kingdom | Elf-Honda | Elf4-NSR500 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Niall Mackenzie |
11 | United Kingdom | HB-Honda | NSR500 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 |  Tadahiko Taira |
21 | Japan | Marlboro-Yamaha Team Agostini | YZR500 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Christian Sarron |
6 | France | Team Sonauto-Gauloises | YZR500 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 |  Pier-Francesco Chili |
10 | Italy | HB-Honda | NS500 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Shunji Yatsushiro |
16 | Japan | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rob McElnea |
5 | United Kingdom | Marlboro-Yamaha Team Agostini | YZR500 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Roger Burnett |
12 | United Kingdom | Rothmans-Honda | NSR500 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Didier de Radiguès |
7 | Belgium | Team Cagiva-Alstare | GP500 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Raymond Roche |
8 | France | Team Cagiva-Alstare | GP500 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kenny Irons |
18 | United Kingdom | Heron-Suzuki | RGB500 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kevin Magee |
40 | Australia | Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | YZR500 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kevin Schwantz |
34 | United States | Heron-Suzuki | RGB500 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Takumi Ito[9] |
32 | Japan | Suzuki-Japan | RGB500 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mike Baldwin |
4 | United States | Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | YZR500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Gustav Reiner |
14 | West Germany | Hein Gericke Racing | RS500/NS500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Freddie Spencer |
19 | United States | HRC-Honda | NSR500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Hiroyuki Kawasaki |
Japan | Yamaha-Japan | YZR500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 |  Richard Scott[10] |
57/33 | New Zealand | Honda-Britain / Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | RS500/NS500/YZR500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Shinjii Katayama |
Japan | Yamaha-Japan | YZR500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Marco Gentile |
25 | Italy | Lucky Strike Fior | NS500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - |  Fabio Barchitta |
42 | San Marino | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | Fabio Biliotti |
15 | Italy | Servisco | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Simon Buckmaster |
22 | United Kingdom | Duckhams NLM Honda | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - |  Maarten Duyzers |
61 | Netherlands | H.D.J.B.Y. | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Gerold Fischer |
West Germany | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| - | Manfred Fischer |
36 | West Germany | Hein Gericke Racing | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Hervé Guilleux |
55 | France | Fior-SNCF | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - |  Silvo Habat |
75 | Yugoslavia | FE-GO | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - |  Bruno Kneubühler |
45 | Switzerland | Bruno Kneubühler | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - |  Andreas Leuthe |
40 | Luxembourg | Andreas Leuthe | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Donnie McLeod |
34 | United Kingdom | Heron-Suzuki | RGB500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Wolfgang von Muralt |
24 | Switzerland | Franconia-Suzuki | RGB500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Thierry Rapicault |
53 | France | Fior-SNCF | RS500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
51 | United States | Team Lucky Strike-Roberts | YZR500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Zdroj: https://en.wikipedia.org
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- kurzíva = nejrychlejší kolo závodu
- výsledek tučně = poleposition
- Ret = nedokončil závod (retired)
- NC = neklasifikován (non-classified)
- C = závod zrušen (cancelled)
- EX = vyloučen (excluded)
- DNS = nenastoupil do závodu (did not start)
- DSQ = diskvalifikován (disqualified)
- DNQ = nekvalifikoval se (did not qualified)
- DNP = nezúčastnil se (did not participate)
- WD = výsledek anulován (withdrew)
