| 1 | Eddy Merckx |  |  | 27324 pts |
| 2 | Bernard Hinault | | | 27314 pts |
| 3 | Raymond Poulidor | | | 27285 pts |
| 4 | Jan Ullrich | | | 27255 pts |
| 5 | Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle | | | 27242 pts |
| 6 | Jacques Anquetil | | | 27238 pts |
| 7 | Miguel Indurain | | | 27236 pts |
| 8 | Pedro Delgado | | | 27236 pts |
| 9 | Julio Jimenez | | | 27235 pts |
| 10 | Louison Bobet | | | 27181 pts |
| 11 | Luis Ocana | | | 27038 pts |
| 12 | Fausto Coppi | | | 26897 pts |
| 13 | Andy Schleck | | | 25561 pts |
| 14 | Laurent Fignon | | | 25553 pts |
| 15 | Felice Gimondi | | | 25551 pts |
| 16 | Stephen Roche | | | 25547 pts |
| 17 | Jean Robic | | | 23833 pts |
| 18 | Sean Kelly | | | 22951 pts |
| 19 | Alberto Contador | | | 20573 pts |
| 20 | Greg Lemond | | | 20493 pts |
| 21 | Andre Darrigade | | | 20480 pts |
| 22 | Federico Bahamontes | | | 13711 pts |
| 23 | Cadel Evans | | | 13692 pts |
| 24 | Richard Virenque | | | 13688 pts |
| 25 | Alfredo Binda | | | 13670 pts |
| 26 | Marco Pantani | | | 13636 pts |
| 27 | Joop Zoetemelk | | | 12128 pts |
| 28 | Bernard Thevenet | | | 10145 pts |
| 29 | Philippe Louviot | | | 3637 pts |
| 30 | Walter Godefroot | | | 1656 pts |
| 31 | Laurent Jalabert | | | 739 pts |
| 32 | Thomas Voeckler | | | 279 pts |
| 33 | Francesco Moser | | | 139 pts |
| 34 | Charly Gaul | | | 133 pts |
| 35 | Pierre Rolland | | | 125 pts |
| 36 | Ferdi Kubler | | | 122 pts |
| 37 | Antonin Magne | | | 73 pts |
| 38 | Gino Bartali | | | 69 pts |
| 39 | Rik Van Looy | | | 60 pts |
| 40 | Hugo Koblet | | | 57 pts |
| 41 | Roger Rivière | | | 56 pts |
| 42 | Gastone Nencini | | | 52 pts |
| 43 | Lucien Van Impe | | | 47 pts |
| 44 | Jan Janssen | | | 45 pts |
| 45 | Claudio Chiappucci | | | 43 pts |
| 46 | Gustave Garrigou | | | 35 pts |
| 47 | Rene Vietto | | | 33 pts |
| 48 | Roger Pingeon | | | 33 pts |
| 49 | Roger De Vlaeminck | | | 32 pts |
| 50 | Rudi Altig | | | 29 pts |
| 51 | Maurice Garin | | | 28 pts |
| 52 | Raphael Geminiani | | | 26 pts |
| 53 | Paolo Bettini | | | 25 pts |
| 54 | Hennie Kuiper | | | 24 pts |
| 55 | Moreno Argentin | | | 20 pts |
| 56 | Rik Van Steenbergen | | | 19 pts |
| 57 | Joaquim Agostinho | | | 9 pts |