Fuji Speedway · 23 October 1977
James Hunt won the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 1:02.450 ahead of Carlos Reutemann. Kunimitsu Takahashi gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hunt 9 + Mass 0 | Hunt 9 + Mass 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Reutemann 6 + Villeneuve 0 | Reutemann 6 + Villeneuve 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tyrrell Depailler 4 + Takahashi 0 + Peterson 0 | Depailler 4 + Takahashi 0 + Peterson 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Shadow Jones 3 + Patrese 1 | Jones 3 + Patrese 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ligier Laffite 2 + Jarier 0 | Laffite 2 + Jarier 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Brabham Stuck 0 + Watson 0 | Stuck 0 + Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Surtees Brambilla 0 + Binder 0 | Brambilla 0 + Binder 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Wolf Scheckter 0 | Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Kojima Hoshino 0 + Takahara 0 | Hoshino 0 + Takahara 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | March Ribeiro 0 | Ribeiro 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Team Lotus Nilsson 0 + Andretti 0 | Nilsson 0 + Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ensign Regazzoni 0 + Tambay 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Tambay 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | 1:31:51.680 | 73 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:02.450 | 73 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:06.390 | 73 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alan Jones Shadow | Shadow | +1:06.610 | 73 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Out of fuel | 72 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 72 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 72 | — | — | |
| 8 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | +2 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +2 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kojima | Kojima | +2 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| 12 | Alex Ribeiro March | March | +4 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 63 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | DNF Engine | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | DNF Gearbox | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Ensign | Ensign | DNF Engine | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Noritake Takahara Kojima | Kojima | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans Binder Surtees | Surtees | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — |