WHA standings at the end of December 12, 1978
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers |
28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 124 | 106 | -0.04 | 0.60 | 8-4-0 | 6-5-5 | 6-3-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 113 | 100 | 0.12 | 0.58 | 10-6-2 | 5-4-1 | 5-3-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 109 | 108 | -0.01 | 0.02 | 9-3-2 | 5-10-1 | 3-6-1 | Lost 4 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 97 | 95 | -0.00 | 0.07 | 8-5-0 | 5-8-0 | 5-5-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 111 | 97 | -0.28 | 0.26 | 5-4-3 | 6-7-1 | 5-3-2 | Tied 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 98 | 100 | -0.04 | -0.12 | 7-5-1 | 5-7-0 | 4-6-0 | Won 4 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.21 | -1.87 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0.59 | 3.59 | 0-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||