WHA standings at the end of December 29, 1978
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers |
33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 149 | 118 | -0.23 | 0.71 | 12-4-0 | 6-5-6 | 7-1-2 | Won 3 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 132 | 115 | -0.04 | 0.46 | 12-6-3 | 6-6-1 | 5-3-2 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 34 | 130 | 133 | 0.04 | -0.04 | 10-5-3 | 5-12-1 | 1-8-1 | Lost 2 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 119 | 113 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 10-6-0 | 6-9-0 | 4-6-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
31 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 133 | 116 | -0.19 | 0.36 | 7-5-3 | 7-8-1 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
34 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 120 | 133 | 0.10 | -0.28 | 8-7-2 | 6-10-1 | 3-5-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.24 | -1.84 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.24 | 1.41 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||
 Czech All Stars |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0.58 | -4.42 | 0-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | Lost 2 | ||||||