WHA standings at the end of January 4, 1979
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers |
34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 150 | 120 | -0.17 | 0.71 | 12-4-0 | 6-6-6 | 6-2-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
35 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 135 | 117 | -0.00 | 0.51 | 13-6-3 | 6-6-1 | 5-3-2 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 132 | 134 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 11-5-3 | 5-12-1 | 2-7-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 124 | 114 | -0.05 | 0.26 | 11-6-0 | 6-9-0 | 5-5-0 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 136 | 119 | -0.25 | 0.28 | 7-5-4 | 7-8-1 | 4-4-2 | Tied 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
35 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 31 | 122 | 136 | 0.13 | -0.27 | 8-7-2 | 6-11-1 | 2-6-2 | Lost 2 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.23 | -1.85 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.25 | 1.42 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 0.44 | -3.06 | 0-0-0 | 0-3-1 | 0-3-1 | Tied 1 | ||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||