WHA standings at the end of January 8, 1979
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New England Whalers |
35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 155 | 124 | -0.15 | 0.73 | 13-4-0 | 6-6-6 | 7-2-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 137 | 120 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 13-6-3 | 6-7-1 | 4-4-2 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
39 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 137 | 143 | 0.05 | -0.10 | 11-6-3 | 5-13-1 | 2-7-1 | Lost 2 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 139 | 121 | -0.22 | 0.32 | 8-5-4 | 7-8-1 | 5-3-2 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 124 | 114 | -0.03 | 0.28 | 11-6-0 | 6-9-0 | 5-5-0 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 132 | 138 | 0.03 | -0.14 | 9-7-2 | 6-11-1 | 3-5-2 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.25 | -1.83 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.27 | 1.43 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.27 | -2.90 | 0-0-0 | 1-4-1 | 1-4-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||