WHA standings at the end of January 9, 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 | -0.16 | 0.73 | 13-4-0 | 6-6-6 | 7-2-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Quebec Nordiques |
37 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 141 | 123 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 13-6-3 | 7-7-1 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 143 | 124 | -0.21 | 0.34 | 9-5-4 | 7-8-1 | 6-2-2 | Won 2 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
40 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 36 | 140 | 147 | 0.06 | -0.12 | 11-7-3 | 5-13-1 | 2-7-1 | Lost 3 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
33 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 127 | 118 | -0.02 | 0.25 | 11-6-0 | 6-10-0 | 5-5-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 132 | 138 | 0.02 | -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 | 0.26 | 1.43 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.26 | -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 | |||||||