WHA standings at the end of January 13, 1979
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques |
38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 143 | 124 | 0.02 | 0.52 | 13-6-3 | 8-7-1 | 6-3-1 | Won 2 | ||||||
 New England Whalers |
36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 155 | 127 | -0.15 | 0.63 | 13-5-0 | 6-6-6 | 6-3-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 149 | 126 | -0.22 | 0.42 | 9-5-4 | 9-8-1 | 7-2-1 | Won 4 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 130 | 118 | -0.01 | 0.34 | 11-6-0 | 7-10-0 | 6-4-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
41 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 36 | 141 | 149 | 0.05 | -0.14 | 11-8-3 | 5-13-1 | 2-8-0 | Lost 4 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 134 | 144 | 0.04 | -0.23 | 9-9-2 | 6-11-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 2 | ||||||
 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 | 1.42 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.26 | -2.91 | 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 | |||||||