WHA standings at the end of January 20, 1979
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques |
40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 157 | 127 | -0.01 | 0.74 | 14-6-3 | 9-7-1 | 7-2-1 | Won 4 | ||||||
 New England Whalers |
39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 162 | 136 | -0.11 | 0.56 | 14-7-0 | 6-6-6 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
41 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 43 | 160 | 154 | -0.09 | 0.06 | 9-7-4 | 10-10-1 | 5-4-1 | Lost 4 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
37 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 150 | 125 | -0.07 | 0.61 | 13-6-0 | 8-10-0 | 7-3-0 | Won 4 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
45 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 42 | 161 | 161 | -0.00 | -0.00 | 13-8-3 | 6-14-1 | 4-6-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
41 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 33 | 144 | 167 | 0.08 | -0.48 | 9-9-2 | 6-14-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 5 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.19 | -1.89 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.25 | 1.41 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.25 | -2.92 | 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 | |||||||