WHA standings at the end of January 25, 1979
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques |
42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 52 | 165 | 135 | -0.02 | 0.69 | 14-6-3 | 10-8-1 | 7-3-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 New England Whalers |
40 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 46 | 163 | 141 | -0.08 | 0.47 | 14-7-0 | 6-7-6 | 5-5-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
43 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 46 | 168 | 160 | -0.08 | 0.10 | 10-7-4 | 10-10-2 | 5-4-1 | Tied 1 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
39 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 158 | 130 | -0.08 | 0.64 | 14-7-0 | 8-10-0 | 7-3-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
46 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 43 | 166 | 166 | -0.01 | -0.01 | 13-8-4 | 6-14-1 | 4-5-1 | Tied 1 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
43 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 35 | 153 | 177 | 0.09 | -0.47 | 9-10-2 | 7-14-1 | 2-8-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 0.18 | -1.90 | 4-8-1 | 1-10-1 | 3-7-0 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 0.24 | 1.40 | 0-0-0 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 0.24 | -2.93 | 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 | |||||||