| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Daley Thompson | ENG | 8410 GR |
10,66 - 7.71 - 15.17 - 2.04 - 47,59 - 15,00 - 44.58 - 4.90 - 62.98 - 4.43,48 |
8424 |
| 2 | Dave Steen | CAN | 8004 | 11,39 - 7.30 - 13.36 - 1.98 - 48,71 - 15,52 - 42.96 - 4.80 - 67.20 - 4.24,21 |
8003 |
| 3 | Fidelis Obikwu | ENG | 7726 | 11,50 - 7.05 - 14.62 - 2.07 - 50,17 - 16,46 - 42.32 - 4.60 - 58.92 - 4.30,44 |
7668 |
| 4 | Peter Hadfield | AUS | 7511 | 11,18 - 7.45 - 13.70 - 1.83 - 49,27 - 15,61 - 44.54 - 4.30 - 50.94 - 4.44,46 |
7446 |
| 5 | Peter Dyer | NZL | 7316 | 11,42 - 6.96 - 11.92 - 1.83 - 49,38 - 16,38 - 41.76 - 4.30 - 59.20 - 4.28,99 |
7241 |
| 6 | Charles Kokoyo | KEN | 7118 | 11,41 - 7.08 - 12.00 - 1.89 - 49,47 - 14,51 - 37.72 - 3.10 - 57.80 - 4.35,57 |
7076 |
| 7 | Greg Haydenluck | CAN | 6766 | 11,42 - 6.44 - 11.51 - 1.83 - 49,41 - 19,52 - 42.32 - 4.00 - 48.40 - 4.23,85 |
6592 |
| 8 | Colin Boreham | NIR | 6727 | 11,44 - 6.98 - 13.58 - 2.01 - 49,60 - 15,21 - 41.38 - 0 - 51.46 - 4.23,92 |
6835 |
| 9 | Panayiotis Zeniou | CYP | 6273 v |
11,59 - 6.69 - 13.96 - 1.86 - 51,76 - 16,29 - 39.74 - 0 - 59.82 - 4.43,82 |
6365 v |
| 10 | Cornelius Kemboi | KEN | 6176 | 11,65 - 5.90 - 11.95 - 1.59 - 52,20 - 17,44 - 39.28 - 2.70 - 67.14 - 4.32,56 |
6151 |
| 11 | Samuela Tabua | FIJ | 5819 | 11,79 - 5.71 - 11.23 - 1.83 - 52,99 - 17,15 - 25.58 - 3.00 - 52.50 - 4.41,92 |
5751 |
GR – Games record
v – event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
By 1985 – total points recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables.
Didn’t finish:
Sanitesi Latu (TGA), Chris Nunn (AUS), James Middleton (AUS), Brad McStravick (SCO)