1996 British Superbike leading entries:
| no. | rider | entrant | bike |
| 1 | Steve Hislop SCO* | Nemesis Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX7RR |
| 2 | Matt Llewellyn ENG** | Nemesis Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX7RR |
| 1 | Steve Hislop SCO* | Revé Red Bull Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZXR750 |
| 2 | Matt Llewellyn ENG** | Old Spice Ducati Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 7 | Terry Rymer ENG | Old Spice Ducati Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 8 | Chris Walker ENG | Old Spice Ducati Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 88 | Scott Smart ENG*** | Old Spice Ducati Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 3 | Jamie Whitham ENG | Team Cadbury’s Boost | Yamaha YZF750 |
| 30 | Niall Mackenzie SCO | Team Cadbury’s Boost | Yamaha YZF750 |
| 4 | Michael Rutter ENG | Team McCulloch | Ducati 955 |
| 5 | Phil Borley ENG¹ | Team Duckhams | Ducati |
| 21 | Jim Moodie SCO**** | Team Duckhams | Ducati 955 |
| 22 | Ian Simpson SCO | Team Duckhams | Ducati 955 |
| 9 | David Jefferies ENG | Medd Racing | Honda RC45 |
| 10 | Dean Ashton ENG | CMA/Baxi Heating Ducati | Ducati 955 |
| 11 | Andy Hatton ENG | East Midland Superbikes | Ducati |
| 12 | Alex Buckingham ENG | Inch’s Cider Yamaha | Yamaha |
| 17 | Ray Stringer ENG | Sabre Airways Racing | Kawasaki ZX7RR |
| 88 | Scott Smart ENG² | Sabre Airways Racing | Kawasaki |
| 19 | Simon Beck ENG | Peachurst Bathrooms | Kawasaki |
| 20 | Jim Hodson GBR | Len Anderson Kawasaki | Kawasaki |
| 21 | Jim Moodie SCO**** | Team G-Shock Crescent | Suzuki GSX-R750 |
| 25 | Ian Cobby | Team G-Shock Crescent | Suzuki |
| 26 | Paul Denning | Team G-Shock Crescent | Suzuki |
| 23 | Shaun Muir ENG | Colchester Motorcycles | Kawasaki |
| 24 | Paul A Jones WAL | Transatlantic Vacations | Yamaha |
| 27 | Steve Marks ENG | [Marks] | Kawasaki |
| 35 | Nigel Nottingham ENG | Team Mistral Boilers | Yamaha |
| 38 | Colin Hipwell GBR | Friskies Petcare | Kawasaki |
| 39 | James Bunton | [Bunton] | Yamaha |
| 44 | Tom Knight | [Knight] | Ducati |
| 44 | Sean Emmett ENG² | Fast Bikes Magazine | Ducati |
| 45 | Mike Edwards ENG² | V&M Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 56 | Andy Ward ENG | Five Seven Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 57 | Graham Ward ENG | Five Seven Racing | Ducati 955 |
| 77 | Brett Sampson ENG | GT Motorcycles | Kawasaki |
| 252 | Peter Graves ENG | Team Atlantic 252 | Ducati |
¹ substitute rider
² wildcard entry
* Hislop joined the Revé team after Nemesis folded
** Llewellyn replaced Walker after Nemesis folded
*** Smart was stand-in at Knockhill when Rymer had clashing commitments
**** Moodie moved from Ducati to Suzuki mid-season
With grateful thanks to Phil Wain of RealRoadRacing.com
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