How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates
1997 British Superbike statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Niall Mackenzie | 402 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 |
| Chris Walker | 345 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Rutter | 246 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | |
| John Reynolds | 227 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Sean Emmett | 218 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Iain MacPherson | 207 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
| Terry Rymer | 203 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Jim Moodie | 160 | 10 | |||||
| Steve Hislop | 148 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Matt Llewellyn | 146 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Ray Stringer | 139 | 1 | |||||
| Ian Simpson | 91 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Brett Sampson | 91 | ||||||
| Andy Ward | 81 | ||||||
| Dean Ashton | 59 | 1 | |||||
| Graham Ward | 42 | ||||||
| Andy Hatton | 34 | ||||||
| Darren Dixon | 34 | ||||||
| David Jefferies | 33 | 1 | |||||
| Dave Heal | 23 | ||||||
| Brian Morrison | 20 | 2 |
other points scorers: Peter Graves and Colin Hipwell 19; Lee Dickinson 18; Dean Thomas 14; Nigel Nottingham and Roger Bennett 8; Tom Knight, Jim Hodson and Steve Marks 7; Dave Higgins 3; Juha Berner 2; Jonathan Ward, Neil Cray, James Bunton, Scott Hanney and Pete Jennings 1.
| date | venue | winners |
| 13-4 | Donington Park | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 27-4 | Oulton Park | Walker/Reynolds |
| 11-5 | Snetterton | Mackenzie/Walker |
| 22-6 | Brands Hatch | Emmett/Reynolds |
| 6-7 | Thruxton | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 20-7 | Oulton Park | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 27-7 | Mallory Park | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 10-8 | Knockhill | MacPherson/Mackenzie |
| 25-8 | Cadwell Park | Simpson/Rutter |
| 14-9 | Brands Hatch | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 28-9 | Donington Park | Mackenzie/Walker |
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