WHA standings at the end of December 9, 1978
| WHA Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | SOS | SRS | HOME | ROAD | LAST 10 | STRK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quebec Nordiques |
26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 106 | 90 | 0.00 | 0.62 | 10-5-2 | 5-4-0 | 7-2-1 | Won 5 | ||||||
 New England Whalers |
27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 117 | 102 | 0.05 | 0.60 | 8-4-0 | 5-5-5 | 5-4-1 | Lost 1 | ||||||
 Cincinnati Stingers |
28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 107 | 102 | -0.02 | 0.16 | 9-2-2 | 5-9-1 | 5-4-1 | Lost 2 | ||||||
 Winnipeg Jets |
25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 107 | 93 | -0.32 | 0.24 | 5-4-2 | 6-7-1 | 5-4-1 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Edmonton Oilers |
24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 88 | 87 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 8-5-0 | 4-7-0 | 6-4-0 | Lost 4 | ||||||
 Birmingham Bulls |
24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 97 | 100 | -0.02 | -0.15 | 6-5-1 | 5-7-0 | 4-6-0 | Won 3 | ||||||
 Indianapolis Racers |
23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 119 | 0.22 | -1.99 | 3-7-1 | 1-10-1 | 2-8-0 | Lost 3 | ||||||
 Soviet All Stars |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0.60 | 3.60 | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | Won 1 | ||||||
 Czech All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||
 Finland All Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | |||||||