This list of 1987 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

Open wheel racing

Series	Driver	Season article
Formula One World Championship	Nelson Piquet	1987 Formula One season
	Constructors: Williams-Honda
Jim Clark Trophy	Jonathan Palmer
IndyCar World Series	Bobby Rahal	1987 IndyCar season
International Formula 3000	Stefano Modena	1987 International Formula 3000 season
Japanese Formula 3000	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1987 Japanese Formula 3000 season
Formula Fiat	Jordi Gené
Australian Drivers' Championship	David Brabham	1987 Australian Drivers' Championship
Formula Three
All-Japan Formula Three Championship	Ross Cheever
Austrian Formula Three Championship	Franz Binder
British Formula Three Championship	Johnny Herbert
European Formula Three Championship	David Coyne
Formula Three Sudamericana	Leonel Friedrich
French Formula Three Championship	Jean Alesi
German Formula Three Championship	Bernd Schneider	1987 German Formula Three Championship
Italian Formula Three Championship	Enrico Bertaggia
Formula Renault
Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo	Claude Dégremont
Formula Ford
Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series	Peter Verheyen	1987 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
Formula Ford 1600 Brazil	Gil de Ferran
Formula Ford 1600 Belgium	Patrick Dewulf
Formula Ford 1600 Benelux
Formula Ford 1600 Netherlands
Formula Ford 1600 BRDC	Eddie Irvine
Formula Ford 1600 Denmark	Svend Hansen
Formula Ford 1600 Europe
Formula Ford Sweden Junior	Mika Häkkinen
Formula Ford 1600 Finland
Formula Ford 1600 Nordic

Karting

Series	Driver	Season article
World Superkart Championship	Eric Gassin

Sports car

Series	Driver	Season article
World Sportscar Championship	C1: Raul Boesel	1987 World Sportscar Championship season
	C1 Teams: Silk Cut Jaguar
	C2: Gordon Spice C2: Fermín Vélez
	C2 Teams: Spice Engineering
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	Kenny Acheson Kunimitsu Takahashi	1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship
	Manufacturers: Porsche
IMSA GT Championship	GTP: Chip Robinson	1987 IMSA GT Championship season
	Lights: Jim Downing
	GTO: Chris Cord
	GTU: Tommy Kendall
Australian Sports Car Championship	Andy Roberts	1987 Australian Sports Car Championship

Touring car

Series	Driver	Season article
World Touring Car Championship	Roberto Ravaglia	1987 World Touring Car Championship season
European Touring Car Championship	Winni Vogt	1987 European Touring Car Championship
Australian Touring Car Championship	Jim Richards	1987 Australian Touring Car Championship
Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship	Mark Skaife	1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
British Touring Car Championship	Chris Hodgetts	1987 British Touring Car Championship
French Touring Car Championship	Érik Comas
Italian Touring Car Championship	Michele di Gioia

Stock car

Series	Driver	Season article
NASCAR Winston Cup Series	Dale Earnhardt	1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
International Race of Champions	Geoffrey Bodine	IROC XI
StockCar Brazil	Zeca Giaffone

Rallying

Series	Driver/Co-Driver	Season article
World Rally Championship	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	1987 World Rally Championship season
	Manufacturer: Lancia
FIA Cup for Production Cars	Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo

Motorcycle

Series	Rider	Season article
500cc World Championship	Wayne Gardner	1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
250cc World Championship	Anton Mang
125cc World Championship	Fausto Gresini
80cc World Championship	Jorge Martínez
Speedway World Championship	Hans Nielsen	1987 Individual Speedway World Championship
AMA Superbike Championship	Wayne Rainey