1986 500cc Grand Prix leading entries:
| no. | rider | entrant | bike |
| 1 | Freddie Spencer USA* | Rothmans Honda/HRC | Honda NSR |
| 4 | Wayne Gardner AUS | Rothmans Honda/HRC | Honda NSR |
| 2 | Eddie Lawson USA | Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL | Yamaha YZR |
| 9 | Rob McElnea ENG | Yamaha Marlboro Team Agostini SRL | Yamaha YZR |
| 3 | Christian Sarron FRA | Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha | Yamaha YZR |
| 5 | Ron Haslam ENG | Team Elf-ROC | Elf 3-Honda NS |
| 52 | Christian le Liard FRA** | Team Elf-ROC | Elf-Honda NS |
| 6 | Randy Mamola USA | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha YZR |
| 11 | Mike Baldwin USA | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha YZR |
| 7 | Raymond Roche FRA | Racing Team Katayama | Honda NS / NSR |
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès BEL | Rollstar Honda Racing Team | Chevallier-Honda |
| 10 | Boet van Dulmen NED | PDM Chrome Tapes | Honda RS |
| 39 | Henk van der Mark NED | PDM Chrome Tapes | Honda RS |
| 18 | Marco Papa ITA** | Honda RS | |
| 20 | Marco Gentile SUI | Ecurie Fior | Fior-Honda RS |
| 23 | Fabio Biliotti ITA | Team Italia | Honda RS |
| 26 | Dave Petersen ZIM | HB Suzuki | Suzuki XR |
| 46 | Pier-Francesco Chili ITA# | HB Suzuki | Suzuki XR |
| 33 | Paul Lewis AUS | Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Heron-Suzuki XR |
| 47 | Niall Mackenzie SCO**# | Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Heron-Suzuki XR |
| Paul Iddon ENG** | Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Heron-Suzuki XR | |
| 34 | Kevin Schwantz USA** | Rizla | Heron-Suzuki XR |
| 31 | Roger Burnett ENG**# | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda RS/NS |
| 43 | Roger Marshall ENG** | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda RS |
| 31 | Simon Buckmaster ENG | Duckhams Oil | Honda RS |
| 35 | Manfred Fischer BRD# | Hein Gericke Racing | HG-Honda RS |
| 35 | Mile Pajic NED | Stichting Netherlands Racing Team | Honda RS |
| 37 | Andreas Leuthe LUX | Honda RS | |
| 41 | Kenny Irons ENG** | Loctite Yamaha | Yamaha / Suzuki |
| 44 | Juan Garriga ESP# | Cagiva | Cagiva |
| Marco Lucchinelli ITA** | Cagiva | Cagiva | |
| 44 | Sepp Doppler AUT | HRC Grieskirched | Honda RS |
| 45 | Dietmar Mayer BRD | Honda RS | |
| 48 | Maarten Duyzers NED | HDJ Sportswear | Suzuki RG |
| 51 | Wolfgang von Muralt SUI# | Frankonia-Suzuki Schweiz | Bakker-Suzuki |
| 54 | Shunji Yatsushiro JAP**# | HRC-Moriwaki | Honda NSR |
| 55 | Leandro Becheroni ITA | Suzuki / Honda | |
| 56 | Masaru Mizutani JAP** | Walter Wolf | Suzuki XR |
| 56 | Helmut Schütz BRD | RS Rallye Sport Motorsport Handels | Honda RS |
| Eero Hyvärinen FIN | Honda RS | ||
| Gustav Reiner BRD | Honda Deutschland | Bakker-Hon. RS | |
| Peter Sköld SVE | Bakker-Hon. RS |
* did not race full season
** wildcard entry at selected races
# Chili also raced number 56
# Mackenzie also raced numbers 33 and 59
# Burnett also raced number 30
# Fischer also raced numbers 31, 71 and 36
# Garriga also raced number 16
# von Muralt also raced number 29
# Yatsushiro also raced number 19
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