How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates
1996 British Superbike statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Niall Mackenzie | 394 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 10 |
| Jamie Whitham | 390 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| Terry Rymer | 227 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | |
| Michael Rutter | 215 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| Steve Hislop | 197 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Moodie | 170 | 12 | |||||
| Ray Stringer | 149 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Ian Simpson | 143 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||
| David Jefferies | 130 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Matt Llewellyn | 76 | 2 | |||||
| Chris Walker | 72 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Peter Graves | 66 | ||||||
| Brett Sampson | 62 | ||||||
| Graham Ward | 56 | 2 | |||||
| Andy Ward | 48 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Alex Buckingham | 47 | ||||||
| Dean Ashton | 43 | 1 | |||||
| Tom Knight | 36 | ||||||
| Andy Hatton | 33 | ||||||
| Sean Emmett | 33 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Marks | 31 | ||||||
| Scott Smart | 27 | 1 |
other points scorers: Shaun Muir 22; Ian Cobby and Jim Hodson 16; Simon Beck and James Bunton 12; Nigel Nottingham 10; Paul Denning, Paul A Jones, Andrew Stroud and Richard Defago 7; Rodney McCurdey and Colin Hipwell 6; Alexander Kvintas, Roger Bennett and Phil Borley 5; Mike Edwards 4; Dave Higgins 2.
| date | venue | winners |
| 31-3 | Donington Park | Mackenzie/Rymer |
| 8-4 | Thruxton | Rymer/Mackenzie |
| 6-5 | Oulton Park | Whitham/Rymer |
| 12-5 | Snetterton | Whitham/Whitham |
| 23-6 | Brands Hatch | Whitham/Whitham |
| 18-8 | Knockhill | Mackenzie/Mackenzie |
| 26-8 | Cadwell Park | Whitham/Whitham |
| 15-9 | Mallory Park | Whitham/Whitham |
| 29-9 | Brands Hatch | Rymer/Rymer |
| 13-10 | Donington Park | Mackenzie/Whitham |
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