brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Big Time | 1 | 2 | 1-03-87 |  |
| Peter Gabriel |
| 2 | Livin' On A Prayer | 1 | 1 | 1-10-87 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 3 | I Wanna Go Back | 1 | 7 | 1-31-87 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 4 | Midnight Blue | 1 | 5 | 2-07-87 | |
| Lou Gramm |
| 5 | I'm No Angel | 1 | 2-28-87 | |
| The Gregg Allman Band |
| 6 | Come As You Are | 1 | 15 | 3-14-87 | |
| Peter Wolf |
| 7 | With Or Without You | 1 | 1 | 3-21-87 | |
| U2 |
| 8 | Big Love | 1 | 3 | 4-11-87 | |
| Fleetwood Mac |
| 9 | Jammin' Me | 1 | 9 | 4-18-87 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 10 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 1 | 1 | 5-09-87 | |
| U2 |
| 11 | Shakedown | 1 | 1 | 5-23-87 | |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
| 12 | Alone | 1 | 1 | 6-06-87 | |
| Heart |
| 13 | Give To Live | 1 | 26 | 6-20-87 | |
| Sammy Hagar |
| 14 | Good Times | 1 | 7-11-87 | |
| INXS And Jimmy Barnes |
| 15 | Touch Of Grey | 1 | 4 | 7-18-87 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 16 | Paper In Fire | 1 | 8 | 8-15-87 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 17 | Dude (Looks Like A Lady) | 1 | 8 | 8-29-87 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 18 | Learning To Fly | 1 | 9-12-87 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 19 | The One I Love | 1 | 3 | 9-26-87 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 20 | Brilliant Disguise | 1 | 4 | 10-03-87 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 21 | Love Will Find A Way | 1 | 29 | 10-10-87 | |
| Yes |
| 22 | Cherry Bomb | 1 | 8 | 10-31-87 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 23 | Tunnel Of Love | 1 | 8 | 11-07-87 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 24 | Rhythm Of Love | 1 | 30 | 11-14-87 | |
| Yes |
| 11-21-87 |
| Tunnel Of Love Bruce Springsteen returns to number one |
| 25 | On The Turning Away | 1 | 11-28-87 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 26 | Say You Will | 1 | 3 | 12-19-87 | |
| Foreigner |