brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Shake It Up | 1 | 4 | 1-02-82 |  |
| The Cars |
| 2 | Working For The Weekend | 1 | 17 | 1-09-82 | |
| Loverboy |
| 3 | Spirits In The Material World | 1 | 13 | 1-23-82 | |
| The Police |
| 4 | I Love Rock 'N Roll | 1 | 14 | 1-30-82 | |
| Joan Jett And The Blackhearts |
| 5 | Pretty Woman | 1 | 2-13-82 | |
| Van Halen |
| 6 | Don't Let Him Know | 1 | 3-06-82 | |
| Prism |
| 7 | Fantasy | 1 | 27 | 3-13-82 | |
| Aldo Nova |
| 8 | 867-5309/Jenny | 1 | 13 | 3-20-82 | |
| Tommy Tutone |
| 9 | Heat Of The Moment | 1 | 10 | 4-10-82 | |
| Asia |
| 10 | No One Like You | 1 | 4-24-82 | |
| Scorpions |
| 11 | Stone Cold | 1 | 5-08-82 | |
| Rainbow |
| 12 | Dancing In The Street | 1 | 5-15-82 | |
| Van Halen |
| 13 | Hurts So Good | 1 | 19 | 5-22-82 | |
| John Cougar |
| 14 | Caught Up In You | 1 | 13 | 5-29-82 | |
| 38 Special |
| 6-05-82 |
| Hurts So Good by John Cougar returns to number one |
| 6-12-82 |
| Caught Up In You by 38 Special returns to number one |
| 15 | Eye Of The Tiger | 1 | 1 | 6-19-82 | |
| Survivor |
| 16 | Paperlate | 1 | 30 | 7-10-82 | |
| Genesis |
| 17 | Keep The Fire Burnin' | 1 | 6 | 7-17-82 | |
| REO Speedwagon |
| 18 | Think I'm In Love | 1 | 14 | 7-24-82 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 19 | Everybody Wants You | 1 | 8-14-82 | |
| Billy Squier |
| 20 | Somebody's Baby | 1 | 2 | 8-28-82 | |
| Jackson Browne |
| 21 | Jack & Diane | 1 | 1 | 9-04-82 | |
| John Cougar |
| 22 | Athena | 1 | 23 | 9-18-82 | |
| The Who |
| 23 | New World Man | 1 | 26 | 9-25-82 | |
| Rush |
| 24 | Dirty Laundry | 1 | 2 | 10-02-82 | |
| Don Henley |
| 25 | Pressure | 1 | 9 | 10-09-82 | |
| Billy Joel |
| 26 | Shock The Monkey | 1 | 26 | 10-16-82 | |
| Peter Gabriel |
| 27 | Shadows Of The Night | 1 | 10 | 11-06-82 | |
| Pat Benatar |
| 28 | You Got Lucky | 1 | 11 | 11-20-82 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 29 | Down Under | 1 | 1 | 12-11-82 | |
| Men At Work |
| 30 | I Don't Care Anymore | 1 | 24 | 12-18-82 | |
| Phil Collins |