Highest Score in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the highest score in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Stats Value	Player Name	Team Name
1	217	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies
2	170	Colin McDonald	Australia
3	166	Saeed Ahmed	Pakistan
4	160	Colin Cowdrey	England
5	142	Basil Butcher	West Indies
6	141	Ted Dexter	England
7	134	Norm O'Neill	Australia
8	131	Geoff Pullar	England
9	124	Peter May	England
10	123	John Holt	West Indies
11	118	Polly Umrigar	India
12	114	Neil Harvey	Australia
13	112	Abbas Ali Baig	India
14	109	Chandu Borde	India
15	103	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan
16	100	Collie Smith	West Indies
16	100	Joe Solomon	West Indies
16	100	Mike Smith	England
17	99	Pankaj Roy	India
18	94	Raman Subba Row	England
19	92	Nari Contractor	India
19	92	Sir Conrad Hunte	West Indies
20	87	Ken Barrington	England
21	78	Gilbert Parkhouse	England
21	78	Ken Mackay	Australia
22	76	Bapu Nadkarni	India
23	74	Wally Grout	Australia
24	73	Godfrey Evans	England
25	72	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
26	71	Alan Davidson	Australia
27	68	Peter Richardson	England
28	66	Jim Burke	Australia
29	65	Roy Swetman	England
30	64	Richie Benaud	Australia
30	64	Wallis Mathias	Pakistan
31	63	Hemu Adhikari	India
32	61	Vijay Manjrekar	India
32	61	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand
33	58	Martin Horton	England
33	58	Ijaz Butt	Pakistan
34	56	Duncan Sharpe	Pakistan
34	56	John Guy	New Zealand
35	54	Imtiaz Ahmed	Pakistan
35	54	Tom Graveney	England
35	54	Les Favell	Australia
36	53	AG Kripal Singh	India
37	52	Datta Gaekwad	India
38	51	Ramnath Kenny	India
39	50	Ray Illingworth	England
40	45	Ian Meckiff	Australia
40	45	Shujauddin	Pakistan
41	44	John Mortimore	England
42	41	Jayasinghrao Ghorpade	India
42	41	Waqar Hasan	Pakistan
43	40	John Reid	New Zealand
43	40	Willie Watson	England
44	38	Brian Statham	England
45	37	Eric Atkinson	West Indies
46	36	Fred Trueman	England
47	33	Frank Tyson	England
47	33	Bruce Bolton	New Zealand
48	32	Naren Tamhane	India
49	31	Ken Hough	New Zealand
50	30	Gulabrai Ramchand	India
51	28	Gavin Stevens	Australia
52	27	Brian Close	England
52	27	Surendranath	India
53	26	Alan Moss	England
54	25	Trevor Bailey	England
54	25	John Sparling	New Zealand
54	25	Gerry Alexander	West Indies
54	25	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
55	24	Ken Taylor	England
56	23	Ray Lindwall	Australia
56	23	Wazir Mohammad	Pakistan
57	22	Bob Blair	New Zealand
58	21	Tony Lock	England
58	21	Subhash Gupte	India
58	21	Vinoo Mankad	India
58	21	Nana Joshi	India
58	21	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
59	19	Mohammad Munaf	Pakistan
60	15	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pakistan
61	14	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan
61	14	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
61	14	Lindsay Kline	Australia
61	14	Arthur Milton	England
62	13	Roger Harris	New Zealand
62	13	Eric Petrie	New Zealand
63	12	Peter Burge	Australia
64	10	Alex Moir	New Zealand
65	8	AK Sengupta	India
65	8	Ramakant Desai	India
65	8	Motganhalli Jaisimha	India
65	8	Arvind Apte	India
65	8	Alimuddin	Pakistan
66	7	Israr Ali	Pakistan
66	7	Roy Gilchrist	West Indies
66	7	Gordon Rorke	Australia
67	6	Noel McGregor	New Zealand
67	6	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
68	5	Jim Laker	England
69	4	Jasubhai Patel	India
69	4	Sonny Ramadhin	West Indies
69	4	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan
69	4	Haseeb Ahsan	Pakistan
70	3	Antao D'Souza	Pakistan
71	2	Tommy Greenhough	England
72	1	Barry Jarman	Australia
72	1	Keith Slater	Australia
72	1	Robin Bynoe	West Indies
73	0	Jaswick Taylor	West Indies
73	0	Munir Malik	Pakistan
73	0	Venatappa Muddiah	India
73	0	Harold Rhodes	England