Best Averages in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1959108 entries
194 / 1Raman Subba RowENG25 clear of Mike Smith
2207 / 3Mike SmithENG25 off the lead
362 / 1Ken HoughNZ32 off the lead
● LEADS
Raman Subba RowENG
94 / 1 · 25 ahead of Smith
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Row is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
427 / 8
The mark at number ten — 98 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
16 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

108 entries, ranked
1Raman Subba RowENG94 / 1
2Mike SmithENG207 / 3
3Ken HoughNZ62 / 1
4Colin McDonaldAUS671 / 11
5Geoff PullarENG242 / 4
6Ken BarringtonENG357 / 6
7Ray IllingworthENG118 / 2
7Peter MayENG590 / 10
7Joe SolomonWI295 / 5
8Hanif MohammadPAK412 / 7
9Brian StathamENG108 / 2
10Rohan KanhaiWI427 / 8
11Norm O'NeillAUS418 / 8
12Basil ButcherWI362 / 7
13Hemu AdhikariIND103 / 2
14John HoltWI307 / 6
15Ramnath KennyIND51 / 1
16Colin CowdreyENG658 / 13
17Neil HarveyAUS543 / 11
18Saeed AhmedPAK533 / 11
19Gilbert ParkhouseENG144 / 3
20Tom GraveneyENG310 / 7
21Sir Conrad HunteWI175 / 4
22Chandu BordeIND479 / 11
23Wally GroutAUS237 / 6
24Godfrey EvansENG77 / 2
25Nari ContractorIND527 / 14
26Collie SmithWI186 / 5
27Alan DavidsonAUS295 / 8
28Bert SutcliffeNZ73 / 2
29Peter RichardsonENG213 / 6
30Eric AtkinsonWI106 / 3
31Sir Garry SobersWI242 / 7
32AG Kripal SinghIND103 / 3
33Ken MackayAUS235 / 7
34Ted DexterENG218 / 7
35Ijaz ButtPAK213 / 7
36Polly UmrigarIND391 / 13
37Martin HortonENG60 / 2
38Bruce BoltonNZ59 / 2
39Abbas Ali BaigIND234 / 8
40Pankaj RoyIND427 / 15
41Richie BenaudAUS227 / 8
42Vijay ManjrekarIND140 / 5
43Brian CloseENG27 / 1
44Jim BurkeAUS130 / 5
45Roy SwetmanENG196 / 8
46Wallis MathiasPAK209 / 9
47Les FavellAUS162 / 7
48Bapu NadkarniIND274 / 12
49Duncan SharpePAK134 / 6
50Ian MeckiffAUS66 / 3
51Willie WatsonENG86 / 4
52Waqar HasanPAK85 / 4
53Datta GaekwadIND186 / 9
54Jayasinghrao GhorpadeIND100 / 5
54John GuyNZ60 / 3
55Fred TruemanENG178 / 9
56John MortimoreENG118 / 6
57SurendranathIND114 / 6
58Alan MossENG37 / 2
58John SparlingNZ37 / 2
59Frank TysonENG54 / 3
60Imtiaz AhmedPAK195 / 11
61Gerry AlexanderWI105 / 6
62ShujauddinPAK134 / 8
63Mohammad MunafPAK32 / 2
64Ray LindwallAUS46 / 3
65Gavin StevensAUS90 / 6
66John ReidNZ44 / 3
66Lance GibbsWI44 / 3
67Tony LockENG58 / 4
68Gulabrai RamchandIND86 / 6
69Naren TamhaneIND79 / 6
70Vinoo MankadIND25 / 2
71Peter BurgeAUS12 / 1
71Bob BlairNZ24 / 2
72Eric PetrieNZ23 / 2
72Lindsay KlineAUS23 / 2
73Ken TaylorENG33 / 3
74Trevor BaileyENG43 / 4
75Sir Wes HallWI42 / 4
76Roger HarrisNZ31 / 3
77Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK50 / 5
78Fazal MahmoodPAK56 / 6
79Mushtaq MohammadPAK18 / 2
79Gordon RorkeAUS9 / 1
79Ramakant DesaiIND45 / 5
80Wazir MohammadPAK44 / 5
81Nana JoshiIND85 / 10
82Arthur MiltonENG42 / 5
83Haseeb AhsanPAK8 / 1
84Arvind ApteIND15 / 2
85Subhash GupteIND65 / 9
86Roy GilchristWI7 / 1
86AlimuddinPAK21 / 3
87Intikhab AlamPAK6 / 1
88Alex MoirNZ11 / 2
89Jim LakerENG9 / 2
89Motganhalli JaisimhaIND9 / 2
89AK SenguptaIND9 / 2
90Jasubhai PatelIND4 / 1
90Israr AliPAK8 / 2
91Noel McGregorNZ7 / 2
92Mahmood HussainPAK8 / 4
92Tommy GreenhoughENG2 / 1
93Barry JarmanAUS1 / 1
93Robin BynoeWI1 / 1
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