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.
TEST1959115 entries
1217Rohan KanhaiWI47 clear of Colin McDonald
2170Colin McDonaldAUS47 off the lead
3166Saeed AhmedPAK51 off the lead
● LEADS
Rohan KanhaiWI
217 · 47 ahead of McDonald
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Kanhai is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
123
The mark at number ten — 105 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Highest Score — full list

115 entries, ranked
1Rohan KanhaiWI217
2Colin McDonaldAUS170
3Saeed AhmedPAK166
4Colin CowdreyENG160
5Basil ButcherWI142
6Ted DexterENG141
7Norm O'NeillAUS134
8Geoff PullarENG131
9Peter MayENG124
10John HoltWI123
11Polly UmrigarIND118
12Neil HarveyAUS114
13Abbas Ali BaigIND112
14Chandu BordeIND109
15Hanif MohammadPAK103
16Collie SmithWI100
16Joe SolomonWI100
16Mike SmithENG100
17Pankaj RoyIND99
18Raman Subba RowENG94
19Nari ContractorIND92
19Sir Conrad HunteWI92
20Ken BarringtonENG87
21Gilbert ParkhouseENG78
21Ken MackayAUS78
22Bapu NadkarniIND76
23Wally GroutAUS74
24Godfrey EvansENG73
25Sir Garry SobersWI72
26Alan DavidsonAUS71
27Peter RichardsonENG68
28Jim BurkeAUS66
29Roy SwetmanENG65
30Richie BenaudAUS64
30Wallis MathiasPAK64
31Hemu AdhikariIND63
32Vijay ManjrekarIND61
32Bert SutcliffeNZ61
33Martin HortonENG58
33Ijaz ButtPAK58
34Duncan SharpePAK56
34John GuyNZ56
35Imtiaz AhmedPAK54
35Tom GraveneyENG54
35Les FavellAUS54
36AG Kripal SinghIND53
37Datta GaekwadIND52
38Ramnath KennyIND51
39Ray IllingworthENG50
40Ian MeckiffAUS45
40ShujauddinPAK45
41John MortimoreENG44
42Jayasinghrao GhorpadeIND41
42Waqar HasanPAK41
43John ReidNZ40
43Willie WatsonENG40
44Brian StathamENG38
45Eric AtkinsonWI37
46Fred TruemanENG36
47Frank TysonENG33
47Bruce BoltonNZ33
48Naren TamhaneIND32
49Ken HoughNZ31
50Gulabrai RamchandIND30
51Gavin StevensAUS28
52Brian CloseENG27
52SurendranathIND27
53Alan MossENG26
54Trevor BaileyENG25
54John SparlingNZ25
54Gerry AlexanderWI25
54Sir Wes HallWI25
55Ken TaylorENG24
56Ray LindwallAUS23
56Wazir MohammadPAK23
57Bob BlairNZ22
58Tony LockENG21
58Subhash GupteIND21
58Vinoo MankadIND21
58Nana JoshiIND21
58Lance GibbsWI21
59Mohammad MunafPAK19
60Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK15
61Mushtaq MohammadPAK14
61Fazal MahmoodPAK14
61Lindsay KlineAUS14
61Arthur MiltonENG14
62Roger HarrisNZ13
62Eric PetrieNZ13
63Peter BurgeAUS12
64Alex MoirNZ10
65AK SenguptaIND8
65Ramakant DesaiIND8
65Motganhalli JaisimhaIND8
65Arvind ApteIND8
65AlimuddinPAK8
66Israr AliPAK7
66Roy GilchristWI7
66Gordon RorkeAUS7
67Noel McGregorNZ6
67Intikhab AlamPAK6
68Jim LakerENG5
69Jasubhai PatelIND4
69Sonny RamadhinWI4
69Mahmood HussainPAK4
69Haseeb AhsanPAK4
70Antao D'SouzaPAK3
71Tommy GreenhoughENG2
72Barry JarmanAUS1
72Keith SlaterAUS1
72Robin BynoeWI1
73Jaswick TaylorWI0
73Munir MalikPAK0
73Venatappa MuddiahIND0
73Harold RhodesENG0
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