Best Averages in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1978120 entries
1674 / 6Zaheer AbbasPAK20.42 clear of Sunil Gavaskar
21103 / 12Sunil GavaskarIND20.42 off the lead
3330 / 4Desmond HaynesWI29.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Zaheer AbbasPAK
674 / 6 · 20.42 ahead of Gavaskar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Abbas is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
829 / 14
The mark at number ten — 110 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

120 entries, ranked
1Zaheer AbbasPAK674 / 6
2Sunil GavaskarIND1103 / 12
3Desmond HaynesWI330 / 4
4Gordon GreenidgeWI131 / 2
5Erapalli PrasannaIND65 / 1
6Clive LloydWI128 / 2
7Clive RadleyENG731 / 12
8Javed MiandadPAK663 / 11
9Gundappa ViswanathIND661 / 11
10Alvin KallicharranWI829 / 14
11David GowerENG923 / 16
12Geoff HowarthNZ614 / 11
13Dilip VengsarkarIND688 / 13
14Asif IqbalPAK261 / 5
15Sew ShivnarineWI383 / 8
16Basil WilliamsWI443 / 10
17Deryck MurrayWI132 / 3
18Mushtaq MohammadPAK172 / 4
19Graham GoochENG471 / 11
20Azmat RanaPAK42 / 1
21Peter TooheyAUS625 / 15
22Geoff BoycottENG768 / 19
23Larry GomesWI481 / 12
24Graeme WoodAUS783 / 20
25Anshuman GaekwadIND232 / 6
26Majid KhanPAK309 / 8
27Graham YallopAUS653 / 17
28Mohsin KhanHK304 / 8
29Chetan ChauhanIND488 / 13
30Derick ParryWI336 / 9
31Graham RoopeENG483 / 13
32Mohinder AmarnathIND319 / 9
33Kim HughesAUS245 / 7
34David LloydENG34 / 1
35Sir Ian BothamENG677 / 20
36Alvin GreenidgeWI165 / 5
37Bob SimpsonAUS457 / 14
38Derek RandallENG423 / 13
39Kapil DevIND292 / 9
40Steve RixonAUS250 / 8
41Surinder AmarnathIND247 / 8
42Mudassar NazarPAK457 / 15
43Bruce EdgarNZ178 / 6
44Karsan GhavriIND236 / 8
45Allan BorderAUS29 / 1
45Imran KhanBHR116 / 4
45Norbert PhillipWI232 / 8
46Craig SerjeantAUS314 / 11
47Sadiq MohammadPAK311 / 11
48John ParkerNZ212 / 8
49Gary CosierAUS339 / 13
50Jock EdwardsNZ156 / 6
51Syed KirmaniIND248 / 10
52John WrightNZ271 / 11
53Sarfraz NawazPAK122 / 5
54Wasim RajaPAK170 / 7
55Sir Viv RichardsWI71 / 3
56David OgilvieAUS47 / 2
57Haroon RasheedPAK224 / 10
58Bruce YardleyAUS313 / 14
59Lance CairnsNZ155 / 7
60Faoud BacchusWI199 / 9
61Mike BrearleyENG331 / 15
62Geoff MillerENG323 / 15
63Robert AndersonNZ257 / 12
64Rick DarlingAUS277 / 13
65Mark BurgessNZ253 / 12
66Hasan JamilPAK63 / 3
66Talat AliPAK42 / 2
67Geoff CopeENG41 / 2
68David MurrayWI244 / 12
69Bev CongdonNZ217 / 11
70Joel GarnerWI18 / 1
71Rodney HoggAUS71 / 4
72Shafiq AhmedPAK53 / 3
73Iqbal QasimPAK51 / 3
74Phil EdmondsENG168 / 10
75John LeverENG67 / 4
75John MacleanAUS67 / 4
76Wasim BariPAK150 / 9
77Richard CollingeNZ83 / 5
78Brian RoseENG99 / 6
79Chris OldENG113 / 7
80Barry WoodENG48 / 3
80John DysonAUS32 / 2
80Ashok MankadIND16 / 1
81Sikander BakhtPAK75 / 5
82Trevor LaughlinAUS89 / 6
83Vanburn HolderWI147 / 10
84Bob TaylorENG218 / 15
85Bob WillisENG92 / 7
86Abdul QadirPAK25 / 2
87Irvine ShillingfordWI49 / 4
88Colin CroftWI12 / 1
89Mike HendrickENG35 / 3
90Geoff DymockAUS23 / 2
90Sylvester ClarkeWI23 / 2
91Yashpal SharmaIND11 / 1
92Richard AustinWI30 / 3
93Sir Richard HadleeNZ114 / 12
94Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND18 / 2
94John EmbureyENG9 / 1
95Jeff ThomsonAUS80 / 9
96Liaqat AliPAK23 / 3
97Bishan BediIND59 / 9
98Maurice FosterWI13 / 2
99Warren LeesNZ12 / 2
100Wayne ClarkAUS17 / 3
101Arshad PervezPAK11 / 2
102Alan HurstAUS10 / 2
103Stephen BoockNZ24 / 5
104Andy RobertsNZ14 / 3
104Mike GattingENG14 / 3
105Ewen ChatfieldNZ9 / 2
106Jim HiggsAUS12 / 3
106Brendon BracewellNZ4 / 1
107Malcolm MarshallWI7 / 3
108Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND9 / 4
109Dayle HadleeNZ3 / 2
110Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1 / 1
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