Best Bowling Fig in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197889 entries
18/34Sir Ian BothamENGBest return on the list
27/50Chris OldENG
37/66Phil EdmondsENG
● LEADS
Sir Ian BothamENG
8/34 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/28
The mark at number ten — 79 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

89 entries, ranked
1Sir Ian BothamENG8/34
2Chris OldENG7/50
3Phil EdmondsENG7/66
4Sir Richard HadleeNZ6/26
5Vanburn HolderWI6/28
6Abdul QadirPAK6/44
7Rodney HoggAUS6/74
8Jeff ThomsonAUS6/77
9Derick ParryWI5/15
10Lance CairnsNZ5/28
11Bob WillisENG5/32
12Sarfraz NawazPAK5/39
13Karsan GhavriIND5/51
14Sir Andy RobertsNZ5/56
15Stephen BoockNZ5/67
16Trevor LaughlinAUS5/101
17Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND5/116
18Sylvester ClarkeWI5/126
19Colin CroftWI4/15
20John LeverENG4/28
21Bruce YardleyAUS4/35
22Erapalli PrasannaIND4/51
23Bishan BediIND4/53
24Imran NiaziBHR4/54
25Mushtaq MohammadPAK4/55
25Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4/55
26Joel GarnerWI4/56
27Wayne ClarkAUS4/62
28Norbert PhillipWI4/64
29Raphick JumadeenWI4/72
30Jim HiggsAUS4/91
31Alan HurstAUS4/93
32Richard CollingeNZ4/98
33Sikander BakhtPAK4/132
34Hasan JamilPAK3/18
35Geoff MillerENG3/21
36Wasim RajaPAK3/23
37Ian CallenAUS3/24
38John EmbureyENG3/30
39Geoff DymockAUS3/38
40Bob SimpsonAUS3/45
41Mike HendrickENG3/50
42Iqbal QasimPAK3/56
43Liaqat AliPAK3/80
44Brendon BracewellNZ3/110
45Kapil DevIND3/132
46Mudassar NazarPAK2/4
47Saleem AltafPAK2/7
48Bev CongdonNZ2/14
48Barry WoodENG2/14
49Gary CosierAUS2/26
50Graham GoochENG2/29
51Mohinder AmarnathIND2/35
52Geoff CopeENG2/42
53David LloydENG1/3
54Surinder AmarnathIND1/5
55Javed MiandadPAK1/7
56Sunil GavaskarIND1/10
57Sew ShivnarineWI1/13
58Wayne DanielWI1/35
59Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1/43
60Asif IqbalPAK1/44
60Malcolm MarshallWI1/44
61Maurice FosterWI1/68
62Ewen ChatfieldNZ1/94
63Dayle HadleeNZ0/0
63Larry GomesWI0/0
64Mike GattingENG0/1
64Derek RandallENG0/1
64Shafiq AhmedPAK0/1
65Wasim BariPAK0/2
65Chetan ChauhanIND0/2
65Graham RoopeENG0/2
66Mohsin KhanHK0/3
66Haroon RasheedPAK0/3
66Alvin KallicharranWI0/3
67Richard AustinWI0/5
67Majid KhanPAK0/5
68Aamer HameedPAK0/6
69Gundappa ViswanathIND0/7
70Graham YallopAUS0/8
71Anshuman GaekwadIND0/10
72Sir Viv RichardsWI0/12
73Allan BorderAUS0/14
74Geoff HowarthNZ0/15
75Sadiq MohammadPAK0/16
76Naeem AhmedPAK0/43
77Sam GannonAUS0/65
78Tony MannAUS0/101
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