Highest Score in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the highest score in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1978126 entries
1235Zaheer AbbasPAK30 clear of Sunil Gavaskar
2205Sunil GavaskarIND30 off the lead
3187Alvin KallicharranWI48 off the lead
● LEADS
Zaheer AbbasPAK
235 · 30 ahead of Gavaskar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Abbas is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
129
The mark at number ten — 116 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Highest Score — full list

126 entries, ranked
1Zaheer AbbasPAK235
2Sunil GavaskarIND205
3Alvin KallicharranWI187
4Clive RadleyENG158
5Dilip VengsarkarIND157
6Javed MiandadPAK154
7Desmond HaynesWI148
8Gundappa ViswanathIND145
9Geoff BoycottENG131
10Kim HughesAUS129
11Graeme WoodAUS126
12Craig SerjeantAUS124
13Geoff HowarthNZ123
14Peter TooheyAUS122
15Graham YallopAUS121
16Larry GomesWI115
17David GowerENG114
18Basil WilliamsWI111
19Haroon RasheedPAK108
19Sir Ian BothamENG108
20Asif IqbalPAK104
21Bob SimpsonAUS100
22Sadiq MohammadPAK97
23Faoud BacchusWI96
24Graham GoochENG94
25Chetan ChauhanIND93
26Geoff MillerENG89
27Anshuman GaekwadIND87
28Mohinder AmarnathIND86
28Clive LloydWI86
29Wasim BariPAK85
30David MurrayWI84
30Gary CosierAUS84
31Gordon GreenidgeWI80
32Mushtaq MohammadPAK78
33Mudassar NazarPAK76
34Derek RandallENG75
35Mike BrearleyENG74
35Bruce YardleyAUS74
36Graham RoopeENG69
36Alvin GreenidgeWI69
37Mark BurgessNZ68
38Rick DarlingAUS65
38Derick ParryWI65
39Karsan GhavriIND64
40Sew ShivnarineWI63
41Robert AndersonNZ62
41John WrightNZ62
41Surinder AmarnathIND62
42Kapil DevIND61
43Lance CairnsNZ60
43Bruce EdgarNZ60
43Deryck MurrayWI60
44Jock EdwardsNZ55
45Steve RixonAUS54
46John ParkerNZ53
47Bev CongdonNZ52
48Syed KirmaniIND51
48Mohsin KhanHK51
49Majid KhanPAK50
49Phil EdmondsENG50
50Wasim RajaPAK47
50Norbert PhillipWI47
51Bob TaylorENG45
52David OgilvieAUS43
53Talat AliPAK40
54Sir Viv RichardsWI39
54Sir Richard HadleeNZ39
55Rodney HoggAUS36
56Trevor LaughlinAUS35
57David LloydENG34
58John LeverENG33
58John MacleanAUS33
59Richard CollingeNZ32
59Sarfraz NawazPAK32
59Imran KhanBHR32
60Vanburn HolderWI31
61Iqbal QasimPAK29
61Allan BorderAUS29
61Chris OldENG29
62Brian RoseENG27
62Shafiq AhmedPAK27
63Hasan JamilPAK26
63Barry WoodENG26
63John DysonAUS26
64Erapalli PrasannaIND25
65Jeff ThomsonAUS24
65Irvine ShillingfordWI24
66Sikander BakhtPAK22
66Azmat RanaPAK22
66Ian CallenAUS22
66Geoff CopeENG22
67Abdul QadirPAK21
68Richard AustinWI20
69Bob WillisENG19
70Bishan BediIND18
71Ashok MankadIND16
72Wayne DanielWI14
73Joel GarnerWI13
74Mike HendrickENG12
75Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND11
75Geoff DymockAUS11
75Yashpal SharmaIND11
75Warren LeesNZ11
76Wayne ClarkAUS10
77Liaqat AliPAK9
78Maurice FosterWI8
78Stephen BoockNZ8
78Sylvester ClarkeWI8
78Arshad PervezPAK8
79John EmbureyENG7
79Andy RobertsNZ7
80Ewen ChatfieldNZ6
80Mike GattingENG6
81Alan HurstAUS5
81Malcolm MarshallWI5
81Colin CroftWI5
82Brendon BracewellNZ4
82Raphick JumadeenWI4
82Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND4
82Jim HiggsAUS4
83Dayle HadleeNZ2
84Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1
85Tony MannAUS0
85Sam GannonAUS0
85Naeem AhmedPAK0
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