Most Balls Faced in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1978126 entries
12655Geoff BoycottENG896 clear of Geoff Howarth
21759Geoff HowarthNZ896 off the lead
31757David GowerENG898 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff BoycottENG
2655 · 896 ahead of Howarth
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Boycott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1096
The mark at number ten — 116 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
15 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

126 entries, ranked
1Geoff BoycottENG2655
2Geoff HowarthNZ1759
3David GowerENG1757
4Clive RadleyENG1735
5Graham RoopeENG1473
6Sir Ian BothamENG1270
7Mike BrearleyENG1218
8Bob TaylorENG1163
9Mudassar NazarPAK1134
10Geoff MillerENG1096
11Graham GoochENG1057
12Derek RandallENG1025
13John WrightNZ959
14Mark BurgessNZ917
15Sunil GavaskarIND907
16Bev CongdonNZ811
17Mohsin KhanHK790
18Kim HughesAUS769
19John ParkerNZ732
20Graeme WoodAUS731
21Javed MiandadPAK730
22Peter TooheyAUS662
23Sadiq MohammadPAK654
24Robert AndersonNZ653
25Graham YallopAUS606
26Chetan ChauhanIND599
27Bruce EdgarNZ540
28Gundappa ViswanathIND518
29Haroon RasheedPAK502
30Dilip VengsarkarIND495
31Gary CosierAUS479
32Bob SimpsonAUS478
33Phil EdmondsENG456
34Bob WillisENG422
35Rick DarlingAUS420
36Brian RoseENG389
37Alvin KallicharranWI377
38Wasim RajaPAK361
39Mohinder AmarnathIND331
40Syed KirmaniIND310
41Lance CairnsNZ304
42Sir Richard HadleeNZ298
43Chris OldENG294
44John MacleanAUS288
45Karsan GhavriIND280
46Jock EdwardsNZ279
47David MurrayWI270
48Richard CollingeNZ254
49Anshuman GaekwadIND237
50John LeverENG225
51Kapil DevIND206
52Rodney HoggAUS203
53Wasim BariPAK193
53Sarfraz NawazPAK193
54Stephen BoockNZ185
54Bruce YardleyAUS185
55Geoff CopeENG183
56Shafiq AhmedPAK171
57John DysonAUS165
58Barry WoodENG162
59Steve RixonAUS147
59Talat AliPAK147
60Desmond HaynesWI136
61Geoff DymockAUS134
62Larry GomesWI132
63Sikander BakhtPAK131
63Iqbal QasimPAK131
64Allan BorderAUS127
65Liaqat AliPAK121
65Derick ParryWI121
66Basil WilliamsWI119
66Majid KhanPAK119
66Surinder AmarnathIND119
67Erapalli PrasannaIND117
67Mike HendrickENG117
68Mike GattingENG104
69Zaheer AbbasPAK102
70Deryck MurrayWI87
71John EmbureyENG81
72Abdul QadirPAK77
73Azmat RanaPAK73
73Craig SerjeantAUS73
74Asif IqbalPAK72
75Hasan JamilPAK67
76Jeff ThomsonAUS66
77David LloydENG61
78Norbert PhillipWI53
79Vanburn HolderWI51
80Brendon BracewellNZ50
80Warren LeesNZ50
81Bishan BediIND48
82Arshad PervezPAK47
83Ewen ChatfieldNZ44
84Sew ShivnarineWI43
85Alvin GreenidgeWI41
86Irvine ShillingfordWI38
87Mushtaq MohammadPAK30
88Jim HiggsAUS29
89Yashpal SharmaIND26
90Wayne ClarkAUS25
91Alan HurstAUS23
91Ashok MankadIND23
92Dayle HadleeNZ21
92Sylvester ClarkeWI21
92Faoud BacchusWI21
93Imran KhanBHR20
93Raphick JumadeenWI20
94Joel GarnerWI18
94Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND18
95Trevor LaughlinAUS15
96Richard AustinWI13
96Sir Viv RichardsWI13
97Wayne DanielWI12
98Ian CallenAUS9
99Naeem AhmedPAK8
100Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND7
101Sam GannonAUS6
101Andy RobertsNZ6
102Colin CroftWI5
103Tony MannAUS4
104David OgilvieAUS0
104Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND0
104Malcolm MarshallWI0
104Gordon GreenidgeWI0
104Clive LloydWI0
104Maurice FosterWI0
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