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

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Best Economy	Player Name	Team Name
1	1.50	David Lloyd	England
1	1.50	Aamer Hameed	Pakistan
2	2.00	Bruce Yardley	Australia
3	2.14	Sylvester Clarke	West Indies
4	2.29	Geoff Cope	England
5	2.32	Bev Congdon	New Zealand
6	2.40	Bob Willis	England
7	2.48	Geoff Miller	England
8	2.60	Barry Wood	England
9	2.66	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
10	2.68	Chris Old	England
11	2.77	Liaqat Ali	Pakistan
12	2.90	Graham Gooch	England
13	2.97	John Lever	England
14	3.00	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India
15	3.14	Norbert Phillip	West Indies
16	3.18	Mike Hendrick	England
17	3.47	Phil Edmonds	England
18	3.59	Wasim Raja	Pakistan
19	3.63	Joel Garner	West Indies
20	3.66	Sir Ian Botham	England
21	3.69	Saleem Altaf	Pakistan
22	3.72	Wayne Clark	Australia
23	3.73	Brendon Bracewell	New Zealand
24	3.86	Derick Parry	West Indies
25	3.89	Wayne Daniel	West Indies
26	3.91	Karsan Ghavri	India
27	3.97	Hasan Jamil	Pakistan
28	4.00	Vanburn Holder	West Indies
28	4.00	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
28	4.00	Imran Khan
29	4.16	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
30	4.18	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
31	4.27	Richard Collinge	New Zealand
32	4.28	Mohinder Amarnath	India
33	4.30	Naeem Ahmed	Pakistan
34	4.33	Javed Miandad	Pakistan
35	4.40	Colin Croft	West Indies
36	4.50	Larry Gomes	West Indies
37	4.60	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
38	4.71	Ian Callen	Australia
39	4.86	Kapil Dev	India
40	5.09	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
41	5.12	Jeff Thomson	Australia
42	5.33	Sew Shivnarine	West Indies
43	5.43	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
44	5.50	Asif Iqbal	Pakistan
45	5.56	Bishan Bedi	India
46	5.59	Bob Simpson	Australia
47	6.00	Trevor Laughlin	Australia
48	6.33	Stephen Boock	New Zealand
49	7.50	Geoff Howarth	New Zealand
50	8.00	Gary Cosier	Australia
51	12.00	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
52	13.00	Richard Austin	West Indies
53	20.00	Sunil Gavaskar	India