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.
TEST1978114 entries
1583 / 3Zaheer AbbasPAK94.42 clear of Sunil Gavaskar
21099 / 11Sunil GavaskarIND94.42 off the lead
3606 / 7Javed MiandadPAK107.76 off the lead
● LEADS
Zaheer AbbasPAK
583 / 3 · 94.42 ahead of Gavaskar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Abbas is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
182 / 3
The mark at number ten — 104 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

114 entries, ranked
1Zaheer AbbasPAK583 / 3
2Sunil GavaskarIND1099 / 11
3Javed MiandadPAK606 / 7
4Alvin KallicharranWI788 / 12
5Gordon GreenidgeWI131 / 2
6Erapalli PrasannaIND65 / 1
7Gundappa ViswanathIND644 / 10
8Clive LloydWI128 / 2
9Geoff HowarthNZ560 / 9
10Desmond HaynesWI182 / 3
11Dilip VengsarkarIND651 / 11
12David GowerENG722 / 13
13Clive RadleyENG481 / 9
14Imran KhanBHR104 / 2
15Mushtaq MohammadPAK150 / 3
16Asif IqbalPAK199 / 4
17Peter TooheyAUS590 / 13
18Sew ShivnarineWI363 / 8
19Geoff BoycottENG759 / 17
20Basil WilliamsWI443 / 10
21Graham RoopeENG390 / 9
22Larry GomesWI474 / 11
23Graham YallopAUS634 / 15
24Chetan ChauhanIND463 / 11
25Graeme WoodAUS750 / 18
26Derick ParryWI331 / 8
27Deryck MurrayWI81 / 2
28Sir Ian BothamENG597 / 15
29Mohsin KhanHK235 / 6
30Graham GoochENG377 / 10
31Sadiq MohammadPAK298 / 8
32Majid KhanPAK222 / 6
33Alvin GreenidgeWI142 / 4
34Bob SimpsonAUS421 / 12
35Kim HughesAUS245 / 7
36Kapil DevIND274 / 8
37Karsan GhavriIND230 / 7
38Mudassar NazarPAK353 / 11
39Derek RandallENG350 / 11
40Sir Viv RichardsWI62 / 2
41Bruce EdgarNZ147 / 5
41Surinder AmarnathIND147 / 5
42Sarfraz NawazPAK88 / 3
43John ParkerNZ205 / 7
44Mohinder AmarnathIND234 / 8
45Allan BorderAUS29 / 1
45Norbert PhillipWI232 / 8
46Craig SerjeantAUS289 / 10
47Jock EdwardsNZ144 / 5
48Steve RixonAUS230 / 8
49Anshuman GaekwadIND138 / 5
50Syed KirmaniIND243 / 9
51Haroon RasheedPAK203 / 8
52Shafiq AhmedPAK50 / 2
53John WrightNZ223 / 9
54Bruce YardleyAUS306 / 13
55David OgilvieAUS47 / 2
56Geoff MillerENG321 / 14
57Mark BurgessNZ252 / 11
58Mike BrearleyENG272 / 12
59Rick DarlingAUS248 / 11
60Robert AndersonNZ245 / 11
61Faoud BacchusWI199 / 9
62David MurrayWI242 / 11
63Gary CosierAUS255 / 12
64Talat AliPAK42 / 2
64Wasim RajaPAK126 / 6
64Iqbal QasimPAK42 / 2
65Geoff CopeENG40 / 2
66Richard CollingeNZ75 / 4
67Rodney HoggAUS71 / 4
68Trevor LaughlinAUS87 / 5
69Wasim BariPAK119 / 7
70John MacleanAUS67 / 4
71Brian RoseENG99 / 6
72Phil EdmondsENG164 / 10
73Bev CongdonNZ163 / 10
74John DysonAUS32 / 2
74Ashok MankadIND16 / 1
75John LeverENG62 / 4
76Bob TaylorENG206 / 14
77Lance CairnsNZ72 / 5
78Barry WoodENG14 / 1
79Bob WillisENG92 / 7
80Chris OldENG78 / 6
80Vanburn HolderWI117 / 9
81Abdul QadirPAK25 / 2
82Sikander BakhtPAK59 / 5
83Sylvester ClarkeWI23 / 2
83Geoff DymockAUS23 / 2
84Sir Richard HadleeNZ112 / 10
85Mike HendrickENG33 / 3
85Richard AustinWI22 / 2
86Irvine ShillingfordWI19 / 2
87John EmbureyENG9 / 1
87Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND18 / 2
88Jeff ThomsonAUS79 / 9
89Liaqat AliPAK16 / 2
90Bishan BediIND57 / 8
91Colin CroftWI7 / 1
92Maurice FosterWI13 / 2
93Warren LeesNZ12 / 2
94Wayne ClarkAUS17 / 3
95Andy RobertsNZ11 / 2
95Mike GattingENG11 / 2
96Alan HurstAUS10 / 2
97Stephen BoockNZ24 / 5
98Ewen ChatfieldNZ9 / 2
99Jim HiggsAUS12 / 3
99Brendon BracewellNZ4 / 1
100Malcolm MarshallWI7 / 3
101Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND9 / 4
102Dayle HadleeNZ3 / 2
103Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1 / 1
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