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.
TEST1978119 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
126
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Highest Score — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Zaheer AbbasPAK235
2Sunil GavaskarIND205
3Alvin KallicharranWI187
4Clive RadleyENG158
5Dilip VengsarkarIND157
6Javed MiandadPAK154
7Gundappa ViswanathIND145
8Geoff BoycottENG131
9Kim HughesAUS129
10Graeme WoodAUS126
11Craig SerjeantAUS124
12Geoff HowarthNZ123
13Peter TooheyAUS122
14Graham YallopAUS121
15Larry GomesWI115
16Basil WilliamsWI111
16David GowerENG111
17Sir Ian BothamENG108
17Haroon RasheedPAK108
18Asif IqbalPAK104
19Bob SimpsonAUS100
20Sadiq MohammadPAK97
21Faoud BacchusWI96
22Chetan ChauhanIND93
23Graham GoochENG91
24Geoff MillerENG89
25Anshuman GaekwadIND87
26Mohinder AmarnathIND86
26Clive LloydWI86
27Wasim BariPAK85
28David MurrayWI84
29Gordon GreenidgeWI80
30Mushtaq MohammadPAK78
31Mudassar NazarPAK76
32Derek RandallENG75
33Mike BrearleyENG74
33Bruce YardleyAUS74
34Graham RoopeENG69
34Alvin GreenidgeWI69
35Mark BurgessNZ68
35Gary CosierAUS68
36Desmond HaynesWI66
37Derick ParryWI65
37Rick DarlingAUS65
38Karsan GhavriIND64
39Sew ShivnarineWI63
40John WrightNZ62
40Robert AndersonNZ62
41Kapil DevIND61
42Surinder AmarnathIND60
42Bruce EdgarNZ60
42Deryck MurrayWI60
43Jock EdwardsNZ55
44Steve RixonAUS54
45John ParkerNZ53
46Syed KirmaniIND51
47Phil EdmondsENG50
48Majid KhanPAK47
48Wasim RajaPAK47
48Norbert PhillipWI47
49Mohsin KhanHK46
50Bob TaylorENG45
51Bev CongdonNZ44
52David OgilvieAUS43
53Talat AliPAK40
54Sir Viv RichardsWI39
54Sir Richard HadleeNZ39
55Rodney HoggAUS36
56Trevor LaughlinAUS35
57John MacleanAUS33
57John LeverENG33
58Richard CollingeNZ32
58Sarfraz NawazPAK32
58Imran KhanBHR32
59Vanburn HolderWI31
60Iqbal QasimPAK29
60Chris OldENG29
60Allan BorderAUS29
61Brian RoseENG27
61Lance CairnsNZ27
61Shafiq AhmedPAK27
62John DysonAUS26
63Erapalli PrasannaIND25
64Jeff ThomsonAUS24
65Ian CallenAUS22
65Geoff CopeENG22
65Sikander BakhtPAK22
66Abdul QadirPAK21
67Richard AustinWI20
68Bob WillisENG19
69Bishan BediIND18
70Ashok MankadIND16
70Irvine ShillingfordWI16
71Barry WoodENG14
72Mike HendrickENG12
73Warren LeesNZ11
73Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND11
73Geoff DymockAUS11
74Wayne ClarkAUS10
75Liaqat AliPAK9
76Stephen BoockNZ8
76Maurice FosterWI8
76Sylvester ClarkeWI8
77Andy RobertsNZ7
77John EmbureyENG7
78Mike GattingENG6
78Ewen ChatfieldNZ6
79Alan HurstAUS5
79Malcolm MarshallWI5
79Joel GarnerWI5
80Colin CroftWI4
80Raphick JumadeenWI4
80Brendon BracewellNZ4
80Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND4
80Jim HiggsAUS4
81Dayle HadleeNZ2
82Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND1
83Tony MannAUS0
83Sam GannonAUS0
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