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.
TEST1978119 entries
12626Geoff BoycottENG984 clear of Geoff Howarth
21642Geoff HowarthNZ984 off the lead
31509David GowerENG1,117 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff BoycottENG
2626 · 984 ahead of Howarth
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Boycott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
926
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
15 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

119 entries, ranked
1Geoff BoycottENG2626
2Geoff HowarthNZ1642
3David GowerENG1509
4Clive RadleyENG1368
5Graham RoopeENG1286
6Sir Ian BothamENG1212
7Bob TaylorENG1137
8Geoff MillerENG1074
9Mike BrearleyENG1073
10Graham GoochENG926
11Derek RandallENG908
11Mark BurgessNZ908
12Sunil GavaskarIND898
13Mudassar NazarPAK873
14John WrightNZ859
15Kim HughesAUS769
16John ParkerNZ716
17Bev CongdonNZ714
18Mohsin KhanHK676
19Graeme WoodAUS674
20Robert AndersonNZ629
21Sadiq MohammadPAK620
22Peter TooheyAUS612
23Graham YallopAUS582
24Javed MiandadPAK581
25Chetan ChauhanIND560
26Gundappa ViswanathIND482
27Bruce EdgarNZ465
28Phil EdmondsENG451
29Haroon RasheedPAK440
30Bob SimpsonAUS425
31Bob WillisENG422
32Dilip VengsarkarIND417
33Gary CosierAUS401
34Brian RoseENG389
35Rick DarlingAUS351
36Alvin KallicharranWI315
37Wasim RajaPAK296
38Syed KirmaniIND293
39John MacleanAUS288
40Sir Richard HadleeNZ281
41Karsan GhavriIND264
42Jock EdwardsNZ262
43David MurrayWI258
44Chris OldENG250
45Richard CollingeNZ239
46Lance CairnsNZ217
47John LeverENG213
48Rodney HoggAUS203
49Mohinder AmarnathIND185
49Stephen BoockNZ185
50Geoff CopeENG182
51Kapil DevIND178
52Bruce YardleyAUS173
53John DysonAUS165
54Shafiq AhmedPAK156
55Talat AliPAK147
56Geoff DymockAUS134
57Allan BorderAUS127
58Wasim BariPAK126
58Sarfraz NawazPAK126
59Basil WilliamsWI119
60Larry GomesWI117
60Erapalli PrasannaIND117
61Derick ParryWI114
62Mike HendrickENG113
63Iqbal QasimPAK97
64Steve RixonAUS95
65Liaqat AliPAK90
66Anshuman GaekwadIND87
67Sikander BakhtPAK85
68John EmbureyENG81
69Abdul QadirPAK77
70Mike GattingENG72
71Jeff ThomsonAUS65
72Barry WoodENG52
73Warren LeesNZ50
74Norbert PhillipWI48
75Brendon BracewellNZ46
76Ewen ChatfieldNZ44
77Craig SerjeantAUS41
78Bishan BediIND38
79Jim HiggsAUS29
80Wayne ClarkAUS25
81Alan HurstAUS23
81Ashok MankadIND23
82Dayle HadleeNZ21
82Vanburn HolderWI21
83Raphick JumadeenWI20
83Sylvester ClarkeWI20
84Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND18
85Faoud BacchusWI15
86Trevor LaughlinAUS11
87Alvin GreenidgeWI8
88Sam GannonAUS6
89Tony MannAUS4
89Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4
90Surinder AmarnathIND0
90Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND0
90David OgilvieAUS0
90Ian CallenAUS0
90Sew ShivnarineWI0
90Colin CroftWI0
90Joel GarnerWI0
90Irvine ShillingfordWI0
90Richard AustinWI0
90Desmond HaynesWI0
90Malcolm MarshallWI0
90Imran KhanBHR0
90Gordon GreenidgeWI0
90Sir Viv RichardsWI0
90Deryck MurrayWI0
90Clive LloydWI0
90Maurice FosterWI0
90Andy RobertsNZ0
90Zaheer AbbasPAK0
90Mushtaq MohammadPAK0
90Asif IqbalPAK0
90Majid KhanPAK0
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