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Best Averages in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1979
42 entries
1
55.33
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
3.15 clear of Greg Chappell
2
52.18
Greg Chappell
AUS
3.15 off the lead
3
52.00
Gordon Greenidge
WI
3.33 off the lead
● LEADS
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
55.33 · 3.15 ahead of Chappell
↑ IN THE CHASE
6
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
39.40
The mark at number ten — 32 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 42 · 6 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
42 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
55.33
2
Greg Chappell
AUS
52.18
3
Gordon Greenidge
WI
52.00
4
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
51.59
5
Geoff Boycott
ENG
50.71
6
Javed Miandad
PAK
50.27
7
Asif Iqbal
PAK
49.86
8
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
41.85
9
Wasim Raja
PAK
39.85
10
Yashpal Sharma
IND
39.40
11
Kim Hughes
AUS
39.26
12
Allan Border
AUS
38.58
13
David Gower
ENG
38.35
14
Syed Kirmani
IND
35.62
15
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
35.58
16
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
34.35
17
Graham Yallop
AUS
33.33
18
Chetan Chauhan
IND
33.23
19
Geoff Miller
ENG
32.30
20
Desmond Haynes
WI
31.83
21
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
30.20
22
Majid Khan
PAK
29.88
23
Graham Gooch
ENG
29.82
24
Bruce Laird
AUS
29.64
25
Kapil Dev
IND
29.22
26
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
27.50
27
Rick Darling
AUS
27.40
28
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
26.86
29
Mike Brearley
ENG
25.57
30
Dav Whatmore
AUS
22.54
31
Imran Niazi
BHR
22.25
32
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
21.75
33
Derek Randall
ENG
20.91
34
Karsan Ghavri
IND
19.94
35
Graeme Wood
AUS
19.33
36
Wasim Bari
PAK
17.64
37
Kevin Wright
AUS
16.53
38
Rod Marsh
AUS
15.91
39
Geoff Dymock
AUS
12.64
40
Jim Higgs
AUS
8.00
41
Rodney Hogg
AUS
5.70
42
Alan Hurst
AUS
5.60
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