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 FORMATS1979152 entries
1762 / 6Sir Viv RichardsWI22 clear of Faoud Bacchus
2315 / 3Faoud BacchusWI22 off the lead
3176 / 2Glenn TurnerNZ39 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Viv RichardsWI
762 / 6 · 22 ahead of Bacchus
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Richards is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
56 / 1
The mark at number ten — 142 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

152 entries, ranked
1Sir Viv RichardsWI762 / 6
2Faoud BacchusWI315 / 3
3Glenn TurnerNZ176 / 2
4Norbert PhillipWI65 / 1
5Javed MiandadPAK754 / 12
6Anura TennekoonSL59 / 1
7Gordon GreenidgeWI520 / 9
8Greg ChappellAUS574 / 10
9Geoff BoycottENG1065 / 19
10Raphick JumadeenWI56 / 1
11Gundappa ViswanathIND1494 / 27
12Dilip VengsarkarIND1088 / 21
13Sunil GavaskarIND1496 / 29
14Asif IqbalPAK698 / 14
15Geoff HowarthNZ246 / 5
16Yashpal SharmaIND591 / 13
17David GowerENG767 / 17
18Bruce EdgarNZ262 / 6
19Peter WilleyENG348 / 8
20Kim HughesAUS1374 / 33
21Sunil WettimunySL83 / 2
22Jeremy ConeyNZ289 / 7
23Wasim RajaPAK518 / 13
24Allan BorderAUS1273 / 32
25Larry GomesWI196 / 5
26Duleep MendisSL78 / 2
27Syed KirmaniIND463 / 12
28John WrightNZ344 / 9
29Sadiq MohammadPAK151 / 4
30Roy DiasSL75 / 2
31Bob TaylorENG294 / 8
32Clive LloydWI183 / 5
33Majid KhanPAK508 / 14
34Chetan ChauhanIND864 / 24
35Collis KingWI178 / 5
36Alvin KallicharranWI427 / 12
37Graham YallopAUS800 / 23
38Desmond HaynesWI382 / 11
39Zaheer AbbasPAK584 / 17
40Trevor LaughlinAUS103 / 3
41Bruce YardleyAUS270 / 8
42Jeff MossAUS67 / 2
43Mike BrearleyENG588 / 18
44Bruce LairdAUS326 / 10
45Geoff MillerENG323 / 10
46Kapil DevIND672 / 21
47Vanburn HolderWI31 / 1
48Anshuman GaekwadIND302 / 10
49Graham GoochENG656 / 22
50David HookesAUS89 / 3
51Yajurvindra SinghIND59 / 2
52Andrew HilditchAUS605 / 21
53Lawrence RoweWI144 / 5
54David MurrayWI86 / 3
54Sir Richard HadleeNZ172 / 6
55Joel GarnerWI114 / 4
56Sir Ian BothamENG591 / 21
57Haroon RasheedPAK195 / 7
58Wasim BariPAK194 / 7
59Graham DilleyENG55 / 2
60Rick DarlingAUS548 / 20
61Mohinder AmarnathIND160 / 6
62Basil WilliamsWI26 / 1
63Mark BurgessNZ181 / 7
64Derek RandallENG460 / 18
65Talat AliPAK127 / 5
66Dav WhatmoreAUS293 / 12
67Glenroy SealyCAN73 / 3
68Sudath PasqualSL24 / 1
69Mushtaq MohammadPAK210 / 9
70Doug WaltersAUS46 / 2
71Graeme WoodAUS290 / 13
72Imran KhanBHR267 / 12
73Warren LeesNZ133 / 6
74Dennis LilleeAUS109 / 5
75Mudassar NazarPAK261 / 12
76Roger BinnyIND86 / 4
77Karsan GhavriIND339 / 16
78Julien WienerAUS190 / 9
79Brijesh PatelIND63 / 3
79Gary CosierAUS42 / 2
80David BairstowENG124 / 6
81Phil EdmondsENG103 / 5
82John EmbureyENG60 / 3
82Alvin GreenidgeWI80 / 4
83Shivlal YadavIND78 / 4
84Kevin WrightAUS248 / 13
85Peter SleepAUS95 / 5
85Bharath ReddyIND38 / 2
85Bandula WarnapuraSL38 / 2
85John ReidNZ19 / 1
86Alan HurstAUS56 / 3
87Sarfraz NawazPAK149 / 8
88Andy RobertsNZ109 / 6
88Deryck MurrayWI109 / 6
89Abdul QadirPAK72 / 4
89Chris OldENG18 / 1
89Tony OpathaSL18 / 1
90Peter TooheyAUS123 / 7
91Bob WillisENG105 / 6
91Rod MarshAUS175 / 10
92Alan ButcherENG34 / 2
93Iqbal QasimPAK65 / 4
94Rick McCoskerAUS48 / 3
94Ray BrightAUS64 / 4
95Franklyn DennisCAN47 / 3
96Anwar KhanPAK15 / 1
96John VaughanCAN30 / 2
97Geoff DymockAUS177 / 12
98Sylvester ClarkeWI27 / 2
99Gary TroupNZ13 / 1
99Derek UnderwoodENG13 / 1
100Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND76 / 6
100John ParkerNZ38 / 3
100Christopher ChappellCAN38 / 3
101Lance CairnsNZ85 / 7
102Mohsin KhanHK47 / 4
103John MacleanAUS23 / 2
104Phil CarlsonAUS34 / 3
105Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND45 / 4
106John MorrisonNZ11 / 1
107Dilip DoshiIND43 / 4
108Mike HendrickENG21 / 2
109Bryan MauricetteCAN20 / 2
109Martin SteadCAN10 / 1
109Stanley De SilvaSL10 / 1
110Wayne ClarkAUS9 / 1
110Jeff ThomsonAUS9 / 1
111Jim HiggsAUS80 / 9
112Surinder KhannaIND17 / 2
113Rodney HoggAUS131 / 16
114Sikander BakhtPAK48 / 6
115Derick ParryWI36 / 5
116Somachandra De SilvaSL7 / 1
116Michael HoldingWI14 / 2
116Wayne LarkinsENG7 / 1
116John LeverENG7 / 1
117Bishan BediIND20 / 3
118Cornelius HenryCAN6 / 1
119Sew ShivnarineWI16 / 3
120Cecil MarshallCAN10 / 2
120Colin CroftWI5 / 1
120Brendon BracewellNZ5 / 1
120Tariq JavedCAN15 / 3
121Ranjan MadugalleSL4 / 1
121Herbert ChangWI8 / 2
122Graeme PorterAUS3 / 1
123Stephen BoockNZ5 / 2
124EhteshamuddinPAK2 / 1
125Jitendra PatelCAN3 / 2
126Dhiraj ParsanaIND1 / 1
126Sunil JayasingheSL1 / 1
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