Best Bowling Fig in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979112 entries
19/86Sarfraz NawazPAKBest return on the list
28/69Sikander BakhtPAK
37/67Geoff DymockAUS
● LEADS
Sarfraz NawazPAK
9/86 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/38
The mark at number ten — 102 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

112 entries, ranked
1Sarfraz NawazPAK9/86
2Sikander BakhtPAK8/69
3Geoff DymockAUS7/67
4Jim HiggsAUS7/143
5Iqbal QasimPAK6/40
6Kapil DevIND6/63
7Sir Ian BothamENG6/78
8Dilip DoshiIND6/103
9Alan HurstAUS5/21
10Joel GarnerWI5/38
11Geoff MillerENG5/44
12EhteshamuddinPAK5/47
13Mushtaq MohammadPAK5/59
14Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/62
15Imran NiaziBHR5/106
16Chris OldENG4/8
17Bob WillisENG4/11
18Mike HendrickENG4/15
19Rodney HoggAUS4/26
20Dennis LilleeAUS4/28
21Len PascoeAUS4/29
22Michael HoldingWI4/33
23Shivlal YadavIND4/35
24Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4/43
25Derek UnderwoodENG4/44
26John EmbureyENG4/46
27Norbert PhillipWI4/48
28Asif IqbalPAK4/56
29Karsan GhavriIND4/63
30Wasim RajaPAK4/68
31Sylvester ClarkeWI4/75
32Bruce YardleyAUS4/91
33Gary CosierAUS3/22
34Brian McKechnieNZ3/24
35Sir Andy RobertsNZ3/26
36Colin CroftWI3/27
36Majid KhanPAK3/27
37Somachandra De SilvaSL3/29
38Tony OpathaSL3/31
39Peter WilleyENG3/33
40Allan BorderAUS3/36
40Lance CairnsNZ3/36
41Mohinder AmarnathIND3/40
42Mudassar NazarPAK3/48
42Warren StottNZ3/48
43John LeverENG3/51
44Sir Viv RichardsWI3/52
45Roger BinnyIND3/53
46Jeff ThomsonAUS3/90
47Raphick JumadeenWI3/137
48Graeme PorterAUS2/13
49Geoff BoycottENG2/14
49Greg ChappellAUS2/14
50Trevor LaughlinAUS2/17
51Stephen BoockNZ2/22
51Vanburn HolderWI2/22
52Bishan BediIND2/26
53Cornelius HenryCAN2/27
54Graham DilleyENG2/30
55Graham GoochENG2/32
55Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2/32
56Jeremy ConeyNZ2/33
57Derick ParryWI2/35
58Gary TroupNZ2/36
58Stanley De SilvaSL2/36
59Collis KingWI2/40
59Phil EdmondsENG2/40
60Phil CarlsonAUS2/41
61Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2/46
62Derek RandallENG1/2
63Javed MiandadPAK1/8
64Chetan ChauhanIND1/11
64Gundappa ViswanathIND1/11
65Robert CallenderCAN1/14
66Peter SleepAUS1/16
67John ValentineCAN1/18
68Graham YallopAUS1/21
69Abdul QadirPAK1/27
70Ray BrightAUS1/30
71Dhiraj ParsanaIND1/32
72Ajit de SilvaSL1/39
73Ewen ChatfieldNZ1/45
74Bandula WarnapuraSL1/47
75Brendon BracewellNZ1/50
76Larry GomesWI1/54
77Wayne ClarkAUS1/56
78Malcolm MarshallWI1/123
79Kim HughesAUS0/0
79Geoff HowarthNZ0/0
80Clive LloydWI0/2
81Dilip VengsarkarIND0/3
82Yajurvindra SinghIND0/4
82Peter TooheyAUS0/4
83Anshuman GaekwadIND0/5
84Martin SteadCAN0/6
85Sunil GavaskarIND0/8
85Sew ShivnarineWI0/8
86Alan ButcherENG0/9
87Alvin KallicharranWI0/10
87David HookesAUS0/10
88Dav WhatmoreAUS0/11
89John MorrisonNZ0/12
89Doug WaltersAUS0/12
89Anwar KhanPAK0/12
90John VaughanCAN0/15
91Julien WienerAUS0/16
92Sudath PasqualSL0/20
92Jitendra PatelCAN0/20
93Glenroy SealyCAN0/21
93Wayne LarkinsENG0/21
94Max WalkerAUS0/30
95Ranjan GunatillekeSL0/34
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