Best Economy in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979111 entries
10.00Kim HughesAUS1 clear of Clive Lloyd
21.00Clive LloydWI1 off the lead
31.83Graeme PorterAUS1.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Kim HughesAUS
0.00 · 1 better than Lloyd
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Hughes is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.20
The mark at number ten — 101 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

111 entries, ranked
1Kim HughesAUS0.00
2Clive LloydWI1.00
3Graeme PorterAUS1.83
4EhteshamuddinPAK1.97
5Dilip DoshiIND2.05
6Alvin KallicharranWI2.10
7John EmbureyENG2.12
8Geoff MillerENG2.13
9Phil EdmondsENG2.18
10Mike HendrickENG2.20
11Dav WhatmoreAUS2.20
12Iqbal QasimPAK2.29
13Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2.38
14Dhiraj ParsanaIND2.50
15Majid KhanPAK2.52
16Phil CarlsonAUS2.52
17Yajurvindra SinghIND2.53
18Bishan BediIND2.62
19Jeremy ConeyNZ2.63
20Shivlal YadavIND2.65
21Vanburn HolderWI2.66
22Geoff DymockAUS2.70
23Gundappa ViswanathIND2.70
24Stanley De SilvaSL2.70
25Wayne ClarkAUS2.71
26Chris OldENG2.79
27Asif IqbalPAK2.80
28Allan BorderAUS2.81
29Imran KhanBHR2.82
30Bruce YardleyAUS2.84
31Joel GarnerWI2.87
32Abdul QadirPAK2.88
33Mudassar NazarPAK2.89
34Robert CallenderCAN2.89
35Jim HiggsAUS2.91
36Ray BrightAUS2.91
37Stephen BoockNZ2.92
38Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2.92
39Kapil DevIND2.94
40Graham DilleyENG2.96
41Greg ChappellAUS2.97
42Sir Ian BothamENG2.98
43Bob WillisENG2.99
44Peter WilleyENG2.99
45Dilip VengsarkarIND3.00
45Max WalkerAUS3.00
45Anwar KhanPAK3.00
46Sylvester ClarkeWI3.01
47Raphick JumadeenWI3.02
48Sarfraz NawazPAK3.05
49Karsan GhavriIND3.06
50Sikander BakhtPAK3.06
51Gary TroupNZ3.08
52Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND3.08
53Geoff BoycottENG3.09
54Brian McKechnieNZ3.10
55Jitendra PatelCAN3.11
56Michael HoldingWI3.13
57Colin CroftWI3.16
58Derek UnderwoodENG3.19
59Rodney HoggAUS3.19
60Mohinder AmarnathIND3.20
61Wasim RajaPAK3.21
62Andy RobertsNZ3.21
63Alan HurstAUS3.23
64Len PascoeAUS3.24
65Ajit de SilvaSL3.25
66Norbert PhillipWI3.26
67Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.27
68Lance CairnsNZ3.27
69Mushtaq MohammadPAK3.27
70John VaughanCAN3.27
71Dennis LilleeAUS3.33
72Derick ParryWI3.34
73John LeverENG3.35
74Chetan ChauhanIND3.42
75Sew ShivnarineWI3.43
76John ValentineCAN3.47
77Glenroy SealyCAN3.50
78Cornelius HenryCAN3.53
79Somachandra De SilvaSL3.55
80Sunil GavaskarIND3.60
81Collis KingWI3.61
82Malcolm MarshallWI3.62
83Geoff HowarthNZ3.63
84Tony OpathaSL3.63
85Roger BinnyIND3.71
86Ranjan GunatillekeSL3.78
87Julien WienerAUS3.80
88Graham GoochENG3.81
89John MorrisonNZ3.88
90Gary CosierAUS3.91
91Jeff ThomsonAUS3.93
92Peter SleepAUS3.93
93Warren StottNZ4.00
94Bandula WarnapuraSL4.05
95Ewen ChatfieldNZ4.09
96David HookesAUS4.17
97Alan ButcherENG4.50
98Sudath PasqualSL4.55
99Sir Viv RichardsWI4.63
100Trevor LaughlinAUS4.75
101Graham YallopAUS4.92
102Javed MiandadPAK5.00
103Martin SteadCAN5.33
104Brendon BracewellNZ5.42
105Larry GomesWI5.45
106Doug WaltersAUS7.20
107Derek RandallENG10.00
108Wayne LarkinsENG10.50
109Peter TooheyAUS20.00
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