Highest Score in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the highest score in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979162 entries
1250Faoud BacchusWI29 clear of Sunil Gavaskar
2221Sunil GavaskarIND29 off the lead
3200David GowerENG50 off the lead
● LEADS
Faoud BacchusWI
250 · 29 ahead of Gavaskar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bacchus is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
150
The mark at number ten — 152 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Highest Score — full list

162 entries, ranked
1Faoud BacchusWI250
2Sunil GavaskarIND221
3David GowerENG200
4Gundappa ViswanathIND179
5Graham YallopAUS167
6Allan BorderAUS162
7Javed MiandadPAK160
8Geoff BoycottENG155
9Sir Viv RichardsWI153
10Derek RandallENG150
11Dilip VengsarkarIND146
12Sir Ian BothamENG137
13Zaheer AbbasPAK135
14Asif IqbalPAK134
15Kim HughesAUS130
16Bruce EdgarNZ129
17Mudassar NazarPAK126
17Kapil DevIND126
18Greg ChappellAUS124
19Majid KhanPAK119
20Geoff HowarthNZ114
21Gordon GreenidgeWI106
22Anshuman GaekwadIND102
23Syed KirmaniIND101
23Mohinder AmarnathIND101
24Yashpal SharmaIND100
25Alvin KallicharranWI98
26Wasim RajaPAK97
26Bob TaylorENG97
27Bruce LairdAUS92
28Rick DarlingAUS91
28Larry GomesWI91
29John WrightNZ88
30Collis KingWI86
30Karsan GhavriIND86
31Andrew HilditchAUS85
32Chetan ChauhanIND84
33Graham GoochENG83
33Glenn TurnerNZ83
34Jeremy ConeyNZ82
35Desmond HaynesWI80
36Dav WhatmoreAUS77
37Trevor LaughlinAUS74
38Clive LloydWI73
39Mark BurgessNZ71
40Sunil WettimunySL67
41Duleep MendisSL64
41Peter SleepAUS64
41Mike BrearleyENG64
41Peter WilleyENG64
41Geoff MillerENG64
42Ian ChappellAUS63
43Bruce YardleyAUS61
43Talat AliPAK61
44Lawrence RoweWI60
44Joel GarnerWI60
45David BairstowENG59
45Anura TennekoonSL59
46Julien WienerAUS58
47Sadiq MohammadPAK57
48Raphick JumadeenWI56
49Kevin WrightAUS55
50Peter TooheyAUS54
50Andy RobertsNZ54
51Sir Richard HadleeNZ53
52Roy DiasSL50
53Wasim BariPAK49
54Mushtaq MohammadPAK48
55Haroon RasheedPAK47
56Roger BinnyIND46
57Warren LeesNZ45
57Glenroy SealyCAN45
58David MurrayWI44
59David HookesAUS43
59Yajurvindra SinghIND43
60Rod MarshAUS42
60John EmbureyENG42
61Graham DilleyENG38
61Brijesh PatelIND38
61Jeff MossAUS38
62Graeme WoodAUS35
62Sarfraz NawazPAK35
63Doug WaltersAUS34
64Rick McCoskerAUS33
64John ParkerNZ33
64Imran KhanBHR33
65Alvin GreenidgeWI32
65Iqbal QasimPAK32
66Geoff DymockAUS31
67Shivlal YadavIND29
67Abdul QadirPAK29
67John VaughanCAN29
68Gary CosierAUS28
68Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND28
69Phil EdmondsENG27
69Deryck MurrayWI27
70Norbert PhillipWI26
70Basil WilliamsWI26
71Franklyn DennisCAN25
72Bob WillisENG24
73Lance CairnsNZ23
73Sudath PasqualSL23
74Phil CarlsonAUS21
74Bharath ReddyIND21
75Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND20
75Dilip DoshiIND20
75Alan ButcherENG20
75Bandula WarnapuraSL20
75Vanburn HolderWI20
76John ReidNZ19
76Sikander BakhtPAK19
76Ray BrightAUS19
76Dennis LilleeAUS19
76Rodney HoggAUS19
76Christopher ChappellCAN19
77Tony OpathaSL18
78Alan HurstAUS17
79Jim HiggsAUS16
79Chris OldENG16
80Derick ParryWI15
80Sylvester ClarkeWI15
80Bryan MauricetteCAN15
81Mohsin KhanHK14
82Brian McKechnieNZ13
82Derek UnderwoodENG13
82Bishan BediIND13
83John MacleanAUS12
83Anwar KhanPAK12
84Michael HoldingWI11
84John MorrisonNZ11
85Mike HendrickENG10
85Surinder KhannaIND10
85Stanley De SilvaSL10
85Martin SteadCAN10
86Max WalkerAUS9
86Wayne ClarkAUS9
86Sew ShivnarineWI9
87Jeff ThomsonAUS8
87Tariq JavedCAN8
87Cecil MarshallCAN8
88Gary TroupNZ7
88Wayne LarkinsENG7
89Herbert ChangWI6
89Somachandra De SilvaSL6
89John LeverENG6
90Brendon BracewellNZ5
90Cornelius HenryCAN5
91Stephen BoockNZ4
91Ranjan MadugalleSL4
92Colin CroftWI3
92Ewen ChatfieldNZ3
92Graeme PorterAUS3
92John ValentineCAN3
93Jitendra PatelCAN2
93Ajit de SilvaSL2
93EhteshamuddinPAK2
94Malcolm MarshallWI1
94Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
94Sunil JayasingheSL1
95Robert CallenderCAN0
95Charles BakshCAN0
95Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND0
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