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Most 50s in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most 50s in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1979
63 entries
1
10
Kim Hughes
AUS
1 clear of Chetan Chauhan
2
9
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1 off the lead
2
9
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1 off the lead
● LEADS
Kim Hughes
AUS
10 · 1 ahead of Chauhan
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most 50s
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
★ RANGE
10
top of the list, down to 1 at the other end
Most 50s — full list
63 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Kim Hughes
AUS
10
2
Chetan Chauhan
IND
9
2
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
9
3
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
7
4
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
6
4
Allan Border
AUS
6
5
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
5
5
Geoff Boycott
ENG
5
5
Graham Gooch
ENG
5
6
Mike Brearley
ENG
4
6
Peter Willey
ENG
4
6
Wasim Raja
PAK
4
6
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4
6
Rick Darling
AUS
4
6
Yashpal Sharma
IND
4
6
Greg Chappell
AUS
4
7
Bruce Laird
AUS
3
7
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
3
7
David Gower
ENG
3
7
Javed Miandad
PAK
3
7
Kapil Dev
IND
3
7
Geoff Miller
ENG
3
7
Gordon Greenidge
WI
3
7
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3
8
Lawrence Rowe
WI
2
8
Bob Taylor
ENG
2
8
Desmond Haynes
WI
2
8
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2
8
Majid Khan
PAK
2
8
Graham Yallop
AUS
2
8
Ian Chappell
AUS
2
8
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2
8
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
8
John Wright
NZ
2
8
Dav Whatmore
AUS
2
9
Bruce Edgar
NZ
1
9
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
9
Peter Sleep
AUS
1
9
Kevin Wright
AUS
1
9
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
1
9
Peter Toohey
AUS
1
9
Julien Wiener
AUS
1
9
Roy Dias
SL
1
9
Duleep Mendis
SL
1
9
Anura Tennekoon
SL
1
9
Sunil Wettimuny
SL
1
9
Mark Burgess
NZ
1
9
Glenn Turner
NZ
1
9
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
1
9
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
1
9
Talat Ali
PAK
1
9
Clive Lloyd
WI
1
9
David Bairstow
ENG
1
9
Karsan Ghavri
IND
1
9
Syed Kirmani
IND
1
9
Faoud Bacchus
WI
1
9
Derek Randall
ENG
1
9
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
1
9
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
1
9
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
1
9
Larry Gomes
WI
1
9
Collis King
WI
1
9
Joel Garner
WI
1
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