Most Balls Faced in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979162 entries
13196Allan BorderAUS187 clear of Kim Hughes
23009Kim HughesAUS187 off the lead
32638Sunil GavaskarIND558 off the lead
● LEADS
Allan BorderAUS
3196 · 187 ahead of Hughes
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1581
The mark at number ten — 152 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
16 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

162 entries, ranked
1Allan BorderAUS3196
2Kim HughesAUS3009
3Sunil GavaskarIND2638
4Geoff BoycottENG2467
5Dilip VengsarkarIND2456
6Gundappa ViswanathIND2260
7Graham YallopAUS1830
8Mike BrearleyENG1701
9Chetan ChauhanIND1668
10Yashpal SharmaIND1581
11Andrew HilditchAUS1425
12Graham GoochENG1352
13Derek RandallENG1183
14David GowerENG1129
15Greg ChappellAUS1058
16Javed MiandadPAK1032
17Asif IqbalPAK1014
18Rick DarlingAUS979
19Sir Viv RichardsWI956
20Sir Ian BothamENG954
21Bob TaylorENG880
22Geoff MillerENG868
23Bruce LairdAUS852
24Gordon GreenidgeWI849
25Syed KirmaniIND826
26Zaheer AbbasPAK745
27Graeme WoodAUS743
28Mudassar NazarPAK691
29Majid KhanPAK684
30Desmond HaynesWI672
31Kapil DevIND671
32Alvin KallicharranWI657
33Kevin WrightAUS638
34Wasim RajaPAK608
35Karsan GhavriIND594
36Dav WhatmoreAUS583
37Peter WilleyENG518
38Geoff DymockAUS505
39Bruce YardleyAUS475
40Imran KhanBHR473
41Julien WienerAUS436
42Rodney HoggAUS433
43Rod MarshAUS403
44Anshuman GaekwadIND393
45Wasim BariPAK348
46Sadiq MohammadPAK343
47John WrightNZ332
48Jim HiggsAUS320
49Glenn TurnerNZ314
50Mushtaq MohammadPAK312
51Lawrence RoweWI302
52Clive LloydWI294
53Peter SleepAUS279
54Peter TooheyAUS268
55Abdul QadirPAK261
56Haroon RasheedPAK256
57Bob WillisENG253
58Phil EdmondsENG247
59Dennis LilleeAUS239
60Deryck MurrayWI233
60David BairstowENG233
61Bruce EdgarNZ228
62Graham DilleyENG223
63John EmbureyENG221
64Roger BinnyIND214
65Sarfraz NawazPAK198
66Collis KingWI184
67Ray BrightAUS180
68Mohinder AmarnathIND176
68Andy RobertsNZ176
68Joel GarnerWI176
69Iqbal QasimPAK174
70David HookesAUS171
70Franklyn DennisCAN171
71Yajurvindra SinghIND169
72Shivlal YadavIND167
73Trevor LaughlinAUS156
73Alan ButcherENG156
74Jeff MossAUS152
75Glenroy SealyCAN149
76Christopher ChappellCAN143
77Alan HurstAUS141
78Sunil WettimunySL140
79Roy DiasSL134
80Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND123
81Sikander BakhtPAK116
82Ian ChappellAUS115
83Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND111
84Bandula WarnapuraSL109
85Dilip DoshiIND108
86Brijesh PatelIND106
87John MacleanAUS102
88Bharath ReddyIND100
89Anura TennekoonSL96
90Phil CarlsonAUS93
90Jeremy ConeyNZ93
91Geoff HowarthNZ87
92Rick McCoskerAUS86
93Mike HendrickENG85
94Duleep MendisSL84
95Colin CroftWI82
96Sir Richard HadleeNZ80
97Tariq JavedCAN77
98Bryan MauricetteCAN68
99Mark BurgessNZ62
99Doug WaltersAUS62
100John VaughanCAN55
101Brian McKechnieNZ53
102Bishan BediIND52
103Mohsin KhanHK51
104Martin SteadCAN45
104Surinder KhannaIND45
104Gary CosierAUS45
105Michael HoldingWI42
106John MorrisonNZ41
106Cecil MarshallCAN41
107Wayne LarkinsENG38
108Chris OldENG35
108Stanley De SilvaSL35
109Max WalkerAUS29
110Jeff ThomsonAUS28
110Somachandra De SilvaSL28
110Sudath PasqualSL28
111Tony OpathaSL27
111Derek UnderwoodENG27
112Warren LeesNZ25
113Jitendra PatelCAN23
114John LeverENG22
114Wayne ClarkAUS22
115John ValentineCAN17
116EhteshamuddinPAK16
116Ranjan MadugalleSL16
117Cornelius HenryCAN14
118Lance CairnsNZ13
119Ajit de SilvaSL11
120Ewen ChatfieldNZ9
120Graeme PorterAUS9
121Charles BakshCAN6
122Robert CallenderCAN5
122Derick ParryWI5
123Faoud BacchusWI4
124Alvin GreenidgeWI3
124Gary TroupNZ3
124Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND3
124Sunil JayasingheSL3
125Dhiraj ParsanaIND0
125Stephen BoockNZ0
125John ParkerNZ0
125John ReidNZ0
125Brendon BracewellNZ0
125Talat AliPAK0
125David MurrayWI0
125Norbert PhillipWI0
125Sew ShivnarineWI0
125Basil WilliamsWI0
125Malcolm MarshallWI0
125Herbert ChangWI0
125Sylvester ClarkeWI0
125Larry GomesWI0
125Raphick JumadeenWI0
125Anwar KhanPAK0
125Vanburn HolderWI0
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