Most Runs in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most runs in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979162 entries
11496Sunil GavaskarIND2 clear of Gundappa Viswanath
21494Gundappa ViswanathIND2 off the lead
31374Kim HughesAUS122 off the lead
● LEADS
Sunil GavaskarIND
1496 · 2 ahead of Viswanath
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most runs
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
762
The mark at number ten — 152 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Runs — full list

162 entries, ranked
1Sunil GavaskarIND1496
2Gundappa ViswanathIND1494
3Kim HughesAUS1374
4Allan BorderAUS1273
5Dilip VengsarkarIND1088
6Geoff BoycottENG1065
7Chetan ChauhanIND864
8Graham YallopAUS800
9David GowerENG767
10Sir Viv RichardsWI762
11Javed MiandadPAK754
12Asif IqbalPAK698
13Kapil DevIND672
14Graham GoochENG656
15Andrew HilditchAUS605
16Yashpal SharmaIND591
16Sir Ian BothamENG591
17Mike BrearleyENG588
18Zaheer AbbasPAK584
19Greg ChappellAUS574
20Rick DarlingAUS548
21Gordon GreenidgeWI520
22Wasim RajaPAK518
23Majid KhanPAK508
24Syed KirmaniIND463
25Derek RandallENG460
26Alvin KallicharranWI427
27Desmond HaynesWI382
28Peter WilleyENG348
29John WrightNZ344
30Karsan GhavriIND339
31Bruce LairdAUS326
32Geoff MillerENG323
33Faoud BacchusWI315
34Anshuman GaekwadIND302
35Bob TaylorENG294
36Dav WhatmoreAUS293
37Graeme WoodAUS290
38Jeremy ConeyNZ289
39Bruce YardleyAUS270
40Imran KhanBHR267
41Bruce EdgarNZ262
42Mudassar NazarPAK261
43Kevin WrightAUS248
44Geoff HowarthNZ246
45Mushtaq MohammadPAK210
46Larry GomesWI196
47Haroon RasheedPAK195
48Wasim BariPAK194
49Julien WienerAUS190
50Clive LloydWI183
51Mark BurgessNZ181
52Collis KingWI178
53Geoff DymockAUS177
54Glenn TurnerNZ176
55Rod MarshAUS175
56Sir Richard HadleeNZ172
57Mohinder AmarnathIND160
58Sadiq MohammadPAK151
59Sarfraz NawazPAK149
60Lawrence RoweWI144
61Warren LeesNZ133
62Rodney HoggAUS131
63Talat AliPAK127
64David BairstowENG124
65Peter TooheyAUS123
65Ian ChappellAUS123
66Joel GarnerWI114
67Deryck MurrayWI109
67Andy RobertsNZ109
67Dennis LilleeAUS109
68Bob WillisENG105
69Phil EdmondsENG103
69Trevor LaughlinAUS103
70Peter SleepAUS95
71David HookesAUS89
72Roger BinnyIND86
72David MurrayWI86
73Lance CairnsNZ85
74Sunil WettimunySL83
75Alvin GreenidgeWI80
75Jim HiggsAUS80
76Shivlal YadavIND78
76Duleep MendisSL78
77Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND76
78Roy DiasSL75
79Glenroy SealyCAN73
80Abdul QadirPAK72
81Jeff MossAUS67
82Iqbal QasimPAK65
82Norbert PhillipWI65
83Ray BrightAUS64
84Brijesh PatelIND63
85John EmbureyENG60
86Yajurvindra SinghIND59
86Anura TennekoonSL59
87Alan HurstAUS56
87Raphick JumadeenWI56
88Graham DilleyENG55
89Sikander BakhtPAK48
89Rick McCoskerAUS48
90Mohsin KhanHK47
90Franklyn DennisCAN47
91Doug WaltersAUS46
92Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND45
93Dilip DoshiIND43
94Gary CosierAUS42
95Bharath ReddyIND38
95Bandula WarnapuraSL38
95John ParkerNZ38
95Christopher ChappellCAN38
96Derick ParryWI36
97Alan ButcherENG34
97Phil CarlsonAUS34
98Vanburn HolderWI31
99John VaughanCAN30
100Sylvester ClarkeWI27
101Basil WilliamsWI26
102Sudath PasqualSL24
103John MacleanAUS23
104Mike HendrickENG21
105Bishan BediIND20
105Bryan MauricetteCAN20
106John ReidNZ19
107Chris OldENG18
107Tony OpathaSL18
108Brian McKechnieNZ17
108Surinder KhannaIND17
109Sew ShivnarineWI16
110Anwar KhanPAK15
110Tariq JavedCAN15
111Michael HoldingWI14
112Gary TroupNZ13
112Derek UnderwoodENG13
113John MorrisonNZ11
114Martin SteadCAN10
114Cecil MarshallCAN10
114Stanley De SilvaSL10
115Wayne ClarkAUS9
115Jeff ThomsonAUS9
115Max WalkerAUS9
116Herbert ChangWI8
117John LeverENG7
117Wayne LarkinsENG7
117Somachandra De SilvaSL7
118Cornelius HenryCAN6
119Colin CroftWI5
119Stephen BoockNZ5
119Brendon BracewellNZ5
120Ranjan MadugalleSL4
121Ewen ChatfieldNZ3
121Graeme PorterAUS3
121Jitendra PatelCAN3
121John ValentineCAN3
122Ajit de SilvaSL2
122EhteshamuddinPAK2
123Malcolm MarshallWI1
123Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
123Sunil JayasingheSL1
124Robert CallenderCAN0
124Charles BakshCAN0
124Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND0
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