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

Here is the complete breakdown of the most sixes in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1979162 entries
111Sir Ian BothamENG3 clear of Graham Gooch
28Graham GoochENG3 off the lead
28Sir Viv RichardsWI3 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Ian BothamENG
11 · 3 ahead of Gooch
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botham is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
0
The mark at number ten — 152 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most sixes — full list

162 entries, ranked
1Sir Ian BothamENG11
2Graham GoochENG8
2Sir Viv RichardsWI8
3Kim HughesAUS7
4Dilip VengsarkarIND6
4Kapil DevIND6
4Asif IqbalPAK6
5Joel GarnerWI5
5Gordon GreenidgeWI5
5Imran KhanBHR5
6Yashpal SharmaIND4
6Karsan GhavriIND4
7Sunil GavaskarIND3
7Rod MarshAUS3
7David GowerENG3
7Allan BorderAUS3
7Faoud BacchusWI3
7Collis KingWI3
7Zaheer AbbasPAK3
7Duleep MendisSL3
8Haroon RasheedPAK2
8Wasim RajaPAK2
8Mark BurgessNZ2
8Jeremy ConeyNZ2
8Lance CairnsNZ2
8Geoff HowarthNZ2
8Desmond HaynesWI2
8Bruce YardleyAUS2
8Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2
9Gundappa ViswanathIND1
9Syed KirmaniIND1
9Gary CosierAUS1
9Rick DarlingAUS1
9Trevor LaughlinAUS1
9Jeff MossAUS1
9Julien WienerAUS1
9Derek RandallENG1
9David BairstowENG1
9Phil EdmondsENG1
9Bob WillisENG1
9Sylvester ClarkeWI1
9Vanburn HolderWI1
9Bryan MauricetteCAN1
9Majid KhanPAK1
9Warren LeesNZ1
9Javed MiandadPAK1
9Anwar KhanPAK1
9Norbert PhillipWI1
10Sew ShivnarineWI0
10Basil WilliamsWI0
10EhteshamuddinPAK0
10Somachandra De SilvaSL0
10Ajit de SilvaSL0
10Roy DiasSL0
10Ranjan MadugalleSL0
10Bandula WarnapuraSL0
10Deryck MurrayWI0
10Clive LloydWI0
10Sikander BakhtPAK0
10Iqbal QasimPAK0
10Mudassar NazarPAK0
10Abdul QadirPAK0
10Talat AliPAK0
10Gary TroupNZ0
10Stephen BoockNZ0
10John WrightNZ0
10Brendon BracewellNZ0
10Bruce EdgarNZ0
10Mushtaq MohammadPAK0
10Wasim BariPAK0
10Sarfraz NawazPAK0
10Sadiq MohammadPAK0
10Andy RobertsNZ0
10Ewen ChatfieldNZ0
10Glenn TurnerNZ0
10Sir Richard HadleeNZ0
10John ParkerNZ0
10John MorrisonNZ0
10Jitendra PatelCAN0
10Glenroy SealyCAN0
10Martin SteadCAN0
10Tariq JavedCAN0
10John ValentineCAN0
10John VaughanCAN0
10Robert CallenderCAN0
10Charles BakshCAN0
10Brian McKechnieNZ0
10Tony OpathaSL0
10Anura TennekoonSL0
10Sunil WettimunySL0
10Stanley De SilvaSL0
10Sunil JayasingheSL0
10Sudath PasqualSL0
10Mohsin KhanHK0
10Lawrence RoweWI0
10Alvin KallicharranWI0
10Raphick JumadeenWI0
10Colin CroftWI0
10Michael HoldingWI0
10Larry GomesWI0
10Alvin GreenidgeWI0
10David MurrayWI0
10Derick ParryWI0
10Malcolm MarshallWI0
10Herbert ChangWI0
10Christopher ChappellCAN0
10Franklyn DennisCAN0
10Cornelius HenryCAN0
10Cecil MarshallCAN0
10Bob TaylorENG0
10Chris OldENG0
10Mike HendrickENG0
10Mike BrearleyENG0
10Peter WilleyENG0
10Geoff MillerENG0
10John LeverENG0
10Alan ButcherENG0
10Graham DilleyENG0
10Wayne LarkinsENG0
10John ReidNZ0
10Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND0
10John EmbureyENG0
10Graeme PorterAUS0
10Geoff BoycottENG0
10Derek UnderwoodENG0
10Bruce LairdAUS0
10Rodney HoggAUS0
10John MacleanAUS0
10Graeme WoodAUS0
10Jim HiggsAUS0
10Phil CarlsonAUS0
10Kevin WrightAUS0
10Andrew HilditchAUS0
10Peter SleepAUS0
10Dav WhatmoreAUS0
10Graham YallopAUS0
10David HookesAUS0
10Ray BrightAUS0
10Yajurvindra SinghIND0
10Wayne ClarkAUS0
10Peter TooheyAUS0
10Greg ChappellAUS0
10Dennis LilleeAUS0
10Jeff ThomsonAUS0
10Max WalkerAUS0
10Geoff DymockAUS0
10Alan HurstAUS0
10Rick McCoskerAUS0
10Brijesh PatelIND0
10Anshuman GaekwadIND0
10Mohinder AmarnathIND0
10Bishan BediIND0
10Chetan ChauhanIND0
10Dilip DoshiIND0
10Shivlal YadavIND0
10Roger BinnyIND0
10Surinder KhannaIND0
10Ian ChappellAUS0
10Doug WaltersAUS0
10Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND0
10Dhiraj ParsanaIND0
10Bharath ReddyIND0
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