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.
ODI1979122 entries
1875Geoff BoycottENG203 clear of Gordon Greenidge
2672Gordon GreenidgeWI203 off the lead
3646Mike BrearleyENG229 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff BoycottENG
875 · 203 ahead of Greenidge
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Boycott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
374
The mark at number ten — 112 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

122 entries, ranked
1Geoff BoycottENG875
2Gordon GreenidgeWI672
3Mike BrearleyENG646
4Sir Viv RichardsWI587
5Desmond HaynesWI549
6Graham GoochENG511
7Allan BorderAUS418
8Greg ChappellAUS407
9David GowerENG398
10Derek RandallENG374
11Kim HughesAUS368
12John WrightNZ332
13Alvin KallicharranWI315
14Glenn TurnerNZ314
15Peter WilleyENG307
16Andrew HilditchAUS306
17Graham YallopAUS275
18Majid KhanPAK247
19Sadiq MohammadPAK229
20Bruce EdgarNZ228
21Zaheer AbbasPAK224
22Sir Ian BothamENG207
23Gundappa ViswanathIND206
24Sunil GavaskarIND205
25Rick DarlingAUS201
26Graeme WoodAUS182
27Asif IqbalPAK181
27Clive LloydWI181
28Franklyn DennisCAN171
29Julien WienerAUS160
30Collis KingWI158
31Trevor LaughlinAUS156
32Glenroy SealyCAN149
33Christopher ChappellCAN143
33Rod MarshAUS143
34Sunil WettimunySL140
35Haroon RasheedPAK135
36Roy DiasSL134
37Ian ChappellAUS115
38Anshuman GaekwadIND113
38Bruce LairdAUS113
38Deryck MurrayWI113
39Bandula WarnapuraSL109
40Lawrence RoweWI107
41Brijesh PatelIND106
42Anura TennekoonSL96
43Imran KhanBHR95
43Imran NiaziBHR95
44Jeremy ConeyNZ93
45Geoff HowarthNZ87
46David BairstowENG85
46Bob TaylorENG85
47Duleep MendisSL84
48Peter TooheyAUS83
49Sir Richard HadleeNZ80
50Tariq JavedCAN77
51Phil EdmondsENG73
52Bryan MauricetteCAN68
53Sir Andy RobertsNZ66
53Andy RobertsNZ66
53Dilip VengsarkarIND66
54Doug WaltersAUS62
54Mark BurgessNZ62
55Dennis LilleeAUS58
56Karsan GhavriIND56
57Kapil DevIND55
57Joel GarnerWI55
57John VaughanCAN55
58Brian McKechnieNZ53
59Kevin WrightAUS52
60Javed MiandadPAK51
61Ray BrightAUS49
62Bob WillisENG47
63Wasim BariPAK45
63Gary CosierAUS45
63Surinder KhannaIND45
63Martin SteadCAN45
64Geoff DymockAUS44
65Bishan BediIND43
66Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND41
66John MorrisonNZ41
66Cecil MarshallCAN41
67Wayne LarkinsENG38
68Wasim RajaPAK37
69Stanley De SilvaSL35
69Chris OldENG35
69Mohinder AmarnathIND35
70John MacleanAUS33
71Phil CarlsonAUS30
72David HookesAUS29
72Max WalkerAUS29
73Sudath PasqualSL28
73Somachandra De SilvaSL28
74Tony OpathaSL27
75Warren LeesNZ25
76Rodney HoggAUS23
76Sikander BakhtPAK23
76Jitendra PatelCAN23
77John ValentineCAN17
78Ranjan MadugalleSL16
78Alan HurstAUS16
78Jeff MossAUS16
79Sarfraz NawazPAK15
80John LeverENG14
80Cornelius HenryCAN14
81Lance CairnsNZ13
82Mudassar NazarPAK12
83Ajit de SilvaSL11
83Michael HoldingWI11
84Ewen ChatfieldNZ9
84Graeme PorterAUS9
85Mike HendrickENG7
85Rick McCoskerAUS7
86Geoff MillerENG6
86Charles BakshCAN6
87Robert CallenderCAN5
87Colin CroftWI5
87Derick ParryWI5
87Graham DilleyENG5
88Gary TroupNZ3
88Sunil JayasingheSL3
89Jeff ThomsonAUS1
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