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Most Fours in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most fours in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1979
120 entries
1
45
Sir Viv Richards
WI
7 clear of Gordon Greenidge
2
38
Gordon Greenidge
WI
7 off the lead
3
32
Geoff Boycott
ENG
13 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Viv Richards
WI
45 · 7 ahead of Greenidge
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Richards is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
14
The mark at number ten — 110 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Fours — full list
120 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Viv Richards
WI
45
2
Gordon Greenidge
WI
38
3
Geoff Boycott
ENG
32
4
Graham Gooch
ENG
28
4
David Gower
ENG
28
5
Peter Willey
ENG
22
5
Greg Chappell
AUS
22
6
Mike Brearley
ENG
20
6
Desmond Haynes
WI
20
7
Collis King
WI
17
7
Kim Hughes
AUS
17
8
John Wright
NZ
16
9
Allan Border
AUS
15
9
Majid Khan
PAK
15
10
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
14
11
Asif Iqbal
PAK
13
11
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
13
11
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
13
12
Rick Darling
AUS
12
12
Ian Chappell
AUS
12
12
Glenn Turner
NZ
12
13
Derek Randall
ENG
11
14
Clive Lloyd
WI
10
14
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
10
14
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
10
15
Sunil Wettimuny
SL
9
15
Bruce Edgar
NZ
9
15
Geoff Howarth
NZ
9
15
Glenroy Sealy
CAN
9
16
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
8
16
Brijesh Patel
IND
8
16
Graeme Wood
AUS
8
17
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
7
18
Kapil Dev
IND
6
18
Wasim Raja
PAK
6
18
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
6
18
Dennis Lillee
AUS
6
18
Anura Tennekoon
SL
6
19
Julien Wiener
AUS
5
19
Graham Yallop
AUS
5
19
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
5
19
Lawrence Rowe
WI
5
19
Deryck Murray
WI
5
20
Karsan Ghavri
IND
4
20
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
4
20
Javed Miandad
PAK
4
20
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
4
20
Bandula Warnapura
SL
4
20
Bruce Laird
AUS
4
20
Roy Dias
SL
4
20
Franklyn Dennis
CAN
4
20
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
4
20
John Vaughan
CAN
4
21
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3
21
Mark Burgess
NZ
3
21
Duleep Mendis
SL
3
21
Gary Cosier
AUS
3
21
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
3
21
Bob Willis
ENG
3
21
David Bairstow
ENG
3
22
Imran Niazi
BHR
2
22
Wasim Bari
PAK
2
22
Bob Taylor
ENG
2
22
Peter Toohey
AUS
2
22
Doug Walters
AUS
2
22
Tony Opatha
SL
2
22
John Maclean
AUS
2
22
Phil Carlson
AUS
2
22
Christopher Chappell
CAN
2
23
Martin Stead
CAN
1
23
Tariq Javed
CAN
1
23
Sudath Pasqual
SL
1
23
Lance Cairns
NZ
1
23
Cornelius Henry
CAN
1
23
Rod Marsh
AUS
1
23
Ray Bright
AUS
1
23
Bishan Bedi
IND
1
23
Surinder Khanna
IND
1
23
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1
23
Phil Edmonds
ENG
1
24
Geoff Miller
ENG
0
24
John Lever
ENG
0
24
Graham Dilley
ENG
0
24
Wayne Larkins
ENG
0
24
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
0
24
Chris Old
ENG
0
24
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0
24
Colin Croft
WI
0
24
Joel Garner
WI
0
24
Derick Parry
WI
0
24
Michael Holding
WI
0
24
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0
24
Sikander Bakht
PAK
0
24
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
24
Rodney Hogg
AUS
0
24
David Hookes
AUS
0
24
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0
24
Max Walker
AUS
0
24
Geoff Dymock
AUS
0
24
Alan Hurst
AUS
0
24
Rick McCosker
AUS
0
24
Cecil Marshall
CAN
0
24
Bryan Mauricette
CAN
0
24
Jitendra Patel
CAN
0
24
Warren Lees
NZ
0
24
Gary Troup
NZ
0
24
Brian McKechnie
NZ
0
24
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
24
John Morrison
NZ
0
24
Stanley De Silva
SL
0
24
Sunil Jayasinghe
SL
0
24
Kevin Wright
AUS
0
24
Jeff Moss
AUS
0
24
Graeme Porter
AUS
0
24
Somachandra De Silva
SL
0
24
Ajit de Silva
SL
0
24
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0
24
John Valentine
CAN
0
24
Robert Callender
CAN
0
24
Charles Baksh
CAN
0
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