Best Averages in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1979118 entries
1236 / 2Sir Viv RichardsWI13 clear of Faoud Bacchus
2315 / 3Faoud BacchusWI13 off the lead
365 / 1Norbert PhillipWI53 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Viv RichardsWI
236 / 2 · 13 ahead of Bacchus
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Richards is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
56 / 1
The mark at number ten — 108 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

118 entries, ranked
1Sir Viv RichardsWI236 / 2
2Faoud BacchusWI315 / 3
3Norbert PhillipWI65 / 1
4Javed MiandadPAK708 / 11
5Jeff MossAUS60 / 1
6Dilip VengsarkarIND1044 / 18
7Gundappa ViswanathIND1388 / 24
8Geoff BoycottENG572 / 10
9Bruce LairdAUS285 / 5
10Raphick JumadeenWI56 / 1
11Sunil GavaskarIND1407 / 26
12Graham DilleyENG54 / 1
13Asif IqbalPAK569 / 11
14David GowerENG465 / 9
15Greg ChappellAUS301 / 6
16Jeremy ConeyNZ242 / 5
17Kim HughesAUS1152 / 24
17Mohinder AmarnathIND144 / 3
18Sadiq MohammadPAK47 / 1
19Allan BorderAUS1073 / 23
20Gordon GreenidgeWI91 / 2
21Yashpal SharmaIND591 / 13
22Joel GarnerWI89 / 2
23Geoff HowarthNZ176 / 4
24Wasim RajaPAK479 / 11
25Alvin KallicharranWI245 / 6
26Sir Ian BothamENG446 / 11
27David HookesAUS80 / 2
27Clive LloydWI40 / 1
28Larry GomesWI196 / 5
29Syed KirmaniIND463 / 12
30Graham YallopAUS675 / 18
31Bob TaylorENG262 / 7
32Bruce EdgarNZ149 / 4
33Chetan ChauhanIND864 / 24
34Majid KhanPAK358 / 10
35John WrightNZ178 / 5
36Geoff MillerENG319 / 9
37Anshuman GaekwadIND248 / 7
38Kapil DevIND619 / 18
39David BairstowENG68 / 2
39Graham GoochENG340 / 10
40Bruce YardleyAUS270 / 8
41Wasim BariPAK168 / 5
42Zaheer AbbasPAK436 / 13
43Julien WienerAUS133 / 4
44Derek RandallENG260 / 8
45Rick DarlingAUS449 / 14
46Haroon RasheedPAK126 / 4
47Vanburn HolderWI31 / 1
48Andy RobertsNZ61 / 2
49Yajurvindra SinghIND59 / 2
50Sir Richard HadleeNZ115 / 4
51David MurrayWI86 / 3
52Desmond HaynesWI84 / 3
53Mark BurgessNZ136 / 5
54Phil EdmondsENG81 / 3
55Andrew HilditchAUS452 / 17
56Mike BrearleyENG318 / 12
57Lawrence RoweWI79 / 3
58Warren LeesNZ105 / 4
59Basil WilliamsWI26 / 1
59Peter WilleyENG104 / 4
60Talat AliPAK127 / 5
61Dav WhatmoreAUS293 / 12
62Rick McCoskerAUS47 / 2
63Mudassar NazarPAK258 / 11
64Karsan GhavriIND304 / 13
65Mushtaq MohammadPAK210 / 9
66Graeme WoodAUS203 / 9
67Deryck MurrayWI45 / 2
68Roger BinnyIND86 / 4
69Imran KhanBHR225 / 11
70Alvin GreenidgeWI80 / 4
70John EmbureyENG60 / 3
71Kevin WrightAUS219 / 11
72Sarfraz NawazPAK137 / 7
73Bob WillisENG78 / 4
73Shivlal YadavIND78 / 4
74Bharath ReddyIND38 / 2
74Peter SleepAUS95 / 5
74John ReidNZ19 / 1
75Abdul QadirPAK72 / 4
76Lance CairnsNZ68 / 4
76Alan ButcherENG34 / 2
77Alan HurstAUS50 / 3
78Dennis LilleeAUS49 / 3
79Iqbal QasimPAK65 / 4
80Geoff DymockAUS162 / 10
81Rod MarshAUS75 / 5
81Anwar KhanPAK15 / 1
82Ray BrightAUS44 / 3
83Sylvester ClarkeWI27 / 2
84Derek UnderwoodENG13 / 1
85John ParkerNZ38 / 3
86John MacleanAUS12 / 1
86Michael HoldingWI12 / 1
87Mohsin KhanHK47 / 4
88Phil CarlsonAUS23 / 2
89Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND45 / 4
90Dilip DoshiIND43 / 4
91Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND53 / 5
92Mike HendrickENG20 / 2
92Gary TroupNZ10 / 1
93Sikander BakhtPAK45 / 5
93Wayne ClarkAUS9 / 1
93Jeff ThomsonAUS9 / 1
94Jim HiggsAUS80 / 9
95Rodney HoggAUS123 / 14
96Derick ParryWI32 / 4
97Peter TooheyAUS53 / 7
98Sew ShivnarineWI16 / 3
99Brendon BracewellNZ5 / 1
100Herbert ChangWI8 / 2
101Stephen BoockNZ5 / 2
102EhteshamuddinPAK2 / 1
103Bishan BediIND1 / 1
103Dhiraj ParsanaIND1 / 1
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