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.

PositionBest AveragesPlayer NameTeam Name
1236 / 2Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies
2315 / 3Faoud BacchusWest Indies
365 / 1Norbert PhillipWest Indies
4708 / 11Javed MiandadPakistan
560 / 1Jeff MossAustralia
61044 / 18Dilip VengsarkarIndia
71388 / 24Gundappa ViswanathIndia
8572 / 10Geoff BoycottEngland
9285 / 5Bruce LairdAustralia
1056 / 1Raphick JumadeenWest Indies
111407 / 26Sunil GavaskarIndia
1254 / 1Graham DilleyEngland
13569 / 11Asif IqbalPakistan
14465 / 9David GowerEngland
15301 / 6Greg ChappellAustralia
16242 / 5Jeremy ConeyNew Zealand
171152 / 24Kim HughesAustralia
17144 / 3Mohinder AmarnathIndia
1847 / 1Sadiq MohammadPakistan
191073 / 23Allan BorderAustralia
2091 / 2Gordon GreenidgeWest Indies
21591 / 13Yashpal SharmaIndia
2289 / 2Joel GarnerWest Indies
23176 / 4Geoff HowarthNew Zealand
24479 / 11Wasim RajaPakistan
25245 / 6Alvin KallicharranWest Indies
26446 / 11Sir Ian BothamEngland
2780 / 2David HookesAustralia
2740 / 1Clive LloydWest Indies
28196 / 5Larry GomesWest Indies
29463 / 12Syed KirmaniIndia
30675 / 18Graham YallopAustralia
31262 / 7Bob TaylorEngland
32149 / 4Bruce EdgarNew Zealand
33864 / 24Chetan ChauhanIndia
34358 / 10Majid KhanPakistan
35178 / 5John WrightNew Zealand
36319 / 9Geoff MillerEngland
37248 / 7Anshuman GaekwadIndia
38619 / 18Kapil DevIndia
3968 / 2David BairstowEngland
39340 / 10Graham GoochEngland
40270 / 8Bruce YardleyAustralia
41168 / 5Wasim BariPakistan
42436 / 13Zaheer AbbasPakistan
43133 / 4Julien WienerAustralia
44260 / 8Derek RandallEngland
45449 / 14Rick DarlingAustralia
46126 / 4Haroon RasheedPakistan
4731 / 1Vanburn HolderWest Indies
4861 / 2Andy RobertsNew Zealand
4959 / 2Yajurvindra SinghIndia
50115 / 4Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
5186 / 3David MurrayWest Indies
5284 / 3Desmond HaynesWest Indies
53136 / 5Mark BurgessNew Zealand
5481 / 3Phil EdmondsEngland
55452 / 17Andrew HilditchAustralia
56318 / 12Mike BrearleyEngland
5779 / 3Lawrence RoweWest Indies
58105 / 4Warren LeesNew Zealand
5926 / 1Basil WilliamsWest Indies
59104 / 4Peter WilleyEngland
60127 / 5Talat AliPakistan
61293 / 12Dav WhatmoreAustralia
6247 / 2Rick McCoskerAustralia
63258 / 11Mudassar NazarPakistan
64304 / 13Karsan GhavriIndia
65210 / 9Mushtaq MohammadPakistan
66203 / 9Graeme WoodAustralia
6745 / 2Deryck MurrayWest Indies
6886 / 4Roger BinnyIndia
69225 / 11Imran Khan
7080 / 4Alvin GreenidgeWest Indies
7060 / 3John EmbureyEngland
71219 / 11Kevin WrightAustralia
72137 / 7Sarfraz NawazPakistan
7378 / 4Bob WillisEngland
7378 / 4Shivlal YadavIndia
7438 / 2Bharath ReddyIndia
7495 / 5Peter SleepAustralia
7419 / 1John ReidNew Zealand
7572 / 4Abdul QadirPakistan
7668 / 4Lance CairnsNew Zealand
7634 / 2Alan ButcherEngland
7750 / 3Alan HurstAustralia
7849 / 3Dennis LilleeAustralia
7965 / 4Iqbal QasimPakistan
80162 / 10Geoff DymockAustralia
8175 / 5Rod MarshAustralia
8115 / 1Anwar KhanPakistan
8244 / 3Ray BrightAustralia
8327 / 2Sylvester ClarkeWest Indies
8413 / 1Derek UnderwoodEngland
8538 / 3John ParkerNew Zealand
8612 / 1John MacleanAustralia
8612 / 1Michael HoldingWest Indies
8747 / 4Mohsin KhanHong Kong
8823 / 2Phil CarlsonAustralia
8945 / 4Bobjee Narasimha RaoIndia
9043 / 4Dilip DoshiIndia
9153 / 5Srinivas VenkataraghavanIndia
9220 / 2Mike HendrickEngland
9210 / 1Gary TroupNew Zealand
9345 / 5Sikander BakhtPakistan
939 / 1Wayne ClarkAustralia
939 / 1Jeff ThomsonAustralia
9480 / 9Jim HiggsAustralia
95123 / 14Rodney HoggAustralia
9632 / 4Derick ParryWest Indies
9753 / 7Peter TooheyAustralia
9816 / 3Sew ShivnarineWest Indies
995 / 1Brendon BracewellNew Zealand
1008 / 2Herbert ChangWest Indies
1015 / 2Stephen BoockNew Zealand
1022 / 1EhteshamuddinPakistan
1031 / 1Bishan BediIndia
1031 / 1Dhiraj ParsanaIndia