Best Bowling Fig in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best bowling fig in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST197983 entries
19/86Sarfraz NawazPAKBest return on the list
28/69Sikander BakhtPAK
37/67Geoff DymockAUS
● LEADS
Sarfraz NawazPAK
9/86 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/44
The mark at number ten — 73 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

83 entries, ranked
1Sarfraz NawazPAK9/86
2Sikander BakhtPAK8/69
3Geoff DymockAUS7/67
4Jim HiggsAUS7/143
5Iqbal QasimPAK6/40
6Kapil DevIND6/63
7Sir Ian BothamENG6/78
8Dilip DoshiIND6/103
9Alan HurstAUS5/28
10Geoff MillerENG5/44
11EhteshamuddinPAK5/47
12Mushtaq MohammadPAK5/59
13Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/62
14Imran NiaziBHR5/106
15Rodney HoggAUS4/26
16Shivlal YadavIND4/35
17Michael HoldingWI4/40
18Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4/43
19Mike HendrickENG4/45
20John EmbureyENG4/46
21Norbert PhillipWI4/48
22Joel GarnerWI4/55
23Karsan GhavriIND4/63
24Wasim RajaPAK4/68
25Dennis LilleeAUS4/73
26Sylvester ClarkeWI4/75
27Bruce YardleyAUS4/91
28Colin CroftWI3/27
29Bob WillisENG3/41
30Mudassar NazarPAK3/48
31Roger BinnyIND3/53
32Majid KhanPAK3/55
33Sir Andy RobertsNZ3/64
34Derek UnderwoodENG3/82
35Lance CairnsNZ3/86
36Jeff ThomsonAUS3/90
37Raphick JumadeenWI3/137
38Vanburn HolderWI2/22
38Stephen BoockNZ2/22
39Bishan BediIND2/26
40Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2/32
41Jeremy ConeyNZ2/33
42Allan BorderAUS2/35
43Phil CarlsonAUS2/41
44Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2/46
45Graham DilleyENG2/47
46Mohinder AmarnathIND2/53
47Phil EdmondsENG2/60
48Gary TroupNZ2/70
49Peter WilleyENG2/96
50Derick ParryWI2/127
51Asif IqbalPAK1/3
52Greg ChappellAUS1/5
53Javed MiandadPAK1/8
54Chetan ChauhanIND1/11
54Gundappa ViswanathIND1/11
55Peter SleepAUS1/16
55Graham GoochENG1/16
56Graham YallopAUS1/21
57Abdul QadirPAK1/27
58John LeverENG1/29
59Ray BrightAUS1/30
60Dhiraj ParsanaIND1/32
61Brendon BracewellNZ1/50
61Collis KingWI1/50
62Larry GomesWI1/54
63Wayne ClarkAUS1/56
64Malcolm MarshallWI1/123
65Geoff BoycottENG0/0
65Kim HughesAUS0/0
65Geoff HowarthNZ0/0
66Dilip VengsarkarIND0/3
67Yajurvindra SinghIND0/4
67Peter TooheyAUS0/4
68Anshuman GaekwadIND0/5
69Sunil GavaskarIND0/8
69Sew ShivnarineWI0/8
70Alan ButcherENG0/9
71Dav WhatmoreAUS0/11
72Anwar KhanPAK0/12
73David HookesAUS0/15
74Julien WienerAUS0/22
75Alvin KallicharranWI0/32
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