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.
TEST197982 entries
19/22Sarfraz NawazPAKBest return on the list
28/14Sikander BakhtPAK
37/5Geoff DymockAUS
● LEADS
Sarfraz NawazPAK
9/22 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 9 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/8
The mark at number ten — 72 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Bowling Fig — full list

82 entries, ranked
1Sarfraz NawazPAK9/22
2Sikander BakhtPAK8/14
3Geoff DymockAUS7/5
4Jim HiggsAUS7/9
5Kapil DevIND6/1
6Iqbal QasimPAK6/7
7Dilip DoshiIND6/11
8Sir Ian BothamENG6/35
9Imran KhanBHR5/2
10Sir Richard HadleeNZ5/8
11Geoff MillerENG5/13
12Alan HurstAUS5/28
13Mushtaq MohammadPAK5/35
14EhteshamuddinPAK5/40
15Wasim RajaPAK4/2
16Dennis LilleeAUS4/3
17Karsan GhavriIND4/9
18Shivlal YadavIND4/11
18Rodney HoggAUS4/11
19Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND4/13
19John EmbureyENG4/13
19Mike HendrickENG4/13
20Bruce YardleyAUS4/21
21Joel GarnerWI4/33
22Norbert PhillipWI4/37
23Michael HoldingWI4/40
24Sylvester ClarkeWI4/46
25Roger BinnyIND3/1
26Jeff ThomsonAUS3/3
27Mudassar NazarPAK3/7
28Majid KhanPAK3/8
28Bob WillisENG3/8
29Lance CairnsNZ3/23
30Colin CroftWI3/27
31Derek UnderwoodENG3/33
32Andy RobertsNZ3/39
33Raphick JumadeenWI3/137
34Phil EdmondsENG2/1
34Peter WilleyENG2/1
34Mohinder AmarnathIND2/1
35Allan BorderAUS2/3
36Jeremy ConeyNZ2/10
37Stephen BoockNZ2/22
37Vanburn HolderWI2/22
38Phil CarlsonAUS2/24
38Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2/24
39Gary TroupNZ2/25
40Bishan BediIND2/26
41Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2/32
42Derick ParryWI2/43
43Graham DilleyENG2/47
44Graham YallopAUS1/0
45Asif IqbalPAK1/1
46Larry GomesWI1/2
46Graham GoochENG1/2
47Greg ChappellAUS1/3
48Gundappa ViswanathIND1/6
48Ray BrightAUS1/6
49Dhiraj ParsanaIND1/7
50Javed MiandadPAK1/8
51Chetan ChauhanIND1/11
52Collis KingWI1/13
53Abdul QadirPAK1/16
53Peter SleepAUS1/16
54John LeverENG1/29
55Wayne ClarkAUS1/47
56Brendon BracewellNZ1/50
57Malcolm MarshallWI1/123
58Geoff HowarthNZ0/0
58Kim HughesAUS0/0
58Geoff BoycottENG0/0
59Dilip VengsarkarIND0/3
60Yajurvindra SinghIND0/4
60Peter TooheyAUS0/4
61Sunil GavaskarIND0/8
61Sew ShivnarineWI0/8
62Alan ButcherENG0/9
63Dav WhatmoreAUS0/11
64Anwar KhanPAK0/12
65David HookesAUS0/15
66Julien WienerAUS0/22
67Alvin KallicharranWI0/32
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