Best Strike Rate in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST197968 entries
124.00Javed MiandadPAK13.80 clear of Gundappa Viswanath
237.80Gundappa ViswanathIND13.80 off the lead
339.20Sir Richard HadleeNZ15.20 off the lead
● LEADS
Javed MiandadPAK
24.00 · 13.80 better than Viswanath
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Miandad is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
50.40
The mark at number ten — 58 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

68 entries, ranked
1Javed MiandadPAK24.00
2Gundappa ViswanathIND37.80
3Sir Richard HadleeNZ39.20
4Wasim RajaPAK40.93
5Sikander BakhtPAK41.80
6Sir Ian BothamENG46.09
7Kapil DevIND47.88
8Alan HurstAUS47.96
9Roger BinnyIND48.33
10John EmbureyENG50.40
11Jeff ThomsonAUS50.57
12Mushtaq MohammadPAK50.89
13EhteshamuddinPAK52.80
14Colin CroftWI52.98
15Joel GarnerWI53.67
16Geoff DymockAUS53.69
17Norbert PhillipWI55.75
18Dennis LilleeAUS55.89
19Mike HendrickENG56.03
20Sylvester ClarkeWI57.53
21Sarfraz NawazPAK60.66
22Shivlal YadavIND61.56
23Michael HoldingWI62.25
24Imran KhanBHR62.29
25Rodney HoggAUS64.90
26Larry GomesWI66.00
27Bob WillisENG66.33
28Dilip DoshiIND70.36
29Chetan ChauhanIND72.00
29Graham DilleyENG72.00
30Jim HiggsAUS73.69
31Lance CairnsNZ74.67
32Geoff MillerENG75.90
33Andy RobertsNZ80.10
34Derek UnderwoodENG81.00
35Karsan GhavriIND84.77
36Bishan BediIND87.86
37Iqbal QasimPAK88.64
38Asif IqbalPAK90.40
39Raphick JumadeenWI90.80
40Graham YallopAUS96.00
41Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND96.13
42Mohinder AmarnathIND100.40
43John LeverENG100.50
44Greg ChappellAUS102.00
45Allan BorderAUS103.00
46Mudassar NazarPAK108.12
47Bruce YardleyAUS111.32
48Brendon BracewellNZ114.00
49Dhiraj ParsanaIND120.00
50Gary TroupNZ121.00
51Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND121.20
52Stephen BoockNZ122.40
53Phil CarlsonAUS138.00
54Derick ParryWI142.00
55Peter WilleyENG145.50
56Jeremy ConeyNZ146.00
57Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND147.00
58Majid KhanPAK148.00
59Phil EdmondsENG161.00
60Collis KingWI162.00
61Peter SleepAUS170.10
62Graham GoochENG180.00
62Abdul QadirPAK180.00
63Ray BrightAUS183.00
64Malcolm MarshallWI204.00
65Vanburn HolderWI208.00
66Wayne ClarkAUS228.00
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