Highest Score in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the highest score in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1979123 entries
1250Faoud BacchusWI29 clear of Sunil Gavaskar
2221Sunil GavaskarIND29 off the lead
3200David GowerENG50 off the lead
● LEADS
Faoud BacchusWI
250 · 29 ahead of Gavaskar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bacchus is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
146
The mark at number ten — 113 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Highest Score — full list

123 entries, ranked
1Faoud BacchusWI250
2Sunil GavaskarIND221
3David GowerENG200
4Gundappa ViswanathIND179
5Graham YallopAUS167
6Allan BorderAUS162
7Javed MiandadPAK160
8Geoff BoycottENG155
9Derek RandallENG150
10Dilip VengsarkarIND146
11Sir Viv RichardsWI140
12Sir Ian BothamENG137
13Zaheer AbbasPAK135
14Asif IqbalPAK134
15Kim HughesAUS130
16Bruce EdgarNZ129
17Mudassar NazarPAK126
17Kapil DevIND126
18Greg ChappellAUS124
19Majid KhanPAK119
20Geoff HowarthNZ114
21Anshuman GaekwadIND102
22Mohinder AmarnathIND101
22Syed KirmaniIND101
23Yashpal SharmaIND100
24Alvin KallicharranWI98
25Wasim RajaPAK97
25Bob TaylorENG97
26Bruce LairdAUS92
27Rick DarlingAUS91
27Larry GomesWI91
28John WrightNZ88
29Karsan GhavriIND86
30Andrew HilditchAUS85
31Chetan ChauhanIND84
32Graham GoochENG83
33Jeremy ConeyNZ82
34Dav WhatmoreAUS77
35Mark BurgessNZ71
36Mike BrearleyENG64
36Geoff MillerENG64
36Peter SleepAUS64
37Bruce YardleyAUS61
37Talat AliPAK61
38Joel GarnerWI60
39David BairstowENG59
40Julien WienerAUS58
41Raphick JumadeenWI56
42Kevin WrightAUS55
43Andy RobertsNZ54
44Sir Richard HadleeNZ53
45Peter WilleyENG52
46Lawrence RoweWI50
47Wasim BariPAK49
48Mushtaq MohammadPAK48
48Gordon GreenidgeWI48
49Haroon RasheedPAK47
49Sadiq MohammadPAK47
50Roger BinnyIND46
51Warren LeesNZ45
52David MurrayWI44
53David HookesAUS43
53Yajurvindra SinghIND43
54Rod MarshAUS42
54John EmbureyENG42
54Desmond HaynesWI42
55Clive LloydWI40
56Graham DilleyENG38
56Jeff MossAUS38
57Graeme WoodAUS35
57Sarfraz NawazPAK35
58Imran KhanBHR33
58Rick McCoskerAUS33
58John ParkerNZ33
59Alvin GreenidgeWI32
59Iqbal QasimPAK32
60Geoff DymockAUS31
61Shivlal YadavIND29
61Abdul QadirPAK29
62Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND28
63Phil EdmondsENG27
64Basil WilliamsWI26
64Norbert PhillipWI26
65Deryck MurrayWI24
65Bob WillisENG24
66Lance CairnsNZ23
67Phil CarlsonAUS21
67Bharath ReddyIND21
68Dilip DoshiIND20
68Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND20
68Alan ButcherENG20
68Vanburn HolderWI20
69Sikander BakhtPAK19
69John ReidNZ19
69Rodney HoggAUS19
69Peter TooheyAUS19
69Dennis LilleeAUS19
70Alan HurstAUS17
70Ray BrightAUS17
71Jim HiggsAUS16
72Derick ParryWI15
72Sylvester ClarkeWI15
73Mohsin KhanHK14
74Derek UnderwoodENG13
75John MacleanAUS12
75Anwar KhanPAK12
76Michael HoldingWI11
77Mike HendrickENG10
78Wayne ClarkAUS9
78Sew ShivnarineWI9
79Collis KingWI8
79Jeff ThomsonAUS8
80Gary TroupNZ7
81Herbert ChangWI6
81John LeverENG6
82Brendon BracewellNZ5
83Stephen BoockNZ4
84EhteshamuddinPAK2
84Colin CroftWI2
85Malcolm MarshallWI1
85Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
85Bishan BediIND1
86Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND0
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