Most Balls Faced in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most balls faced in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1979123 entries
12778Allan BorderAUS137 clear of Kim Hughes
22641Kim HughesAUS137 off the lead
32433Sunil GavaskarIND345 off the lead
● LEADS
Allan BorderAUS
2778 · 137 ahead of Hughes
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most balls faced
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1119
The mark at number ten — 113 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
17 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented

Most Balls Faced — full list

123 entries, ranked
1Allan BorderAUS2778
2Kim HughesAUS2641
3Sunil GavaskarIND2433
4Dilip VengsarkarIND2390
5Gundappa ViswanathIND2054
6Chetan ChauhanIND1668
7Geoff BoycottENG1592
8Yashpal SharmaIND1581
9Graham YallopAUS1555
10Andrew HilditchAUS1119
11Mike BrearleyENG1055
12Javed MiandadPAK981
13Geoff MillerENG862
14Graham GoochENG841
15Asif IqbalPAK833
16Syed KirmaniIND826
17Derek RandallENG809
18Bob TaylorENG795
19Rick DarlingAUS778
20Sir Ian BothamENG747
21Bruce LairdAUS739
22David GowerENG731
23Mudassar NazarPAK679
24Greg ChappellAUS651
25Kapil DevIND616
26Kevin WrightAUS586
27Dav WhatmoreAUS583
28Wasim RajaPAK571
29Graeme WoodAUS561
30Karsan GhavriIND538
31Zaheer AbbasPAK521
32Bruce YardleyAUS475
33Geoff DymockAUS461
34Majid KhanPAK437
35Rodney HoggAUS410
36Imran KhanBHR378
37Sir Viv RichardsWI369
38Alvin KallicharranWI342
39Jim HiggsAUS320
40Mushtaq MohammadPAK312
41Wasim BariPAK303
42Anshuman GaekwadIND280
43Peter SleepAUS279
44Julien WienerAUS276
45Abdul QadirPAK261
46Rod MarshAUS260
47John EmbureyENG221
48Graham DilleyENG218
49Roger BinnyIND214
50Peter WilleyENG211
51Bob WillisENG206
52Lawrence RoweWI195
53Peter TooheyAUS185
54Sarfraz NawazPAK183
55Dennis LilleeAUS181
56Gordon GreenidgeWI177
57Iqbal QasimPAK174
57Phil EdmondsENG174
58Yajurvindra SinghIND169
59Shivlal YadavIND167
60Alan ButcherENG156
61David BairstowENG148
62David HookesAUS142
63Mohinder AmarnathIND141
64Jeff MossAUS136
65Ray BrightAUS131
66Alan HurstAUS125
67Desmond HaynesWI123
68Joel GarnerWI121
68Haroon RasheedPAK121
69Deryck MurrayWI120
70Sadiq MohammadPAK114
71Clive LloydWI113
72Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND111
73Andy RobertsNZ110
74Dilip DoshiIND108
75Bharath ReddyIND100
76Sikander BakhtPAK93
77Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND82
78Rick McCoskerAUS79
79Mike HendrickENG78
80Colin CroftWI77
81John MacleanAUS69
82Phil CarlsonAUS63
83Mohsin KhanHK51
84Michael HoldingWI31
85Derek UnderwoodENG27
85Jeff ThomsonAUS27
86Collis KingWI26
87Wayne ClarkAUS22
88EhteshamuddinPAK16
89Bishan BediIND9
90John LeverENG8
91Faoud BacchusWI4
92Alvin GreenidgeWI3
92Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND3
93Dhiraj ParsanaIND0
93John ReidNZ0
93Mark BurgessNZ0
93Sir Richard HadleeNZ0
93John ParkerNZ0
93Jeremy ConeyNZ0
93Lance CairnsNZ0
93Geoff HowarthNZ0
93David MurrayWI0
93Norbert PhillipWI0
93Sew ShivnarineWI0
93Basil WilliamsWI0
93Derick ParryWI0
93Sylvester ClarkeWI0
93Malcolm MarshallWI0
93Herbert ChangWI0
93Warren LeesNZ0
93Gary TroupNZ0
93Stephen BoockNZ0
93John WrightNZ0
93Brendon BracewellNZ0
93Bruce EdgarNZ0
93Talat AliPAK0
93Anwar KhanPAK0
93Larry GomesWI0
93Vanburn HolderWI0
93Raphick JumadeenWI0
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