Most Fours in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the most fours in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Most Fours	Player Name	Team Name
1	177	Sunil Gavaskar	India
2	151	Gundappa Viswanath	India
3	117	Kim Hughes	Australia
4	116	Allan Border	Australia
5	113	Dilip Vengsarkar	India
6	96	Chetan Chauhan	India
7	74	Javed Miandad	Pakistan
8	69	Kapil Dev	India
9	67	Graham Yallop	Australia
10	65	Asif Iqbal	Pakistan
11	63	Yashpal Sharma	India
12	58	Wasim Raja	Pakistan
13	54	Syed Kirmani	India
14	52	David Gower	England
15	49	Majid Khan	Pakistan
16	43	Rick Darling	Australia
17	42	Geoff Boycott	England
18	41	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan
19	40	Faoud Bacchus	West Indies
19	40	Sir Ian Botham	England
20	36	Dav Whatmore	Australia
21	35	Andrew Hilditch	Australia
21	35	Graham Gooch	England
22	31	Greg Chappell	Australia
23	29	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies
24	28	Bruce Yardley	Australia
24	28	Karsan Ghavri	India
25	27	Geoff Miller	England
25	27	Derek Randall	England
26	24	Bruce Laird	Australia
26	24	Imran Khan
26	24	Alvin Kallicharran	West Indies
27	23	Jeremy Coney	New Zealand
27	23	Bob Taylor	England
28	22	Mike Brearley	England
28	22	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan
29	21	John Wright	New Zealand
29	21	Kevin Wright	Australia
30	20	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan
31	18	Geoff Dymock	Australia
32	17	Graeme Wood	Australia
32	17	Mohinder Amarnath	India
32	17	Anshuman Gaekwad	India
32	17	Geoff Howarth	New Zealand
33	14	Bruce Edgar	New Zealand
33	14	Wasim Bari	Pakistan
33	14	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan
33	14	Peter Willey	England
34	13	Haroon Rasheed	Pakistan
34	13	Larry Gomes	West Indies
35	12	Warren Lees	New Zealand
35	12	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
35	12	Phil Edmonds	England
36	11	Mark Burgess	New Zealand
36	11	Rodney Hogg	Australia
36	11	Abdul Qadir	Pakistan
36	11	Talat Ali	Pakistan
37	10	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies
37	10	Desmond Haynes	West Indies
37	10	Julien Wiener	Australia
37	10	Roger Binny	India
38	9	Lawrence Rowe	West Indies
38	9	Lance Cairns	New Zealand
39	8	Joel Garner	West Indies
39	8	Peter Sleep	Australia
39	8	David Bairstow	England
40	7	Bob Willis	England
40	7	David Hookes	Australia
40	7	Andy Roberts	New Zealand
40	7	Sadiq Mohammad	Pakistan
41	6	Bharath Reddy	India
41	6	Shivlal Yadav	India
42	5	Rod Marsh	Australia
42	5	Alan Hurst	Australia
42	5	Rick McCosker	Australia
42	5	Ray Bright	Australia
42	5	Bobjee Narasimha Rao	India
42	5	John Emburey	England
42	5	Graham Dilley	England
42	5	Peter Toohey	Australia
42	5	Iqbal Qasim	Pakistan
43	4	John Parker	New Zealand
43	4	Mohsin Khan	Hong Kong
43	4	Jeff Moss	Australia
43	4	Dilip Doshi	India
43	4	Yajurvindra Singh	India
43	4	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	India
44	3	Jim Higgs	Australia
44	3	Alan Butcher	England
44	3	Deryck Murray	West Indies
45	2	Clive Lloyd	West Indies
45	2	Sikander Bakht	Pakistan
45	2	Michael Holding	West Indies
45	2	John Reid	New Zealand
45	2	Phil Carlson	Australia
45	2	Wayne Clark	Australia
45	2	Dennis Lillee	Australia
46	1	Jeff Thomson	Australia
46	1	John Maclean	Australia
46	1	Mike Hendrick	England
46	1	Derek Underwood	England
46	1	John Lever	England
46	1	Collis King	West Indies
47	0	Colin Croft	West Indies
47	0	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies
47	0	Herbert Chang	West Indies
47	0	Derick Parry	West Indies
47	0	Sylvester Clarke	West Indies
47	0	Alvin Greenidge	West Indies
47	0	David Murray	West Indies
47	0	Norbert Phillip	West Indies
47	0	Sew Shivnarine	West Indies
47	0	Basil Williams	West Indies
47	0	Anwar Khan	Pakistan
47	0	Ehteshamuddin	Pakistan
47	0	Vanburn Holder	West Indies
47	0	Raphick Jumadeen	West Indies
47	0	Gary Troup	New Zealand
47	0	Stephen Boock	New Zealand
47	0	Brendon Bracewell	New Zealand
47	0	Bishan Bedi	India
47	0	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	India
47	0	Dhiraj Parsana	India