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

Here is the complete breakdown of the most runs in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1979123 entries
11407Sunil GavaskarIND19 clear of Gundappa Viswanath
21388Gundappa ViswanathIND19 off the lead
31152Kim HughesAUS255 off the lead
● LEADS
Sunil GavaskarIND
1407 · 19 ahead of Viswanath
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most runs
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
591
The mark at number ten — 113 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
13 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Most Runs — full list

123 entries, ranked
1Sunil GavaskarIND1407
2Gundappa ViswanathIND1388
3Kim HughesAUS1152
4Allan BorderAUS1073
5Dilip VengsarkarIND1044
6Chetan ChauhanIND864
7Javed MiandadPAK708
8Graham YallopAUS675
9Kapil DevIND619
10Yashpal SharmaIND591
11Geoff BoycottENG572
12Asif IqbalPAK569
13Wasim RajaPAK479
14David GowerENG465
15Syed KirmaniIND463
16Andrew HilditchAUS452
17Rick DarlingAUS449
18Sir Ian BothamENG446
19Zaheer AbbasPAK436
20Majid KhanPAK358
21Graham GoochENG340
22Geoff MillerENG319
23Mike BrearleyENG318
24Faoud BacchusWI315
25Karsan GhavriIND304
26Greg ChappellAUS301
27Dav WhatmoreAUS293
28Bruce LairdAUS285
29Bruce YardleyAUS270
30Bob TaylorENG262
31Derek RandallENG260
32Mudassar NazarPAK258
33Anshuman GaekwadIND248
34Alvin KallicharranWI245
35Jeremy ConeyNZ242
36Sir Viv RichardsWI236
37Imran KhanBHR225
38Kevin WrightAUS219
39Mushtaq MohammadPAK210
40Graeme WoodAUS203
41Larry GomesWI196
42John WrightNZ178
43Geoff HowarthNZ176
44Wasim BariPAK168
45Geoff DymockAUS162
46Bruce EdgarNZ149
47Mohinder AmarnathIND144
48Sarfraz NawazPAK137
49Mark BurgessNZ136
50Julien WienerAUS133
51Talat AliPAK127
52Haroon RasheedPAK126
53Rodney HoggAUS123
54Sir Richard HadleeNZ115
55Warren LeesNZ105
56Peter WilleyENG104
57Peter SleepAUS95
58Gordon GreenidgeWI91
59Joel GarnerWI89
60David MurrayWI86
60Roger BinnyIND86
61Desmond HaynesWI84
62Phil EdmondsENG81
63Jim HiggsAUS80
63David HookesAUS80
63Alvin GreenidgeWI80
64Lawrence RoweWI79
65Shivlal YadavIND78
65Bob WillisENG78
66Rod MarshAUS75
67Abdul QadirPAK72
68Lance CairnsNZ68
68David BairstowENG68
69Iqbal QasimPAK65
69Norbert PhillipWI65
70Andy RobertsNZ61
71John EmbureyENG60
71Jeff MossAUS60
72Yajurvindra SinghIND59
73Raphick JumadeenWI56
74Graham DilleyENG54
75Peter TooheyAUS53
75Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND53
76Alan HurstAUS50
77Dennis LilleeAUS49
78Rick McCoskerAUS47
78Sadiq MohammadPAK47
78Mohsin KhanHK47
79Deryck MurrayWI45
79Sikander BakhtPAK45
79Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND45
80Ray BrightAUS44
81Dilip DoshiIND43
82Clive LloydWI40
83Bharath ReddyIND38
83John ParkerNZ38
84Alan ButcherENG34
85Derick ParryWI32
86Vanburn HolderWI31
87Sylvester ClarkeWI27
88Basil WilliamsWI26
89Phil CarlsonAUS23
90Mike HendrickENG20
91John ReidNZ19
92Sew ShivnarineWI16
93Anwar KhanPAK15
94Derek UnderwoodENG13
95John MacleanAUS12
95Michael HoldingWI12
96Gary TroupNZ10
97Jeff ThomsonAUS9
97Wayne ClarkAUS9
98Herbert ChangWI8
98Collis KingWI8
99John LeverENG6
100Stephen BoockNZ5
100Brendon BracewellNZ5
101EhteshamuddinPAK2
101Colin CroftWI2
102Malcolm MarshallWI1
102Dhiraj ParsanaIND1
102Bishan BediIND1
103Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND0
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