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Best Averages in 1980: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 1980 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1980
128 entries
1
1299 / 21
Greg Chappell
AUS
0.81 clear of Sir Viv Richards
2
1221 / 20
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0.81 off the lead
3
56 / 1
Graham Stevenson
ENG
5.86 off the lead
● LEADS
Greg Chappell
AUS
1299 / 21 · 0.81 ahead of Richards
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
308 / 6
The mark at number ten — 118 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
128 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Greg Chappell
AUS
1299 / 21
2
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1221 / 20
3
Graham Stevenson
ENG
56 / 1
4
Allan Border
AUS
949 / 17
5
Jeremy Coney
NZ
442 / 8
6
Wasim Raja
PAK
493 / 9
7
Taslim Arif
PAK
529 / 10
8
Gordon Greenidge
WI
949 / 18
9
Roland Butcher
ENG
52 / 1
10
Graeme Wood
AUS
308 / 6
11
Geoff Boycott
ENG
1050 / 21
12
Azmat Rana
PAK
49 / 1
13
Brian Rose
ENG
243 / 5
14
Graham Yallop
AUS
302 / 7
15
Majid Khan
PAK
551 / 13
16
Syed Kirmani
IND
209 / 5
17
Kim Hughes
AUS
919 / 22
18
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
371 / 9
19
Kapil Dev
IND
287 / 7
20
Doug Walters
AUS
241 / 6
21
Geoff Howarth
NZ
520 / 13
22
Graham Gooch
ENG
944 / 24
23
Javed Miandad
PAK
651 / 17
24
Bruce Edgar
NZ
512 / 14
25
Bob Woolmer
ENG
109 / 3
26
Collis King
WI
287 / 8
27
Chetan Chauhan
IND
179 / 5
28
Yashpal Sharma
IND
322 / 9
29
Rick McCosker
AUS
213 / 6
30
John Dyson
AUS
354 / 10
30
David Murray
WI
177 / 5
31
Desmond Haynes
WI
977 / 29
32
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
593 / 18
33
Sandeep Patil
IND
263 / 8
34
Imran Khan
BHR
353 / 11
35
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
254 / 8
36
Bruce Laird
AUS
377 / 12
37
Sylvester Clarke
WI
123 / 4
38
Faoud Bacchus
WI
397 / 13
39
Ray Bright
AUS
61 / 2
40
Chris Tavaré
ENG
152 / 5
41
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
391 / 13
42
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
707 / 24
43
Clive Lloyd
WI
635 / 22
44
Mike Gatting
ENG
254 / 9
45
Ian Chappell
AUS
166 / 6
46
Lawrence Rowe
WI
269 / 10
47
Larry Gomes
WI
181 / 7
48
Julien Wiener
AUS
231 / 9
48
David Bairstow
ENG
154 / 6
49
Mark Burgess
NZ
230 / 9
50
Rod Marsh
AUS
381 / 15
51
Roger Binny
IND
121 / 5
52
Mike Hendrick
ENG
24 / 1
53
Peter Willey
ENG
405 / 17
54
David Gower
ENG
305 / 13
55
Andy Roberts
NZ
211 / 9
56
Bill Athey
ENG
93 / 4
57
Bob Taylor
ENG
116 / 5
58
Karsan Ghavri
IND
114 / 5
58
Graeme Beard
AUS
114 / 5
59
Mike Brearley
ENG
135 / 6
60
John Wright
NZ
375 / 17
61
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
198 / 9
62
Derek Randall
ENG
41 / 2
63
Len Pascoe
AUS
61 / 3
64
Geoff Lawson
AUS
20 / 1
65
Asif Iqbal
PAK
59 / 3
66
Deryck Murray
WI
259 / 14
66
Ashley Mallett
AUS
37 / 2
67
Lance Cairns
NZ
201 / 11
68
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
109 / 6
69
Saleem Pervez
PAK
18 / 1
69
Jeff Thomson
AUS
18 / 1
69
Chris Old
ENG
36 / 2
70
Wayne Larkins
ENG
195 / 11
71
Derick Parry
WI
70 / 4
72
Shafiq Ahmed
PAK
17 / 1
73
John Parker
NZ
232 / 15
74
Paul McEwan
NZ
152 / 10
75
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
90 / 6
75
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
60 / 4
75
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
135 / 9
76
Shivlal Yadav
IND
44 / 3
77
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
115 / 8
78
Alan Butcher
ENG
14 / 1
78
Azhar Khan
PAK
14 / 1
78
John Bracewell
NZ
28 / 2
78
Michael Holding
WI
112 / 8
79
Warren Lees
NZ
162 / 12
80
Malcolm Marshall
WI
121 / 9
81
John Emburey
ENG
107 / 8
82
John Lever
ENG
91 / 7
82
Dennis Lillee
AUS
143 / 11
83
Gary Troup
NZ
38 / 3
84
Wasim Bari
PAK
62 / 5
84
Derek Underwood
ENG
62 / 5
85
Haroon Rasheed
PAK
37 / 3
86
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
58 / 5
87
Kirti Azad
IND
34 / 3
88
Geoff Dymock
AUS
56 / 5
89
Joel Garner
WI
142 / 13
90
Trevor Chappell
AUS
32 / 3
91
Bob Willis
ENG
71 / 7
92
Graham Dilley
ENG
28 / 3
93
Vic Marks
ENG
9 / 1
94
Jim Higgs
AUS
16 / 2
94
Rangy Nanan
WI
16 / 2
94
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
8 / 1
94
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
8 / 1
95
Abdul Qadir
PAK
23 / 3
96
Rodney Hogg
AUS
15 / 2
97
Ian Smith
NZ
14 / 2
98
Colin Croft
WI
46 / 7
99
Dilip Doshi
IND
26 / 4
100
Tirumalai Srinivasan
IND
6 / 1
100
Robin Jackman
ENG
6 / 1
101
Alan Knott
ENG
36 / 7
102
John Reid
NZ
5 / 1
102
Shaun Graf
AUS
5 / 1
102
Max Walker
AUS
5 / 1
102
Stephen Boock
NZ
10 / 2
103
Peter Webb
NZ
11 / 3
104
Martin Snedden
NZ
7 / 2
105
Sikander Bakht
PAK
10 / 4
106
Dav Whatmore
AUS
2 / 1
107
David Lloyd
ENG
1 / 1
107
Ian Smith
SA
1 / 1
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