Best Averages in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

This page shows players with the best averages during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS1981121 entries
1250 / 3John ReidNZ17.33 clear of Paul Allott
266 / 1Paul AllottENG17.33 off the lead
3393 / 6Doug WaltersAUS17.83 off the lead
● LEADS
John ReidNZ
250 / 3 · 17.33 ahead of Allott
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Reid is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
498 / 9
The mark at number ten — 111 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

121 entries, ranked
1John ReidNZ250 / 3
2Paul AllottENG66 / 1
3Doug WaltersAUS393 / 6
4Alan KnottENG178 / 3
5Zaheer AbbasPAK399 / 7
6Greg ChappellAUS1079 / 19
7Bruce EdgarNZ507 / 9
8Colin CroftWI56 / 1
9Clive LloydWI671 / 12
10Sir Viv RichardsWI498 / 9
11Chris TavaréENG437 / 8
12Larry GomesWI334 / 7
13Bruce LairdAUS470 / 10
14Gordon GreenidgeWI371 / 8
15John WrightNZ579 / 13
16Desmond HaynesWI557 / 13
17Jeff DujonWI84 / 2
18Kim HughesAUS1271 / 32
19Graeme WoodAUS1429 / 36
20Majid KhanPAK197 / 5
21Allan BorderAUS1369 / 35
22Dilip VengsarkarIND741 / 19
23Geoff BoycottENG1088 / 28
24Everton MattisWI231 / 6
25Madan LalIND74 / 2
26Mudassar NazarPAK369 / 10
27Imran KhanBHR184 / 5
28Javed MiandadPAK399 / 11
29Mike GattingENG684 / 19
30David GowerENG908 / 26
31Geoff HowarthNZ383 / 11
32Graham YallopAUS485 / 14
33Sir Ian BothamENG788 / 23
34Dirk WellhamAUS263 / 8
35Chetan ChauhanIND427 / 13
36Graham GoochENG949 / 29
37Peter WilleyENG523 / 16
38Rick DarlingAUS162 / 5
39Sunil GavaskarIND644 / 20
40Sandeep PatilIND688 / 22
41Malcolm MarshallWI60 / 2
41Ashraf AliPAK30 / 1
42Wayne LarkinsENG58 / 2
43Ravi ShastriIND197 / 7
44Graham DilleyENG225 / 8
45Martin SneddenNZ27 / 1
46Shivlal YadavIND80 / 3
47Jock EdwardsNZ186 / 7
48Wasim RajaPAK228 / 9
49Gundappa ViswanathIND531 / 21
50Kris SrikkanthIND101 / 4
51Derek UnderwoodENG25 / 1
52Martin KentAUS249 / 10
53Rod MarshAUS679 / 28
54Jeremy ConeyNZ211 / 9
55Syed KirmaniIND368 / 16
56Roger BinnyIND183 / 8
57Keith FletcherENG137 / 6
58Tahir NaqqashPAK22 / 1
59John DysonAUS320 / 15
60Michael HoldingWI104 / 5
61Jim LoveENG61 / 3
62Mike BrearleyENG141 / 7
63Ian SmithNZ120 / 6
64Kapil DevIND343 / 18
65Ijaz FaqihPAK112 / 6
66Sarfraz NawazPAK91 / 5
67Kirti AzadIND199 / 11
68Andy RobertsNZ126 / 7
69John EmbureyENG178 / 10
70Lance CairnsNZ124 / 7
70David MurrayWI124 / 7
71Tirumalai SrinivasanIND52 / 3
72Sir Richard HadleeNZ173 / 10
73Yashpal SharmaIND207 / 12
74Gary RobertsonNZ17 / 1
75Mohsin KhanHK117 / 7
76John ParkerNZ65 / 4
76Chris OldENG65 / 4
77Ray BrightAUS145 / 9
78Dennis LilleeAUS301 / 19
79Trevor ChappellAUS137 / 9
80Bob WoolmerENG30 / 2
80Graham StevensonENG15 / 1
80Mark BurgessNZ90 / 6
81Mansoor AkhtarPAK56 / 4
82Joel GarnerWI97 / 7
83Bruce YardleyAUS136 / 10
84Geoff LawsonAUS95 / 7
85Rodney HoggAUS40 / 3
86Paul ParkerENG13 / 1
87Roland ButcherENG77 / 6
88Jeff ThomsonAUS63 / 5
89Iqbal QasimPAK25 / 2
90Karsan GhavriIND95 / 8
91Paul DowntonENG59 / 5
92Bob TaylorENG66 / 6
92Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK22 / 2
93Faoud BacchusWI76 / 7
94Terry AldermanAUS53 / 5
95Paul McEwanNZ27 / 3
96Wasim BariPAK44 / 5
97Dilip DoshiIND32 / 4
98David BairstowENG23 / 3
99Brian RoseENG15 / 2
99Robin JackmanENG30 / 4
100Geoff CookENG14 / 2
101Bob WillisENG60 / 9
101Len PascoeAUS20 / 3
102Geoff MillerENG11 / 2
102Geoff HumpageENG11 / 2
103Shaun GrafAUS19 / 4
104Sikander BakhtPAK9 / 2
105Mike WhitneyAUS4 / 1
105Max WalkerAUS4 / 1
106Yograj SinghIND11 / 3
107Jim HiggsAUS3 / 1
108Alvin KallicharranWI2 / 1
109Bill AtheyENG7 / 4
110John LeverENG3 / 2
111John BracewellNZ1 / 1
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