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.
TEST1981108 entries
1342 / 4Sir Viv RichardsWI0.50 clear of Zaheer Abbas
2170 / 2Zaheer AbbasPAK0.50 off the lead
3250 / 3John ReidNZ2.17 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Viv RichardsWI
342 / 4 · 0.50 ahead of Abbas
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
172 / 3
The mark at number ten — 98 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

108 entries, ranked
1Sir Viv RichardsWI342 / 4
2Zaheer AbbasPAK170 / 2
3John ReidNZ250 / 3
4Doug WaltersAUS216 / 3
5Greg ChappellAUS625 / 9
6Madan LalIND68 / 1
7Paul AllottENG66 / 1
8Clive LloydWI431 / 7
9Alan KnottENG178 / 3
10Geoff HowarthNZ172 / 3
11Gordon GreenidgeWI223 / 4
12Chris TavaréENG437 / 8
13Colin CroftWI54 / 1
14John WrightNZ201 / 4
15Larry GomesWI278 / 6
16Allan BorderAUS915 / 20
17Bruce LairdAUS314 / 7
18Geoff BoycottENG975 / 22
19Kim HughesAUS931 / 22
20Mudassar NazarPAK169 / 4
21Jeff DujonWI84 / 2
22Javed MiandadPAK205 / 5
23David GowerENG767 / 19
24Chetan ChauhanIND388 / 10
25Sandeep PatilIND575 / 15
26Sunil GavaskarIND531 / 14
27Desmond HaynesWI263 / 7
28Rodney HoggAUS37 / 1
29Everton MattisWI145 / 4
30Wasim RajaPAK181 / 5
31Imran KhanBHR108 / 3
32Graham GoochENG791 / 22
33Graeme WoodAUS771 / 22
34Sir Ian BothamENG629 / 18
35Peter WilleyENG423 / 13
36Graham DilleyENG222 / 7
37Dirk WellhamAUS221 / 7
38Graham YallopAUS374 / 12
39Michael HoldingWI93 / 3
40Gundappa ViswanathIND432 / 14
41Dilip VengsarkarIND399 / 13
42Majid KhanPAK121 / 4
43Ravi ShastriIND178 / 6
44Bruce EdgarNZ117 / 4
45Wayne LarkinsENG58 / 2
46Martin KentAUS171 / 6
47Kris SrikkanthIND84 / 3
47Ian SmithNZ56 / 2
48Ijaz FaqihPAK55 / 2
49Mike GattingENG406 / 15
50Lance CairnsNZ54 / 2
51Shivlal YadavIND80 / 3
52Jock EdwardsNZ133 / 5
53Keith FletcherENG106 / 4
54Andy RobertsNZ105 / 4
55Derek UnderwoodENG25 / 1
56Syed KirmaniIND324 / 13
57Jeff ThomsonAUS49 / 2
58Tirumalai SrinivasanIND48 / 2
59Mohsin KhanHK71 / 3
60David MurrayWI117 / 5
61Jeremy ConeyNZ92 / 4
62Rod MarshAUS464 / 21
63John DysonAUS283 / 13
64Chris OldENG64 / 3
65Mansoor AkhtarPAK42 / 2
66Mike BrearleyENG141 / 7
67Kapil DevIND241 / 12
68Roger BinnyIND40 / 2
69John EmbureyENG173 / 9
70Joel GarnerWI91 / 5
71Kirti AzadIND107 / 6
72Roland ButcherENG71 / 4
73Karsan GhavriIND66 / 4
74Ray BrightAUS127 / 8
75Trevor ChappellAUS79 / 5
76Bob WoolmerENG30 / 2
76Malcolm MarshallWI15 / 1
77Dennis LilleeAUS233 / 16
78Yashpal SharmaIND83 / 6
79Paul ParkerENG13 / 1
79Sarfraz NawazPAK52 / 4
80Iqbal QasimPAK25 / 2
81Bruce YardleyAUS108 / 9
82Paul DowntonENG59 / 5
83Bob TaylorENG66 / 6
84Terry AldermanAUS43 / 4
85Wasim BariPAK40 / 4
86Sir Richard HadleeNZ29 / 3
87Dilip DoshiIND25 / 3
88Geoff LawsonAUS40 / 5
88Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK8 / 1
89Brian RoseENG15 / 2
90Robin JackmanENG14 / 2
91Bob WillisENG57 / 9
92Sikander BakhtPAK6 / 1
93Len PascoeAUS17 / 3
94Geoff MillerENG11 / 2
95Yograj SinghIND10 / 2
96Mike WhitneyAUS4 / 1
97Jim HiggsAUS3 / 1
98David BairstowENG2 / 1
98Martin SneddenNZ2 / 1
99Bill AtheyENG7 / 4
100John LeverENG3 / 2
101Graham StevensonENG1 / 1
101John BracewellNZ1 / 1
101Faoud BacchusWI1 / 1
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