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Best Averages in 1983: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1983, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1983
160 entries
1
607 / 7
Imran Khan
BHR
8.41 clear of Graham Yallop
2
1018 / 13
Graham Yallop
AUS
8.41 off the lead
3
75 / 1
Greg Matthews
AUS
11.71 off the lead
● LEADS
Imran Khan
BHR
607 / 7 · 8.41 ahead of Yallop
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1052 / 19
The mark at number ten — 150 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
160 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imran Khan
BHR
607 / 7
2
Graham Yallop
AUS
1018 / 13
3
Greg Matthews
AUS
75 / 1
4
Javed Miandad
PAK
1282 / 19
5
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
1128 / 17
6
Joel Garner
WI
66 / 1
7
David Gower
ENG
1584 / 25
8
Wayne Phillips
AUS
306 / 5
9
Gordon Greenidge
WI
1553 / 26
10
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1052 / 19
11
Graeme Fowler
ENG
494 / 9
12
Clive Lloyd
WI
1087 / 20
13
Jeff Dujon
WI
816 / 16
14
Allan Lamb
ENG
1069 / 21
15
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1318 / 26
16
Duncan Fletcher
ZIM
191 / 4
17
Faoud Bacchus
WI
235 / 5
18
Vinothen John
SL
46 / 1
19
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1545 / 34
20
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
267 / 6
21
Dave Houghton
ZIM
176 / 4
22
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1693 / 39
23
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
127 / 3
24
Ghulam Parkar
IND
42 / 1
25
Kepler Wessels
AUS
881 / 21
26
Madan Lal
IND
496 / 12
26
Larry Gomes
WI
744 / 18
27
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
1112 / 27
28
Iain Butchart
ZIM
82 / 2
29
Martin Crowe
NZ
481 / 12
30
John Dyson
AUS
398 / 10
31
Gus Logie
WI
236 / 6
32
David Hookes
AUS
820 / 21
33
Kim Hughes
AUS
780 / 20
33
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
78 / 2
33
Gary Troup
NZ
39 / 1
34
Allan Border
AUS
1012 / 26
35
Saleem Malik
PAK
271 / 7
36
Qasim Umar
PAK
306 / 8
37
Mohsin Khan
HK
833 / 22
38
Ravi Shastri
IND
1006 / 27
39
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
258 / 7
40
Glenn Turner
NZ
905 / 25
41
Derek Randall
ENG
650 / 18
42
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
72 / 2
43
Desmond Haynes
WI
1029 / 29
44
Jeremy Coney
NZ
850 / 24
45
Kevin Curran
ZIM
212 / 6
46
Ashok Malhotra
IND
352 / 10
47
Graham Dilley
ENG
105 / 3
48
Trevor Chappell
AUS
139 / 4
49
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
100 / 3
50
Bruce Edgar
NZ
984 / 30
50
Steve Smith
AUS
164 / 5
51
Trevor Jesty
ENG
127 / 4
52
Abdul Qadir
PAK
190 / 6
53
Kapil Dev
IND
1106 / 35
54
Greg Chappell
AUS
568 / 18
55
Phil Edmonds
ENG
63 / 2
56
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
470 / 15
57
Roger Woolley
AUS
31 / 1
58
Chris Tavaré
ENG
802 / 26
59
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
709 / 23
60
John Wright
NZ
855 / 28
61
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
182 / 6
62
Graeme Wood
AUS
383 / 13
63
Roger Binny
IND
580 / 20
64
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
653 / 23
65
Yashpal Sharma
IND
738 / 26
66
Wasim Raja
PAK
276 / 10
67
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
109 / 4
68
Rodney Hogg
AUS
54 / 2
69
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
348 / 13
70
Guy de Alwis
SL
213 / 8
71
Martin Snedden
NZ
235 / 9
72
Chris Smith
ENG
78 / 3
72
John Morrison
NZ
130 / 5
73
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
594 / 23
74
Mike Gatting
ENG
204 / 8
74
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
102 / 4
75
Jeff Crowe
NZ
426 / 17
76
Syed Kirmani
IND
599 / 24
77
Duleep Mendis
SL
274 / 11
78
Susil Fernando
SL
174 / 7
79
Somachandra De Silva
SL
323 / 13
80
Sandeep Patil
IND
509 / 21
81
Bruce Yardley
AUS
24 / 1
82
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
118 / 5
83
Robin Brown
ZIM
93 / 4
84
Wayne Daniel
WI
23 / 1
85
Rashid Khan
AFG
22 / 1
86
Geoff Howarth
NZ
654 / 30
86
Andy Roberts
NZ
218 / 10
87
Wasim Bari
PAK
187 / 9
88
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
61 / 3
89
Malcolm Marshall
WI
365 / 18
90
Rod Marsh
AUS
361 / 18
91
Winston Davis
WI
60 / 3
92
Kris Srikkanth
IND
338 / 17
93
Bob Taylor
ENG
98 / 5
94
Geoff Lawson
AUS
191 / 10
95
Roy Dias
SL
171 / 9
96
Lance Cairns
NZ
499 / 27
97
Warren Lees
NZ
246 / 14
98
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
154 / 9
99
Geoff Miller
ENG
119 / 7
99
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
17 / 1
100
Yohan Goonasekera
SL
117 / 7
101
Gerald Peckover
ZIM
33 / 2
101
Grant Paterson
ZIM
99 / 6
102
John Bracewell
NZ
97 / 6
103
Ian Gould
ENG
155 / 10
104
Michael Holding
WI
206 / 14
105
Ashantha de Mel
SL
159 / 11
106
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
55 / 4
107
Navjot Sidhu
IND
39 / 3
107
Dennis Lillee
AUS
39 / 3
108
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
128 / 10
109
Nick Cook
ENG
51 / 4
110
Bob Willis
ENG
89 / 7
111
Peter Rawson
ZIM
24 / 2
112
Andy Pycroft
ZIM
71 / 6
113
Vic Marks
ENG
124 / 11
114
Derek Pringle
ENG
11 / 1
115
Tom Hogan
AUS
65 / 6
116
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
32 / 3
117
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
21 / 2
117
Kirti Azad
IND
84 / 8
118
Ken MacLeay
AUS
73 / 7
119
Ian Smith
NZ
30 / 3
119
Peter Webb
NZ
30 / 3
119
Jack Heron
ZIM
50 / 5
120
Evan Gray
NZ
38 / 4
120
Arun Lal
IND
19 / 2
121
Sikander Bakht
PAK
9 / 1
121
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
9 / 1
122
Ali Shah
ZIM
26 / 3
123
John Traicos
SA
25 / 3
123
Jeff Thomson
AUS
50 / 6
124
Paul Allott
ENG
8 / 1
124
Amal Silva
SL
8 / 1
125
Maninder Singh
IND
54 / 7
126
Mithra Wettimuny
SL
30 / 4
127
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
51 / 7
128
Shivlal Yadav
IND
29 / 4
129
Dilip Doshi
IND
21 / 3
130
Neil Foster
ENG
13 / 2
131
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
19 / 3
132
Robin Jackman
ENG
18 / 3
132
Raghuram Bhat
IND
6 / 1
133
Eldine Baptiste
WI
11 / 2
134
Norman Cowans
ENG
27 / 5
135
Athula Samarasekera
SL
5 / 1
135
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
5 / 1
136
Trevor Franklin
NZ
9 / 2
137
Geoff Cook
ENG
12 / 3
137
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
20 / 5
138
John Maguire
AUS
7 / 3
139
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2 / 1
140
Mike Whitney
AUS
1 / 1
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