Best Average in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS198681 entries
112.14Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL1.89 clear of Tony Gray
214.03Tony GrayWI1.89 off the lead
315.11Joel GarnerWI2.97 off the lead
● LEADS
Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL
12.14 · 1.89 better than Gray
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Kuruppuarachchi is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
19.14
The mark at number ten — 71 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Average — full list

81 entries, ranked
1Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL12.14
2Tony GrayWI14.03
3Joel GarnerWI15.11
4Clyde ButtsWI15.83
5Malcolm MarshallWI16.08
6Imran NiaziBHR16.78
7Courtney WalshWI17.39
8Martin SneddenNZ17.64
9Kaushik AmaleanSL18.75
10Wasim AkramPAK19.14
11Gladstone SmallENG20.18
12Sir Richard HadleeNZ20.23
13Abdul QadirPAK20.89
14Mohsin KamalPAK21.43
15Saleem JaffarPAK21.80
16Ewen ChatfieldNZ22.54
17Winston BenjaminWI22.73
18Ravi RatnayekeSL24.52
19Simon DavisAUS25.45
20Patrick PattersonWI26.04
21Michael HoldingWI26.44
22Maninder SinghIND27.22
23Tauseef AhmedPAK27.33
24John BracewellNZ27.64
25John LeverENG27.67
26Chetan SharmaIND27.81
27Roger BinnyIND27.85
28Shivlal YadavIND27.96
29Graham DilleyENG28.78
30Shoaib MohammadPAK29.00
31Arjuna RanatungaSL29.23
32Bharat ArunIND29.75
33Zakir KhanPAK31.10
34Bruce ReidAUS31.17
35Kapil DevIND31.19
36Stu GillespieNZ31.41
37Keerthi RanasingheSL32.00
38Don AnurasiriSL32.14
39Manzoor ElahiPAK32.45
40Sir Viv RichardsWI32.50
41Madan LalIND35.00
42Steve WaughAUS35.41
43Ashantha de MelSL35.60
44Neil FosterENG35.70
45Rumesh RatnayakeSL36.60
46Mudassar NazarPAK36.63
47Sir Ian BothamENG37.54
48Ravi ShastriIND37.89
49Phil EdmondsENG38.63
50Chris MatthewsAUS38.83
51Willie WatsonENG38.86
52Raju KulkarniIND39.17
53John EmbureyENG39.26
54Derek PringleENG39.29
55Peter SleepAUS39.40
56Dave GilbertAUS40.04
57Martin CroweNZ40.40
58Greg MatthewsAUS40.57
59Roger HarperWI41.62
60Merv HughesAUS44.25
61Allan BorderAUS44.33
62Mohinder AmarnathIND45.75
63Asanka GurusinhaSL47.50
64Mohammad AzharuddinIND48.60
65Phil DeFreitasENG49.56
66Richard EllisonENG49.58
67Evan GrayNZ50.70
68Graham GoochENG51.25
69Craig McDermottAUS52.95
70Greg ThomasENG53.55
71Ray BrightAUS55.36
72Derek StirlingNZ60.33
73Graeme LabrooySL65.25
74Jeremy ConeyNZ66.14
75Roshan JurangpathySL69.00
76Neal RadfordENG73.00
77Gary TroupNZ80.00
78Bob HollandAUS113.00
79Asoka de SilvaSL137.00
80Gary RobertsonNZ170.00
81Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND243.00
Nothing matches that filter.