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 FORMATS198696 entries
11.00Larry GomesWI8 clear of Sir Richie Richardson
29.00Sir Richie RichardsonWI8 off the lead
312.14Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL11.14 off the lead
● LEADS
Larry GomesWI
1.00 · 8 better than Richardson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gomes is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
17.39
The mark at number ten — 86 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Average — full list

96 entries, ranked
1Larry GomesWI1.00
2Sir Richie RichardsonWI9.00
3Kosala KuruppuarachchiSL12.14
4Tony GrayWI14.03
5Gazi AshrafBAN14.50
6Joel GarnerWI15.11
7Clyde ButtsWI15.83
8Malcolm MarshallWI16.08
9Imran KhanBHR16.78
10Courtney WalshWI17.39
11Martin SneddenNZ17.64
12Kaushik AmaleanSL18.75
13Wasim AkramPAK19.14
14Gladstone SmallENG20.18
15Sir Richard HadleeNZ20.23
16Jahangir ShahBAN20.50
17Abdul QadirPAK20.89
18Mohsin KamalPAK21.43
19Champaka RamanayakeSL21.67
20Saleem JaffarPAK21.80
21Ewen ChatfieldNZ22.54
22Winston BenjaminWI22.73
23Ravi RatnayekeSL24.52
24Simon DavisAUS25.45
25Jayananda WarnaweeraSL26.00
26Patrick PattersonWI26.04
27Michael HoldingWI26.44
28Maninder SinghIND27.22
29Tauseef AhmedPAK27.33
30John BracewellNZ27.64
31John LeverENG27.67
32Chetan SharmaIND27.81
33Roger BinnyIND27.85
34Shivlal YadavIND27.96
35Graham DilleyENG28.78
36Shoaib MohammadPAK29.00
37Arjuna RanatungaSL29.23
38Bharat ArunIND29.75
39Kirti AzadIND30.00
40Zakir KhanPAK31.10
41Bruce ReidAUS31.17
42Kapil DevIND31.19
43Stu GillespieNZ31.41
44Keerthi RanasingheSL32.00
45Don AnurasiriSL32.14
46Manzoor ElahiPAK32.45
47Sir Viv RichardsWI32.50
48Bruce BlairNZ34.00
49Golam FaruqBAN35.00
49Madan LalIND35.00
50Steve WaughAUS35.41
51Ashantha de MelSL35.60
52Neil FosterENG35.70
53Rumesh RatnayakeSL36.60
54Mudassar NazarPAK36.63
55Sir Ian BothamENG37.54
56Ravi ShastriIND37.89
57Phil EdmondsENG38.63
58Chris MatthewsAUS38.83
59Willie WatsonENG38.86
60Raju KulkarniIND39.17
61John EmbureyENG39.26
62Derek PringleENG39.29
63Peter SleepAUS39.40
64Peter WilleyENG40.00
64Gopal SharmaIND40.00
65Dave GilbertAUS40.04
66Martin CroweNZ40.40
67Greg MatthewsAUS40.57
68Roger HarperWI41.62
69Merv HughesAUS44.25
70Allan BorderAUS44.33
71Mohinder AmarnathIND45.75
72Asanka GurusinhaSL47.50
73Mohammad AzharuddinIND48.60
74Phil DeFreitasENG49.56
75Richard EllisonENG49.58
76Evan GrayNZ50.70
77Graham GoochENG51.25
78Craig McDermottAUS52.95
79Greg ThomasENG53.55
80Ray BrightAUS55.36
81Derek StirlingNZ60.33
82Graeme LabrooySL65.25
83Jeremy ConeyNZ66.14
84Roshan JurangpathySL69.00
85Neal RadfordENG73.00
86R.P.SinghIND77.00
86Gholam NousherBAN77.00
87Gary TroupNZ80.00
88Rajinder Singh GhaiIND91.00
89Stephen BoockNZ106.00
90Bob HollandAUS113.00
91Asoka de SilvaSL137.00
92Gary RobertsonNZ170.00
93Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND243.00
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