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

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS198668 entries
163.50Dilip VengsarkarIND9.08 clear of Desmond Haynes
254.42Desmond HaynesWI9.08 off the lead
349.40Dean JonesAUS14.10 off the lead
● LEADS
Dilip VengsarkarIND
63.50 · 9.08 ahead of Haynes
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Vengsarkar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
41.95
The mark at number ten — 58 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

68 entries, ranked
1Dilip VengsarkarIND63.50
2Desmond HaynesWI54.42
3Dean JonesAUS49.40
4Sunil GavaskarIND47.26
5Arjuna RanatungaSL47.25
6Allan BorderAUS46.91
7Sir Richie RichardsonWI46.70
8Mohinder AmarnathIND44.05
9Jeremy ConeyNZ43.95
10Sir Viv RichardsWI41.95
11Martin CroweNZ40.28
12Mohammad AzharuddinIND39.59
13Geoff MarshAUS39.12
14Bill AtheyENG39.06
15Asanka GurusinhaSL38.62
16David BoonAUS38.27
17Mike GattingENG38.17
18Javed MiandadPAK37.87
19Graham GoochENG37.46
20David GowerENG37.38
21Greg RitchieAUS35.33
22Kapil DevIND34.59
23Steve WaughAUS33.52
24Raman LambaIND33.27
25Ken RutherfordNZ32.00
26Ravi ShastriIND31.83
27Sir Richard HadleeNZ31.56
28Gordon GreenidgeWI30.86
29Ravi RatnayekeSL29.10
30Greg MatthewsAUS28.59
31Kris SrikkanthIND28.33
32John WrightNZ27.83
33Ramiz RajaPAK27.80
34Mudassar NazarPAK27.26
35Derek PringleENG27.10
36Sir Ian BothamENG26.53
37Jeff CroweNZ25.76
38Malcolm MarshallWI24.91
39Larry GomesWI24.36
40Bruce EdgarNZ23.56
41Roger HarperWI23.33
42Chandrakant PanditIND23.18
43Wayne PhillipsAUS21.00
43Chetan SharmaIND21.00
44Allan LambENG20.41
45John BracewellNZ20.31
46Jeff DujonWI19.71
47Peter WilleyENG19.50
48Imran NiaziBHR19.39
49Mohsin KhanHK19.27
50Tim ZoehrerAUS19.23
51Qasim UmarPAK18.64
52Kiran MoreIND18.20
53John EmbureyENG18.00
54Aravinda de SilvaSL17.06
55Duleep MendisSL16.94
56Roshan MahanamaSL16.85
57John ReidNZ16.64
58Tim RobinsonNZ15.08
59Bruce BlairNZ14.30
60Abdul QadirPAK14.00
61Roger BinnyIND13.17
62Richard EllisonENG12.73
63Phil EdmondsENG11.85
64Roy DiasSL11.64
65Wasim AkramPAK10.31
66Paul DowntonENG10.20
67Craig McDermottAUS8.67
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