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 FORMATS1986168 entries
1464 / 5Chris BroadENG29.30 clear of Dilip Vengsarkar
21270 / 20Dilip VengsarkarIND29.30 off the lead
31034 / 18Desmond HaynesWI35.36 off the lead
● LEADS
Chris BroadENG
464 / 5 · 29.30 ahead of Vengsarkar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Broad is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
756 / 16
The mark at number ten — 158 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

168 entries, ranked
1Chris BroadENG464 / 5
2Dilip VengsarkarIND1270 / 20
3Desmond HaynesWI1034 / 18
4Gus LogieWI161 / 3
5Greg DyerAUS51 / 1
6Sunil GavaskarIND1607 / 32
7Dean JonesAUS988 / 20
8Sir Viv RichardsWI839 / 17
9Allan BorderAUS1595 / 33
10Arjuna RanatungaSL756 / 16
11Sir Richie RichardsonWI1074 / 23
12Mohinder AmarnathIND837 / 18
13Derek StirlingNZ44 / 1
14Jeremy ConeyNZ835 / 19
15Graham GoochENG1049 / 25
16Martin CroweNZ1007 / 24
17Mike GattingENG878 / 21
18Bill AtheyENG625 / 15
19Javed MiandadPAK871 / 21
20David BoonAUS1569 / 38
21David GowerENG1196 / 29
22Geoff MarshAUS1604 / 39
23Ken RutherfordNZ448 / 11
24Raman LambaIND366 / 9
25Mohammad AzharuddinIND1069 / 27
26Kapil DevIND934 / 24
27Asanka GurusinhaSL502 / 13
28Steve WaughAUS905 / 24
29Jack RichardsENG188 / 5
30Ravi ShastriIND764 / 21
31Greg RitchieAUS954 / 27
32Gladstone SmallENG35 / 1
32Tony BlainNZ105 / 3
33Ashantha de MelSL172 / 5
34Gordon GreenidgeWI679 / 20
35Sir Richard HadleeNZ505 / 15
36Ravi RatnayekeSL291 / 9
37Kris SrikkanthIND1133 / 36
38Shaheedur RahmanBAN62 / 2
39Greg MatthewsAUS829 / 27
40Dirk WellhamAUS61 / 2
41John WrightNZ640 / 21
42Ramiz RajaPAK695 / 23
43David SmithENG90 / 3
44John BracewellNZ264 / 9
45Saleem MalikPAK286 / 10
46Sir Ian BothamENG451 / 16
47Martyn MoxonENG111 / 4
48Greg ThomasENG83 / 3
49Keerthi RanasingheSL55 / 2
50Malcolm MarshallWI274 / 10
51Jeff CroweNZ438 / 16
52Mudassar NazarPAK518 / 19
53Saleem YousufPAK190 / 7
54Derek PringleENG271 / 10
55Syed KirmaniIND27 / 1
56Bruce EdgarNZ589 / 22
57Larry GomesWI341 / 13
58Michael HoldingWI129 / 5
59John EmbureyENG360 / 14
60Chandrakant PanditIND255 / 10
60Asoka de SilvaSL51 / 2
61Roger HarperWI280 / 11
62Mark BensonENG75 / 3
63Rumesh RatnayakeSL72 / 3
64Manzoor ElahiPAK210 / 9
65Imran KhanBHR347 / 15
66Chetan SharmaIND231 / 10
67Jeff DujonWI276 / 12
67Minhajul AbedinBAN46 / 2
68Allan LambENG592 / 26
69Kiran MoreIND182 / 8
70Sidath WettimunySL157 / 7
71Carlisle BestWI88 / 4
72Evan GrayNZ148 / 7
73Wayne PhillipsAUS378 / 18
73Peter WilleyENG273 / 13
74Mohsin KhanHK417 / 20
75Wilf SlackENG124 / 6
76Tim RobinsonNZ196 / 10
77Hashan TillakaratneSL39 / 2
78Duleep MendisSL271 / 14
79Phil DeFreitasENG77 / 4
80Tim ZoehrerAUS250 / 13
81Stu GillespieNZ73 / 4
81Roshan MahanamaSL219 / 12
82Bruce BlairNZ143 / 8
83Ashok MalhotraIND125 / 7
84John ReidNZ176 / 10
85Madan LalIND105 / 6
86Brendon KuruppuSL103 / 6
87Qasim UmarPAK205 / 12
88Aravinda de SilvaSL307 / 18
89Chris SmithENG34 / 2
89Golam FaruqBAN17 / 1
90Tauseef AhmedPAK63 / 4
91Ray BrightAUS94 / 6
92Kirti AzadIND31 / 2
93Abdul QadirPAK196 / 13
94Shoaib MohammadPAK105 / 7
94Graeme FowlerENG30 / 2
95Martin SneddenNZ29 / 2
96Roger BinnyIND158 / 11
97Roy DiasSL128 / 9
98Shivlal YadavIND28 / 2
98Raju KulkarniIND14 / 1
98Phil EdmondsENG154 / 11
99Wasim AkramPAK165 / 12
99Joel GarnerWI55 / 4
100Neil FosterENG68 / 5
101Tony GrayWI40 / 3
102Guy de AlwisSL93 / 7
103Ewen ChatfieldNZ26 / 2
103Neal RadfordENG13 / 1
103Geoff LawsonAUS13 / 1
103Nurul AbedinBAN13 / 1
104Richard EllisonENG140 / 11
105Rafiqul AlamBAN24 / 2
106Craig McDermottAUS130 / 11
107Clyde ButtsWI35 / 3
108Ijaz AhmedPAK67 / 6
109Saleem JaffarPAK11 / 1
109James WhitakerENG11 / 1
109Bruce FrenchENG55 / 5
110Paul DowntonENG153 / 14
111Chris MatthewsAUS21 / 2
112Bharat ArunIND10 / 1
112Gary TroupNZ10 / 1
112Willie WatsonNZ10 / 1
112Gazi AshrafBAN10 / 1
113Ian SmithNZ49 / 5
114Sandeep PatilIND29 / 3
115Gary RobertsonNZ19 / 2
116ZulqarnainPAK36 / 4
116Patrick PattersonWI18 / 2
117Asif MujtabaPAK43 / 5
117Graham DilleyENG43 / 5
118Raqibul HasanBAN17 / 2
118Ervin McSweeneyNZ51 / 6
118Sajid AliPAK17 / 2
119Hafizur RahmanBAN8 / 1
119Ashley de SilvaSL8 / 1
120Don AnurasiriSL23 / 3
121John ReidNZ7 / 1
121Mohsin KhanPAK7 / 1
121Gopal SharmaIND7 / 1
121Maninder SinghIND21 / 3
121Dave GilbertAUS56 / 8
122Peter SleepAUS6 / 1
122Zakir KhanPAK6 / 1
123Kaushik AmaleanSL11 / 2
124Athula SamarasekeraSL5 / 1
124David HookesAUS5 / 1
124Merv HughesAUS10 / 2
124Winston BenjaminWI10 / 2
124Thelston PayneWI5 / 1
125Graeme LabrooySL9 / 2
126Bruce ReidAUS40 / 9
127Courtney WalshWI17 / 4
128Samiur RahmanBAN4 / 1
128Simon DavisAUS8 / 2
128Glenn TrimbleAUS4 / 1
129Jayananda WarnaweeraSL3 / 1
129Amal SilvaSL3 / 1
130Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK7 / 3
131Imran NiaziPAK2 / 1
132Rajinder Singh GhaiIND1 / 1
132Jahangir ShahBAN1 / 1
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