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.

PositionBest AveragesPlayer NameTeam Name
1793 / 5Dilip VengsarkarIndia
2139 / 1Ken RutherfordNew Zealand
3464 / 5Chris BroadEngland
4425 / 5Jeremy ConeyNew Zealand
5385 / 5Martin CroweNew Zealand
6618 / 9Desmond HaynesWest Indies
71000 / 16Allan BorderAustralia
8432 / 7Arjuna RanatungaSri Lanka
9802 / 13Sunil GavaskarIndia
10417 / 7Kapil DevIndia
11528 / 9Mohinder AmarnathIndia
12506 / 9Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies
13668 / 12Dean JonesAustralia
14541 / 10Mohammad AzharuddinIndia
15320 / 6John WrightNew Zealand
16250 / 5Asanka GurusinhaSri Lanka
17198 / 4Sir Richard HadleeNew Zealand
18776 / 16Mike GattingEngland
19801 / 17David BoonAustralia
20880 / 19Geoff MarshAustralia
21323 / 7Ravi ShastriIndia
22180 / 4Jack RichardsEngland
23535 / 12Sir Richie RichardsonWest Indies
241059 / 24David GowerEngland
2544 / 1Derek StirlingNew Zealand
26511 / 12Greg MatthewsAustralia
27719 / 18Graham GoochEngland
28391 / 10Steve WaughAustralia
2977 / 2Raman LambaIndia
30492 / 13Greg RitchieAustralia
3137 / 1Tony BlainNew Zealand
32179 / 5Saleem MalikPakistan
33175 / 5Kiran MoreIndia
33140 / 4Chandrakant PanditIndia
3335 / 1Gladstone SmallEngland
34138 / 4John BracewellNew Zealand
35298 / 9Ramiz RajaPakistan
36483 / 15Bill AtheyEngland
37385 / 12Kris SrikkanthIndia
38349 / 11Gordon GreenidgeWest Indies
39220 / 7Ravi RatnayekeSri Lanka
40124 / 4Michael HoldingWest Indies
41400 / 13Sir Ian BothamEngland
4291 / 3Evan GrayNew Zealand
43318 / 11John EmbureyEngland
4428 / 1Stu GillespieNew Zealand
45111 / 4Martyn MoxonEngland
4683 / 3Greg ThomasEngland
4780 / 3David SmithEngland
48239 / 9Javed MiandadPakistan
49185 / 7Malcolm MarshallWest Indies
5078 / 3Carlisle BestWest Indies
51258 / 10Larry GomesWest Indies
5251 / 2Asoka de SilvaSri Lanka
5251 / 2Mark BensonEngland
53222 / 9Peter WilleyEngland
54171 / 7Wayne PhillipsAustralia
5573 / 3Ashantha de MelSri Lanka
5697 / 4Wasim AkramPakistan
57233 / 10Tim ZoehrerAustralia
58163 / 7Imran Khan
59114 / 5Saleem YousufPakistan
60157 / 7Sidath WettimunySri Lanka
6144 / 2Rumesh RatnayakeSri Lanka
62172 / 8Bruce EdgarNew Zealand
63406 / 19Allan LambEngland
64149 / 7Roger HarperWest Indies
6542 / 2Madan LalIndia
66166 / 8Derek PringleEngland
6781 / 4Wilf SlackEngland
6781 / 4Roger BinnyIndia
67162 / 8Mudassar NazarPakistan
68160 / 8Aravinda de SilvaSri Lanka
6977 / 4Phil DeFreitasEngland
7095 / 5Roy DiasSri Lanka
7057 / 3Tauseef AhmedPakistan
7188 / 5Ray BrightAustralia
7252 / 3Joel GarnerWest Indies
7334 / 2Chris SmithEngland
7450 / 3John ReidNew Zealand
75113 / 7Duleep MendisSri Lanka
76112 / 7Jeff DujonWest Indies
7664 / 4Chetan SharmaIndia
7763 / 4Roshan MahanamaSri Lanka
78156 / 10Qasim UmarPakistan
79118 / 8Tim RobinsonNew Zealand
80113 / 8Richard EllisonEngland
81154 / 11Phil EdmondsEngland
8227 / 2Shivlal YadavIndia
8227 / 2Tony GrayWest Indies
8313 / 1Geoff LawsonAustralia
8313 / 1Neal RadfordEngland
8451 / 4Jeff CroweNew Zealand
8549 / 4Neil FosterEngland
8612 / 1Gary RobertsonNew Zealand
8735 / 3Clyde ButtsWest Indies
8869 / 6Abdul QadirPakistan
89125 / 11Paul DowntonEngland
9045 / 4Ian SmithNew Zealand
9111 / 1James WhitakerEngland
9155 / 5Bruce FrenchEngland
9298 / 9Mohsin KhanHong Kong
9342 / 4Guy de AlwisSri Lanka
9321 / 2Chris MatthewsAustralia
9410 / 1Gary TroupNew Zealand
959 / 1Saleem JaffarPakistan
959 / 1Willie WatsonNew Zealand
9518 / 2Patrick PattersonWest Indies
9635 / 4Graham DilleyEngland
978 / 1Ewen ChatfieldNew Zealand
9732 / 4Asif MujtabaPakistan
9824 / 4ZulqarnainPakistan
9812 / 2Don AnurasiriSri Lanka
9824 / 4Bruce ReidAustralia
986 / 1Peter SleepAustralia
9917 / 3Dave GilbertAustralia
10010 / 2Merv HughesAustralia
1005 / 1Thelston PayneWest Indies
10015 / 3Courtney WalshWest Indies
10118 / 4Craig McDermottAustralia
10210 / 3Maninder SinghIndia
1033 / 1Jayananda WarnaweeraSri Lanka
1033 / 1Amal SilvaSri Lanka
1042 / 1Kaushik AmaleanSri Lanka
1053 / 2Rizwan-uz-ZamanPakistan