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Best Averages in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ODI
1987
144 entries
1
1084 / 16
Javed Miandad
PAK
0.75 clear of Asif Mujtaba
2
67 / 1
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0.75 off the lead
3
446 / 7
Gordon Greenidge
WI
4.04 off the lead
● LEADS
Javed Miandad
PAK
1084 / 16 · 0.75 ahead of Mujtaba
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
618 / 12
The mark at number ten — 134 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
144 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Javed Miandad
PAK
1084 / 16
2
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
67 / 1
3
Gordon Greenidge
WI
446 / 7
4
Michael Holding
WI
60 / 1
5
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
342 / 6
6
Graham Gooch
ENG
840 / 15
7
Navjot Sidhu
IND
276 / 5
8
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
735 / 14
9
Sir Viv Richards
WI
890 / 17
10
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
618 / 12
11
David Boon
AUS
656 / 13
12
James Whitaker
ENG
48 / 1
13
Allan Lamb
ENG
859 / 18
14
Mike Veletta
AUS
141 / 3
15
Dean Jones
AUS
937 / 20
16
Kiran More
IND
93 / 2
17
Dave Houghton
ZIM
226 / 5
18
Saleem Malik
PAK
799 / 18
19
Chris Broad
ENG
1047 / 24
20
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
517 / 12
21
Younis Ahmed
PAK
84 / 2
22
Phil Simmons
WI
204 / 5
23
Geoff Marsh
AUS
883 / 22
24
Qasim Umar
PAK
120 / 3
25
Thelston Payne
WI
78 / 2
26
Ramiz Raja
PAK
837 / 22
27
Kevin Arnott
ZIM
112 / 3
27
Kapil Dev
IND
448 / 12
28
Roshan Mahanama
SL
257 / 7
29
Gus Logie
WI
512 / 14
30
Steve Waugh
AUS
581 / 16
31
John Wright
NZ
252 / 7
31
Martin Crowe
NZ
324 / 9
32
Andy Pycroft
ZIM
174 / 5
33
Ken Rutherford
NZ
206 / 6
34
Kris Srikkanth
IND
598 / 18
35
Desmond Haynes
WI
562 / 17
36
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
33 / 1
37
Roy Dias
SL
127 / 4
38
Andrew Jones
NZ
94 / 3
39
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
246 / 8
40
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
394 / 13
41
Mike Gatting
ENG
681 / 23
42
Ravi Shastri
IND
355 / 12
43
Tim Robinson
NZ
264 / 9
44
Abdul Qadir
PAK
146 / 5
45
Allan Border
AUS
642 / 22
46
Imran Khan
BHR
437 / 15
47
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
456 / 16
48
Duleep Mendis
SL
227 / 8
49
Peter Rawson
ZIM
56 / 2
50
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
193 / 7
51
Saleem Yousuf
PAK
191 / 7
52
Jeff Crowe
NZ
189 / 7
52
Chandrakant Pandit
IND
81 / 3
53
Bill Athey
ENG
619 / 23
54
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
107 / 4
55
Jeremy Coney
NZ
80 / 3
56
Carl Hooper
WI
159 / 6
57
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
263 / 10
58
Aravinda de Silva
SL
155 / 6
58
Larry Gomes
WI
155 / 6
59
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
129 / 5
60
Dirk Wellham
AUS
257 / 10
61
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
226 / 9
62
Andy Waller
ZIM
125 / 5
63
Willie Watson
NZ
24 / 1
64
Ervin McSweeney
NZ
22 / 1
64
Raman Lamba
IND
220 / 10
64
David Capel
ENG
110 / 5
65
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
241 / 11
66
Peter Taylor
AUS
43 / 2
67
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
322 / 15
68
David Gower
ENG
341 / 16
69
Stephen Boock
NZ
20 / 1
69
Ali Shah
ZIM
80 / 4
70
Iain Butchart
ZIM
98 / 5
71
Madan Lal
IND
39 / 2
72
Babu Meman
ZIM
19 / 1
73
Martin Snedden
NZ
170 / 9
74
Kevin Curran
ZIM
75 / 4
75
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
224 / 12
76
John Emburey
ENG
326 / 18
77
Maninder Singh
IND
18 / 1
77
Raju Kulkarni
IND
18 / 1
77
Jeff Dujon
WI
234 / 13
78
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
53 / 3
79
Tim Zoehrer
AUS
104 / 6
80
Ian Smith
NZ
69 / 4
80
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
69 / 4
81
Ken MacLeay
AUS
51 / 3
82
Neil Foster
ENG
84 / 5
83
Greg Dyer
AUS
50 / 3
83
Phil Horne
NZ
50 / 3
84
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
132 / 8
85
Jack Richards
ENG
129 / 8
86
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
16 / 1
86
Guy de Alwis
SL
16 / 1
87
Dipak Patel
NZ
124 / 8
88
Wasim Akram
PAK
200 / 13
89
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
76 / 5
90
Greg Ritchie
AUS
89 / 6
91
Eldine Baptiste
WI
14 / 1
91
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
14 / 1
92
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
80 / 6
93
Bharat Arun
IND
13 / 1
93
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
104 / 8
94
Winston Benjamin
WI
63 / 5
95
John Bracewell
NZ
62 / 5
96
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
12 / 1
96
Simon Davis
AUS
12 / 1
96
Graeme Labrooy
SL
12 / 1
96
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
24 / 2
97
Roger Harper
WI
131 / 11
98
Greg Matthews
AUS
71 / 6
99
Tony Gray
WI
23 / 2
99
Carlisle Best
WI
23 / 2
100
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
11 / 1
100
Rob Bailey
ENG
11 / 1
101
Malcolm Marshall
WI
52 / 5
102
John Traicos
SA
10 / 1
102
Graham Dilley
ENG
10 / 1
102
Derek Pringle
ENG
20 / 2
103
Courtney Walsh
WI
39 / 4
104
Gladstone Small
ENG
26 / 3
105
Tim May
AUS
16 / 2
105
Lalchand Rajput
IND
8 / 1
105
Grant Paterson
ZIM
24 / 3
106
Arun Lal
IND
7 / 1
106
Chetan Sharma
IND
14 / 2
107
Joel Garner
WI
40 / 6
108
Glenn Bishop
AUS
13 / 2
109
Paul Downton
ENG
19 / 3
109
Ashantha de Mel
SL
19 / 3
110
Mike Whitney
AUS
6 / 1
111
Craig McDermott
AUS
41 / 7
112
Robin Brown
ZIM
17 / 3
113
Bruce Reid
AUS
20 / 4
113
Arshad Ayub
IND
10 / 2
113
Tom Moody
AUS
10 / 2
114
Gopal Sharma
IND
4 / 1
114
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
4 / 1
115
Sadanand Viswanath
IND
17 / 5
116
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
2 / 1
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