Best Averages in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST1989116 entries
1311 / 2Mark GreatbatchNZ41 clear of Shoaib Mohammad
2687 / 6Shoaib MohammadPAK41 off the lead
3314 / 3Aravinda de SilvaSL50.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Mark GreatbatchNZ
311 / 2 · 41 ahead of Mohammad
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Greatbatch is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
797 / 11
The mark at number ten — 106 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

116 entries, ranked
1Mark GreatbatchNZ311 / 2
2Shoaib MohammadPAK687 / 6
3Aravinda de SilvaSL314 / 3
4Imran KhanBHR402 / 4
5Steve WaughAUS865 / 9
6Javed MiandadPAK668 / 7
7Martin CroweNZ353 / 4
8Saleem MalikPAK408 / 5
9Dean JonesAUS1099 / 14
10Sir Richie RichardsonWI797 / 11
11Sanjay ManjrekarIND769 / 11
12Robin SmithENG553 / 8
13Ian SmithNZ138 / 2
14David BoonAUS957 / 14
15Allan BorderAUS818 / 12
16Allan LambENG129 / 2
17Mark TaylorAUS1219 / 19
18Aamer MalikPAK318 / 5
19Desmond HaynesWI596 / 10
20Gladstone SmallENG59 / 1
21Andrew JonesNZ172 / 3
22Manoj PrabhakarIND168 / 3
23Ian BishopWI55 / 1
24Ravi RatnayekeSL140 / 3
25Navjot SidhuIND448 / 10
26Ramiz RajaPAK223 / 5
27John EmbureyENG131 / 3
28Mohammad AzharuddinIND425 / 10
29Gordon GreenidgeWI419 / 10
30Tom MoodyAUS208 / 5
31Sir Viv RichardsWI287 / 7
32Jack RussellENG314 / 8
33Eddie HemmingsENG73 / 2
34Sachin TendulkarIND215 / 6
35David GowerENG383 / 11
36Gus LogieWI243 / 7
37Ravi ShastriIND334 / 10
38Merv HughesAUS332 / 10
39Roshan MahanamaSL95 / 3
40Asanka GurusinhaSL63 / 2
41Geoff MarshAUS472 / 15
42Jeff CroweNZ151 / 5
43Dammika RanatungaSL87 / 3
43Wasim AkramPAK58 / 2
44Kim BarnettENG141 / 5
45Kiran MoreIND225 / 8
46Arjuna RanatungaSL84 / 3
47Abdul QadirPAK55 / 2
48Trevor HohnsAUS136 / 5
49Bert VanceNZ160 / 6
50Sir Richard HadleeNZ53 / 2
51Graham GoochENG183 / 7
52Asoka de SilvaSL74 / 3
53Mike AthertonENG73 / 3
54Tim MayAUS24 / 1
54Malcolm MarshallWI96 / 4
55Nadeem AbbasiPAK46 / 2
55Geoff LawsonAUS138 / 6
56Ian HealyAUS206 / 9
57Kapil DevIND250 / 11
58Nick CookENG45 / 2
59Mike GattingENG22 / 1
59Phil NewportENG44 / 2
60Chetan SharmaIND86 / 4
61Graham DilleyENG42 / 2
62Sir Ian BothamENG62 / 3
63Chris BroadENG82 / 4
64Keith ArthurtonWI78 / 4
65Carl HooperWI37 / 2
66Dilip VengsarkarIND110 / 6
67Martyn MoxonENG18 / 1
67John StephensonENG36 / 2
67Athula SamarasekeraSL18 / 1
68Tim CurtisENG71 / 4
69Jeff DujonWI138 / 8
70Neil FosterENG68 / 4
71John WrightNZ101 / 6
72Derek PringleENG33 / 2
72Rizwan-uz-ZamanPAK33 / 2
73Kris SrikkanthIND97 / 6
74Arun LalIND113 / 7
75Woorkeri RamanIND32 / 2
76Terry AldermanAUS47 / 3
77John BracewellNZ15 / 1
78Saleem YousufPAK44 / 3
79Roger HarperWI29 / 2
79Chris CairnsNZ29 / 2
80Ewen ChatfieldNZ14 / 1
81Arshad AyubIND89 / 7
82Naved AnjumPAK12 / 1
82Shahid SaeedPAK12 / 1
82Tim RobinsonNZ12 / 1
83Paul JarvisENG33 / 3
83Phil DeFreitasENG22 / 2
84David CapelENG21 / 2
85Sir Curtly AmbroseWI68 / 7
86Angus FraserENG47 / 5
87Stephen BoockNZ8 / 1
88Devon MalcolmENG14 / 2
88Courtney WalshWI35 / 5
88Winston BenjaminWI7 / 1
89Hashan TillakaratneSL6 / 1
89Salil AnkolaIND6 / 1
89Greg CampbellAUS6 / 1
90Graeme LabrooySL17 / 3
91Mudassar NazarPAK11 / 2
91Maninder SinghIND11 / 2
92Rumesh RatnayakeSL5 / 1
93Dipak PatelNZ9 / 2
94Waqar YounisPAK4 / 1
94Danny MorrisonNZ4 / 1
94Willie WatsonNZ4 / 1
95Narendra HirwaniIND3 / 1
96Mike WhitneyAUS2 / 1
96Chris TavaréENG2 / 1
96Gamini WickremasingheSL2 / 1
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