Best Average in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Best Average	Player Name	Team Name
1	0.00	Ricky Ponting	Australia
2	7.69	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
3	8.42	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
4	11.15	Allan Donald	South Africa
5	11.82	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
6	13.93	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
7	16.00	Steve Waugh	Australia
8	17.10	Simon Doull	New Zealand
9	17.53	Glenn McGrath	Australia
10	17.75	Chris Silverwood	England
11	20.00	Mike Atherton	England
12	20.20	Aashish Kapoor	India
13	20.33	Paul Reiffel	Australia
14	20.83	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
15	21.00	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
16	21.61	Paul Adams	South Africa
17	21.69	Lance Klusener	South Africa
18	22.08	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
19	22.14	Sourav Ganguly	India
20	22.68	Venkatesh Prasad	India
21	23.00	Phil Simmons	West Indies
22	24.09	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
23	24.20	Michael Bevan	Australia
24	24.43	Darren Gough	England
25	24.43	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
26	25.00	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
26	25.00	Roger Twose	New Zealand
27	25.50	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
28	25.75	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
29	26.74	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
30	26.83	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
31	26.90	Ian Bishop	West Indies
32	27.42	Javagal Srinath	India
33	27.43	Phil Tufnell	England
33	27.43	Mark Ealham	England
34	27.50	Peter Martin	England
34	27.50	Andy Caddick	England
35	29.00	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
36	29.50	Mike Watkinson	England
37	29.60	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
38	30.30	Robert Croft	England
39	30.33	Brian McMillan	South Africa
40	31.79	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
41	32.34	Anil Kumble	India
42	33.00	Alan Mullally	England
43	33.60	Sunil Joshi	India
44	33.70	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
45	33.75	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
46	34.00	Angus Fraser	England
47	34.25	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
48	34.53	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
49	34.60	Ata-ur-Rehman	Pakistan
50	34.82	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
51	35.00	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
52	35.20	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
53	35.44	Dominic Cork	England
54	35.56	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
55	35.67	Peter McIntyre	Australia
56	37.00	Ronnie Irani	England
57	38.07	Shane Warne	Australia
58	38.75	Chris Lewis	England
59	38.86	Chris Harris	New Zealand
60	39.75	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
61	40.22	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
62	40.50	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
63	41.00	Craig White	England
64	41.17	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
65	41.50	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
66	42.20	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
67	44.50	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
68	44.71	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
69	45.00	Greg Blewett	Australia
70	47.00	Jason Gillespie	Australia
71	47.67	David Johnson	India
72	51.11	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
73	52.25	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
74	54.00	Pat Symcox	South Africa
75	57.60	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
76	59.50	Mark Waugh	Australia
77	63.00	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
78	63.33	Robert Kennedy	New Zealand
79	64.50	Narendra Hirwani	India
80	69.00	Brad Hogg	Australia
80	69.00	Simon Brown	England
81	74.00	Paras Mhambrey	India
82	76.00	Venkatapathy Raju	India
83	82.50	Rajindra Dhanraj	West Indies
84	100.00	Graeme Hick	England
85	101.00	Craig McDermott	Australia
86	110.50	Ian Salisbury	England
87	130.00	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
88	130.50	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
89	135.00	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
90	180.00	Min Patel	England