Best Averages in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	959 / 14	Michael Bevan	Australia
2	479 / 7	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
3	1894 / 29	Sachin Tendulkar	India
4	64 / 1	Mike Atherton	England
5	119 / 2	Keith Arthurton	West Indies
6	58 / 1	Dale Benkenstein	South Africa
7	115 / 2	Gagan Khoda	India
8	57 / 1	Andy Bichel	Australia
9	56 / 1	Neil Fairbrother	England
10	386 / 7	Brian Lara	West Indies
11	661 / 12	Nick Knight	England
12	596 / 11	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
13	1166 / 22	Ricky Ponting	Australia
13	53 / 1	Derek Crookes	South Africa
14	1004 / 20	Ajay Jadeja	India
15	796 / 16	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
16	190 / 4	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
17	189 / 4	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
18	47 / 1	Ridley Jacobs	West Indies
19	1268 / 27	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
20	744 / 16	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
21	691 / 15	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
22	46 / 1	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
22	46 / 1	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
23	812 / 18	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
24	45 / 1	Adam Bacher	South Africa
25	179 / 4	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
26	669 / 15	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
27	928 / 21	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
28	44 / 1	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
29	831 / 19	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
30	213 / 5	Ravi Shah	Kenya
31	891 / 21	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
32	806 / 19	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
33	42 / 1	Angus Fraser	England
34	293 / 7	Philo Wallace	West Indies
35	1328 / 32	Sourav Ganguly	India
36	289 / 7	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
37	281 / 7	Carl Hooper	West Indies
38	561 / 14	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
39	799 / 20	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
40	398 / 10	Robin Singh	India
41	158 / 4	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
42	236 / 6	Clayton Lambert	West Indies
43	351 / 9	Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe
44	831 / 22	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
45	37 / 1	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
46	694 / 19	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
47	179 / 5	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
48	679 / 19	Darren Lehmann	Australia
49	71 / 2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
50	566 / 16	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
51	586 / 17	Steve Waugh	Australia
52	757 / 22	Mark Waugh	Australia
53	103 / 3	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
54	472 / 14	Adam Parore	New Zealand
55	772 / 23	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
56	805 / 24	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
57	661 / 20	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
58	263 / 8	Graeme Hick	England
59	423 / 13	Chris Harris	New Zealand
60	324 / 10	Alec Stewart	England
61	259 / 8	Adam Hollioake	England
62	321 / 10	Mike Rindel	South Africa
63	378 / 12	Moin Khan	Pakistan
64	62 / 2	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh
65	297 / 10	Lance Klusener	South Africa
66	89 / 3	Vinod Kambli	India
67	722 / 25	Murray Goodwin	Zimbabwe
68	28 / 1	Nicky Boje	South Africa
69	332 / 12	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
69	332 / 12	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
70	329 / 12	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
71	82 / 3	Gerhardus Liebenberg	South Africa
71	82 / 3	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
72	81 / 3	Mark Ramprakash	England
73	132 / 5	Khaled Mahmud	Bangladesh
74	287 / 11	Llorne Howell	New Zealand
75	78 / 3	Dipak Chudasama	Kenya
75	156 / 6	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
75	26 / 1	Chris Lewis	England
76	408 / 16	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
76	51 / 2	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
77	76 / 3	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
78	101 / 4	Nasser Hussain	England
79	196 / 8	Pat Symcox	South Africa
79	98 / 4	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
80	391 / 16	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
81	171 / 7	Bryan Young	New Zealand
82	73 / 3	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
83	315 / 13	Navjot Sidhu	India
84	411 / 17	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
85	24 / 1	Gary Brent	Zimbabwe
85	48 / 2	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
86	479 / 20	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
87	260 / 11	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
88	449 / 19	Shahid Afridi
89	188 / 8	Mark Ealham	England
90	211 / 9	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
91	467 / 20	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
92	93 / 4	Ian Harvey	Australia
92	186 / 8	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
93	278 / 12	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
94	23 / 1	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
95	137 / 6	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
96	114 / 5	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
97	67 / 3	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
98	265 / 12	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	India
99	283 / 13	Rahul Dravid	India
100	195 / 9	Dion Nash	New Zealand
100	65 / 3	Avishka Gunawardene	Sri Lanka
101	108 / 5	Ali Brown	England
102	171 / 8	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
103	247 / 12	Tom Moody	Australia
104	265 / 13	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
105	40 / 2	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
105	120 / 6	Javagal Srinath	India
105	40 / 2	Jack Russell	England
106	373 / 19	Nayan Mongia	India
107	38 / 2	Gavin Robertson	Australia
107	19 / 1	Allan Donald	South Africa
108	93 / 5	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
109	55 / 3	Dougie Brown	England
110	36 / 2	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka
110	36 / 2	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
110	54 / 3	Jatin Paranjpe	India
111	103 / 6	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
112	17 / 1	Alex Tait	New Zealand
112	51 / 3	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
112	17 / 1	Suresh Perera	Sri Lanka
112	17 / 1	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
113	67 / 4	Shane Warne	Australia
114	97 / 6	Matthew Fleming	England
115	177 / 11	Ajit Agarkar	India
116	64 / 4	Anil Kumble	India
116	80 / 5	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
117	79 / 5	Robert Croft	England
117	79 / 5	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
118	31 / 2	Brad Young	Australia
118	62 / 4	VVS Laxman	India
118	62 / 4	Kennedy Otieno	Kenya
119	61 / 4	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
119	61 / 4	Nikhil Chopra	India
120	152 / 10	Matt Horne	New Zealand
120	76 / 5	Phil Simmons	West Indies
121	30 / 2	Tony Suji	Kenya
121	30 / 2	Simon Doull	New Zealand
121	15 / 1	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
121	15 / 1	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
122	29 / 2	Brendon Julian	Australia
122	29 / 2	Ian Austin	England
122	174 / 12	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
123	114 / 8	Damien Martyn	Australia
124	28 / 2	Chris Adams	England
124	14 / 1	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
124	14 / 1	Akhtar Sarfraz	Pakistan
124	14 / 1	Asif Mahmood	Pakistan
125	69 / 5	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
126	55 / 4	Ben Hollioake	England
127	27 / 2	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
128	13 / 1	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
128	65 / 5	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
129	61 / 5	Stuart Law	Australia
130	12 / 1	David Richardson	South Africa
131	69 / 6	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
132	68 / 6	Mark Boucher	South Africa
132	34 / 3	Paul Reiffel	Australia
133	11 / 1	Damien Fleming	Australia
133	22 / 2	Sanwar Hossain	Bangladesh
134	54 / 5	Sunil Joshi	India
135	21 / 2	Jimmy Maher	Australia
135	21 / 2	Javed Omar	Bangladesh
135	21 / 2	Chandika Hathurusingha	Sri Lanka
136	31 / 3	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
137	60 / 6	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
137	40 / 4	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
137	10 / 1	Shariful Haque	Bangladesh
137	10 / 1	Trevor Madondo	Zimbabwe
138	18 / 2	Matthew Bell	New Zealand
138	18 / 2	Darren Gough	England
139	17 / 2	Brian McMillan	South Africa
140	42 / 5	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
141	8 / 1	Mark Priest	New Zealand
141	8 / 1	Debasis Mohanty	India
141	8 / 1	Saba Karim	India
141	8 / 1	Rahul Sanghvi	India
141	8 / 1	Sanjay Raul	India
141	24 / 3	Aasif Karim	Kenya
142	7 / 1	Junior Murray	West Indies
142	7 / 1	Nixon McLean	West Indies
142	7 / 1	Reon King	West Indies
142	7 / 1	Ashley Giles	England
142	7 / 1	Fazl-e-Akbar	Pakistan
143	34 / 5	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
144	44 / 7	Venkatesh Prasad	India
145	12 / 2	Sairaj Bahutule	India
145	6 / 1	Mehrab Hossain	Bangladesh
145	6 / 1	Adam Dale	Australia
145	6 / 1	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
146	11 / 2	Martin Suji	Kenya
147	5 / 1	Naveed Nawaz	Sri Lanka
147	5 / 1	Kabir Khan	Pakistan
148	9 / 2	Harbhajan Singh	India
149	13 / 3	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
150	4 / 1	Harvinder Singh	India
150	4 / 1	Paul Wilson	Australia
150	4 / 1	Graham Thorpe	England
150	4 / 1	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
151	3 / 1	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
151	3 / 1	Joseph Angara	Kenya
151	3 / 1	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
151	3 / 1	Azam Khan	Pakistan
152	5 / 2	Peter Martin	England
153	2 / 1	Alan Mullally	England
153	2 / 1	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
153	2 / 1	Lameck Onyango	Kenya
154	1 / 1	Laurie Williams	West Indies
154	1 / 1	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
154	1 / 1	Darren Maddy	England