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.
ODI1998222 entries
1959 / 14Michael BevanAUS0.07 clear of Mohammad Yousuf
2479 / 7Mohammad YousufPAK0.07 off the lead
31894 / 29Sachin TendulkarIND3.19 off the lead
● LEADS
Michael BevanAUS
959 / 14 · 0.07 ahead of Yousuf
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
386 / 7
The mark at number ten — 212 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

222 entries, ranked
1Michael BevanAUS959 / 14
2Mohammad YousufPAK479 / 7
3Sachin TendulkarIND1894 / 29
4Mike AthertonENG64 / 1
5Keith ArthurtonWI119 / 2
6Dale BenkensteinSA58 / 1
7Gagan KhodaIND115 / 2
8Andy BichelAUS57 / 1
9Neil FairbrotherENG56 / 1
10Brian LaraWI386 / 7
11Nick KnightENG661 / 12
12Jonty RhodesSA596 / 11
13Ricky PontingAUS1166 / 22
13Derek CrookesSA53 / 1
14Ajay JadejaIND1004 / 20
15Arjuna RanatungaSL796 / 16
16Maurice OdumbeKEN190 / 4
17Aminul IslamBAN189 / 4
17Aminul IslamBAN189 / 4
18Ridley JacobsWI47 / 1
19Mohammad AzharuddinIND1268 / 27
20Marvan AtapattuSL744 / 16
21Hansie CronjeSA691 / 15
22Hasan RazaPAK46 / 1
22Saleem ElahiPAK46 / 1
23Jacques KallisSA812 / 18
24Adam BacherSA45 / 1
25Hitesh ModiKEN179 / 4
26Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK669 / 15
27Grant FlowerZIM928 / 21
28Shoaib AkhtarPAK44 / 1
29Saeed AnwarPAK831 / 19
30Ravi ShahKEN213 / 5
31Nathan AstleNZ891 / 21
32Stephen FlemingNZ806 / 19
33Angus FraserENG42 / 1
34Philo WallaceWI293 / 7
35Sourav GangulyIND1328 / 32
36Shaun PollockSA289 / 7
37Carl HooperWI281 / 7
38Gary KirstenSA561 / 14
39Ijaz AhmedPAK799 / 20
40Robin SinghIND398 / 10
41Shiv ChanderpaulWI158 / 4
42Clayton LambertWI236 / 6
43Neil JohnsonZIM351 / 9
44Adam GilchristAUS831 / 22
45Ruwan KalpageSL37 / 1
46Aravinda de SilvaSL694 / 19
47Steve TikoloKEN179 / 5
48Darren LehmannAUS679 / 19
49Saqlain MushtaqPAK71 / 2
50Aamer SohailPAK566 / 16
51Steve WaughAUS586 / 17
52Mark WaughAUS757 / 22
53Mohammad HussainPAK103 / 3
54Adam ParoreNZ472 / 14
55Andy FlowerZIM772 / 23
56Alistair CampbellZIM805 / 24
57Sanath JayasuriyaSL661 / 20
58Graeme HickENG263 / 8
59Chris HarrisNZ423 / 13
60Alec StewartENG324 / 10
61Adam HollioakeENG259 / 8
62Mike RindelSA321 / 10
63Moin KhanPAK378 / 12
64Athar Ali KhanBAN62 / 2
65Lance KlusenerSA297 / 10
66Vinod KambliIND89 / 3
67Murray GoodwinZIM722 / 25
68Nicky BojeSA28 / 1
69Heath StreakZIM332 / 12
69Guy WhittallZIM332 / 12
70Roshan MahanamaSL329 / 12
71Gerhardus LiebenbergSA82 / 3
71Gavin RennieZIM82 / 3
72Mark RamprakashENG81 / 3
73Khaled MahmudBAN132 / 5
74Llorne HowellNZ287 / 11
75Dipak ChudasamaKEN78 / 3
75Mohammad RafiqueBAN156 / 6
75Chris LewisENG26 / 1
76Daryll CullinanSA408 / 16
76Rawl LewisWI51 / 2
77Naimur RahmanBAN76 / 3
78Nasser HussainENG101 / 4
79Pat SymcoxSA196 / 8
79Mahela JayawardeneSL98 / 4
80Chris CairnsNZ391 / 16
81Bryan YoungNZ171 / 7
82Minhajul AbedinBAN73 / 3
83Navjot SidhuIND315 / 13
84Craig WishartZIM411 / 17
85Gary BrentZIM24 / 1
85Manzoor AkhtarPAK48 / 2
86Romesh KaluwitharanaSL479 / 20
87Paul StrangZIM260 / 11
88Shahid AfridiGER449 / 19
88Shahid AfridiGER449 / 19
89Mark EalhamENG188 / 8
90Kumar DharmasenaSL211 / 9
91Craig McMillanNZ467 / 20
92Ian HarveyAUS93 / 4
92Upul ChandanaSL186 / 8
93Wasim AkramPAK278 / 12
94Paul WisemanNZ23 / 1
95Stuart WilliamsZIM137 / 6
96Mohammad WasimPAK114 / 5
97Waqar YounisPAK67 / 3
98Hrishikesh KanitkarIND265 / 12
99Rahul DravidIND283 / 13
100Dion NashNZ195 / 9
100Avishka GunawardeneSL65 / 3
101Ali BrownENG108 / 5
102Saleem MalikPAK171 / 8
103Tom MoodyAUS247 / 12
104Azhar MahmoodPAK265 / 13
105Javagal SrinathIND120 / 6
105Jack RussellENG40 / 2
105Muttiah MuralitharanSL40 / 2
106Nayan MongiaIND373 / 19
107Gavin RobertsonAUS38 / 2
107Allan DonaldSA19 / 1
108Abdul RazzaqPAK93 / 5
109Dougie BrownENG55 / 3
110Thilan SamaraweeraSL36 / 2
110John RennieZIM36 / 2
110Jatin ParanjpeIND54 / 3
111Andy WhittallZIM103 / 6
112Thomas OdoyoKEN51 / 3
112Alex TaitNZ17 / 1
112Sir Curtly AmbroseWI17 / 1
112Suresh PereraSL17 / 1
113Shane WarneAUS67 / 4
114Matthew FlemingENG97 / 6
115Ajit AgarkarIND177 / 11
116Anil KumbleIND64 / 4
116Eddo BrandesZIM80 / 5
117Robert CroftENG79 / 5
117Akram KhanBAN79 / 5
118Brad YoungAUS31 / 2
118VVS LaxmanIND62 / 4
118Kennedy OtienoKEN62 / 4
119Dirk ViljoenZIM61 / 4
119Nikhil ChopraIND61 / 4
120Matt HorneNZ152 / 10
120Phil SimmonsWI76 / 5
121Tony SujiKEN30 / 2
121Simon DoullNZ30 / 2
121Michael KasprowiczAUS15 / 1
121Habibul BasharBAN15 / 1
122Brendon JulianAUS29 / 2
122Ian AustinENG29 / 2
122Craig EvansZIM174 / 12
123Damien MartynAUS114 / 8
124Chris AdamsENG28 / 2
124Mohammad ZahidPAK14 / 1
124Akhtar SarfrazPAK14 / 1
124Asif MahmoodPAK14 / 1
125Rashid LatifPAK69 / 5
126Ben HollioakeENG55 / 4
127Franklyn RoseWI27 / 2
128Shayne O'ConnorNZ13 / 1
128Daniel VettoriNZ65 / 5
129Stuart LawAUS61 / 5
130David RichardsonSA12 / 1
131Chaminda VaasSL69 / 6
132Mark BoucherSA68 / 6
132Paul ReiffelAUS34 / 3
133Damien FlemingAUS11 / 1
133Sanwar HossainBAN22 / 2
134Sunil JoshiIND54 / 5
135Jimmy MaherAUS21 / 2
135Javed OmarBAN21 / 2
135Chandika HathurusinghaSL21 / 2
136Khaled MashudBAN31 / 3
137Herschelle GibbsSA60 / 6
137Craig SpearmanNZ40 / 4
137Shariful HaqueBAN10 / 1
137Trevor MadondoZIM10 / 1
138Matthew BellNZ18 / 2
138Darren GoughENG18 / 2
139Brian McMillanSA17 / 2
140Pramodya WickramasingheSL42 / 5
141Mark PriestNZ8 / 1
141Debasis MohantyIND8 / 1
141Saba KarimIND8 / 1
141Rahul SanghviIND8 / 1
141Sanjay RaulIND8 / 1
141Aasif KarimKEN24 / 3
142Junior MurrayWI7 / 1
142Nixon McLeanWI7 / 1
142Reon KingWI7 / 1
142Ashley GilesENG7 / 1
142Fazl-e-AkbarPAK7 / 1
143Hasibul HossainBAN34 / 5
144Venkatesh PrasadIND44 / 7
145Sairaj BahutuleIND12 / 2
145Mehrab HossainBAN6 / 1
145Adam DaleAUS6 / 1
145Nuwan ZoysaSL6 / 1
146Martin SujiKEN11 / 2
147Naveed NawazSL5 / 1
147Kabir KhanPAK5 / 1
148Harbhajan SinghIND9 / 2
149Pommie MbangwaZIM13 / 3
150Harvinder SinghIND4 / 1
150Paul WilsonAUS4 / 1
150Graham ThorpeENG4 / 1
150Enamul HaqueBAN4 / 1
151Geoff AllottNZ3 / 1
151Azam KhanPAK3 / 1
151Joseph AngaraKEN3 / 1
151Russel ArnoldSL3 / 1
151Azam KhanPAK3 / 1
152Peter MartinENG5 / 2
153Alan MullallyENG2 / 1
153Aaqib JavedPAK2 / 1
153Lameck OnyangoKEN2 / 1
154Laurie WilliamsWI1 / 1
154Shahriar HossainBAN1 / 1
154Darren MaddyENG1 / 1
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