Best Average in 1999: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 1999, featuring the most impactful players of the year.

Position	Best Average	Player Name	Team Name
1	11.14	Brett Lee	Australia
2	13.17	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
3	16.25	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
4	16.67	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
5	18.60	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
6	19.00	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
7	19.67	Allan Donald	South Africa
8	19.75	Ed Giddins	England
9	19.88	Steve Elworthy	South Africa
10	20.51	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
11	20.57	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
12	20.92	Glenn McGrath	Australia
13	21.77	Damien Fleming	Australia
14	23.06	Andy Caddick	England
15	23.13	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
16	23.27	Ajit Agarkar	India
17	23.60	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
18	24.06	Stuart MacGill	Australia
19	24.07	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
20	24.25	Dean Headley	England
21	24.30	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
22	24.43	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
23	25.67	Mark Butcher	England
24	25.77	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
25	25.82	Jason Gillespie	Australia
26	26.15	Colin Miller	Australia
27	26.89	Paul Adams	South Africa
28	27.06	Anil Kumble	India
29	27.14	Alan Mullally	England
30	27.20	Peter Such	England
31	27.39	Javagal Srinath	India
32	27.60	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
33	27.73	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
34	28.00	Mark Waugh	Australia
35	28.25	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
36	28.49	Dion Nash	New Zealand
37	28.67	Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies
38	28.80	Gary Brent	Zimbabwe
39	29.00	Sachin Tendulkar	India
40	29.14	Nantie Hayward	South Africa
41	29.50	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
42	30.28	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
43	31.00	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
44	31.67	Adam Dale	Australia
45	32.43	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
46	32.50	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
47	32.79	Darren Gough	England
48	33.19	Shane Warne	Australia
49	33.83	Scott Muller	Australia
50	34.00	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
51	34.08	Carl Hooper	West Indies
52	34.37	Phil Tufnell	England
53	34.56	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
54	34.80	Andrew Flintoff	England
55	35.43	Harbhajan Singh	India
56	36.58	Venkatesh Prasad	India
57	36.64	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
58	37.50	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
59	37.67	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
60	38.00	Sunil Joshi	India
60	38.00	Ricky Ponting	Australia
60	38.00	Ronnie Irani	England
61	38.38	Reon King	West Indies
62	39.84	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
63	40.46	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
64	41.29	Nixon McLean	West Indies
65	41.50	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
66	41.75	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
67	42.00	Chris Adams	England
68	43.33	Greg Blewett	Australia
69	43.50	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
70	43.67	Alex Tudor	England
71	44.60	Nehemiah Perry	West Indies
72	45.00	Eric Upashantha	Sri Lanka
73	45.25	Pedro Collins	West Indies
74	45.40	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
75	47.50	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
76	48.00	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Sri Lanka
77	50.00	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
78	50.22	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
79	53.00	Trevor Gripper	Zimbabwe
80	54.00	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
81	54.67	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
82	55.50	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
83	57.00	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
84	57.33	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
85	58.25	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
86	58.67	Robin Singh	India
87	59.90	Lance Klusener	South Africa
88	65.17	Chris Harris	New Zealand
89	65.33	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
90	72.00	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
90	72.00	Vijay Bharadwaj	India
91	72.20	Simon Doull	New Zealand
92	72.50	Sourav Ganguly	India
93	77.00	David Terbrugge	South Africa
94	81.33	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
95	84.33	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
96	94.00	Ashish Nehra	India
97	105.00	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
98	109.00	Corey Collymore	West Indies
99	110.00	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
100	119.00	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
100	119.00	Fazl-e-Akbar	Pakistan
101	128.33	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
102	143.00	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
103	185.00	Ruchira Perera	Sri Lanka
104	208.00	Chris Silverwood	England