| 136.00 (34/25) | CL King | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 130.30 (86/66) | CL King | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 114.28 (32/28) | GA Gooch | England v West Indies at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 112.28 (64/57) | LRD Mendis | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 107.01 (61/57) | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 104.16 (25/24) | N Kapil Dev | India v New Zealand at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 100.00 (46/46) | Javed Miandad | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 97.36 (37/38) | CH Lloyd | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 91.25 (73/80) | CH Lloyd | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 87.89 (138/157) | IVA Richards | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 87.50 (42/48) | RJ Hadlee | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 84.52 (71/84) | GA Gooch | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 84.00 (63/75) | GP Howarth | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 84.00 (42/50) | DW Randall | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 83.33 (25/30) | GR Sealy | Canada v Australia at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 76.22 (93/122) | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 71.42 (35/49) | MG Burgess | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 70.58 (36/51) | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 68.42 (65/95) | CG Greenidge | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 68.22 (73/107) | CG Greenidge | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 67.74 (42/62) | IVA Richards | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 67.50 (27/40) | DI Gower | England v Pakistan at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 67.50 (27/40) | KJ Hughes | Australia v Canada at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 67.44 (29/43) | JCB Vaughan | Canada v Australia at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 66.66 (36/54) | JV Coney | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 65.32 (81/124) | Majid Khan | Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 63.63 (28/44) | IVA Richards | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 63.46 (33/52) | AD Gaekwad | India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 63.33 (38/60) | BP Patel | India v New Zealand at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 63.15 (36/57) | DB Vengsarkar | India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 61.45 (59/96) | APB Tennekoon | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 61.27 (106/173) | CG Greenidge | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 61.00 (61/100) | Majid Khan | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 58.82 (30/51) | GM Turner | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 58.04 (83/143) | GM Turner | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 57.81 (37/64) | GN Yallop | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 57.35 (39/68) | AI Kallicharran | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 56.81 (50/88) | RL Dias | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 56.57 (43/76) | GM Turner | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 56.52 (65/115) | DL Haynes | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 55.97 (75/134) | GR Viswanath | India v West Indies at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 55.83 (67/120) | SRD Wettimuny | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 55.81 (72/129) | AMJ Hilditch | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 55.20 (53/96) | GA Gooch | England v Australia at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 54.34 (25/46) | RL Dias | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 54.28 (57/105) | G Boycott | England v West Indies at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 53.62 (37/69) | Haroon Rashid | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 51.06 (48/94) | JG Wright | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 50.36 (69/137) | JG Wright | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 50.29 (84/167) | BA Edgar | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
