| 138* | IVA Richards | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 106* | CG Greenidge | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 93 | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 86 | CL King | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 84* | BA Edgar | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 83* | GM Turner | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 81 | Majid Khan | Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 75 | GR Viswanath | India v West Indies at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 73* | CH Lloyd | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 73 | CG Greenidge | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 72 | AMJ Hilditch | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 71 | GA Gooch | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 69 | JG Wright | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 67 | SRD Wettimuny | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 65 | DL Haynes | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 65 | CG Greenidge | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 64 | JM Brearley | England v West Indies at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 64 | LRD Mendis | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 63* | GP Howarth | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 61 | Majid Khan | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 61 | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 59 | APB Tennekoon | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 57* | Sadiq Mohammad | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 57 | G Boycott | England v West Indies at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 55 | SM Gavaskar | India v New Zealand at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 53 | JM Brearley | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 53 | GA Gooch | England v Australia at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 51 | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan v England at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 50 | RL Dias | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 48 | JG Wright | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 47 | AMJ Hilditch | Australia v England at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 47 | DL Haynes | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 46 | Javed Miandad | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 45 | GR Sealy | Canada v Pakistan at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 44 | JM Brearley | England v Australia at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 43* | GM Turner | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 42* | DW Randall | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 42 | IVA Richards | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 42 | RJ Hadlee | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 39 | AI Kallicharran | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 38 | BP Patel | India v New Zealand at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 37* | Haroon Rashid | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 37 | CH Lloyd | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 37 | GN Yallop | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 36 | JV Coney | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 36 | DB Vengsarkar | India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 36 | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 35 | MG Burgess | New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
