| 12.0 (10-3-21-5) | AG Hurst | Australia v Canada at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 13.2 (11-0-38-5) | J Garner | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 15.0 (10-5-8-4) | CM Old | England v Canada at Manchester, 13/06/1979 [67] |
| 15.0 (5-0-14-2) | G Boycott | England v Pakistan at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 15.7 (10.3-3-11-4) | RGD Willis | England v Canada at Manchester, 13/06/1979 [67] |
| 16.0 (8-0-52-3) | IVA Richards | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 16.5 (11-0-56-4) | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 18.0 (12-6-15-4) | M Hendrick | England v Pakistan at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 18.0 (12-2-33-4) | MA Holding | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 18.0 (6-2-13-2) | GD Porter | Australia v Canada at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 18.0 (6-0-15-2) | G Boycott | England v Australia at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 18.0 (3-0-28-1) | JN Valentine | Canada v Australia at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 20.0 (10-1-26-3) | Sarfraz Nawaz | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 20.0 (10-1-42-3) | CEH Croft | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 20.3 (10.1-0-31-3) | ARM Opatha | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 21.6 (10.5-2-25-3) | BJ McKechnie | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 22.0 (11-0-29-3) | CEH Croft | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 22.0 (11-1-29-3) | DS de Silva | Sri Lanka v India at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 22.0 (11-1-34-3) | Sikander Bakht | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 22.0 (7.2-2-17-2) | GJ Cosier | Australia v Canada at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 23.6 (11.5-0-36-3) | BL Cairns | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 24.0 (12-1-24-3) | BJ McKechnie | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 24.0 (12-2-27-3) | Majid Khan | Pakistan v England at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 24.0 (12-2-28-3) | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan v Canada at Leeds, 09/06/1979 [64] |
| 24.0 (12-3-32-3) | Sikander Bakht | Pakistan v England at Leeds, 16/06/1979 [71] |
| 24.0 (12-3-40-3) | M Amarnath | India v Sri Lanka at Manchester, 16/06/1979 [68] |
| 24.0 (12-2-43-3) | AME Roberts | West Indies v New Zealand at Nottingham, 16/06/1979 [69] |
| 24.0 (12-1-48-3) | LW Stott | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, 09/06/1979 [62] |
| 24.0 (12-0-53-3) | Majid Khan | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 24.0 (12-1-54-3) | GJ Cosier | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 24.0 (12-0-55-3) | M Hendrick | England v New Zealand at Manchester, 20/06/1979 [72] |
| 24.0 (8-1-16-2) | MA Holding | West Indies v England at Lord's, 23/06/1979 [74] |
| 24.0 (4-0-38-1) | AR Border | Australia v Pakistan at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
| 27.5 (9.1-0-32-2) | AME Roberts | West Indies v India at Birmingham, 09/06/1979 [61] |
| 27.5 (9.1-0-38-2) | TJ Laughlin | Australia v England at Lord's, 09/06/1979 [63] |
| 28.0 (9.2-2-41-2) | AME Roberts | West Indies v Pakistan at The Oval, 20/06/1979 [73] |
| 30.0 (10-2-20-2) | RJ Hadlee | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 30.0 (10-0-27-2) | CC Henry | Canada v Australia at Birmingham, 16/06/1979 [70] |
| 30.0 (10-2-36-2) | GB Troup | New Zealand v India at Leeds, 13/06/1979 [65] |
| 30.5 (10.1-2-29-2) | Imran Khan | Pakistan v Australia at Nottingham, 13/06/1979 [66] |
