Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	-	0.00	1	0	0	13	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1993	3	4	1	317	224	105.66	559	56.70	1	1	0	32	0
AE Trott (AUS)	1895-1895	3	5	3	205	85*	102.50	-	0.00	0	2	1	22+	1
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	3	4	1	307	210*	102.33	535	57.38	1	1	0	31	0
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	0	96	96	96.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	11	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	8660	58.06	19	12	6	443+	5
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2024	5	9	1	712	214*	89.00	891	79.91	2	3	0	68	26
CS Dempster (NZ)	1930-1933	8	11	4	619	136	88.42	0+	0.00	2	4	0	0+	1
E Paynter (ENG)	1933-1938	7	11	4	591	216*	84.42	1287	45.92	1	3	1	75	3
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	2018-2018	1	2	0	160	94	80.00	281	56.93	0	2	0	15	1
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1926-1926	1	1	0	76	76	76.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	10	0
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	0	70	5
SG Barnes (AUS)	1938-1948	9	14	2	846	234	70.50	1573+	40.87	2	4	1	72+	2
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1999-2000	3	6	2	269	148*	67.25	589	45.67	1	1	1	33	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1934	27	46	5	2741	194	66.85	6557+	34.60	8	16	1	188+	3
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2021	4	6	2	265	96*	66.25	502	52.78	0	3	2	31	5
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	0	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	0	2	0	29	2
D Padikkal (IND)	2024-2024	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	103	63.10	0	1	0	10	1
K Sinclair (WI)	2024-2024	1	2	1	64	50	64.00	157	40.76	0	1	0	8	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1968	23	39	6	2111	256	63.96	2896+	43.37	5	13	1	187+	5
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	0.00	0	2	0	1+	2
DC Jurel (IND)	2024-2024	3	4	1	190	90	63.33	354	53.67	0	1	0	12	7
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	22	39	4	2203	274	62.94	1707+	54.48	7	11	1	238+	11
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	21	39	4	2188	270*	62.51	416+	56.00	10	5	2	104+	1
S Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	0	125	65	62.50	345	36.23	0	2	0	9	0
Shahriar Nafees (BAN)	2006-2006	2	4	0	250	138	62.50	410	60.97	1	1	1	35	0
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2017	6	7	1	374	303*	62.33	506	73.91	1	0	1	41	4
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	0	0	0	8	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2022	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	137	44.52	0	1	0	7	0
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2024	9	16	2	852	190	60.85	1730	49.24	3	6	1	90	13
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	6	0	365	92	60.83	860	42.44	0	4	0	41	2
RE Foster (ENG)	1903-1904	5	9	1	486	287	60.75	-	0.00	1	0	0	56	1
C Bannerman (AUS)	1877-1879	3	6	2	239	165*	59.75	-	0.00	1	0	0	19+	1
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	0	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	0	1	0	16	4
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1930	4	7	0	416	173	59.42	852	48.82	1	2	0	33+	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	15	24	2	1304	195	59.27	2565	50.83	4	9	3	152	5
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1989	8	14	2	708	162	59.00	1638	43.22	4	0	0	83	1
A Jackson (AUS)	1929-1930	4	6	0	350	164	58.33	939	37.27	1	1	0	25+	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	6005	53.28	10	14	6	361	3
A Symonds (AUS)	2006-2007	3	4	0	232	156	58.00	351	66.09	1	0	0	23	3
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	0	1	0	10	1
KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	3	0	173	137	57.66	-	0.00	1	0	0	18+	1
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	4	5	1	229	74*	57.25	0+	0.00	0	3	0	31	0
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1966	13	24	2	1257	144*	57.13	885+	37.74	3	8	1	111+	15
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	0	114	75	57.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
IS Sodhi (NZ)	2018-2018	1	2	1	57	56*	57.00	175	32.57	0	1	0	9	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1938	20	34	4	1705	187	56.83	4266	39.96	7	3	2	150+	4
C Ramaswami (IND)	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	1
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2010-2017	8	16	0	906	108	56.62	1367	66.27	3	7	0	108	8
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1955	27	49	6	2428	364	56.46	2601+	39.63	5	14	2	163+	1
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8335	42.56	8	21	3	404	6
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	61	109	5	5839	400*	56.14	9320	62.65	16	22	9	796	34
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2023	37	66	5	3417	239	56.01	6241	54.75	12	13	2	388	21
SE Marsh (AUS)	2015-2018	6	9	1	447	156	55.87	978	45.70	2	2	1	56	1
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	0	82	3
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1947	5	7	2	272	104*	54.40	522	52.10	1	1	0	26	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.26	5363+	46.22	12	15	3	241+	4
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	108+	63.88	9	14	3	115+	6
AG Fairfax (AUS)	1929-1930	5	6	2	215	65	53.75	820	26.21	0	2	0	6+	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	55	99	11	4724	226	53.68	4063+	53.58	14	19	7	459+	14
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	71	127	12	6165	241*	53.60	10965	56.22	18	29	4	791	33
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1991	10	16	5	589	128	53.54	1323	44.52	1	4	1	59	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1983-1998	34	54	7	2502	237	53.23	5216	47.96	6	14	5	303	2
A Wood (ENG)	1938-1938	1	1	0	53	53	53.00	95	55.78	0	1	0	8	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	70	104	7	5135	291	52.93	7185+	70.60	13	29	7	687	52
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	0.00	1	4	2	50+	1
CAG Russell (ENG)	1920-1921	6	11	2	474	135*	52.66	492+	52.43	3	1	2	39	1
A Melville (SA)	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	0.00	4	3	2	58+	1
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	3	6	0	314	190	52.33	718	43.73	1	1	1	37	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	3	1	104	47*	52.00	191	54.45	0	0	0	11	0
CP Mead (ENG)	1911-1928	7	10	2	415	182*	51.87	619+	30.04	1	1	1	38	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1947	33	58	3	2852	251	51.85	7491	38.07	9	7	2	269+	8
PGV van der Bijl (SA)	1938-1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	0.00	1	2	0	30+	3
TA Blundell (NZ)	2019-2024	10	19	1	920	138	51.11	1716	53.61	3	4	1	120	1
HM McGirr (NZ)	1930-1930	2	1	0	51	51	51.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
RG Gregory (AUS)	1937-1937	2	3	0	153	80	51.00	453	33.77	0	2	0	7	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1989	5	9	3	305	75	50.83	646	47.21	0	3	0	45	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1991	17	28	2	1320	184*	50.76	2690	49.07	3	8	3	133	2
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	4	8	0	406	111	50.75	614	66.12	1	3	0	47	7
AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1955	24	43	2	2080	206	50.73	1155+	48.91	8	8	3	150+	6
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1972	13	24	1	1164	207	50.60	2396	48.58	3	7	1	134	3
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1986	29	45	7	1923	143	50.60	3858+	42.97	8	7	3	189	0
A Hill (ENG)	1877-1877	2	4	2	101	49	50.50	49+	71.42	0	0	1	3+	0
SK Coen (SA)	1927-1928	2	4	2	101	41*	50.50	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2017	28	53	2	2574	218	50.47	4894	52.59	8	8	2	284	15
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	0	33	6
JL Langer (AUS)	1998-2007	21	38	5	1658	250	50.24	2928	56.62	5	5	1	187	4
RB Simpson (AUS)	1958-1966	19	31	3	1405	311	50.17	2233+	44.33	2	9	5	113+	2
CF Walters (ENG)	1934-1934	5	9	1	401	82	50.12	1008	39.78	0	4	0	-	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2001	29	51	7	2204	140	50.09	3946	55.85	6	11	0	240	7
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	2	1	50	27*	50.00	91	54.94	0	0	0	6	0
G Brown (ENG)	1921-1921	3	5	0	250	84	50.00	-	0.00	0	2	0	24	0
SN Khan (IND)	2024-2024	3	5	1	200	68*	50.00	252	79.36	0	3	1	24	5
RT Robinson (ENG)	1985-1989	8	12	1	545	175	49.54	1091	49.95	2	1	1	65	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2001	16	29	0	1431	176	49.34	2515	56.89	4	8	1	186	7
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	28	52	5	2305	220	49.04	-	0.00	9	8	1	67+	2
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	9	15	1	686	307	49.00	1696	40.44	1	3	2	62	0
Azmat Rana (PAK)	1980-1980	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	94	52.12	0	0	0	8	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1998	30	47	5	2058	182	49.00	3644	56.47	8	6	1	244	7
PK Amre (IND)	1993-1993	3	3	0	147	78	49.00	302	48.67	0	2	0	17	1

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]