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
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2016	3	3	1	320	303*	160.00	403	79.40	1	-	-	35	4
KR Patterson (AUS)	2019-2019	2	2	1	144	114*	144.00	274	52.55	1	-	-	17	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1998-2002	2	4	2	242	156*	121.00	535	45.23	1	-	-	29	1
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	-	0.00	1	-	-	13	0
PA Jaques (AUS)	2007-2007	2	3	-	318	150	106.00	535	59.43	2	1	-	38	0
Rashid Khan (PAK)	1982-1982	2	3	2	105	59	105.00	167	62.87	-	1	-	14	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	4	3	103	59*	103.00	230	44.78	-	1	-	14	0
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1987	2	2	1	103	98*	103.00	394	26.14	-	1	-	13	1
AE Trott (AUS)	1895-1895	3	5	3	205	85*	102.50	-	0.00	-	2	1	22+	1
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	-	96	96	96.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	11	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1994-1996	5	6	-	566	266	94.33	1291	43.84	2	1	-	59	6
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1984	2	3	1	186	89	93.00	428	43.45	-	2	-	23	1
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2021	3	4	2	181	96*	90.50	329	55.01	-	2	2	22	3
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	-	68	26
CS Dempster (NZ)	1930-1933	8	11	4	619	136	88.42	0+	0.00	2	4	-	0+	1
BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1984	1	1	-	86	86	86.00	242	35.53	-	1	-	8	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016-2021	6	10	2	651	167*	81.37	1039	62.65	3	-	-	59	3
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2022-2023	5	9	1	641	208*	80.12	1272	50.39	1	5	-	73	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1994	9	10	1	710	224	78.88	1264	56.17	3	3	-	80	5
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	-	77	77	77.00	146	52.73	-	1	-	10	1
LG Rowe (WI)	1974-1976	7	10	-	742	302	74.20	1534	48.37	3	2	-	89	3
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2013	23	37	6	2298	195	74.12	4239	54.21	9	11	3	247	17
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-2000	3	5	1	294	133	73.50	706	41.64	2	-	-	34	3
Rahmat Shah (AFG)	2024-2024	1	2	-	145	91	72.50	258	56.20	-	2	-	18	0
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2023	9	15	2	941	190	72.38	1743	53.98	4	6	1	90	19
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	16	29	3	1852	270*	71.23	416+	56.00	8	5	1	87+	1
SG Barnes (AUS)	1938-1948	9	14	2	846	234	70.50	1573+	40.87	2	4	1	72+	2
BT Foakes (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	2	277	107	69.25	492	56.30	1	1	-	21	5
BC Lara (WI)	1993-2004	38	65	4	4108	400*	67.34	6619	62.06	12	13	5	534	21
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1993	3	6	2	269	128	67.25	594	45.28	1	1	-	33	0
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2014	2	4	1	201	104*	67.00	386	52.07	1	1	1	24	1
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	-	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	-	2	-	29	2
Abid Ali (PAK)	2019-2020	5	8	1	460	174	65.71	911	50.49	2	1	-	53	2
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2004	14	19	5	913	174	65.21	1475	61.89	2	6	-	117	6
D Padikkal (IND)	2024-2024	1	1	-	65	65	65.00	103	63.10	-	1	-	10	1
SE Marsh (AUS)	2011-2018	9	14	1	840	156	64.61	1903	44.14	4	3	1	102	1
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	0.00	-	2	-	1+	2
DC Jurel (IND)	2024-2024	3	4	1	190	90	63.33	354	53.67	-	1	-	12	7
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1950	4	7	1	377	109	62.83	-	0.00	2	1	-	3+	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1982-1991	3	6	-	376	174	62.66	690	54.49	1	1	-	46	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.10	8	15	2	390	34
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2003	54	84	21	3901	177*	61.92	7356	53.03	13	17	6	422	3
RC Russell (ENG)	1988-1991	2	3	1	123	94	61.50	263	46.76	-	1	-	14	0
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	858	144*	61.28	-	0.00	2	5	-	76+	13
RP Snell (SA)	1993-1993	2	2	1	61	48	61.00	101	60.39	-	-	-	10	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	3053+	52.96	10	13	6	330+	10
C Bannerman (AUS)	1877-1879	3	6	2	239	165*	59.75	-	0.00	1	-	-	19+	1
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	-	1	-	16	4
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1988	2	3	-	178	107	59.33	285	62.45	1	1	-	17	2
TA Blundell (NZ)	2021-2023	8	14	2	711	138	59.25	1328	53.53	2	4	-	94	1
JE Root (ENG)	2014-2021	10	18	1	1001	228	58.88	1567	63.88	4	1	1	88	3
AD Hales (ENG)	2016-2016	3	5	-	292	94	58.40	619	47.17	-	3	-	35	2
A Jackson (AUS)	1929-1930	4	6	-	350	164	58.33	939	37.27	1	1	-	25+	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	23	41	3	2212	213*	58.21	4552	48.59	8	10	2	247	12
IR Bell (ENG)	2007-2014	10	17	3	812	119*	58.00	1420	57.18	2	8	-	94	3
KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	3	-	173	137	57.66	-	0.00	1	-	-	18+	1
IJL Trott (ENG)	2011-2012	5	8	-	460	203	57.50	952	48.31	2	2	-	46	0
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2005-2005	2	3	-	172	160	57.33	273	63.00	1	-	-	22	2
Babar Azam (PAK)	2017-2023	15	26	4	1259	136	57.22	2120	59.38	4	9	1	145	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	39	63	8	3143	200*	57.14	5922	53.07	10	17	5	369	15
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	-	114	75	57.00	0+	0.00	-	1	-	0+	0
IS Sodhi (NZ)	2018-2018	1	2	1	57	56*	57.00	175	32.57	-	1	-	9	0
Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	2024-2024	1	2	-	114	114	57.00	261	43.67	1	-	1	12	0
C Ramaswami (IND)	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1999	32	47	3	2493	199	56.65	3929+	54.95	11	7	3	270+	5
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1993	54	93	20	4091	200*	56.04	9366	43.67	9	25	3	453	7
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2011	3	4	1	168	79	56.00	260	64.61	-	2	-	20	2
J Da Silva (WI)	2021-2022	7	11	5	335	100*	55.83	934	35.86	1	1	1	33	0
J Yadav (IND)	2016-2022	4	5	1	223	104	55.75	506	44.07	1	1	-	27	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1990-1997	17	22	-	1226	131	55.72	2787	43.98	5	4	1	136	20
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2023	42	75	6	3815	239	55.28	7006	54.45	14	14	3	423	22
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2012	57	89	7	4530	203	55.24	8529+	52.98	16	19	-	598+	18
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	24	43	6	2037	208	55.05	108+	63.88	7	9	1	64+	6
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	25	42	6	1979	261	54.97	119+	63.02	6	7	8	148+	7
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	41	69	6	3458	217	54.88	7960	43.44	10	17	1	429	4
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	57	7	2732	189*	54.64	158+	29.11	7	16	-	21+	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	-	218	190	54.50	570	38.24	1	-	-	24	0
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2017-2020	3	6	-	327	127	54.50	545	60.00	1	1	-	26	4
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1947	5	7	2	272	104*	54.40	522	52.10	1	1	-	26	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	3	6	-	326	111	54.33	501	65.06	1	2	-	35	7
BJ Watling (NZ)	2013-2021	19	28	5	1248	205	54.26	2789	44.74	4	6	2	148	4
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1954	5	9	1	432	166	54.00	-	0.00	1	2	1	-	1
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1992	13	22	5	918	128	54.00	2033	45.15	1	9	1	86	2
AG Fairfax (AUS)	1929-1930	5	6	2	215	65	53.75	820	26.21	-	2	-	6+	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2016	16	28	4	1290	133	53.75	2808	45.94	3	7	2	140	1
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	750	137	53.57	313+	68.37	2	6	1	97+	2
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1997	34	47	7	2135	165	53.37	4053+	48.21	7	12	1	230+	1
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1985	17	26	3	1224	274	53.21	2207+	53.01	3	4	2	139+	2
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1992	23	39	4	1857	184*	53.05	3649	50.89	6	10	3	181	4
RT Robinson (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	1	53	34*	53.00	167	31.73	-	-	-	5	0
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	0.00	1	4	2	50+	1
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2023	28	50	6	2324	242*	52.81	4625	50.24	9	9	5	247	5
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1976	16	28	2	1369	150	52.65	3060	44.73	3	11	3	161	2
A Melville (SA)	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	0.00	4	3	2	58+	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2016-2016	2	3	1	105	66	52.50	219	47.94	-	1	-	14	0
Abdullah Shafique (PAK)	2022-2023	7	13	1	630	201	52.50	1307	48.20	3	-	1	62	10
NE Bonner (WI)	2021-2022	7	12	3	469	123	52.11	1375	34.10	2	1	1	52	2

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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]