Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2019	72	130	16	7164	239	62.84	12886	55.59	26	28	4	795	42
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	20	31	7	1485	269*	61.87	2667	55.68	5	4	2	186	5
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2010-2015	46	86	7	4851	319	61.40	9288	52.22	17	20	7	514	29
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2010-2015	41	70	17	3198	203*	60.33	7166	44.62	9	13	2	298	12
JH Kallis (SA)	2010-2013	33	55	7	2810	224	58.54	5234	53.68	13	6	6	307	28
AB de Villiers (SA)	2010-2018	60	98	10	5059	278*	57.48	9090	55.65	13	27	7	573	45
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2018-2019	13	21	-	1185	185	56.42	2144	55.27	3	7	1	135	3
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2019	84	141	10	7202	254*	54.97	12457	57.81	27	22	10	805	22
Younis Khan (PAK)	2010-2017	55	101	12	4839	218	54.37	9586	50.47	18	12	7	444	46
KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2019	78	137	13	6379	242*	51.44	12374	51.55	21	31	9	694	14
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2010-2013	33	58	7	2597	195	50.92	4894	53.06	9	10	5	274	21
CH Gayle (WI)	2010-2014	18	32	5	1366	333	50.59	1936	70.55	3	6	1	173	33
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2010-2017	57	101	17	4225	135	50.29	9153	46.15	8	35	6	405	73
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2010-2013	38	64	5	2951	214	50.01	5491	53.74	8	14	-	364	17
HM Amla (SA)	2010-2019	85	146	12	6695	311*	49.96	13262	50.48	21	27	7	834	12
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2019	75	124	8	5740	206*	49.48	12293	46.69	18	24	7	682	14
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2010-2015	59	107	10	4717	329*	48.62	8081	58.37	16	10	4	556	22
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2019	89	164	12	7359	254	48.41	13534	54.37	17	45	8	829	20
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2019	83	153	6	7088	335*	48.21	9704	73.04	23	30	9	840	56
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2010-2019	76	133	19	5486	290	48.12	9125	60.12	15	25	14	637	35
VVS Laxman (IND)	2010-2012	26	47	8	1864	176*	47.79	3672	50.76	3	14	2	204	1
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2019	32	53	7	2141	212	46.54	3613	59.25	6	10	4	216	52
AN Cook (ENG)	2010-2018	111	201	11	8818	294	46.41	18788	46.93	23	37	6	1010	9
R Dravid (IND)	2010-2012	27	49	5	2032	191	46.18	4624	43.94	8	5	-	235	3
GC Smith (SA)	2010-2014	38	66	4	2814	234	45.38	4878	57.68	9	12	1	329	6
IR Bell (ENG)	2010-2015	67	114	15	4436	235	44.80	9075	48.88	13	25	7	539	25
AD Mathews (SL)	2010-2019	77	140	20	5325	160	44.37	10969	48.54	9	32	2	566	52
CJL Rogers (AUS)	2013-2015	24	46	1	1996	173	44.35	3955	50.46	5	14	1	264	1
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2011-2018	18	36	4	1418	171	44.31	2646	53.59	6	5	2	126	13
BB McCullum (NZ)	2010-2016	52	95	5	3979	302	44.21	5993	66.39	9	16	6	471	79
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2010-2014	48	81	4	3382	227	43.92	5577	60.64	7	19	6	430	32
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2019	63	105	11	4112	188	43.74	8117	50.65	11	22	6	463	29
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2010-2013	24	42	7	1524	137*	43.54	3376	45.14	3	9	5	160	2
IJL Trott (ENG)	2010-2015	49	88	6	3560	226	43.41	7494	47.50	8	18	8	422	0
TM Head (AUS)	2018-2019	16	27	2	1081	161	43.24	2122	50.94	2	7	2	128	1
TWM Latham (NZ)	2014-2019	49	86	3	3554	264*	42.81	7606	46.72	11	16	8	395	13
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2019	25	47	7	1707	127*	42.67	3058	55.82	4	13	6	198	9
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2010-2019	77	146	8	5885	302*	42.64	14070	41.82	16	31	14	549	16
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2010-2019	42	79	5	3147	217	42.52	4887	64.39	5	21	2	385	17
V Sehwag (IND)	2010-2013	32	57	2	2338	173	42.50	2674	87.43	6	13	6	348	16
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2010-2019	46	90	1	3719	206	41.78	6333	58.72	8	25	6	451	34
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2019	55	100	7	3846	164	41.35	7846	49.01	11	18	4	411	22
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2019	62	106	14	3799	137	41.29	8261	45.98	9	21	9	466	20
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)	2013-2017	13	25	1	982	176	40.91	1926	50.98	3	4	1	99	8
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2019	31	47	5	1711	162*	40.73	3435	49.81	5	9	4	186	2
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2019	44	77	6	2887	174	40.66	5711	50.55	8	14	4	312	15
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	34	58	1	2315	190	40.61	3458	66.94	7	5	4	316	12
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2013-2019	38	71	4	2657	181	39.65	4718	56.31	8	13	8	307	7
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2010-2014	39	70	2	2694	203*	39.61	5632	47.83	7	15	4	301	20
BJ Watling (NZ)	2010-2019	66	104	14	3538	205	39.31	8322	42.51	8	17	9	399	7
MJ Prior (ENG)	2010-2014	54	83	14	2709	126	39.26	4462	60.71	5	17	8	329	10
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2010-2019	73	122	6	4528	137	39.03	9314	48.61	12	26	13	498	29
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	2016-2019	16	29	5	934	110	38.91	1874	49.83	2	4	1	105	1
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2019	44	74	5	2683	129*	38.88	3679	72.92	5	18	5	341	24
JA Burns (AUS)	2014-2019	20	34	-	1321	180	38.85	2315	57.06	4	6	5	170	11
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2010-2019	53	98	7	3531	219*	38.80	7338	48.11	6	17	8	420	26
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2010-2018	44	84	7	2975	224	38.63	5030	59.14	8	9	8	366	25
D Elgar (SA)	2012-2019	60	104	9	3666	199	38.58	7980	45.93	12	13	10	449	25
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2019	20	37	-	1424	152	38.48	2240	63.57	4	6	5	201	7
M Vijay (IND)	2010-2018	59	102	1	3821	167	37.83	8346	45.78	12	14	8	450	32
DM Bravo (WI)	2010-2019	54	98	5	3506	218	37.69	7799	44.95	8	17	5	399	41
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2017	23	42	2	1498	156	37.45	3176	47.16	4	7	3	195	8
RT Ponting (AUS)	2010-2012	28	51	2	1828	221	37.30	3383	54.03	3	12	6	204	4
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2019	21	32	4	1044	105	37.28	1240	84.19	1	7	4	99	36
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2012-2019	64	124	4	4421	196	36.84	9014	49.04	9	24	12	442	8
MD Craig (NZ)	2014-2016	15	25	9	589	67	36.81	1083	54.38	-	3	1	65	10
TM Dilshan (SL)	2010-2013	27	50	1	1801	193	36.75	2654	67.85	5	10	4	227	7
MS Dhoni (IND)	2010-2014	50	82	8	2700	224	36.48	4753	56.80	3	17	7	302	38
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2019	49	86	13	2657	112	36.39	3743	70.98	3	18	4	268	8
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2010-2014	19	37	3	1234	236	36.29	2774	44.48	3	5	3	153	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2019	60	110	4	3787	258	35.72	6533	57.96	8	20	12	471	63
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2019	48	69	17	1844	100*	35.46	2899	63.60	1	14	4	176	49
Haris Sohail (PAK)	2017-2019	13	22	1	744	147	35.42	1716	43.35	2	2	1	65	11
MN Samuels (WI)	2011-2016	42	74	3	2509	260	35.33	5047	49.71	5	15	10	343	27
BKG Mendis (SL)	2015-2019	42	82	3	2777	196	35.15	4918	56.46	6	10	7	347	26
ARS Silva (SL)	2017-2019	12	23	3	702	109	35.10	1712	41.00	1	5	2	59	3
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
Nasir Hossain (BAN)	2011-2017	19	32	2	1044	100	34.80	1917	54.46	1	6	2	119	10
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2019	70	123	7	4030	167*	34.74	7317	55.07	6	21	10	473	26
WU Tharanga (SL)	2014-2017	16	32	2	1041	115	34.70	1772	58.74	2	5	2	140	4
KL Rahul (IND)	2014-2019	36	60	2	2006	199	34.58	3553	56.45	5	11	6	237	14
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2019	29	55	4	1758	173	34.47	3112	56.49	6	5	6	218	12
SE Marsh (AUS)	2011-2019	38	68	2	2265	182	34.31	5165	43.85	6	10	10	264	8
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2010-2012	22	42	5	1262	111	34.10	3239	38.96	2	7	7	138	5
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2018	12	24	-	818	127	34.08	1496	54.67	1	6	3	85	10
JDS Neesham (NZ)	2014-2017	12	22	1	709	137*	33.76	1069	66.32	2	4	2	88	11
RJ Burns (ENG)	2018-2019	15	29	-	979	133	33.75	2167	45.17	2	6	1	123	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2010-2015	44	84	2	2758	176	33.63	5164	53.40	3	17	5	349	29
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2011-2017	15	30	2	941	160	33.60	1925	48.88	2	3	2	113	6
MT Renshaw (AUS)	2016-2018	11	20	1	636	184	33.47	1497	42.48	1	3	-	77	3
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2011-2019	59	112	7	3496	212	33.29	8574	40.77	8	17	12	337	10
JA Rudolph (SA)	2011-2012	13	20	2	594	105*	33.00	1263	47.03	1	3	-	74	1
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2019	38	68	6	2046	106	33.00	3564	57.40	1	15	5	243	24
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	46	87	5	2694	146	32.85	4988	54.00	4	16	10	311	23
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2010-2012	31	52	1	1670	141	32.74	3589	46.53	3	9	6	197	2
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2019	40	69	11	1898	202*	32.72	3178	59.72	3	8	3	223	33
CJ Anderson (NZ)	2013-2016	13	22	1	683	116	32.52	1201	56.86	1	4	3	94	14
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2011-2018	23	46	1	1438	158	31.95	3223	44.61	4	5	5	157	19
KA Edwards (WI)	2011-2014	17	32	1	986	121	31.80	2052	48.05	2	8	4	111	12
JP Duminy (SA)	2010-2017	38	60	8	1643	155	31.59	3398	48.35	5	5	8	196	11

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 20 innings
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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]