Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in FC at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DG Bradman (/AUS/AUSXI/NSW/SOA)	1927-1948	24	37	8	3390	357	116.89	2298+	58.74	15	7	2	173+	0+
WH Ponsford (AUS/VIC)	1923-1934	29	47	4	4242	437	98.65	242+	54.54	14	7	1	188+	0+
H Sutcliffe (ENG/MCC)	1925-1933	6	11	-	907	176	82.45	2170+	33.36	4	4	-	65+	0+
WL Murdoch (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1877-1893	9	16	6	805	279*	80.50	-	-	2	2	1	22+	0+
G Shipperd (TAS/WA)	1978-1988	7	12	2	759	167*	75.90	-	-	4	2	-	-	-
SG Barnes (AUS/McCab/NSW)	1937-1952	12	19	1	1364	185	75.77	344+	39.82	5	5	-	55+	0+
SPD Smith (AUS/NSW)	2010-2024	16	27	4	1581	192	68.73	2931	53.94	7	6	2	148	12
BK Shepherd (AUS/AUSXI/WA)	1957-1965	12	19	3	1086	219	67.87	366+	53.00	3	6	1	23+	0+
RT Ponting (AUS/TAS)	1993-2012	20	37	9	1891	257	67.53	3040+	60.16	5	11	-	190+	9+
PJ Roach (VIC)	1995-2005	10	16	9	457	108*	65.28	809	56.48	1	3	1	42	1
DM Jones (AUS/VIC)	1983-1998	47	79	8	4619	324*	65.05	5615+	47.72	17	16	6	231+	8+
JB Hobbs (ENG/MCC)	1907-1929	12	22	1	1352	178	64.38	2015+	50.12	6	4	1	89+	0+
AP Sheahan (AUS/VIC)	1965-1974	30	49	6	2716	202	63.16	466+	47.21	9	13	2	37+	0+
WM Lawry (AUS/VIC)	1959-1972	52	87	8	4819	246	61.00	2335+	43.81	14	26	4	82+	1+
DS Lehmann (AUS/SOA/VIC)	1987-2004	22	38	5	1969	202*	59.66	1419+	74.48	6	7	1	125+	4+
Imran Khan (NSW/PAK)	1977-1990	7	11	3	475	93*	59.37	926+	49.67	-	4	-	42+	2+
RM Cowper (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1961-1970	35	54	5	2899	307	59.16	984+	51.42	7	13	3	48+	0+
AR Morris (AUS/NSW)	1941-1955	17	31	2	1712	210	59.03	690+	46.52	5	8	-	52+	0+
CL Badcock (AUS/McCab/SOA)	1934-1941	8	11	-	643	120	58.45	223+	52.91	4	2	1	43+	0+
MD Taylor (TAS/VIC)	1978-1988	16	27	5	1286	172*	58.45	-	-	3	8	1	-	-
WM Woodfull (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1922-1933	29	46	4	2428	236	57.80	985+	29.34	10	8	4	56+	0+
CJ Ferguson (SOA)	2005-2018	9	17	3	808	182*	57.71	1296	62.34	3	3	1	95	3
DFE Bull (QLD)	1961-1968	6	12	1	628	167*	57.09	-	-	2	3	-	-	-
AMJ Hilditch (AUS/NSW/SOA)	1978-1991	12	21	1	1134	230	56.70	980+	40.91	3	8	1	28+	0+
ML Hayden (AUS/QLD)	1992-2008	16	31	3	1587	153	56.67	2585+	58.76	6	8	2	168+	10+
AL Hassett (/AUS/VIC)	1933-1953	44	75	8	3791	232	56.58	217+	46.54	9	21	2	56+	0+
DA Warner (AUS/NSW)	2011-2023	13	22	1	1178	200	56.09	1638	71.91	4	4	1	125	9
JM Gregory (AUS/NSW)	1920-1925	7	12	3	503	100	55.88	540+	61.66	1	2	1	48+	1+
WR Hammond (ENG/MCC)	1928-1947	8	15	-	831	203	55.40	1201+	42.04	2	4	-	53+	0+
MTG Elliott (AUS/SOA/VIC)	1993-2007	46	86	7	4368	203	55.29	8213+	48.50	14	22	3	414+	17+
Majid Khan (PAK/QLD)	1972-1981	7	13	1	663	158	55.25	926+	54.64	3	2	-	60+	0+
PS McDonnell (AUS/AUSXI/NSW/VIC)	1881-1886	8	12	1	606	239	55.09	-	-	2	1	-	14+	2+
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1988	6	11	-	606	208	55.09	724	83.70	1	4	2	68	6
GN Yallop (AUS/VIC)	1972-1985	35	57	7	2754	268	55.08	1156+	44.89	8	16	4	56+	0+
IM Chappell (AUS/SOA)	1962-1980	25	45	5	2200	188*	55.00	1965+	48.24	6	14	4	102+	0+
SR Watson (AUS/QLD/TAS)	2002-2014	10	19	3	880	145	55.00	1552	56.70	2	6	-	96	3
RA Hamence (/AUS/SOA)	1936-1950	9	15	2	712	130	54.76	49+	51.02	2	4	-	21+	0+
M Leyland (ENG/MCC)	1929-1937	5	10	2	438	137	54.75	927+	42.50	2	1	-	42+	0+
WJ Pucovski (VIC)	2017-2023	8	11	1	544	188	54.40	1235	44.04	2	2	1	54	0
JH Edrich (ENG/MCC)	1965-1975	6	10	1	489	109	54.33	1100+	36.63	1	3	-	32+	0+
JK Moss (VIC)	1976-1981	21	34	3	1674	220	54.00	-	-	5	8	1	-	-
WW Armstrong (AUS/VIC)	1900-1922	45	82	8	3995	250	53.98	928+	60.12	13	13	4	96+	3+
BJ Hodge (AUS/VIC)	1993-2009	63	108	10	5279	264	53.86	9037+	53.44	15	24	6	595+	26+
JC Lill (SOA)	1959-1963	6	12	-	642	176	53.50	-	-	2	2	1	-	-
GJ Maxwell (VIC)	2011-2018	19	30	5	1333	103*	53.32	1907	69.90	1	13	2	141	22
J Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1966-1973	6	11	1	533	142	53.30	247+	62.75	2	2	-	18+	2+
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1985-2003	23	41	7	1812	211	53.29	3124+	50.57	5	7	-	147+	1+
TW Graveney (ENG/MCC/QLD)	1958-1971	6	11	3	425	185	53.12	234+	50.00	1	1	2	10+	0+
PW Young (VIC)	1985-1988	10	16	4	632	164*	52.66	185+	50.27	1	4	-	8+	0+
PC Nobes (SOA/VIC)	1989-1996	10	19	3	841	146*	52.56	827+	47.40	2	5	1	59+	0+
RB Simpson (AUS/AUSXI/NSW/WA)	1954-1978	20	35	5	1575	135	52.50	1365+	47.10	7	6	4	56+	0+
JL Arnberger (VIC)	1998-2005	29	52	7	2344	172*	52.08	5236	44.76	7	14	2	228	15
LS Darling (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1930-1937	22	35	3	1662	159	51.93	55+	36.36	8	6	2	26+	0+
R Howard (VIC)	1947-1951	8	12	-	623	139	51.91	-	-	2	4	-	-	-
RG Gregory (AUS/VIC)	1935-1939	12	19	1	927	85	51.50	181+	44.19	-	11	-	8+	0+
KE Rigg (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1926-1939	37	59	5	2757	167*	51.05	258+	35.27	9	13	4	29+	0+
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1983	7	11	-	557	90	50.63	870+	54.94	-	7	-	50+	0+
MC Cowdrey (ENG/MCC)	1954-1975	12	21	2	962	113	50.63	1296+	42.59	4	4	1	67+	0+
CJ Pinch (SOA)	1950-1960	5	10	1	455	146*	50.55	-	-	3	1	2	-	-
NCL O'Neill (AUS/NSW)	1957-1966	14	24	3	1056	175	50.28	597+	43.88	3	3	4	22+	0+
HH Oakley (VIC)	1931-1935	10	13	1	602	115	50.16	-	-	3	2	1	-	-
N Claxton (SOA)	1903-1909	7	13	1	601	199*	50.08	-	-	1	4	-	-	-
RA Broad (QLD)	2008-2011	6	10	1	450	107	50.00	1012	44.46	2	2	-	48	7
DJ Hussey (VIC)	2003-2014	42	65	4	3019	174	49.49	4775	63.22	8	18	2	342	41
ME Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1988-2003	19	32	5	1325	112	49.07	1781+	49.01	3	9	2	66+	2+
J Hallebone (VIC)	1952-1954	7	11	-	539	202	49.00	-	-	2	3	2	-	-
AR Lonergan (NSW/SOA)	1931-1935	6	12	1	536	115	48.72	-	-	3	3	1	-	-
JHW Fingleton (AUS/NSW)	1930-1939	11	17	-	827	160	48.64	849+	32.39	2	5	2	15+	0+
SR Tendulkar (IND/INDIA)	1991-2011	6	11	-	529	116	48.09	876	60.38	1	4	1	57	3
HSB Love (NSW/VIC)	1921-1932	12	20	1	913	188	48.05	-	-	5	1	2	9+	0+
MJ Cosgrove (SOA/TAS)	2004-2015	8	15	1	671	159	47.92	1023	65.59	2	3	-	90	4
NJ Maddinson (AUS/AUS-A/NSW/VIC)	2012-2024	13	22	2	958	162	47.90	1577	60.74	3	5	-	106	8
CJL Rogers (AUS/VIC/WA)	2002-2014	30	52	3	2324	123	47.42	4686	49.59	6	11	1	261	4
AF Kippax (AUS/NSW)	1919-1934	17	27	1	1228	260*	47.23	569+	36.37	2	6	-	40+	1+
AJ Doolan (TAS)	2010-2021	8	16	2	659	247*	47.07	1323	49.81	1	3	2	82	1
W Bardsley (AUS/NSW)	1908-1925	20	36	2	1595	149	46.91	648+	58.79	5	9	3	27+	0+
IR Redpath (AUS/VIC)	1961-1976	52	91	5	4010	261	46.62	2063+	40.37	9	24	3	69+	0+
RL Park (AUS/VIC)	1913-1925	15	28	1	1258	228	46.59	1+	-	5	4	2	21+	0+
LV Maddocks (AUS/VIC)	1947-1961	26	39	7	1485	113*	46.40	-	-	3	9	2	2+	0+
TLW Cooper (SOA)	2009-2018	7	14	1	601	118	46.23	1084	55.44	1	6	1	74	6
L Hutton (ENG/MCC)	1947-1955	6	11	1	460	128	46.00	178+	23.59	1	2	-	23+	0+
MG Johnson (AUS/QLD/WA)	2005-2014	11	15	5	456	121*	45.60	777	58.68	1	2	2	55	3
DM Steele (SOA)	1913-1920	5	10	1	408	107*	45.33	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
MP Stoinis (VIC/WA)	2014-2019	12	19	4	678	170	45.20	1225	55.34	1	5	2	70	13
G Thomas (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1958-1966	10	17	2	674	229	44.93	25+	76.00	3	-	2	17+	0+
WA Seccombe (QLD)	1994-2005	7	11	2	404	151	44.88	760	53.15	2	1	-	45	3
WG Whiteside (VIC)	1983-1988	8	12	2	447	111	44.70	67+	46.26	1	3	1	4+	0+
J Ryder (AUS/VIC)	1912-1931	40	70	8	2731	295	44.04	731+	37.75	6	13	7	73+	7+
SJE Loxton (AUS/VIC)	1946-1958	36	52	6	2026	232*	44.04	155+	51.61	4	12	1	7+	0+
PA Hibbert (VIC)	1975-1987	31	51	5	2019	163	43.89	367+	31.60	4	12	4	9+	0+
MT Vernon (WA)	1957-1968	7	12	1	480	105	43.63	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
ML Love (AUS/QLD)	1995-2009	12	23	3	872	126	43.60	2123	41.07	1	8	2	88	0
KR Stackpole (AUS/VIC)	1963-1974	39	62	3	2569	145	43.54	580+	56.89	5	17	3	31+	2+
TR Birt (TAS/WA)	2005-2011	6	11	1	435	68	43.50	874	49.77	-	5	1	49	9
WG Ayres (VIC)	1988-1997	14	25	2	1000	140	43.47	1292+	45.43	3	4	1	81+	1+
PSP Handscomb (AUS/VIC)	2011-2024	34	55	3	2259	137	43.44	4315	52.35	3	20	3	252	5
JH Shaw (VIC)	1957-1960	13	20	3	738	93	43.41	-	-	-	6	2	-	-
PJP Burge (AUS/QLD)	1953-1966	11	22	1	909	171	43.28	863+	38.47	3	4	3	30+	3+
SP O'Donnell (VIC)	1984-1993	18	26	2	1038	130	43.25	387+	68.73	1	9	1	25+	4+
BJ Rohrer (NSW)	2009-2014	5	10	2	346	88	43.25	625	55.36	-	3	-	43	2

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Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jun 28-Jul 1, 2025 [Test # 2590]

Australia vs South Africa at Lord's, ICC World Test Championship Final, Jun 11-14, 2025 [Test # 2585]