Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in Tests at ENG: Headingley, Leeds

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Waugh (AUS)	1989-1997	3	3	2	338	177*	338.00	559	60.46	2	0	0	43	0
SD Hope (WI)	2017-2017	1	2	1	265	147	265.00	464	57.11	2	0	0	37	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1986	2	3	2	228	102*	228.00	552	41.30	1	2	0	22	1
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	0	199	199	199.00	351	56.69	1	0	0	26	3
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	1	2	1	198	182	198.00	386	51.29	1	0	0	26	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2002-2002	1	1	0	193	193	193.00	330	58.48	1	0	0	19	3
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1948	4	6	1	963	334	192.60	1484	64.89	4	0	0	99+	2
WH Ponsford (AUS)	1934-1934	1	1	0	181	181	181.00	413	43.82	1	0	0	19	0
WR Endean (SA)	1955-1955	1	2	1	157	116*	157.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
FB Smith (NZ)	1949-1949	1	2	1	150	96	150.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	2
AG Prince (SA)	2008-2008	1	1	0	149	149	149.00	284	52.46	1	0	0	17	2
R Dravid (IND)	2002-2002	1	1	0	148	148	148.00	307	48.20	1	0	0	23	0
TA Blundell (NZ)	2022-2022	1	2	1	143	88*	143.00	283	50.53	0	2	0	22	0
SM Nurse (WI)	1966-1966	1	1	0	137	137	137.00	323	42.41	1	0	0	14	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2002	1	1	0	128	128	128.00	167	76.64	1	0	0	14	3
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	2	4	1	363	236	121.00	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1989-1989	1	2	1	119	79	119.00	206	57.76	0	1	0	10	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2017-2017	1	2	0	229	134	114.50	429	53.37	1	1	0	29	2
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1996	1	1	0	113	113	113.00	176	64.20	1	0	0	16	0
PN Kirsten (SA)	1994-1994	1	2	1	112	104	112.00	257	43.57	1	0	0	15	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1987-1996	3	5	2	326	99	108.66	717	45.46	0	4	0	34	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2006-2006	1	2	0	214	173	107.00	368	58.15	1	0	0	26	0
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1967-1967	1	2	0	212	148	106.00	554	38.26	1	1	0	22	2
C Washbrook (ENG)	1947-1956	4	7	2	509	143	101.80	-	-	2	3	0	13+	1
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1926-1926	1	1	0	100	100	100.00	-	-	1	0	0	10	0
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2004	1	1	0	100	100	100.00	146	68.49	1	0	0	15	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2006-2006	1	2	0	200	192	100.00	268	74.62	1	0	0	26	2
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1985-1985	1	2	0	199	119	99.50	339	58.70	1	1	0	30	3
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2003	1	2	1	99	99*	99.00	88	112.50	0	1	1	15	2
J Overton (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	0	97	97	97.00	136	71.32	0	1	0	13	2
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1948	1	1	0	93	93	93.00	-	-	0	1	0	8	5
AB de Villiers (SA)	2008-2012	2	3	0	265	174	88.33	533	49.71	1	0	0	33	0
FG Mann (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	1	87	49*	87.00	-	-	0	0	0	16	1
AD Hales (ENG)	2016-2016	1	1	0	86	86	86.00	206	41.74	0	1	0	12	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	4	7	0	596	226	85.14	719	82.89	3	0	0	82	6
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1899-1905	2	3	1	170	144*	85.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
JL Smith (ENG)	2025-2025	1	2	1	84	44*	84.00	107	78.50	0	0	0	9	3
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1951	1	1	0	83	83	83.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2022-2022	1	2	0	165	109	82.50	380	43.42	1	1	0	18	3
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2010	4	6	0	493	144	82.16	666	74.02	2	3	0	65	6
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1983	1	2	1	81	75	81.00	155	52.25	0	1	0	9	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1996	2	3	0	243	141	81.00	458	53.05	1	2	0	31	2
DJ McGlew (SA)	1955-1955	1	2	0	156	133	78.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	0	78	78	78.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2025-2025	1	2	0	155	147	77.50	243	63.78	1	0	0	20	1
AF Kippax (AUS)	1930-1930	1	1	0	77	77	77.00	176	43.75	0	1	0	-	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1961	2	3	1	154	75	77.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
H Trumble (AUS)	1899-1899	1	2	1	76	56	76.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1924-1926	2	2	1	76	76	76.00	-	-	0	1	0	10	0
SD Robson (ENG)	2014-2014	1	2	0	151	127	75.50	314	48.08	1	0	0	17	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2004	1	2	1	75	39	75.00	105	71.42	0	0	0	6	3
AR Border (AUS)	1981-1993	4	7	2	374	200*	74.80	753	49.66	1	2	1	49	1
MR Marsh (AUS)	2023-2023	1	2	0	146	118	73.00	170	85.88	1	0	0	22	4
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1968	2	4	1	218	92	72.66	591	36.88	0	2	0	32	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1952-1952	1	2	0	145	89	72.50	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
BA Barnett (AUS)	1938-1938	1	2	1	72	57	72.00	158	45.56	0	1	0	8	0
C Milburn (ENG)	1966-1966	1	2	1	71	42	71.00	100	71.00	0	0	0	13	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1989-1993	2	1	0	71	71	71.00	105	67.61	0	1	0	6	2
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	8	11	2	621	138	69.00	-	-	3	2	0	38+	2
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1957-1957	1	1	0	68	68	68.00	-	-	0	1	0	10	0
J Dyson (AUS)	1981-1981	1	2	0	136	102	68.00	317	42.90	1	0	0	17	0
SB Bangar (IND)	2002-2002	1	1	0	68	68	68.00	236	28.81	0	1	0	10	0
H Hameed (ENG)	2021-2021	1	1	0	68	68	68.00	195	34.87	0	1	0	12	0
HGO Owen-Smith (SA)	1929-1929	1	2	0	135	129	67.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	2
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	2	2	1	67	62	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2014-2014	1	2	0	134	79	67.00	250	53.60	0	2	0	19	0
BJ Watling (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	0	134	120	67.00	182	73.62	1	0	0	18	1
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1952-1952	1	2	0	133	133	66.50	-	-	1	0	1	19	0
A Lyth (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	0	131	107	65.50	253	51.77	1	0	0	19	0
A Mitchell (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	130	72	65.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1967-1967	1	2	0	129	87	64.50	220	58.63	0	1	0	21	0
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1949-1949	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
RR Pant (IND)	2021-2025	2	4	0	255	134	63.75	334	76.34	2	0	0	27	9
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1934	3	3	0	191	141	63.66	181+	27.62	1	1	1	12+	0
CG Macartney (AUS)	1909-1926	3	5	0	318	151	63.60	-	-	2	0	0	36+	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-2004	6	12	2	621	173*	62.10	1182	52.53	2	2	0	81	1
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2001	1	2	0	124	118	62.00	155	80.00	1	0	0	19	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1961	4	8	1	427	112	61.00	-	-	1	4	0	23+	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1985-1985	1	2	0	121	91	60.50	206	58.73	0	1	0	18	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	10	16	1	897	246*	59.80	2047	43.82	4	0	1	109	2
KF Barrington (ENG)	1959-1968	8	12	1	655	163	59.54	813+	42.80	1	3	0	73+	2
JG Wright (NZ)	1983-1983	1	2	0	119	93	59.50	269	44.23	0	1	0	16	0
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	0	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	0	1	0	16	4
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	5	9	1	473	109	59.12	963	49.11	1	3	0	54	5
AR Morris (AUS)	1948-1953	2	4	0	236	182	59.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-1998	1	2	1	59	31	59.00	138	42.75	0	0	0	2	0
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2025	2	4	0	236	149	59.00	301	78.40	1	1	0	33	1
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2009-2010	2	3	0	173	93	57.66	301	57.47	0	2	0	20	0
KJ Barnett (ENG)	1989-1989	1	2	0	114	80	57.00	164	69.51	0	1	0	17	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2012-2013	2	4	1	169	76	56.33	358	47.20	0	1	0	23	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2016	2	4	0	225	160	56.25	352	63.92	1	0	0	34	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1997	3	4	0	223	136	55.75	499	44.68	1	1	1	28	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1930	4	8	2	333	94	55.50	242+	24.79	0	2	0	-	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1929-1938	5	10	1	496	113	55.11	755+	37.21	1	4	2	10+	2
Alimuddin (PAK)	1962-1962	1	2	0	110	60	55.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2010-2010	1	2	0	110	67	55.00	179	61.45	0	1	0	14	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1994-1998	2	3	0	163	85	54.33	283	57.59	0	1	0	17	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	2004-2004	1	2	0	108	97	54.00	274	39.41	0	1	0	12	0
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1905-1921	3	6	1	269	77	53.80	-	-	0	2	0	13+	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2013-2023	8	13	2	590	162	53.63	754	78.24	2	2	0	75	6

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at Leeds, India in England 1st Test, Jun 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2587]

Australia vs England at Leeds, The Ashes 3rd Test, Jul 6-9, 2023 [Test # 2509]

New Zealand vs England at Leeds, New Zealand in England 3rd Test, Jun 23-27, 2022 [Test # 2467]