Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages Held in England for Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1948	19	30	4	2674	334	102.84	4570	58.51	11	3	2	236+	4
SR Waugh (AUS)	1989-2002	31	46	12	2236	177*	65.76	4498	49.71	8	8	4	275	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1987-1996	14	20	4	1031	165	64.43	2133	48.33	3	6	-	118	1
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	17	32	4	1804	274	64.42	1273+	57.42	5	11	1	189+	7
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	24	34	2	2057	291	64.28	2871	71.64	5	12	1	287	16
E Paynter (ENG)	1931-1939	15	24	3	1320	243	62.85	798+	51.00	4	5	2	103+	3
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1994	28	48	12	2234	200*	62.05	5180	43.12	5	12	1	265	5
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	38	57	8	3002	161	61.26	2110+	35.07	10	16	-	67+	6
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1935-1948	14	21	3	1067	205*	59.27	562+	40.39	4	5	3	84+	2
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1954	53	92	9	4772	364	57.49	1525+	41.83	15	19	4	205+	5
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1909-1930	37	57	5	2917	211	56.09	851+	35.37	6	19	2	89+	5
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1988	19	30	2	1570	223	56.07	2871	54.68	6	4	2	210	8
AR Morris (AUS)	1948-1953	15	27	1	1455	196	55.96	122+	32.78	5	6	2	68+	4
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2025	92	162	16	8032	254	55.01	13458	59.68	25	39	6	930	23
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1957	57	95	11	4611	278	54.89	1284+	40.26	14	22	6	269+	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	19	31	4	1475	232	54.62	1632+	64.64	4	4	1	103+	3+
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	12	20	3	925	184*	54.41	1205	76.76	2	5	-	101	19
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	51	80	9	3855	256	54.29	3719+	41.51	8	23	3	340+	17
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	108+	63.88	9	14	3	115+	6
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1946	59	94	11	4451	240	53.62	2153+	40.45	13	19	3	165+	11
GS Sobers (WI)	1957-1973	21	37	3	1820	174	53.52	2305+	55.09	5	9	2	210+	4
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	103	168	20	7883	224	53.26	16576	47.55	25	37	10	927	49
C Washbrook (ENG)	1937-1956	25	44	6	1973	195	51.92	172+	38.95	5	9	1	63+	4
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	29	55	2	2745	215	51.79	4700	58.40	9	12	1	336	22
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	35	67	9	2983	189*	51.43	158+	29.11	7	17	1	21+	1
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1995-2015	29	53	8	2289	136*	50.86	5190	44.10	5	15	3	297	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	17	31	3	1421	136	50.75	2587	54.92	3	9	3	197	11
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	57	96	3	4714	226	50.68	7211	65.37	15	19	6	603	39
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2011	32	58	4	2736	193	50.66	5265	51.96	9	11	2	399	10
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	44	67	7	3018	285*	50.30	-	-	9	15	6	264+	10
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	47	85	7	3920	219	50.25	6942	56.46	11	19	6	575	25
WA Brown (AUS)	1934-1948	16	27	1	1302	206*	50.07	2094+	39.58	4	7	1	69+	1
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1994	19	34	6	1398	164*	49.92	3422	40.85	3	7	2	173	1
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1939	27	38	9	1445	148*	49.82	1037+	38.18	4	5	2	77+	4
M Leyland (ENG)	1928-1938	27	39	3	1791	187	49.75	1870+	41.06	6	7	2	79+	7
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2006	16	24	3	1044	204*	49.71	1164	89.69	3	3	1	143	17
BF Butcher (WI)	1963-1969	13	23	2	1041	209*	49.57	1441+	49.20	2	4	-	98+	3
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2025	18	32	2	1469	182	48.96	1690	86.92	3	8	1	189	8
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1893-1905	20	33	4	1415	144*	48.79	-	-	5	6	3	51+	0
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	24	45	4	2000	217	48.78	4739	42.20	7	6	-	269	0
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	80	137	9	6221	311*	48.60	11986	51.90	19	30	8	824	8
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1976	11	21	1	972	150	48.60	2131	45.61	3	7	3	112	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	62	108	12	4654	246*	48.47	11138+	37.68	15	17	6	437+	8
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	73	119	8	5333	174	48.04	9431	56.54	14	29	6	657	38
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1990	13	23	3	960	157	48.00	2167	44.30	4	4	3	107	1
BC Lara (WI)	1995-2004	24	45	1	2109	202	47.93	3417	61.72	6	11	2	323	10
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1969	48	70	5	3115	258	47.92	3350+	43.34	7	15	3	301+	6
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1996	41	73	11	2970	148*	47.90	6122	48.51	7	19	5	388	2
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	69	115	15	4763	235	47.63	8804	54.10	16	26	5	590	19
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	25	40	7	1571	113	47.60	3592	43.73	3	11	1	162	9
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-2002	26	43	5	1800	137	47.36	3227	55.77	5	9	-	224	9
FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1963	14	24	2	1031	261	46.86	119+	63.02	3	3	5	116+	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1992	16	24	3	979	260	46.61	2015	48.58	2	5	3	114	2
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	29	52	4	2233	226	46.52	4591	48.63	4	12	2	263	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1968-1975	20	32	7	1156	178	46.24	2875	40.20	3	7	2	124	2
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1994	74	131	3	5917	333	46.22	11485	51.51	15	26	11	749	19
CG Macartney (AUS)	1909-1926	23	32	3	1337	151	46.10	0+	-	5	5	-	99+	3
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	73	125	9	5341	277	46.04	8490	62.90	15	22	7	715	11
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	10	20	-	916	269	45.80	1423	64.37	4	-	-	110	12
W Bardsley (AUS)	1909-1926	24	34	4	1368	193*	45.60	1+	-	5	4	3	97+	3
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1997	23	40	1	1761	219	45.15	4058	43.39	5	8	1	194	4
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	44	69	12	2559	162*	44.89	5527	46.29	9	6	6	301	10
EH Hendren (ENG)	1921-1934	28	39	5	1525	142	44.85	1127+	38.33	4	8	4	105+	3
CJL Rogers (AUS)	2013-2015	13	24	1	1028	173	44.69	2025	50.76	3	5	1	147	1
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	55	96	9	3877	199	44.56	7685	50.44	10	19	5	512	15
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	37	61	4	2539	180	44.54	1651+	45.24	4	16	4	269+	13
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	42	69	7	2751	168	44.37	5518	49.85	7	15	5	338	13
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1961	26	45	4	1805	178	44.02	-	-	7	8	5	82+	0
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1934	15	21	1	879	155	43.95	1812+	31.62	3	4	3	44+	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	45	77	5	3155	310*	43.81	8131+	38.16	7	14	5	363+	9
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1963	20	32	-	1402	126	43.81	37+	43.24	5	5	1	117+	0
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	14	27	2	1095	144*	43.80	-	-	2	5	2	76+	19
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	26	50	5	1965	236	43.66	77+	29.87	3	12	4	14+	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2011	31	55	1	2358	156	43.66	3767	62.59	7	11	5	295	19
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	19	31	1	1300	158	43.33	1637	79.41	3	9	1	144	16
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2008	54	92	6	3721	197	43.26	7155	52.00	13	10	5	485	7
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	97	170	7	7039	294	43.18	14724	47.80	16	35	5	872	3
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2010	13	25	-	1076	202	43.04	1787	60.21	3	3	2	143	6
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	64	109	9	4293	275	42.93	9799	43.81	11	20	7	560	6
RT Robinson (ENG)	1985-1989	14	23	2	900	175	42.85	1948	46.20	3	2	2	104	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	59	103	14	3814	138	42.85	7919	48.16	8	23	8	464	2
HW Taylor (SA)	1912-1931	36	65	4	2613	176	42.83	-	-	7	15	1	32+	5
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	65	113	9	4454	215	42.82	8576	51.93	10	19	4	551	6
JL Langer (AUS)	2001-2006	12	21	3	770	105	42.77	1286	59.87	2	3	-	107	3
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	52	88	5	3533	228	42.56	6225	56.75	11	10	8	517	28
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	41	69	10	2506	172	42.47	4858	51.58	4	16	7	300	11
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	21	39	2	1571	262	42.45	3315	47.39	2	8	1	208	7
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1962	13	22	2	849	175	42.45	-	-	2	4	-	35+	1
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	32	58	2	2374	152	42.39	3651	65.02	7	10	3	346	9
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1991	19	31	5	1101	184	42.34	2688	40.95	2	7	-	122	1
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1967	20	33	3	1268	311	42.26	1142+	40.10	2	6	2	65+	1
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	16	31	1	1266	116	42.20	1571	80.58	3	7	2	202	14
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	36	61	5	2360	205	42.14	3552	66.44	7	11	2	290	12
CH Lloyd (WI)	1969-1984	20	30	1	1221	132	42.10	2067	59.07	2	8	-	134	12
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	16	30	1	1221	146	42.10	1737	70.29	5	5	2	133	32
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	60	98	6	3868	182	42.04	2046+	37.24	10	21	4	344+	11
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	61	102	5	4069	258	41.94	6295	64.63	11	20	9	478	88
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2016	17	32	1	1299	218	41.90	2568	50.58	3	5	2	154	8
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	13	23	1	921	182	41.86	532+	67.66	3	4	2	91+	13
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	43	73	7	2763	199	41.86	5620	49.16	8	12	6	332	13

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]