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)	1989-2003	36	53	15	2729	200	71.81	5225	52.22	11	8	3	291	7
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	16	29	3	1852	270*	71.23	416+	56.00	8	5	1	87+	1
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2012	14	23	4	1335	178	70.26	2678	49.85	4	4	-	152	8
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	19	35	3	2231	277	69.71	3990	55.91	9	6	1	268	7
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	30	51	8	2887	217	67.13	7015	41.15	9	15	-	349	3
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	33	47	7	2584	161	64.60	2110+	35.07	9	14	-	67+	6
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	65	112	17	5895	365*	62.05	3053+	52.96	19	21	8	420+	24
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1993	35	62	15	2878	200*	61.23	6741+	42.01	6	17	2	321	6
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1954	51	89	10	4778	364	60.48	1282+	42.90	15	20	4	230+	5
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	34	58	7	3060	220	60.00	-	-	12	10	-	76+	8
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	96	160	33	7586	203*	59.73	17707	42.84	22	41	9	812	22
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1956	52	83	10	4311	278	59.05	939+	44.40	14	20	5	243+	2
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1958	32	56	5	2953	207	57.90	-	-	8	14	5	101+	2
CA Davis (WI)	1969-1973	14	27	5	1273	183	57.86	553+	37.61	4	4	1	65+	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2010	11	20	1	1094	202	57.57	2140	51.12	5	1	2	137	4
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1976	18	27	2	1436	302	57.44	1534+	48.37	5	4	1	142+	5
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1987-1996	16	23	4	1078	165	56.73	2312	46.62	3	6	-	117	2
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	80	138	6	7485	400*	56.70	12183	61.43	21	32	10	977	58
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	27	52	3	2744	215	56.00	4671	58.74	9	12	-	326	21
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1947	15	29	5	1336	189*	55.66	-	-	4	6	-	0+	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2005	14	22	10	666	106*	55.50	1308	50.91	1	3	1	70	4
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2025	93	164	16	8153	254	55.08	13718	59.43	28	35	7	922	25
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	18	27	3	1315	136	54.79	2684	48.99	3	7	1	169	9
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	72	101	6	5193	291	54.66	5859+	68.88	16	26	4	586+	56
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	12	20	3	925	184*	54.41	1205	76.76	2	5	-	101	19
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1935-1948	17	27	3	1304	205*	54.33	562+	40.39	4	8	4	90+	3
AR Morris (AUS)	1948-1955	14	25	1	1299	196	54.12	122+	32.78	4	7	1	59+	3
IM Chappell (AUS)	1968-1975	19	35	4	1653	192	53.32	2742+	40.51	4	12	2	193	4
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1986	29	52	4	2556	221	53.25	3107+	42.09	9	12	3	192+	5
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	58	97	4	4943	226	53.15	7519	65.74	16	21	5	622	41
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2005	14	27	3	1270	146	52.91	2325	54.62	5	6	1	144	11
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	47	72	8	3362	285*	52.53	-	-	10	16	6	251+	10
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	68	115	20	4969	184	52.30	9325+	46.58	12	29	5	570+	19
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1909-1930	27	40	3	1935	211	52.29	851+	35.37	5	11	1	89+	1
EH Hendren (ENG)	1921-1935	31	48	8	2091	205*	52.27	1295+	42.31	6	10	4	117+	4
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2011	27	44	2	2195	193	52.26	4230	51.89	5	13	3	309	6
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	39	64	8	2915	261	52.05	119+	63.02	7	14	9	148+	10
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1991	65	105	11	4779	226	50.84	7183+	51.71	14	19	6	583+	34
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1966	30	53	6	2372	260	50.46	1162+	38.64	6	10	2	114+	2
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2017	14	26	2	1208	311*	50.33	2238	53.97	3	4	-	159	3
W Bardsley (AUS)	1909-1926	21	29	3	1300	193*	50.00	1+	-	5	4	3	92+	3
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	56	89	7	4055	256	49.45	3743+	41.35	9	23	5	334+	18
C Washbrook (ENG)	1937-1956	20	35	6	1431	143	49.34	53+	13.20	4	7	1	39+	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	71	125	12	5535	246*	48.98	13295+	37.50	17	23	8	549+	8
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
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2012	31	55	2	2581	206	48.69	4531	56.96	9	8	2	283	18
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	46	83	8	3638	219	48.50	6427	56.60	9	20	4	535	20
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1997	27	47	2	2178	219	48.40	4995	43.60	6	12	2	240	4
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1977	31	54	7	2273	262*	48.36	5333	42.62	7	6	5	270	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	14	24	2	1055	232	47.95	1632	64.64	2	4	-	103+	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	20	34	3	1484	148	47.87	2680	55.37	5	8	2	188	5
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	56	92	7	4058	194	47.74	8331	48.70	12	16	6	531	17
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1946	48	76	9	3179	240	47.44	2153+	40.45	9	10	3	113+	9
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1968	19	33	4	1375	210	47.41	1654+	35.48	5	6	2	109+	8
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1986	13	23	-	1090	117	47.39	709+	30.04	2	8	1	47+	7
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2001	11	20	2	847	134	47.05	1854	45.68	2	6	1	97	2
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1963	15	22	-	1033	126	46.95	37+	43.24	4	4	-	89+	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	14	24	1	1079	208	46.91	-	-	3	6	-	45+	3
R Subba Row (ENG)	1958-1961	13	22	1	984	137	46.85	-	-	3	4	-	44+	1
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1977	39	73	6	3138	163	46.83	3060+	44.73	5	23	5	240+	5
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1995	45	82	13	3222	175	46.69	6824	47.21	8	20	7	412	5
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1968	16	30	1	1354	201	46.68	1011+	56.08	3	6	2	106+	4
WA Brown (AUS)	1934-1948	11	20	1	885	206*	46.57	2094+	39.58	3	3	1	65+	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	69	115	15	4637	235	46.37	8516	54.45	16	25	7	580	19
DN Sardesai (IND)	1962-1971	12	21	1	926	212	46.30	623+	28.08	3	3	2	47+	1
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1982	12	21	-	972	274	46.28	1656+	50.78	2	3	3	110+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1961	22	38	2	1664	204	46.22	-	-	6	7	5	112+	1
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2005	14	24	1	1061	183	46.13	2431	43.64	2	4	1	150	5
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	37	63	4	2721	180	46.11	1651+	45.24	5	17	4	239+	14
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	65	106	7	4562	182	46.08	2497+	36.16	13	24	6	403+	9
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	58	100	6	4314	158*	45.89	2204+	47.00	11	19	6	275+	16
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1968-1975	24	39	8	1418	178	45.74	3665	38.69	4	7	3	159	2
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1938	30	45	8	1687	149	45.59	1270+	45.03	6	4	3	83+	4
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1969	58	88	8	3641	258	45.51	3411+	43.35	8	18	6	338+	7
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1994	85	153	4	6781	333	45.51	13401	50.60	17	32	13	836	21
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2001	30	50	6	1998	139*	45.40	3691	54.13	5	13	2	215	12
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	97	170	10	7220	294	45.12	15109	47.78	17	37	5	885	4
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	64	97	6	4102	178	45.07	3554+	57.23	10	23	2	390+	42
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	49	83	5	3516	197	45.07	6430	54.68	14	7	5	463	8
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2015	28	51	4	2115	226	45.00	4268	49.55	4	12	5	249	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1978	17	31	3	1257	176	44.89	2047+	33.02	4	4	2	89+	3
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	64	111	17	4195	138	44.62	8798	47.68	9	25	8	492	3
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1934	15	21	1	879	155	43.95	1812+	31.62	3	4	3	44+	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1991	13	22	2	876	157	43.80	1707	51.31	2	4	2	92	2
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	50	85	5	3495	310*	43.68	8203+	37.90	8	15	6	401+	10
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2012	27	47	6	1790	182*	43.65	4204	42.57	5	8	3	204	10
M Leyland (ENG)	1928-1938	25	37	2	1527	187	43.62	1870+	41.06	6	5	4	74+	6
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	58	100	6	4095	291	43.56	8459	48.40	12	20	8	509	12
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	19	31	1	1300	158	43.33	1637	79.41	3	9	1	144	16
CG Macartney (AUS)	1909-1926	21	29	3	1118	151	43.00	0+	-	4	4	-	70+	2
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	74	131	10	5200	215	42.97	10186	51.05	11	23	4	644	9
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	37	59	5	2307	158	42.72	2037+	43.74	7	10	6	234+	8
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2017	20	36	2	1449	156	42.61	3034	47.75	4	7	3	189	8
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1980	20	36	4	1362	131	42.56	2316+	44.04	4	6	2	166	2
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1962	18	32	3	1234	175	42.55	-	-	2	7	-	35+	1
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	30	41	2	1658	154	42.51	119+	65.54	2	12	4	87+	8
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2025	19	35	-	1483	158	42.37	2914	50.89	5	4	2	188	6
BF Butcher (WI)	1960-1969	25	45	3	1778	209*	42.33	1494+	49.86	3	8	-	133+	6

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan vs Oman at Dubai (DICS), Men's T20 Asia Cup 4th Match, Group A, Sep 12, 2025 [T20I # 3449]

Oman vs United States of America at Al Amerat, United States of America in Oman 3rd T20I, Feb 23, 2025 [T20I # 3100]

Oman vs United States of America at Al Amerat, United States of America in Oman 2nd T20I, Feb 21, 2025 [T20I # 3096]