Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages Held in South Africa for Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RN Harvey (AUS)	1949-1958	14	21	4	1441	204	84.76	-	-	7	3	-	58+	1
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1983	13	24	4	1404	220	70.20	352+	44.31	7	4	1	82+	3
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	25	42	5	2584	220	69.83	-	-	11	9	-	45+	8
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1958	23	40	5	2420	207	69.14	-	-	7	10	2	46+	2
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42	4	9	1	154+	7
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	44	75	14	4075	365*	66.80	748+	46.39	14	12	6	210+	20
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1973	11	21	5	1065	183	66.56	-	-	3	4	-	46+	1
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1954	16	27	1	1690	205	65.00	243+	36.21	4	9	-	71+	4
EH Hendren (ENG)	1930-1935	13	23	3	1224	205*	61.20	168+	69.04	2	8	-	18+	3
SR Waugh (AUS)	1991-2003	23	35	7	1699	200	60.67	3553	47.81	5	8	3	182	6
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1976	16	24	2	1310	302	59.54	1245+	49.47	5	2	1	126+	5
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	20	38	6	1881	231	58.78	108+	63.88	6	8	3	70+	3
KF Barrington (ENG)	1960-1968	15	23	2	1216	148*	57.90	24+	16.66	5	4	2	102+	5
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	14	26	2	1367	169	56.95	2567	53.25	6	2	3	173	5
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	74	129	5	7058	400*	56.91	11838	59.62	19	31	8	916	62
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	100	165	24	7977	224	56.57	17110	46.62	26	39	11	921	51
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	49	84	15	3868	167	56.05	6637+	48.86	10	22	5	448+	18
PR Umrigar (IND)	1953-1962	10	20	2	1005	172*	55.83	-	-	3	7	-	-	2
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1962	25	40	6	1884	237	55.41	-	-	4	11	4	32+	8
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	95	159	29	7077	203*	54.43	16981	41.67	21	38	10	751	22
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	19	34	4	1622	181	54.06	-	-	4	9	-	52+	4
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2012	22	42	3	2097	206	53.76	3796	55.24	8	7	3	230	17
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1965	20	35	4	1658	260	53.48	-	-	3	9	2	28+	1
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2023	14	22	4	927	108*	51.50	1900	48.78	2	6	1	108	8
LEG Ames (ENG)	1930-1939	13	23	5	920	149	51.11	233+	75.53	4	1	1	32+	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	19	33	4	1477	117	50.93	2725+	34.31	4	10	2	172	0
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	17	32	2	1527	182*	50.90	2572	59.37	5	8	1	168	8
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	73	122	12	5578	178	50.70	9917	56.24	16	31	6	665	46
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	42	70	6	3217	194	50.26	6561	49.03	10	11	3	419	13
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1956-1968	15	28	1	1356	148	50.22	451+	31.26	5	9	2	113+	2
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1994	13	24	5	948	100*	49.89	2585+	34.89	1	5	1	96	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	48	67	4	3136	182*	49.77	2988+	66.23	11	14	3	299+	40
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	22	42	1	2001	176	48.80	-	-	6	11	-	32+	3
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1974	40	68	5	3064	158*	48.63	679+	48.45	9	13	2	159+	14
CG Greenidge (WI)	1977-1991	46	75	9	3209	226	48.62	4312+	49.74	8	15	4	373+	26
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	28	50	6	2135	148	48.52	5592	38.17	4	13	-	246	3
B Mitchell (SA)	1930-1949	20	38	4	1647	123	48.44	158+	29.11	3	11	1	21+	1
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1978	26	42	4	1813	158	47.71	879+	45.16	7	7	4	173+	6
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	20	33	-	1551	200	47.00	2950	52.57	4	7	2	181	5
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	25	42	4	1781	169	46.86	3661	48.64	6	8	5	254	6
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2018	11	22	-	1029	145	46.77	1399	73.55	3	6	1	123	12
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	44	67	5	2881	178	46.46	1487+	54.67	8	15	2	256+	30
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	50	86	9	3566	199	46.31	7150	49.87	9	18	5	462	15
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	46	69	13	2590	162*	46.25	5726	45.23	8	8	6	286	10
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	21	33	6	1246	113	46.14	2910	42.81	3	8	1	124	7
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	28	52	5	2166	163	46.08	929+	42.73	2	16	2	128+	3
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	51	89	4	3886	291	45.71	8243	47.14	12	19	8	481	12
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	41	69	7	2822	168	45.51	5748	49.09	9	13	4	339	15
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2000	25	40	8	1455	208*	45.46	3948	36.85	3	6	2	153	3
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	72	123	7	5257	208	45.31	10260	51.23	16	26	8	695	5
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	15	28	1	1220	262	45.18	2385	51.15	2	6	1	168	5
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	33	53	5	2164	141*	45.08	2956	73.20	4	14	3	269	22
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	26	45	7	1712	130	45.05	3727	45.93	2	14	3	218	2
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	68	116	8	4862	200	45.01	7956	61.11	14	22	6	639	14
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	16	30	3	1204	156*	44.59	77+	29.87	2	8	2	9+	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1962	16	29	3	1152	127*	44.30	-	-	4	5	1	20+	2
IR Redpath (AUS)	1966-1973	14	28	4	1050	80	43.75	919+	30.79	-	9	2	82+	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2006	14	26	2	1048	146	43.66	1895	55.30	3	5	1	131	8
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	38	63	11	2252	172	43.30	4286	52.54	4	14	8	267	11
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	40	67	7	2592	199	43.20	5327	48.65	8	10	5	308	13
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2007	15	27	2	1079	135	43.16	1979	54.52	3	6	1	142	2
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	17	31	1	1285	258	42.83	1793	71.66	3	4	1	151	31
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	11	21	2	809	144*	42.57	-	-	1	4	2	55+	16
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	58	101	7	3982	317	42.36	6859	58.05	9	22	7	577	55
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	14	26	2	1003	177	41.79	1805	55.56	4	3	5	139	7
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	22	37	3	1420	139*	41.76	2806	50.60	4	6	2	155	9
AN Cook (ENG)	2009-2016	16	30	3	1123	139*	41.59	2483	45.22	3	8	2	125	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2022	11	20	3	705	150*	41.47	1141	61.78	2	2	2	90	8
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	56	94	6	3638	228	41.34	7182	50.65	9	14	7	507	29
GA Gooch (ENG)	1981-1990	11	22	1	864	153	41.14	1916	45.09	2	6	2	87	2
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	33	60	2	2378	152	41.00	3702	64.23	6	12	3	348	10
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	19	35	-	1434	138	40.97	1174+	42.41	3	9	2	126+	5
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1968	11	22	1	853	201	40.61	89+	74.15	2	2	1	49+	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	57	98	8	3634	275	40.37	8345	43.54	9	16	9	460	5
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2015	15	29	5	963	161*	40.12	1849	52.08	3	2	4	108	4
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2000	25	44	2	1676	143	39.90	3598	46.58	2	10	2	227	3
DCS Compton (ENG)	1948-1957	15	26	1	996	133	39.84	345+	28.98	2	6	1	26+	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1955	14	26	4	863	104*	39.22	-	-	1	5	1	-	3
Babar Azam (PAK)	2017-2025	10	20	1	743	81	39.10	1426	52.10	-	9	3	109	2
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	26	40	3	1404	103*	37.94	3142	44.68	1	11	2	143	13
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-2000	21	36	1	1324	185*	37.82	3643	36.34	4	6	6	156	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2005	25	44	9	1323	119*	37.80	3351	39.48	3	6	2	146	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	17	28	4	906	75*	37.75	1873	48.37	-	6	2	118	6
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	25	37	4	1243	130	37.66	1862+	57.78	1	8	3	146+	6
N Hussain (ENG)	1990-2004	18	31	5	962	146*	37.00	2745	35.04	2	6	4	107	5
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2024	39	70	16	1997	202*	36.98	3507	56.94	2	10	5	242	36
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1978	20	35	2	1217	201	36.87	-	-	2	5	1	30+	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1991-1995	12	21	2	695	109*	36.57	1661	41.84	1	4	2	81	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	29	43	4	1415	120	36.28	3385	41.80	2	7	3	171	12
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	50	84	7	2792	233	36.25	5942	46.98	6	12	4	314	21
RA Smith (ENG)	1990-1996	14	23	2	760	175	36.19	1896	40.08	1	5	2	98	7
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	12	24	2	790	119*	35.90	1692	46.69	1	4	1	91	1
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2024	12	20	-	706	158	35.30	1503	46.97	3	2	1	90	8
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1978	12	21	5	564	125	35.25	0+	-	1	1	-	36+	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	12	23	-	810	108	35.21	1691	47.90	1	6	1	102	1
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1999	11	21	2	667	106	35.10	1395	47.81	1	1	2	71	5
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	11	21	-	737	141	35.09	-	-	1	4	2	32+	1
BF Butcher (WI)	1960-1968	12	22	1	737	117	35.09	53+	67.92	1	4	-	35+	3
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1986	23	30	1	1004	123	34.62	1861+	36.75	3	4	3	98+	2
IM Chappell (AUS)	1966-1973	14	27	3	830	109	34.58	279+	32.97	2	3	4	82+	2

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

Australia vs West Indies at St George's, Australia in West Indies 2nd Test, Jul 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2592]

Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown, Australia in West Indies 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]