Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages Held in Sri Lanka for ODIs

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1998	26	23	6	965	111*	56.76	1182	81.64	1	9	0	44	12
KIC Asalanka (SL)	2021-2026	48	44	9	1898	127	54.22	2060	92.13	4	13	2	159	41
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2017	38	35	11	1240	94	51.66	1548	80.10	0	10	0	85	15
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	68	59	18	1908	131*	46.53	2215	86.13	2	14	2	125+	22+
V Kohli (IND)	2008-2024	31	29	5	1086	131	45.25	1228	88.43	5	2	1	113	8
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2026	72	72	10	2773	143	44.72	3088	89.79	5	20	4	297	32
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	70	66	12	2407	145	44.57	2829	85.08	5	15	0	177+	28+
RP Arnold (SL)	1998-2006	47	36	13	986	91*	42.86	1380	71.44	0	8	3	68	2
MS Atapattu (SL)	1992-2006	75	71	11	2559	118	42.65	3910	65.44	2	21	1	221	5
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1993-2009	44	41	5	1531	138	42.52	1870	81.87	5	6	1	136	16
P Nissanka (SL)	2022-2026	36	36	2	1404	210*	41.29	1528	91.88	3	8	2	168	22
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	23	22	4	740	90*	41.11	1021	72.47	0	7	2	62	5
TM Dilshan (SL)	2002-2016	124	114	15	4070	144	41.11	4788	85.00	9	19	4	463	15
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2005	40	36	3	1344	117*	40.72	1868	71.94	3	10	1	136	17
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2014	142	129	13	4724	169	40.72	6118	77.21	4	33	3	447	29
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2012-2019	46	34	7	1064	90	39.40	1395	76.27	0	8	1	75	12
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1998	49	41	9	1236	107	38.62	1961	63.02	1	9	3	74+	3+
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2009	42	35	5	1156	104	38.53	1685	68.60	1	8	2	88	3
WIA Fernando (SL)	2016-2025	29	28	0	1075	127	38.39	1227	87.61	3	7	3	101	21
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2000-2015	27	25	3	841	143	38.22	949	88.61	2	3	1	82	13
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2023	102	82	20	2326	97*	37.51	2801	83.04	0	18	7	194	28
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2012	39	38	3	1295	126	37.00	1240	104.43	4	4	3	190	9
N Dickwella (SL)	2017-2022	22	21	0	766	116	36.47	855	89.59	2	4	0	98	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2014	34	32	4	971	144	34.67	1365	71.13	1	6	1	60	3
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2001-2010	40	33	2	1073	117	34.61	1362	78.78	2	6	1	118	9
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	151	135	18	4046	123	34.58	5237	77.25	4	28	11	340	20
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2009	128	124	9	3880	130	33.73	4362	88.95	7	24	11	436	51
WU Tharanga (SL)	2005-2018	89	83	8	2526	133	33.68	3300	76.54	5	13	4	302	12
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2013-2023	40	39	1	1276	116	33.57	1286	99.22	2	8	5	146	22
DA Gunawardene (SL)	1998-2005	31	31	1	973	90	32.43	1356	71.75	0	8	3	118	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1994-2006	22	20	2	565	83*	31.38	855	66.08	0	4	2	41	8
RG Sharma (IND)	2008-2024	35	34	4	934	124*	31.13	983	95.01	2	7	6	95	28
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1996	26	25	4	650	87	30.95	1061	61.26	0	4	3	46+	13+
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2022	58	51	8	1318	102	30.65	1735	75.96	1	7	4	100	8
S Samarawickrama (SL)	2018-2024	25	22	2	601	93	30.05	654	91.89	0	4	2	64	3
RS Kalpage (SL)	1992-1998	33	20	11	265	44*	29.44	364	72.80	0	0	1	10	1
SK Raina (IND)	2005-2012	30	30	5	709	76	28.36	804	88.18	0	6	4	55	15
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1992-1997	32	21	8	350	66*	26.92	657	53.27	0	1	2	24	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2026	42	38	3	908	84	25.94	1144	79.37	0	5	0	86	8
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2011	31	29	9	517	62	25.85	757	68.29	0	1	2	33	9
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2015	24	24	0	601	103	25.04	808	74.38	1	4	4	65	10
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-2004	45	43	7	865	102*	24.02	1216	71.13	1	4	5	96	2
CK Kapugedera (SL)	2006-2017	38	32	6	606	67*	23.30	892	67.93	0	3	2	43	6
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-2014	31	30	6	553	124	23.04	404	136.88	2	1	1	56	21
NLTC Perera (SL)	2010-2020	65	50	5	1020	65	22.66	888	114.86	0	6	3	85	29
MD Shanaka (SL)	2016-2024	36	33	2	681	102	21.96	710	95.91	1	2	3	53	21
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2017-2026	36	26	6	429	66	21.45	378	113.49	0	1	1	51	8
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2009	21	20	1	374	53	19.68	639	58.52	0	1	4	35	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	1994-2007	60	37	10	474	61*	17.55	642	73.83	0	1	1	25	3
MF Maharoof (SL)	2004-2010	33	21	5	269	35	16.81	303	88.77	0	0	0	26	3
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2003-2017	62	41	15	407	39*	15.65	591	68.86	0	0	2	31	8
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1994-2004	55	22	7	216	26	14.40	305	70.81	0	0	2	10	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2008	77	42	12	353	33	11.76	479	73.69	0	0	5	17	2
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2019	92	41	20	164	19*	7.80	195	84.10	0	0	12	12	8
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2011	109	41	19	159	32	7.22	243	65.43	0	0	5	10	2

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]