Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Australia vs other countries Tests Batting Records - Highest Batting Averages in Career

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	5	4	3	542	269*	542.00	779	69.57	3	-	-	63	2
Hasan Raza (PAK)	2002-2002	1	2	1	122	68	122.00	314	38.85	-	2	-	20	0
Abul Hasan (BAN)	2012-2012	1	2	1	120	113	120.00	147	81.63	1	-	-	15	3
AH Bakewell (ENG)	1933-1933	1	1	-	107	107	107.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1968-1973	9	14	1	1196	242	92.00	985+	54.72	6	5	-	131	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2025	11	19	8	999	200*	90.81	1605	62.24	3	4	1	90	6
AR Patel (IND)	2023-2023	4	5	2	264	84	88.00	474	55.69	-	3	-	25	9
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2022-2024	4	8	2	521	204	86.83	830	62.77	3	-	-	51	3
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1964-1964	1	2	-	169	166	84.50	-	-	1	-	-	20	0
DM Bess (ENG)	2020-2020	3	4	3	83	31*	83.00	149	55.70	-	-	-	8	1
S van Zyl (SA)	2014-2015	3	3	1	163	101*	81.50	242	67.35	1	-	-	23	0
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	2018-2018	1	2	-	160	94	80.00	281	56.93	-	2	-	15	1
Ishan Kishan (IND)	2023-2023	2	3	2	78	52*	78.00	91	85.71	-	1	-	8	2
WH Ponsford (AUS)	1930-1931	5	7	1	467	183	77.83	-	-	2	1	-	25+	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1931	5	6	-	447	223	74.50	-	-	2	-	1	43	0
SE Marsh (AUS)	2015-2015	3	5	1	294	182	73.50	494	59.51	1	1	-	30	2
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
SC Griffith (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	144	140	72.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	1	72	60*	72.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2020	2	2	1	71	51*	71.00	121	58.67	-	1	-	8	2
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	14	23	2	1453	274	69.19	1394+	51.36	5	5	-	141+	9
WM Lawry (AUS)	1965-1969	10	17	2	1035	210	69.00	940+	42.76	4	3	-	56+	4
E Paynter (ENG)	1933-1939	9	15	5	666	216*	66.60	1287+	45.92	1	3	2	75+	3
RG Hart (NZ)	2002-2002	2	4	2	129	57*	64.50	476	27.10	-	1	-	7	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1934	32	51	5	2947	194	64.06	6557+	34.60	8	18	1	188+	3
K Sinclair (WI)	2024-2024	1	2	1	64	50	64.00	157	40.76	-	1	-	8	1
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1955	40	73	9	4089	364	63.89	2601+	39.63	10	20	2	243+	3
HB Taber (AUS)	1969-1969	1	2	1	63	48	63.00	171	36.84	-	-	-	3	0
GA Faulkner (SA)	1910-1912	8	15	1	880	204	62.85	1256+	58.28	3	5	1	103+	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2004	2	4	1	186	126*	62.00	326	57.05	1	-	-	16	3
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1984-1985	2	3	-	185	113	61.66	432	42.82	1	1	-	16	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1964	12	23	2	1284	337	61.14	423+	46.57	4	6	1	20+	0
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2011-2011	1	2	1	61	57	61.00	101	60.39	-	1	-	11	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	37	66	10	3415	178	60.98	6594	51.78	12	18	1	393	32
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	5	8	2	365	210*	60.83	682	53.51	1	1	1	36	0
RE Foster (ENG)	1903-1904	5	9	1	486	287	60.75	-	-	1	-	-	56	1
RG Archer (AUS)	1955-1955	5	6	-	364	128	60.66	-	-	1	2	-	36+	4
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	2	484	108	60.50	602+	44.68	1	5	1	42	1
PP Shaw (IND)	2018-2020	3	5	1	241	134	60.25	258	93.41	1	1	1	34	1
DT Lindsay (SA)	1963-1970	10	14	-	838	182	59.85	661+	64.29	3	4	1	92+	13
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1986	47	79	7	4299	236*	59.70	4598+	46.69	21	11	7	404+	11
TM Head (AUS)	2022-2025	7	12	1	655	175	59.54	830	78.91	2	3	2	74	5
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1930	4	7	-	416	173	59.42	852	48.82	1	2	-	33+	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2003	4	7	1	353	160	58.83	568	62.14	1	2	-	41	3
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	9	16	1	876	175	58.40	1542	56.80	3	3	2	104	7
GM Turner (NZ)	1969-1977	15	26	2	1396	259	58.16	2178+	36.73	4	5	1	100+	0
OAC Banks (WI)	2003-2003	2	4	2	116	47*	58.00	262	44.27	-	-	-	15	0
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	1	-	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	-	1	-	10	1
AL Hassett (AUS)	1951-1952	4	8	1	402	132	57.42	-	-	2	1	-	33	0
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	4	5	1	229	74*	57.25	0+	-	-	3	-	31	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1968-1980	17	31	4	1545	165	57.22	1405+	47.25	5	7	-	169	2
CL Walcott (WI)	1951-1955	8	16	-	914	155	57.12	-	-	5	3	1	36+	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2009	7	11	-	621	157	56.45	1205	51.53	2	3	1	63	2
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1985	13	23	3	1122	127	56.10	1931+	44.38	6	3	-	91	0
RS Modi (IND)	1948-1949	5	10	-	560	112	56.00	-	-	1	5	-	12+	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1982	17	31	6	1400	182*	56.00	2033+	52.04	5	7	3	142	4
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	43	73	4	3848	187	55.76	5363+	46.22	13	16	3	261+	4
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1948-1948	4	8	1	390	133	55.71	-	-	1	3	-	15+	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2010	19	35	2	1836	192	55.63	3481	52.74	8	6	2	226	10
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	4	7	2	275	87*	55.00	767	35.85	-	3	1	29	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1991-2013	60	106	10	5260	241*	54.79	9258	56.81	14	26	7	652	30
SM Warnapura (SL)	2008-2008	2	4	-	217	120	54.25	359	60.44	1	1	1	27	0
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	53	98	16	4417	177	53.86	9775	45.18	13	22	5	495	27
BR Taylor (NZ)	1969-1972	7	9	3	323	124	53.83	1+	-	1	-	1	18+	7
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1981	36	59	3	2993	179	53.44	1931+	51.68	8	16	2	235+	2
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2012	24	44	7	1977	206	53.43	3717	53.18	7	7	-	198	12
KR Miller (AUS)	1951-1955	10	16	1	801	147	53.40	-	-	4	1	-	68+	3
CAG Russell (ENG)	1920-1921	6	11	2	474	135*	52.66	492+	52.43	3	1	2	39	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2012	51	90	11	4149	281	52.51	8221	50.46	10	23	6	532	0
RM Cowper (AUS)	1965-1965	5	8	-	417	143	52.12	-	-	2	1	-	18+	0
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2020	26	47	6	2135	290	52.07	3574	59.73	6	6	4	277	9
M Watkinson (ENG)	1995-1995	3	4	1	156	82*	52.00	339	46.01	-	1	-	16	1
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	2	2	-	104	96	52.00	280	37.14	-	1	-	8	2
S Mahmood (ENG)	2022-2022	2	2	1	52	49	52.00	124	41.93	-	-	-	4	1
CP Mead (ENG)	1911-1928	7	10	2	415	182*	51.87	619+	30.04	1	1	1	38	0
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	-	207	95	51.75	289	71.62	-	2	-	22	5
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	6	9	2	362	107	51.71	638	56.73	2	1	-	44	5
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-2005	15	27	3	1237	177	51.54	2146	57.64	5	3	2	148	7
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	10	19	1	923	231	51.27	-	-	2	5	2	51+	0
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2017-2017	2	4	-	205	89	51.25	440	46.59	-	2	-	14	3
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2010-2022	24	47	3	2251	302*	51.15	5033	44.72	7	10	4	199	10
ML Apte (IND)	1953-1953	5	10	1	460	163*	51.11	-	-	1	3	1	-	0
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	31	58	2	2856	277	51.00	4675	61.09	9	11	5	381	21
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2016-2016	3	4	2	102	65	51.00	109	93.57	-	1	-	13	4
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2025	11	21	-	1068	152	50.85	1730	61.73	4	4	3	139	4
GS Ballance (ENG/ZIM)	2014-2023	7	14	2	609	137*	50.75	1323	46.03	2	3	1	60	8
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1921-1929	8	10	1	455	122	50.55	178+	29.21	1	3	1	37+	2
A Hill (ENG)	1877-1877	2	4	2	101	49	50.50	49+	71.42	-	-	1	3+	0
Javed Ahmadi (AFG)	2019-2019	1	2	-	101	62	50.50	174	58.04	-	1	-	16	1
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1985	29	48	4	2211	178	50.25	2622+	60.94	6	12	2	262	18
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1989-2004	15	25	6	951	204*	50.05	2198	43.26	3	4	2	89	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1960-1968	40	69	6	3153	256	50.04	3211+	42.13	8	17	3	251+	11
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	2	1	50	27*	50.00	91	54.94	-	-	-	6	0
G Brown (ENG)	1921-1921	3	5	-	250	84	50.00	-	-	-	2	-	24	0
HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1953	1	2	1	50	40*	50.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	11	18	2	800	141*	50.00	1205	66.39	2	5	1	88	13
Shadman Islam (BAN)	2018-2024	3	5	-	250	76	50.00	614	40.71	-	3	-	24	1
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-2012	20	38	5	1649	118	49.96	3698	44.59	5	11	1	167	7
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1966	5	8	-	399	126	49.87	885+	37.74	1	3	1	35+	2

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe at Harare, Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Only Test, Oct 20-22, 2025 [Test # 2604]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Lahore, South Africa in Pakistan 1st Test, Oct 12-15, 2025 [Test # 2602]