Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Border vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Batting Records - Highest Batting Averages in Career

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Pollock (EPR)	1960-1974	2	2	1	276	222*	276.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
JG Dill (BOL/WPR)	2019-2021	7	4	3	175	131*	175.00	280	62.50	1	0	0	20	3
MK Elgie (Natal)	1959-1959	1	2	1	173	162*	173.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
J Lees (KZNIN)	2025-2025	3	2	1	133	118*	133.00	262	50.76	1	0	0	20	1
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	1	131	76*	131.00	114	114.91	0	2	0	15	6
N Smit (NWEST)	2019-2019	2	2	0	255	153	127.50	365	69.86	2	0	0	35	1
FJL Botha (NWEST)	2013-2013	2	3	1	239	144	119.50	314	76.11	1	1	0	21	0
GF Dakin (EPR)	1960-1960	1	2	1	117	104	117.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
JB Commins (/WPR)	1991-1991	2	3	2	116	104*	116.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
AM Short (EPR)	1974-1974	1	1	0	115	115	115.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	163	68.71	1	0	0	10	2
MD Haysman (AUSXI)	1985-1986	2	2	0	219	180	109.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
PH Copeland (EPR)	1960-1960	1	1	0	108	108	108.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
JP Crawley (ENGXI)	1995-1995	1	1	0	108	108	108.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
SR Harmer (EPR)	2011-2011	4	4	2	215	100*	107.50	232	92.67	1	0	0	21	6
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	0	106	106	106.00	-	-	1	0	0	11	0
WL Coetsee (NCAPE/NWEST)	2002-2017	5	5	2	310	170*	103.33	407	76.16	1	1	1	26	3
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2003-2003	1	1	0	98	98	98.00	121	80.99	0	1	0	19	0
R de Swardt (NTHNS)	2019-2020	4	3	1	193	124	96.50	300	64.33	1	0	0	25	1
KA Archer (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	0	93	93	93.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
B Swanepoel (FS/NCAPE)	2019-2022	5	2	1	90	52*	90.00	58	155.17	0	1	0	5	6
D Forrester (KNGHT)	2023-2024	3	4	2	173	85	86.50	157	110.19	0	2	0	16	10
JF Crapp (MCC)	1949-1949	1	1	0	86	86	86.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
CJD de Villiers (FS)	2009-2009	1	1	0	84	84	84.00	142	59.15	0	1	0	7	3
J Fuchs (Mpuma)	2018-2019	2	2	1	84	78*	84.00	54	155.55	0	1	0	7	4
W Wyngaard (WPR)	2005-2006	4	5	2	250	132*	83.33	422	59.24	2	0	0	23	5
SJ Palframan (BOL)	1999-2002	5	7	3	329	74*	82.25	400+	67.50	0	4	0	38+	3+
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2000	2	2	1	82	69*	82.00	152	53.94	0	1	0	13	0
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	0	81	81	81.00	-	-	0	1	0	7	2
BC Lara (WI)	2003-2003	1	1	0	81	81	81.00	135	60.00	0	1	0	16	0
N Hendrie (KZNIN)	2012-2012	2	3	1	161	61*	80.50	230	70.00	0	2	0	23	2
T Mnyaka (NCAPE)	2017-2017	1	1	0	80	80	80.00	127	62.99	0	1	0	12	0
BJ Pelser (NWEST)	2008-2014	11	13	6	545	124*	77.85	883	61.72	1	4	1	60	3
KC Wessels (AUSXI/EPR)	1986-1990	5	5	0	376	146	75.20	-	-	2	0	0	-	-
RR Sarwan (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	1	75	71*	75.00	134	55.97	0	1	0	14	0
A Nel (EPR)	2011-2011	1	1	0	75	75	75.00	126	59.52	0	1	0	10	0
MW Rushmere (EPR)	1988-2000	6	7	3	292	137*	73.00	68+	51.47	1	1	0	0+	0+
M Abbas (WPR)	2009-2009	2	3	1	145	111*	72.50	168	86.30	1	0	0	15	3
CM Spearman (NZ)	2000-2000	2	3	1	144	57*	72.00	244	59.01	0	2	0	21	2
SP Summers (BOL/FS)	2004-2005	2	2	1	72	70	72.00	69	104.34	0	1	0	10	1
L Beaufort (SWD)	2024-2025	2	3	0	216	112	72.00	252	85.71	1	1	0	28	5
MZ Lorgat (BOL)	2014-2014	1	1	0	71	71	71.00	46	154.34	0	1	0	6	2
B Makaka (WPR)	2019-2019	2	2	1	71	65*	71.00	102	69.60	0	1	0	4	2
SA Engelbrecht (WPR)	2009-2014	6	5	3	141	76	70.50	206	68.44	0	1	1	13	1
MR Ramprakash (ENGXI)	1995-1995	1	1	0	70	70	70.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
T Trenoweth (Limpo)	2025-2025	2	2	0	140	80	70.00	145	96.55	0	2	0	17	5
JL du Plooy (FS/NTHNS)	2015-2019	6	5	1	279	103*	69.75	558	50.00	1	3	0	30	2
LP Vorster (NAM)	2009-2009	1	2	1	69	58*	69.00	207	33.33	0	1	0	4	0
J du Plessis (SWD)	2018-2023	10	15	3	823	203	68.58	1514	54.35	4	0	0	92	2
K Verreynne (WPR)	2017-2019	3	3	1	136	79*	68.00	135	100.74	0	1	0	20	2
MP Breetzke (EPR/WAR)	2017-2021	6	7	2	334	94	66.80	445	75.05	0	3	0	36	5
BG Porteous (KZN)	2018-2021	5	6	1	333	171	66.60	511	65.16	1	2	0	39	1
GE Bond (WPR)	1937-1937	1	2	0	133	71	66.50	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
RR Yuill (Natal)	1938-1938	1	2	0	132	73	66.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
CH Morris (NWEST)	2010-2010	1	1	0	66	66	66.00	60	110.00	0	1	0	9	1
HJ van der Berg (WPR)	2015-2015	1	2	1	66	50*	66.00	93	70.96	0	1	0	9	0
J Richards (GTG)	2019-2019	1	1	0	66	66	66.00	65	101.53	0	1	0	8	2
CH Palmer (MCC)	1949-1949	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
D Botha (BOL)	2011-2016	4	2	1	65	62*	65.00	106	61.32	0	1	0	5	3
RC Russell (ENGXI)	1995-1995	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
RD Rickelton (GTG)	2017-2019	4	6	2	254	98	63.50	445	57.07	0	2	0	31	2
AM Bacher (GTG)	2000-2004	6	9	1	505	138	63.12	983	51.37	2	3	0	60	4
R van Tonder (FS)	2019-2019	1	1	0	63	63	63.00	90	70.00	0	1	0	4	0
J Pillay (NTHNS)	2017-2020	3	3	0	187	109	62.33	230	81.30	1	1	0	17	1
WM Dry (GriqW/NWEST)	1999-2002	4	5	1	249	150*	62.25	216+	85.18	1	1	0	11+	8+
CAH Barron (KZNIN)	2009-2012	5	8	3	311	76*	62.20	683	45.53	0	3	1	31	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	0	62	62	62.00	59	105.08	0	1	0	9	1
A Mall (KZN)	2000-2004	7	8	2	371	96	61.83	587	63.20	0	4	0	43	1
PJ van Biljon (FS/NTHNS)	2008-2016	8	9	1	494	167*	61.75	723	68.32	2	0	0	45	5
N Govender (KZN)	2010-2012	5	4	1	185	105*	61.66	304	60.85	1	1	1	17	2
E Jones (NCAPE/NTHNS)	2020-2022	4	4	1	185	112	61.66	156	118.58	1	1	0	12	9
C Britz (EASTN/NCAPE)	2024-2025	5	7	2	308	201*	61.60	608	50.65	1	0	0	24	6
WFS Fynn (EPR)	2007-2007	4	6	2	244	104	61.00	362	67.40	1	1	0	34	4
D Daniels (BOL)	2010-2010	2	2	1	61	53*	61.00	65	93.84	0	1	0	6	2
SM Gilson (KZNIN)	2024-2025	4	4	1	182	132*	60.66	178	102.24	1	0	0	19	4
JD Vandiar (KZN/NCAPE/NTHNS)	2015-2025	11	11	2	545	124*	60.55	659	82.70	1	4	0	73	5
G Van Heerden (SA19/SWD)	2022-2025	7	8	3	302	72*	60.40	385	78.44	0	4	1	19	11
JH Kallis (WPR)	2003-2003	2	2	0	120	88	60.00	148	81.08	0	1	0	11	0
D Pretorius (NWEST)	2012-2015	4	4	1	179	65	59.66	188	95.21	0	2	0	15	7
JA Rudolph (NTHNS)	2001-2003	8	11	1	591	125	59.10	907	65.15	2	2	0	75	5
WW Wade (Natal)	1938-1938	1	2	1	59	39	59.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
RF Pienaar (NTHNS)	1999-1999	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
CR Wilson (BOL)	2000-2000	1	2	1	59	32	59.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JD Veeran (KZNIN)	2018-2018	2	2	1	59	43*	59.00	105	56.19	0	0	0	10	0
M Andrianatos (SWD)	2022-2022	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	119	49.57	0	1	0	5	1
MM Hulett (KZN/KZNIN)	2010-2014	7	9	3	351	119*	58.50	362	96.96	1	2	1	30	13
CA Flowers (KZN)	2007-2010	4	5	2	175	57*	58.33	336	52.08	0	1	0	17	0
ZJH Momberg (SWD)	2025-2025	2	1	0	58	58	58.00	109	53.21	0	1	0	3	2
T Koekemoer (EPR/KZNIN/NCAPE)	2017-2024	12	15	6	520	98	57.77	917	56.70	0	5	2	47	1
WSS Klopper (NTHNS)	2017-2017	2	3	1	115	53	57.50	177	64.97	0	1	0	10	3
PI Faulkner (AUSXI)	1985-1986	2	2	1	57	48	57.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
T Bavuma (GTG)	2009-2018	5	6	1	284	108*	56.80	376	75.53	1	1	0	30	1
G Celliers (NWEST)	2003-2004	2	3	1	113	54	56.50	186	60.75	0	1	0	14	1
JA Beukes (FS/SWD)	2001-2010	12	17	3	786	120	56.14	1518	51.77	3	5	4	101	7
DP Conway (GTG/KZNIN)	2012-2017	10	12	1	617	205*	56.09	763	80.86	2	2	1	69	6
G Outram (NWEST)	2000-2000	2	2	0	112	83	56.00	58+	50.00	0	1	0	3+	0+
DJ Terbrugge (GTG)	2000-2004	4	4	3	56	35*	56.00	150	37.33	0	0	0	7	0
ARM Ralph (WPR)	1937-1937	1	2	0	110	110	55.00	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
MD Sanders (KZN)	2004-2006	3	4	0	220	103	55.00	389	56.55	1	1	0	29	3
K Christoffels (EPR/SWD)	2014-2020	5	5	1	220	89	55.00	528	41.66	0	2	0	30	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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:

Khan Research Labs vs Ghani Glass at Karachi, President's Trophy Grade-I 27th Match, Feb 2-4, 2026 [First-class]

Lions vs Warriors at Gqeberha, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 23rd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class]

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Titans at Pietermaritzburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 24th Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class]