Batting Highest Career Batting Average

England vs other countries FC Batting Records - Highest Batting Averages in Career

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
ML Love (AUS/AUS-A/QLD)	1994-2003	6	10	3	646	250	92.28	965+	63.93	2	1	2	64+	2+
DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	8660	58.06	19	12	6	443+	5
CS Dempster (NZ)	1930-1933	8	11	4	619	136	88.42	0+	-	2	4	-	0+	1
LG Rowe (JAM/WI)	1974-1981	8	11	-	858	302	78.00	1534+	48.37	4	2	-	89+	3+
GA Headley (/WI)	1930-1954	17	31	3	2011	270*	71.82	416+	56.00	8	7	1	87+	1+
L Klusener (SA/SA-A)	1995-2000	9	11	3	555	174	69.37	639+	74.80	1	4	-	70+	3+
GS Blewett (AUS/AUS-A/AUSXI/SOA)	1994-2002	13	21	3	1242	213*	69.00	2137	58.11	6	3	1	135	7
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	8	15	1	945	214*	67.50	1205	78.42	3	4	1	107	27
SG Barnes (AUS)	1938-1948	11	17	2	975	234	65.00	1573+	40.87	2	5	1	72+	2+
BJ Watling (NZ/NZ-XI)	2013-2021	12	19	4	949	205	63.26	2006	47.30	2	7	1	125	5
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2010	14	24	-	1499	223	62.45	2864	52.33	6	3	1	183	9
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.10	8	15	2	390	34
BC Lara (WbpXI/WI)	1990-2004	31	53	3	3118	400*	62.36	4645+	64.21	8	11	4	415+	13+
KC Bland (ROWXI/SA)	1964-1965	9	18	3	921	144*	61.40	-	-	2	6	-	76+	13+
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2010-2016	6	12	-	736	108	61.33	996	73.89	3	5	-	93	5
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	21	37	5	1950	217	60.93	4715	41.35	7	8	1	253	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1984-1996	19	28	5	1396	165	60.69	2998	46.56	4	9	1	162	1
M Azharuddin (/IBPXI/IND/SOZ)	1984-1996	18	29	3	1553	182	59.73	2235+	57.18	7	5	1	155+	2+
SE Marsh (AUS/AUS-A)	2013-2018	7	10	2	474	156	59.25	1043	45.44	2	2	1	60	1
GS Sobers (ROWXI/WI)	1954-1974	43	74	9	3827	226	58.87	3053+	52.96	12	16	8	330+	10+
DJ Mitchell (NZ/NZ-A)	2019-2024	11	20	3	997	190	58.64	1937	51.47	3	7	1	111	16
AO Malhotra (IBPXI/IND/NOZ)	1981-1985	7	10	3	409	102*	58.42	144+	43.75	1	3	2	8+	0+
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	23	41	3	2212	213*	58.21	4552	48.59	8	10	2	247	12
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1986-2003	47	74	18	3247	177*	57.98	6092	53.29	10	14	6	366	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	12	19	2	983	136	57.82	1853	53.04	3	5	2	134	7
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	21	39	3	2051	277	56.97	3524	58.20	7	7	3	261	2
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2022-2024	6	11	-	626	134	56.90	1261	49.64	1	5	-	62	0
TA Blundell (NZ/NZ-A)	2019-2024	10	19	2	965	138	56.76	1650	58.48	3	5	1	122	9
SPD Smith (AUS/AUS-A)	2010-2023	38	68	5	3476	239	55.17	6363	54.62	12	14	3	393	22
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	24	43	6	2037	208	55.05	108+	63.88	7	9	1	64+	6
AR Border (AUS/NSW/QLD)	1978-1993	49	86	20	3628	200*	54.96	8412+	42.85	8	21	3	410+	7+
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	57	7	2732	189*	54.64	158+	29.11	7	16	-	21+	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	19	32	3	1584	148	54.62	2735	57.91	5	10	3	192	8
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	13	24	2	1199	269	54.50	1849	64.84	5	3	4	131	26
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2024	8	14	2	646	136	53.83	1082	59.70	1	6	-	84	2
FMM Worrell (/WI)	1948-1963	28	48	6	2254	261	53.66	119+	63.02	7	8	8	148+	7+
CG Greenidge (BDOS/WI)	1976-1990	34	51	2	2597	223	53.00	4231+	54.78	8	9	3	317+	16+
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	-	1	4	2	50+	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2007-2015	7	13	1	632	117	52.66	1365	46.30	2	3	-	82	5
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1976	16	28	2	1369	150	52.65	3060	44.73	3	11	3	161	2
A Melville (SA)	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	-	4	3	2	58+	1
MEK Hussey (AUS/WA)	1998-2011	17	28	2	1348	195	51.84	2613+	50.44	4	9	4	154+	5+
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2012	32	53	4	2535	193	51.73	4855	52.21	7	13	-	357	8
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1984	14	24	3	1086	274	51.71	2059+	50.31	2	4	2	127	0
HM Amla (KZN/SA)	1999-2017	22	39	2	1904	311*	51.45	3779	50.38	6	7	1	250	3
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1992	22	32	6	1329	260	51.11	2829	46.97	2	9	3	144	7
AR Morris (AUS)	1946-1955	24	43	2	2080	206	50.73	1155+	48.91	8	8	3	150+	6
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1972	13	24	1	1164	207	50.60	2396	48.58	3	7	1	134	3
J Da Silva (WI)	2022-2024	6	10	3	354	100*	50.57	822	43.06	1	1	1	35	4
RB Simpson (AUS)	1958-1966	19	31	3	1405	311	50.17	2233+	44.33	2	9	5	113+	2
MTG Elliott (AUS/AUS-A/AUSXI/SOA/VIC)	1995-2006	10	17	1	794	199	49.62	1477	53.75	2	5	-	105	3
Agha Salman (PAK)	2022-2024	6	11	2	446	104*	49.55	674	66.17	1	4	-	49	5
DJ Cullinan (/BOR/SA/SAInv)	1990-2000	19	29	3	1285	120	49.42	2285+	49.19	2	11	1	144+	2+
JL Langer (AUS/AUSXI/WA)	1994-2007	24	43	5	1875	250	49.34	3113+	56.18	5	7	1	200+	4+
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	9	15	1	686	307	49.00	1696	40.44	1	3	2	62	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1996	7	12	2	490	205	49.00	746	65.68	1	1	-	65	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	22	35	2	1608	275	48.72	3908	41.14	5	7	2	207	2
MR Marsh (AUS/WAXI)	2013-2023	11	19	3	779	181	48.68	1253	62.17	3	3	1	112	11
CA Best (BDOS/WI)	1986-1990	7	11	1	486	164	48.60	640+	50.00	1	3	1	38+	1+
SM Nurse (ROWXI/WI)	1960-1968	12	22	-	1068	137	48.54	1011+	56.08	2	7	1	106+	4+
ME Waugh (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1990-2001	31	55	7	2311	140	48.14	4137	55.86	6	12	1	255	8
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	26	46	3	2059	232	47.88	3216+	60.04	4	11	2	208+	4+
WM Lawry (AUS/ROWXI)	1961-1971	30	53	5	2297	166	47.85	4709+	34.57	7	13	4	218+	6+
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1986	10	16	3	622	174*	47.84	1374	45.26	1	3	-	72	2
RG Sharma (IND)	2014-2024	14	26	2	1147	161	47.79	2173	52.78	4	4	-	136	16
VM Merchant (IND)	1933-1951	10	18	-	859	154	47.72	-	-	3	3	2	21+	0
DB Vengsarkar (IBPXI/IND/WEZ)	1977-1990	28	46	7	1851	200*	47.46	3605+	44.07	6	6	3	180+	2+
S Chanderpaul (GUY/WI)	1994-2015	37	62	9	2511	147*	47.37	5856+	41.85	5	16	6	297+	4+
CJL Rogers (AUS/WA)	1998-2015	17	31	1	1417	173	47.23	2780+	50.46	4	9	1	193+	1+
WH Ponsford (AUS)	1924-1934	21	36	2	1605	266	47.20	3118+	44.77	5	5	1	88+	0+
DM Jones (AUS/VIC)	1986-1995	20	34	2	1498	184*	46.81	2946	50.84	4	8	4	147	8
GRJ Matthews (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1985-1991	13	20	6	653	128	46.64	1508	43.30	1	4	1	67	1
TM Dilshan (SL/SLBP/SLCBP)	2001-2012	16	27	1	1206	193	46.38	1943	62.06	4	6	3	139	7
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	15	27	1	1206	146	46.38	1591	75.80	5	6	1	139	36
DL Haynes (BDOS/WI)	1980-1994	38	62	9	2458	184	46.37	5421+	44.12	5	13	2	274+	5+
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD)	1970-1983	36	67	9	2680	144	46.20	5632+	46.50	9	12	4	291+	4+
HA Gomes (T&T/WI)	1976-1986	17	23	4	876	143	46.10	1927+	41.56	2	5	3	98+	0+
DC Boon (AUS/AUSXI/TAS)	1985-1995	33	61	8	2443	184*	46.09	6002	40.70	8	9	5	275	1
VS Hazare (IND/INDIA)	1946-1952	13	21	2	874	164*	46.00	-	-	2	4	2	3+	1+
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2016	17	31	-	1426	218	46.00	2682	53.16	4	4	-	169	7
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1996	10	13	1	549	141	45.75	1074	51.11	1	5	1	71	4
BM McMillan (SA)	1990-1998	10	14	2	549	100*	45.75	1161+	47.28	1	3	1	63+	6+
MJ Slater (AUS/NSW)	1993-2001	21	39	-	1781	176	45.66	3132	56.86	7	5	-	205	5
ML Hayden (AUS/AUSXI/QLD)	1994-2007	23	39	4	1596	197	45.60	2638	60.50	6	2	2	200	15
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1957	17	30	1	1313	206	45.27	-	-	3	7	4	70+	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2012-2016	10	18	-	814	114	45.22	1742	46.72	2	7	1	78	17
ND McKenzie (/SA/SAInv)	1999-2008	9	18	1	765	138	45.00	1753	43.63	1	5	-	106	3
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1926-1934	27	44	4	1798	155	44.95	4398+	31.12	7	8	5	85+	0+
CH Lloyd (ROWXI/WI)	1968-1984	40	62	5	2561	132	44.92	3188+	55.92	7	14	1	258+	20+
AC Gilchrist (AUS/AUSXI/WA)	1994-2007	22	30	5	1123	152	44.92	1240	90.56	3	6	4	145	17
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	20	36	5	1391	220	44.87	-	-	4	5	-	31+	2
HW Taylor (SA)	1912-1931	30	54	3	2287	176	44.84	-	-	7	13	-	11+	5
JH Kallis (SA/SA-A)	1995-2012	32	53	3	2235	182*	44.70	4669+	45.85	8	9	4	237+	12+
RR Sarwan (GUY/WI)	1998-2009	21	34	2	1430	291	44.68	2583+	54.93	5	5	2	177+	4+
RT Ponting (AUS/AUSXI)	1994-2010	36	59	2	2547	196	44.68	4143	61.47	8	10	2	288	15
PR Reiffel (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1990-1998	11	12	5	312	54*	44.57	699	44.63	-	1	1	36	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	19	36	5	1381	236	44.54	77+	29.87	2	8	3	6+	0+
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2025	16	30	-	1330	199	44.33	2414	55.09	5	3	3	171	8
AL Logie (T&T/WbpXI/WI)	1981-1991	14	20	2	792	98	44.00	1166+	59.69	-	4	-	91+	1+
CC Hunte (ROWXI/WI)	1960-1966	16	28	3	1098	182	43.92	1162+	38.64	3	3	-	86+	1+

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 10 innings
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