Batting Highest Career Batting Average

England 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
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	0	0	13	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1993	3	4	1	317	224	105.66	559	56.70	1	1	0	32	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	4	3	103	59*	103.00	230	44.78	0	1	0	14	0
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1987	2	2	1	103	98*	103.00	394	26.14	0	1	0	13	1
AE Trott (AUS)	1895-1895	3	5	3	205	85*	102.50	-	-	0	2	1	22+	1
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	0	96	96	96.00	-	-	0	1	0	11	0
M Kaif (IND)	2006-2006	1	1	0	91	91	91.00	263	34.60	0	1	0	12	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	8660	58.06	19	12	6	443+	5
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	4	2	178	148*	89.00	325	54.76	1	0	0	23	0
CS Dempster (NZ)	1930-1933	8	11	4	619	136	88.42	0+	0.00	2	4	0	0+	1
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	0	77	77	77.00	146	52.73	0	1	0	10	1
LG Rowe (WI)	1974-1976	7	10	0	742	302	74.20	1534	48.37	3	2	0	89	3
J Yadav (IND)	2016-2016	3	4	1	221	104	73.66	488	45.28	1	1	0	27	0
P Nissanka (SL)	2024-2024	2	4	1	217	127*	72.33	217	100.00	1	1	0	26	2
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	16	29	3	1852	270*	71.23	416+	56.00	8	5	1	87+	1
SG Barnes (AUS)	1938-1948	9	14	2	846	234	70.50	1573+	40.87	2	4	1	72+	2
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	0	140	115	70.00	287	48.78	1	0	0	18	0
BJ Bennett (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	2	0	140	139	70.00	153	91.50	1	0	0	26	0
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2000	8	9	2	478	174	68.28	639	74.80	1	3	0	70	3
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	0	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	0	2	0	29	2
D Padikkal (IND)	2024-2024	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	103	63.10	0	1	0	10	1
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	-	0	2	0	1+	2
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1950	4	7	1	377	109	62.83	-	-	2	1	0	3+	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2010	14	24	0	1499	223	62.45	2864	52.33	6	3	1	183	9
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	10	19	1	1123	214*	62.38	1489	75.41	4	5	2	131	30
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.10	8	15	2	390	34
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1987-1987	5	4	1	187	91*	62.33	396	47.22	0	1	0	22	0
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2004	30	51	3	2983	400*	62.14	4645	64.21	7	11	4	415	13
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	0	0	0	8	1
CO Browne (WI)	1995-1995	2	3	2	62	34	62.00	105	59.04	0	0	0	4	1
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2010-2016	6	12	0	736	108	61.33	996	73.89	3	5	0	93	5
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	858	144*	61.28	-	-	2	5	0	76+	13
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	3	5	1	244	182	61.00	521	46.83	1	0	1	33	0
G Motie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	3	61	31*	61.00	79	77.21	0	0	0	11	0
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
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	3053+	52.96	10	13	6	330+	10
TA Blundell (NZ)	2021-2024	9	17	2	897	138	59.80	1523	58.89	3	4	1	115	9
C Bannerman (AUS)	1877-1879	3	6	2	239	165*	59.75	-	-	1	0	0	19+	1
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2024	10	18	2	956	190	59.75	1864	51.28	3	7	1	107	15
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	0	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	0	1	0	16	4
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	15	24	2	1304	195	59.27	2565	50.83	4	9	3	152	5
A Jackson (AUS)	1929-1930	4	6	0	350	164	58.33	939	37.27	1	1	0	25+	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	23	41	3	2212	213*	58.21	4552	48.59	8	10	2	247	12
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2003	46	73	18	3200	177*	58.18	6005	53.28	10	14	6	361	3
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2025	7	12	4	465	101*	58.12	916	50.76	1	3	3	45	11
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1996	15	24	2	1278	182	58.09	2235	57.18	6	3	1	155	2
A Symonds (AUS)	2006-2007	3	4	0	232	156	58.00	351	66.09	1	0	0	23	3
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	12	19	2	983	136	57.82	1853	53.04	3	5	2	134	7
KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	3	0	173	137	57.66	-	-	1	0	0	18+	1
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	0	114	75	57.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
IS Sodhi (NZ)	2018-2018	1	2	1	57	56*	57.00	175	32.57	0	1	0	9	0
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	0	626	134	56.90	1261	49.64	1	5	0	62	0
C Ramaswami (IND)	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
SC Williams (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	2	0	113	88	56.50	123	91.86	0	1	0	20	0
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1993	47	82	19	3548	200*	56.31	8335	42.56	8	21	3	404	6
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2026	41	74	8	3703	239	56.10	6690	55.35	13	14	2	417	26
ML Su'a (NZ)	1992-1992	2	3	2	56	36	56.00	115	48.69	0	0	0	9	1
SE Marsh (AUS)	2015-2018	6	9	1	447	156	55.87	978	45.70	2	2	1	56	1
Sami Aslam (PAK)	2016-2016	2	4	1	167	82	55.66	403	41.43	0	2	0	22	1
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	0	82	3
PA Patel (IND)	2002-2016	5	7	3	221	71	55.25	361	61.21	0	2	1	26	1
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	24	43	6	2037	208	55.05	108+	63.88	7	9	1	64+	6
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	25	42	6	1979	261	54.97	119+	63.02	6	7	8	148+	7
MJ Santner (NZ)	2019-2024	4	5	0	274	126	54.80	469	58.42	1	1	1	25	14
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	57	7	2732	189*	54.64	158+	29.11	7	16	0	21+	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	19	32	3	1584	148	54.62	2735	57.91	5	10	3	192	8
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	0	218	190	54.50	570	38.24	1	0	0	24	0
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1947	5	7	2	272	104*	54.40	522	52.10	1	1	0	26	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	3	6	0	326	111	54.33	501	65.06	1	2	0	35	7
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1954	5	9	1	432	166	54.00	-	-	1	2	1	-	1
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2024	8	14	2	646	136	53.83	1082	59.70	1	6	0	84	2
AG Fairfax (AUS)	1929-1930	5	6	2	215	65	53.75	820	26.21	0	2	0	6+	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	750	137	53.57	313+	68.37	2	6	1	97+	2
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1991	10	16	5	589	128	53.54	1323	44.52	1	4	1	59	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	3	5	0	267	113	53.40	424	62.97	1	2	0	31	4
BJ Watling (NZ)	2013-2021	11	17	2	794	205	52.93	1757	45.19	2	5	1	109	3
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	-	1	4	2	50+	1
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2017	21	38	2	1903	311*	52.86	3754	50.69	6	7	1	250	3
MN Samuels (WI)	2007-2015	7	13	1	632	117	52.66	1365	46.30	2	3	0	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
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2025	7	11	1	525	303*	52.50	793	66.20	1	1	1	64	4
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	3	1	104	47*	52.00	191	54.45	0	0	0	11	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	15	28	2	1346	269	51.76	2154	62.48	6	3	4	150	26
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2012	32	53	4	2535	193	51.73	4855	52.21	7	13	0	357	8
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1984	14	24	3	1086	274	51.71	2059+	50.31	2	4	2	127	0
MD Craig (NZ)	2015-2015	2	4	2	103	58*	51.50	166	62.04	0	1	1	14	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1992	22	32	6	1329	260	51.11	2829	46.97	2	9	3	144	7
PGV van der Bijl (SA)	1938-1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	-	1	2	0	30+	3
HM McGirr (NZ)	1930-1930	2	1	0	51	51	51.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
RG Gregory (AUS)	1937-1937	2	3	0	153	80	51.00	453	33.77	0	2	0	7	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	1	51	42	51.00	106	48.11	0	0	0	7	0
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1968	11	20	0	1016	137	50.80	1011+	56.08	2	6	1	106+	4
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1991	17	28	2	1320	184*	50.76	2690	49.07	3	8	3	133	2
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

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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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]