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
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)	2014-2014	1	1	-	176	176	176.00	371	47.43	1	-	-	17	1
MH Denness (ENG)	1969-1975	3	4	2	297	181	148.50	726	40.90	1	2	-	38	1
CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1958	2	2	1	140	104*	140.00	-	-	1	-	-	16	0
Sohag Gazi (BAN)	2013-2013	2	2	1	115	101*	115.00	182	63.18	1	-	-	11	4
WR Hammond (ENG)	1931-1947	9	11	2	1015	336*	112.77	-	-	4	1	1	77+	11
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	-	-	13	0
AE Trott (AUS)	1895-1895	3	5	3	205	85*	102.50	-	-	-	2	1	22+	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1963-1965	5	6	-	594	163	99.00	-	-	3	1	-	70	3
J Overton (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	-	97	97	97.00	136	71.32	-	1	-	13	2
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	-	96	96	96.00	-	-	-	1	-	11	0
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1930	4	6	4	185	78*	92.50	-	-	-	2	-	0+	0
M Kaif (IND)	2006-2006	1	1	-	91	91	91.00	263	34.60	-	1	-	12	0
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
DL Amiss (ENG)	1973-1975	5	7	2	433	164*	86.60	937	46.21	2	1	-	51	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1969-1973	4	5	4	84	29*	84.00	0+	-	-	-	-	7+	0
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1987-1989	4	4	2	167	98*	83.50	574	29.09	-	2	-	19	2
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1931-1933	4	4	1	250	117	83.33	1+	-	2	-	1	9+	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	5	8	1	576	182*	82.28	859	67.05	3	2	-	61	8
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2024	5	9	-	679	186	75.44	678	100.14	3	3	2	77	16
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1987-1991	3	5	1	298	201*	74.50	724	41.16	1	-	-	39	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	147	121	73.50	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	16	29	3	1852	270*	71.23	416+	56.00	8	5	1	87+	1
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1931	7	10	2	566	117	70.75	-	-	2	3	-	26+	1
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1937-1937	3	5	-	350	114	70.00	-	-	2	2	-	16+	1
KJ Arnott (ZIM)	1992-1992	2	4	1	209	101*	69.66	522	40.03	1	1	-	19	1
SG Barnes (AUS)	1938-1948	10	15	2	900	234	69.23	1573+	40.87	2	5	1	72+	2
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1952	5	8	1	476	109	68.00	-	-	2	2	-	12+	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1990-1999	11	17	1	1088	151	68.00	2767	39.32	4	6	1	130	0
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1969-1969	3	5	1	270	111	67.50	610	44.26	1	-	-	35	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1992	14	18	2	1080	203*	67.50	2632	41.03	5	3	2	132	3
GOB Allen (ENG)	1931-1933	5	2	-	134	122	67.00	0+	-	1	-	-	14+	1
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1959	9	11	2	603	124*	67.00	143+	49.65	3	2	-	54+	6
DG Bedingham (SA)	2024-2024	2	4	-	268	110	67.00	397	67.50	1	1	-	37	5
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2022-2024	8	15	2	860	134	66.15	1890	45.50	2	6	-	92	1
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	-	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	-	2	-	29	2
D Padikkal (IND)	2024-2024	1	1	-	65	65	65.00	103	63.10	-	1	-	10	1
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	40	61	11	3248	271	64.96	5132+	47.68	9	15	3	360	21
FB Smith (NZ)	1947-1949	3	4	1	191	96	63.66	-	-	-	2	-	1+	2
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	14	25	-	1574	258	62.96	1011+	56.08	4	7	1	173+	8
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	36	65	7	3609	222	62.22	8383	43.05	13	14	2	476	2
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	10	17	4	795	239	61.15	1473	53.97	2	4	1	109	3
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1989	1	1	-	61	61	61.00	135	45.18	-	1	-	8	0
G Motie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	3	61	31*	61.00	79	77.21	-	-	-	11	0
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	14	23	1	1340	302	60.90	1904+	48.37	6	4	1	147+	5
RJ Burns (ENG)	2019-2021	4	7	-	422	132	60.28	990	42.62	2	2	1	55	1
JH Edrich (ENG)	1965-1975	11	15	1	840	310*	60.00	1700+	47.05	3	2	-	122	5
GB Legge (ENG)	1930-1930	4	6	1	299	196	59.80	-	-	1	-	1	23+	0
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	-	-	19+	1
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2024	10	18	2	956	190	59.75	1864	51.28	3	7	1	107	15
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	18	24	5	1133	128*	59.63	450+	44.44	2	8	1	107+	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1965	8	10	2	477	141	59.62	292+	48.28	1	4	-	73	2
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	-	1	-	16	4
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1999	27	38	3	2074	192	59.25	3569	58.11	8	6	1	252	3
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	43	60	5	3256	291	59.20	4520	72.03	9	17	2	444	41
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2010	23	39	1	2246	223	59.10	4498	49.93	7	8	4	277	14
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	4	5	3	118	45	59.00	-	-	-	-	-	4+	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1963-1966	2	2	1	59	50	59.00	-	-	-	1	-	3	2
MJ Prior (ENG)	2013-2013	5	9	3	354	110*	59.00	558	63.44	1	2	2	59	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	31	51	6	2643	329	58.73	4507	58.64	8	14	5	331	20
LEG Ames (ENG)	1931-1937	8	10	3	410	137	58.57	0+	-	2	-	-	19+	3
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	3	4	2	117	49	58.50	442	26.47	-	-	-	8	2
A Jackson (AUS)	1929-1930	4	6	-	350	164	58.33	939	37.27	1	1	-	25+	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	27	45	7	2212	261	58.21	119+	63.02	7	9	8	161+	7
KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	3	-	173	137	57.66	-	-	1	-	-	18+	1
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	7	8	1	400	224	57.14	729	54.86	1	1	-	39	1
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	-	114	75	57.00	0+	-	-	1	-	0+	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1996	2	3	1	114	109*	57.00	191	59.68	1	-	1	17	0
IS Sodhi (NZ)	2018-2018	1	2	1	57	56*	57.00	175	32.57	-	1	-	9	0
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2006	41	68	3	3687	400*	56.72	5797	63.60	8	16	5	515	16
C Ramaswami (IND)	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
ML Su'a (NZ)	1992-1992	2	3	2	56	36	56.00	115	48.69	-	-	-	9	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2000	26	39	5	1904	275*	56.00	3767	50.54	4	11	1	241	8
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2007	31	43	7	2006	162	55.72	2305	87.02	7	11	4	268	37
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2024	15	27	4	1281	161	55.69	2305	55.57	3	9	-	150	6
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2017	35	60	5	3057	311*	55.58	5955	51.33	10	14	1	414	6
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2025	9	16	6	554	101*	55.40	1045	53.01	1	3	3	53	14
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	24	43	6	2037	208	55.05	108+	63.88	7	9	1	64+	6
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	1	55	49*	55.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	36	63	4	3240	213*	54.91	6809	47.58	11	16	4	364	15
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2007	35	61	9	2854	250	54.88	4954	57.61	9	10	4	339	13
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1993	70	114	22	5048	205	54.86	11952	42.23	13	27	5	574	10
MJ Santner (NZ)	2019-2024	4	5	-	274	126	54.80	469	58.42	1	1	1	25	14
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	13	25	1	1313	214*	54.70	1797	73.06	4	6	2	155	33
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	32	60	7	2898	189*	54.67	158+	29.11	8	17	1	21+	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2024	47	84	6	4225	239	54.16	7861	53.74	14	18	3	482	24
SC Guillen (WI)	1952-1952	2	1	-	54	54	54.00	0+	-	-	1	-	8	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1954	5	9	1	432	166	54.00	-	-	1	2	1	-	1
AG Fairfax (AUS)	1929-1930	5	6	2	215	65	53.75	820	26.21	-	2	-	6+	0
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2024	21	40	4	1925	226	53.47	3329	57.82	6	9	4	213	11
IJL Trott (ENG)	2013-2013	5	9	-	481	121	53.44	1017	47.29	1	3	-	63	0
Soumya Sarkar (BAN)	2017-2019	3	6	-	320	149	53.33	429	74.59	1	1	-	45	6
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	20	34	5	1546	136	53.31	2807	55.07	6	7	3	203	18
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-2004	13	23	6	905	200*	53.23	1760	51.42	4	1	-	116	5
V Sibanda (ZIM)	2011-2011	1	2	-	106	93	53.00	220	48.18	-	1	-	13	1
BJ Watling (NZ)	2013-2021	11	17	2	794	205	52.93	1757	45.19	2	5	1	109	3
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	9	14	-	741	199	52.92	1433	51.70	3	2	-	100	3

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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 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2603 - Live]
>> 95/1 (30.0 ov, Shan Masood 38*, Abdullah Shafique 37*, M Jansen 0/16) - Lunch

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

India vs West Indies at Delhi, West Indies in India 2nd Test, Oct 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2601]