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
Abul Hasan (BAN)	2012-2012	1	2	1	120	113	120.00	147	81.63	1	-	-	15	3
PP Shaw (IND)	2018-2018	2	3	1	237	134	118.50	252	94.04	1	1	-	34	1
RS Bopara (ENG)	2009-2009	3	3	-	355	143	118.33	635	55.90	3	-	-	39	2
AG Ganteaume (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	-	-	13	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1966-1966	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	260	43.07	1	-	-	13	0
AH Bakewell (ENG)	1933-1933	1	1	-	107	107	107.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1928-1928	2	2	-	212	159	106.00	-	-	1	1	-	20+	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	4	3	103	59*	103.00	230	44.78	-	1	-	14	0
AE Trott (AUS)	1895-1895	3	5	3	205	85*	102.50	-	-	-	2	1	22+	1
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2008	2	3	1	205	89	102.50	324	63.27	-	3	-	24	0
VH Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1939	1	1	-	96	96	96.00	-	-	-	1	-	11	0
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	10	12	4	743	269*	92.87	1204	61.71	3	2	1	94	2
CS Dempster (NZ)	1930-1933	8	11	4	619	136	88.42	0+	-	2	4	-	0+	1
DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	42	69	7	5475	334	88.30	8660+	58.06	21	12	7	486+	5
DM Bess (ENG)	2020-2020	3	4	3	83	31*	83.00	149	55.70	-	-	-	8	1
GS Ballance (ENG/ZIM)	2015-2023	4	8	2	486	137*	81.00	1025	47.41	2	2	-	43	8
L Hutton (ENG)	1939-1954	13	24	3	1661	205	79.09	-	-	5	6	-	80+	2
Ishan Kishan (IND)	2023-2023	2	3	2	78	52*	78.00	91	85.71	-	1	-	8	2
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	-	77	77	77.00	146	52.73	-	1	-	10	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2010	22	38	2	2713	223	75.36	5185	52.32	13	6	2	324	13
LG Rowe (WI)	1974-1976	7	10	-	742	302	74.20	1534	48.37	3	2	-	89	3
A Sandham (ENG)	1930-1930	4	8	-	592	325	74.00	702+	53.41	2	2	2	34+	0
J Yadav (IND)	2016-2016	3	4	1	221	104	73.66	488	45.28	1	1	-	27	0
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
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	10	18	1	1211	214*	71.23	1696	71.40	4	5	1	136	30
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	16	29	3	1852	270*	71.23	416+	56.00	8	5	1	87+	1
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1976	10	18	2	1130	262*	70.62	2528	44.69	4	2	-	143	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	-	140	115	70.00	287	48.78	1	-	-	18	0
BJ Bennett (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	2	-	140	139	70.00	153	91.50	1	-	-	26	0
KR Rickards (WI)	1948-1948	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1928-1928	3	3	-	198	122	66.00	-	-	1	1	-	13+	1
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	-	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	-	2	-	29	2
TG McIntosh (NZ)	2008-2008	2	4	1	197	136	65.66	491	40.12	1	-	-	29	0
D Padikkal (IND)	2024-2024	1	1	-	65	65	65.00	103	63.10	-	1	-	10	1
EH Hendren (ENG)	1928-1935	9	17	3	909	205*	64.92	168+	69.04	2	5	-	15+	2
RG Hart (NZ)	2002-2002	2	4	2	129	57*	64.50	476	27.10	-	1	-	7	0
C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1950	2	4	-	255	114	63.75	-	-	2	-	-	9+	1
M Kaif (IND)	2006-2006	5	7	2	317	148*	63.40	672	47.17	1	1	1	35	0
DC Jurel (IND)	2024-2024	3	4	1	190	90	63.33	354	53.67	-	1	-	12	7
DR Jardine (ENG)	1928-1933	4	4	-	253	127	63.25	-	-	1	1	-	5+	0
RWT Key (ENG)	2004-2004	4	7	1	378	221	63.00	602	62.79	1	1	-	46	0
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1950	4	7	1	377	109	62.83	-	-	2	1	-	3+	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	8	5	3	125	63*	62.50	147	85.03	-	1	-	19	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.10	8	15	2	390	34
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	44	75	12	3928	217	62.34	9593	40.94	12	21	1	458	5
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	-	-	-	8	1
CO Browne (WI)	1995-1995	2	3	2	62	34	62.00	105	59.04	-	-	-	4	1
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	35	64	5	3644	277	61.76	6216	58.62	14	11	3	466	9
SE Marsh (AUS)	2015-2018	9	14	2	741	182	61.75	1472	50.33	3	3	1	86	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	48	85	13	4416	239	61.33	7846	56.28	15	17	3	478	27
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	858	144*	61.28	-	-	2	5	-	76+	13
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2007-2009	11	16	2	857	161	61.21	1500	57.13	4	2	-	89	2
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2011-2011	1	2	1	61	57	61.00	101	60.39	-	1	-	11	0
G Motie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	3	61	31*	61.00	79	77.21	-	-	-	11	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	36	61	8	3214	226	60.64	3053+	52.96	10	13	6	330+	10
C Bannerman (AUS)	1877-1879	3	6	2	239	165*	59.75	-	-	1	-	-	19+	1
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2012	13	16	3	774	131*	59.53	1023	75.65	2	5	2	94	5
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	-	1	-	16	4
TW Graveney (ENG)	1954-1969	19	31	5	1532	258	58.92	1425+	39.36	5	5	4	146+	2
AN Cook (ENG)	2007-2017	20	35	5	1739	243	57.96	3528	49.29	6	8	1	195	1
P Nissanka (SL)	2021-2024	6	11	1	578	127*	57.80	1065	54.27	2	5	-	54	3
MD Craig (NZ)	2014-2015	5	9	5	231	67	57.75	439	52.61	-	2	1	29	4
KH Weekes (WI)	1939-1939	2	3	-	173	137	57.66	-	-	1	-	-	18+	1
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	20	33	3	1725	177	57.50	3091	55.80	7	6	-	197	30
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	-	114	75	57.00	0+	-	-	1	-	0+	0
C Ramaswami (IND)	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2025	6	9	1	451	303*	56.37	652	69.17	1	-	1	53	4
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2012	55	94	14	4497	182*	56.21	9908	45.38	16	20	7	481	27
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2012	14	21	1	1124	226	56.20	1599	70.29	3	6	2	127	7
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1984-1996	26	41	8	1852	165	56.12	3876	47.78	5	12	2	212	2
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2024	17	29	2	1513	182*	56.03	2458	61.55	6	7	1	162	6
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2024	12	20	2	1007	190	55.94	1969	51.14	3	7	1	113	15
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2016	33	55	6	2740	178	55.91	5094	53.78	8	12	3	326	17
TA Blundell (NZ)	2017-2024	13	22	3	1061	138	55.84	1844	57.53	4	4	1	136	10
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1948-1948	4	8	1	390	133	55.71	-	-	1	3	-	15+	0
Basit Ali (PAK)	1993-1993	3	5	1	222	92*	55.50	451	49.22	-	2	1	26	2
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
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	2000-2000	4	8	2	328	148*	54.66	664	49.39	2	-	-	36	0
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	57	7	2732	189*	54.64	158+	29.11	7	16	-	21+	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	-	218	190	54.50	570	38.24	1	-	-	24	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2003	78	124	25	5392	200	54.46	10556	51.07	17	23	9	552	11
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1947	5	7	2	272	104*	54.40	522	52.10	1	1	-	26	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	3	6	-	326	111	54.33	501	65.06	1	2	-	35	7
SM Warnapura (SL)	2008-2008	2	4	-	217	120	54.25	359	60.44	1	1	1	27	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	34	56	6	2708	177	54.16	4858	55.74	9	15	4	317	17
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1954	5	9	1	432	166	54.00	-	-	1	2	1	-	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	35	59	4	2960	213*	53.81	5925	49.95	9	14	2	332	14
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2012	27	47	5	2256	195	53.71	4686	48.14	6	13	3	249	13
GH Vihari (IND)	2018-2022	4	8	1	376	111	53.71	712	52.80	1	3	1	48	2
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	7	11	2	483	108	53.66	816	59.19	3	1	1	61	5
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	39	68	7	3268	210	53.57	5649+	35.93	11	16	4	274+	10
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	750	137	53.57	313+	68.37	2	6	1	97+	2
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	3	5	-	267	113	53.40	424	62.97	1	2	-	31	4
MP Donnelly (NZ)	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	-	1	4	2	50+	1
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1997	12	19	2	898	205	52.82	1481	60.63	3	2	-	117	1
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1973-1974	7	13	3	528	129*	52.80	1347	39.19	1	3	1	67	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:

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]