Batting Highest Career Batting Average

New South Wales 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
H Sutcliffe (MCC)	1932-1932	1	1	0	182	182	182.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
CFH Leslie ()	1882-1882	1	1	0	144	144	144.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
BA Richards (SOA)	1971-1971	2	3	1	265	178	132.50	-	-	1	1	0	12+	1+
DG Bradman (SOA)	1935-1940	9	14	5	1178	251*	130.88	-	-	5	3	1	-	-
DCS Compton (MCC)	1950-1950	1	2	1	126	92	126.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
DW Randall (ENGXI)	1978-1978	1	1	0	110	110	110.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
RT Simpson (MCC)	1950-1951	2	3	0	298	259	99.33	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
RJ Gibson (CAXI)	2016-2016	1	1	0	97	97	97.00	104	93.26	0	1	0	9	3
BA Onyons (VIC)	1929-1929	1	2	0	192	131	96.00	-	-	1	1	0	13	0
RB Simpson (WA)	1956-1960	6	11	2	846	236*	94.00	-	-	2	4	1	-	-
L Hutton (MCC)	1950-1951	2	3	0	280	150	93.33	-	-	2	0	0	-	-
AB Agarkar (INDIA)	1999-1999	1	2	1	93	65*	93.00	166	56.02	0	1	0	14	0
WGA Parkhouse (MCC)	1950-1951	1	1	0	92	92	92.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
HH Gibbs (COBRA/SA)	2001-2011	2	3	0	275	145	91.66	336	81.84	1	2	0	46	3
G Boycott (ENGXI/MCC)	1970-1978	2	4	2	183	129*	91.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1953	1	2	1	89	64*	89.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2001	1	2	1	89	53	89.00	114	78.07	0	1	0	9	2
BW Luckhurst (MCC)	1970-1970	1	2	0	177	135	88.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
JM How (NZ)	2008-2008	1	2	0	170	170	85.00	279	60.93	1	0	1	13	6
N Chaudhary (TAS)	2025-2025	2	2	0	168	163	84.00	190	88.42	1	0	0	10	5
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2004-2004	1	2	0	167	88	83.50	375	44.53	0	2	0	20	1
FA O'Keeffe (VIC)	1922-1922	1	2	0	166	87	83.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
SJ Cazzulino (TAS)	2011-2012	2	4	1	247	118*	82.33	530	46.60	1	1	0	29	0
WH Ponsford (VIC)	1923-1933	15	25	3	1809	352	82.22	-	-	7	4	0	36+	0+
RC Irani (ENGXI)	2002-2002	1	1	0	81	81	81.00	120	67.50	0	1	0	11	0
RG Barlow ()	1882-1882	1	1	0	80	80	80.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
KJ Prindiville (WA)	1978-1978	1	1	0	78	78	78.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
MA Ealham (ENG-A)	1996-1996	2	2	1	77	70*	77.00	85	90.58	0	1	0	8	1
HH Dippenaar (Eagls/SA)	2001-2009	2	3	1	153	115	76.50	258	59.30	1	0	0	30	0
CH Gayle (RCB/WA)	2011-2011	2	2	0	153	92	76.50	71	215.49	0	2	0	16	12
JED Sealy (WI)	1931-1931	1	2	0	150	92	75.00	-	-	0	2	0	16	0
G Pullar (MCC)	1962-1962	1	2	0	150	132	75.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)	1964-1964	1	2	0	149	105	74.50	-	-	1	0	0	15	1
WM Woodfull (VIC)	1922-1934	16	29	4	1855	191*	74.20	-	-	6	10	1	13+	0+
ISL Hewett (VIC)	1996-2002	4	5	4	73	34*	73.00	127	57.48	0	0	0	11	0
VS Hazare (INDIA)	1947-1947	1	2	0	144	142	72.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
GS Sobers (SOA)	1962-1964	6	12	1	791	251	71.90	-	-	4	2	0	-	-
GA Lohmann ()	1891-1892	2	3	1	143	102	71.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
KWR Fletcher (MCC)	1970-1970	1	2	1	71	51*	71.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
WH McCormack (VIC)	1902-1902	1	2	1	70	37	70.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
J Wildsmith (VIC)	1959-1961	3	3	1	136	53*	68.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0+
PJ Hughes (SOA)	2013-2014	3	5	1	272	118	68.00	597	45.56	1	2	0	37	0
AM Eaton (SOA)	1976-1976	1	2	1	67	42*	67.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
GA Gooch (ENGXI)	1978-1978	1	2	1	66	66	66.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
PCD McCarthy (WA)	1954-1954	1	2	0	130	98	65.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
VJ Marks (WA)	1986-1986	3	3	1	130	66*	65.00	17+	111.76	0	1	0	1+	0+
CL Badcock (SOA)	1934-1941	12	20	2	1167	271*	64.83	-	-	4	2	0	-	-
WR Endean (SA)	1952-1953	2	4	0	258	95	64.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
AE Knight (MCC)	1904-1904	1	2	0	127	104	63.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
DC Regeling (QLD)	1979-1979	1	1	0	63	63	63.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
NR Hobson (WA)	2023-2024	2	2	1	62	36	62.00	85	72.94	0	0	0	4	2
PJP Burge (QLD)	1953-1967	22	39	3	2194	283	60.94	414+	68.35	7	7	3	42+	1+
CE Penter (WA)	1979-1979	1	2	0	121	112	60.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
Majid Khan (QLD)	1973-1974	2	4	0	239	107	59.75	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
GS Chappell (QLD/SOA)	1966-1983	30	50	7	2568	169	59.72	432+	61.80	8	14	2	31+	1+
SC Ganguly (INDIA)	1999-1999	1	2	0	119	81	59.50	193	61.65	0	1	0	13	0
G Kirsten (SA)	2001-2001	1	2	0	119	88	59.50	229	51.96	0	1	0	14	0
CA McCoombe (QLD)	1928-1929	1	2	0	118	62	59.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
BW Hone (SOA)	1929-1930	3	6	1	295	126	59.00	-	-	1	1	0	9+	0+
BJT Bosanquet (MCC)	1903-1904	2	3	0	176	114	58.66	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
KH Eastwood (VIC)	1960-1971	10	16	1	874	201*	58.26	-	-	3	2	1	-	-
GE Griffiths (SOA)	1965-1965	1	2	0	116	67	58.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
JH Hampshire (MCC/TAS)	1970-1979	3	5	0	288	105	57.60	-	-	1	2	0	-	-
HC Nitschke (SOA)	1929-1934	10	20	2	1036	141	57.55	-	-	5	3	0	9+	0+
RE Marshall (WI)	1951-1951	1	2	0	115	114	57.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
FC Thompson (QLD)	1915-1934	13	23	2	1204	275*	57.33	-	-	4	3	1	0+	0+
J Hardstaff (MCC)	1907-1908	2	4	0	229	73	57.25	-	-	0	3	0	10+	0+
DJ Hussey (VIC)	2003-2014	46	55	8	2690	212*	57.23	3385	79.46	8	17	1	286	58
FA Tarrant (VIC)	1907-1925	4	8	1	399	206	57.00	-	-	1	1	0	32+	0+
FMM Worrell (WI)	1951-1951	1	2	0	114	65	57.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
NR King (SOA)	1951-1951	1	2	1	57	40*	57.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
W Rhodes (MCC)	1903-1908	4	7	3	227	53	56.75	-	-	0	2	0	9+	0+
KR Miller (/VIC)	1939-1947	5	9	1	450	206*	56.25	-	-	2	0	0	-	-
M Wright (TAS)	2019-2025	5	6	1	281	104	56.20	560	50.17	1	2	1	22	5
HR Adhikari (INDIA)	1947-1947	1	2	0	112	65	56.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
C Hill (/SOA)	1895-1914	35	65	4	3377	365*	55.36	-	-	9	15	4	62+	0+
SF Barnes (MCC)	1907-1907	1	2	1	55	33*	55.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
NJ Maddinson (VIC)	2018-2024	13	19	2	932	128	54.82	1448	64.36	3	5	1	77	25
R Edwards (WA)	1966-1974	16	26	6	1093	149	54.65	182+	64.28	3	6	0	15+	0+
AI Kallicharran (QLD)	1977-1978	2	4	1	163	129*	54.33	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
AC Gilchrist (WA)	1994-1999	14	15	3	652	125	54.33	863	75.55	1	4	1	78	4
WM Lawry (VIC)	1956-1971	18	28	1	1464	266	54.22	-	-	4	9	1	-	-
AL Hassett (/VIC)	1935-1952	22	38	2	1948	190	54.11	-	-	4	14	1	5+	0+
WA Tarrant (VIC)	1891-1892	2	2	0	108	82	54.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
LM Davis (WA)	2008-2013	13	19	2	917	303*	53.94	1667	55.00	3	1	0	112	14
JT Irvine (WA)	1965-1971	7	10	1	482	128	53.55	191+	67.01	2	2	2	17+	0+
RD Woolley (TAS)	1978-1987	17	24	4	1071	111*	53.55	223+	51.56	3	6	1	9+	0+
C Washbrook (MCC)	1950-1951	2	3	1	107	53*	53.50	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
MR Harvey (VIC)	1941-1947	5	9	1	424	136	53.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
LN Constantine (WI)	1930-1931	2	4	0	211	93	52.75	-	-	0	2	0	14+	0+
LT Gun (SOA)	1925-1926	3	6	1	263	136*	52.60	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
RT Ponting (TAS)	1992-2013	23	37	4	1734	200*	52.54	2825+	59.61	7	3	0	206+	7+
WC Andrews (QLD)	1932-1937	10	18	0	943	253	52.38	-	-	2	4	0	26+	0+
AP Sheahan (VIC)	1965-1974	12	20	3	889	125	52.29	20+	25.00	1	8	1	0+	0+
MA Atherton (ENGXI)	1991-1994	2	4	0	209	114	52.25	447	46.75	1	0	0	23	0
NA McSweeney (QLD/SOA)	2019-2026	10	17	2	782	127*	52.13	1807	43.27	2	6	1	67	5
AG Steel ()	1882-1882	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
HC Lansdown (VIC)	1929-1929	1	2	1	52	48*	52.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
PG Dooley (QLD/TAS)	2023-2023	2	2	1	52	39	52.00	74	70.27	0	0	0	6	0
WN Phillips (VIC)	1989-1994	15	24	4	1033	205	51.65	1107+	39.20	1	7	0	27+	0+

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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:

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Lions at Johannesburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 28th Match, Feb 9-11, 2026 [First-class]

Water and Power Development Authority vs Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at Lahore, President's Trophy Grade-I Final, Feb 8-11, 2026 [First-class]

Warriors vs Dolphins at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 27th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/1 (15.4 ov, Semal Pillay 43*, S van Staden 11*, GG Peters 0/27) - Stumps