Batting Highest Career Batting Average

South Africa 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
DG Bradman (AUS)	1931-1932	5	5	1	806	299*	201.50	0+	0.00	4	0	0	73	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1957-1958	5	7	4	375	83*	125.00	-	-	0	5	0	-	2
J Ryder (AUS)	1921-1921	3	4	1	334	142	111.33	-	-	1	3	0	33	0
H Wood (ENG)	1889-1892	3	3	1	196	134*	98.00	89+	66.29	1	1	0	11+	0
R Abel (ENG)	1889-1889	2	3	1	189	120	94.50	241+	49.79	1	0	0	18	0
MF Maharoof (SL)	2004-2006	3	4	3	94	56	94.00	260	36.15	0	1	0	13	0
JC Adams (WI)	1992-1992	1	2	1	90	79*	90.00	199	45.22	0	1	0	12	0
BC Booth (AUS)	1963-1964	4	7	1	531	169	88.50	710+	39.43	2	3	0	45	0
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	2	3	2	88	43*	88.00	169	52.07	0	0	0	9	1
HG Vivian (NZ)	1932-1932	1	2	0	173	100	86.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	5	1	340	203	85.00	-	-	1	1	0	38	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	653	243	81.62	-	-	3	2	0	50+	1
RN Harvey (AUS)	1949-1958	14	23	3	1625	205	81.25	-	-	8	5	0	105+	0
BJ Hodge (AUS)	2005-2006	3	6	2	308	203*	77.00	582	52.92	1	0	0	33	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1998	6	9	2	530	136	75.71	951	55.73	3	1	0	70	5
R Ravindra (NZ)	2024-2024	2	4	0	301	240	75.25	537	56.05	1	0	0	31	3
VT Trumper (AUS)	1902-1911	8	15	3	900	214*	75.00	753+	87.78	2	4	0	71+	1
JHW Fingleton (AUS)	1932-1936	6	8	1	518	118	74.00	-	-	3	1	0	11+	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	2004-2004	3	4	0	296	158	74.00	361	81.99	1	1	0	35	10
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1947	9	12	1	792	219	72.00	0+	0.00	3	2	1	59+	4
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2012-2014	3	2	1	71	42	71.00	77	92.20	0	0	0	10	2
A Flower (ZIM)	1995-2001	5	10	2	566	199*	70.75	1146	49.38	2	2	0	76	2
WM Woodfull (AUS)	1931-1932	5	7	1	421	161	70.16	1+	0.00	1	3	1	18+	0
BH Valentine (ENG)	1938-1939	5	6	2	275	112	68.75	0+	0.00	1	1	0	23+	1
R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	1	68	45*	68.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2014	14	27	5	1487	259*	67.59	2495	59.59	5	3	3	182	3
AT Carey (AUS)	2022-2025	4	4	1	199	111	66.33	260	76.53	1	0	0	22	0
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2008-2008	1	2	1	65	33	65.00	104	62.50	0	0	0	12	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1957-1958	5	8	2	389	189	64.83	-	-	1	2	0	15+	0
JA Raval (NZ)	2017-2017	3	4	0	256	88	64.00	613	41.76	0	3	0	32	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2022	6	10	3	445	135*	63.57	700	63.57	1	4	0	58	1
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2024	12	20	3	1068	176	62.82	2159	49.46	6	2	1	120	7
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	4	0	251	124	62.75	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
C Hill (AUS)	1902-1911	8	13	1	752	191	62.66	461+	92.19	3	3	1	42+	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	42	7	2188	181	62.51	-	-	6	14	1	52+	4
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	4	7	0	436	140	62.28	-	-	2	1	0	-	0
RH Spooner (ENG)	1912-1912	3	4	0	248	119	62.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
JJ Krejza (AUS)	2008-2008	1	2	1	62	32	62.00	108	57.40	0	0	0	8	0
W Bardsley (AUS)	1910-1921	11	17	1	982	164	61.37	838+	68.37	3	6	0	82	3
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2010	6	12	0	730	135	60.83	1645	44.37	2	4	0	104	2
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1910-1929	18	29	3	1562	211	60.07	-	-	2	12	1	15+	4
JA Warrican (WI)	2024-2024	2	3	2	60	35*	60.00	98	61.22	0	0	1	5	3
WA Brown (AUS)	1935-1936	5	7	0	417	121	59.57	-	-	1	4	0	4+	1
RA Duff (AUS)	1902-1902	3	6	2	238	82*	59.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1924-1928	6	10	1	535	122	59.44	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
PA Gibb (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	473	120	59.12	-	-	2	2	0	2+	0
R Kilner (ENG)	1924-1924	2	1	0	59	59	59.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1999-1999	3	4	1	177	68*	59.00	548	32.29	0	2	1	19	1
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1960	3	6	1	293	175	58.60	-	-	1	1	0	24+	1
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2008-2010	7	12	2	576	135	57.60	1187	48.52	1	4	0	76	5
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1911	8	13	1	691	159*	57.58	666+	61.56	2	2	1	36+	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	1	1782	374	57.48	3377	52.76	6	2	2	214	12
SC Williams (ZIM)	2014-2025	3	6	1	284	137	56.80	300	94.66	1	1	0	33	2
A Mitchell (ENG)	1935-1935	2	3	0	170	72	56.66	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
Fawad Alam (PAK)	2021-2021	2	4	1	170	109	56.66	437	38.90	1	0	0	17	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1931-1936	10	13	2	621	189*	56.45	1+	0.00	2	2	2	18+	1+
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	17	27	3	1336	122	55.66	0+	0.00	6	5	0	5+	2
C Washbrook (ENG)	1947-1949	10	19	2	938	195	55.17	119+	50.42	1	5	0	24+	2
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1912	8	12	2	548	114	54.80	725+	40.68	2	2	0	24+	0
EH Hendren (ENG)	1924-1931	14	18	2	876	142	54.75	0+	0.00	2	6	1	37+	3
DR Smith (WI)	2004-2004	2	4	1	164	105*	54.66	200	82.00	1	0	1	26	3
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	16	28	2	1408	254*	54.15	2459	57.25	3	5	0	184	6
DP Sibley (ENG)	2019-2020	4	7	1	324	133*	54.00	784	41.32	1	0	0	51	1
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1957	24	42	1	2205	208	53.78	345+	28.98	7	11	1	113+	0
LPJ O'Brien (AUS)	1936-1936	2	2	0	107	59	53.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1949-1953	10	14	0	748	167	53.42	-	-	3	3	0	44+	1
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	5	10	0	532	160	53.20	871	61.07	2	2	1	71	6
DR Martyn (AUS)	1993-2006	11	18	4	743	133	53.07	1451	51.20	4	3	2	81	1
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	3	4	2	105	65*	52.50	247	42.51	0	1	0	15	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2007	7	12	2	525	133	52.50	940	55.85	2	1	0	66	8
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2023	15	27	0	1415	200	52.40	1767	80.07	5	5	1	170	16
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1951	19	34	4	1564	158	52.13	243+	36.21	4	7	0	40+	3
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	1	52	47*	52.00	81	64.19	0	0	0	8	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2005	10	20	2	935	219	51.94	1724	54.23	3	3	3	141	8
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2004-2012	5	10	2	413	115*	51.62	931	44.36	2	0	0	47	0
JM Gregory (AUS)	1921-1921	3	4	0	205	119	51.25	-	-	1	1	0	28	2
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1998	5	6	3	153	79*	51.00	293	52.21	0	1	1	12	0
KE Rigg (AUS)	1931-1932	4	5	0	253	127	50.60	-	-	1	1	0	18+	0
J Moroney (AUS)	1949-1950	5	8	1	352	118	50.28	-	-	2	1	1	0+	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	15	26	0	1306	319	50.23	1621	80.56	5	2	2	191	17
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1960	4	6	1	251	90	50.20	-	-	0	2	0	9+	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1995-1995	1	2	0	100	99	50.00	157	63.69	0	1	0	16	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	16	25	2	1147	164	49.86	2486	46.13	2	7	2	147	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1965	14	23	3	989	148*	49.45	5+	0.00	2	6	1	69+	5
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2007	3	4	1	148	63	49.33	369	40.10	0	1	0	19	0
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2005	18	35	0	1715	202	49.00	3193	53.71	4	9	1	243	13
Hasan Mahmud (BAN)	2024-2024	2	4	3	49	38*	49.00	53	92.45	0	0	0	1	4
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2017-2022	4	6	1	244	120*	48.80	314	77.70	1	1	1	24	6
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1939	10	15	4	530	148*	48.18	-	-	2	1	2	27+	2
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	4	7	1	289	107	48.16	-	-	1	2	0	21+	0
CP Mead (ENG)	1913-1923	10	16	0	770	181	48.12	-	-	3	2	2	-	0
W Chatterton (ENG)	1892-1892	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	0	1534	287	47.93	2714	56.52	3	7	2	208	4
MA Agarwal (IND)	2019-2022	6	10	0	475	215	47.50	877	54.16	2	1	0	66	8
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2012	26	48	3	2132	143*	47.37	3566	59.78	8	11	6	252	12
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	5	9	1	378	153*	47.25	494	76.51	1	3	0	46	7
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2007-2013	9	17	3	660	100	47.14	1584	41.66	1	5	1	79	8
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2006	12	19	3	754	204*	47.12	871	86.56	2	2	2	97	12
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1935	14	21	1	936	161	46.80	-	-	2	6	1	27+	3
AR Morris (AUS)	1949-1953	10	17	0	792	157	46.58	-	-	2	3	1	43+	2

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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]