Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GC Smith (SA/WPR)	2001-2002	16	16	1	982	117*	65.46	1237	79.38	1	9	1	106	1
CL Hooper (GUY/WI)	2001-2002	13	11	3	522	112*	65.25	426+	81.92	1	2	-	24+	7+
MEK Hussey (AUS-A/WA)	2001-2002	12	12	4	493	103*	61.62	602	81.89	1	2	-	33	3
DS Lehmann (AUS/AUS-A/SOA)	2001-2002	16	16	4	727	101	60.58	843	86.23	1	5	-	60	3
JN Rhodes (KZN/SA)	2001-2002	34	30	9	1182	107*	56.28	1288	91.77	1	12	3	92	9
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2001-2002	13	12	1	608	146	55.27	698	87.10	2	2	-	78	2
NV Knight (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	18	18	2	872	126	54.50	1121	77.78	2	6	2	82	7
DM Benkenstein (KZN)	2001-2002	11	11	4	367	93*	52.42	483	75.98	-	3	1	23	6
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001-2002	15	14	2	605	106*	50.41	710	85.21	1	4	1	51	4
Yuvraj Singh (IND/IND-A/INDIA/NOZ)	2001-2002	20	17	5	597	80*	49.75	630	94.76	-	5	2	57	9
CH Gayle (JAM/WI)	2001-2002	11	11	-	547	122	49.72	328+	92.98	2	4	1	52+	4+
JP Maher (AUS/AUS-A/QLD)	2001-2002	18	17	3	687	95	49.07	927	74.11	-	5	-	65	2
MTG Elliott (VIC)	2001-2002	10	10	1	431	118*	47.88	587	73.42	1	3	-	41	3
GV Grace (NWEST)	2001-2002	11	11	1	472	111*	47.20	763	61.86	1	2	-	45	1
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2002	22	18	5	607	131*	46.69	814	74.57	1	3	1	54	6
JJ Martin (IND/IND-A/INDIA/WEZ)	2001-2002	13	11	4	326	71*	46.57	471	69.21	-	3	-	27	2
HK Badani (IND/SOZ)	2002-2002	13	12	2	454	99	45.40	484	93.80	-	4	-	32	5
M Kaif (CEZ/IND/IND-A/IND-B)	2002-2002	17	16	2	635	76	45.35	790	80.37	-	6	-	57	7
JH Kallis (SA)	2001-2002	25	23	3	897	104*	44.85	1202	74.62	1	6	-	68	9
MS Atapattu (SL)	2001-2002	15	15	3	537	92	44.75	767	70.01	-	5	1	49	2
R Dravid (IND/INDIA)	2001-2002	13	11	2	402	77	44.66	554	72.56	-	4	-	33	0
DR Martyn (AUS/WA)	2001-2002	18	18	3	661	108	44.06	972	68.00	2	1	-	49	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2002	20	19	-	830	127	43.68	1003	82.75	2	5	-	72	29
MG Bevan (AUS/NSW)	2001-2002	20	18	4	611	102*	43.64	834	73.26	1	5	1	57	3
RT Ponting (AUS/TAS)	2001-2002	18	18	1	740	129	43.52	849	87.16	2	4	2	72	15
D Mongia (IND/IND-B/NOZ)	2002-2002	17	17	2	652	159*	43.46	800	81.50	2	1	1	69	6
HH Dippenaar (FS/SA/SA-A)	2001-2002	17	17	3	600	81	42.85	866	69.28	-	5	1	66	2
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2001-2002	16	13	5	340	56	42.50	406	83.74	-	1	1	19	11
ML Love (QLD)	2001-2002	11	11	1	423	127*	42.30	543	77.90	2	2	1	40	2
V Sehwag (IND/INDIA)	2001-2002	16	16	2	591	125	42.21	533	110.88	1	4	-	89	8
L Klusener (SA)	2001-2002	21	16	5	457	83	41.54	476	96.00	-	3	1	38	14
M van Jaarsveld (NTHNS/SA-A)	2001-2002	13	12	1	454	73*	41.27	613	74.06	-	5	1	38	0
JDC Bryant (EPR)	2001-2002	12	12	2	408	78	40.80	627	65.07	-	3	1	32	4
G Dros (NTHNS/SA-A)	2001-2002	14	13	2	446	96	40.54	581	76.76	-	3	-	29	8
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2002	15	13	3	404	76*	40.40	541	74.67	-	3	1	29	0
GS Blewett (AUS-A/SOA)	2001-2002	12	12	-	483	80	40.25	651	74.19	-	4	-	56	1
RJ Peterson (EPR)	2001-2002	12	12	-	483	101	40.25	532	90.78	1	2	-	58	5
Jahangir Alam (DHA)	2001-2002	10	10	1	354	104	39.33	463	76.45	1	2	1	39	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2001-2002	16	15	1	550	129	39.28	750	73.33	2	-	1	42	7
NJ Astle (CANT/NZ)	2002-2002	17	17	3	542	122*	38.71	710	76.33	2	2	2	62	11
Nasirul Alam (SYL)	2002-2002	10	10	1	346	67*	38.44	505+	60.19	-	3	1	27+	2+
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	2001-2002	10	10	1	340	107	37.77	457	74.39	1	2	1	36	1
LE Bosman (GriqW/SA-A/SABP)	2001-2002	11	11	1	374	92*	37.40	440	85.00	-	2	-	48	6
G Kirsten (SA)	2001-2002	21	21	1	744	133*	37.20	986	75.45	2	3	2	79	3
UDU Chandana (/SL/SL-A/SLCXI)	2001-2002	14	13	2	409	108	37.18	410	99.75	1	3	-	31	12
CD McMillan (CANT/NZ)	2002-2002	21	21	1	729	109*	36.45	922	79.06	1	4	1	63	16
A Jacobs (NWEST/SABP)	2001-2002	12	12	-	437	112	36.41	506	86.36	1	2	1	46	8
BJ Haddin (NSW)	2001-2002	10	10	-	360	120	36.00	343	104.95	1	2	1	57	6
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	2001-2002	13	13	-	462	84	35.53	704	65.62	-	4	-	45	3
N Hussain (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	16	16	1	533	73	35.53	727	73.31	-	3	-	59	3
GR Stead (CANT)	2002-2002	11	10	1	318	101*	35.33	497	63.98	1	1	-	31	0
CT Perren (QLD)	2001-2002	11	11	2	317	96	35.22	467	67.88	-	2	2	31	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2002	14	13	2	387	118*	35.18	571	67.77	1	1	-	32	6
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2002	16	15	2	456	73	35.07	599	76.12	-	5	-	33	3
MJ Horne (AUCK/NZ)	2002-2002	13	13	-	456	76	35.07	486	93.82	-	6	2	56	6
PD Collingwood (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	15	15	5	348	77	34.80	424	82.07	-	3	1	26	5
CJ Nevin (NZ/WELL)	2002-2002	17	17	1	555	111	34.68	723	76.76	1	3	1	62	2
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2001-2002	16	16	1	515	108*	34.33	489	105.31	1	4	1	37	32
RR Sarwan (GUY/WI)	2001-2001	10	10	1	308	80	34.22	300+	64.66	-	1	-	20+	0+
MV Boucher (SA)	2001-2002	29	21	7	475	58	33.92	507	93.68	-	4	1	34	9
RA Jones (WELL)	2002-2002	10	10	1	305	78*	33.88	466	65.45	-	2	1	24	3
DJG Sales (WELL)	2002-2002	10	10	1	302	63*	33.55	490	61.63	-	2	-	31	2
ME Waugh (AUS/NSW)	2001-2002	11	11	1	334	123	33.40	391	85.42	1	2	2	42	4
A Flower (ZIM/Zmbns)	2001-2002	26	26	2	798	142*	33.25	998	79.95	1	5	1	68	5
JAH Marshall (ND)	2002-2002	13	13	1	397	99*	33.08	752	52.79	-	1	1	35	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2001-2002	15	15	1	459	87	32.78	553	83.00	-	3	2	56	8
MN van Wyk (FS/SABP)	2001-2002	11	11	1	326	114*	32.60	456	71.49	1	2	1	33	2
Rashid Latif (PAK)	2001-2002	16	12	4	258	79	32.25	312	82.69	-	1	1	24	1
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2002	28	28	-	903	125	32.25	1090	82.84	1	3	3	121	9
ME Trescothick (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	17	17	-	548	121	32.23	560	97.85	1	2	2	70	6
GE Bradburn (ND)	2002-2002	13	13	5	256	46*	32.00	423	60.52	-	-	-	15	2
AM Amla (KZN/SA-A)	2001-2002	11	11	-	346	47	31.45	491	70.46	-	-	-	31	2
JC Kent (KZN/SA/SA-A)	2001-2002	14	12	3	281	59	31.22	381	73.75	-	2	-	22	3
CL Cairns (CANT/NZ)	2002-2002	17	17	2	459	102*	30.60	487	94.25	1	3	2	34	13
MC Venter (NWEST)	2001-2002	11	11	-	334	67	30.36	347	96.25	-	3	-	31	5
HJH Marshall (ND)	2002-2002	13	13	2	334	68	30.36	469	71.21	-	2	-	23	1
SM Katich (AUS-A/WA)	2001-2002	12	12	-	358	118	29.83	578	61.93	1	1	-	25	4
N Boje (FS/SA)	2001-2002	24	15	3	353	62*	29.41	452	78.09	-	1	-	28	3
GW Flower (ZIM/Zmbns)	2001-2002	26	26	1	725	104	29.00	1046	69.31	1	2	2	73	3
Khaled Mashud (BAN/RAJ)	2001-2002	14	13	3	289	61	28.90	517	55.89	-	2	2	21	1
GH Bodi (KZN/SA-A)	2001-2002	12	12	2	285	67	28.50	415	68.67	-	2	-	40	2
SP Fleming (NZ/WELL)	2002-2002	20	20	1	541	85	28.47	868	62.32	-	4	-	45	1
AG Prince (SA-A/WPR)	2001-2002	13	12	2	283	67	28.30	396	71.46	-	1	-	18	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM/ZIM-A/Zmbns)	2001-2002	27	27	2	700	55*	28.00	1142	61.29	-	2	2	61	0
GP Thorpe (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	13	12	2	278	59*	27.80	372	74.73	-	2	-	23	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS/WA)	2001-2002	18	17	-	472	105	27.76	493	95.74	1	2	1	66	6
A Flintoff (ENG/ENGXI)	2001-2002	17	15	2	360	52	27.69	399	90.22	-	1	-	30	12
D Ganga (T&T/WI)	2001-2002	12	12	-	330	59	27.50	439+	62.64	-	4	2	27+	2+
SB Styris (ND/NZ)	2002-2002	12	12	2	275	84*	27.50	418	65.78	-	1	1	13	3
DA Gunawardene (SL/SL-A)	2001-2002	14	14	-	384	90	27.42	509	75.44	-	3	-	47	2
Rajin Saleh (SYL)	2002-2002	10	10	1	244	65	27.11	422+	55.68	-	1	-	18+	0+
CZ Harris (CANT/NZ)	2002-2002	22	21	4	458	63*	26.94	747	61.31	-	2	3	31	2
L Vincent (AUCK/NZ)	2002-2002	18	18	1	457	82	26.88	710	64.36	-	2	1	37	6
VVS Laxman (IND/IND-A)	2001-2002	13	13	1	320	75	26.66	439	72.89	-	2	-	29	0
MS Sinclair (CD/NZ)	2002-2002	13	13	1	319	90	26.58	509	62.67	-	2	2	23	3
ML Hayden (AUS/QLD)	2001-2002	13	13	-	343	78	26.38	526	65.20	-	2	1	34	6
AG Puttick (WPR)	2001-2002	11	10	2	209	51	26.12	307	68.07	-	1	-	14	1
Shabbir Khan (CHA)	2001-2002	11	11	-	284	140	25.81	328	86.58	1	1	2	26	5
AR Adams (AUCK/NZ)	2002-2002	13	11	4	180	31	25.71	171	105.26	-	-	-	16	7
HD Ackerman (SA-A/WPR)	2001-2002	10	10	2	201	45*	25.12	335	60.00	-	-	-	11	0

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Minimum of 10 innings
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:

India A (India Blues) vs Australia A at Kanpur, Australia A in India 2nd unoffical ODI, Oct 3, 2025 [List A]

India A (India Blues) vs Australia A at Kanpur, Australia A in India 1st unofficial ODI, Sep 30-Oct 1, 2025 [List A]

Western Australia vs South Australia at Adelaide, One-Day Cup (AUS) 6th Match, Sep 24, 2025 [List A]