Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
R Dravid (IND)	2003-2004	9	16	3	1241	270	95.46	2336	53.12	3	4	1	148	4
JH Kallis (SA)	2003-2004	9	16	3	1166	177	89.69	2259	51.61	5	3	1	133	12
NJ Astle (NZ)	2003-2003	2	3	1	172	103	86.00	415	41.44	1	1	-	22	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2003-2004	9	17	2	1235	380	82.33	1573	78.51	4	4	-	144	21
RT Ponting (AUS)	2003-2004	9	17	2	1163	257	77.53	1937	60.04	3	4	1	140	5
VVS Laxman (IND)	2003-2004	9	15	3	897	178	74.75	1738	51.61	3	4	-	119	1
HH Gibbs (SA)	2003-2004	9	17	2	1108	192	73.86	2004	55.28	3	6	-	153	16
HH Streak (ZIM)	2003-2004	6	9	4	357	127*	71.40	923	38.67	1	2	-	39	2
BC Lara (WI)	2003-2004	10	19	1	1253	400*	69.61	2028	61.78	4	2	2	164	12
V Sehwag (IND)	2003-2004	9	16	-	1079	309	67.43	1431	75.40	3	2	2	142	16
CD McMillan (NZ)	2003-2004	6	9	3	391	100*	65.16	777	50.32	1	3	-	43	4
SM Katich (AUS)	2003-2004	6	9	1	505	125	63.12	848	59.55	1	4	-	60	2
G Kirsten (SA)	2003-2004	8	14	3	694	137	63.09	1338	51.86	3	3	-	89	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	2003-2004	6	9	1	486	144	60.75	786	61.83	2	2	-	61	5
Asim Kamal (PAK)	2003-2004	4	6	1	292	99	58.40	594	49.15	-	3	-	42	4
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2003-2004	6	9	1	464	112	58.00	899	51.61	1	3	-	70	2
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2004	4	7	-	405	153	57.85	699	57.93	2	1	-	45	5
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2004	7	12	2	556	154*	55.60	1274	43.64	2	2	3	83	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2003-2004	9	15	3	659	241*	54.91	1279	51.52	2	2	2	77	0
SM Ervine (ZIM)	2003-2004	3	4	-	219	86	54.75	385	56.88	-	3	-	27	1
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2004	9	17	2	820	139	54.66	1293	63.41	3	2	1	114	3
DL Vettori (NZ)	2003-2004	7	10	3	375	137*	53.57	631	59.42	1	2	2	52	1
M van Jaarsveld (SA)	2003-2004	2	4	1	160	73	53.33	295	54.23	-	2	-	25	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2004	6	10	2	424	119*	53.00	803	52.80	1	2	-	51	7
Manjural Islam Rana (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	1	105	39	52.50	303	34.65	-	-	-	9	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2003-2004	6	11	1	519	134	51.90	1149	45.16	1	3	-	56	3
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2003-2004	5	9	2	359	142	51.28	946	37.94	1	1	-	45	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2003-2004	7	12	1	563	170	51.18	1085	51.88	2	2	2	73	4
CL Cairns (NZ)	2003-2004	4	6	-	307	158	51.16	390	78.71	1	1	1	36	10
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2003-2004	6	10	1	459	118	51.00	923	49.72	1	4	1	60	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2004	4	6	1	255	112	51.00	439	58.08	1	1	-	35	3
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2004	4	5	4	51	24*	51.00	128	39.84	-	-	-	6	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2003-2004	6	9	1	406	80	50.75	746	54.42	-	4	1	61	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2003-2004	9	16	4	593	119*	49.41	1472	40.28	1	4	1	67	2
DR Martyn (AUS)	2003-2004	9	15	1	672	161	48.00	1360	49.41	2	2	-	74	3
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	1	48	38	48.00	109	44.03	-	-	-	6	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2003-2004	5	9	-	430	104	47.77	656	65.54	2	2	2	50	2
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2004-2004	1	2	-	95	74	47.50	222	42.79	-	1	-	12	2
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2003-2004	6	11	-	503	131	45.72	751	66.97	1	3	-	69	4
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2003-2003	2	4	2	87	47	43.50	190	45.78	-	-	-	15	0
DS Smith (WI)	2004-2004	2	4	-	172	108	43.00	344	50.00	1	-	-	29	0
PA Patel (IND)	2003-2004	9	12	4	343	69	42.87	592	57.93	-	3	2	54	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2004	9	18	2	674	140	42.12	1414	47.66	2	3	1	95	3
Moin Khan (PAK)	2003-2004	5	7	1	242	137	40.33	419	57.75	1	-	-	33	3
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2003-2004	7	13	1	482	111	40.16	1191	40.47	1	3	-	72	1
MA Vermeulen (ZIM)	2003-2003	4	8	-	318	118	39.75	678	46.90	1	1	-	41	2
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2003-2004	6	11	1	392	118	39.20	853	45.95	2	1	-	43	4
DR Smith (WI)	2004-2004	3	6	1	194	105*	38.80	250	77.60	1	-	1	30	4
S Matsikenyeri (ZIM)	2003-2003	2	4	1	116	57	38.66	184	63.04	-	1	-	11	3
MH Richardson (NZ)	2003-2004	7	12	-	464	145	38.66	1436	32.31	1	1	-	56	0
JL Langer (AUS)	2003-2004	9	17	-	646	166	38.00	1131	57.11	3	1	1	79	5
CB Wishart (ZIM)	2003-2003	4	8	-	303	96	37.87	544	55.69	-	1	-	39	3
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2003-2004	7	13	2	411	91	37.36	721	57.00	-	3	-	64	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2003-2004	3	5	-	186	76	37.20	307	60.58	-	1	-	23	2
RR Sarwan (WI)	2003-2004	10	19	-	706	119	37.15	1501	47.03	2	4	2	96	1
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2003-2004	7	13	-	480	128	36.92	1020	47.05	2	1	-	72	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2004	3	5	1	147	57	36.75	298	49.32	-	2	-	21	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2003-2004	9	17	-	622	116	36.58	904	68.80	2	3	1	113	3
D Mohammed (WI)	2004-2004	1	1	-	36	36	36.00	36	100.00	-	-	-	7	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2003-2004	9	14	2	430	144	35.83	535	80.37	2	-	3	48	12
MA Butcher (ENG)	2003-2004	9	17	2	527	61	35.13	1330	39.62	-	6	1	62	1
A Flintoff (ENG)	2003-2004	7	11	1	343	102*	34.30	628	54.61	1	1	1	44	6
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2004	9	18	2	539	113	33.68	990	54.44	1	3	1	76	7
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	-	99	98	33.00	216	45.83	-	1	1	9	3
T Taibu (ZIM)	2003-2004	6	10	-	329	83	32.90	836	39.35	-	3	-	39	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	2003-2004	7	12	1	356	192	32.36	670	53.13	1	-	2	55	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2003-2004	6	11	3	258	68*	32.25	527	48.95	-	1	1	40	2
R Clarke (ENG)	2003-2003	2	3	-	96	55	32.00	253	37.94	-	1	-	8	1
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2004	2	1	-	32	32	32.00	46	69.56	-	-	-	4	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2003-2004	4	6	-	190	48	31.66	465	40.86	-	-	-	28	1
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2003-2004	3	2	-	63	36	31.50	140	45.00	-	-	-	10	1
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2003-2004	5	10	1	281	91	31.22	422	66.58	-	1	1	35	2
RD Jacobs (WI)	2003-2004	10	19	3	498	107*	31.12	966	51.55	1	3	-	65	3
N Hussain (ENG)	2003-2004	8	15	1	431	95	30.78	1155	37.31	-	5	1	52	1
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2003-2004	8	16	-	492	109	30.75	1107	44.44	1	2	3	69	1
N Boje (SA)	2004-2004	2	3	1	61	25	30.50	110	55.45	-	-	-	10	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2003-2004	6	10	-	295	118	29.50	721	40.91	1	-	-	43	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2003-2004	9	13	1	342	122*	28.50	579	59.06	1	1	2	49	0
A Chopra (IND)	2003-2004	8	15	-	422	60	28.13	1190	35.46	-	2	-	47	0
L Vincent (NZ)	2003-2003	4	7	-	196	106	28.00	515	38.05	1	1	1	26	2
KADM Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	2	3	1	56	51*	28.00	129	43.41	-	1	-	8	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2003-2004	8	13	1	330	76	27.50	782	42.19	-	2	2	41	7
WW Hinds (WI)	2003-2004	5	10	-	271	81	27.10	535	50.65	-	2	2	40	3
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2003-2003	3	2	1	27	19*	27.00	49	55.10	-	-	-	3	0
Shahriar Hossain (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	-	80	48	26.66	156	51.28	-	-	-	13	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2003-2004	4	7	1	158	46*	26.33	519	30.44	-	-	2	14	0
RO Hinds (WI)	2004-2004	3	5	-	128	84	25.60	256	50.00	-	1	1	17	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2003-2004	6	11	-	277	71	25.18	489	56.64	-	1	-	38	2
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	2003-2004	6	11	1	250	74*	25.00	680	36.76	-	1	1	32	0
TR Gripper (ZIM)	2003-2004	6	11	-	261	65	23.72	622	41.96	-	2	2	29	2
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2003-2004	4	7	-	162	49	23.14	426	38.02	-	-	-	16	1
RL Powell (WI)	2004-2004	1	1	-	23	23	23.00	39	58.97	-	-	-	3	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2004-2004	2	3	1	45	37*	22.50	110	40.90	-	-	-	6	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2003	2	4	-	89	36	22.25	315	28.25	-	-	-	10	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2003-2004	9	13	3	215	38*	21.50	435	49.42	-	-	-	19	1
Hannan Sarkar (BAN)	2003-2004	4	7	-	150	59	21.42	408	36.76	-	1	-	18	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	2003-2003	2	4	1	64	25	21.33	87	73.56	-	-	-	7	0
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2004	5	9	-	192	67	21.33	391	49.10	-	1	-	28	3
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2003-2004	4	7	-	149	61	21.28	372	40.05	-	2	1	16	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	2003-2004	6	10	3	146	43	20.85	142	102.81	-	-	2	16	7

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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:

West Indies vs India at Ahmedabad, West Indies in India 1st Test, Oct 2-4, 2025 [Test # 2600]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]