Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
T Frost (WAR)	2008-2008	13	18	6	1003	242*	83.58	2174	46.13	2	4	0	129	2
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2008	7	10	1	663	172	73.66	1076	61.61	3	2	0	90	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2008-2008	7	10	2	588	174	73.50	1118	52.59	2	1	0	68	2
L Klusener (NOR)	2008-2008	14	20	5	1095	202*	73.00	1707	64.14	2	9	3	149	3
IJL Trott (WAR)	2008-2008	16	25	5	1240	181	62.00	2379	52.12	3	6	1	137	3
MR Ramprakash (SUR)	2008-2008	14	23	3	1235	200*	61.75	2536	48.69	6	1	1	149	11
GC Smith (SA)	2008-2008	6	10	2	491	154*	61.37	838	58.59	2	1	1	59	1
S Chanderpaul (DUR/WI)	2008-2008	11	18	4	853	138	60.92	1889	45.15	3	5	2	98	4
JJ Cobb (LEI)	2008-2008	8	10	3	419	148*	59.85	1030	40.67	1	2	1	52	5
KP Pietersen (ENG/HAM)	2008-2008	8	12	0	707	152	58.91	1090	64.86	4	1	0	95	3
MW Goodwin (SUS)	2008-2008	16	25	2	1343	184	58.39	2557	52.52	6	5	2	153	3
MA Butcher (SUR)	2008-2008	6	10	1	521	205	57.88	1035	50.33	2	1	0	70	2
CJL Rogers (DER)	2008-2008	16	27	3	1372	248*	57.16	2277	60.25	4	8	1	186	5
HD Ackerman (LEI)	2008-2008	16	26	3	1302	199	56.60	2077	62.68	6	3	5	182	5
JA Rudolph (YOR)	2008-2008	16	24	1	1292	155	56.17	2377	54.35	5	6	3	156	5
SC Moore (WOR)	2008-2008	16	30	4	1451	156	55.80	2243	64.69	6	6	0	203	23
RS Bopara (ESS/LIONS/MCC)	2008-2008	15	26	3	1256	150	54.60	1843	68.14	4	7	2	167	6
AG Prince (NOT/SA)	2008-2008	10	14	2	649	149	54.08	1266	51.26	3	2	0	81	7
N Pothas (HAM)	2008-2008	14	23	5	963	137*	53.50	1944	49.53	3	3	3	116	5
PA Nixon (LEI)	2008-2008	16	24	6	954	106*	53.00	1851	51.53	1	6	0	121	7
SR Patel (NOT)	2008-2008	14	22	3	977	135	51.42	1369	71.36	2	7	2	139	7
WR Smith (DUR)	2008-2008	12	20	2	925	201*	51.38	2020	45.79	3	3	1	118	0
IR Bell (ENG/WAR)	2008-2008	11	17	1	813	215	50.81	1358	59.86	2	2	1	112	2
MJ Nicholson (SUR)	2008-2008	9	12	3	453	133	50.33	722	62.74	1	1	1	57	1
MJ North (GLO)	2008-2008	12	20	2	900	104	50.00	1427	63.06	1	8	2	136	4
JO Troughton (WAR)	2008-2008	14	20	5	747	138*	49.80	1665	44.86	1	6	0	78	3
DJG Sales (NOR)	2008-2008	17	27	4	1137	173	49.43	1743	65.23	3	4	0	168	10
RA White (NOR)	2008-2008	15	25	4	1037	132*	49.38	1260	82.30	3	6	2	148	18
EJG Morgan (MID)	2008-2008	17	29	7	1085	137*	49.31	2315	46.86	3	5	2	139	11
JH Kallis (SA)	2008-2008	7	11	3	391	160*	48.87	669	58.44	1	3	0	46	2
M van Jaarsveld (KEN)	2008-2008	16	27	3	1150	133	47.91	1902	60.46	4	7	4	140	6
MJ Prior (LIONS/SUS)	2008-2008	15	23	1	1040	133*	47.27	1530	67.97	3	7	1	146	6
PJ Horton (LAN)	2008-2008	16	26	3	1087	152	47.26	2024	53.70	3	7	1	166	1
SD Snell (GLO)	2008-2008	16	24	4	944	127	47.20	1997	47.27	1	9	2	121	3
AJ Strauss (ENG/MID)	2008-2008	16	27	1	1223	172	47.03	2276	53.73	3	6	1	165	2
VS Solanki (WOR)	2008-2008	15	25	1	1127	270	46.95	1704	66.13	4	5	4	179	7
MA Wagh (NOT)	2008-2008	15	24	2	1033	141	46.95	1844	56.01	2	8	2	142	5
ME Trescothick (SOM)	2008-2008	16	28	1	1258	158	46.59	2130	59.06	3	8	2	186	13
MJ Di Venuto (DUR)	2008-2008	16	28	4	1115	184	46.45	1958	56.94	2	8	3	155	4
ID Blackwell (SOM)	2008-2008	17	25	1	1115	158	46.45	1656	67.33	4	7	1	117	12
U Afzaal (SUR)	2008-2008	16	26	5	975	134*	46.42	1935	50.38	2	7	2	114	9
GA Hick (WOR)	2008-2008	11	18	3	689	149	45.93	1009	68.28	2	2	0	90	6
NJ O'Brien (NOR)	2008-2008	14	21	1	917	168	45.85	1441	63.63	2	5	0	122	1
CMW Read (NOT)	2008-2008	16	21	5	726	142	45.37	1193	60.85	1	5	1	83	6
Z de Bruyn (SOM)	2008-2008	16	25	3	997	120	45.31	1857	53.68	3	5	4	125	2
BF Smith (WOR)	2008-2008	16	25	1	1075	99	44.79	2039	52.72	0	11	0	135	1
JS Foster (ESS/MCC)	2008-2008	17	26	5	926	132*	44.09	1773	52.22	3	4	2	99	2
JL Langer (SOM)	2008-2008	15	26	1	1083	188	43.32	1549	69.91	3	7	4	145	7
DM Benkenstein (DUR)	2008-2008	15	23	4	817	110	43.00	1582	51.64	1	7	1	104	0
JL Clare (DER)	2008-2008	13	18	5	555	129*	42.69	822	67.51	1	5	4	83	1
PD Trego (SOM)	2008-2008	16	23	3	849	86	42.45	1151	73.76	0	7	1	105	15
CG Taylor (GLO)	2008-2008	17	30	4	1101	137	42.34	1627	67.67	2	8	0	153	8
OA Shah (LIONS/MCC/MID)	2008-2008	14	25	1	1012	144	42.16	2030	49.85	3	6	1	123	11
DJ Pipe (DER)	2008-2008	9	15	3	504	133	42.00	694	72.62	1	3	1	74	7
SA Newman (SUR)	2008-2008	15	25	0	1044	129	41.76	1670	62.51	2	8	2	162	9
BM Shafayat (NOT)	2008-2008	10	15	2	541	118	41.61	1093	49.49	2	2	1	81	3
SM Davies (WOR)	2008-2008	16	24	6	748	99*	41.55	1170	63.93	0	5	1	95	1
SD Peters (NOR)	2008-2008	16	26	3	949	130*	41.26	1847	51.38	3	5	1	132	1
DL Maddy (WAR)	2008-2008	14	22	3	778	138	40.94	1449	53.69	3	3	4	113	0
MJ Brown (HAM)	2008-2008	14	26	3	940	104*	40.86	2031	46.28	1	6	5	129	0
GP Rees (GLA)	2008-2008	16	28	1	1088	140	40.29	1909	56.99	3	6	1	149	9
N Boje (NOR)	2008-2008	13	17	1	644	226*	40.25	1030	62.52	2	1	0	96	2
DKH Mitchell (WOR)	2008-2008	16	29	6	922	102	40.08	2010	45.87	1	4	1	124	2
SD Udal (MID)	2008-2008	14	20	6	556	91	39.71	908	61.23	0	4	3	55	16
DJ Malan (MID)	2008-2008	10	16	2	556	132*	39.71	1254	44.33	1	4	0	82	1
ET Smith (MID)	2008-2008	6	10	0	397	88	39.70	738	53.79	0	4	2	53	0
BJM Scott (MID)	2008-2008	15	22	3	754	164*	39.68	1468	51.36	1	7	3	95	2
RN ten Doeschate (ESS)	2008-2008	17	24	2	860	146	39.09	1254	68.58	2	4	2	102	13
AW Gale (YOR)	2008-2008	15	23	0	899	150	39.08	1685	53.35	3	3	2	117	3
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2008	6	12	1	429	154*	39.00	578	74.22	2	0	1	51	12
BB McCullum (NZ)	2008-2008	6	12	1	426	97	38.72	581	73.32	0	3	1	53	6
AN Cook (ENG/ESS)	2008-2008	11	19	0	732	95	38.52	1399	52.32	0	7	0	101	0
RWT Key (KEN/LIONS)	2008-2008	16	27	3	918	178*	38.25	1667	55.06	2	4	2	131	0
CD Nash (SUS)	2008-2008	17	30	4	980	108	37.69	1899	51.60	2	5	2	126	1
ML Pettini (ESS)	2008-2008	18	28	5	856	153*	37.21	1454	58.87	1	6	4	97	8
JM How (NZ)	2008-2008	6	11	1	372	74	37.20	736	50.54	0	4	1	47	0
SG Law (LAN)	2008-2008	13	21	2	704	158*	37.05	1414	49.78	1	4	1	85	0
AC Voges (NOT)	2008-2008	12	20	3	627	77	36.88	1192	52.60	0	4	0	80	4
MH Yardy (SUS)	2008-2008	16	27	1	954	93	36.69	2117	45.06	0	7	1	120	1
GP Swann (LIONS/NOT)	2008-2008	14	18	2	586	82	36.62	809	72.43	0	5	1	75	8
LJ Wright (LIONS/SUS)	2008-2008	13	20	3	621	155*	36.52	1009	61.54	2	1	3	80	7
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	7	13	0	473	146	36.38	1124	42.08	2	1	1	69	2
Kadeer Ali (GLO)	2008-2008	12	22	0	791	161	35.95	1677	47.16	3	2	2	104	2
EC Joyce (MCC/MID)	2008-2008	17	28	1	966	101	35.77	1832	52.72	1	7	1	121	4
SCJ Broad (ENG/NOT)	2008-2008	10	11	1	357	76	35.70	690	51.73	0	4	1	48	0
RSC Martin-Jenkins (SUS)	2008-2008	17	23	5	642	73*	35.66	1133	56.66	0	6	2	88	1
DO Brown (GLO)	2008-2008	9	15	4	385	83	35.00	718	53.62	0	3	2	52	3
DL Hemp (GLA)	2008-2008	15	25	3	763	104	34.68	1436	53.13	2	5	1	104	5
A McGrath (YOR)	2008-2008	14	21	0	728	144	34.66	1494	48.72	2	3	2	83	4
DJ Birch (DER)	2008-2008	12	20	1	652	77	34.31	1258	51.82	0	3	0	91	7
TT Bresnan (YOR)	2008-2008	14	20	5	506	84*	33.73	1101	45.95	0	2	0	63	2
PM Borrington (DER/LbroU)	2008-2008	12	20	4	537	102*	33.56	1492	35.99	1	3	1	79	0
GM Smith (DER)	2008-2008	13	21	1	665	113	33.25	1267	52.48	1	6	1	92	0
CD Hopkinson (SUS)	2008-2008	17	27	3	789	106	32.87	1878	42.01	1	4	1	96	4
TC Smith (LAN/LEI)	2008-2008	10	12	3	295	63	32.77	791	37.29	0	1	1	33	3
IDK Salisbury (WAR)	2008-2008	13	14	2	393	81	32.75	539	72.91	0	3	2	55	10
MJ Lumb (HAM)	2008-2008	16	27	2	818	107	32.72	1926	42.47	1	6	0	108	1
SJ Croft (LAN)	2008-2008	13	19	1	585	122	32.50	1366	42.82	1	3	1	67	2
ND McKenzie (DUR/SA)	2008-2008	10	19	2	546	138	32.11	1312	41.61	1	2	1	73	1
JC Hildreth (SOM)	2008-2008	18	32	2	962	158	32.06	1713	56.15	1	6	4	115	11

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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:

Easterns (Eastern Transvaal) vs Knights at Bloemfontein, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 Final, Feb 6-10, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 159/1 (53.3 ov, GL Cloete 78*, P Botha 8*, T Simelane 1/24) - Stumps

Tasmania vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield 21st Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class]

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield 20th Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class]