Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for New Zealand in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CS Dempster	1930-1933	10	15	4	723	136	65.72	0+	-	2	5	-	0+	1
KW Hough	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
RE Redmond	1973-1973	3	3	-	166	107	55.33	11+	27.27	1	1	-	29	0
MP Donnelly	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	-	1	4	2	50+	1
HM McGirr	1930-1930	2	1	-	51	51	51.00	0+	-	-	1	-	0+	0
KS Williamson	2010-2025	376*	449	50	19292	251	48.35	29183	66.10	48	103	21	1968	146
BM Wheeler	2015-2018	12	8	6	95	39*	47.50	75	126.66	-	-	-	7	5
FB Smith	1947-1952	4	6	1	237	96	47.40	-	-	-	2	-	1+	3
GM Turner	1969-1983	82	113	12	4589	259	45.43	6409+	46.48	10	23	2	379+	7+
LRPL Taylor	2006-2022	450	510	84	18199	290	42.72	24847	73.24	40	93	29	1766	273
MH Richardson	2000-2004	42	69	3	2818	145	42.69	7467	37.73	4	19	2	348	4
HG Vivian	1931-1937	7	10	-	421	100	42.10	0+	-	1	5	-	0+	3
MD Crowe	1982-1995	220	271	29	10148	299	41.93	18666	54.36	21	52	12	1037	56
DP Conway	2020-2025	134*	155	16	5823	227	41.89	7849	74.18	12	30	9	682	80
B Sutcliffe	1947-1965	42	76	8	2727	230*	40.10	159+	45.91	5	15	5	144+	16
DJ Mitchell	2019-2025	181*	186	30	6187	190	39.66	7755	79.78	12	34	3	507	167
AH Jones	1987-1995	126	161	17	5706	186	39.62	12254	46.56	7	36	6	444	16
RA Mariu	2025-2025	2	2	-	76	58	38.00	86	88.37	-	1	-	9	2
JF Reid	1979-1986	44	55	4	1929	180	37.82	4700+	40.63	6	6	4	162+	3
R Ravindra	2021-2025	97*	106	13	3499	240	37.62	4096	85.42	9	14	5	370	75
MD Craig	2014-2016	15	25	9	589	67	36.81	1083	54.38	-	3	1	65	10
TWM Latham	2012-2025	280*	337	28	11241	264*	36.37	18765	59.90	24	60	28	1123	91
GH Worker	2015-2018	12	12	2	362	62	36.20	443	81.71	-	4	-	29	8
MJ Guptill	2009-2022	367	402	27	13463	237*	35.90	16565	81.27	23	76	29	1385	383
HM Nicholls	2015-2025	149	178	26	5441	200*	35.79	9050	60.12	11	27	12	551	28
NJ Astle	1995-2007	308	358	25	11866	222	35.63	19306	61.46	27	65	30	1339	127
SP Fleming	1994-2008	395	462	31	15289	274*	35.47	26951	56.72	17	95	33	1759	89
RG Twose	1995-2001	103	108	13	3345	103	35.21	5676	58.93	1	26	10	303	40
GR Stead	1999-1999	5	8	-	278	78	34.75	671	41.43	-	2	-	36	0
Muhammad Abbas	2025-2025	3	3	-	104	52	34.66	103	100.97	-	1	-	6	4
JV Coney	1974-1987	140	165	33	4542	174*	34.40	8668+	49.60	3	24	4	394+	20
BJ Watling	2009-2021	108	146	18	4401	205	34.38	9790	44.95	8	24	13	490	11
BB McCullum	2002-2016	432	474	47	14676	302	34.37	17872	82.11	19	76	37	1552	398
JD Ryder	2008-2014	88	96	4	3088	201	33.56	4086	75.57	6	15	11	345	62
BE Congdon	1965-1978	72	123	10	3786	176	33.50	4752+	37.03	8	21	9	250+	14
GD Phillips	2017-2025	144*	139	25	3816	108	33.47	3544	107.67	3	20	6	293	164
JR Reid	1949-1965	58	108	5	3428	142	33.28	128+	34.37	6	22	5	267+	33
JG Wright	1978-1993	231	296	8	9225	185	32.03	21423+	42.23	13	47	16	991+	25+
PE Whitelaw	1933-1933	2	4	2	64	30	32.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
BJ Jacobs	2025-2025	4	3	1	64	44*	32.00	53	120.75	-	-	1	2	3
SB Styris	1999-2011	248	238	29	6647	170	31.80	9217	72.11	9	35	14	598	106
DD Taylor	1947-1956	3	5	-	159	77	31.80	-	-	-	1	-	1+	1
TA Blundell	2017-2025	65*	92	12	2530	138	31.62	4473	56.56	5	13	6	299	18
CD McMillan	1997-2007	260	281	27	8010	142	31.53	11985	66.83	9	48	16	748	152
K Thomson	1968-1968	2	4	1	94	69	31.33	-	-	-	1	1	5+	1
WA Young	2020-2025	95	112	8	3253	120	31.27	4906	66.30	4	23	8	378	42
GO Rabone	1949-1955	12	20	2	562	107	31.22	-	-	1	2	-	28+	0
GT Dowling	1961-1972	39	77	3	2306	239	31.16	812+	27.95	3	11	6	123+	14
BA Edgar	1978-1986	103	132	9	3772	161	30.66	9326+	38.84	4	22	10	289+	3+
CL Cairns	1989-2006	278	298	30	8204	158	30.61	11655	70.39	9	47	16	704	238
RH Vance	1988-1989	12	15	-	455	96	30.33	1127	40.37	-	2	-	32	3
WA Hadlee	1937-1951	11	19	1	543	116	30.16	-	-	1	2	1	37+	0
JA Raval	2016-2020	24	39	1	1143	132	30.07	2670	42.80	1	7	3	142	1
TW Jarvis	1965-1973	13	22	1	625	182	29.76	713+	30.99	1	2	6	54+	0
GL Weir	1930-1937	11	16	2	416	74*	29.71	1+	-	-	3	1	0+	0
MS Sinclair	1999-2010	89	108	9	2939	214	29.68	5886	49.93	5	12	14	309	12
MS Chapman	2018-2025	111	94	17	2279	132	29.59	1776	128.32	3	13	7	200	96
BW Sinclair	1963-1968	21	40	1	1148	138	29.43	260+	47.30	3	3	5	84+	0
TB Robinson	2024-2025	26	23	3	588	106*	29.40	436	134.86	1	2	2	53	23
TL Seifert	2018-2025	81	75	10	1909	97*	29.36	1354	140.98	-	12	5	168	93
MJ Greatbatch	1988-1996	125	154	10	4227	146*	29.35	8045	52.54	5	23	16	404	48
GD Elliott	2008-2016	104	92	16	2219	115	29.19	2887	76.86	2	11	7	164	30
HJH Marshall	2000-2007	82	84	11	2118	160	29.01	3382	62.62	3	14	4	181	11
BF Hastings	1969-1976	42	65	7	1661	117*	28.63	2230+	36.63	4	7	7	130+	3+
VJ Scott	1946-1952	10	17	1	458	84	28.62	-	-	-	3	1	16+	0
L Vincent	2001-2007	134	148	11	3919	224	28.60	6454	60.72	6	20	13	400	52
MG Burgess	1968-1981	76	112	6	3020	119*	28.49	2815+	43.80	5	14	6	236+	19
KR Rutherford	1985-1995	177	214	17	5608	108	28.46	10242	54.75	5	36	22	537	32
GP Howarth	1975-1985	117	148	10	3915	147	28.36	8054+	45.12	6	17	8	367+	4+
CJ Anderson	2012-2018	93	91	10	2277	131*	28.11	2572	88.53	2	10	10	210	95
BA Young	1990-1999	109	141	9	3702	267*	28.04	7955	46.53	2	21	10	396	3
TC Lowry	1930-1931	7	8	-	223	80	27.87	0+	-	-	2	2	0+	0
C Munro	2012-2020	123	117	9	3010	109*	27.87	2342	128.52	3	19	13	273	143
C de Grandhomme	2012-2022	115	118	21	2679	120*	27.61	2844	94.19	2	15	14	226	100
AW Roberts	1930-1937	5	10	1	248	66*	27.55	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
RB Reid	1988-1991	9	9	-	248	64	27.55	448	55.35	-	2	-	25	1
TG McIntosh	2008-2011	17	33	2	854	136	27.54	2359	36.20	2	4	5	98	7
RC Blunt	1930-1932	9	13	1	330	96	27.50	0+	-	-	1	1	0+	0
RA Jones	2003-2003	6	7	-	191	63	27.28	420	45.47	-	1	-	15	2
CZ Harris	1990-2004	273	255	66	5156	130	27.28	8888	58.01	1	21	21	362	45
JDP Oram	2001-2012	229	205	32	4688	133	27.09	6682	70.15	6	21	15	429	124
PG Fulton	2004-2014	84	97	7	2428	136	26.97	4435	54.74	3	13	7	235	44
JE Mills	1930-1933	7	10	1	241	117	26.77	0+	-	1	-	2	0+	0
MG Bracewell	2022-2025	97	83	20	1685	140	26.74	1756	95.95	2	6	6	155	59
SA Thomson	1990-1996	75	87	14	1922	120*	26.32	3540	54.29	1	10	5	196	14
JEF Beck	1953-1956	8	15	-	394	99	26.26	-	-	-	3	1	15+	2
DAR Moloney	1937-1937	3	6	-	156	64	26.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
BG Hadlee	1975-1975	2	2	1	26	19	26.00	93	27.95	-	-	-	1	0
JJ Crowe	1983-1990	114	136	16	3119	128	25.99	7115	43.83	3	13	12	293	16
AC Parore	1990-2002	257	289	51	6179	110	25.96	12266	50.37	3	28	25	485	48
FH Allen	2021-2025	74	73	1	1867	137	25.93	1411	132.31	2	10	8	191	103
JDS Neesham	2012-2025	181	158	34	3214	137*	25.91	3240	99.19	2	11	12	293	103
CE McConchie	2021-2024	18	14	5	226	64*	25.11	222	101.80	-	1	2	18	3
DG Brownlie	2010-2017	35	45	2	1078	109	25.06	2091	51.55	1	5	6	143	4
JM How	2005-2011	65	77	2	1874	139	24.98	3169	59.13	1	11	7	226	10
MJ Horne	1997-2003	85	113	2	2768	157	24.93	5899	46.92	4	10	7	309	16
Sir RJ Hadlee	1973-1990	201	232	36	4875	151*	24.87	6930+	63.41	2	19	16	446+	58+
V Pollard	1965-1974	35	61	7	1333	116	24.68	1253+	38.78	2	8	4	113+	5
ML Page	1930-1937	14	20	-	492	104	24.60	0+	-	1	2	1	0+	0
GN Edwards	1976-1981	14	21	-	515	55	24.52	837	61.52	-	3	3	64+	4+

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614 - Live]
>> 42/0 (11.2 ov, BA King 37*, JD Campbell 1*, AY Patel 0/0)

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Christchurch, West Indies in New Zealand 1st Test, Dec 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2610]