Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for South Africa in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Pollock	1963-1984	33	58	8	3027	274	60.54	2079+	58.82	10	14	3	320+	12+
JH Kallis	1995-2013	179	301	44	14327	224	55.74	30717	46.64	49	64	17	1623	104
A Melville	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	-	4	3	2	58+	1
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	121	201	21	9166	278*	50.92	16676	54.96	23	48	8	1075	67
BA Richards	1970-1983	9	16	1	759	140	50.60	854+	59.48	2	4	1	70+	5+
GC Smith	2002-2014	124	213	15	9814	277	49.56	16397	59.85	28	42	10	1237	28
KC Bland	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.08	885+	37.74	3	9	2	123+	20
B Mitchell	1929-1949	42	80	9	3471	189*	48.88	158+	29.11	8	21	3	41+	1
HM Amla	2004-2019	132	225	17	10063	311*	48.37	19843	50.71	31	45	13	1267	20
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	31	59	2	2728	209	47.85	1684+	43.88	7	15	3	272+	5
AD Nourse	1935-1951	47	82	9	3332	231	45.64	108+	63.88	9	15	4	115+	6+
G Kirsten	1993-2004	115	202	17	8428	275	45.55	19018	44.31	22	42	13	1063	17
EAB Rowan	1935-1951	47	81	8	3302	236	45.23	77+	29.87	7	18	4	14+	0+
DJ McGlew	1951-1962	78	130	11	5366	255*	45.09	3+	-	14	26	11	92+	2+
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	76	127	14	4955	275*	43.84	10177	48.68	15	21	11	598	27
AG Prince	2002-2011	70	111	18	3986	162*	42.86	8977	44.40	12	13	7	432	16
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	68	111	13	4040	226	41.22	9132	44.24	8	20	10	502	34
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	103	177	7	6981	228	41.06	13693+	50.70	15	32	11	1008+	52+
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	76	4	2936	176	40.77	-	-	7	17	2	61+	7
F du Plessis	2012-2021	70	119	15	4187	199	40.25	9047	46.28	10	21	9	519	21
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	74	122	12	4366	165	39.69	9533	45.79	9	25	11	476	42
T Bavuma	2014-2025	65	111	14	3793	172	39.10	7692	49.31	4	26	10	433	16
Q de Kock	2014-2021	55	92	6	3351	141*	38.96	4710	71.14	6	23	7	417	34
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	21	34	4	1153	367*	38.43	1955	58.97	3	1	3	138	17
JA Rudolph	2001-2012	60	102	9	3546	222*	38.12	7731	45.86	7	18	8	492	10
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.92	6+	-	3	11	3	20+	8
D Elgar	2012-2024	87	153	11	5352	199	37.69	11200	47.78	14	23	13	685	26
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	31	1	1130	182	37.66	661+	64.29	3	5	2	113+	13
RD Rickelton	2022-2025	11	19	2	638	259	37.52	1169	54.57	2	-	1	76	4
BM McMillan	1990-1998	43	69	13	2094	113	37.39	4904+	42.69	3	14	4	221+	11+
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	67	103	20	3055	133*	36.80	0+	-	4	18	4	36+	3+
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	38	71	8	2300	204	36.50	1256+	58.28	5	11	3	122+	3+
AK Markram	2017-2025	46	84	2	2993	152	36.50	5016	59.66	8	13	7	426	14
PN Kirsten	1982-1994	22	39	4	1276	114	36.45	2642+	35.20	2	10	3	109+	0+
DG Bedingham	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	1228	67.42	1	4	2	91	17
AJ Kourie	1982-1984	9	13	4	323	69	35.88	305+	45.24	-	3	-	12+	1+
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	53	82	9	2599	117	35.60	5724	45.40	3	18	4	261	22
AN Petersen	2010-2015	38	66	4	2152	182	34.70	4234	50.82	5	8	3	263	12
JP Duminy	2008-2017	51	81	10	2439	166	34.35	5101	47.81	7	9	9	283	17
JAJ Christy	1929-1932	10	18	-	618	103	34.33	-	-	1	5	1	24+	3
AC Hudson	1992-1998	36	65	3	2123	163	34.24	5440	39.02	5	13	7	267	5
TL Goddard	1955-1970	60	109	6	3518	121	34.15	1063+	36.12	2	25	7	132+	6+
SM Pollock	1995-2008	117	169	42	4275	113*	33.66	7789+	54.51	4	18	10	461+	48+
KC Wessels	1990-1994	19	35	2	1110	118	33.63	2728+	40.57	2	6	2	116+	1+
WR Endean	1951-1958	76	130	12	3969	181*	33.63	0+	-	5	22	9	60+	1+
SC Cook	2016-2017	11	19	-	632	117	33.26	1402	45.07	3	2	3	66	0
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	18	29	1	922	154	32.92	942+	24.52	1	5	2	67+	2+
JW Zulch	1910-1921	16	32	2	983	150	32.76	837+	42.29	2	4	-	54+	1
K Verreynne	2021-2025	27	42	6	1165	136*	32.36	2007	58.04	4	3	4	122	14
A Bacher	1965-1970	12	22	1	679	73	32.33	490+	44.28	-	6	1	40+	0
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	20	26	6	645	103*	32.25	924	69.80	1	3	2	86	2
EL Dalton	1929-1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.72	-	-	2	3	1	16+	2
MV Boucher	1997-2012	162	224	28	6142	134	31.33	11979+	51.08	6	39	18	742+	23+
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	46	76	7	2162	177*	31.33	4911	44.02	4	9	8	304	6
GAS Innes	1952-1953	9	14	2	374	109	31.16	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
RA McLean	1951-1964	91	152	9	4440	151	31.04	157+	69.42	8	24	15	170+	12+
SJ Cook	1982-1993	13	25	3	679	114	30.86	889+	38.58	1	3	2	37+	0+
L Klusener	1996-2004	57	81	11	2145	174	30.64	3568	60.11	4	10	7	273	25
PL Symcox	1993-1998	23	31	2	883	108	30.44	1474	59.90	1	6	1	94	15
GM Fullerton	1947-1951	30	47	4	1305	167	30.34	-	-	1	12	3	2+	1+
JHB Waite	1951-1965	98	159	11	4481	139	30.27	287+	41.11	7	26	17	105+	1+
HB Cameron	1927-1935	26	45	4	1239	90	30.21	-	-	-	10	3	43+	11
HE van der Dussen	2019-2022	18	32	2	905	98	30.16	2221	40.74	-	6	3	101	4
WS Farrer	1962-1964	7	11	2	271	50	30.11	-	-	-	1	-	26+	0
T Stubbs	2024-2025	10	18	1	510	122	30.00	1014	50.29	2	1	1	42	8
AW Nourse	1902-1924	59	107	8	2935	148	29.64	705+	43.12	3	17	6	90+	0+
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	38	59	8	1490	150	29.21	0+	-	1	8	5	18+	0+
M van Jaarsveld	2002-2004	10	17	2	437	73	29.13	912	47.91	-	3	-	61	0
F Mitchell	1904-1912	23	36	6	867	102*	28.90	-	-	1	6	4	0+	0+
IJ Siedle	1928-1936	18	34	-	977	141	28.73	-	-	1	5	3	38+	1
KG Viljoen	1930-1949	27	50	2	1365	124	28.43	-	-	2	9	5	37+	0
WW Wade	1938-1950	11	19	1	511	125	28.38	233+	30.47	1	3	3	7+	1
KD Petersen	2021-2024	14	25	-	704	82	28.16	1477	47.66	-	4	-	86	0
HR Lance	1962-1970	13	22	1	591	70	28.14	365+	38.08	-	5	1	42+	6
T de Zorzi	2023-2025	13	23	-	641	177	27.86	1182	54.23	1	2	3	69	6
KJ Funston	1952-1958	25	42	2	1100	92	27.50	0+	-	-	6	2	32+	3+
CMH Hathorn	1902-1911	45	73	4	1874	139	27.15	36+	30.55	5	6	6	22+	0+
LJ Tancred	1902-1913	43	76	5	1928	113	27.15	-	-	4	7	12	27+	1+
S O'Linn	1960-1961	8	14	2	322	98	26.83	125+	21.60	-	2	-	23+	1+
N Boje	2000-2006	49	71	14	1524	85	26.73	2988+	49.29	-	4	5	204+	8+
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	21	36	3	882	90	26.72	423+	46.80	-	7	6	11+	0+
SJ Erwee	2022-2023	10	19	1	479	108	26.61	1107	43.27	1	1	2	56	0
HJ Keith	1952-1957	36	57	5	1380	113*	26.53	0+	-	3	7	5	28+	0+
GC White	1904-1912	53	85	7	2069	147	26.52	-	-	3	10	7	55+	4+
S van Zyl	2014-2016	12	17	2	395	101*	26.33	778	50.77	1	-	2	59	0
PL van der Merwe	1963-1967	16	24	2	572	76	26.00	157+	36.94	-	3	3	25+	1
AJ Hall	2002-2007	22	34	4	775	163	25.83	1692	45.80	1	3	7	97	4
AM Bacher	1996-1999	22	39	2	935	96	25.27	2315	40.38	-	6	4	119	5
HG Deane	1924-1931	17	27	2	628	93	25.12	0+	-	-	3	1	0+	1
PAM Hands	1913-1924	7	12	-	300	83	25.00	0+	-	-	2	2	2+	4
CEB Rice	1982-1984	9	14	2	297	71*	24.75	336+	48.80	-	1	-	17+	4+
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	28	1	663	88	24.55	-	-	-	4	3	8+	3
JC Watkins	1949-1957	24	40	3	883	92	23.86	-	-	-	4	5	37+	1+
DJ Richardson	1984-1998	46	70	8	1477	109	23.82	3512	42.05	1	9	7	156	2
VD Philander	2011-2020	66	96	21	1786	74	23.81	4024	44.38	-	8	9	205	17
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	60	100	2	2316	106	23.63	225+	66.22	4	10	13	33+	16+
SJ Snooke	1904-1923	54	85	9	1749	114*	23.01	600+	43.16	2	9	6	49+	0+
AMB Rowan	1947-1951	25	36	9	617	98	22.85	124+	16.12	-	1	4	2+	1+
MJ Procter	1967-1982	8	11	1	227	48	22.70	382+	54.71	-	-	1	21+	3+
PM Pollock	1961-1970	29	42	14	634	75*	22.64	361+	31.30	-	2	3	17+	1+

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Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Trinidad & Tobago vs Guyana at Port of Spain, West Indies Championship 25th Match, Apr 9-12, 2025 [First-class]

Leeward Islands vs Barbados at Basseterre, West Indies Championship 26th Match, Apr 9-12, 2025 [First-class]

Jamaica vs Combined Campuses and Colleges at St Augustine, West Indies Championship 27th Match, Apr 9-11, 2025 [First-class]