Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for South Africa in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Pollock	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48	7	11	1	246+	11
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	16	1477	96
AD Nourse	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	108+	63.88	9	14	3	115+	6
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
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
GC Smith	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	10	1164	24
HM Amla	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88	6	15	3	251+	5
G Kirsten	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	10	548	25
EAB Rowan	1935-1951	26	50	5	1965	236	43.66	77+	29.87	3	12	4	14+	0
DJ McGlew	1951-1962	34	64	6	2440	255*	42.06	3+	-	7	10	4	92+	2
HH Gibbs	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
AG Prince	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.70	11	11	7	397	13
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28	4	8	2	122+	3
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	76	4	2936	176	40.77	-	-	7	17	2	61+	7
F du Plessis	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	9	516	21
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
Q de Kock	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	7	411	33
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	21	34	4	1153	367*	38.43	1955	58.97	3	1	3	138	17
T Bavuma	2014-2025	64	110	13	3708	172	38.22	7544	49.15	4	25	10	425	16
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	29	2	1027	118	38.03	2538	40.46	2	6	2	107	1
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.92	6+	-	3	11	3	20+	8
D Elgar	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
DT Lindsay	1963-1970	19	31	1	1130	182	37.66	661+	64.29	3	5	2	113+	13
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.00	5	16	9	409	22
AK Markram	2017-2025	46	84	2	2993	152	36.50	5016	59.66	8	13	7	426	14
WJ Cronje	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	11	409	33
DG Bedingham	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	1228	67.42	1	4	2	91	17
JN Rhodes	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
JA Rudolph	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	8	362	7
AN Petersen	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	78	5	2516	112	34.46	1063+	36.12	1	18	4	132+	6
WR Endean	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.95	-	-	3	8	3	60+	1
AC Hudson	1992-1998	35	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	7	254	5
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.80	4	8	4	236	20
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
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
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	9	412	35
EL Dalton	1929-1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.72	-	-	2	3	1	16+	2
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	17	27	1	819	154	31.50	942+	24.52	1	4	2	67+	2
PN Kirsten	1992-1994	12	22	2	626	104	31.30	2084	30.03	1	4	2	67	0
MV Boucher	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
JHB Waite	1951-1965	50	86	7	2405	134	30.44	287+	41.11	4	16	9	105+	1
RA McLean	1951-1964	40	73	3	2120	142	30.28	157+	69.42	5	10	11	170+	12
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
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	38	62	5	1718	177*	30.14	4128	41.61	3	7	8	237	5
GC White	1906-1912	17	31	2	872	147	30.06	-	-	2	4	3	55+	4
AW Nourse	1902-1924	45	83	8	2234	111	29.78	705+	43.12	1	15	3	90+	0
IJ Siedle	1928-1936	18	34	-	977	141	28.73	-	-	1	5	3	38+	1
PL Symcox	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
KG Viljoen	1930-1949	27	50	2	1365	124	28.43	-	-	2	9	5	37+	0
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
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	15	20	3	464	84	27.29	649	71.49	-	3	2	61	2
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	19	33	6	724	83	26.81	-	-	-	3	2	18+	0
AJ Hall	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	7	96	4
AM Bacher	1996-1999	19	33	1	833	96	26.03	2058	40.47	-	5	3	108	3
KJ Funston	1952-1958	18	33	1	824	92	25.75	-	-	-	5	2	32+	3
PL van der Merwe	1963-1967	15	23	2	533	76	25.38	157+	36.94	-	3	3	20+	1
N Boje	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	-	4	5	184	6
HG Deane	1924-1931	17	27	2	628	93	25.12	0+	-	-	3	1	0+	1
DPB Morkel	1927-1932	16	28	1	663	88	24.55	-	-	-	4	3	8+	3
DJ Richardson	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	-	8	8	204	17
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	24	43	6	883	89	23.86	-	-	-	5	1	36+	3
PW Sherwell	1906-1911	13	22	4	427	115	23.72	337+	53.41	1	1	1	57+	1
JC Watkins	1949-1957	15	27	1	612	92	23.53	-	-	-	3	2	37+	1
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	25	47	1	1069	106	23.23	225+	66.22	3	3	7	33+	16
SJ Snooke	1906-1923	26	46	1	1008	103	22.40	600+	43.16	1	5	1	49+	0
M Jansen	2021-2025	18	28	5	506	84*	22.00	1009	50.14	-	3	3	70	5
PM Pollock	1961-1970	28	41	13	607	75*	21.67	361+	31.30	-	2	3	17+	1
LJ Tancred	1902-1913	14	26	1	530	97	21.20	-	-	-	2	5	27+	1
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	38	12	526	60	20.23	2+	-	-	2	4	20+	8
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	15	28	1	544	90	20.14	423+	46.80	-	4	6	11+	0
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	30	7	455	59	19.78	0+	-	-	2	2	17+	4
TB de Bruyn	2017-2022	13	25	1	468	101	19.50	1012	46.24	1	-	2	69	2
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	18	26	7	359	67*	18.89	991	36.22	-	2	3	36	5
CR Matthews	1992-1995	18	25	6	348	62*	18.31	776	44.84	-	1	4	47	2
Q McMillan	1929-1932	13	21	4	306	50*	18.00	-	-	-	1	4	15+	3
PNF Mansell	1951-1955	13	22	2	355	90	17.75	-	-	-	2	3	44+	0
CMH Hathorn	1902-1911	12	20	1	325	102	17.10	36+	30.55	1	-	1	22+	0
AMB Rowan	1947-1951	15	23	6	290	41	17.05	124+	16.12	-	-	3	2+	1
AEE Vogler	1906-1911	15	26	6	340	65	17.00	8+	25.00	-	2	4	15+	6
JMM Commaille	1910-1928	12	22	1	355	47	16.90	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	37	60	9	862	75	16.90	-	-	-	2	5	26+	5
WA Shalders	1899-1907	12	23	1	355	42	16.13	-	-	-	-	4	18+	0
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	23	4	298	73*	15.68	-	-	-	2	5	0+	4
SJ Pegler	1910-1924	16	28	5	356	35*	15.47	171+	62.57	-	-	6	10+	1
KA Maharaj	2016-2025	59	91	7	1292	84	15.38	2107	61.31	-	6	17	149	29
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	31	7	348	69	14.50	-	-	-	2	5	5+	3
LA Stricker	1910-1912	13	24	-	344	48	14.33	446+	33.85	-	-	5	12+	0
TA Ward	1912-1924	23	42	9	459	64	13.90	2+	-	-	2	5	4+	0
RO Schwarz	1906-1912	20	35	8	374	61	13.85	258+	51.16	-	1	6	21+	1
DW Steyn	2004-2019	93	119	27	1251	76	13.59	2825	44.28	-	2	14	124	36

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Hong Kong vs Malaysia at Singapore, Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy Final, Jul 26, 2025 [T20I # 3370]

Hong Kong vs Singapore at Singapore, Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy 12th Match, Jul 24, 2025 [T20I # 3359]

Samoa vs Hong Kong at Singapore, Asia Pacific Cricket Champions Trophy 9th Match, Jul 23, 2025 [T20I # 3352]