Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for Sri Lanka in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SRD Wettimuny	1975-1979	3	3	1	136	67	68.00	242	56.19	-	2	-	16	0
CU Jayasinghe	2009-2010	5	3	2	49	38	49.00	49	100.00	-	-	-	3	1
KC Sangakkara	2000-2015	587	659	66	27757	319	46.80	41753	66.47	63	150	28	2979	157
TT Samaraweera	1998-2013	134	174	31	6324	231	44.22	12885	49.08	16	30	15	709	7
MN Nawaz	1998-2002	4	5	2	130	78*	43.33	263	49.42	-	1	-	12	0
J Liyanage	2022-2025	39	33	9	1005	101*	41.87	1170	85.89	1	7	1	71	26
AD Mathews	2008-2025	435	480	97	15546	200*	40.59	25281	61.49	19	91	24	1395	230
SKL de Silva	1997-1997	14	10	5	197	57	39.40	346	56.93	-	2	1	19	0
DPMD Jayawardene	1997-2015	647	720	61	25688	374	38.98	39816	64.51	53	134	47	2658	165
TM Dilshan	1999-2016	497	527	64	17671	193	38.16	21879	80.76	39	83	35	2011	112
MS Atapattu	1990-2007	360	416	47	14036	249	38.03	24986+	56.17	27	76	35	1419	19
PA de Silva	1984-2003	401	455	41	15645	267	37.78	22692+	66.21	31	86	24	1449+	150+
FDM Karunaratne	2011-2025	150	237	11	8538	244	37.77	15678	54.45	17	50	17	895	13
P Nissanka	2021-2025	171	183	11	6473	210*	37.63	7317	88.46	12	42	12	747	101
MG Vandort	2001-2008	21	34	2	1192	140	37.25	2538	46.96	4	4	3	135	6
A Ranatunga	1982-2000	362	410	59	12561	135*	35.78	18243+	64.62	8	87	30	1057+	104+
HP Tillakaratne	1986-2004	283	299	65	8334	204*	35.61	17740+	46.66	13	33	19	764+	11+
ARS Silva	2017-2019	12	23	3	702	109	35.10	1712	41.00	1	5	2	59	3
LD Chandimal	2010-2025	316	365	43	11281	206*	35.03	18924	59.61	20	64	19	1020	109
PHKD Mendis	2018-2025	76	81	12	2383	182*	34.53	3149	75.67	5	11	5	221	59
ST Jayasuriya	1989-2011	582	647	35	20966	340	34.25	25829	81.17	42	103	53	2479	350
APB Tennekoon	1975-1979	4	4	-	137	59	34.25	207	66.18	-	1	1	16	0
RL Dias	1979-1987	78	91	6	2858	121	33.62	3571+	62.67	5	19	5	212+	5+
BKG Mendis	2015-2025	319	378	23	11794	245	33.22	15292	77.12	16	73	37	1259	219
DAS Gunaratne	2016-2019	49	47	9	1255	116	33.02	1763	71.18	2	6	3	119	13
SM Warnapura	2007-2009	17	27	1	856	120	32.92	1488	57.52	2	7	6	103	2
NT Paranavitana	2009-2012	32	60	5	1792	111	32.58	4274	41.92	2	11	9	206	5
RP Arnold	1997-2007	225	225	47	5778	123	32.46	9534	60.60	4	38	14	506	24
KIC Asalanka	2021-2025	153	146	18	4104	127	32.06	4170	98.41	5	23	12	324	130
WU Tharanga	2005-2019	291	306	21	9102	174*	31.93	12675	71.81	18	45	26	1078	73
K Mishara	2022-2025	16	16	2	445	76	31.78	380	117.10	-	3	-	41	16
AP Gurusinha	1985-1996	188	213	12	6354	143	31.61	12211+	49.34	9	30	15	513+	53+
DM de Silva	2015-2025	200	241	23	6845	173	31.39	10193	67.15	12	32	16	756	71
KNM Fernando	2023-2025	18	25	1	753	205	31.37	1255	60.00	1	4	2	90	6
RMMP Rathnayake	2024-2025	6	7	-	212	72	30.28	355	59.71	-	1	-	25	3
KNA Bandara	2021-2023	12	10	2	238	55*	29.75	305	78.03	-	2	-	13	6
HDRL Thirimanne	2010-2022	197	211	22	5573	155*	29.48	9980	55.84	7	31	19	480	33
RS Mahanama	1986-1999	265	287	24	7738	225	29.42	14438+	52.81	8	46	22	624+	19+
N Dickwella	2014-2023	137	175	9	4841	116	29.16	6231	77.69	2	32	7	552	32
MDKJ Perera	2013-2025	231	243	12	6726	153*	29.11	6854	98.13	9	40	23	736	136
S Ranatunga	1994-1997	22	28	1	784	118	29.03	2152	36.43	2	4	1	66	0
BOP Fernando	2019-2025	37	53	5	1380	102	28.75	2568	53.73	1	8	3	152	18
JK Silva	2011-2018	39	74	-	2099	139	28.36	5212	40.27	3	12	6	238	2
S Samarawickrama	2017-2025	83	82	8	2074	108	28.02	2296	90.33	2	10	10	220	12
KADM Fernando	2003-2003	3	3	1	56	51*	28.00	129	43.41	-	1	-	8	0
HAPW Jayawardene	2000-2015	64	88	11	2151	154*	27.93	4405	48.83	4	5	10	226	15
SSD Arachchige	2023-2024	6	4	-	111	57	27.75	163	68.09	-	1	-	6	1
LPC Silva	1999-2011	102	94	10	2299	152*	27.36	3285	69.98	2	15	9	226	14
S Wettimuny	1982-1987	58	76	2	2007	190	27.12	3646+	44.02	2	10	6	160+	2+
LRD Mendis	1975-1989	103	117	10	2856	124	26.69	3025+	70.47	4	15	6	191+	20+
WS Jayantha	2004-2004	17	17	2	400	74*	26.66	530	75.47	-	2	2	54	4
DA Gunawardene	1998-2006	67	72	1	1889	132	26.60	2712	69.65	1	12	6	243	5
MH Tissera	1975-1975	3	3	-	78	52	26.00	147	53.06	-	1	-	10	0
SHT Kandamby	2004-2014	44	40	6	883	93*	25.97	1271	69.47	-	5	3	71	0
UC Hathurusingha	1991-1999	61	77	2	1943	83	25.90	4891	39.72	-	12	5	213	0
SMA Priyanjan	2013-2017	26	23	4	474	74	24.94	584	81.16	-	2	-	48	5
MD Gunathilaka	2015-2022	101	107	1	2641	133	24.91	3056	86.42	2	16	5	282	44
DS Weerakkody	2017-2017	3	3	-	73	58	24.33	66	110.60	-	1	-	9	1
SP Pasqual	1979-1979	2	2	1	24	23*	24.00	28	85.71	-	-	-	1	0
C Wickramasinghe	2024-2025	7	6	3	72	22	24.00	111	64.86	-	-	-	6	1
DSBP Kuruppu	1983-1991	58	59	2	1342	201*	23.54	2807	47.80	1	4	3	120+	4+
RS Kaluwitharana	1990-2004	238	259	18	5644	132*	23.41	7979	70.73	5	32	29	695	23
WIA Fernando	2016-2025	90	87	3	1965	127	23.39	2195	89.52	4	9	10	193	39
SAR Silva	1983-1988	29	36	2	794	111	23.35	1177+	48.93	2	3	2	49+	0
HM Goonatilleke	1982-1982	11	14	5	208	56	23.11	457+	43.98	-	1	1	21+	0+
RS Madugalle	1979-1988	84	95	9	1979	103	23.01	3443+	48.70	1	10	8	150+	18+
CK Kapugedera	2006-2017	153	137	17	2745	96	22.87	3631	75.59	-	13	8	223	60
TAM Siriwardana	2015-2019	54	52	4	1089	68	22.68	1187	91.74	-	5	6	87	36
KDK Vithanage	2013-2016	19	25	3	485	103*	22.04	608	79.76	1	1	1	62	9
PBB Rajapaksa	2019-2025	50	45	7	833	77	21.92	655	127.17	-	4	6	78	33
AN Ranasinghe	1975-1982	11	12	1	241	77	21.90	198+	82.82	-	2	3	9+	3+
MAR Samarasekera	1983-1994	43	46	2	962	76	21.86	1416+	66.66	-	5	3	87+	6+
HDPK Dharmasena	1993-2004	172	138	40	2090	69*	21.32	4544	45.99	-	7	6	154	4
J Mubarak	2002-2015	69	75	11	1327	72	20.73	2188	60.64	-	4	8	133	16
MD Shanaka	2015-2025	196	182	31	3115	108*	20.62	3051	102.09	2	11	23	235	133
DS de Silva	1975-1985	53	51	13	777	61	20.44	1603+	42.54	-	2	3	48+	0+
NLTC Perera	2009-2021	252	213	37	3588	140	20.38	3078	116.56	1	13	19	273	141
C Karunaratne	2019-2025	72	62	23	781	75	20.02	915	85.35	-	1	8	53	20
MADI Hemantha	2023-2025	8	6	3	60	22	20.00	58	103.44	-	-	1	5	1
P Rathnayake	2025-2025	4	2	-	40	32	20.00	48	83.33	-	-	-	2	1
RS Kalpage	1992-1999	97	87	30	1138	63	19.96	2028	56.11	-	3	2	64	8
SS Pathirana	2015-2017	23	19	1	359	56	19.94	407	88.20	-	1	-	36	5
LU Igalagamage	2023-2025	3	4	-	78	40	19.50	115	67.82	-	-	1	12	0
D Ranatunga	1989-1990	6	7	-	136	45	19.42	406	33.49	-	-	1	6	0
ASA Perera	1998-2001	23	17	3	272	56*	19.42	405	67.16	-	1	1	27	4
DN Wellalage	2022-2025	38	29	7	427	67*	19.40	546	78.20	-	1	3	34	11
UDU Chandana	1994-2007	163	135	18	2243	92	19.17	3446	65.08	-	7	8	185	28
SHU Karnain	1984-1990	19	17	5	229	41*	19.08	386	59.32	-	-	2	8+	3+
K Weeraratne	2000-2009	20	14	3	209	41	19.00	222	94.14	-	-	-	14	4
RLB Rambukwella	2013-2016	2	1	-	19	19	19.00	16	118.75	-	-	-	1	1
SI de Saram	1999-2009	20	18	2	300	39	18.75	554	54.15	-	-	-	27	1
JR Ratnayeke	1982-1990	100	107	20	1631	93	18.74	2645+	47.25	-	6	9	113+	3+
BMAJ Mendis	2010-2019	80	59	14	843	72	18.73	943	89.39	-	1	3	66	19
PW Hasaranga	2017-2025	162	136	24	2095	80*	18.70	1869	112.09	-	8	11	205	54
MF Maharoof	2004-2016	139	114	23	1702	72	18.70	2741	62.09	-	5	5	156	29
WPUJC Vaas	1994-2009	438	383	108	5140	100*	18.69	9859	52.13	1	14	37	504	38
CP Senanayake	1990-1991	10	12	-	223	64	18.58	345	64.63	-	1	2	21	0
SK Ranasinghe	1986-1986	4	3	-	55	41	18.33	81	67.90	-	-	1	3+	0+
AMJG Amerasinghe	1984-1984	2	4	1	54	34	18.00	84	64.28	-	-	-	8	0
ML Udawatte	2008-2018	19	21	-	376	73	17.90	542	69.37	-	2	5	37	5

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series Final, Nov 29, 2025 [T20I # 3596]

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 6th Match, Nov 27, 2025 [T20I # 3592]

Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 5th Match, Nov 25, 2025 [T20I # 3589]