Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages For Sheffield Shield

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
HO Rock (NSW)	1924-1926	4	6	1	560	235	112.00	-	-	2	2	0	7+	0+
DG Bradman (NSW/SOA)	1927-1949	62	96	15	8926	452*	110.19	478+	95.18	36	20	5	288+	8+
BA Richards (SOA)	1970-1971	8	12	1	1101	356	100.09	381+	93.43	4	3	0	60+	2+
WH Ponsford (VIC)	1923-1934	43	70	5	5413	437	83.27	-	-	21	14	3	128+	0+
DJ Millns (TAS)	1994-1995	6	4	3	76	51*	76.00	225	33.77	0	1	0	9	0
AF Kippax (NSW)	1919-1935	61	95	9	6096	315*	70.88	-	-	23	14	2	68+	0+
WH McCormack (VIC)	1902-1902	1	2	1	70	37	70.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
MA Noble (NSW)	1895-1909	51	81	9	4896	281	68.00	-	-	19	17	5	79+	0+
WM Woodfull (VIC)	1922-1934	39	64	10	3620	236	67.03	3+	66.66	11	18	2	33+	0+
BA Onyons (VIC)	1927-1929	5	9	0	584	131	64.88	-	-	4	1	0	13+	0+
AR Morris (NSW)	1946-1955	37	58	3	3517	253	63.94	-	-	12	15	1	48+	0+
AL Hassett (VIC)	1933-1953	58	97	10	5535	229	63.62	-	-	18	27	3	12+	0+
RT Ponting (TAS)	1992-2013	65	118	17	6377	233	63.13	9539+	59.48	26	21	4	660+	41+
LOS Poidevin (NSW)	1901-1902	3	5	1	246	140*	61.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
MG Bevan (NSW/SOA/TAS)	1989-2006	118	211	36	10621	216	60.69	18736+	51.14	42	41	9	1093+	42+
W Bardsley (NSW)	1908-1926	47	77	8	4171	235	60.44	-	-	15	14	5	28+	0+
MD Pascoe (QLD)	1999-2000	2	3	1	120	62	60.00	161	74.53	0	1	0	16	1
BL Webb (QLD)	1938-1938	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
CL Badcock (SOA)	1934-1940	30	47	5	2473	325	58.88	-	-	8	6	3	60+	4+
EP Barbour (NSW)	1910-1914	10	16	2	821	146	58.64	-	-	3	5	0	-	-
FA Tarrant (VIC)	1907-1925	7	12	1	643	206	58.45	-	-	2	2	0	32+	0+
CB Sangster (SOA)	1927-1928	2	2	0	116	62	58.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
FA O'Keeffe (NSW/VIC)	1920-1922	5	7	0	405	180	57.85	-	-	1	2	0	0+	0+
RB Simpson (NSW/WA)	1953-1978	78	133	21	6471	359	57.77	1306+	67.61	17	28	13	84+	0+
KR Miller (NSW/VIC)	1939-1956	52	74	8	3803	206*	57.62	0+	0.00	13	15	5	7+	0+
GS Sobers (SOA)	1961-1964	23	40	1	2247	251	57.61	-	-	9	7	1	-	-
MB Cohen (NSW)	1940-1940	2	4	0	230	74	57.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
GS Chappell (QLD/SOA)	1966-1984	101	172	19	8737	194	57.10	571+	42.90	27	44	6	30+	2+
PJP Burge (QLD)	1953-1968	83	138	12	7084	283	56.22	414+	68.35	22	31	9	42+	1+
AP Sheahan (VIC)	1965-1974	39	65	8	3191	202	55.98	0+	0.00	10	13	5	0+	0+
JRM Mackay (NSW)	1903-1906	9	14	1	727	194	55.92	-	-	3	4	1	26+	0+
SM Katich (NSW/WA)	1997-2012	104	178	19	8807	306	55.38	16730	52.64	26	44	12	1081	48
C Milburn (WA)	1966-1969	16	27	2	1382	243	55.28	355+	94.64	3	8	0	53+	5+
SJ McCabe (NSW)	1928-1940	37	58	3	3031	229*	55.10	0+	0.00	7	22	2	125+	1+
DS Lehmann (SOA/VIC)	1987-2007	147	266	18	13635	301*	54.97	16011+	69.43	45	51	15	1345+	41+
ML Hayden (QLD)	1991-2007	89	161	17	7913	234	54.95	10369+	56.36	25	33	6	709+	24+
A Jackson (NSW)	1926-1930	23	39	5	1858	166	54.64	-	-	6	11	1	17+	0+
KC Wessels (QLD)	1979-1986	53	91	3	4779	249	54.30	1278+	57.35	15	19	4	83+	0+
LW Gwynne (NSW)	1925-1927	3	6	1	271	138	54.20	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
DM Jones (VIC)	1982-1998	110	194	16	9622	324*	54.05	10072+	48.68	31	40	15	475+	17+
EC Knowles (QLD)	1927-1928	2	4	0	216	144	54.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
WA Brown (NSW/QLD)	1932-1950	54	92	4	4716	215	53.59	0+	0.00	12	23	4	62+	0+
RM Cowper (VIC/WA)	1960-1970	59	89	13	4067	195*	53.51	0+	0.00	10	21	4	6+	0+
IM Chappell (SOA)	1962-1980	89	157	13	7665	205*	53.22	200+	64.00	22	45	9	28+	2+
PJ Hughes (NSW/SOA)	2007-2014	52	95	6	4728	204	53.12	8356	56.58	15	25	6	643	19
WM Lawry (VIC)	1956-1972	85	139	14	6615	266	52.92	0+	0.00	17	41	6	0+	0+
C Connolly (WA)	2024-2025	7	13	2	580	90	52.72	974	59.54	0	7	0	70	11
C Green (WA)	2017-2025	33	57	9	2519	251	52.47	4636	54.33	8	8	5	293	32
AR Border (NSW/QLD)	1977-1996	108	181	19	8497	200	52.45	6030+	52.63	19	47	8	371+	16+
JL Langer (WA)	1991-2008	108	195	15	9406	274*	52.25	13370+	58.33	29	35	10	917+	36+
C Hill (SOA)	1894-1923	68	126	6	6270	365*	52.25	-	-	18	27	5	62+	0+
RE Briggs (NSW)	1952-1955	13	21	1	1041	136	52.05	-	-	3	5	0	-	-
CR Baker (NSW)	1968-1969	2	4	1	156	123	52.00	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
ME Waugh (NSW)	1985-2004	93	158	18	7232	229*	51.65	6198+	59.00	23	30	14	403+	25+
WJ Pucovski (VIC)	2017-2024	30	47	4	2210	255*	51.39	4579	48.26	7	8	4	241	2
GA Young (WA)	1973-1973	2	3	0	154	125	51.33	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
Younis Khan (SOA)	2008-2008	4	8	1	356	118	50.85	684	52.04	1	2	2	37	1
SPD Smith (NSW)	2008-2025	45	79	7	3645	177	50.62	6331	57.57	13	16	5	457	37
NCL O'Neill (NSW)	1955-1967	61	104	10	4749	233	50.52	140+	77.14	15	21	9	55+	0+
WW Armstrong (VIC)	1899-1922	59	106	7	4997	250	50.47	-	-	17	17	3	14+	0+
RN Harvey (NSW/VIC)	1947-1963	76	122	6	5854	231*	50.46	0+	0.00	16	24	2	37+	0+
KJ Schneider (SOA/VIC)	1925-1928	12	21	1	1009	146	50.45	-	-	4	5	1	14+	0+
J Ryder (VIC)	1912-1932	60	104	12	4613	295	50.14	-	-	12	22	6	63+	7+
RA Duff (NSW)	1898-1907	26	44	1	2149	271	49.97	-	-	5	12	1	5+	0+
GA Hick (QLD)	1990-1991	10	19	2	845	155	49.70	1601	52.77	3	4	0	104	5
SR Waugh (NSW)	1984-2004	85	147	14	6609	216*	49.69	7493+	56.05	22	24	10	510+	18+
J Moroney (NSW)	1946-1952	29	48	9	1935	122	49.61	-	-	4	14	1	5+	0+
CJL Rogers (VIC/WA)	1998-2015	120	214	13	9917	279	49.33	18118	54.73	33	42	10	1293	22
FC Thompson (QLD)	1926-1934	30	55	5	2458	275*	49.16	-	-	6	12	1	0+	0+
LS Darling (VIC)	1929-1937	36	61	4	2777	188	48.71	-	-	11	10	4	59+	1+
KD Meuleman (VIC/WA)	1946-1960	70	114	13	4916	234*	48.67	-	-	13	25	5	11+	1+
RB McCosker (NSW)	1973-1984	70	124	15	5280	168	48.44	1724+	47.33	17	26	7	74+	0+
VT Trumper (NSW)	1895-1914	46	80	5	3627	230	48.36	-	-	10	17	6	47+	0+
A Diamond (NSW)	1905-1910	12	19	1	870	210*	48.33	-	-	3	1	1	21+	1+
SG Barnes (NSW)	1937-1952	35	58	3	2655	158	48.27	-	-	9	11	5	30+	1+
UT Khawaja (NSW/QLD)	2008-2026	91*	150	16	6440	214	48.05	12444	51.75	19	32	6	802	37
MV Tooley (QLD)	1990-1990	1	2	1	48	31	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
DW Hookes (SOA)	1975-1992	120	205	9	9364	306*	47.77	2929+	73.13	26	44	14	274+	42+
GR Reynolds (QLD)	1955-1964	50	83	9	3518	203*	47.54	261+	46.36	12	13	12	16+	1+
NG Marks (NSW)	1958-1959	9	14	3	522	180*	47.45	-	-	2	3	3	16+	0+
MTG Elliott (SOA/VIC)	1993-2008	122	235	18	10263	203	47.29	20535+	47.77	32	48	12	1079+	46+
WG Morgan (QLD)	1980-1981	2	2	0	94	61	47.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
W Salzmann (NSW)	2025-2026	5*	7	1	282	72	47.00	478	58.99	0	2	0	38	1
BW Hone (SOA)	1928-1930	9	17	1	751	137	46.93	-	-	3	1	1	20+	0+
RL Park (VIC)	1913-1925	25	47	2	2104	228	46.75	-	-	8	8	2	21+	0+
GN Yallop (VIC)	1972-1985	76	137	11	5881	246	46.67	868+	63.36	18	31	6	76+	1+
GD Robinson (WA)	1947-1948	4	7	0	326	134	46.57	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
G Thomas (NSW)	1957-1966	59	93	7	3992	229	46.41	422+	58.53	13	14	9	76+	2+
JE Barrett (VIC)	1892-1893	3	6	1	232	68*	46.40	-	-	0	3	0	8+	0
GM Wood (WA)	1977-1991	109	174	25	6904	186*	46.33	4805+	39.83	20	32	15	175+	3+
AH Allsopp (NSW)	1929-1930	8	12	0	555	136	46.25	-	-	1	5	2	50+	2+
VJ Marks (WA)	1986-1987	11	10	2	370	66*	46.25	165+	60.60	0	2	0	13+	0+
KH Eastwood (VIC)	1960-1971	35	57	3	2493	221	46.16	-	-	9	6	5	-	-
GS Blewett (SOA)	1991-2006	117	223	13	9682	268	46.10	16843+	48.56	23	48	15	942+	33+
FE McElhone (NSW)	1910-1911	2	4	0	184	101	46.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
N Chaudhary (TAS)	2025-2026	6*	9	1	367	163	45.87	481	76.29	1	1	1	41	5
DJ Hussey (VIC)	2003-2015	105	179	15	7476	212*	45.58	11498	65.02	19	43	10	933	88
CA Richardson (NSW)	1893-1893	2	3	1	91	75*	45.50	-	-	0	1	1	4+	0+
BJ Hodge (VIC)	1993-2009	140	254	23	10474	286*	45.34	18700+	52.41	29	49	19	1233+	47+
KD Mackay (QLD)	1946-1964	100	162	22	6341	223	45.29	0+	0.00	14	32	8	14+	0+

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New South Wales vs South Australia at Sydney, Sheffield Shield 19th Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 93/3 (25.0 ov, SJ Konstas 30*, JR Philippe 16*, B Doggett 1/39) - Lunch

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield 20th Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 77/2 (30.0 ov, HD Weibgen 3*, HR Burdon 36*, F O'Neill 0/16) - Lunch

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