Batting Highest Career Batting Average - New South Wales

Highest averages For Sheffield Shield - New South Wales

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
HO Rock	1924-1926	4	6	1	560	235	112.00	-	-	2	2	0	7+	0+
DG Bradman	1927-1934	31	52	9	4633	452*	107.74	478+	95.18	17	12	3	188+	8+
AF Kippax	1919-1935	61	95	9	6096	315*	70.88	-	-	23	14	2	68+	0+
MA Noble	1895-1909	51	81	9	4896	281	68.00	-	-	19	17	5	79+	0+
AR Morris	1946-1955	37	58	3	3517	253	63.94	-	-	12	15	1	48+	0+
MG Bevan	1990-2004	93	163	31	8174	216	61.92	14240+	51.57	32	33	7	831+	29+
SM Katich	2002-2012	58	95	9	5309	306	61.73	9358	56.73	15	29	7	647	36
LOS Poidevin	1901-1902	3	5	1	246	140*	61.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
W Bardsley	1908-1926	47	77	8	4171	235	60.44	-	-	15	14	5	28+	0+
EP Barbour	1910-1914	10	16	2	821	146	58.64	-	-	3	5	0	-	-
MB Cohen	1940-1940	2	4	0	230	74	57.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
JRM Mackay	1903-1906	9	14	1	727	194	55.92	-	-	3	4	1	26+	0+
KR Miller	1947-1956	42	57	6	2838	201*	55.64	0+	0.00	9	14	5	7+	0+
SJ McCabe	1928-1940	37	58	3	3031	229*	55.10	0+	0.00	7	22	2	125+	1+
A Jackson	1926-1930	23	39	5	1858	166	54.64	-	-	6	11	1	17+	0+
LW Gwynne	1925-1927	3	6	1	271	138	54.20	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
PJ Hughes	2007-2012	37	67	5	3288	198	53.03	5671	57.97	10	19	5	457	15
PS Clifford	1984-1986	23	38	6	1682	152*	52.56	79+	36.70	4	9	4	3+	0+
RB Simpson	1953-1978	57	99	15	4399	359	52.36	1306+	67.61	12	17	9	84+	0+
RE Briggs	1952-1955	13	21	1	1041	136	52.05	-	-	3	5	0	-	-
CR Baker	1968-1969	2	4	1	156	123	52.00	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
ME Waugh	1985-2004	93	158	18	7232	229*	51.65	6198+	59.00	23	30	14	403+	25+
SPD Smith	2008-2025	45	79	7	3645	177	50.62	6331	57.57	13	16	5	457	37
NCL O'Neill	1955-1967	61	104	10	4749	233	50.52	140+	77.14	15	21	9	55+	0+
RN Harvey	1958-1963	24	36	2	1707	231*	50.20	-	-	5	3	1	36+	0+
RA Duff	1898-1907	26	44	1	2149	271	49.97	-	-	5	12	1	5+	0+
UT Khawaja	2008-2012	29	48	4	2193	214	49.84	4182	52.43	7	9	1	290	7
SR Waugh	1984-2004	85	147	14	6609	216*	49.69	7493+	56.05	22	24	10	510+	18+
J Moroney	1946-1952	29	48	9	1935	122	49.61	-	-	4	14	1	5+	0+
RB McCosker	1973-1984	70	124	15	5280	168	48.44	1724+	47.33	17	26	7	74+	0+
VT Trumper	1895-1914	46	80	5	3627	230	48.36	-	-	10	17	6	47+	0+
A Diamond	1905-1910	12	19	1	870	210*	48.33	-	-	3	1	1	21+	1+
SG Barnes	1937-1952	35	58	3	2655	158	48.27	-	-	9	11	5	30+	1+
NG Marks	1958-1959	9	14	3	522	180*	47.45	-	-	2	3	3	16+	0+
WA Brown	1932-1935	17	27	1	1223	205	47.03	-	-	3	6	4	26+	0+
G Thomas	1957-1966	59	93	7	3992	229	46.41	422+	58.53	13	14	9	76+	2+
AH Allsopp	1929-1930	8	12	0	555	136	46.25	-	-	1	5	2	50+	2+
FE McElhone	1910-1911	2	4	0	184	101	46.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
CA Richardson	1893-1893	2	3	1	91	75*	45.50	-	-	0	1	1	4+	0+
AR Border	1977-1980	21	38	0	1718	200	45.21	-	-	4	10	1	-	-
RH Robinson	1934-1939	17	31	2	1296	163	44.68	-	-	4	6	2	-	0+
RB Minnett	1909-1914	10	17	3	621	216*	44.35	-	-	1	2	2	-	-
DJ Thornely	2003-2010	62	108	16	4080	261*	44.34	8202	49.74	10	19	13	442	63
DM Wellham	1980-1987	59	97	11	3812	166	44.32	2147+	42.24	9	23	4	86+	0+
MJ Clarke	1999-2013	42	76	6	3102	201*	44.31	5685	54.56	11	11	9	418	10
JW Burke	1948-1959	58	90	13	3399	220	44.14	-	-	8	19	5	10+	0+
SE Gregory	1892-1912	54	88	5	3656	201	44.04	0+	0.00	8	17	2	67+	0+
J Bogle	1919-1921	6	10	0	439	200	43.90	-	-	2	1	0	9+	0+
DA Warner	2009-2021	22	39	3	1565	148	43.47	2223	70.40	5	6	3	201	14
BC Booth	1955-1968	81	128	14	4943	177	43.35	562+	70.99	10	25	7	57+	0+
SJ Carroll	1949-1959	36	60	3	2466	126	43.26	-	-	6	13	2	-	-
TJE Andrews	1913-1929	46	76	3	3102	247*	42.49	-	-	7	15	7	18+	0+
MA Taylor	1985-1999	85	147	3	6090	199	42.29	4840+	42.39	15	34	3	173+	0+
J Dyson	1975-1989	82	150	16	5631	241	42.02	532+	45.30	11	29	2	19+	1+
BJ Haddin	1999-2014	94	157	21	5712	154	42.00	8060	70.86	11	34	10	706	69
J Davies	2025-2026	2	3	1	84	52*	42.00	96	87.50	0	1	1	13	1
GS Moore	1912-1912	2	4	1	125	48	41.66	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
HL Collins	1909-1926	30	51	2	2040	146	41.63	-	-	8	7	4	-	0+
CG Macartney	1905-1927	43	66	8	2413	201	41.60	1+	0.00	7	10	7	36+	0+
RH Madden	1950-1960	6	9	0	371	100	41.22	-	-	1	2	1	31+	0+
PA Jaques	2001-2011	76	140	4	5581	240*	41.03	9237	60.42	14	25	7	727	23
W Salzmann	2025-2026	5	8	1	287	72	41.00	502	57.17	0	2	0	39	1
ID Craig	1952-1962	50	77	4	2980	197	40.82	-	-	6	16	6	23+	0+
WJS Seabrook	1985-1985	4	5	0	204	165	40.80	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
PM Toohey	1974-1984	64	109	10	4038	158	40.78	392+	63.52	11	18	8	34+	4+
R Edwards	1979-1979	5	10	2	324	91	40.50	-	-	0	3	1	-	-
C Kelleway	1907-1928	39	63	6	2304	168	40.42	-	-	9	7	5	25+	0+
L Shaw	2024-2026	4	7	1	240	68	40.00	537	44.69	0	2	0	25	2
H Moses	1892-1895	8	15	0	598	104	39.86	-	-	1	5	0	16+	0+
JHW Fingleton	1929-1939	37	60	3	2263	160	39.70	-	-	4	15	7	48+	1+
DL Solway	2019-2021	13	22	4	714	133*	39.66	1852	38.55	1	5	1	77	0
RG Flockton	1951-1963	32	47	8	1545	264*	39.61	339+	77.87	2	9	1	38+	0+
HSTL Hendry	1919-1924	19	30	3	1067	146	39.51	-	-	1	7	2	8+	0+
JM Taylor	1914-1927	21	34	1	1299	180	39.36	-	-	3	6	2	44+	0+
MD O'Neill	1982-1991	50	80	14	2590	178*	39.24	1162+	35.02	7	13	10	36+	0+
PM Nevill	2009-2022	101	161	30	5137	235*	39.21	11329	45.34	10	27	13	531	22
KD Walters	1962-1981	91	159	16	5602	253	39.17	23+	39.13	17	24	10	32+	1+
R Benaud	1948-1964	73	104	8	3749	158	39.05	164+	48.78	9	22	7	38+	2+
OW Bill	1930-1934	16	28	3	967	153	38.68	2+	0.00	2	4	3	0+	0+
HV Hordern	1911-1913	2	3	0	116	64	38.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
CJ Pinch	1950-1950	2	3	0	116	54	38.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
FA Iredale	1892-1902	38	67	3	2467	187	38.54	-	-	3	17	1	15+	0+
MJ Slater	1992-2003	69	130	3	4890	204	38.50	7248+	58.55	12	25	11	476+	25+
CJ Green	2022-2025	20	31	11	770	63*	38.50	1492	51.60	0	6	0	93	10
HC Steele	1926-1928	4	8	0	305	130	38.12	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
EW Lukeman	1946-1949	14	26	1	952	118	38.08	-	-	1	8	1	-	-
JW O'Reilly	1954-1960	7	8	3	190	41*	38.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0+
JA Steele	1968-1971	13	25	2	870	158	37.82	-	-	3	3	3	-	-
RGL Carters	2013-2016	30	53	5	1812	198	37.75	4362	41.54	4	8	1	201	6
RV James	1938-1951	20	31	4	1018	111*	37.70	-	-	1	8	1	-	-
KR Patterson	2011-2026	100	180	15	6188	173*	37.50	13240	46.73	13	34	10	703	21
MJ Phelps	1998-2006	37	65	3	2324	192	37.48	5245	44.30	6	11	7	289	3
EJM Cowan	2005-2018	45	83	8	2807	212	37.42	5706	49.19	6	14	4	349	5
J Benaud	1966-1972	32	58	4	2017	134	37.35	-	-	3	13	2	0+	0+
FH Walters	1895-1896	4	6	1	186	69	37.20	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
GRJ Matthews	1982-1997	116	177	27	5567	184	37.11	3900+	42.56	8	28	9	147+	2+
H Mudge	1935-1940	11	20	1	703	94	37.00	-	-	0	7	0	-	-
JH de Courcy	1948-1957	45	67	7	2218	114	36.96	0+	0.00	2	15	5	3+	0+
DP Hughes	2013-2024	77	144	15	4757	178	36.87	10165	46.79	9	28	13	616	12
TH Bayliss	1986-1993	51	84	9	2757	163	36.76	1389+	45.14	5	12	5	64+	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]

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield 20th Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class]

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