Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Hasan Raza (PAK)	2002-2002	1	2	1	122	68	122.00	314	38.85	-	2	-	20	0
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	3	4	1	307	210*	102.33	535	57.38	1	1	-	31	0
AR Patel (IND)	2023-2023	4	5	2	264	84	88.00	474	55.69	-	3	-	25	9
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1964-1964	1	2	-	169	166	84.50	-	0.00	1	-	-	20	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1933-1938	7	11	4	591	216*	84.42	1287	45.92	1	3	1	75	3
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	2018-2018	1	2	-	160	94	80.00	281	56.93	-	2	-	15	1
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1992	9	10	2	622	206	77.75	1512	41.13	2	1	-	51	11
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1926-1926	1	1	-	76	76	76.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	10	0
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2016-2016	1	2	1	75	65	75.00	82	91.46	-	1	-	8	4
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	14	23	2	1453	274	69.19	1394+	51.36	5	5	-	141+	9
AH Kardar (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	-	69	69	69.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1934	27	46	5	2741	194	66.85	6557+	34.60	8	16	1	188+	3
DG Brownlie (NZ)	2011-2011	2	4	1	196	77*	65.33	407	48.15	-	2	-	26	0
K Sinclair (WI)	2024-2024	1	2	1	64	50	64.00	157	40.76	-	1	-	8	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1968	23	39	6	2111	256	63.96	2896+	43.37	5	13	1	187+	5
GA Faulkner (SA)	1910-1912	8	15	1	880	204	62.85	1256+	58.28	3	5	1	103+	1
S Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	-	125	65	62.50	345	36.23	-	2	-	9	0
Shahriar Nafees (BAN)	2006-2006	2	4	-	250	138	62.50	410	60.97	1	1	1	35	0
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2021	7	12	2	624	159*	62.40	865	72.13	1	2	-	61	9
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	3	6	1	311	174	62.20	399	77.94	1	1	-	37	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2004	2	4	1	186	126*	62.00	326	57.05	1	-	-	16	3
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2022	1	1	-	61	61	61.00	137	44.52	-	1	-	7	0
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	6	-	365	92	60.83	860	42.44	-	4	-	41	2
RE Foster (ENG)	1903-1904	5	9	1	486	287	60.75	-	0.00	1	-	-	56	1
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	2	484	108	60.50	602+	44.68	1	5	1	42	1
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2018	4	8	-	480	152	60.00	754	63.66	2	1	1	60	3
DT Lindsay (SA)	1963-1970	10	14	-	838	182	59.85	661+	64.29	3	4	1	92+	13
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1930	4	7	-	416	173	59.42	852	48.82	1	2	-	33+	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1999	8	15	-	886	145	59.06	1629	54.38	3	5	1	115	6
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1989	8	14	2	708	162	59.00	1638	43.22	4	-	-	83	1
OAC Banks (WI)	2003-2003	2	4	2	116	47*	58.00	262	44.27	-	-	-	15	0
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	1	-	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	-	1	-	10	1
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2017	11	22	2	1148	213	57.40	2212	51.89	4	4	2	115	8
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	4	5	1	229	74*	57.25	0+	0.00	-	3	-	31	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1951-1955	8	16	-	914	155	57.12	-	0.00	5	3	1	36+	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1938	20	34	4	1705	187	56.83	4266	39.96	7	3	2	150+	4
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1955	27	49	6	2428	364	56.46	2601+	39.63	5	14	2	163+	1
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1985	13	23	3	1122	127	56.10	1931+	44.38	6	3	-	91	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1991-2013	39	74	8	3630	241*	55.00	6110	59.41	11	16	4	434	25
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.26	5363+	46.22	12	15	3	241+	4
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1981	18	31	2	1538	161*	53.03	1806+	52.38	4	9	1	140+	1
A Wood (ENG)	1938-1938	1	1	-	53	53	53.00	95	55.78	-	1	-	8	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1920-1921	6	11	2	474	135*	52.66	492+	52.43	3	1	2	39	1
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2010-2022	14	27	2	1300	205*	52.00	2968	43.80	4	6	-	119	5
CP Mead (ENG)	1911-1928	7	10	2	415	182*	51.87	619+	30.04	1	1	1	38	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1947	33	58	3	2852	251	51.85	7491	38.07	9	7	2	269+	8
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2018	24	45	5	2068	169	51.70	4149	49.84	6	13	1	247	20
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1977-1986	20	31	1	1550	172	51.66	3336+	43.82	8	4	2	179	2
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2006	3	5	2	155	70	51.66	321	48.28	-	1	1	21	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	10	19	1	923	231	51.27	-	0.00	2	5	2	51+	0
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	31	58	2	2856	277	51.00	4675	61.09	9	11	5	381	21
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2014	4	7	-	354	187	50.57	446	79.37	1	1	1	50	2
A Hill (ENG)	1877-1877	2	4	2	101	49	50.50	49+	71.42	-	-	1	3+	0
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1985	29	48	4	2211	178	50.25	2622+	60.94	6	12	2	262	18
CF Walters (ENG)	1934-1934	5	9	1	401	82	50.12	1008	39.78	-	4	-	-	0
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	2	1	50	27*	50.00	91	54.94	-	-	-	6	0
G Brown (ENG)	1921-1921	3	5	-	250	84	50.00	-	0.00	-	2	-	24	0
HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1953	1	2	1	50	40*	50.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	4	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-2012	20	38	5	1649	118	49.96	3698	44.59	5	11	1	167	7
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1966	5	8	-	399	126	49.87	885+	37.74	1	3	1	35+	2
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1964	6	12	1	548	104	49.81	423+	46.57	2	3	1	20+	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	29	54	5	2434	281	49.67	4480	54.33	6	12	3	338	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1985-1989	8	12	1	545	175	49.54	1091	49.95	2	1	1	65	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	29	48	4	2175	182	49.43	4486	48.48	9	7	3	284	12
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	25	45	3	2074	204	49.38	4903	42.30	5	11	4	228	4
GM Turner (NZ)	1973-1977	7	12	1	541	110*	49.18	1419	38.12	2	2	-	55	0
Azmat Rana (PAK)	1980-1980	1	1	-	49	49	49.00	94	52.12	-	-	-	8	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1964-1975	32	57	3	2644	175	48.96	7333	36.05	7	13	-	262	4
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1893-1905	20	33	4	1415	144*	48.79	-	0.00	5	6	3	51+	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1965	10	20	1	927	110	48.78	588+	38.94	1	8	-	36+	0
Asim Kamal (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	-	97	87	48.50	172	56.39	-	1	-	16	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1993	17	29	3	1255	188	48.26	2670	47.00	3	6	3	156	3
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	12	21	2	917	168*	48.26	1728	53.06	3	3	3	110	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	-	96	96	48.00	148	64.86	-	1	1	13	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2005	10	20	-	959	183	47.95	1627	58.94	4	1	3	121	9
EJ Barlow (SA)	1963-1970	14	26	2	1149	201	47.87	1440+	41.73	5	3	2	118+	3
VS Hazare (IND)	1947-1948	5	10	1	429	145	47.66	1192	35.98	2	1	-	47	0
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2023	9	16	4	572	109	47.66	755	75.76	1	4	-	51	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	38	71	9	2945	191	47.50	8568	34.37	7	14	3	244	0
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2023	25	44	1	2042	186	47.48	3896	52.41	8	5	3	227	5
MC Carew (WI)	1968-1969	5	10	1	427	90	47.44	371+	39.62	-	4	-	44	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1990	25	40	2	1797	211	47.28	4075	44.09	6	7	1	186	9
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	15	28	-	1324	167	47.28	2717	48.73	4	6	2	156	15
PA de Silva (SL)	1988-1999	12	19	2	803	167	47.23	1712	46.90	1	6	-	100	7
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1988-1999	14	25	2	1085	155	47.17	2426	44.72	6	1	2	137	5
J Sharp (ENG)	1909-1909	3	6	2	188	105	47.00	-	0.00	1	1	-	11+	0
BN French (ENG)	1988-1988	1	1	-	47	47	47.00	94	50.00	-	-	-	3	0
SR Harmer (SA)	2023-2023	1	1	-	47	47	47.00	165	28.48	-	-	-	4	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1961-1961	5	10	-	468	137	46.80	-	0.00	2	1	-	24+	1
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2018	12	23	4	888	120	46.73	1818	48.84	3	4	1	122	5
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2019-2024	7	13	2	510	104*	46.36	814	62.65	1	2	2	50	5
Abdullah Shafique (PAK)	2022-2024	6	12	1	507	136*	46.09	1253	40.46	1	3	2	50	4
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1983-1998	15	26	2	1106	237	46.08	2218	49.86	2	5	4	141	1
PBH May (ENG)	1953-1961	21	37	3	1566	113	46.05	1537+	38.58	3	10	2	155+	0
J Vine (ENG)	1912-1912	2	3	2	46	36	46.00	216	21.29	-	-	-	5	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1983	4	5	3	92	29*	46.00	113	81.41	-	-	-	10	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1960-1973	20	38	1	1694	129	45.78	710+	50.56	5	10	1	155+	8
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)	2014-2014	2	4	-	183	131	45.75	312	58.65	1	-	-	15	5

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]