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
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1974	2	2	1	260	214*	260.00	517	50.29	1	-	-	20	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1947-1948	5	6	2	715	201	178.75	1140	62.71	4	1	-	67	1
JC Adams (WI)	1994-1994	3	6	3	520	174*	173.33	1209	43.01	2	2	-	52	1
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1971	4	8	4	529	125*	132.25	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2007-2007	3	6	2	464	161*	116.00	1058	43.85	2	1	-	46	4
AL Hassett (AUS)	1947-1948	4	4	1	332	198*	110.66	587	56.55	1	1	-	28	0
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1952	3	4	3	108	63*	108.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	2
TS Worthington (ENG)	1936-1936	2	2	-	215	128	107.50	-	0.00	1	1	-	19+	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1953	10	15	1	1495	207	106.78	-	0.00	7	4	-	95+	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1987-1987	1	1	-	105	105	105.00	272	38.60	1	-	-	7	4
DR Jardine (ENG)	1932-1934	4	6	2	385	85*	96.25	-	0.00	-	5	-	-	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	1	95	49	95.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1992-2002	9	18	6	1138	232*	94.83	2307	49.32	3	7	1	135	9
R Subba Row (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	-	94	94	94.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	11	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	3	3	-	271	210	90.33	442+	47.51	1	-	-	27+	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1971	2	4	2	177	99	88.50	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2005-2007	9	17	2	1321	267	88.06	2247	58.78	5	4	3	171	3
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1978-1984	19	25	5	1740	235*	87.00	1746+	61.97	6	3	1	102+	12
DM Lewis (WI)	1971-1971	3	5	2	259	88	86.33	-	0.00	-	3	-	10+	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1971	18	30	7	1920	198	83.47	-	0.00	8	7	2	73+	17+
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1982	4	4	1	250	98	83.33	573	43.63	-	3	-	25	0
JDS Neesham (NZ)	2014-2016	2	4	1	241	137*	80.33	308	78.24	1	1	1	38	0
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1948-1948	1	1	-	80	80	80.00	155	51.61	-	1	-	6	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1932-1946	6	9	2	555	217	79.28	-	0.00	2	1	-	21+	1
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1936-1946	4	5	1	306	205*	76.50	-	0.00	1	1	1	31+	0
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1952-1952	2	2	-	153	119	76.50	-	0.00	1	-	-	22	0
TM Moody (AUS)	1992-1992	1	2	-	151	101	75.50	249	60.64	1	1	-	18	0
Aminul Islam (BAN)	2000-2000	1	2	-	151	145	75.50	401	37.65	1	-	-	18	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1959-1967	14	21	3	1355	172	75.27	706+	45.89	3	9	-	125+	8
Ashraf Ali (PAK)	1984-1984	2	2	1	74	65	74.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
ARS Silva (SL)	2017-2017	1	2	1	74	74*	74.00	157	47.13	-	1	1	11	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1981-1981	3	5	-	368	204	73.60	654	56.26	1	2	1	44	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	3	2	1	73	52*	73.00	137	53.28	-	1	-	10	2
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2007	9	16	2	1016	197	72.57	1765	57.56	4	3	1	134	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1964	8	11	2	653	160	72.55	-	0.00	3	2	-	62+	7
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1961	6	8	-	579	131	72.37	-	0.00	2	3	-	43+	1
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2014	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
CF Walters (ENG)	1933-1934	3	6	2	284	102	71.00	-	0.00	1	2	-	-	0
D Mohammed (WI)	2006-2006	1	2	1	71	52	71.00	89	79.77	-	1	-	12	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1992	11	20	3	1204	135	70.82	3021	39.85	6	2	-	141	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1982	14	17	-	1201	208	70.64	1662	72.26	5	5	1	117	24
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1953	10	14	1	909	152	69.92	-	0.00	4	3	-	27+	6
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2013	18	31	6	1734	201*	69.36	3906	44.39	7	5	1	173	11
A Symonds (AUS)	2007-2008	4	7	1	410	162*	68.33	567	72.31	1	2	-	47	6
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1955-1965	9	16	3	885	230*	68.07	-	0.00	3	3	-	75+	0
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	1	2	-	136	90	68.00	360	37.77	-	1	-	8	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2009-2014	10	19	1	1224	302	68.00	2013	60.80	4	2	1	141	13
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1989	28	39	6	2228	280*	67.51	3081+	50.08	5	14	1	127+	13
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2010	18	28	1	1822	275	67.48	3259	55.90	6	8	1	210	7
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1993-2001	10	16	2	938	340	67.00	1396	67.19	3	2	1	115	7
P Nissanka (SL)	2022-2022	1	2	1	67	61*	67.00	152	44.07	-	1	-	12	0
LA Dawson (ENG)	2016-2016	1	2	1	66	66*	66.00	155	42.58	-	1	1	5	1
SPD Smith (AUS)	2013-2023	19	37	6	2042	192	65.87	3889	52.50	9	5	2	226	10
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2010	13	20	7	845	137*	65.00	1676	50.41	3	5	3	96	1
Z de Bruyn (SA)	2004-2004	2	3	1	130	83	65.00	344	37.79	-	1	-	9	3
H Verity (ENG)	1933-1936	6	6	3	193	66*	64.33	-	0.00	-	2	-	0+	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2013	25	44	10	2171	140	63.85	5171	41.98	7	10	-	219	8
RA Smith (ENG)	1990-1993	6	12	4	507	121*	63.37	1051	48.23	2	4	-	63	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1948-1953	9	14	3	696	160	63.27	-	0.00	2	4	-	16+	3
KD Walters (AUS)	1968-1981	10	17	5	756	102	63.00	642+	49.06	1	7	1	59+	4
OA Shah (ENG)	2006-2006	1	2	-	126	88	63.00	280	45.00	-	1	-	17	1
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1971	18	28	1	1693	256	62.70	-	0.00	4	7	1	110+	8+
JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1981	3	5	1	250	123*	62.50	891	28.05	1	1	1	21	0
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2015-2015	1	2	-	125	70	62.50	162	77.16	-	2	-	20	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1962	8	11	3	499	100*	62.37	-	0.00	1	3	2	11+	0+
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1984	18	25	2	1431	231	62.21	2685+	47.26	6	3	-	125+	1
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1992	8	13	2	681	210	61.90	1440	47.29	2	2	2	75	4
JG Wright (NZ)	1981-1990	9	15	2	804	185	61.84	2279	35.27	3	3	-	94	4
FMM Worrell (WI)	1953-1962	10	14	2	730	237	60.83	-	0.00	1	5	1	0+	3
SM Warnapura (SL)	2008-2008	3	5	1	243	115	60.75	423	57.44	1	2	1	29	1
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2008	5	8	1	423	155*	60.42	849	49.82	1	2	-	52	1
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	6	11	1	604	165	60.40	433+	48.26	2	3	-	63	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1993	2	4	1	181	121	60.33	459	39.43	1	-	-	20	2
JD Ryder (NZ)	2009-2010	6	10	-	601	201	60.10	1053	57.07	3	2	1	69	3
BH Valentine (ENG)	1933-1934	2	3	-	179	136	59.66	-	0.00	1	-	-	12+	2
C White (ENG)	2001-2002	5	8	2	358	121	59.66	661	54.16	1	2	-	40	4
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1960	10	13	-	775	153	59.61	268+	61.94	4	2	-	31+	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2002	4	8	2	355	99	59.16	593	59.86	-	4	-	54	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2008	18	35	3	1888	203	59.00	2864	65.92	6	8	2	214	24
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-2003	8	14	3	647	100*	58.81	1063	60.86	1	5	-	72	5
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1983	28	44	4	2344	242*	58.60	605+	57.02	7	12	1	161+	22
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	16	28	1	1581	202*	58.55	2573	61.44	6	6	1	204	12
EDAS McMorris (WI)	1962-1962	4	6	-	349	125	58.16	-	0.00	1	2	-	-	0
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	30	55	6	2846	218	58.08	5171	55.03	10	11	1	306	8
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	9	17	2	871	194	58.06	1906+	44.33	2	5	1	92+	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1946-1952	7	11	2	522	150	58.00	-	0.00	2	2	-	13+	0
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1964-1964	1	2	1	58	31*	58.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	8	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1999-1999	3	6	1	289	188*	57.80	449	64.36	1	1	1	40	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1990-1996	7	13	1	689	160	57.41	1639	42.03	2	4	1	70	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1960	4	5	1	229	101	57.25	-	0.00	1	1	-	0+	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1967-1982	13	22	3	1084	246*	57.05	2688	40.32	4	2	-	103	1
R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	2	114	65	57.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	10+	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1974-1979	15	25	3	1229	187	55.86	315+	59.36	3	7	2	86+	3
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1993	19	33	2	1725	333	55.64	3221	53.55	5	8	1	209	10
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1999	9	13	8	277	89*	55.40	696	39.79	-	2	2	23	1
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1989	9	13	2	608	203*	55.27	869+	47.41	2	2	1	42+	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	13	18	2	883	148	55.18	2180	40.50	3	5	-	97	5
MW Gatting (ENG)	1981-1993	16	27	6	1155	207	55.00	2275	50.76	3	3	3	141	7
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-2002	10	16	1	824	155	54.93	1629	50.58	4	2	-	113	5
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1985	5	8	-	438	201	54.75	1099	39.85	1	2	-	45	3

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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]