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
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	5	4	3	542	269*	542.00	779	69.57	3	-	-	63	2
MS Sinclair (NZ)	1999-1999	1	1	-	214	214	214.00	447	47.87	1	-	-	22	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	3	4	2	255	141*	127.50	349	73.06	1	1	1	20	9
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2024	9	15	8	872	200*	124.57	1401	62.24	3	3	1	74	5
Abul Hasan (BAN)	2012-2012	1	2	1	120	113	120.00	147	81.63	1	-	-	15	3
PP Shaw (IND)	2018-2018	2	3	1	237	134	118.50	252	94.04	1	1	-	34	1
RS Bopara (ENG)	2009-2009	3	3	-	355	143	118.33	635	55.90	3	-	-	39	2
JT Murray (ENG)	1966-1966	1	1	-	112	112	112.00	260	43.07	1	-	-	13	0
AH Bakewell (ENG)	1933-1933	1	1	-	107	107	107.00	-	0.00	1	-	-	-	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1928-1928	2	2	-	212	159	106.00	-	0.00	1	1	-	20+	0
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2008	2	3	1	205	89	102.50	324	63.27	-	3	-	24	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2006	8	14	2	1214	192	101.16	2321	52.30	7	3	1	141	4
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	4	5	2	292	107	97.33	462	63.20	2	1	-	33	4
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2023	6	7	1	578	177	96.33	918	62.96	3	2	-	61	14
GH Vihari (IND)	2019-2019	2	4	1	289	111	96.33	485	59.58	1	2	-	39	1
KD Walters (AUS)	1968-1973	9	14	1	1196	242	92.00	985+	54.72	6	5	-	131	3
Fawad Alam (PAK)	2021-2021	2	3	1	180	124*	90.00	333	54.05	1	1	1	23	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1993-2003	7	10	5	446	204*	89.20	918	48.58	2	1	1	40	1
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2023	2	3	-	266	171	88.66	491	54.17	1	1	-	29	3
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2022-2024	4	8	2	521	204	86.83	830	62.77	3	-	-	51	3
TM Head (AUS)	2022-2024	4	6	1	431	175	86.20	477	90.35	2	1	2	45	5
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2015	13	21	5	1347	178	84.18	2445	55.09	6	5	-	146	12
DM Bess (ENG)	2020-2020	3	4	3	83	31*	83.00	149	55.70	-	-	-	8	1
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1992	1	2	-	163	163	81.50	386	42.22	1	-	1	20	0
S van Zyl (SA)	2014-2015	3	3	1	163	101*	81.50	242	67.35	1	-	-	23	0
GS Ballance (ENG/ZIM)	2015-2023	4	8	2	486	137*	81.00	1025	47.41	2	2	-	43	8
L Hutton (ENG)	1939-1954	13	24	3	1661	205	79.09	-	0.00	5	6	-	80+	2
Ishan Kishan (IND)	2023-2023	2	3	2	78	52*	78.00	91	85.71	-	1	-	8	2
WH Ponsford (AUS)	1930-1931	5	7	1	467	183	77.83	-	0.00	2	1	-	25+	0
AG Prince (SA)	2005-2010	9	12	4	622	131	77.75	1425	43.64	2	3	-	60	3
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1931	5	6	-	447	223	74.50	-	0.00	2	-	1	43	0
A Sandham (ENG)	1930-1930	4	8	-	592	325	74.00	702+	53.41	2	2	2	34+	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2010	24	43	11	2356	177	73.62	5239	44.97	8	12	3	244	15
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1958-1959	6	11	1	736	337	73.60	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
SE Marsh (AUS)	2015-2015	3	5	1	294	182	73.50	494	59.51	1	1	-	30	2
Rashid Latif (PAK)	1993-2002	3	5	2	217	150	72.33	340	63.82	1	-	-	23	1
SC Griffith (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	-	144	140	72.00	-	0.00	1	-	-	-	0
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	1	72	60*	72.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
AM Rahane (IND)	2016-2023	10	12	3	646	108*	71.77	1413	45.71	2	4	-	62	4
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2020	2	2	1	71	51*	71.00	121	58.67	-	1	-	8	2
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1976	10	18	2	1130	262*	70.62	2528	44.69	4	2	-	143	1
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2010	14	25	2	1593	148	69.26	2692	59.17	7	4	-	205	7
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2012-2012	2	4	-	277	97	69.25	632	43.82	-	3	-	34	3
WM Lawry (AUS)	1965-1969	10	17	2	1035	210	69.00	940+	42.76	4	3	-	56+	4
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1928-1928	3	3	-	198	122	66.00	-	0.00	1	1	-	13+	1
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2005-2005	2	3	1	132	71	66.00	263	50.19	-	2	-	13	3
GM Turner (NZ)	1969-1972	8	14	1	855	259	65.76	759+	34.12	2	3	1	45+	0
TG McIntosh (NZ)	2008-2008	2	4	1	197	136	65.66	491	40.12	1	-	-	29	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1983	27	48	6	2749	236*	65.45	1262+	54.27	13	7	5	225+	9
EH Hendren (ENG)	1928-1935	9	17	3	909	205*	64.92	168+	69.04	2	5	-	15+	2
A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	4	1	194	113*	64.66	499	38.87	1	1	-	19	0
RG Hart (NZ)	2002-2002	2	4	2	129	57*	64.50	476	27.10	-	1	-	7	0
MD Craig (NZ)	2014-2014	3	5	3	128	67	64.00	273	46.88	-	1	-	15	2
R Dravid (IND)	1997-2011	23	38	7	1978	146	63.80	4878	40.54	5	13	-	205	5
C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1950	2	4	-	255	114	63.75	-	0.00	2	-	-	9+	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1969-1972	8	14	2	764	166*	63.66	215+	28.37	2	5	-	35+	2
DR Jardine (ENG)	1928-1933	4	4	-	253	127	63.25	-	0.00	1	1	-	5+	0
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2020	14	23	5	1136	217*	63.11	2084	54.51	4	3	2	140	4
HB Taber (AUS)	1969-1969	1	2	1	63	48	63.00	171	36.84	-	-	-	3	0
RWT Key (ENG)	2004-2004	4	7	1	378	221	63.00	602	62.79	1	1	-	46	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	8	5	3	125	63*	62.50	147	85.03	-	1	-	19	1
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2021-2021	2	3	1	125	75*	62.50	315	39.68	-	1	-	10	1
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1984-1985	2	3	-	185	113	61.66	432	42.82	1	1	-	16	0
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2017-2017	2	3	-	185	105	61.66	168	110.11	1	1	-	18	8
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2007-2009	11	16	2	857	161	61.21	1500	57.13	4	2	-	89	2
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2011-2011	1	2	1	61	57	61.00	101	60.39	-	1	-	11	0
RG Archer (AUS)	1955-1955	5	6	-	364	128	60.66	-	0.00	1	2	-	36+	4
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2020	10	17	1	970	251	60.62	2025	47.90	3	4	1	121	3
BA Edgar (NZ)	1980-1980	3	5	1	241	127	60.25	691	34.87	1	1	-	18	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2012	13	16	3	774	131*	59.53	1023	75.65	2	5	2	94	5
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	6	3	177	78	59.00	0+	0.00	-	1	-	20+	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2011-2017	8	15	4	649	102*	59.00	1347	48.18	1	6	1	50	14
TW Graveney (ENG)	1954-1969	19	31	5	1532	258	58.92	1425+	39.36	5	5	4	146+	2
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2003	4	7	1	353	160	58.83	568	62.14	1	2	-	41	3
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1993-1997	5	7	-	408	160	58.28	735	55.51	2	1	-	52	1
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1976	6	10	4	349	115*	58.16	-	0.00	1	1	-	32+	2
AN Cook (ENG)	2007-2017	20	35	5	1739	243	57.96	3528	49.29	6	8	1	195	1
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2015-2024	6	10	1	517	144	57.44	908	56.93	1	4	-	50	2
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1975-1981	11	21	5	919	117*	57.43	439+	56.03	2	7	1	53+	15
AL Hassett (AUS)	1951-1952	4	8	1	402	132	57.42	-	0.00	2	1	-	33	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1968-1980	17	31	4	1545	165	57.22	1405+	47.25	5	7	-	169	2
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	22	36	6	1715	176*	57.16	3741	45.84	4	11	3	194	0
M Kaif (IND)	2006-2006	4	6	2	226	148*	56.50	409	55.25	1	-	1	23	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2009	7	11	-	621	157	56.45	1205	51.53	2	3	1	63	2
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2012	14	21	1	1124	226	56.20	1599	70.29	3	6	2	127	7
RS Modi (IND)	1948-1949	5	10	-	560	112	56.00	-	0.00	1	5	-	12+	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1982	17	31	6	1400	182*	56.00	2033+	52.04	5	7	3	142	4
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1948-1948	4	8	1	390	133	55.71	-	0.00	1	3	-	15+	0
Basit Ali (PAK)	1993-1993	3	5	1	222	92*	55.50	451	49.22	-	2	1	26	2
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	4	7	2	275	87*	55.00	767	35.85	-	3	1	29	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2006	9	14	1	715	125	55.00	1220	58.60	2	6	1	98	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1994-2013	21	32	2	1630	179	54.33	3148	51.77	3	10	3	218	5
SM Warnapura (SL)	2008-2008	2	4	-	217	120	54.25	359	60.44	1	1	1	27	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2010	12	19	2	918	157*	54.00	1818	50.49	3	5	1	110	1
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	18	28	1	1455	179	53.88	125+	41.60	4	7	1	95+	1
BR Taylor (NZ)	1969-1972	7	9	3	323	124	53.83	1+	0.00	1	-	1	18+	7
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2006	15	24	3	1124	177	53.52	2123	52.94	4	5	1	125	9
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2002-2005	3	6	-	321	122	53.50	350	91.71	2	-	1	37	11
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2012	24	44	7	1977	206	53.43	3717	53.18	7	7	-	198	12
KR Miller (AUS)	1951-1955	10	16	1	801	147	53.40	-	0.00	4	1	-	68+	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]