Popular: Kapil Dev | Malcolm Marshall | Sachin Tendulkar
Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
KC Sangakkara 2000-2013 117 200 16 10486 287 56.98 33 42 9
DPMD Jayawardene 1997-2013 138 232 14 10806 374 49.56 31 45 13
TT Samaraweera 2001-2013 81 132 20 5462 231 48.76 14 30 11
PA de Silva 1984-2002 93 159 11 6361 267 42.97 20 22 7
HP Tillakaratne 1989-2004 83 131 25 4545 204* 42.87 11 20 9
TM Dilshan 1999-2013 87 145 11 5492 193 40.98 16 23 14
ST Jayasuriya 1991-2007 110 188 14 6973 340 40.07 14 31 15
AD Mathews 2009-2013 33 54 10 1762 105* 40.04 1 11 1
MS Atapattu 1990-2007 90 156 15 5502 249 39.02 16 17 22
AP Gurusinha 1985-1996 41 70 7 2452 143 38.92 7 8 3
MG Vandort 2001-2008 20 33 2 1144 140 36.90 4 4 3
RL Dias 1982-1987 20 36 1 1285 109 36.71 3 8 2
A Ranatunga 1982-2000 93 155 12 5105 135* 35.69 4 38 12
SM Warnapura 2007-2009 14 24 1 821 120 35.69 2 7 5
HDRL Thirimanne 2011-2013 10 20 4 526 155* 32.87 1 2 1
NT Paranavitana 2009-2012 32 60 5 1792 111 32.58 2 11 9
LRD Mendis 1982-1988 24 43 1 1329 124 31.64 4 8 2
HAPW Jayawardene 2000-2012 52 72 10 1900 154* 30.64 4 4 9
UC Hathurusingha 1991-1999 26 44 1 1274 83 29.62 0 8 2
RS Madugalle 1982-1988 21 39 4 1029 103 29.40 1 7 4
RS Mahanama 1986-1998 52 89 1 2576 225 29.27 4 11 7
S Wettimuny 1982-1987 23 43 1 1221 190 29.07 2 6 5
WU Tharanga 2005-2007 15 26 1 713 165 28.52 1 3 4
RP Arnold 1997-2004 44 69 4 1821 123 28.01 3 10 7
UDU Chandana 1999-2005 16 24 1 616 92 26.78 0 2 0
RS Kaluwitharana 1992-2004 49 78 4 1933 132* 26.12 3 9 5
JR Ratnayeke 1982-1989 22 38 6 807 93 25.21 0 5 5
WPUJC Vaas 1994-2009 111 162 35 3089 100* 24.32 1 13 12
DS de Silva 1982-1984 12 22 3 406 61 21.36 0 2 3
HDPK Dharmasena 1993-2004 31 51 7 868 62* 19.72 0 3 4
MF Maharoof 2004-2011 22 34 4 556 72 18.53 0 3 1
KMDN Kulasekara 2005-2013 20 26 1 381 64 15.24 0 1 4
RJ Ratnayake 1983-1992 23 36 6 433 56 14.43 0 2 5
ALF de Mel 1982-1986 17 28 5 326 34 14.17 0 0 5
HMRKB Herath 1999-2013 47 66 15 707 80* 13.86 0 1 11
M Muralitharan 1992-2010 132 162 56 1259 67 11.87 0 1 32
SL Malinga 2004-2010 30 37 13 275 64 11.45 0 1 9
CPH Ramanayake 1988-1993 18 24 9 143 34* 9.53 0 0 7
GP Wickramasinghe 1991-2001 40 64 5 555 51 9.40 0 1 17
KR Pushpakumara 1994-2001 23 31 12 166 44 8.73 0 0 5
DNT Zoysa 1997-2004 30 40 6 288 28* 8.47 0 0 9
UWMBCA Welegedara 2007-2012 20 28 5 191 48 8.30 0 0 3
CRD Fernando 2000-2012 40 47 17 249 39* 8.30 0 0 8
SD Anurasiri 1986-1998 18 22 5 91 24 5.35 0 0 3

Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 2nd Test, Mar 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2082]
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test, Mar 8-12, 2013 [Test # 2078]
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2013 [Test # 2070]
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