Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42	4	9	1	154+	7
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	15	26	3	1447	181	62.91	-	0.00	4	9	-	52+	3
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	20	38	6	1881	231	58.78	108+	63.88	6	8	3	70+	3
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	88	143	19	7035	224	56.73	14741	47.72	23	34	9	822	45
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	22	42	1	2001	176	48.80	-	0.00	6	11	-	32+	3
B Mitchell (SA)	1930-1949	20	38	4	1647	123	48.44	158+	29.11	3	11	1	21+	1
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	66	109	8	4788	163	47.40	8335	57.44	13	28	6	585	38
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	48	83	9	3479	199	47.01	6887	50.51	9	17	4	453	15
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2011	11	21	1	937	116	46.85	1516	61.80	3	5	3	121	9
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	69	117	7	5135	208	46.68	10004	51.32	16	26	8	680	5
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	15	28	3	1161	169	46.44	2348	49.44	5	3	2	172	5
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	11	20	-	927	262	46.35	1715	54.05	1	5	1	126	5
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	21	33	6	1246	113	46.14	2910	42.81	3	8	1	124	7
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	16	30	3	1204	156*	44.59	77+	29.87	2	8	2	9+	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	36	59	6	2363	168	44.58	4706	50.21	7	11	4	290	13
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1962	16	29	3	1152	127*	44.30	-	0.00	4	5	1	20+	2
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	40	62	11	2231	162*	43.74	4821	46.27	7	6	6	259	7
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	25	45	1	1914	152	43.50	2904	65.90	6	8	2	288	8
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	40	67	7	2592	199	43.20	5327	48.65	8	10	5	308	13
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	11	21	2	809	144*	42.57	-	0.00	1	4	2	55+	16
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	52	88	8	3384	275	42.30	7639	44.29	8	16	6	436	4
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	31	50	4	1927	129*	41.89	2622	73.49	3	13	2	249	15
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	61	103	7	3986	200	41.52	6228	64.00	10	19	6	543	9
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	47	79	5	3055	228	41.28	5488	55.66	9	10	7	437	26
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	19	35	-	1434	138	40.97	1174+	42.41	3	9	2	126+	5
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	32	52	10	1643	172	39.11	3166	51.89	2	10	7	213	3
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	21	29	4	967	174	38.68	1416	68.29	3	4	1	129	11
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	26	40	3	1404	103*	37.94	3142	44.68	1	11	2	143	13
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	24	34	4	1114	120	37.13	2433	45.78	2	5	3	146	10
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2015	14	26	2	890	109	37.08	2232	39.87	2	6	2	118	2
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	11	21	-	737	141	35.09	-	0.00	1	4	2	32+	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	36	60	4	1941	135	34.66	4278	45.37	3	9	5	221	21
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	16	26	2	823	109	34.29	1496	55.01	2	4	1	104	5
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	75	103	14	3001	122*	33.71	5692	52.72	4	20	8	368	12
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	1	828	119	33.12	-	0.00	1	6	-	5+	5
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1923	26	48	4	1445	111	32.84	-	0.00	1	11	3	62+	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	43	1	1374	112	32.71	210+	27.61	1	9	1	67+	5
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	22	33	5	907	109	32.39	2075	43.71	1	6	5	95	2
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	19	33	3	963	155	32.10	1934	49.79	2	4	4	127	4
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	19	32	2	920	101	30.66	1929	47.69	1	3	2	127	2
JW Zulch (SA)	1910-1921	11	22	1	629	82	29.95	-	0.00	-	4	-	20+	0
RA McLean (SA)	1953-1964	20	36	1	1041	113	29.74	-	0.00	3	4	6	77+	8
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	11	22	1	624	148	29.71	1658	37.63	1	2	-	83	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1953-1965	22	37	3	1008	134	29.64	-	0.00	3	5	4	20+	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	59	84	18	1922	111	29.12	3383	56.81	1	7	6	222	17
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1998	21	37	1	1030	102	28.61	2576	39.98	1	8	4	139	2
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1953-1958	14	24	6	507	68*	28.16	-	0.00	-	2	1	15+	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	26	10	438	75*	27.37	285+	32.28	-	2	2	12+	1
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	-	3	2	109	3
WR Endean (SA)	1953-1958	15	27	1	704	93	27.07	-	0.00	-	5	-	22+	1
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	32	-	853	106	26.65	-	0.00	3	2	5	17+	13
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1923	15	25	3	580	115*	26.36	-	0.00	1	4	5	0+	4
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-2007	19	31	-	792	110	25.54	1950	40.61	2	2	5	116	0
KG Viljoen (SA)	1930-1949	13	23	-	566	74	24.60	-	0.00	-	5	2	25+	0
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	13	22	1	503	60	23.95	-	0.00	-	3	1	19+	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1999	11	21	1	454	96	22.70	1128	40.24	-	2	3	68	2
KJ Funston (SA)	1953-1958	11	20	1	427	70	22.47	-	0.00	-	2	2	10+	1
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	36	52	11	910	74	22.19	2015	45.16	-	4	5	105	5
D Denton (ENG)	1906-1910	10	20	1	412	104	21.68	-	0.00	1	1	3	23+	0
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	23	6	316	59	18.58	-	0.00	-	1	1	17+	4
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	33	3	532	75	17.73	-	0.00	-	2	4	7+	2
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	26	39	3	636	84	17.66	979	64.96	-	3	5	71	15
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	52	68	23	765	58	17.00	1529	50.03	-	1	5	76	25
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	27	7	332	69	16.60	-	0.00	-	2	3	5+	3
D Ganga (WI)	1998-2008	10	20	-	314	60	15.70	1102	28.49	-	1	2	39	0
TA Ward (SA)	1913-1923	13	25	4	300	64	14.28	-	0.00	-	1	2	4+	0
A Nel (SA)	2002-2008	20	23	3	243	34	12.15	478	50.83	-	-	4	30	5
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	19	22	7	178	35	11.86	454	39.20	-	-	3	15	4
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	38	50	16	400	34	11.76	1088	36.76	-	-	8	41	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	33	47	8	452	32*	11.58	1039	43.50	-	-	10	54	7
A Kumble (IND)	1992-2007	12	20	2	188	29	10.44	638	29.46	-	-	3	18	1
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	53	61	23	378	26	9.94	669	56.50	-	-	12	56	6
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	41	49	8	345	31*	8.41	744	46.37	-	-	13	49	1
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	26	2	198	38	8.25	604	32.78	-	-	6	20	0
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	25	5	113	24	5.65	0+	0.00	-	-	7	5+	1

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]