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
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	2016-2017	3	5	2	344	110	114.66	586	58.70	2	1	0	36	1
VS Hazare (IND)	1952-1952	3	3	1	223	146*	111.50	-	0.00	1	1	0	0+	0
RH Shodhan (IND)	1952-1952	1	1	0	110	110	110.00	-	0.00	1	0	0	15	0
RG Twose (NZ)	1995-1995	1	2	1	110	59	110.00	309	35.59	0	2	0	9	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2001-2001	3	5	2	325	204*	108.33	731	44.45	1	1	0	37	2
BK Shepherd (AUS)	1964-1964	1	2	1	98	55	98.00	144	68.05	0	1	0	13	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1984	2	2	1	97	75	97.00	259	37.45	0	1	0	11	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1958-1958	4	5	1	385	145	96.25	-	0.00	1	2	0	-	3
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1989-1989	4	7	1	569	218	94.83	1223	46.52	2	3	0	70	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	8	10	2	749	205	93.62	-	0.00	2	4	0	70+	7
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2022	3	5	0	468	153	93.60	501	93.41	3	1	0	53	12
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1962-1962	7	7	2	460	119	92.00	187+	54.01	4	0	0	47+	2
V Sehwag (IND)	2004-2006	9	14	0	1276	309	91.14	1591	80.20	4	2	1	187	12
DCS Compton (ENG)	1954-1954	4	5	0	453	278	90.60	-	0.00	1	2	1	52	1
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1959	8	13	2	984	365*	89.45	-	0.00	3	4	1	38+	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1967-1978	6	10	3	591	121*	84.42	1666	35.47	3	3	0	58	2
MJ Henry (NZ)	2016-2023	3	2	1	83	68*	83.00	92	90.21	0	1	0	11	2
CG Borde (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	2	330	177*	82.50	-	0.00	1	0	1	34	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1998	4	7	2	412	166*	82.40	732	56.28	1	3	1	54	4
RE Redmond (NZ)	1973-1973	1	2	0	163	107	81.50	-	0.00	1	1	0	29	0
L Baichan (WI)	1975-1975	2	4	2	161	105*	80.50	-	0.00	1	0	0	-	0
MJ Stewart (ENG)	1962-1962	2	3	1	159	86	79.50	-	0.00	0	1	0	9+	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1967	9	12	3	715	148	79.44	1035+	41.15	4	2	1	76+	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1990-1998	12	20	3	1347	334*	79.23	2927	46.01	4	8	2	138	2
RB Simpson (AUS)	1964-1964	2	4	0	316	153	79.00	68+	70.58	2	0	0	31	0
KJ O'Brien (IRE)	2018-2018	1	2	0	158	118	79.00	285	55.43	1	0	0	17	0
DP Conway (NZ)	2022-2023	2	4	1	232	122	77.33	384	60.41	1	1	1	32	1
WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	0	154	79	77.00	271	56.82	0	2	0	15	0
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2021-2023	3	4	2	153	102*	76.50	181	84.53	1	0	0	15	3
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2016-2024	11	19	3	1212	160	75.75	2444	49.59	3	7	2	121	3
NLTC Perera (SL)	2012-2012	1	1	0	75	75	75.00	86	87.20	0	1	0	4	3
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2002-2015	23	45	6	2911	230	74.64	5331	54.60	10	12	2	307	14
DA Warner (AUS)	2014-2024	13	22	1	1552	335*	73.90	2101	73.86	6	5	1	171	14
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1959-1959	3	6	3	218	134	72.66	-	0.00	1	0	0	-	0
BM Duckett (ENG)	2022-2022	3	6	1	357	107	71.40	373	95.71	1	3	1	43	2
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2022	5	8	0	555	267	69.37	748	74.19	2	2	1	79	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2005	9	12	3	616	149*	68.44	736	83.69	2	3	0	69	8
MT Renshaw (AUS)	2016-2017	3	4	0	271	184	67.75	473	57.29	1	1	0	30	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1998-2010	15	26	3	1537	209	66.82	2461	62.45	5	6	5	182	5
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2023	14	25	2	1519	238	66.04	2867	52.98	5	4	0	158	4
PA Patel (IND)	2004-2004	3	3	1	131	69	65.50	250	52.40	0	2	1	20	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2013	12	21	4	1112	278*	65.41	1868	59.52	4	3	0	104	9
ED Weekes (WI)	1958-1958	5	8	1	455	197	65.00	-	0.00	1	2	0	-	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1972-1973	2	3	0	194	127	64.66	253+	59.28	1	0	0	18	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2007	5	6	1	323	148	64.60	437	73.91	1	2	0	42	5
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1964	2	3	1	129	88	64.50	140+	74.28	0	1	0	10+	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1984	5	8	1	451	201	64.42	436+	46.10	1	3	0	17+	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	6	11	1	643	260	64.30	-	0.00	3	0	2	28+	1
BT Foakes (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	121	52.89	0	1	0	6	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2004-2007	7	9	0	572	169	63.55	787	72.68	3	1	0	87	4
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2011-2021	5	10	2	508	144	63.50	807	62.94	1	4	0	63	3
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1984	17	27	2	1581	235	63.24	2747+	56.53	6	6	1	142	3
W Jaffer (IND)	2007-2007	3	6	0	378	202	63.00	598	63.21	1	2	0	63	0
Imrul Kayes (BAN)	2015-2015	2	4	0	249	150	62.25	445	55.95	1	1	0	31	3
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2021	2	2	1	62	32	62.00	91	68.13	0	0	0	3	3
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2005	6	8	1	431	142	61.57	799	53.94	2	2	1	43	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-1994	3	4	0	243	91	60.75	498	48.79	0	3	1	27	1
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1971-1971	3	6	2	242	108*	60.50	644	37.57	1	1	2	26	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	1998-1998	2	2	0	121	107	60.50	146	82.87	1	0	0	17	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1984	5	7	1	362	159	60.33	776	46.64	1	1	0	33	0
JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	1	2	1	60	38*	60.00	136	44.11	0	0	0	4	1
PS de Villiers (SA)	1995-1998	3	4	2	120	66*	60.00	160	75.00	0	1	0	16	3
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	2	3	0	179	142	59.66	247+	62.75	1	0	0	20	2
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1990	22	36	8	1666	153	59.50	3813	43.69	6	8	0	165	8
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1996	2	3	0	178	106	59.33	390	45.64	1	1	0	18	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	3	4	1	178	93	59.33	367	48.50	0	1	0	16	5
TW Graveney (ENG)	1954-1969	13	16	0	943	153	58.93	666+	49.54	3	5	1	106+	1
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1984	10	15	0	882	268	58.80	1967	44.83	3	1	0	89	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1973	4	6	0	352	196	58.66	559	62.96	1	1	0	44	4
DM de Silva (SL)	2019-2023	6	11	1	581	122	58.10	948	61.28	3	2	1	73	9
C Milburn (ENG)	1967-1969	2	3	0	174	139	58.00	57+	61.40	1	0	0	23	1
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1976-1977	3	6	1	288	168	57.60	461	62.47	1	1	0	37	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	3	3	1	115	71	57.50	185	62.16	0	1	0	11	2
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1990	11	20	3	973	174	57.23	2254	43.16	2	6	1	121	3
JL Langer (AUS)	1994-2005	13	20	0	1139	191	56.95	2112	53.92	4	6	1	115	6
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	3	5	2	170	60	56.66	593	28.66	0	1	0	10	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1987	24	41	4	2089	166	56.45	2609+	43.80	5	12	1	176+	2
M Prabhakar (IND)	1989-1989	4	6	3	168	54*	56.00	429	39.16	0	1	0	19	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-2003	11	18	3	838	118	55.86	1918	43.69	2	6	1	110	2
DL Amiss (ENG)	1967-1974	10	18	4	779	183	55.64	841+	44.35	3	2	1	99	1
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1967-1971	9	12	2	552	114*	55.20	811+	48.21	1	5	0	62+	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-2013	19	33	4	1564	155	53.93	3351	46.67	6	8	1	160	10
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	3	6	0	323	96	53.83	672	48.06	0	3	0	43	0
R Dravid (IND)	1999-2007	15	26	3	1236	270	53.73	2732	45.24	5	3	1	162	3
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1973	2	3	0	161	89	53.66	123+	58.53	0	2	0	14	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1952-1961	15	19	2	911	117	53.58	-	0.00	5	2	0	56+	1
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	12	22	0	1173	216	53.31	1731	67.76	4	3	2	152	17
PL Symcox (SA)	1997-1998	4	5	0	266	108	53.20	413	64.40	1	2	0	37	3
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	0	319	92	53.16	-	0.00	0	3	0	29+	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1979-1985	7	12	1	584	158*	53.09	1463+	38.61	3	1	2	61	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-2001	13	22	3	994	190	52.31	1901	52.28	2	4	0	142	0
HM Amla (SA)	2007-2019	14	27	5	1146	118*	52.09	2323	49.33	2	10	1	142	1
C Green (AUS)	2022-2022	3	3	0	155	79	51.66	345	44.92	0	1	0	15	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-2001	8	14	1	671	138	51.61	1535	43.71	2	5	1	62	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2006	17	30	1	1490	253	51.37	2493	59.76	4	6	0	181	12
RW Barber (ENG)	1961-1962	3	4	1	154	86	51.33	-	0.00	0	1	0	14	1
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2002	13	22	6	820	115	51.25	1878	43.66	2	4	1	100	0
JC Buttler (ENG)	2015-2020	7	11	2	460	152	51.11	855	53.80	1	3	1	49	6
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2024	15	25	2	1175	165*	51.08	2347	50.06	2	9	1	125	5
MH Richardson (NZ)	2001-2003	6	11	1	507	106	50.70	1424	35.60	1	3	0	64	1

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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]