Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting
Innings
for
Left Handers Only
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
HS
|
100s
|
50s
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
1 |
B C Lara
|
West Indies
|
1990-2006
|
131
|
232
|
6
|
11953
|
400*
|
34
|
48
|
52.89
|
60.52
|
2 |
M L Hayden
|
Australia
|
1994-2009
|
103
|
184
|
14
|
8625
|
380
|
30
|
29
|
50.74
|
60.11
|
3 |
D P M D Jayawardene
|
Sri Lanka
|
1997-2014
|
149
|
252
|
15
|
11814
|
374
|
34
|
50
|
49.85
|
51.47
|
4 |
G S A Sobers
|
West Indies
|
1954-1974
|
93
|
160
|
21
|
8032
|
365*
|
26
|
30
|
57.78
|
-
|
5 |
L Hutton
|
England
|
1937-1955
|
79
|
138
|
15
|
6971
|
364
|
19
|
33
|
56.67
|
-
|
6 |
W R Hammond
|
England
|
1927-1947
|
85
|
140
|
16
|
7249
|
336*
|
22
|
24
|
58.46
|
-
|
7 |
D G Bradman
|
Australia
|
1928-1948
|
52
|
80
|
10
|
6996
|
334
|
29
|
13
|
99.94
|
-
|
8 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
1992-2007
|
120
|
200
|
22
|
8830
|
329
|
25
|
46
|
49.61
|
54.02
|
9 |
M J Clarke
|
Australia
|
2004-2015
|
115
|
198
|
22
|
8643
|
329*
|
28
|
27
|
49.11
|
55.92
|
10 |
V Sehwag
|
India
|
2001-2013
|
104
|
180
|
6
|
8586
|
319
|
23
|
32
|
49.34
|
82.21
|
11 |
K C Sangakkara
|
Sri Lanka
|
2000-2015
|
134
|
233
|
17
|
12400
|
319
|
38
|
52
|
57.41
|
54.19
|
12 |
Younis Khan
|
Pakistan
|
2000-2017
|
118
|
213
|
19
|
10099
|
313
|
34
|
33
|
52.06
|
52.12
|
13 |
I V A Richards
|
West Indies
|
1974-1991
|
121
|
182
|
12
|
8540
|
291
|
24
|
45
|
50.24
|
-
|
14 |
Javed Miandad
|
Pakistan
|
1976-1993
|
124
|
189
|
21
|
8832
|
280*
|
23
|
43
|
52.57
|
-
|
15 |
D C S Compton
|
England
|
1937-1957
|
78
|
131
|
15
|
5807
|
278
|
17
|
28
|
50.06
|
-
|
16 |
A B de Villiers
|
South Africa
|
2004-2018
|
114
|
191
|
18
|
8765
|
278*
|
22
|
46
|
50.66
|
54.53
|
17 |
G C Smith
|
South Africa
|
2002-2014
|
117
|
205
|
13
|
9265
|
277
|
27
|
38
|
48.26
|
59.69
|
18 |
R G Pollock
|
South Africa
|
1963-1970
|
23
|
41
|
4
|
2256
|
274
|
7
|
11
|
60.97
|
-
|
19 |
G A Headley
|
West Indies
|
1930-1954
|
22
|
40
|
4
|
2190
|
270*
|
10
|
5
|
60.83
|
-
|
20 |
R Dravid
|
India
|
1996-2012
|
164
|
286
|
32
|
13288
|
270
|
36
|
63
|
52.31
|
42.51
|
21 |
A C Voges
|
Australia
|
2015-2016
|
20
|
31
|
7
|
1485
|
269*
|
5
|
4
|
61.88
|
55.68
|
22 |
W H Ponsford
|
Australia
|
1924-1934
|
29
|
48
|
4
|
2122
|
266
|
7
|
6
|
48.23
|
-
|
23 |
F M M Worrell
|
West Indies
|
1948-1963
|
51
|
87
|
9
|
3860
|
261
|
9
|
22
|
49.49
|
-
|
24 |
R T Ponting
|
Australia
|
1995-2012
|
168
|
287
|
29
|
13378
|
257
|
41
|
62
|
51.85
|
58.72
|
25 |
K F Barrington
|
England
|
1955-1968
|
82
|
131
|
15
|
6806
|
256
|
20
|
35
|
58.67
|
-
|
26 |
V Kohli*
|
India
|
2011-
|
113
|
191
|
11
|
8848
|
254*
|
29
|
30
|
49.16
|
55.56
|
27 |
J E Root*
|
England
|
2012-
|
140
|
257
|
21
|
11736
|
254
|
31
|
61
|
49.73
|
56.53
|
28 |
K S Williamson*
|
New Zealand
|
2010-
|
100
|
176
|
17
|
8743
|
251
|
32
|
34
|
54.99
|
51.41
|
29 |
K D Walters
|
Australia
|
1965-1981
|
74
|
125
|
14
|
5357
|
250
|
15
|
33
|
48.26
|
-
|
30 |
S R Tendulkar
|
India
|
1989-2013
|
200
|
329
|
33
|
15921
|
248*
|
51
|
68
|
53.79
|
-
|
31 |
G S Chappell
|
Australia
|
1970-1984
|
87
|
151
|
19
|
7110
|
247*
|
24
|
31
|
53.86
|
-
|
32 |
E Paynter
|
England
|
1931-1939
|
20
|
31
|
5
|
1540
|
243
|
4
|
7
|
59.23
|
-
|
33 |
S P D Smith*
|
Australia
|
2010-
|
109
|
195
|
25
|
9685
|
239
|
32
|
41
|
56.97
|
53.51
|
34 |
S M Gavaskar
|
India
|
1971-1987
|
125
|
214
|
16
|
10122
|
236*
|
34
|
45
|
51.12
|
-
|
35 |
A Flower
|
Zimbabwe
|
1992-2002
|
63
|
112
|
19
|
4794
|
232*
|
12
|
27
|
51.55
|
45.07
|
36 |
A D Nourse
|
South Africa
|
1935-1951
|
34
|
62
|
7
|
2960
|
231
|
9
|
14
|
53.82
|
-
|
37 |
T T Samaraweera
|
Sri Lanka
|
2001-2013
|
81
|
132
|
20
|
5462
|
231
|
14
|
30
|
48.77
|
46.92
|
38 |
V G Kambli
|
India
|
1993-1995
|
17
|
21
|
1
|
1084
|
227
|
4
|
3
|
54.20
|
59.46
|
39 |
J H Kallis
|
South Africa
|
1995-2013
|
166
|
280
|
40
|
13289
|
224
|
45
|
58
|
55.37
|
45.98
|
40 |
Mohammad Yousuf
|
Pakistan
|
1998-2010
|
90
|
156
|
12
|
7530
|
223
|
24
|
33
|
52.29
|
52.40
|
41 |
C L Walcott
|
West Indies
|
1948-1960
|
44
|
74
|
7
|
3798
|
220
|
15
|
14
|
56.69
|
-
|
42 |
Abid Ali*
|
Pakistan
|
2019-
|
16
|
26
|
2
|
1180
|
215*
|
4
|
3
|
49.17
|
48.26
|
43 |
M Labuschagne*
|
Australia
|
2018-
|
50
|
90
|
7
|
4114
|
215
|
11
|
20
|
49.57
|
52.68
|
44 |
J B Hobbs
|
England
|
1908-1930
|
61
|
102
|
7
|
5410
|
211
|
15
|
28
|
56.95
|
-
|
45 |
E D C Weekes
|
West Indies
|
1948-1958
|
48
|
81
|
5
|
4455
|
207
|
15
|
19
|
58.62
|
-
|
46 |
A R Border
|
Australia
|
1978-1994
|
156
|
265
|
44
|
11174
|
205
|
27
|
63
|
50.56
|
40.98
|
47 |
R N Harvey
|
Australia
|
1948-1963
|
79
|
137
|
10
|
6149
|
205
|
21
|
24
|
48.42
|
-
|
48 |
S Chanderpaul
|
West Indies
|
1994-2015
|
164
|
280
|
49
|
11867
|
203*
|
30
|
66
|
51.37
|
43.32
|
49 |
J Ryder
|
Australia
|
1920-1929
|
20
|
32
|
5
|
1394
|
201*
|
3
|
9
|
51.63
|
-
|
50 |
S R Waugh
|
Australia
|
1985-2004
|
168
|
260
|
46
|
10927
|
200
|
32
|
50
|
51.06
|
48.65
|
51 |
M E K Hussey
|
Australia
|
2005-2013
|
79
|
137
|
16
|
6235
|
195
|
19
|
29
|
51.53
|
50.13
|
52 |
H Sutcliffe
|
England
|
1924-1935
|
54
|
84
|
9
|
4555
|
194
|
16
|
23
|
60.73
|
-
|
53 |
D J Mitchell*
|
New Zealand
|
2019-
|
23
|
37
|
5
|
1608
|
190
|
5
|
10
|
50.25
|
53.35
|
54 |
B Mitchell
|
South Africa
|
1929-1949
|
42
|
80
|
9
|
3471
|
189*
|
8
|
21
|
48.89
|
-
|
55 |
H C Brook*
|
England
|
2022-
|
12
|
20
|
1
|
1181
|
186
|
4
|
7
|
62.16
|
91.76
|
56 |
C A Davis
|
West Indies
|
1968-1973
|
15
|
29
|
5
|
1301
|
183
|
4
|
4
|
54.21
|
-
|
57 |
C P Mead
|
England
|
1911-1928
|
17
|
26
|
2
|
1185
|
182*
|
4
|
3
|
49.38
|
-
|
58 |
F S Jackson
|
England
|
1893-1905
|
20
|
33
|
4
|
1415
|
144*
|
5
|
6
|
48.79
|
-
|
59 |
K C Bland
|
South Africa
|
1961-1966
|
21
|
39
|
5
|
1669
|
144*
|
3
|
9
|
49.09
|
-
|
60 |
G E Tyldesley
|
England
|
1921-1929
|
14
|
20
|
2
|
990
|
122
|
3
|
6
|
55.00
|
-
|
S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records
|
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