Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
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 A B de Villiers South Africa 2004-2018 114 191 18 8765 278* 22 46 50.66 54.53
16 D C S Compton England 1937-1957 78 131 15 5807 278 17 28 50.06 -   
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 J E Root* England 2012- 140 257 21 11736 254 31 61 49.73 56.53
27 V Kohli* India 2011- 113 191 11 8848 254* 29 30 49.16 55.56
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 G Boycott England 1964-1982 108 193 23 8114 246* 22 42 47.73 -   
33 E Paynter England 1931-1939 20 31 5 1540 243 4 7 59.23 -   
34 S P D Smith* Australia 2010- 109 195 25 9685 239 32 41 56.97 53.51
35 S M Gavaskar India 1971-1987 125 214 16 10122 236* 34 45 51.12 -   
36 A Flower Zimbabwe 1992-2002 63 112 19 4794 232* 12 27 51.55 45.07
37 S J McCabe Australia 1930-1938 39 62 5 2748 232 6 13 48.21 -   
38 T T Samaraweera Sri Lanka 2001-2013 81 132 20 5462 231 14 30 48.77 46.92
39 A D Nourse South Africa 1935-1951 34 62 7 2960 231 9 14 53.82 -   
40 J H Kallis South Africa 1995-2013 166 280 40 13289 224 45 58 55.37 45.98
41 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 1998-2010 90 156 12 7530 223 24 33 52.29 52.40
42 C L Walcott West Indies 1948-1960 44 74 7 3798 220 15 14 56.69 -   
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 E R Dexter England 1958-1968 62 102 8 4502 205 9 27 47.89 -   
49 E H Hendren England 1920-1935 51 83 9 3525 205* 7 21 47.64 -   
50 S Chanderpaul West Indies 1994-2015 164 280 49 11867 203* 30 66 51.37 43.32
51 J Ryder Australia 1920-1929 20 32 5 1394 201* 3 9 51.63 -   
52 S R Waugh Australia 1985-2004 168 260 46 10927 200 32 50 51.06 48.65
53 M E K Hussey Australia 2005-2013 79 137 16 6235 195 19 29 51.53 50.13
54 H Sutcliffe England 1924-1935 54 84 9 4555 194 16 23 60.73 -   
55 D J Mitchell* New Zealand 2019- 23 37 5 1608 190 5 10 50.25 53.35
56 B Mitchell South Africa 1929-1949 42 80 9 3471 189* 8 21 48.89 -   
57 V S Hazare India 1946-1953 30 52 6 2192 164* 7 9 47.65 -   
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 D R Jardine England 1928-1934 22 33 6 1296 127 1 10 48.00 -   
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