Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting
Innings
for
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
HS
|
100s
|
50s
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
1 |
G S Chappell
|
Australia
|
1971-1983
|
74
|
72
|
14
|
2331
|
138*
|
3
|
14
|
40.19
|
74.88
|
2 |
D M Jones
|
Australia
|
1984-1994
|
164
|
161
|
25
|
6068
|
145
|
7
|
46
|
44.62
|
72.57
|
3 |
D C Boon
|
Australia
|
1984-1995
|
181
|
177
|
16
|
5964
|
122
|
5
|
37
|
37.04
|
65.13
|
4 |
G R Marsh
|
Australia
|
1986-1992
|
117
|
115
|
6
|
4357
|
126*
|
9
|
22
|
39.97
|
55.93
|
5 |
M E Waugh
|
Australia
|
1988-2002
|
244
|
236
|
20
|
8500
|
173
|
18
|
50
|
39.35
|
76.90
|
6 |
D R Martyn
|
Australia
|
1992-2006
|
208
|
182
|
51
|
5346
|
144*
|
5
|
37
|
40.81
|
77.74
|
7 |
M L Hayden
|
Australia
|
1993-2008
|
161
|
155
|
15
|
6133
|
181*
|
10
|
36
|
43.81
|
78.96
|
8 |
M G Bevan
|
Australia
|
1994-2004
|
232
|
196
|
67
|
6912
|
108*
|
6
|
46
|
53.58
|
74.16
|
9 |
R T Ponting
|
Australia
|
1995-2012
|
375
|
365
|
39
|
13704
|
164
|
30
|
82
|
42.04
|
80.39
|
10 |
D S Lehmann
|
Australia
|
1996-2005
|
117
|
101
|
22
|
3078
|
119
|
4
|
17
|
38.96
|
81.34
|
11 |
A C Gilchrist
|
Australia
|
1996-2008
|
287
|
279
|
11
|
9619
|
172
|
16
|
55
|
35.89
|
96.95
|
12 |
A Symonds
|
Australia
|
1998-2009
|
198
|
161
|
33
|
5088
|
156
|
6
|
30
|
39.75
|
92.44
|
13 |
S M Katich
|
Australia
|
2001-2006
|
45
|
42
|
5
|
1324
|
107*
|
1
|
9
|
35.78
|
68.74
|
14 |
S R Watson
|
Australia
|
2002-2015
|
190
|
169
|
27
|
5757
|
185*
|
9
|
33
|
40.54
|
90.45
|
15 |
M J Clarke
|
Australia
|
2003-2015
|
245
|
223
|
44
|
7981
|
130
|
8
|
58
|
44.59
|
78.99
|
16 |
M E K Hussey
|
Australia
|
2004-2012
|
185
|
157
|
44
|
5442
|
109*
|
3
|
39
|
48.16
|
87.17
|
17 |
S E Marsh
|
Australia
|
2008-2019
|
73
|
72
|
4
|
2773
|
151
|
7
|
15
|
40.78
|
81.42
|
18 |
D A Warner*
|
Australia
|
2009-
|
161
|
159
|
6
|
6932
|
179
|
22
|
33
|
45.31
|
97.26
|
19 |
S P D Smith*
|
Australia
|
2010-
|
158
|
142
|
18
|
5446
|
164
|
12
|
33
|
43.92
|
87.42
|
20 |
M R Marsh*
|
Australia
|
2011-
|
89
|
85
|
11
|
2672
|
177*
|
3
|
18
|
36.11
|
96.18
|
21 |
G J Bailey
|
Australia
|
2012-2016
|
90
|
85
|
10
|
3044
|
156
|
3
|
22
|
40.59
|
83.51
|
22 |
A J Finch*
|
Australia
|
2013-
|
146
|
142
|
3
|
5406
|
153*
|
17
|
30
|
38.89
|
87.73
|
23 |
U T Khawaja*
|
Australia
|
2013-2019
|
40
|
39
|
2
|
1554
|
104
|
2
|
12
|
42.00
|
84.09
|
24 |
T M Head*
|
Australia
|
2016-
|
65
|
62
|
5
|
2397
|
152
|
5
|
16
|
42.05
|
102.57
|
25 |
M Labuschagne*
|
Australia
|
2020-
|
52
|
47
|
3
|
1656
|
124
|
2
|
11
|
37.64
|
83.05
|
S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records
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