HowSTAT! ODIs - Highest Average for each Batting Position

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Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career				Batting at No. 3
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg
1	V Kohli*	India	2008-	280	44	13848	58.68	225	35	11727	61.72
2	Babar Azam*	Pakistan	2015-	114	13	5729	56.72	98	12	5188	60.33
3	I V A Richards	West Indies	1975-1991	167	24	6721	47.00	51	9	2418	57.57
4	F du Plessis	South Africa	2011-2019	136	20	5507	47.47	80	9	3941	55.51
5	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	273	40	9720	41.72	45	7	2042	53.74
6	S P D Smith*	Australia	2010-	142	18	5446	43.92	86	9	4060	52.73
7	S C Ganguly	India	1992-2007	300	23	11363	41.02	32	4	1476	52.71
8	K S Williamson*	New Zealand	2010-	157	17	6810	48.64	130	13	6058	51.78
9	J E Root*	England	2013-	160	23	6522	47.61	100	14	4286	49.84
10	I J L Trott	England	2009-2013	65	10	2819	51.25	61	9	2585	49.71
11	Shakib Al Hasan*	Bangladesh	2006-	234	31	7570	37.29	36	5	1539	49.65
12	B C Lara	West Indies	1990-2007	289	32	10405	40.49	106	9	4447	45.85
13	J H Kallis	South Africa	1996-2014	314	53	11579	44.36	200	30	7774	45.73
14	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	1974-1985	60	6	2572	47.63	47	3	2009	45.66
15	K C Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	380	41	14234	41.99	238	20	9747	44.71
16	G A Hick	England	1991-2001	118	15	3846	37.34	58	9	2182	44.53
17	D M Jones	Australia	1984-1994	161	25	6068	44.62	131	14	5100	43.59
18	B R M Taylor*	Zimbabwe	2004-	203	15	6684	35.55	33	4	1258	43.38
19	R T Ponting	Australia	1995-2012	365	39	13704	42.04	330	32	12662	42.49
20	V Aravind*	United Arab Emirates	2019-	57	3	1770	32.78	35	3	1350	42.19
21	G Gambhir	India	2003-2013	143	11	5238	39.68	48	5	1810	42.09
22	R A Smith	England	1988-1996	70	8	2419	39.02	46	8	1594	41.95
23	Shoaib Malik*	Pakistan	1999-2019	258	40	7534	34.56	37	1	1501	41.69
24	Mohammad Hafeez*	Pakistan	2003-2019	216	15	6614	32.91	56	6	2051	41.02
25	W J Cronje	South Africa	1992-2000	175	31	5565	38.65	52	5	1912	40.68
26	V G Kambli	India	1991-2000	97	21	2477	32.59	32	4	1119	39.96
27	C S MacLeod*	Scotland	2008-	86	7	3026	38.30	45	3	1656	39.43
28	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1991-2007	350	53	11739	39.53	61	9	2033	39.10
29	R Dravid	India	1996-2011	318	40	10889	39.17	109	6	4000	38.83
30	M S Atapattu	Sri Lanka	1990-2007	259	32	8529	37.57	120	12	4142	38.35
31	A C Parore	New Zealand	1992-2002	161	32	3314	25.69	32	3	1107	38.17
32	N S Sidhu	India	1987-1998	127	8	4413	37.08	54	5	1848	37.71
33	M E Waugh	Australia	1988-2002	236	20	8500	39.35	34	2	1197	37.41
34	A Balbirnie*	Ireland	2010-	102	8	3008	32.00	60	5	2053	37.33
35	S D Hope*	West Indies	2016-	119	16	5177	50.26	38	4	1266	37.24
36	E C Joyce	Ireland	2006-2018	77	8	2622	38.00	33	4	1070	36.90
37	P V Simmons	West Indies	1987-1999	138	11	3675	28.94	34	4	1091	36.37
38	M Azharuddin	India	1985-2000	308	54	9378	36.92	65	9	2036	36.36
39	I R Bell	England	2004-2015	157	14	5416	37.87	51	3	1724	35.92
40	Najmul Hossain Shanto*	Bangladesh	2018-	44	3	1365	33.29	34	2	1145	35.78

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