Highest Batting Averages
(minimum 10 innings)
|
Player
|
Country
|
Overall
|
1st Innings
|
2nd Innings
|
3rd Innings
|
4th Innings
|
Diff
1st/4th
|
Inns
|
Runs
|
NO
|
H/S
|
100s
|
Avg
|
Inns
|
Runs
|
NO
|
H/S
|
100s
|
Avg
|
Inns
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
Inns
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
Inns
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
1 |
D G Bradman
|
Australia
|
80
|
6996
|
10
|
334
|
29
|
99.94
|
22
|
2387
|
1
|
334
|
9
|
113.67
|
28
|
2310
|
85.56
|
15
|
1565
|
130.42
|
15
|
734
|
73.40
|
-40.27
|
2 |
A C Voges
|
Australia
|
31
|
1485
|
7
|
269*
|
5
|
61.88
|
10
|
654
|
3
|
269*
|
2
|
93.43
|
9
|
577
|
72.13
|
5
|
173
|
57.67
|
7
|
81
|
13.50
|
-79.93
|
3 |
F S Jackson
|
England
|
33
|
1415
|
4
|
144*
|
5
|
48.79
|
13
|
944
|
2
|
144*
|
4
|
85.82
|
7
|
212
|
30.29
|
8
|
175
|
25.00
|
5
|
84
|
21.00
|
-64.82
|
4 |
G A Headley
|
West Indies
|
40
|
2190
|
4
|
270*
|
10
|
60.83
|
13
|
934
|
2
|
270*
|
5
|
84.91
|
9
|
325
|
40.63
|
15
|
664
|
47.43
|
3
|
267
|
89.00
|
4.09
|
5 |
S P D Smith*
|
Australia
|
195
|
9685
|
25
|
239
|
32
|
56.97
|
65
|
4775
|
7
|
215
|
22
|
82.33
|
43
|
2125
|
51.83
|
58
|
2020
|
42.08
|
29
|
765
|
33.26
|
-49.07
|
6 |
W H Ponsford
|
Australia
|
48
|
2122
|
4
|
266
|
7
|
48.23
|
15
|
1148
|
1
|
266
|
5
|
82.00
|
14
|
562
|
40.14
|
10
|
161
|
16.10
|
9
|
251
|
41.83
|
-40.17
|
7 |
A L Hassett
|
Australia
|
69
|
3073
|
3
|
198*
|
10
|
46.56
|
22
|
1655
|
1
|
198*
|
7
|
78.81
|
21
|
780
|
37.14
|
15
|
259
|
17.27
|
11
|
379
|
42.11
|
-36.70
|
8 |
E D C Weekes
|
West Indies
|
81
|
4455
|
5
|
207
|
15
|
58.62
|
27
|
2068
|
0
|
206
|
8
|
76.59
|
21
|
1361
|
64.81
|
22
|
776
|
40.84
|
11
|
250
|
27.78
|
-48.81
|
9 |
D J McGlew
|
South Africa
|
64
|
2440
|
6
|
255*
|
7
|
42.07
|
13
|
818
|
2
|
255*
|
3
|
74.36
|
21
|
745
|
39.21
|
17
|
500
|
29.41
|
13
|
377
|
34.27
|
-40.09
|
10 |
P H Parfitt
|
England
|
52
|
1882
|
6
|
131*
|
7
|
40.91
|
14
|
800
|
3
|
131*
|
5
|
72.73
|
23
|
601
|
27.32
|
4
|
98
|
32.67
|
11
|
383
|
38.30
|
-34.43
|
11 |
B C Lara
|
West Indies
|
232
|
11953
|
6
|
400*
|
34
|
52.89
|
58
|
4000
|
1
|
400*
|
12
|
70.18
|
72
|
4249
|
59.01
|
56
|
2264
|
40.43
|
46
|
1440
|
35.12
|
-35.05
|
12 |
K F Barrington
|
England
|
131
|
6806
|
15
|
256
|
20
|
58.67
|
42
|
2735
|
3
|
163
|
12
|
70.13
|
40
|
2334
|
61.42
|
27
|
1142
|
49.65
|
22
|
595
|
37.19
|
-32.94
|
13 |
Javed Miandad
|
Pakistan
|
189
|
8832
|
21
|
280*
|
23
|
52.57
|
60
|
3730
|
6
|
280*
|
9
|
69.07
|
63
|
2774
|
45.48
|
44
|
1512
|
39.79
|
22
|
816
|
54.40
|
-14.67
|
14 |
M Labuschagne*
|
Australia
|
90
|
4114
|
7
|
215
|
11
|
49.57
|
29
|
1997
|
0
|
215
|
8
|
68.86
|
20
|
830
|
41.50
|
27
|
1019
|
40.76
|
14
|
268
|
29.78
|
-39.08
|
15 |
S Chanderpaul
|
West Indies
|
280
|
11867
|
49
|
203*
|
30
|
51.37
|
66
|
3575
|
14
|
203*
|
12
|
68.75
|
96
|
4356
|
51.86
|
69
|
2356
|
41.33
|
49
|
1580
|
41.58
|
-27.17
|
16 |
E Paynter
|
England
|
31
|
1540
|
5
|
243
|
4
|
59.23
|
15
|
954
|
1
|
243
|
3
|
68.14
|
5
|
224
|
44.80
|
8
|
241
|
40.17
|
3
|
121
|
121.00
|
52.86
|
17 |
M Leyland
|
England
|
65
|
2764
|
5
|
187
|
9
|
46.07
|
19
|
1256
|
0
|
187
|
5
|
66.11
|
22
|
747
|
35.57
|
12
|
439
|
48.78
|
12
|
322
|
29.27
|
-36.83
|
18 |
S R Tendulkar
|
India
|
329
|
15921
|
33
|
248*
|
51
|
53.79
|
91
|
5608
|
6
|
241*
|
20
|
65.98
|
106
|
5692
|
55.26
|
72
|
2996
|
46.81
|
60
|
1625
|
36.93
|
-29.04
|
19 |
H L Collins
|
Australia
|
31
|
1352
|
1
|
203
|
4
|
45.07
|
10
|
658
|
0
|
203
|
3
|
65.80
|
8
|
272
|
34.00
|
9
|
344
|
38.22
|
4
|
78
|
26.00
|
-39.80
|
20 |
L Hutton
|
England
|
138
|
6971
|
15
|
364
|
19
|
56.67
|
35
|
2232
|
1
|
364
|
8
|
65.65
|
44
|
2673
|
65.20
|
28
|
1113
|
41.22
|
31
|
953
|
45.38
|
-20.27
|
21 |
R B Kanhai
|
West Indies
|
137
|
6227
|
6
|
256
|
15
|
47.53
|
44
|
2869
|
0
|
256
|
9
|
65.20
|
35
|
1515
|
44.56
|
40
|
1267
|
33.34
|
18
|
576
|
38.40
|
-26.80
|
22 |
K D Walters
|
Australia
|
125
|
5357
|
14
|
250
|
15
|
48.26
|
37
|
2271
|
2
|
250
|
8
|
64.89
|
37
|
1576
|
42.59
|
35
|
1191
|
44.11
|
16
|
319
|
26.58
|
-38.30
|
23 |
C L Walcott
|
West Indies
|
74
|
3798
|
7
|
220
|
15
|
56.69
|
24
|
1541
|
0
|
220
|
6
|
64.21
|
20
|
1006
|
52.95
|
21
|
1067
|
62.76
|
9
|
184
|
26.29
|
-37.92
|
24 |
J Ryder
|
Australia
|
32
|
1394
|
5
|
201*
|
3
|
51.63
|
12
|
636
|
2
|
201*
|
2
|
63.60
|
7
|
277
|
39.57
|
9
|
284
|
35.50
|
4
|
197
|
98.50
|
34.90
|
25 |
T T Samaraweera
|
Sri Lanka
|
132
|
5462
|
20
|
231
|
14
|
48.77
|
42
|
2472
|
3
|
231
|
10
|
63.38
|
37
|
1344
|
40.73
|
38
|
1261
|
45.04
|
15
|
385
|
32.08
|
-31.30
|
26 |
W R Hammond
|
England
|
140
|
7249
|
16
|
336*
|
22
|
58.46
|
46
|
2691
|
3
|
240
|
9
|
62.58
|
39
|
2379
|
66.08
|
35
|
1482
|
49.40
|
20
|
697
|
46.47
|
-16.11
|
27 |
D M Jones
|
Australia
|
89
|
3631
|
11
|
216
|
11
|
46.55
|
31
|
1871
|
1
|
216
|
6
|
62.37
|
20
|
561
|
28.05
|
29
|
863
|
37.52
|
9
|
336
|
67.20
|
4.83
|
28 |
S R Waugh
|
Australia
|
260
|
10927
|
46
|
200
|
32
|
51.06
|
94
|
4855
|
16
|
199
|
17
|
62.24
|
72
|
3703
|
58.78
|
63
|
1756
|
35.84
|
31
|
613
|
25.54
|
-36.70
|
29 |
B C Broad
|
England
|
44
|
1661
|
2
|
162
|
6
|
39.55
|
13
|
809
|
0
|
162
|
4
|
62.23
|
12
|
527
|
43.92
|
12
|
181
|
15.08
|
7
|
144
|
28.80
|
-33.43
|
30 |
F M M Worrell
|
West Indies
|
87
|
3860
|
9
|
261
|
9
|
49.49
|
24
|
1302
|
3
|
167
|
5
|
62.00
|
27
|
1541
|
61.64
|
24
|
733
|
33.32
|
12
|
284
|
28.40
|
-33.60
|
31 |
H Sutcliffe
|
England
|
84
|
4555
|
9
|
194
|
16
|
60.73
|
26
|
1478
|
2
|
161
|
6
|
61.58
|
27
|
1536
|
56.89
|
16
|
897
|
74.75
|
15
|
644
|
53.67
|
-7.92
|
32 |
R T Ponting
|
Australia
|
287
|
13378
|
29
|
257
|
41
|
51.85
|
92
|
5403
|
4
|
242
|
21
|
61.40
|
76
|
3969
|
52.92
|
76
|
2544
|
38.55
|
43
|
1462
|
50.41
|
-10.98
|
33 |
J L Langer
|
Australia
|
182
|
7696
|
12
|
250
|
23
|
45.27
|
55
|
3181
|
2
|
250
|
12
|
60.02
|
50
|
1995
|
40.71
|
44
|
1467
|
34.93
|
33
|
1053
|
40.50
|
-19.52
|
34 |
J D Ryder
|
New Zealand
|
33
|
1269
|
2
|
201
|
3
|
40.94
|
11
|
653
|
0
|
201
|
2
|
59.36
|
7
|
259
|
37.00
|
9
|
174
|
21.75
|
6
|
183
|
36.60
|
-22.76
|
35 |
R N Harvey
|
Australia
|
137
|
6149
|
10
|
205
|
21
|
48.42
|
37
|
2131
|
1
|
205
|
9
|
59.19
|
42
|
2266
|
53.95
|
28
|
895
|
31.96
|
30
|
857
|
40.81
|
-18.38
|
36 |
G N Yallop
|
Australia
|
70
|
2756
|
3
|
268
|
8
|
41.13
|
22
|
1297
|
0
|
172
|
5
|
58.95
|
17
|
710
|
41.76
|
19
|
499
|
29.35
|
12
|
250
|
22.73
|
-36.23
|
37 |
M H Richardson
|
New Zealand
|
65
|
2776
|
3
|
145
|
4
|
44.77
|
21
|
1236
|
0
|
145
|
2
|
58.86
|
17
|
526
|
30.94
|
17
|
716
|
47.73
|
10
|
298
|
33.11
|
-25.75
|
38 |
V Sehwag
|
India
|
180
|
8586
|
6
|
319
|
23
|
49.34
|
46
|
2615
|
1
|
309
|
10
|
58.11
|
58
|
3823
|
65.91
|
42
|
1247
|
29.69
|
34
|
901
|
31.07
|
-27.04
|
39 |
M S Sinclair
|
New Zealand
|
56
|
1635
|
5
|
214
|
3
|
32.06
|
16
|
871
|
1
|
214
|
3
|
58.07
|
17
|
348
|
21.75
|
12
|
182
|
16.55
|
11
|
234
|
26.00
|
-32.07
|
40 |
G S A Sobers
|
West Indies
|
160
|
8032
|
21
|
365*
|
26
|
57.78
|
56
|
2898
|
6
|
178*
|
11
|
57.96
|
37
|
2211
|
61.42
|
48
|
2316
|
57.90
|
19
|
607
|
46.69
|
-11.27
|
41 |
A K Markram*
|
South Africa
|
67
|
2398
|
1
|
152
|
7
|
36.33
|
19
|
1094
|
0
|
152
|
4
|
57.58
|
18
|
361
|
20.06
|
18
|
511
|
28.39
|
12
|
432
|
39.27
|
-18.31
|
42 |
A F Rae
|
West Indies
|
24
|
1016
|
2
|
109
|
4
|
46.18
|
10
|
574
|
0
|
109
|
4
|
57.40
|
5
|
109
|
21.80
|
5
|
189
|
37.80
|
4
|
144
|
72.00
|
14.60
|
43 |
R Dravid
|
India
|
286
|
13288
|
32
|
270
|
36
|
52.31
|
75
|
4121
|
3
|
222
|
15
|
57.24
|
89
|
4984
|
60.78
|
65
|
2608
|
42.75
|
57
|
1575
|
40.38
|
-16.85
|
44 |
M J Clarke
|
Australia
|
198
|
8643
|
22
|
329*
|
28
|
49.11
|
67
|
3601
|
4
|
230
|
14
|
57.16
|
48
|
2385
|
53.00
|
59
|
1987
|
42.28
|
24
|
670
|
31.90
|
-25.25
|
45 |
N S Sidhu
|
India
|
78
|
3202
|
2
|
201
|
9
|
42.13
|
24
|
1370
|
0
|
124
|
6
|
57.08
|
26
|
911
|
36.44
|
12
|
568
|
51.64
|
16
|
353
|
22.06
|
-35.02
|
46 |
J H Kallis
|
South Africa
|
280
|
13289
|
40
|
224
|
45
|
55.37
|
80
|
4317
|
4
|
224
|
20
|
56.80
|
86
|
4246
|
53.08
|
67
|
3394
|
65.27
|
47
|
1332
|
41.63
|
-15.18
|
47 |
R G Pollock
|
South Africa
|
41
|
2256
|
4
|
274
|
7
|
60.97
|
14
|
794
|
0
|
274
|
3
|
56.71
|
9
|
692
|
76.89
|
15
|
628
|
48.31
|
3
|
142
|
142.00
|
85.29
|
48 |
J B Hobbs
|
England
|
102
|
5410
|
7
|
211
|
15
|
56.95
|
23
|
1247
|
1
|
187
|
3
|
56.68
|
37
|
2503
|
67.65
|
19
|
681
|
35.84
|
23
|
979
|
57.59
|
0.91
|
49 |
Azhar Ali*
|
Pakistan
|
180
|
7142
|
11
|
302*
|
19
|
42.26
|
43
|
2315
|
2
|
302*
|
8
|
56.46
|
54
|
2280
|
43.85
|
40
|
1585
|
40.64
|
43
|
962
|
26.00
|
-30.46
|
50 |
J Hardstaff
|
England
|
38
|
1636
|
3
|
205*
|
4
|
46.74
|
13
|
675
|
1
|
169*
|
2
|
56.25
|
10
|
614
|
76.75
|
12
|
287
|
23.92
|
3
|
60
|
20.00
|
-36.25
|
51 |
G P Howarth
|
New Zealand
|
83
|
2531
|
5
|
147
|
6
|
32.45
|
17
|
842
|
2
|
137*
|
3
|
56.13
|
30
|
895
|
30.86
|
18
|
537
|
33.56
|
18
|
257
|
14.28
|
-41.86
|
52 |
M J Prior
|
England
|
123
|
4099
|
21
|
131*
|
7
|
40.19
|
39
|
1735
|
8
|
131*
|
3
|
55.97
|
37
|
1053
|
30.09
|
30
|
803
|
34.91
|
17
|
508
|
39.08
|
-16.89
|
53 |
D L Houghton
|
Zimbabwe
|
36
|
1464
|
2
|
266
|
4
|
43.06
|
10
|
559
|
0
|
266
|
2
|
55.90
|
12
|
559
|
50.82
|
9
|
286
|
35.75
|
5
|
60
|
12.00
|
-43.90
|
54 |
Zaheer Abbas
|
Pakistan
|
124
|
5062
|
11
|
274
|
12
|
44.80
|
43
|
2173
|
4
|
274
|
6
|
55.72
|
34
|
1804
|
56.38
|
32
|
792
|
27.31
|
15
|
293
|
22.54
|
-33.18
|
55 |
T M Head*
|
Australia
|
81
|
3173
|
5
|
175
|
7
|
41.75
|
26
|
1444
|
0
|
175
|
5
|
55.54
|
22
|
797
|
36.23
|
22
|
608
|
32.00
|
11
|
324
|
36.00
|
-19.54
|
56 |
F du Plessis
|
South Africa
|
118
|
4163
|
14
|
199
|
10
|
40.03
|
32
|
1496
|
5
|
137
|
5
|
55.41
|
36
|
1216
|
34.74
|
25
|
887
|
42.24
|
25
|
564
|
26.86
|
-28.55
|
57 |
K C Sangakkara
|
Sri Lanka
|
233
|
12400
|
17
|
319
|
38
|
57.41
|
68
|
3633
|
2
|
319
|
11
|
55.05
|
65
|
4198
|
67.71
|
65
|
3406
|
56.77
|
35
|
1163
|
41.54
|
-13.51
|
58 |
L R P L Taylor*
|
New Zealand
|
196
|
7683
|
24
|
290
|
19
|
44.67
|
53
|
2640
|
5
|
217*
|
9
|
55.00
|
59
|
2376
|
43.20
|
48
|
1615
|
39.39
|
36
|
1052
|
37.57
|
-17.43
|
59 |
J P Crawley
|
England
|
61
|
1800
|
9
|
156*
|
4
|
34.62
|
15
|
660
|
3
|
156*
|
2
|
55.00
|
20
|
483
|
25.42
|
15
|
449
|
37.42
|
11
|
208
|
23.11
|
-31.89
|
60 |
M L Hayden
|
Australia
|
184
|
8625
|
14
|
380
|
30
|
50.74
|
52
|
2858
|
0
|
380
|
10
|
54.96
|
51
|
2295
|
45.00
|
42
|
2185
|
53.29
|
39
|
1287
|
49.50
|
-5.46
|
|
|