PLAYER CAREER

Donald Bradman

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Australia1928–1948

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	51	80	69	76	1928-11-30	1948-08-14

52Internationals

6,996Career runs

29Centuries

2Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 52
Innings: 80
Runs: 6,996
Average: 99.94
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 334
Not outs: 10
100s: 29
50s: 13
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: 6
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 52
Innings: 9
Balls: 160
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 72
Wickets: 2
Average: 36.00
Economy: 2.70
Strike rate: 80.00
Best innings: 1/8
Best match: 1/15
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 52
Innings: 99
Catches: 32
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 32
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 32
Dismissals / inns: 0.323
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

53 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1948-08-14	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 149 runs
1948-07-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1948-07-08	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1948-06-24	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 409 runs
1948-06-10	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1948-02-06	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 177 runs
1948-01-23	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 16 runs
1948-01-01	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by 233 runs
1947-12-12	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn
1947-11-28	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 226 runs
1947-02-28	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1947-01-31	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn

Australia

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1928210 runs
1929258 runs
1930978 runs
1931950 runs
1932402 runs
1933293 runs
1934758 runs
1936120 runs
1937690 runs
1938434 runs
1946421 runs
1947457 runs
19481,025 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19301 wickets
19310 wickets
19331 wickets
19380 wickets
19480 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1948	8	13	1,025	201	113.88	54.87	5	2	—	1	1,868	1	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
1947	5	8	457	185	65.28	51.81	1	3	38	0	882	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1946	2	2	421	234	210.50	59.37	2	0	43	0	709	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1938	4	6	434	144	108.50	50.99	3	1	37	0	851	1	0	N/A	2.57	N/A
1937	3	5	690	270	138.00	66.53	3	0	51	0	1,037	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1936	2	4	120	82	30.00	60.00	0	1	11	0	200	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1934	5	8	758	304	94.75	73.09	2	1	—	4	1,037	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1933	3	6	293	76	48.83	76.70	0	3	41	1	382	3	1	44.00	3.66	72.00
1932	2	3	402	299	402.00	—	2	0	30	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1931	7	9	950	226	105.55	—	5	0	93	0	—	1	0	N/A	2.00	N/A
1930	6	8	978	334	122.25	—	4	0	98	0	—	3	1	16.00	1.60	60.00
1929	2	4	258	123	86.00	45.98	1	1	17	0	561	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1928	2	4	210	112	52.50	38.46	1	1	20	0	546	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1928-11-30
First available scorecard
Test v England · Brisbane
1928-12-29
First century in this archive · 112 runs
Test v England · Melbourne
1930-07-11
Highest recorded innings · 334 runs
Test v England · Leeds
1930-12-12
Best recorded bowling · 1/8
Test v West Indies · Adelaide
1948-08-14
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · The Oval