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Men ODI: Highest batting average

Minimum 20 batting innings


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Shubman Gill	India	60.33	67	66	3,379	0
2	Virat Kohli	India	58.59	314	302	14,941	5
3	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	57.36	62	57	2,811	14
4	Dawid Malan	England	55.76	30	30	1,450	1
5	Michael Bevan	Australia	53.58	232	196	6,912	36
6	AB de Villiers	South Africa	53.50	228	218	9,577	7
7	Babar Azam	Pakistan	53.43	143	140	6,626	—
8	Jonathan Trott	England	51.25	68	65	2,819	2
9	Joe Root	England	51.15	192	181	7,826	30
10	MS Dhoni	India	50.57	350	297	10,773	1
11	Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	50.13	71	65	2,657	1
12	Shai Hope	West Indies	50.09	155	149	6,312	—
13	Hashim Amla	South Africa	49.46	181	178	8,113	—
14	KL Rahul	India	49.44	98	90	3,412	—
15	Ibrahim Zadran	Afghanistan	49.06	46	46	2,110	—
16	Rohit Sharma	India	48.95	288	280	11,895	9
17	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	48.69	175	167	7,256	37
18	Michael Hussey	Australia	48.15	185	157	5,442	2
19	Janneman Malan	South Africa	47.90	23	22	958	—
20	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	47.62	62	60	2,572	7
21	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	47.55	236	220	8,607	0
22	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	47.47	143	136	5,507	2
23	Ambati Rayudu	India	47.05	55	50	1,694	3
24	Imam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	47.04	75	74	3,152	—
25	Glenn Turner	New Zealand	47.00	41	40	1,598	0
25	Viv Richards	West Indies	47.00	187	167	6,721	118
27	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	46.55	161	161	7,123	—
28	Adam Voges	Australia	45.78	31	28	870	6
29	Shreyas Iyer	India	45.44	82	76	3,136	0
30	Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	45.42	92	91	3,861	1
31	David Warner	Australia	45.30	161	159	6,932	0
32	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	45.03	128	127	5,134	1
33	Janith Liyanage	Sri Lanka	44.95	36	30	1,034	3
34	Haris Sohail	Pakistan	44.84	45	44	1,749	11
35	Sachin Tendulkar	India	44.83	463	452	18,426	154
36	Harry Tector	Ireland	44.63	58	53	2,098	5
37	Dean Jones	Australia	44.61	164	161	6,068	3
38	Michael Clarke	Australia	44.58	245	223	7,981	57
39	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	44.36	328	314	11,579	273
40	Shikhar Dhawan	India	44.11	167	164	6,793	—
41	Matthew Hayden	Australia	43.80	161	155	6,133	0
42	Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	43.69	60	56	2,141	0
43	Travis Head	Australia	43.57	79	76	3,007	28
44	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	43.40	162	149	5,122	0
45	Devon Conway	New Zealand	43.38	43	42	1,692	—
46	Steven Smith	Australia	43.28	170	154	5,800	28
47	Jonny Bairstow	England	42.97	107	98	3,868	—
48	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	42.86	55	40	986	44
49	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	42.67	181	169	5,804	16
50	Ishan Kishan	India	42.57	32	28	1,107	—
51	Ben Duckett	England	42.47	37	37	1,529	—
52	Temba Bavuma	South Africa	42.39	55	53	2,035	0
53	Salman Agha	Pakistan	42.32	53	45	1,566	20
54	David Miller	South Africa	42.30	178	154	4,611	—
55	Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	42.23	107	95	3,421	—
55	James Taylor	England	42.23	27	26	887	—
57	Charith Asalanka	Sri Lanka	42.10	85	76	2,779	19
58	Kedar Jadhav	India	42.09	73	52	1,389	27
59	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	42.06	47	39	1,262	16
60	Ricky Ponting	Australia	42.03	375	365	13,704	3
61	Usman Khawaja	Australia	42.00	40	39	1,554	—
62	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	41.98	404	380	14,234	—
63	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	41.88	39	35	1,424	21
64	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	41.73	198	195	7,346	4
65	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	41.71	288	273	9,720	1
66	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	41.70	233	218	7,381	7
67	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	41.60	268	251	8,778	14
68	Callum Ferguson	Australia	41.43	30	25	663	—
69	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	41.37	238	237	8,648	0
70	Ben Stokes	England	41.22	114	99	3,463	74
70	Keacy Carty	West Indies	41.22	53	49	1,814	0
72	Cameron Green	Australia	41.13	37	33	946	21
73	Lance Klusener	South Africa	41.10	171	137	3,576	192
74	Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	41.08	79	78	2,999	—
75	Sourav Ganguly	India	41.02	311	300	11,363	100
76	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	40.95	185	185	6,798	0
77	Damien Martyn	Australia	40.80	208	182	5,346	12
77	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	40.80	103	94	2,979	—
79	Shaun Marsh	Australia	40.77	73	72	2,773	—
80	Kevin Pietersen	England	40.73	136	125	4,440	7
81	George Bailey	Australia	40.58	90	85	3,044	—
82	Shane Watson	Australia	40.54	190	169	5,757	168
83	Brian Lara	West Indies	40.48	299	289	10,405	4
84	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan	40.45	48	40	1,254	52
85	Nick Knight	England	40.41	100	100	3,637	—
86	Fawad Alam	Pakistan	40.25	38	36	966	5
87	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	40.24	226	195	5,916	126
88	Greg Chappell	Australia	40.18	74	72	2,331	72
89	Chris Broad	England	40.02	34	34	1,361	0
90	Geoff Marsh	Australia	39.97	117	115	4,357	0
91	Jason Roy	England	39.91	116	110	4,271	—
92	Keith Fletcher	England	39.84	24	22	757	—
93	Andrew Symonds	Australia	39.75	198	161	5,088	133
94	Gautam Gambhir	India	39.68	147	143	5,238	0
95	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	39.66	61	58	1,983	6
96	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	39.54	87	69	1,977	8
97	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	39.52	378	350	11,739	3
98	Neil Fairbrother	England	39.47	75	71	2,092	0
99	Mark Waugh	Australia	39.35	244	236	8,500	85
100	Allan Lamb	England	39.31	122	118	4,010	0

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Shubman Gill leads this snapshot. Highest batting average: 60.33. Minimum 20 batting innings. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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