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Men T20I: Highest batting average

Minimum 20 batting innings


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Virat Kohli	India	48.69	125	117	4,188	4
2	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	47.41	106	93	3,414	—
3	Tilak Varma	India	44.45	59	56	1,645	5
4	Manish Pandey	India	44.31	39	33	709	—
5	Ruturaj Gaikwad	India	39.56	23	20	633	—
6	Babar Azam	Pakistan	38.94	145	136	4,596	—
7	Jean-Paul Duminy	South Africa	38.68	81	75	1,934	21
8	Michael Hussey	Australia	37.94	38	30	721	0
9	Kevin Pietersen	England	37.93	37	36	1,176	1
10	KL Rahul	India	37.75	72	68	2,265	—
11	MS Dhoni	India	37.60	98	85	1,617	—
12	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	37.52	39	34	788	—
13	Rinku Singh	India	36.94	48	35	702	3
14	Dawid Malan	England	36.38	62	60	1,892	1
15	Suryakumar Yadav	India	36.35	113	107	3,272	2
16	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	36.15	23	22	723	0
17	Joe Root	England	35.72	32	30	893	6
18	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	35.66	71	70	2,140	—
19	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	35.53	50	50	1,528	0
20	Devon Conway	New Zealand	35.36	69	63	1,839	—
21	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	35.05	25	23	666	12
22	Tim David	Australia	34.97	74	63	1,679	5
23	Phil Salt	England	34.94	65	60	1,852	—
24	RR Rossouw	South Africa	34.86	29	27	767	—
25	Aaron Finch	Australia	34.28	103	103	3,120	0
26	Harry Brook	England	34.04	68	59	1,532	—
27	Jos Buttler	England	33.96	160	147	4,212	—
28	Brian Bennett	Zimbabwe	33.79	69	69	2,129	9
29	David Miller	South Africa	33.78	140	123	2,804	—
30	Hashim Amla	South Africa	33.60	44	44	1,277	—
31	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	33.52	88	83	2,313	17
32	Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	33.47	57	53	1,406	—
33	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	33.44	93	90	2,575	6
34	David Warner	Australia	33.43	110	110	3,277	—
35	Ibrahim Zadran	Afghanistan	33.30	65	65	1,865	—
36	Cameron White	Australia	32.80	47	44	984	1
37	Farhaan Behardien	South Africa	32.37	38	30	518	3
38	Shreyas Iyer	India	32.15	61	57	1,415	0
39	Rohit Sharma	India	32.05	159	151	4,231	1
40	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	31.81	122	118	3,531	0
41	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	31.76	55	55	1,493	0
42	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	31.75	97	85	2,286	9
43	Aiden Markram	South Africa	31.70	77	73	1,966	16
44	Graeme Smith	South Africa	31.67	33	33	982	0
45	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	31.40	56	53	1,382	—
46	Colin Munro	New Zealand	31.34	65	62	1,724	4
47	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	31.21	124	111	2,435	28
47	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	31.21	90	84	2,279	—
49	Alex Hales	England	30.95	75	75	2,074	—
49	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	30.95	110	109	3,095	—
51	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	30.78	87	70	1,416	53
52	Dewald Brevis	South Africa	30.76	35	33	923	1
53	Abhishek Sharma	India	30.73	56	55	1,629	10
54	Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	30.67	94	93	2,699	—
55	DJM Short	Australia	30.57	23	23	642	3
56	Sahibzada Farhan	Pakistan	30.34	46	45	1,305	—
57	Jacob Bethell	England	30.23	36	32	786	8
58	Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	30.21	52	43	967	0
59	Shai Hope	West Indies	30.05	70	68	1,743	—
60	Jonny Bairstow	England	29.83	80	72	1,671	—
61	Ishan Kishan	India	29.77	55	55	1,608	—
62	Shivam Dube	India	29.65	73	56	1,127	38
63	Najibullah Zadran	Afghanistan	29.51	107	95	1,830	—
64	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	29.29	67	65	1,611	22
65	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	29.25	73	73	2,048	—
66	Shane Watson	Australia	29.24	58	56	1,462	48
67	Suresh Raina	India	29.18	78	66	1,605	13
68	Evin Lewis	West Indies	29.01	67	66	1,799	—
69	Cameron Green	Australia	29.00	28	26	638	14
70	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	28.97	130	118	2,897	51
71	Reeza Hendricks	South Africa	28.78	90	89	2,504	0
72	Towhid Hridoy	Bangladesh	28.75	65	59	1,409	0
73	Finn Allen	New Zealand	28.67	62	61	1,663	—
74	Eoin Morgan	England / Ireland	28.58	115	107	2,458	—
75	Ryan Rickelton	South Africa	28.50	29	29	741	—
76	Ravi Bopara	England	28.44	38	35	711	16
77	Travis Head	Australia	28.40	53	51	1,335	1
78	Salman Butt	Pakistan	28.33	24	23	595	—
79	Tanzid Hasan	Bangladesh	28.31	53	53	1,331	—
80	Hardik Pandya	India	28.24	138	109	2,288	114
81	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	28.19	80	79	1,889	9
82	Shubman Gill	India	28.03	36	36	869	—
83	Yuvraj Singh	India	28.02	58	51	1,177	28
84	Chris Gayle	West Indies	27.92	79	75	1,899	20
84	Shikhar Dhawan	India	27.92	68	66	1,759	—
86	Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	27.76	90	73	1,416	45
87	Ben Duckett	England	27.73	21	21	527	—
88	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	27.61	45	45	1,160	—
89	Moises Henriques	Australia	27.55	28	25	551	7
90	Romario Shepherd	West Indies	27.54	81	57	909	81
91	Gautam Gambhir	India	27.41	37	36	932	—
92	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Pakistan	27.26	61	42	818	—
93	Noor Ali Zadran	Afghanistan	27.13	23	23	597	—
93	Tom Latham	New Zealand	27.13	29	26	597	—
95	Sanju Samson	India	27.01	66	58	1,432	—
96	Kamil Mishara	Sri Lanka	26.95	24	24	566	0
97	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	26.84	104	90	1,879	9
98	Lendl Simmons	West Indies	26.78	68	67	1,527	6
99	Malcolm Waller	Zimbabwe	26.65	32	31	613	0
100	Tim Robinson	New Zealand	26.60	31	28	665	—

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.

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Virat Kohli leads this snapshot. Highest batting average: 48.69. Minimum 20 batting innings. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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