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Men Test: Highest batting average

Minimum 20 batting innings


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Donald Bradman	Australia	99.94	52	80	6,996	2
2	Adam Voges	Australia	61.87	20	31	1,485	0
3	Graeme Pollock	South Africa	60.97	23	41	2,256	4
4	George Headley	West Indies	60.83	22	40	2,190	0
5	Herbert Sutcliffe	England	60.73	54	84	4,555	—
6	Eddie Paynter	England	59.23	20	31	1,540	—
7	Ken Barrington	England	58.67	82	131	6,806	29
8	Everton Weekes	West Indies	58.61	48	81	4,455	1
9	Wally Hammond	England	58.45	85	140	7,249	83
10	Garry Sobers	West Indies	57.78	93	160	8,032	235
11	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	57.40	134	233	12,400	0
12	Jack Hobbs	England	56.94	61	102	5,410	1
13	Clyde Walcott	West Indies	56.68	44	74	3,798	11
14	Leonard Hutton	England	56.67	79	138	6,971	3
15	Steven Smith	Australia	56.00	125	223	10,920	19
16	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	55.37	166	280	13,289	292
17	Ernest Tyldesley	England	55.00	14	20	990	0
18	Charlie Davis	West Indies	54.20	15	29	1,301	2
18	Vinod Kambli	India	54.20	17	21	1,084	—
20	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	54.06	110	195	9,515	30
21	Greg Chappell	Australia	53.86	87	151	7,110	47
22	Dudley Nourse	South Africa	53.81	34	62	2,960	0
23	Sachin Tendulkar	India	53.78	200	329	15,921	46
24	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	53.65	18	32	1,556	3
25	Brian Lara	West Indies	52.88	131	232	11,953	0
26	Harry Brook	England	52.76	40	69	3,535	1
27	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	52.57	124	189	8,832	17
28	Rahul Dravid	India	52.31	164	286	13,288	1
29	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	52.29	90	156	7,530	0
30	Younis Khan	Pakistan	52.05	118	213	10,099	9
31	Ricky Ponting	Australia	51.85	168	287	13,378	5
32	Jack Ryder	Australia	51.62	20	32	1,394	17
33	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	51.54	63	112	4,794	0
34	Michael Hussey	Australia	51.52	79	137	6,235	7
35	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	51.37	164	280	11,867	9
36	Sunil Gavaskar	India	51.12	125	214	10,122	1
37	Steve Waugh	Australia	51.06	168	260	10,927	92
38	Matthew Hayden	Australia	50.73	103	184	8,625	0
39	AB de Villiers	South Africa	50.66	114	191	8,765	2
40	Allan Border	Australia	50.56	156	265	11,174	39
41	Joe Root	England	50.38	168	307	14,208	74
42	Viv Richards	West Indies	50.23	121	182	8,540	32
43	Denis Compton	England	50.06	78	131	5,807	25
44	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	49.84	149	252	11,814	6
45	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	49.60	120	200	8,830	0
46	Frank Worrell	West Indies	49.48	51	87	3,860	69
47	Phil Mead	England	49.37	17	26	1,185	—
48	Virender Sehwag	India	49.34	104	180	8,586	40
49	Abid Ali	Pakistan	49.16	16	26	1,180	—
50	Michael Clarke	Australia	49.10	115	198	8,643	31
51	Colin Bland	South Africa	49.08	21	39	1,669	2
52	Bruce Mitchell	South Africa	48.88	42	80	3,471	27
53	Stanley Jackson	England	48.79	20	33	1,415	24
54	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	48.76	81	132	5,462	15
55	Neil Harvey	Australia	48.41	79	137	6,149	3
56	Doug Walters	Australia	48.26	74	125	5,357	49
57	Graeme Smith	South Africa	48.25	117	205	9,265	8
58	Bill Ponsford	Australia	48.22	29	48	2,122	—
59	Stan McCabe	Australia	48.21	39	62	2,748	36
60	Douglas Jardine	England	48.00	22	33	1,296	0
61	Ted Dexter	England	47.89	62	102	4,502	66
62	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	47.82	24	44	1,865	11
63	Geoff Boycott	England	47.72	108	193	8,114	7
64	Vijay Hazare	India	47.65	30	52	2,192	20
65	Patsy Hendren	England	47.63	51	83	3,525	1
66	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	47.60	96	137	5,570	—
66	Seymour Nurse	West Indies	47.60	29	54	2,523	0
68	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies	47.53	79	137	6,227	0
69	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	47.49	31	57	2,612	0
70	Kevin Pietersen	England	47.28	104	181	8,181	10
71	Bill Lawry	Australia	47.15	67	123	5,234	0
72	Raman Subba Row	England	46.85	13	22	984	0
72	Virat Kohli	India	46.85	123	210	9,230	0
74	Bob Cowper	Australia	46.84	27	46	2,061	36
75	Bill Brown	Australia	46.82	22	35	1,592	—
76	Bob Simpson	Australia	46.81	62	111	4,869	71
77	Peter May	England	46.77	66	106	4,537	—
78	Joe Hardstaff	England	46.74	23	38	1,636	—
79	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	46.67	110	175	7,515	10
80	Hashim Amla	South Africa	46.64	124	215	9,282	0
81	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	46.62	75	132	5,222	—
82	Lindsay Hassett	Australia	46.56	43	69	3,073	0
83	Dean Jones	Australia	46.55	52	89	3,631	1
84	Arthur Morris	Australia	46.48	46	79	3,533	2
85	Damien Martyn	Australia	46.37	67	109	4,406	2
86	Jack Robertson	England	46.36	11	21	881	2
87	Dennis Amiss	England	46.30	50	88	3,612	—
88	John Reid	New Zealand	46.28	19	31	1,296	0
89	Phil Sharpe	England	46.23	12	21	786	—
90	Allan Rae	West Indies	46.18	15	24	1,016	—
91	Maurice Leyland	England	46.06	41	65	2,764	6
92	Bill Woodfull	Australia	46.00	35	54	2,300	—
93	VVS Laxman	India	45.97	134	225	8,781	2
94	Eddie Barlow	South Africa	45.74	30	57	2,516	40
95	Norm O'Neill	Australia	45.55	42	69	2,779	17
96	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	45.52	55	91	4,052	0
97	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	45.36	77	131	5,444	14
98	Alastair Cook	England	45.35	161	291	12,472	1
99	Rahmat Shah	Afghanistan	45.34	12	23	1,043	1
100	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	45.27	101	176	7,289	2

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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Donald Bradman leads this snapshot. Highest batting average: 99.94. Minimum 20 batting innings. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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