Best Averages – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best averages in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
ODIAll-time500 entries
163.50Ryan ten DoeschateNED3.97 clear of Shubman Gill
259.53Shubman GillIND3.97 off the lead
358.65Virat KohliIND4.85 off the lead
● LEADS
Ryan ten DoeschateNED
63.50 · 3.97 ahead of Gill
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
51.93
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Ryan ten DoeschateNED63.50
2Shubman GillIND59.53
3Virat KohliIND58.65
4Daryl MitchellNZ56.75
5Dawid MalanENG55.77
6Michael BevanAUS53.58
7AB de VilliersSA53.50
8Babar AzamPAK52.51
9Ibrahim ZadranAFG52.40
10KL RahulIND51.93
11Jonathan TrottENG51.25
12Shai HopeWI51.16
13Rassie van der DussenSA50.60
14MS DhoniIND50.58
15Joe RootENG50.15
16Anshuman RathHK49.69
17Hashim AmlaSA49.47
18Rohit SharmaIND48.98
19Kane WilliamsonNZ48.70
20David HempBER48.50
21Michael HusseyAUS48.16
22Zaheer AbbasPAK47.63
23Ross TaylorNZ47.55
24Faf du PlessisSA47.47
25Ambati RayuduIND47.06
26Glenn TurnerNZ47.00
26Sir Viv RichardsWI47.00
27Imam-ul-HaqPAK46.42
28Ben DuckettENG45.91
29Tom CooperNED45.50
30David WarnerAUS45.31
31Shreyas IyerIND45.26
32Quinton de KockSA45.26
33Gordon GreenidgeWI45.04
34Fakhar ZamanPAK44.90
35Sachin TendulkarIND44.83
36Dean JonesAUS44.62
37Michael ClarkeAUS44.59
38Jacques KallisSA44.36
39Shikhar DhawanIND44.11
40Haris SohailPAK44.08
41Salman AghaPAK43.92
42Matthew HaydenAUS43.81
43Heinrich KlaasenSA43.69
44Travis HeadAUS43.64
45Misbah-ul-HaqPAK43.41
46Devon ConwayNZ43.38
47Temba BavumaSA43.36
48Steven SmithAUS43.28
49Jonny BairstowENG43.18
50David MillerSA42.90
51Imad WasimPAK42.87
52Gerhard ErasmusNAM42.84
53Ramnaresh SarwanWI42.68
54Aqib SulehriOMN42.40
55James TaylorENG42.24
56Boeta DippenaarSA42.23
57Kedar JadhavIND42.09
58Ricky PontingAUS42.04
59Usman KhawajaAUS42.00
60Kumar SangakkaraSL41.99
61Rachin RavindraNZ41.88
62Harry TectorIRE41.81
63Martin GuptillNZ41.74
64Mohammad YousufPAK41.72
65Javed MiandadPAK41.70
66Kyle CoetzerSCO41.69
67Shiv ChanderpaulWI41.60
68Desmond HaynesWI41.38
69Janith LiyanageSL41.34
70Ben StokesENG41.23
71Lance KlusenerSA41.10
72Sourav GangulyIND41.02
73Brandon McMullenSCO40.95
74Gary KirstenSA40.95
75Damien MartynAUS40.81
76Mohammad RizwanPAK40.81
77Shaun MarshAUS40.78
78Kevin PietersenENG40.73
79George BaileyAUS40.59
80Shane WatsonAUS40.54
81Harry BrookENG40.50
82Brian LaraWI40.49
83Charith AsalankaSL40.49
84Nick KnightENG40.41
85Glenn PhillipsNZ40.38
86Fawad AlamPAK40.25
87Keacy CartyWI40.20
88Greg ChappellAUS40.19
89Angelo MathewsSL40.14
90Chris BroadENG40.03
91Jason RoyENG40.02
92Geoff MarshAUS39.97
93Babar HayatHK39.87
94Andrew SymondsAUS39.75
95Gautam GambhirIND39.68
96Nicholas PooranWI39.66
97Pathum NissankaSL39.64
98Clive LloydWI39.54
99Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG39.53
100Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK39.53
101Ishan KishanIND39.50
102Neil FairbrotherENG39.47
103Mohammad NadeemOMN39.40
104Cameron GreenAUS39.38
105Mark WaughAUS39.35
106Khurram KhanUAE39.33
107Allan LambENG39.31
108Tillakaratne DilshanSL39.27
109Saeed AnwarPAK39.22
110Graham YallopAUS39.19
111Rahul DravidIND39.17
112Jos ButtlerENG39.16
113Eoin MorganENG39.15
114Steve SmithAUS39.14
115Mark ChapmanHK39.06
116Robin SmithENG39.02
117Darren LehmannAUS38.96
118Tony de ZorziSA38.91
119Aaron FinchAUS38.89
120Roger TwoseNZ38.81
121Rilee RossouwSA38.72
122Hansie CronjeSA38.65
123Martin CroweNZ38.56
124Alex HalesENG38.40
125Gavin HamiltonENG38.24
126Vriitya AravindUAE38.22
127Mitchell MarshAUS38.15
128Peter KirstenSA38.03
129Graeme SmithSA37.98
130Scott EdwardsNED37.88
131Ian BellENG37.87
132Chris GayleWI37.86
133Sikandar RazaZIM37.79
134Marvan AtapattuSL37.57
135Sean WilliamsZIM37.53
136Neil McKenzieSA37.51
137Evin LewisWI37.51
138Ajay JadejaIND37.48
139Majid KhanPAK37.43
140Graeme HickENG37.34
141Ed JoyceENG37.33
142George MunseySCO37.33
143Shakib Al HasanBAN37.29
144Asif KhanUAE37.27
145Graham ThorpeENG37.19
146Navjot SidhuIND37.08
147Marcus TrescothickENG37.06
148David BoonAUS37.04
149Curtis CampherIRE37.00
150Graham GoochENG36.98
151Paul StirlingIRE36.97
152Mohammad AzharuddinIND36.92
153Azhar AliPAK36.90
154Yasir HameedPAK36.87
155Salman ButtPAK36.82
156Calum MacLeodSCO36.82
157Jean-Paul DuminySA36.81
158Preston MommsenSCO36.79
159Aaron JonesUSA36.77
160Saleem ElahiPAK36.72
161Tamim IqbalBAN36.65
162Yuvraj SinghIND36.56
163Gajanand SinghUSA36.52
164Neil JohnsonZIM36.50
165MahmudullahBAN36.47
166Mushfiqur RahimBAN36.43
167Andrew StraussENG36.42
168Alastair CookENG36.41
168Sharad VesawkarNEP36.41
169Danushka GunathilakaSL36.36
170Ashish BagaiCAN36.34
171Monank PatelUSA36.18
172Sherfane RutherfordWI36.17
173Herschelle GibbsSA36.13
174Geoff BoycottENG36.07
175Aiden MarkramSA35.99
176Michael BracewellNZ35.93
177Rahmanullah GurbazAFG35.93
178Phillip HughesAUS35.91
179Adam GilchristAUS35.89
180Arjuna RanatungaSL35.85
181Simon KatichAUS35.78
182Will JacksENG35.77
183Andrew JonesNZ35.69
184Jacques RudolphSA35.58
185Kusal MendisSL35.57
186Tanmay MishraKEN35.56
187Max O'DowdNED35.49
188Brendan TaylorZIM35.40
189Andy FlowerZIM35.34
190Carl HooperWI35.34
191Will YoungNZ35.33
192Suresh RainaIND35.31
193Russel ArnoldSL35.27
194Michael van LingenNAM35.26
195Ajinkya RahaneIND35.26
196Fraser WattsSCO35.24
197Paul CollingwoodENG35.21
198Sunil GavaskarIND35.14
199Rahmat ShahAFG35.13
200Jonty RhodesSA35.12
201Mike AthertonENG35.12
202Ashwell PrinceSA35.10
203Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN35.10
204Virender SehwagIND35.06
205Alex CareyAUS35.03
206Nathan AstleNZ34.93
207Aravinda de SilvaSL34.90
208Dilip VengsarkarIND34.73
209Lahiru ThirimanneSL34.72
210Marnus LabuschagneAUS34.65
211Shoaib MalikPAK34.64
212Alvin KallicharranWI34.42
213James FaulknerAUS34.40
214Mohammad ShahzadAFG34.39
215Shaiman AnwarUAE34.38
216Kepler WesselsAUS34.36
217Umar AkmalPAK34.34
218Basit AliPAK34.19
219Rameez ShahzadUAE34.18
220Tom LathamNZ34.13
221Grant ElliottNZ34.07
222Bhim SharkiNEP34.00
223Cameron WhiteAUS33.97
224Jacob BethellENG33.90
225Glenn MaxwellAUS33.81
226Runako MortonWI33.76
227Upul TharangaSL33.71
228Graeme WoodAUS33.62
229Ayaan KhanOMN33.58
230Sarfraz AhmedPAK33.54
231Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG33.53
232Grant FlowerZIM33.53
233Rishabh PantIND33.50
234Towhid HridoyBAN33.47
235Sam BillingsENG33.43
236Imran NiaziBHR33.41
237Sir Richie RichardsonWI33.41
238Marlon SamuelsWI33.41
239Mahela JayawardeneSL33.38
240Richie BerringtonSCO33.35
241Hemang BadaniIND33.35
242Sanjay ManjrekarIND33.23
243Jesse RyderNZ33.22
244Craig ErvineZIM33.11
245Matt MachanSCO33.00
246Daryll CullinanSA32.99
247Mohammad HafeezPAK32.98
248Alexei KervezeeNED32.93
249Steve WaughAUS32.91
250Saleem MalikPAK32.89
251Shoaib KhanOMN32.85
252Hardik PandyaIND32.83
253John DysonAUS32.83
254Assad ValaPNG32.80
255David HusseyAUS32.65
256Avishka FernandoSL32.60
257Vinod KambliIND32.59
258Irfan KarimKEN32.57
259Ahmed ShehzadPAK32.56
260Peter FultonNZ32.54
261Scott StyrisNZ32.49
262Sharjeel KhanPAK32.48
263Colin IngramSA32.42
264Stephen FlemingNZ32.41
265Stuart WilliamsWI32.37
266Sanath JayasuriyaSL32.36
267Sadeera SamarawickramaSL32.36
268Ijaz AhmedPAK32.33
269Shimron HetmyerWI32.31
270Ravindra JadejaIND32.28
271Mark TaylorAUS32.24
272Lionel CannBER32.21
273Ramiz RajaPAK32.09
274Rohit PaudelNEP32.07
275Kamindu MendisSL32.07
276Neil McCallumSCO32.05
277Andy BalbirnieIRE32.03
278Imrul KayesBAN32.03
279Andrew FlintoffENG32.02
280Mohammad KaifIND32.01
281Henry NichollsNZ31.99
282Soumya SarkarBAN31.97
283Eric SzwarczynskiNED31.94
284Phil SaltENG31.87
285Aamer SohailPAK31.87
286Paras KhadkaNEP31.79
287Alec StewartENG31.60
288Dinesh ChandimalSL31.60
289Lendl SimmonsWI31.58
290William PorterfieldIRE31.54
291Brad HaddinAUS31.54
292Nasir JamshedPAK31.51
293Justin KempSA31.50
294Roy DiasSL31.46
295Niroshan DickwellaSL31.45
296Shahriar NafeesBAN31.44
297Bill AtheyENG31.41
298Dimuth KarunaratneSL31.33
299John DavisonCAN31.31
300Vikramjit SinghNED31.29
301Younis KhanPAK31.25
302Liam LivingstoneENG31.07
303Graeme FowlerENG31.00
304Jatinder SinghOMN30.79
305Kashyap PrajapatiOMN30.78
306David GowerENG30.78
307VVS LaxmanIND30.76
308Bruce EdgarNZ30.75
309Kusal PereraSL30.74
310Jeremy ConeyNZ30.72
311Imran FarhatPAK30.70
312Farhaan BehardienSA30.69
313Allan BorderAUS30.63
314Ravi BoparaENG30.63
315Owais ShahENG30.57
316Mohinder AmarnathIND30.54
317Alistair CampbellZIM30.50
318Brendon McCullumNZ30.42
319Wesley BarresiNED30.30
320Nasser HussainENG30.29
321Dinesh KarthikIND30.21
322Darren BravoWI30.18
323Muhammad UsmanUAE30.18
324Litton DasBAN30.16
325Kevin O'BrienIRE30.13
326Craig KieswetterENG30.11
327Shamarh BrooksWI30.07
328Sohaib MaqsoodPAK30.04
329Swapnil PatilUAE30.03
330Ian BillcliffCAN30.00
331Josh InglisAUS29.90
332Abdul RazzaqPAK29.71
333Bruce LairdAUS29.70
334Niall O'BrienIRE29.68
335Jimmy HansraCAN29.67
336Ken RutherfordNZ29.65
337Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN29.64
338Aasif SheikhNEP29.63
339Hashan TillakaratneSL29.60
340Darron ReekersNED29.52
341Mike GattingENG29.51
342Roshan MahanamaSL29.50
343Abdullah ShafiquePAK29.48
344Chris CairnsNZ29.46
345Andrew HudsonSA29.41
346Anamul HaqueBAN29.39
347Tatenda TaibuZIM29.25
348Nasir HossainBAN29.11
349Not on recordNAM29.11
350Craig WilliamsNAM29.11
351Jamie HowNZ29.06
352Ravi ShastriIND29.05
353Aayan Afzal KhanUAE29.04
354Kris SrikkanthIND29.01
355Chris HarrisNZ29.00
355Thilina KandambySL29.00
356Nizakat KhanHK28.98
357Gus LogieWI28.96
358Phil SimmonsWI28.94
359Larry GomesWI28.88
360Chamara SilvaSL28.85
360Nawroz MangalAFG28.85
361Steve TikoloKEN28.73
362Muhammad WaseemUAE28.72
363Jimmy AdamsWI28.62
364Mark BoucherSA28.57
365Shadab KhanPAK28.53
366Wavell HindsWI28.51
367Karim SadiqAFG28.50
368Najibullah ZadranAFG28.49
369Yashpal SharmaIND28.48
370Avishka GunawardeneSL28.47
371Abdool SamadCAN28.46
372Gulsan JhaNEP28.43
373Mathew SinclairNZ28.35
374Samiullah ShenwariAFG28.32
375Heath StreakZIM28.30
376Teja NidamanuruNED28.29
377Mark GreatbatchNZ28.28
378Asanka GurusinhaSL28.28
379Alex ObandaKEN28.24
380James NeeshamNZ28.21
381Craig McMillanNZ28.19
382Not on recordNAM28.16
383Aaron JohnsonCAN28.14
384Sadagoppan RameshIND28.09
385James VinceENG28.00
386Dinesh MongiaIND27.95
387Ravi ShahKEN27.89
388Chundangapoyil RizwanUAE27.88
389Mohammad NabiAFG27.83
390Raqibul HasanBAN27.83
391Tim PaineAUS27.81
392Thilan SamaraweeraSL27.81
393Corey AndersonNZ27.73
394Finn AllenNZ27.71
395Chris TavaréENG27.69
396Hamilton MasakadzaZIM27.68
397Stuart CarlisleZIM27.68
398Bas de LeedeNED27.64
399Tanzid HasanBAN27.62
400John ReidNZ27.52
401Chirag SuriUAE27.47
402Mohammad MithunBAN27.46
403Afif HossainBAN27.44
404Hamish MarshallNZ27.43
405Khawar AliOMN27.41
406Greg RitchieAUS27.40
407Asela GunaratneSL27.38
407Mike RindelSA27.38
408Brandon KingWI27.38
409Amjad AliUAE27.34
410Kushal MallaNEP27.29
411Jamie AtkinsonHK27.27
412Sunil DhaniramCAN27.27
413Andre RussellWI27.21
414Steven TaylorUSA27.21
415Michael VaughanENG27.15
416Murray GoodwinZIM27.13
417Lou VincentNZ27.11
418JJ SmitNAM27.10
419Naeem IslamBAN27.08
420Reeza HendricksSA27.06
421Yusuf PathanIND27.00
421Raman LambaIND27.00
422Marco JansenSA26.96
423Neil BroomNZ26.94
424Usman GhaniAFG26.90
425Sarel BurgerNAM26.89
426Stuart LawAUS26.89
427Mohsin KhanHK26.81
428Sushant ModaniUSA26.81
429Collins ObuyaKEN26.76
430Vikram SolankiENG26.76
431Mitchell SantnerNZ26.71
432Marcus StoinisAUS26.70
433Nicky BojeSA26.68
434Derek RandallENG26.68
435Faoud BacchusWI26.61
435Innocent KaiaZIM26.61
436Colin de GrandhommeNZ26.50
436Johnson CharlesWI26.50
437John WrightNZ26.47
438Shaun PollockSA26.46
439Dave HoughtonZIM26.38
440Noor Ali ZadranAFG26.36
441Roston ChaseWI26.33
442Matthew WadeAUS26.30
443Sherwin CampbellWI26.24
444Narsingh DeonarineWI26.23
445Peter BorrenNED26.19
446Stephan MyburghNED26.16
447Kamran AkmalPAK26.10
448Maurice OdumbeKEN26.09
449Keith ArthurtonWI26.08
450Asif MujtabaPAK26.05
451Kieron PollardWI26.02
452Robin SinghIND25.96
453Robin UthappaIND25.94
454Sean ErvineZIM25.85
455Suryakumar YadavIND25.77
456Jeff CroweNZ25.73
457Adam ParoreNZ25.69
458Dhananjaya de SilvaSL25.65
459Ryan WatsonSCO25.64
460Sabbir RahmanBAN25.63
461Geoff BarnettCAN25.61
462Zane GreenNAM25.57
463Daren GangaWI25.55
464Kennedy OtienoKEN25.46
465Ghulam ShabberUAE25.44
465Sandeep GoudOMN25.44
466Colin MunroNZ25.42
467Bas ZuiderentNED25.40
468Kyle MayersWI25.38
469Gary WilsonIRE25.38
470Dwayne BravoWI25.37
471Irving RomaineBER25.35
472Simon O'DonnellAUS25.35
473Aamer MalikPAK25.27
474Mudassar NazarPAK25.27
475Adam HollioakeENG25.25
476Elton ChigumburaZIM25.23
477Jan Nicol Loftie-EatonNAM25.20
478Matthew CrossSCO25.08
479Geraint JonesENG25.08
480James HopesAUS25.02
481Denesh RamdinWI25.00
482Darren SammyWI24.95
483Steven OuterbridgeBER24.93
484Michael LeaskSCO24.93
485BJ WatlingNZ24.91
486Ryan BurlZIM24.85
487John MooneyIRE24.82
488Ricardo PowellWI24.82
489Basil HameedUAE24.82
490Rakep PatelKEN24.82
491Josh DaveySCO24.79
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