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 DoeschateNED2.54 clear of Shubman Gill
260.96Shubman GillIND2.54 off the lead
358.79Virat KohliIND4.71 off the lead
● LEADS
Ryan ten DoeschateNED
63.50 · 2.54 ahead of Gill
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
51.50
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Ryan ten DoeschateNED63.50
2Shubman GillIND60.96
3Virat KohliIND58.79
4Daryl MitchellNZ57.37
5Dawid MalanENG55.77
6Babar AzamPAK53.65
7Michael BevanAUS53.58
8AB de VilliersSA53.50
9Ibrahim ZadranAFG51.93
10KL RahulIND51.50
11Jonathan TrottENG51.25
12Shai HopeWI51.16
13Rassie van der DussenSA50.60
14MS DhoniIND50.58
15Joe RootENG50.43
16Anshuman RathHK49.69
17Hashim AmlaSA49.47
18Rohit SharmaIND49.29
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
26Salman AghaPAK47.00
27Imam-ul-HaqPAK46.42
28Shreyas IyerIND45.94
29Tom CooperNED45.50
30Fakhar ZamanPAK45.35
31David WarnerAUS45.31
32Quinton de KockSA45.26
33Gordon GreenidgeWI45.04
34Sachin TendulkarIND44.83
35Harry TectorIRE44.64
36Dean JonesAUS44.62
37Michael ClarkeAUS44.59
38Jacques KallisSA44.36
39Shikhar DhawanIND44.11
40Haris SohailPAK44.08
41Matthew HaydenAUS43.81
42Heinrich KlaasenSA43.69
43Travis HeadAUS43.64
44Misbah-ul-HaqPAK43.41
45Devon ConwayNZ43.38
46Temba BavumaSA43.36
47Steven SmithAUS43.28
48Jonny BairstowENG43.18
49David MillerSA42.90
50Imad WasimPAK42.87
51Ramnaresh SarwanWI42.68
52Aqib SulehriOMN42.40
53James TaylorENG42.24
54Boeta DippenaarSA42.23
55Kedar JadhavIND42.09
56Glenn PhillipsNZ42.07
57Ricky PontingAUS42.04
58Usman KhawajaAUS42.00
59Kumar SangakkaraSL41.99
60Rachin RavindraNZ41.88
61Ben DuckettENG41.74
62Martin GuptillNZ41.74
63Mohammad YousufPAK41.72
64Javed MiandadPAK41.70
65Kyle CoetzerSCO41.69
66Shiv ChanderpaulWI41.60
67Desmond HaynesWI41.38
68Ben StokesENG41.23
69Lance KlusenerSA41.10
70Sourav GangulyIND41.02
71Gary KirstenSA40.95
72Kongala VimukthiSL40.93
73Damien MartynAUS40.81
74Mohammad RizwanPAK40.81
75Shaun MarshAUS40.78
76Kevin PietersenENG40.73
77Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG40.62
78George BaileyAUS40.59
79Shane WatsonAUS40.54
80Brian LaraWI40.49
81Kariyawasam AsalankaSL40.49
82Nick KnightENG40.41
83Fawad AlamPAK40.25
84Keacy CartyWI40.20
85Greg ChappellAUS40.19
86Angelo MathewsSL40.14
87Chris BroadENG40.03
88Jason RoyENG40.02
89Geoff MarshAUS39.97
90Babar HayatHK39.87
91Merwe ErasmusNAM39.84
92Andrew SymondsAUS39.75
93Gautam GambhirIND39.68
94Nicholas PooranWI39.66
95Pathum SilvaSL39.64
96Clive LloydWI39.54
97Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK39.53
98Ishan KishanIND39.50
99Neil FairbrotherENG39.47
100Mohammad NadeemOMN39.40
101Cameron GreenAUS39.38
102Mark WaughAUS39.35
103Khurram KhanUAE39.33
104Allan LambENG39.31
105Tillakaratne DilshanSL39.27
106Saeed AnwarPAK39.22
107Graham YallopAUS39.19
108Rahul DravidIND39.17
109Jos ButtlerENG39.16
110Eoin MorganENG39.15
111Steve SmithAUS39.14
112Mark ChapmanHK39.06
113Robin SmithENG39.02
114Darren LehmannAUS38.96
115Tony ZorziSA38.91
116Aaron FinchAUS38.89
117Roger TwoseNZ38.81
118George MunseySCO38.74
119Rilee RossouwSA38.72
120Hansie CronjeSA38.65
121Martin CroweNZ38.56
122Alex HalesENG38.40
123Harry BrookENG38.25
124Gavin HamiltonENG38.24
125Vriitya AravindUAE38.22
126Mitchell MarshAUS38.15
127Peter KirstenSA38.03
128Graeme SmithSA37.98
129Ian BellENG37.87
130Chris GayleWI37.86
131Sikandar RazaZIM37.71
132Marvan AtapattuSL37.57
133Sean WilliamsZIM37.53
134Neil McKenzieSA37.51
135Evin LewisWI37.51
136Ajay JadejaIND37.48
137Majid KhanPAK37.43
138Graeme HickENG37.34
139Ed JoyceENG37.33
140Shakib Al HasanBAN37.29
141Asif KhanUAE37.27
142Graham ThorpeENG37.19
143Navjot SidhuIND37.08
144Marcus TrescothickENG37.06
145David BoonAUS37.04
146Graham GoochENG36.98
147Mohammad AzharuddinIND36.92
148Azhar AliPAK36.90
149Yasir HameedPAK36.87
150Salman ButtPAK36.82
151Calum MacLeodSCO36.82
152Jean-Paul DuminySA36.81
153Preston MommsenSCO36.79
154Aaron JonesUSA36.77
155Saleem ElahiPAK36.72
156Rahmanullah GurbazAFG36.67
157Tamim IqbalBAN36.65
158Paul StirlingIRE36.62
159Yuvraj SinghIND36.56
160Gajanand SinghUSA36.52
161Neil JohnsonZIM36.50
162MahmudullahBAN36.47
163Mushfiqur RahimBAN36.43
164Andrew StraussENG36.42
165Alastair CookENG36.41
165Sharad VesawkarNEP36.41
167William YoungNZ36.35
168Ashish BagaiCAN36.34
169Sherfane RutherfordWI36.17
170Herschelle GibbsSA36.13
171Geoff BoycottENG36.07
172Aiden MarkramSA35.99
173Michael BracewellNZ35.93
174Scott EdwardsNED35.92
175Phillip HughesAUS35.91
176Adam GilchristAUS35.89
177Arjuna RanatungaSL35.85
178Kusal MendisSL35.84
179Simon KatichAUS35.78
180Andrew JonesNZ35.69
181Curtis CampherIRE35.68
182Jacques RudolphSA35.58
183Brendan TaylorZIM35.57
184Tanmay MishraKEN35.56
185Andy FlowerZIM35.34
186Carl HooperWI35.34
187Suresh RainaIND35.31
188Russel ArnoldSL35.27
189Ajinkya RahaneIND35.26
190Fraser WattsSCO35.24
191Monank PatelUSA35.24
192Paul CollingwoodENG35.21
193Sunil GavaskarIND35.14
194Jonty RhodesSA35.12
195Mike AthertonENG35.12
196Ashwell PrinceSA35.10
197Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN35.10
198Virender SehwagIND35.06
199Alex CareyAUS35.03
200Nathan AstleNZ34.93
201Aravinda de SilvaSL34.90
202William JacksENG34.87
203Rahmat ShahAFG34.80
204Dilip VengsarkarIND34.73
205Lahiru ThirimanneSL34.72
206Marnus LabuschagneAUS34.65
207Shoaib MalikPAK34.64
208Tom LathamNZ34.56
209Alvin KallicharranWI34.42
210James FaulknerAUS34.40
211Mohammad ShahzadAFG34.39
212Shaiman AnwarUAE34.38
213Kepler WesselsAUS34.36
214Umar AkmalPAK34.34
215Md HridoyBAN34.26
216Basit AliPAK34.19
217Rameez ShahzadUAE34.18
218Grant ElliottNZ34.07
219Bhim SharkiNEP34.00
220Cameron WhiteAUS33.97
221Jacob BethellENG33.90
222Glenn MaxwellAUS33.81
223Runako MortonWI33.76
224Upul TharangaSL33.71
225Graeme WoodAUS33.62
226Ayaan KhanOMN33.58
227Michael LingenNAM33.56
228Sarfraz AhmedPAK33.54
229Grant FlowerZIM33.53
230Rishabh PantIND33.50
231Sam BillingsENG33.43
232Imran NiaziBHR33.41
233Sir Richie RichardsonWI33.41
234Marlon SamuelsWI33.41
235Mahela JayawardeneSL33.38
236Hemang BadaniIND33.35
237Sanjay ManjrekarIND33.23
238Jesse RyderNZ33.22
239Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG33.13
240Craig ErvineZIM33.11
241Matt MachanSCO33.00
242Daryll CullinanSA32.99
243Mohammad HafeezPAK32.98
244Alexei KervezeeNED32.93
245Steve WaughAUS32.91
246Saleem MalikPAK32.89
247Shoaib KhanOMN32.85
248Hardik PandyaIND32.83
249John DysonAUS32.83
250Assad ValaPNG32.80
251Andy BalbirnieIRE32.68
252David HusseyAUS32.65
253Henry NichollsNZ32.61
254Max O'DowdNED32.60
255Vinod KambliIND32.59
256Irfan KarimKEN32.57
257Ahmed ShehzadPAK32.56
258Richie BerringtonSCO32.54
259Peter FultonNZ32.54
260Scott StyrisNZ32.49
261Sharjeel KhanPAK32.48
262Colin IngramSA32.42
263Stephen FlemingNZ32.41
264Soumya SarkarBAN32.40
265Stuart WilliamsZIM32.37
266Sanath JayasuriyaSL32.36
267Sadeera SamarawickramaSL32.36
268Ijaz AhmedPAK32.33
269Shimron HetmyerWI32.31
270Ravindra JadejaIND32.28
271Mark TaylorAUS32.24
272Lionel CannBER32.21
273Ramiz RajaPAK32.09
274Neil McCallumSCO32.05
275Imrul KayesBAN32.03
276Andrew FlintoffENG32.02
277Mohammad KaifIND32.01
278Eric SzwarczynskiNED31.94
279Philip SaltENG31.87
280Aamer SohailPAK31.87
281Paras KhadkaNEP31.79
282Alec StewartENG31.60
283Dinesh ChandimalSL31.60
284Lendl SimmonsWI31.58
285William PorterfieldIRE31.54
286Brad HaddinAUS31.54
287Nasir JamshedPAK31.51
288Justin KempSA31.50
289Roy DiasSL31.46
290Niroshan DickwellaSL31.45
291Shahriar NafeesBAN31.44
292Bill AtheyENG31.41
293Dimuth KarunaratneSL31.33
294John DavisonCAN31.31
295Aasif SheikhNEP31.30
296Vikramjit SinghNED31.29
297Avishka FernandoSL31.25
298Younis KhanPAK31.25
299Liam LivingstoneENG31.07
300Graeme FowlerENG31.00
301Kashyap PrajapatiOMN30.78
302David GowerENG30.78
303VVS LaxmanIND30.76
304Bruce EdgarNZ30.75
305Kusal PereraSL30.74
306Jeremy ConeyNZ30.72
307Imran FarhatPAK30.70
308Farhaan BehardienSA30.69
309Allan BorderAUS30.63
310Ravi BoparaENG30.63
311Owais ShahENG30.57
312Mohinder AmarnathIND30.54
313Alistair CampbellZIM30.50
314Brendon McCullumNZ30.42
315Wesley BarresiNED30.30
316Nasser HussainENG30.29
317Aayan KhanUAE30.23
318Dinesh KarthikIND30.21
319Darren BravoWI30.18
321Litton DasBAN30.16
322Kevin O'BrienIRE30.13
323Craig KieswetterENG30.11
324Shamarh BrooksWI30.07
325Sohaib MaqsoodPAK30.04
326Swapnil PatilUAE30.03
327Ian BillcliffCAN30.00
328Rohit PaudelNEP29.98
329Joshua InglisAUS29.90
330Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN29.88
331Abdul RazzaqPAK29.71
332Bruce LairdAUS29.70
333Niall O'BrienIRE29.68
334Jimmy HansraCAN29.67
335Ken RutherfordNZ29.65
336Hashan TillakaratneSL29.60
337Darron ReekersNED29.52
338Mike GattingENG29.51
339Roshan MahanamaSL29.50
340Abdullah ShafiquePAK29.48
341Chris CairnsNZ29.46
342Andrew HudsonSA29.41
343Anamul HaqueBAN29.39
344Tatenda TaibuZIM29.25
345Jatinder SinghOMN29.14
346Nasir HossainBAN29.11
347Not on recordNAM29.11
348Craig WilliamsNAM29.11
349Jamie HowNZ29.06
350Ravi ShastriIND29.05
351Kris SrikkanthIND29.01
352Chris HarrisNZ29.00
352Gulshan JhaNEP29.00
352Thilina KandambySL29.00
353Nizakat KhanHK28.98
354Gus LogieWI28.96
355Phil SimmonsWI28.94
356Larry GomesWI28.88
357Chamara SilvaSL28.85
357Nawroz MangalAFG28.85
358Muhammad WaseemUAE28.81
359Steve TikoloKEN28.73
360Jimmy AdamsWI28.62
361Johannes SmitNAM28.58
362Mark BoucherSA28.57
363Wavell HindsWI28.51
364Karim SadiqAFG28.50
365Najibullah ZadranAFG28.49
366Yashpal SharmaIND28.48
367Avishka GunawardeneSL28.47
368Abdool SamadCAN28.46
369Tanzid TamimBAN28.42
370Mathew SinclairNZ28.35
371Samiullah ShenwariAFG28.32
372Heath StreakZIM28.30
373Anil NidamanuruNED28.29
374Mark GreatbatchNZ28.28
375Asanka GurusinhaSL28.28
376Alex ObandaKEN28.24
377James NeeshamNZ28.21
378Craig McMillanNZ28.19
379Not on recordNAM28.16
380Sadagoppan RameshIND28.09
381James VinceENG28.00
382Mohammad NabiAFG27.96
383Dinesh MongiaIND27.95
384Ravi ShahKEN27.89
385Chundangapoyil RizwanUAE27.88
386Raqibul HasanBAN27.83
387Tim PaineAUS27.81
388Thilan SamaraweeraSL27.81
389Corey AndersonNZ27.73
390Finnley AllenNZ27.71
391Chris TavaréENG27.69
392Hamilton MasakadzaZIM27.68
393Stuart CarlisleZIM27.68
394John ReidNZ27.52
395Chirag SuriUAE27.47
396Mohammad MithunBAN27.46
397Afif HossainBAN27.44
398Hamish MarshallNZ27.43
399Khawar AliOMN27.41
400Greg RitchieAUS27.40
401Mike RindelSA27.38
402Brandon KingWI27.38
403Amjad AliUAE27.34
404Kushal MallaNEP27.29
405Jamie AtkinsonHK27.27
406Sunil DhaniramCAN27.27
407Andre RussellWI27.21
408Steven TaylorUSA27.21
409Michael VaughanENG27.15
410Murray GoodwinZIM27.13
411Kamindu MendisSL27.13
412Lou VincentNZ27.11
413Jan Loftie-EatonNAM27.10
414Naeem IslamBAN27.08
415Reeza HendricksSA27.06
416Mitchell SantnerNZ27.02
417Yusuf PathanIND27.00
417Raman LambaIND27.00
418Marco JansenSA26.96
419Neil BroomNZ26.94
420Usman GhaniAFG26.90
421Sarel BurgerNAM26.89
422Stuart LawAUS26.89
423Mohsin KhanHK26.81
424Sushant ModaniUSA26.81
425Collins ObuyaKEN26.76
426Vikram SolankiENG26.76
427Marcus StoinisAUS26.70
428Nicky BojeSA26.68
429Derek RandallENG26.68
430Faoud BacchusWI26.61
430Innocent KaiaZIM26.61
431Johnson CharlesWI26.50
431Colin de GrandhommeNZ26.50
432John WrightNZ26.47
433Shaun PollockSA26.46
434Dave HoughtonZIM26.38
435Noor Ali ZadranAFG26.36
436Roston ChaseWI26.33
437Matthew WadeAUS26.30
438Sherwin CampbellWI26.24
439Narsingh DeonarineWI26.23
440Peter BorrenNED26.19
441Stephan MyburghNED26.16
442Kamran AkmalPAK26.10
443Maurice OdumbeKEN26.09
444Keith ArthurtonWI26.08
445Asif MujtabaPAK26.05
446Kieron PollardWI26.02
447Robin SinghIND25.96
448Robin UthappaIND25.94
449Shadab KhanPAK25.91
450Sean ErvineZIM25.85
451Suryakumar YadavIND25.77
452Jeff CroweNZ25.73
453Adam ParoreNZ25.69
454Dhananjaya de SilvaSL25.65
455Ryan WatsonSCO25.64
456Sabbir RahmanBAN25.63
457Geoff BarnettCAN25.61
458Daren GangaWI25.55
459Kennedy OtienoKEN25.46
460Sandeep GoudOMN25.44
460Ghulam ShabberUAE25.44
461Colin MunroNZ25.42
462Bas ZuiderentNED25.40
463Kyle MayersWI25.38
464Gary WilsonIRE25.38
465Dwayne BravoWI25.37
466Irving RomaineBER25.35
467Simon O'DonnellAUS25.35
468Zane GreenNAM25.33
469Bas LeedeNED25.29
470Aamer MalikPAK25.27
471Mudassar NazarPAK25.27
472Adam HollioakeENG25.25
473Elton ChigumburaZIM25.23
474Geraint JonesENG25.08
475James HopesAUS25.02
476Denesh RamdinWI25.00
477Darren SammyWI24.95
478Steven OuterbridgeBER24.93
479Michael LeaskSCO24.93
480BJ WatlingNZ24.91
481John MooneyIRE24.82
482Ricardo PowellWI24.82
483Rakep PatelKEN24.82
484Josh DaveySCO24.79
485Jean-Pierre KotzeNAM24.79
486Asad ShafiqPAK24.74
487Aftab AhmedBAN24.73
488Ryan BurlZIM24.68
489Jason HolderWI24.67
490Devon SmithWI24.63
491Wayne LarkinsENG24.63
492Imran NazirPAK24.61
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