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.
T20IAll-time500 entries
148.70Virat KohliIND1.28 clear of Mohammad Rizwan
247.42Mohammad RizwanPAK1.28 off the lead
344.76Karanbir SinghAST3.94 off the lead
● LEADS
Virat KohliIND
48.70 · 1.28 ahead of Rizwan
↑ IN THE CHASE
4
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
39.64
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
6 of the top 50 · 30 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Virat KohliIND48.70
2Mohammad RizwanPAK47.42
3Karanbir SinghAST44.76
4Faheem NazirSWI44.14
5Tilak VarmaIND44.12
6Sami SohailMAW43.69
7Jermaine BakerCIS43.37
8Sohail AhmedBHR41.31
9Mohammad IhsanSPN41.05
10Muhammad TanveerQTR39.64
11Babar AzamPAK38.95
12Jean-Paul DuminySA38.68
13Padmakar SurveINS38.67
14Virandeep SinghMAL38.07
15Kevin PietersenENG37.94
16KL RahulIND37.75
17Gustav MckeonFRA37.73
18MS DhoniIND37.60
19Matthew StokesGUE37.59
20Misbah-ul-HaqPAK37.52
21Delray RawlinsBER37.17
22Muhammad WaseemUAE36.68
23Kendel Kadowaki-FlemingJAP36.61
24Suryakumar YadavIND36.43
25Dawid MalanENG36.38
26Harry BrookENG36.21
27Yashasvi JaiswalIND36.15
28Joe RootENG35.72
29Brendon McCullumNZ35.67
30Faf du PlessisSA35.53
31Hristo LakovBUL35.42
32Devon ConwayNZ35.37
33Luqman ButtCMB35.26
34Not on recordNAM35.20
35Glenn PhillipsNZ35.03
36Irfan KarimKEN34.95
37Phil SaltENG34.94
38Rilee RossouwSA34.86
39Hamid ShahDEN34.84
40Tim DavidAUS34.83
41Sacha De AlwisCIS34.82
42Jos ButtlerENG34.79
43Leslie DunbarSER34.74
44Riazat Ali ShahUGA34.71
45Abdul WaheedSAR34.58
46Taranjeet SinghROM34.48
47Aaron FinchAUS34.29
48Ramesh SatheesanROM34.19
49Michael LevittNED34.18
50David MillerSA33.99
51Dhiren GondariaKEN33.93
52Pedro BaronARG33.86
53Adil ButtESW33.64
54Mitchell MarshAUS33.64
55Hashim AmlaSA33.61
56Doyle-CalleSPN33.48
57Rassie van der DussenSA33.48
58Kane WilliamsonNZ33.44
59David WarnerAUS33.44
60Fiaz AhmedBHR33.42
61Avinash PaiGIB33.41
62Navneet DhaliwalCAN33.35
63Shai HopeWI33.33
64Sabawoon DaviziCZR33.18
65Dipendra Singh AireeNEP33.08
66Brian BennettZIM32.82
67Cameron WhiteAUS32.80
68Abhishek SharmaIND32.73
69Jonty JennerJER32.58
70Aaron JohnsonCAN32.50
71Razmal ShigiwalAST32.43
72Collins ObuyaKEN32.42
73Sahibzada FarhanPAK32.38
74Alishan SharafuUAE32.34
75Walid GhauriNOR32.32
76Ishan KishanIND32.31
77Ibrahim ZadranAFG32.28
78Bilal ZalmaiAST32.17
79Tre MandersBER31.93
80Hamza DarSPN31.86
81Salman ButtPAK31.86
82Martin GuptillNZ31.81
83Mahela JayawardeneSL31.77
84Francisco Damiao CouanaMOZ31.73
85Aiden MarkramSA31.71
86Graeme SmithSA31.68
87Shreyas IyerIND31.62
88Roman MazumderCYP31.48
89Akshaykumar YadavTHI31.47
90Kumar SangakkaraSL31.41
91Rohit SharmaIND31.37
92Colin MunroNZ31.35
93George MunseySCO31.34
94Haider ButtBHR31.29
95Rakep PatelKEN31.26
96Nalin NipikoVAN31.24
97Richie BerringtonSCO31.24
98Shoaib MalikPAK31.22
99Alex HalesENG30.96
100Quinton de KockSA30.95
101Tony UraPNG30.93
102Andries GousUSA30.84
102Zeeshan KukikhelHUN30.84
103Brandon McMullenSCO30.83
104Marcus StoinisAUS30.78
105Tristan StubbsSA30.75
106Pathum NissankaSL30.71
107Tim SeifertNZ30.70
108Shaheryar ButtBEL30.65
109Paras KhadkaNEP30.63
110D'Arcy ShortAUS30.57
111Vasu SainiROM30.33
112Steven TaylorUSA30.29
113Jacob BethellENG30.23
114Mohammad ShahzadAFG30.20
115Vinoth RavindranHUN30.07
116Faisal KhanSAR30.03
117Dewald BrevisSA29.97
118Syed AzizMAL29.92
119Jonny BairstowENG29.84
120Kamau LeverockBER29.74
121Stephan BaardNAM29.58
122Isaac DanladiNIG29.58
123Shaiman AnwarUAE29.57
124Nikolaas DavinNAM29.36
125Gerhard ErasmusNAM29.33
126Marlon SamuelsWI29.29
127Shane WatsonAUS29.24
128Max O'DowdNED29.20
129Suresh RainaIND29.18
130Chirag SuriUAE29.18
131Anshuman RathHK29.12
132Milen GogevBUL29.09
133Nick GreenwoodJER29.06
134Evin LewisWI29.02
135Cameron GreenAUS29.00
135Simon SsesaziUGA29.00
136Glenn MaxwellAUS28.97
137Sudesh WickramasekaraCZR28.97
138Najibullah ZadranAFG28.85
139Tanzid HasanBAN28.80
140Romario ShepherdWI28.79
141Reeza HendricksSA28.78
142Azyan FarhathMLD28.74
143Eoin MorganENG28.58
144Ryan RickeltonSA28.50
145Ravi BoparaENG28.44
146Travis HeadAUS28.40
147Ben CooperNED28.39
148Ravija SandaruwanKUW28.38
149Asif KhanUAE28.30
150Hardik PandyaIND28.25
151Tillakaratne DilshanSL28.19
152Finn AllenNZ28.18
153Shubman GillIND28.03
154Yasir AliSPN28.03
155Yuvraj SinghIND28.02
156Kushal BhurtelNEP28.00
157Zeeshan AliHK27.96
158Chris GayleWI27.93
159Shikhar DhawanIND27.92
160Tim RobinsonNZ27.91
161Kevin D'SouzaBUL27.88
161Josh ButlerGUE27.88
162Raghav DhawanUGA27.86
163JJ SmitNAM27.83
164Sanju SamsonIND27.82
165Saber ZakhilBEL27.79
166Josh InglisAUS27.78
167Angelo MathewsSL27.76
168Daryl MitchellNZ27.75
169Aqib SulehriOMN27.71
170Vriitya AravindUAE27.68
171Noor Ali ZadranAFG27.63
172Hazratullah ZazaiAFG27.62
173Kayron J StagnoGIB27.56
174Moises HenriquesAUS27.55
175Rohit PaudelNEP27.55
176Bas de LeedeNED27.53
177Aryansh SharmaUAE27.50
178Gautam GambhirIND27.41
179Jamie AtkinsonHK27.40
180Monank PatelUSA27.32
181Meet BhavsarKUW27.28
182Shivam DubeIND27.28
183Sarfraz AhmedPAK27.27
184Selim SalauNIG27.26
185Ahmer Bin NasirBHR27.26
186Calum MacLeodSCO27.25
187Louis BruceGIB27.20
188Karabo MotlhankaBOT27.20
189Stephan MyburghNED27.17
190Tom LathamNZ27.14
191Rahul ChopraUAE27.11
192Sherfane RutherfordWI27.05
193Heinrich Sebastian GerickeMLT27.05
194Dylan SteynCZR27.05
195Alejandro FergusonARG26.96
196Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN26.95
197Arun AshokanCZR26.92
198Arashdeep SamraPHL26.86
199Asif AliBHR26.80
200Lendl SimmonsWI26.79
201Abhik PatwaTNZ26.67
202Kusal MendisSL26.67
203Malcolm WallerZIM26.65
204Paul StirlingIRE26.62
205Michael SwartNED26.61
206Amal RajeevanTNZ26.58
207Tom BantonENG26.57
208Towhid HridoyBAN26.54
209Mohammad HafeezPAK26.46
210Dinesh KarthikIND26.38
211Not on recordITL26.38
212Varun ThamotharamMLT26.27
213Nathan Grant CollinsFIN26.26
214Craig WilliamsNAM26.21
215Nicholas PooranWI26.15
216Matthew WadeAUS26.13
217AB de VilliersSA26.13
218Sikandar RazaZIM26.12
219Ross TaylorNZ26.05
220Imal LiyanageQTR26.04
221Ryan BurlZIM26.03
222Ivan SelemaniTNZ26.03
223Umar AkmalPAK26.00
224Hamilton MasakadzaZIM25.97
225Ronak Bharatibhai PatelUGA25.97
226Ruvindu GunasekeraCAN25.96
227Surendran ChandramohanSIN25.84
228Filipe Antonio CossaMOZ25.82
229Ahmed ShehzadPAK25.81
230Habib KhanEST25.72
231Harsh ThakerCAN25.69
232Prashant KurupBHR25.69
233Kusal PereraSL25.66
234Asa TribeJER25.64
235Hasan NawazPAK25.63
236Brandon KingWI25.62
237Irfan AhmedHK25.57
238Austin LazarusTHI25.56
239Jatinder SinghOMN25.53
240Rovman PowellWI25.43
241Jan FrylinckNAM25.42
242Dinesh NakraniUGA25.42
243Abbas GhaniHUN25.40
244Robinson ObuyaUGA25.39
245Usman GhaniAFG25.35
246Iqbal HossainAST25.33
247Neil MugabeKEN25.32
248Kieron PollardWI25.31
249Babar HayatHK25.29
250Liam LivingstoneENG25.13
251Nitish KumarCAN25.08
252Rahmanullah GurbazAFG25.08
253Jaker AliBAN25.07
254Sarel BurgerNAM25.05
255Sahil ChauhanEST25.05
256Harry TectorIRE24.93
257Manpreet SinghSIN24.93
258Corey AndersonNZ24.89
259Steven SmithAUS24.86
260Ishan SilvaBUL24.84
261Sese BauPNG24.82
262Aasif SheikhNEP24.81
263Waji Ul HassanSAR24.80
264Vinoo BalakrishnanBOT24.78
265Akshay NaidooCIS24.77
266Alpesh RamjaniUGA24.75
267Kamran KhanQTR24.69
268Sharad VesawkarNEP24.60
269Aziz MohammadBEL24.52
270Mark ChapmanHK24.49
271Gary WilsonIRE24.47
272Taranjit BharajDEN24.47
273Ahmad FaizMAL24.40
274Iftikhar AhmedPAK24.34
275Benjamin WardJER24.32
275Brendan TaylorZIM24.32
276Muhammad UsmanUAE24.30
277Shimron HetmyerWI24.26
278Saif HassanBAN24.23
279Ravinderpal SinghCAN24.17
280Saif AhmadDEN24.17
281Jason RoyENG24.16
282Andy BalbirnieIRE24.14
283Tamim IqbalBAN24.12
284Andrew MansaleVAN24.10
285Iain LatinGIB24.03
286David WieseSA24.00
286Najjam ShahzadPOR24.00
287Ross AdairIRE23.95
288Kyle CoetzerSCO23.95
289Mohammad NaimBAN23.89
290Nicholas KirtonCAN23.88
291Hamza KhanRWA23.83
292Fakhar ZamanPAK23.82
293Imal ZuwakSWE23.81
294Sean WilliamsZIM23.75
295Aqib IqbalAST23.70
296Rushab PatelKEN23.70
297Isae NiyomugaboRWA23.69
298Usman PatelKUW23.67
299Muhammad MuneebBEL23.66
300Arjun VinodSWI23.65
301Colin AckermannNED23.60
302James BarkerLUX23.59
303Clinto AntoKUW23.56
304Tom CooperNED23.53
304Matthew CrossSCO23.53
305Roston ChaseWI23.51
306MahmudullahBAN23.50
306Braithyn PecicSER23.50
307Younis KhanPAK23.48
308Salman AghaPAK23.46
309Muhamad SyahadatMAL23.45
310Reginald NehondeBOT23.41
311Shiv GillLUX23.38
312Lakshit GuptaCMB23.33
312Aaron JonesUSA23.33
313William PorterfieldIRE23.32
314Sabaorish RavichandranJAP23.32
315Sanath JayasuriyaSL23.30
316Etienne BeukesCMB23.29
317Sabbir RahmanBAN23.26
318Heinrich KlaasenSA23.26
319Rishabh PantIND23.25
320Shakib Al HasanBAN23.19
321Nicolaj Damgaard LaegsgaardDEN23.17
322Thisara PereraSL23.15
323Justin MoscaITL23.14
324Talha Ahmed KhanGER23.13
325Litton DasBAN23.10
326Sivakumar PeriyalwarROM23.04
327Marc TaylorBAH23.03
328Vijayshankar Bangalore ChikkannaiahGER23.00
328Kushal MallaNEP23.00
329Charles AminiPNG22.96
329Tharindu PereraBOT22.96
330Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN22.95
331Harmanjot SinghGER22.94
332David HusseyAUS22.91
333Zeeshan KhanMLT22.85
334Jesse RyderNZ22.85
335Scott EdwardsNED22.84
336Mohammad NabiAFG22.80
337Lorcan TuckerIRE22.76
338Darwish RasooliAFG22.76
339Mark Simpson-ParkerAST22.68
340Chamara KapugederaSL22.68
341Basil GeorgeMLT22.63
342Bhanuka RajapaksaSL22.55
343Assad ValaPNG22.50
344Hisham ShaikhSAR22.44
345Johnson CharlesWI22.43
346Gyanendra MallaNEP22.41
347Saad Bin ZafarCAN22.33
348Junaid AzizBHR22.32
349Charith AsalankaSL22.25
350Usman KhanFRA22.20
351Niall O'BrienIRE22.16
351Joost MeesLUX22.16
352Kevin O'BrienIRE22.10
353Will JacksENG22.06
354Hussain TalatPAK22.05
355Imran ButtBHR22.04
356Dwayne BravoWI22.02
357Andre RussellWI22.00
357Manan AliSAR22.00
358Asghar StanikzaiAFG21.99
359Shahid WasifHK21.96
360Craig ErvineZIM21.95
361Craig KieswetterENG21.92
362Ramon SealyCIS21.91
363Alex ObandaKEN21.90
364Hiral PatelCAN21.89
365Khizer AhmedNOR21.81
366Harrison CarlyonJER21.70
367Ben StokesENG21.67
368Temba BavumaSA21.61
369Sachin BhudiaKEN21.59
370Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG21.57
371Tom NightingaleGUE21.56
372Gerrie SnymanNAM21.55
373Basil HameedUAE21.51
374Ravindra JadejaIND21.46
375Rohan MustafaUAE21.44
376Sarfaraz AliBHR21.43
377Scott StyrisNZ21.41
378Samiullah ShenwariAFG21.38
379Sulaimon RunseweNIG21.34
380Jose BuleleMOZ21.33
381Timothy BarkerLUX21.32
382Mohammad NadeemOMN21.31
383Gede PriandanaINS21.27
384Sam CurranENG21.26
385Michael LumbENG21.23
386Michael ClarkeAUS21.22
387Kamran AkmalPAK21.21
388Moeen AliENG21.19
389Saim AyubPAK21.19
390Albie MorkelSA21.19
391Mirza AhsanAST21.10
392Vikram VijhLUX21.09
393Nizakat KhanHK21.05
394Mohammed AslamKUW21.04
395Wesley BarresiNED20.96
396Isa ZarooBUL20.96
397Deusdedit MuhumuzaUGA20.95
398Curtis CampherIRE20.92
399Gulsan JhaNEP20.91
400Kyle MayersWI20.89
401Sesan AdedejiNIG20.86
402Bilal TahirKUW20.85
403Sher SahakNOR20.83
403Imran NazirPAK20.83
404Matthew ShortAUS20.80
405Saqlain ArshadQTR20.75
406Dhananjaya de SilvaSL20.70
407Kamindu MendisSL20.69
408Kamil MisharaSL20.63
409Mohammed Rizlan IqbarQTR20.62
409Dharma KesumaINS20.62
410Jacob OramNZ20.61
411Harry ManentiITL20.60
411Junior Paul KaltapauVAN20.60
412Alexander DizijaSER20.59
413Pargat SinghCAN20.57
414Kashyap PrajapatiOMN20.56
415Adam McAuleyIOM20.54
416Rachin RavindraNZ20.51
417Isaac DamarellGUE20.46
418Sediqullah AtalAFG20.46
419Burhan NiazBEL20.44
420Vusi SibandaZIM20.44
421Michael BracewellNZ20.43
422George DockrellIRE20.41
423Gareth DelanyIRE20.41
424James NeeshamNZ20.41
425Usman KhalidSAR20.40
426Not on recordMLT20.38
427Jan Nicol Loftie-EatonNAM20.34
428Roelof van der MerweNED20.33
429Mitchell SantnerNZ20.31
429Afif HossainBAN20.31
430Janak PrakashSIN20.28
431Monroux KasselmanBOT20.27
432Samuel Sanish Mangat StanislausMLT20.23
433Alan KirschbaumARG20.22
434James FranklinNZ20.13
435Roger Galwanao MukasaUGA20.12
436Not on recordNAM20.04
437Dasun ShanakaSL19.99
438JP KotzeNAM19.98
439Milton ShumbaZIM19.95
439Lachlan Yamamoto-LakeJAP19.95
440Agostinho NavichaMOZ19.95
441Parvez Hossain EmonBAN19.94
442Abu KamaraSIL19.88
443Joao HouMOZ19.86
444Joshua RasuVAN19.85
445Aravind MohanFIN19.78
446Aritra DuttaSIN19.78
447Andre FletcherWI19.68
448Kuruge AbeyrathnaNOR19.66
449Dion MyersZIM19.64
450Mushfiqur RahimBAN19.48
451Peter BorrenNED19.46
452Shahzaib JamilQTR19.45
453Miggy PodoskyPHL19.42
454Shadab KhanPAK19.38
455Dinesh ChandimalSL19.38
456Sundeep JoraNEP19.37
457Didier NdikubwimanaRWA19.34
458Muhammad KhushiOMN19.33
459Morris OumaKEN19.30
460Mohammad AshrafulBAN19.29
461Obed HarveyGHA19.26
462Imran AnwarBHR19.21
463Gulbadin NaibAFG19.20
464George LindeSA19.19
465Michael van LingenNAM19.19
466Khawar AliOMN19.17
467Zubaidi ZulkifleMAL19.17
468Musa ShaheenDEN19.13
469Moazzam BaigMAW19.12
470Rexford BakumGHA19.08
471Hammad MirzaOMN19.08
472Daniel SmithPHL19.06
473Chamu ChibhabhaZIM19.06
474Sukhdeep SinghKEN19.05
475Elton ChigumburaZIM19.00
475Stuart HookEST19.00
476Luke WrightENG18.98
477Ayaan KhanOMN18.97
478Martin CoetzeeHK18.86
478Shiraz KhanKUW18.86
479Paul CollingwoodENG18.81
480Tadiwanashe MarumaniZIM18.75
480Irfan HafejeePAN18.75
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