Best Average – Complete Cricket Stats & Records

This page lists the players with the best average in cricket history. These records highlight the most consistent and impactful performances across different eras.
TESTAll-time500 entries
110.76George LohmannENG1.94 clear of J.J. Ferris
212.70J.J. FerrisAUS1.94 off the lead
315.00Albert TrottAUS4.24 off the lead
● LEADS
George LohmannENG
10.76 · 1.94 better than Ferris
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lohmann is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
16.42
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
19 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented

Best Average — full list

500 entries, ranked
1George LohmannENG10.76
2J.J. FerrisAUS12.70
3Albert TrottAUS15.00
4Mike ProcterSA15.02
5Jack IversonAUS15.24
6Tom KendallAUS15.36
7Billy BarnesENG15.55
8John TrimWI16.17
9Jacob DuffyNZ16.28
10Billy BatesENG16.42
11Sydney BarnesENG16.43
12Charlie TurnerAUS16.53
13Bobby PeelENG16.98
14Tony GrayWI17.14
15Johnny BriggsENG17.75
16Bob AppleyardENG17.87
17Walter LeesENG17.96
18Bert IronmongerAUS17.97
19Scott BolandAUS18.20
20George Simpson-HaywardENG18.26
21Goofy LawrenceSA18.29
22Kyle MayersWI18.29
23Zulfiqar AhmedPAK18.30
24Hines JohnsonWI18.31
25David IronsideSA18.33
26Frederick SpofforthAUS18.41
27Bonnor MiddletonSA18.42
28Fred MorleyENG18.50
29Frank TysonENG18.57
30Colin BlytheENG18.63
31George Finlay-BissettSA18.76
32Michael NeserAUS18.91
33Maurice AllomENG18.93
34Oliver RobinsonENG19.26
35Alex KennedyENG19.32
36Saliya AhangamaSL19.33
37Axar PatelIND19.67
38Jasprit BumrahIND19.79
39Bill CopsonENG19.80
40Barry McCarthyIRE20.00
41Harry BoyleAUS20.03
42Tip SnookeSA20.06
43Kyle JamiesonNZ20.23
44Brett SchultzSA20.24
45Johnny WardleENG20.39
46George UlyettENG20.40
47Rashid KhanAFG20.44
48Alan DavidsonAUS20.53
49Bill LockwoodENG20.53
50Arif ButtPAK20.57
51Frank FosterENG20.58
52Ken HiggsENG20.75
53Allan SteelENG20.86
54Bob MassieAUS20.87
55Malcolm MarshallWI20.95
56Joel GarnerWI20.98
57Sir Curtly AmbroseWI20.99
58Ernie ToshackAUS21.04
59Neil AdcockSA21.11
60Walter BrearleyENG21.12
61Bill WhittyAUS21.12
62Wilf FlowersENG21.14
63Marco JansenSA21.19
64Jim LakerENG21.25
65John GunnENG21.50
66Joey PalmerAUS21.51
67Jack CowieNZ21.53
68Fred TruemanENG21.58
69Glenn McGrathAUS21.64
70Manny MartindaleWI21.73
71James LangridgeENG21.74
72Hugh TrumbleAUS21.79
73Sailor YoungENG21.83
74Vinothen JohnSL21.93
75Jasubhai PatelIND21.97
76Vallance JuppENG22.00
77Ted PeateENG22.03
78Jack HearneENG22.08
79Shane BondNZ22.09
80Pat CumminsAUS22.13
81Alf HallSA22.15
82John TrumbleAUS22.20
82Matthew KuhnemannAUS22.20
83Allan DonaldSA22.25
84Sir Richard HadleeNZ22.30
85Kagiso RabadaSA22.31
86Tommy GreenhoughENG22.31
87Vernon PhilanderSA22.32
88Bill BowesENG22.34
89William AttewellENG22.36
90Fen CresswellNZ22.46
91Peter LoaderENG22.51
92Dick BarlowENG22.56
93Mohammad AbbasPAK22.59
94Bill O'ReillyAUS22.60
95Haris SohailPAK22.62
96Kyle AbbottSA22.72
97Muttiah MuralitharanSL22.73
98Jack SaundersAUS22.73
99Bert VoglerSA22.73
100Imran NiaziBHR22.81
101Lindsay KlineAUS22.82
102Dale SteynSA22.95
103Keith MillerAUS22.98
104Ray LindwallAUS23.03
105Shabbir AhmedPAK23.04
106Shaun PollockSA23.12
107Lungi NgidiSA23.15
108Colin CroftWI23.30
109Bob CottamENG23.36
110Pat TrimbornSA23.36
110Sydney BurkeSA23.36
111Ranji HordernAUS23.37
112EhteshamuddinPAK23.44
113Kuldeep YadavIND23.47
114Ryan HarrisAUS23.52
115Olly StoneENG23.53
116Eric AtkinsonWI23.56
117Waqar YounisPAK23.56
118Josh HazlewoodAUS23.60
119Wasim AkramPAK23.62
120Michael HoldingWI23.69
121Alfred ShawENG23.75
122Simon HarmerSA23.85
123Stuart ClarkAUS23.86
124Pervez SajjadPAK23.90
125Bill JohnstonAUS23.91
126Dennis LilleeAUS23.92
127Khan MohammadPAK23.93
128Zakary FoulkesNZ24.00
129Ravichandran AshwinIND24.01
130Bernard BosanquetENG24.16
131Peter PollockSA24.19
132Clarrie GrimmettAUS24.22
133Shamar JosephWI24.22
134Michael BevanAUS24.24
135Fred RootENG24.25
136Fanie de VilliersSA24.27
137Duanne OlivierSA24.27
138Ian BishopWI24.28
139Mohammad AsifPAK24.37
140Hedley VerityENG24.38
141Courtney WalshWI24.45
142Noman AliPAK24.52
143William O'RourkeNZ24.55
144Bruce ReidAUS24.64
145Fazal MahmoodPAK24.71
146Claude CarterSA24.79
147Akila DananjayaSL24.82
148Brian StathamENG24.85
149Sir Alec BedserENG24.90
150Albert RelfENG24.96
151Monty NobleAUS25.00
152Wiaan MulderSA25.02
153Peter HeineSA25.09
154William CooperAUS25.11
155Dick PollardENG25.20
155Bob WillisENG25.20
156Billy MidwinterAUS25.21
157John ShepherdWI25.21
158Tom RichardsonENG25.23
159Monde ZondekiSA25.26
160Wayne DanielWI25.28
161Ravindra JadejaIND25.30
162Bob BerryENG25.33
163Angus AtkinsonENG25.35
164Not on recordWI25.42
164Shane WarneAUS25.42
165Ted ArnoldENG25.42
166David LarterENG25.43
167Tony LockENG25.58
168Ken CranstonENG25.61
169Sir Andy RobertsWI25.61
170Perumapperuma JayawickramaSL25.68
171Shoaib AkhtarPAK25.70
172Reggie SchwarzSA25.76
173Praveen KumarIND25.81
174Derek UnderwoodENG25.84
175Mike HendrickENG25.84
176Jayden SealesWI25.85
177David TerbruggeSA25.85
178Tich FreemanENG25.86
179Damien FlemingAUS25.89
180Hugh TayfieldSA25.91
181Schofield HaighENG25.92
182Doug BollingerAUS25.92
183Gary GilmourAUS26.04
184Matt HenryNZ26.05
185Frank LaverAUS26.05
186Len PascoeAUS26.06
187Roy TattersallENG26.09
188Bhuvneshwar KumarIND26.10
189Leslie HyltonWI26.13
190Jason GillespieAUS26.14
191Jack O'ConnorAUS26.15
192Colin MillerAUS26.16
193Maurice TateENG26.16
194Jimmy MatthewsAUS26.19
195Jim SmithENG26.20
196Blessing MuzarabaniZIM26.21
197W.G. GraceENG26.22
198Tinashe PanyangaraZIM26.23
199Trevor GoddardSA26.23
200Dane PatersonSA26.24
201Mitchell StarcAUS26.24
202Joshua TongueENG26.33
203James PattinsonAUS26.33
204Senuran MuthusamySA26.35
205Sir Wes HallWI26.39
206James AndersonENG26.46
207Bilal AsifPAK26.50
208Aubrey FaulknerSA26.59
209Bruce TaylorNZ26.60
210Colin McCoolAUS26.61
211Tanvir AhmedPAK26.65
211Neil McGarrellWI26.65
212Sandeep PatilIND26.67
213John SnowENG26.67
214Roy GilchristWI26.68
215John LeverENG26.73
216Tom GoddardENG26.73
217Asitha FernandoSL26.74
218Bert HopkinsAUS26.77
219Foffie WilliamsWI26.78
220Tom GarrettAUS26.94
221Kemar RoachWI26.95
222Paul ReiffelAUS26.96
223Wilfred RhodesENG26.97
224Chris TremlettENG27.00
225Winston BenjaminWI27.02
226Gudakesh MotieWI27.03
227Richie BenaudAUS27.03
228Gerry HazlittAUS27.09
229George GiffenAUS27.10
230Fred RumseyENG27.12
231Geoff DymockAUS27.13
232Terry AldermanAUS27.15
233Anrich NortjeSA27.22
234Hasan MahmudBAN27.25
235Jaswick TaylorWI27.30
236Angus FraserENG27.32
237Arthur FielderENG27.35
238Sajid KhanPAK27.36
239Gerry GomezWI27.41
240Ron ArcherAUS27.46
241Darren LehmannAUS27.47
242Walter RobinsENG27.47
243George PaineENG27.47
244Geoff ChubbSA27.48
245Max WalkerAUS27.48
246Trent BoultNZ27.50
247Charles MacartneyAUS27.56
248Neil WagnerNZ27.57
249George MacaulayENG27.58
250Hasan AliPAK27.66
251Morne MorkelSA27.67
252Stuart BroadENG27.68
253Mohammed ShamiIND27.71
254John SharpeENG27.73
254Len ColdwellENG27.73
255George ThompsonENG27.74
256Dean HeadleyENG27.85
257Sylvester ClarkeWI27.86
258Bill VoceENG27.89
259Alan HurstAUS27.91
260Shaheen AfridiPAK27.92
261Tendai ChataraZIM28.00
262Jeff ThomsonAUS28.01
263Tony DodemaideAUS28.03
264Roger HarperWI28.07
265Rangana HerathSL28.08
266Nobby ClarkENG28.09
267Stan NicholsENG28.10
268Saeed AjmalPAK28.11
269Iqbal QasimPAK28.11
270Chris OldENG28.11
271Todd MurphyAUS28.14
272John WatkinsSA28.14
273Heath StreakZIM28.14
274Simon JonesENG28.24
275Claude BuckenhamENG28.24
276Ryan SidebottomENG28.24
277Herman GriffithWI28.25
278Mohammad NissarIND28.28
279Geoff ArnoldENG28.30
280Richard SnellSA28.32
281David BrownENG28.32
282Asif IqbalPAK28.34
283Harold LarwoodENG28.36
284Merv HughesAUS28.38
285Darren GoughENG28.40
286Sir Ian BothamENG28.40
287Mitchell JohnsonAUS28.41
288Rodney HoggAUS28.48
289Dion NashNZ28.48
290Ben HilfenhausAUS28.51
291Charlie GriffithWI28.54
292Richard HuttonENG28.56
293Mark AdairIRE28.60
294Craig McDermottAUS28.63
295Jofra ArcherENG28.64
296Tibby CotterAUS28.64
297Ken FarnesENG28.65
298Mark GillespieNZ28.68
299Mark EalhamENG28.71
300Gavin LarsenNZ28.71
301Bishan BediIND28.71
302Bill HowellAUS28.71
303Amir HamzaAFG28.72
304Wayne ClarkAUS28.75
304Jim BurkeAUS28.75
305Ajaz PatelNZ28.82
306Makhaya NtiniSA28.83
307Vaman KumarIND28.86
308Mohammad IslamBAN28.88
309Craig MatthewsSA28.88
310Sonny RamadhinWI28.98
311Jack NoreigaWI29.00
311Sam StaplesENG29.00
312Ernie JonesAUS29.02
313Stuart MacGillAUS29.03
314Justin GreavesWI29.03
315Arthur GilliganENG29.06
316Jayant YadavIND29.06
317Bapu NadkarniIND29.08
318Doug WaltersAUS29.08
319Lance GibbsWI29.09
320Carl RackemannAUS29.15
321James TredwellENG29.18
322Ian JohnsonAUS29.19
323Trevor BaileyENG29.21
324Alan ConnollyAUS29.23
325Mushtaq MohammadPAK29.23
326Richard CollingeNZ29.25
327Dougie MarillierZIM29.27
328Simon DoullNZ29.31
329Heath DavisNZ29.35
330Sir Gubby AllenENG29.37
331Abdur RehmanPAK29.39
332Steve O'KeefeAUS29.40
333Chris CairnsNZ29.40
334George GearyENG29.41
335Neil HawkeAUS29.42
336Kyle JarvisZIM29.43
337Nathan SmithNZ29.46
338Jack CrawfordENG29.49
339Keshav MaharajSA29.52
340James KirtleyENG29.53
341Subhash GupteIND29.55
342Brian CloseENG29.56
343Mohammed SirajIND29.56
344Chaminda VaasSL29.58
345Charlie LlewellynSA29.60
346Chris WoakesENG29.61
347Jermaine LawsonWI29.65
348Kapil DevIND29.65
349Anil KumbleIND29.65
350Narsingh DeonarineWI29.71
351Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND29.75
352Graham DilleyENG29.76
353Graham McKenzieAUS29.79
354Nantie HaywardSA29.80
355Alan MossENG29.81
356Dominic CorkENG29.82
357Frank CameronNZ29.82
358Saqlain MushtaqPAK29.84
359Ashley MallettAUS29.85
360Aamer NazirPAK29.85
361Jomel WarricanWI29.86
362Graham OnionsENG29.91
363Andy CaddickENG29.91
364Nayeem HasanBAN29.94
365Richard EllisonENG29.94
366Hansie CronjeSA29.95
367Graeme SwannENG29.97
368Ernie McCormickAUS29.97
369George HirstENG30.00
369Arshad KhanPAK30.00
370Keith BoyceWI30.02
371Prior JonesWI30.04
372Baron ConstantineWI30.10
373Narendra HirwaniIND30.11
374Nathan LyonAUS30.12
375Chris DrumNZ30.13
376Ghulam AhmedIND30.18
377Brydon CarseENG30.19
378Simon KatichAUS30.24
379Tim SoutheeNZ30.26
380Pragyan OjhaIND30.27
381Kenny BenjaminWI30.27
382Eric HolliesENG30.27
383Jimmy BlanckenbergSA30.28
384Rathnayake RathnayakeSL30.30
385Alf ValentineWI30.32
386Niroshan BandaratillekeSL30.35
387Eddie FullerSA30.36
388Erapalli PrasannaIND30.38
389Jason HolderWI30.40
390George RoweSA30.40
390Steven FinnENG30.40
391Mohammad AmirPAK30.48
392Javagal SrinathIND30.49
393Matthew HoggardENG30.50
393David BrainZIM30.50
393Blair TicknerNZ30.50
394Geoff LawsonAUS30.56
395Hamilton MasakadzaZIM30.56
396Roy KilnerENG30.58
397Amar SinghIND30.64
398Jackson BirdAUS30.65
399Peter SiddleAUS30.67
400Alan FairfaxAUS30.71
401Dilip DoshiIND30.72
402Venkatapathy RajuIND30.72
403Dinanath RamnarineWI30.73
404Mark WoodENG30.80
405Jubair HossainBAN30.81
406Brett LeeAUS30.82
407Tony MacGibbonNZ30.86
408Franklyn RoseWI30.89
409Patrick PattersonWI30.90
410Ian PeeblesENG30.91
411Umesh YadavIND30.96
412David AllenENG30.98
413Geoff MillerENG30.98
414Ben StokesENG30.98
415Mohammad MunafPAK31.00
416Glenn PhillipsNZ31.03
416Shardul ThakurIND31.03
417Hardik PandyaIND31.06
418Freddie BrownENG31.07
419Norman GiffordENG31.09
420Jack GregoryAUS31.15
421Wanigamuni MendisSL31.15
422Jim HiggsAUS31.17
423Joe PartridgeSA31.20
424Ray IllingworthENG31.20
425Terry JennerAUS31.21
426Rehan AhmedENG31.23
427Alan MullallyENG31.24
428Cyril VincentSA31.32
429Yasir ShahPAK31.38
430Colin StuartWI31.40
432Pommie MbangwaZIM31.44
433Dick MotzNZ31.48
434Tom EmmettENG31.56
435Imran KhanBHR31.62
436Ian MeckiffAUS31.62
437Bruce YardleyAUS31.63
438Bob CowperAUS31.64
438Saleem JaffarPAK31.64
439Taijul IslamBAN31.67
440Jimmy SinclairSA31.68
441Don BlackieAUS31.71
442Tauseef AhmedPAK31.72
443Shakib Al HasanBAN31.72
444Junaid KhanPAK31.73
445Daryl TuffeyNZ31.75
446Barry KnightENG31.76
447Robin JackmanENG31.79
448John GoddardWI31.82
449Steve HarmisonENG31.82
450Bob McLeodAUS31.83
451Andre NelSA31.86
452Mehidy HasanBAN31.89
453Aizaz CheemaPAK31.90
454Jayananda WarnaweeraSL31.91
455Prabath JayasuriyaSL32.00
455Muralikrishna KrishnaIND32.00
456Vishwa FernandoSL32.04
457Rolph GrantWI32.09
458Ewen ChatfieldNZ32.18
459Shingi MasakadzaZIM32.19
460Tony GreigENG32.21
461Shannon GabrielWI32.22
462Fred TitmusENG32.23
463Andy BichelAUS32.24
464Irfan PathanIND32.26
465Jack WhiteENG32.27
466Reg PerksENG32.27
467John MaguireAUS32.30
468Corey CollymoreWI32.30
469Vinoo MankadIND32.32
470Jayantha SilvaSL32.35
471Alan WardENG32.36
472Charles KellewayAUS32.37
473Richard IllingworthENG32.37
474Greville StevensENG32.40
475Ishant SharmaIND32.41
476Harbhajan SinghIND32.46
477Mohammad FarooqPAK32.48
478Nick CookENG32.48
479Shayne O'ConnorNZ32.53
480Jeff HammondAUS32.53
481Dick TyldesleyENG32.58
482Roger BinnyIND32.64
483Sandy BellSA32.65
484Jacques KallisSA32.65
485Reon KingWI32.70
486Winston DavisWI32.71
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