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
19George Simpson-HaywardENG18.26
20Goofy LawrenceSA18.29
21Kyle MayersWI18.29
22Zulfiqar AhmedPAK18.30
23Hines JohnsonWI18.31
24David IronsideSA18.33
25Frederick SpofforthAUS18.41
26Bonnor MiddletonSA18.42
27Scott BolandAUS18.45
28Fred MorleyENG18.50
29Frank TysonENG18.57
30Colin BlytheENG18.63
31George Finlay-BissettSA18.76
32Michael NeserAUS18.91
33Maurice AllomENG18.93
34Ollie 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
52Marco JansenSA20.71
53Ken HiggsENG20.75
54Allan SteelENG20.86
55Bob MassieAUS20.87
56Malcolm MarshallWI20.95
57Joel GarnerWI20.98
58Sir Curtly AmbroseWI20.99
59Ernie ToshackAUS21.04
60Neil AdcockSA21.11
61Walter BrearleyENG21.12
62Bill WhittyAUS21.12
63Wilf FlowersENG21.14
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
80Alf HallSA22.15
81Matthew KuhnemannAUS22.20
81John TrumbleAUS22.20
82Allan DonaldSA22.25
83Sir Richard HadleeNZ22.30
84Tommy GreenhoughENG22.31
85Vernon PhilanderSA22.32
86Bill BowesENG22.34
87William AttewellENG22.36
88Kagiso RabadaSA22.38
89Fen CresswellNZ22.46
90Peter LoaderENG22.51
91Dick BarlowENG22.56
92Mohammad AbbasPAK22.59
93Bill O'ReillyAUS22.60
94Haris SohailPAK22.62
95Kyle AbbottSA22.72
96Muttiah MuralitharanSL22.73
97Pat CumminsAUS22.73
98Jack SaundersAUS22.73
99Bert VoglerSA22.73
100Imran NiaziBHR22.81
101Lindsay KlineAUS22.82
102Dale SteynSA22.95
103Keith MillerAUS22.98
104Ray LindwallAUS23.03
105Shabbir AhmedPAK23.04
106Simon HarmerSA23.07
107Shaun PollockSA23.12
108Lungi NgidiSA23.15
109Colin CroftWI23.30
110Bob CottamENG23.36
111Pat TrimbornSA23.36
111Sydney BurkeSA23.36
112Ranji HordernAUS23.37
113EhteshamuddinPAK23.44
114Kuldeep YadavIND23.47
115Ryan HarrisAUS23.52
116Olly StoneENG23.53
117Eric AtkinsonWI23.56
118Waqar YounisPAK23.56
119Wasim AkramPAK23.62
120Michael HoldingWI23.69
121Alfred ShawENG23.75
122Stuart ClarkAUS23.86
123Pervez SajjadPAK23.90
124Bill JohnstonAUS23.91
125Dennis LilleeAUS23.92
126Khan MohammadPAK23.93
127Josh HazlewoodAUS23.99
128Zakary FoulkesNZ24.00
129Ravichandran AshwinIND24.01
130Bernard BosanquetENG24.16
131Peter PollockSA24.19
132Clarrie GrimmettAUS24.22
133Michael BevanAUS24.24
134Fred RootENG24.25
135Fanie de VilliersSA24.27
136Duanne OlivierSA24.27
137Ian BishopWI24.28
138Mohammad AsifPAK24.37
139Hedley VerityENG24.38
140Courtney WalshWI24.45
141Noman AliPAK24.52
142Will O?RourkeNZ24.55
143Bruce ReidAUS24.64
144Fazal MahmoodPAK24.71
145Claude CarterSA24.79
146Akila DananjayaSL24.82
147Brian StathamENG24.85
148Shamar JosephWI24.85
149Sir Alec BedserENG24.90
150Wiaan MulderSA24.91
151Albert RelfENG24.96
152Monty NobleAUS25.00
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
163Gus AtkinsonENG25.35
164Ali UsmanPAK25.42
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
176David TerbruggeSA25.85
177Tich FreemanENG25.86
178Damien FlemingAUS25.89
179Hugh TayfieldSA25.91
180Schofield HaighENG25.92
181Doug BollingerAUS25.92
182Mitchell StarcAUS26.02
183Gary GilmourAUS26.04
184Jayden SealesWI26.04
185Matt HenryNZ26.05
186Frank LaverAUS26.05
187Len PascoeAUS26.06
188Roy TattersallENG26.09
189Bhuvneshwar KumarIND26.10
190Leslie HyltonWI26.13
191Jason GillespieAUS26.14
192Jack O'ConnorAUS26.15
193Colin MillerAUS26.16
194Maurice TateENG26.16
195Jimmy MatthewsAUS26.19
196Jim SmithENG26.20
197W.G. GraceENG26.22
198Tinashe PanyangaraZIM26.23
199Trevor GoddardSA26.23
200Dane PatersonSA26.24
201Josh TongueENG26.33
202James PattinsonAUS26.33
203Senuran MuthusamySA26.35
204Sir Wes HallWI26.39
205James AndersonENG26.46
206Bilal AsifPAK26.50
207Aubrey FaulknerSA26.59
208Bruce TaylorNZ26.60
209Colin McCoolAUS26.61
210Tanvir AhmedPAK26.65
210Neil McGarrellWI26.65
211Sandeep PatilIND26.67
212John SnowENG26.67
213Roy GilchristWI26.68
214John LeverENG26.73
215Tom GoddardENG26.73
216Asitha FernandoSL26.74
217Bert HopkinsAUS26.77
218Foffie WilliamsWI26.78
219Anrich NortjeSA26.92
220Tom GarrettAUS26.94
221Kemar RoachWI26.95
222Paul ReiffelAUS26.96
223Wilfred RhodesENG26.97
224Chris TremlettENG27.00
224Hasan MahmudBAN27.00
225Winston BenjaminWI27.02
226Gudakesh MotieWI27.03
227Richie BenaudAUS27.03
228Gerry HazlittAUS27.09
229George GiffenAUS27.10
230Fred RumseyENG27.12
231Geoff DymockAUS27.13
232Gerald CoetzeeSA27.13
233Terry AldermanAUS27.15
234Blessing MuzarabaniZIM27.19
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
271Jomel WarricanWI28.12
272Todd MurphyAUS28.14
273John WatkinsSA28.14
274Heath StreakZIM28.14
275Simon JonesENG28.24
276Claude BuckenhamENG28.24
277Ryan SidebottomENG28.24
278Herman GriffithWI28.25
279Mohammad NissarIND28.28
280Geoff ArnoldENG28.30
281Richard SnellSA28.32
282David BrownENG28.32
283Asif IqbalPAK28.34
284Harold LarwoodENG28.36
285Merv HughesAUS28.38
286Darren GoughENG28.40
287Sir Ian BothamENG28.40
288Mitchell JohnsonAUS28.41
289Rodney HoggAUS28.48
290Dion NashNZ28.48
291Ben HilfenhausAUS28.51
292Charlie GriffithWI28.54
293Richard HuttonENG28.56
294Mark AdairIRE28.60
295Shoriful IslamBAN28.63
296Craig McDermottAUS28.63
297Jofra ArcherENG28.64
298Tibby CotterAUS28.64
299Ken FarnesENG28.65
300Mark GillespieNZ28.68
301Mark EalhamENG28.71
302Gavin LarsenNZ28.71
303Bishan BediIND28.71
304Bill HowellAUS28.71
305Amir HamzaAFG28.72
306Jim BurkeAUS28.75
306Wayne ClarkAUS28.75
307Ajaz PatelNZ28.82
308Makhaya NtiniSA28.83
309Vaman KumarIND28.86
310Craig MatthewsSA28.88
311Sonny RamadhinWI28.98
312Jack NoreigaWI29.00
312Sam StaplesENG29.00
313Ernie JonesAUS29.02
314Stuart MacGillAUS29.03
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
331Justin GreavesWI29.38
332Abdur RehmanPAK29.39
333Steve O'KeefeAUS29.40
334Chris CairnsNZ29.40
335George GearyENG29.41
336Neil HawkeAUS29.42
337Kyle JarvisZIM29.43
338Nathan SmithNZ29.46
339Jack CrawfordENG29.49
340Keshav MaharajSA29.52
341James KirtleyENG29.53
342Subhash GupteIND29.55
343Brian CloseENG29.56
344Mohammed SirajIND29.56
345Chaminda VaasSL29.58
346Beau WebsterAUS29.58
347Charlie LlewellynSA29.60
348Chris WoakesENG29.61
349Jermaine LawsonWI29.65
350Kapil DevIND29.65
351Anil KumbleIND29.65
352Narsingh DeonarineWI29.71
353Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND29.75
354Graham DilleyENG29.76
355Graham McKenzieAUS29.79
356Nantie HaywardSA29.80
357Alan MossENG29.81
358Dominic CorkENG29.82
359Frank CameronNZ29.82
360Saqlain MushtaqPAK29.84
361Ashley MallettAUS29.85
362Aamer NazirPAK29.85
363Graham OnionsENG29.91
364Andy CaddickENG29.91
365Richard EllisonENG29.94
366Hansie CronjeSA29.95
367Graeme SwannENG29.97
368Ernie McCormickAUS29.97
369Arshad KhanPAK30.00
369George HirstENG30.00
370Keith BoyceWI30.02
371Prior JonesWI30.04
372Baron ConstantineWI30.10
373Narendra HirwaniIND30.11
374Chris DrumNZ30.13
375Ghulam AhmedIND30.18
376Brydon CarseENG30.19
377Nathan LyonAUS30.21
378Simon KatichAUS30.24
379Tim SoutheeNZ30.26
380Pragyan OjhaIND30.27
381Kenny BenjaminWI30.27
382Eric HolliesENG30.27
383Jimmy BlanckenbergSA30.28
384Milan RathnayakeSL30.30
385Alf ValentineWI30.32
386Niroshan BandaratillekeSL30.35
387Eddie FullerSA30.36
388Erapalli PrasannaIND30.38
389Jason HolderWI30.40
390Steven FinnENG30.40
390George RoweSA30.40
391Mohammad AmirPAK30.48
392Javagal SrinathIND30.49
393Blair TicknerNZ30.50
393Matthew HoggardENG30.50
393David BrainZIM30.50
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
407Nayeem HasanBAN30.85
408Tony MacGibbonNZ30.86
409Franklyn RoseWI30.89
410Patrick PattersonWI30.90
411Ian PeeblesENG30.91
412Umesh YadavIND30.96
413David AllenENG30.98
414Geoff MillerENG30.98
415Ben StokesENG30.98
416Mohammad MunafPAK31.00
416Mohammad NawazPAK31.00
417Shardul ThakurIND31.03
417Glenn PhillipsNZ31.03
418Hardik PandyaIND31.06
419Freddie BrownENG31.07
420Norman GiffordENG31.09
421Jack GregoryAUS31.15
422Ramesh MendisSL31.15
423Jim HiggsAUS31.17
424Joe PartridgeSA31.20
425Ray IllingworthENG31.20
426Terry JennerAUS31.21
427Rehan AhmedENG31.23
428Alan MullallyENG31.24
429Cyril VincentSA31.32
430Yasir ShahPAK31.38
431Colin StuartWI31.40
432Kasun RajithaSL31.44
433Pommie MbangwaZIM31.44
434Dick MotzNZ31.48
435Tom EmmettENG31.56
436Imran KhanBHR31.62
437Ian MeckiffAUS31.62
438Bruce YardleyAUS31.63
439Bob CowperAUS31.64
439Saleem JaffarPAK31.64
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
452Aizaz CheemaPAK31.90
453Jayananda WarnaweeraSL31.91
454Prasidh KrishnaIND32.00
454Prabath JayasuriyaSL32.00
455Vishwa FernandoSL32.04
456Rolph GrantWI32.09
457Ewen ChatfieldNZ32.18
458Shingi MasakadzaZIM32.19
459Tony GreigENG32.21
460Mehidy HasanBAN32.21
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
471Taijul IslamBAN32.35
472Alan WardENG32.36
473Charles KellewayAUS32.37
474Richard IllingworthENG32.37
475Greville StevensENG32.40
476Ishant SharmaIND32.41
477Harbhajan SinghIND32.46
478Mohammad FarooqPAK32.48
479Nick CookENG32.48
480Shayne O'ConnorNZ32.53
481Jeff HammondAUS32.53
482Dick TyldesleyENG32.58
483Roger BinnyIND32.64
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