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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
199.94Donald BradmanAUS38.06 clear of Adam Voges
261.88Adam VogesAUS38.06 off the lead
360.97Graeme PollockSA38.97 off the lead
● LEADS
Donald BradmanAUS
99.94 · 38.06 ahead of Voges
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bradman is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
57.78
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Donald BradmanAUS99.94
2Adam VogesAUS61.88
3Graeme PollockSA60.97
4George HeadleyWI60.83
5Herbert SutcliffeENG60.73
6Eddie PaynterENG59.23
7Ken BarringtonENG58.67
8Sir Everton WeekesWI58.62
9Wally HammondENG58.46
10Sir Garry SobersWI57.78
11Kumar SangakkaraSL57.41
12Sir Jack HobbsENG56.95
13Sir Clyde WalcottWI56.69
14Sir Leonard HuttonENG56.67
15Rahmat ShahAFG56.48
16Steven SmithAUS55.45
17Jacques KallisSA55.37
18Charlie DavisWI54.21
19Vinod KambliIND54.20
20Kane WilliamsonNZ54.17
21Greg ChappellAUS53.86
22Dudley NourseSA53.82
23Sachin TendulkarIND53.79
24Kamindu MendisSL53.66
25Harry BrookENG53.09
26Brian LaraWI52.89
27Javed MiandadPAK52.57
28Rahul DravidIND52.31
29Mohammad YousufPAK52.29
30Younis KhanPAK52.06
31Ricky PontingAUS51.85
32Jack RyderAUS51.63
33Andy FlowerZIM51.55
34Michael HusseyAUS51.53
35Shiv ChanderpaulWI51.37
36Sunil GavaskarIND51.12
37Steve WaughAUS51.06
38Matthew HaydenAUS50.74
39AB de VilliersSA50.66
40Allan BorderAUS50.56
41Joe RootENG50.45
42Sir Viv RichardsWI50.24
43Denis ComptonENG50.06
44Mahela JayawardeneSL49.85
45Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK49.61
46Frank WorrellWI49.49
47Phil MeadENG49.38
48Virender SehwagIND49.34
49Abid AliPAK49.17
50Michael ClarkeAUS49.11
51Colin BlandSA49.09
52Bruce MitchellSA48.89
53Thilan SamaraweeraSL48.77
54Neil HarveyAUS48.42
55Doug WaltersAUS48.26
56Graeme SmithSA48.26
57Bill PonsfordAUS48.23
58Stan McCabeAUS48.21
59Douglas JardineENG48.00
60Yashasvi JaiswalIND47.93
61Ted DexterENG47.89
62Geoff BoycottENG47.73
63Vijay HazareIND47.65
64Patsy HendrenENG47.64
65Adam GilchristAUS47.61
66Seymour NurseWI47.60
67Rohan KanhaiWI47.53
68Kevin PietersenENG47.29
69Bill LawryAUS47.15
70Raman Subba RowENG46.86
71Virat KohliIND46.85
72Bob CowperAUS46.84
73Bill BrownAUS46.82
74Bob SimpsonAUS46.82
75Peter MayENG46.77
76Joe HardstaffENG46.74
77Clive LloydWI46.68
78Hashim AmlaSA46.64
79Misbah-ul-HaqPAK46.63
80Lindsay HassettAUS46.56
81Dean JonesAUS46.55
82Arthur MorrisAUS46.49
83Damien MartynAUS46.38
84Dennis AmissENG46.31
85John ReidNZ46.29
86Allan RaeWI46.18
87Maurice LeylandENG46.07
88Bill WoodfullAUS46.00
89Saud ShakeelPAK45.98
90VVS LaxmanIND45.97
91Rachin RavindraNZ45.89
92Eddie BarlowSA45.75
93Norm O'NeillAUS45.56
94Saeed AnwarPAK45.53
95Martin CroweNZ45.37
96Alastair CookENG45.35
97Gary KirstenSA45.27
98Justin LangerAUS45.27
99Sean WilliamsZIM45.26
100Sir Conrad HunteWI45.07
101Herbie CollinsAUS45.07
102Mohammad AzharuddinIND45.04
103Simon KatichAUS45.03
104Darren LehmannAUS44.95
105Zaheer AbbasPAK44.80
106Mark RichardsonNZ44.77
107Gordon GreenidgeWI44.72
108Ross TaylorNZ44.67
109Graham ThorpeENG44.66
110Glenn TurnerNZ44.64
111David WarnerAUS44.60
112Alvin KallicharranWI44.43
113Angelo MathewsSL44.40
114Sir Richie RichardsonWI44.40
115Tom GraveneyENG44.38
116Shoaib MohammadPAK44.34
117Andrew JonesNZ44.27
118David GowerENG44.25
119Daryll CullinanSA44.21
120Jonathan TrottENG44.08
121Colin CowdreyENG44.07
122Hanif MohammadPAK43.99
123Geoff PullarENG43.87
124Daryl MitchellNZ43.82
125Marcus TrescothickENG43.80
126Saleem MalikPAK43.70
127Robin SmithENG43.67
128Eric RowanSA43.67
129David BoonAUS43.66
130Cheteshwar PujaraIND43.61
131Lawrence RoweWI43.55
132John EdrichENG43.54
133Usman KhawajaAUS43.52
134Mark TaylorAUS43.50
135Ian RedpathAUS43.46
136Rishabh PantIND43.38
137Dinesh ChandimalSL43.27
138Travis HeadAUS43.24
139Basil ButcherWI43.11
140Devon ConwayNZ43.08
141Dave HoughtonZIM43.06
142Marnus LabuschagneAUS43.05
143Aravinda de SilvaSL42.98
144Hashan TillakaratneSL42.88
145Chris RogersAUS42.87
146Murray GoodwinZIM42.85
147Michael SlaterAUS42.84
148Cyril WashbrookENG42.82
149Babar AzamPAK42.72
150Ian BellENG42.69
151Graham GoochENG42.58
152Mohinder AmarnathIND42.50
153Roy FredericksWI42.49
154Jack FingletonAUS42.46
155Ian ChappellAUS42.42
156Jeffrey StollmeyerWI42.33
157Desmond HaynesWI42.30
158Shubman GillIND42.28
159Azhar AliPAK42.26
160Pathum NissankaSL42.26
161Polly UmrigarIND42.22
162Brian BoothAUS42.21
163Chris GayleWI42.19
164Sourav GangulyIND42.18
165Washington SundarIND42.14
166Dilip VengsarkarIND42.13
167Navjot SidhuIND42.13
168Jackie McGlewSA42.07
169Gautam GambhirIND41.96
170Herschelle GibbsSA41.95
171Gundappa ViswanathIND41.93
172Mark WaughAUS41.82
173Charles MacartneyAUS41.78
174Ashwell PrinceSA41.65
175Michael VaughanENG41.44
176Mayank AgarwalIND41.33
177Jimmy AdamsWI41.26
178Graham YallopAUS41.13
179Greg MatthewsAUS41.09
180Kepler WesselsAUS41.00
181Tillakaratne DilshanSL40.99
182Jesse RyderNZ40.94
183Ahmed ShehzadPAK40.92
184Peter ParfittENG40.91
185Andrew StraussENG40.91
186Aubrey FaulknerSA40.79
187Herbie TaylorSA40.78
188Shikhar DhawanIND40.61
189Andrew SymondsAUS40.61
190Rohit SharmaIND40.58
191Les AmesENG40.57
192Paul CollingwoodENG40.56
193Allan WatkinsENG40.50
194Warren BardsleyAUS40.48
195Tony GreigENG40.44
196Saeed AhmedPAK40.42
197Ross EdwardsAUS40.38
198Gary BallanceENG40.32
199Matt PriorENG40.19
200Bert SutcliffeNZ40.10
201Sanath JayasuriyaSL40.07
202Stephen FlemingNZ40.07
203Basil D'OliveiraENG40.06
204Faf du PlessisSA40.03
205Ramnaresh SarwanWI40.01
206Bill EdrichENG40.00
206George GunnENG40.00
207Keith FletcherENG39.90
208Jamie SmithENG39.72
209Mike DennessENG39.69
210Larry GomesWI39.64
211Rick McCoskerAUS39.56
212Chris BroadENG39.55
213Alec StewartENG39.55
214Clem HillAUS39.54
215Henry NichollsNZ39.51
216Brian McMillanSA39.36
217Tom LathamNZ39.33
218Colin McDonaldAUS39.33
219Dimuth KarunaratneSL39.25
220Dilip SardesaiIND39.24
221Mushtaq MohammadPAK39.17
222Vijay ManjrekarIND39.12
223Marvan AtapattuSL39.02
224Ryan RickeltonSA38.93
225Majid KhanPAK38.92
226Asanka GurusinhaSL38.92
227Tamim IqbalBAN38.89
228Fawad AlamPAK38.88
229Dhananjaya de SilvaSL38.87
230Asif IqbalPAK38.86
231Quinton de KockSA38.82
232Colin de GrandhommeNZ38.70
233Mushfiqur RahimBAN38.70
234Warwick ArmstrongAUS38.69
235Brendon McCullumNZ38.64
236Victor TrumperAUS38.61
237Craig McMillanNZ38.47
238Ajinkya RahaneIND38.46
239Abdullah ShafiquePAK38.33
240Murali VijayIND38.29
241Nkrumah BonnerWI38.24
242Ben DuckettENG38.23
243Andy SandhamENG38.22
244Asad ShafiqPAK38.20
245Peter BurgeAUS38.17
246Temba BavumaSA38.12
247MS DhoniIND38.09
248Mudassar NazarPAK38.09
249Taufeeq UmarPAK37.99
250Sadagoppan RameshIND37.97
251Bob CatterallSA37.93
252Dean ElgarSA37.92
253Brendan TaylorZIM37.91
254Vernon RansfordAUS37.84
255John WrightNZ37.83
256Ravindra JadejaIND37.82
257David SheppardENG37.81
258Shakib Al HasanBAN37.78
259Mike AthertonENG37.70
260Imran NiaziBHR37.69
261Ijaz AhmedPAK37.67
262Denis LindsaySA37.67
263Mohammad HafeezPAK37.65
264Jeremy ConeyNZ37.58
265BJ WatlingNZ37.52
266Peter RichardsonENG37.47
267Keith StackpoleAUS37.43
268Charles KellewayAUS37.42
269Sarfraz AhmedPAK37.42
270Kim HughesAUS37.42
271Neil McKenzieSA37.39
272Mohammad RizwanPAK37.33
273Peter HandscombAUS37.21
274Mominul HaqueBAN37.19
275Nasser HussainENG37.19
276Sanjay ManjrekarIND37.15
277Mohsin KhanHK37.11
278Wiaan MulderSA37.03
279Nathan AstleNZ37.02
280Keith MillerAUS36.98
281Joe BurnsAUS36.97
282Jack GregoryAUS36.97
283Sandeep PatilIND36.93
284Michael VandortSL36.90
285Shreyas IyerIND36.86
286John HoltWI36.76
287Roy DiasSL36.71
288Qasim UmarPAK36.63
289Shahid AfridiGER36.51
290Darren BravoWI36.47
291Carl HooperWI36.47
292Hansie CronjeSA36.41
293Jonny BairstowENG36.40
294Tim RobinsonNZ36.39
295Kusal MendisSL36.36
296Jacob OramNZ36.33
297Wasim RajaPAK36.17
298Alan KippaxAUS36.12
299KL RahulIND36.10
300Allan LambENG36.09
301Frank WoolleyENG36.08
302Brian LuckhurstENG36.06
303Scott StyrisNZ36.05
304Cameron GreenAUS35.86
305Umar AkmalPAK35.82
306Sadiq MohammadPAK35.82
307Gus LogieWI35.80
308Ravi ShastriIND35.79
309C.B. FryENG35.79
310Arjuna RanatungaSL35.70
311Malinda WarnapuraSL35.70
312Jonty RhodesSA35.66
313Salman AghaPAK35.63
314Johnny TaylorAUS35.61
315Bob BarberENG35.60
316Reggie DuffAUS35.59
317Chandu BordeIND35.59
318Mike GattingENG35.56
319Marcus NorthAUS35.48
320Jacques RudolphSA35.43
321Charlie BarnettENG35.42
322Glenn PhillipsNZ35.41
323Graeme FowlerENG35.32
324Bruce LairdAUS35.29
325Aamer SohailPAK35.29
326Matt RenshawAUS35.24
327Greg RitchieAUS35.21
328Shane WatsonAUS35.20
329Shoaib MalikPAK35.15
330Roshen SilvaSL35.10
331Aiden MarkramSA35.03
332Imam-ul-HaqPAK34.96
333Litton DasBAN34.93
334Nawab of PataudiIND34.91
335Alex CareyAUS34.90
336Shiv Sunder DasIND34.89
337Alviro PetersenSA34.88
338Nasir HossainBAN34.80
339Haroon RasheedPAK34.77
340John CrawleyENG34.62
341Jim BurkeAUS34.59
342Mark ButcherENG34.58
343Ollie PopeENG34.56
344Ben StokesENG34.47
345Justin GreavesWI34.47
346Trevor GoddardSA34.47
347Axar PatelIND34.40
348David HookesAUS34.37
349Shaun MarshAUS34.32
350Lou VincentNZ34.15
351Joey CarewWI34.15
352Sikandar RazaZIM34.14
353Archie MacLarenENG34.03
354Greg BlewettAUS34.03
355David BedinghamSA34.00
355Joe SolomonWI34.00
356Russell EndeanSA33.96
357Yuvraj SinghIND33.93
358Paul SheahanAUS33.91
359James NeeshamNZ33.76
360Hanuma VihariIND33.56
361Sir Ian BothamENG33.55
362Chris CairnsNZ33.54
363Wasim JafferIND33.52
364MahmudullahBAN33.49
365Ken MackayAUS33.49
366Tom HaywardENG33.49
367Matthew ElliottAUS33.49
368Yashpal SharmaIND33.46
369Andrew HudsonSA33.45
370Brendan NashWI33.42
371Derek RandallENG33.38
372Reg SimpsonENG33.36
373John ReidNZ33.28
374Geoff MarshAUS33.19
375Craig ErvineZIM33.14
376Bob WoolmerENG33.09
377Wavell HindsWI33.01
378Brandon KingWI33.00
379Brad HaddinAUS32.99
380Lance KlusenerSA32.86
381Jean-Paul DuminySA32.86
382Billy ZulchSA32.77
383Alan KnottENG32.75
384Kyle MayersWI32.72
385Budhi KunderanIND32.70
386Phillip HughesAUS32.66
387Manoj PrabhakarIND32.65
388Marlon SamuelsWI32.64
389Tim PaineAUS32.64
390Tristan StubbsSA32.58
391Tharanga ParanavitanaSL32.58
392Haris SohailPAK32.58
393Pankaj RoyIND32.56
394Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN32.54
395Corey AndersonNZ32.52
396Kraigg BrathwaiteWI32.51
397Chris TavaréENG32.50
398Geoff HowarthNZ32.45
399Yasir HameedPAK32.41
400Sherwin CampbellWI32.38
401Kavem HodgeWI32.36
402Dattu PhadkarIND32.34
403Tom BlundellNZ32.34
404Ali BacherSA32.33
405Shaun PollockSA32.32
406Wayne PhillipsAUS32.28
407Bev CongdonNZ32.22
408Jim ParksENG32.16
409Mathew SinclairNZ32.06
410Imran FarhatPAK32.00
411Will YoungNZ31.97
412Jos ButtlerENG31.95
413Jeff DujonWI31.94
414Peter TooheyAUS31.89
415Upul TharangaSL31.89
416Ramiz RajaPAK31.83
417Graeme WoodAUS31.83
418Kirk EdwardsWI31.81
419Denis AtkinsonWI31.79
420Bryan YoungNZ31.78
421Andrew FlintoffENG31.78
422Eric DaltonSA31.73
423Bob WyattENG31.71
424Collie SmithWI31.69
425Duleep MendisSL31.64
426Mike SmithENG31.64
427Nari ContractorIND31.59
428Sami AslamPAK31.58
429Chetan ChauhanIND31.58
430Irfan PathanIND31.57
431Johnny TyldesleyENG31.57
432Andrew HilditchAUS31.56
433Oshada FernandoSL31.54
434Tony PitheySA31.50
434Waqar HasanPAK31.50
435Vinoo MankadIND31.48
436Dwayne BravoWI31.43
437Graeme HickENG31.32
438Peter KirstenSA31.30
439Wilfred RhodesENG31.28
440Ed CowanAUS31.28
441Tom VeiversAUS31.27
442Mark BurgessNZ31.21
443Zak CrawleyENG31.18
444Hanumant SinghIND31.18
445Graham DowlingNZ31.16
446Hemu AdhikariIND31.14
447Parthiv PatelIND31.13
448Farokh EngineerIND31.08
449Ajit WadekarIND31.07
450Kapil DevIND31.05
451Shan MasoodPAK31.02
452Rob KeyENG31.00
453Kusal PereraSL30.97
454Bernard JulienWI30.93
455Shane ThomsonNZ30.90
456Habibul BasharBAN30.88
457Kamran AkmalPAK30.79
458Graham RoopeENG30.71
459Keith ArthurtonWI30.71
460Clifford RoachWI30.71
461Motganhalli JaisimhaIND30.69
462John GoddardWI30.68
463Niroshan DickwellaSL30.68
464Tony de ZorziSA30.63
465Mark GreatbatchNZ30.62
466Bruce EdgarNZ30.59
467Javed BurkiPAK30.48
468Salman ButtPAK30.47
469Shadman IslamBAN30.44
470John WaiteSA30.44
471Eoin MorganENG30.43
472Rory BurnsENG30.32
473Gerry GomezWI30.32
474Tatenda TaibuZIM30.31
475Mark BoucherSA30.30
476Roy McLeanSA30.29
477Jock CameronSA30.22
478Brian HastingsNZ30.20
479Jermaine BlackwoodWI30.19
480Rassie van der DussenSA30.17
481Boeta DippenaarSA30.14
482Mohammad WasimPAK30.12
483Jeet RavalNZ30.08
484Anshuman GaekwadIND30.08
485Gordon WhiteSA30.07
486Hamilton MasakadzaZIM30.04
487Gerry AlexanderWI30.03
488Daniel VettoriNZ30.01
489Azhar MahmoodPAK30.00
490Kris SrikkanthIND29.88
491Matthew WadeAUS29.87
492Jason HolderWI29.83
493Dave NourseSA29.79
494Terry JarvisNZ29.76
495Trevor BaileyENG29.74
496Chandika HathurusinghaSL29.63
497Dean BrownlieNZ29.63
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