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.
ALL FORMATSAll-time500 entries
199.94Donald BradmanAUS38.97 clear of Graeme Pollock
260.97Graeme PollockSA38.97 off the lead
360.83George HeadleyWI39.11 off the lead
● LEADS
Donald BradmanAUS
99.94 · 38.97 ahead of Pollock
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bradman is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
56.95
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
14 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Donald BradmanAUS99.94
2Graeme PollockSA60.97
3George HeadleyWI60.83
4Herbert SutcliffeENG60.73
5Eddie PaynterENG59.23
6Ken BarringtonENG58.67
7Sir Everton WeekesWI58.62
8Wally HammondENG58.46
9Sir Garry SobersWI57.37
10Sir Jack HobbsENG56.95
11Sir Clyde WalcottWI56.69
12Sir Leonard HuttonENG56.67
13Ryan ten DoeschateNED55.76
14Adam VogesAUS54.22
15Charlie DavisWI54.21
16Dudley NourseSA53.82
17Virat KohliIND52.83
18Jack RyderAUS51.63
19Denis ComptonENG50.06
20Greg ChappellAUS49.69
21Joe RootENG49.65
22Frank WorrellWI49.49
23Phil MeadENG49.38
24Michael BevanAUS49.34
25Jacques KallisSA49.10
26Colin BlandSA49.09
27Michael HusseyAUS49.00
28Bruce MitchellSA48.89
29Sir Viv RichardsWI48.76
30Sachin TendulkarIND48.53
31Neil HarveyAUS48.42
32Bill PonsfordAUS48.23
33Stan McCabeAUS48.21
34Kane WilliamsonNZ48.15
35AB de VilliersSA48.11
36Douglas JardineENG48.00
37Ted DexterENG47.89
38Rohan KanhaiWI47.69
39Steven SmithAUS47.69
40Matthew HaydenAUS47.68
41Vijay HazareIND47.65
42Patsy HendrenENG47.64
43Seymour NurseWI47.60
44Abid AliPAK47.13
45Javed MiandadPAK46.99
46Bill LawryAUS46.97
47Raman Subba RowENG46.86
48Bob CowperAUS46.84
49Bill BrownAUS46.82
50Peter MayENG46.77
51Kumar SangakkaraSL46.77
52Joe HardstaffENG46.74
53Dennis AmissENG46.57
54Hashim AmlaSA46.56
55Lindsay HassettAUS46.56
56Arthur MorrisAUS46.49
57Brian LaraWI46.29
58Bob SimpsonAUS46.27
59Shubman GillIND46.25
60Sunil GavaskarIND46.20
61Allan RaeWI46.18
62Maurice LeylandENG46.07
63Bill WoodfullAUS46.00
63Amir JangooWI46.00
64Geoff BoycottENG45.98
65Ricky PontingAUS45.96
66Jonathan TrottENG45.89
67Eddie BarlowSA45.75
68Shiv ChanderpaulWI45.73
69Zaheer AbbasPAK45.71
70Norm O'NeillAUS45.56
71Mohammad YousufPAK45.53
72Doug WaltersAUS45.50
73Glenn TurnerNZ45.44
74Rahul DravidIND45.42
75Dean JonesAUS45.32
76Michael ClarkeAUS45.27
77Yashasvi JaiswalIND45.22
78Babar AzamPAK45.22
79Sir Conrad HunteWI45.07
80Herbie CollinsAUS45.07
81Clive LloydWI44.99
82MS DhoniIND44.96
83Justin LangerAUS44.89
84Gordon GreenidgeWI44.85
85Karanbir SinghAST44.76
86Tom GraveneyENG44.38
87Misbah-ul-HaqPAK44.35
88Thilan SamaraweeraSL44.22
89Harry BrookENG44.14
90Faheem NazirSWI44.14
91Kevin PietersenENG44.08
92Hanif MohammadPAK43.99
93Geoff PullarENG43.87
94Colin CowdreyENG43.82
95Sami Muhammad SohailMAW43.69
96Eric RowanSA43.67
97Ambati RayuduIND43.40
98Tilak VarmaIND43.38
99Jermaine BakerCIS43.37
100Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK43.33
101John EdrichENG43.23
102Basil ButcherWI43.11
103Gary KirstenSA43.08
104Ian ChappellAUS42.99
105Damien MartynAUS42.92
106Alastair CookENG42.88
107Chris RogersAUS42.87
108Cyril WashbrookENG42.82
109Mark RichardsonNZ42.70
110Ross TaylorNZ42.63
111Cheteshwar PujaraIND42.62
112Faf du PlessisSA42.58
113Alvin KallicharranWI42.48
114Jack FingletonAUS42.46
115Graham ThorpeENG42.44
116Usman KhawajaAUS42.42
117David WarnerAUS42.40
118Rohit SharmaIND42.36
119Graeme SmithSA42.35
120Jeffrey StollmeyerWI42.33
121Simon KatichAUS42.28
122Polly UmrigarIND42.22
123Brian BoothAUS42.21
124Jackie McGlewSA42.07
125Ian RedpathAUS41.96
126Mohammad RizwanPAK41.95
127Martin CroweNZ41.93
128Robin SmithENG41.86
129David LloydENG41.85
130Desmond HaynesWI41.80
131Charles MacartneyAUS41.78
132Steve WaughAUS41.66
133VVS LaxmanIND41.64
134Sourav GangulyIND41.46
135Saud ShakeelPAK41.12
136Phil JaquesAUS41.08
137Mohammad IhsanSPN41.05
138Azhar AliPAK41.04
139Saeed AnwarPAK41.01
140Darren LehmannAUS40.97
141Peter ParfittENG40.91
142Imam-ul-HaqPAK40.90
143Daryl MitchellNZ40.87
144Marcus TrescothickENG40.82
145KL RahulIND40.80
146Aubrey FaulknerSA40.79
147Allan BorderAUS40.78
148Herbie TaylorSA40.78
149Roy FredericksWI40.75
150Marnus LabuschagneAUS40.72
151Graham YallopAUS40.67
152Andy FlowerZIM40.63
153Graham GoochENG40.58
154Ibrahim ZadranAFG40.58
155Devon ConwayNZ40.57
156Les AmesENG40.57
157Angelo MathewsSL40.55
158Mark WaughAUS40.51
159Allan WatkinsENG40.50
160Ramnaresh SarwanWI40.49
161Warren BardsleyAUS40.48
162Sohail AhmedBHR40.45
163David BoonAUS40.44
164Saeed AhmedPAK40.42
165Virender SehwagIND40.31
166Ian BellENG40.27
167Andrew SymondsAUS40.27
168Travis HeadAUS40.27
169Bert SutcliffeNZ40.10
170Bill EdrichENG40.00
170George GunnENG40.00
171Younis KhanPAK39.91
172Keith FletcherENG39.89
173Rassie van der DussenSA39.85
174Shai HopeWI39.85
175Asif IqbalPAK39.85
176Mohammad AzharuddinIND39.78
177Chris BroadENG39.76
178Ashwell PrinceSA39.73
179Lawrence RoweWI39.69
180Shikhar DhawanIND39.66
181Andrew JonesNZ39.63
182Ross EdwardsAUS39.61
183Janneman MalanSA39.60
184Shreyas IyerIND39.58
185Clem HillAUS39.54
186David HempBER39.53
187Quinton de KockSA39.46
188David GowerENG39.45
189Colin McDonaldAUS39.33
190Dilip VengsarkarIND39.30
191Dilip SardesaiIND39.24
192Mahela JayawardeneSL39.15
193Mark TaylorAUS39.15
194Vijay ManjrekarIND39.12
195David MillerSA39.09
196Navjot SidhuIND39.05
197Gundappa ViswanathIND39.04
198Gautam GambhirIND38.96
199Adam GilchristAUS38.94
200Mushtaq MohammadPAK38.91
201Andrew StraussENG38.80
202Kedar JadhavIND38.74
203Warwick ArmstrongAUS38.69
204Basil D'OliveiraENG38.68
205Padmakar Rajaram SurveINS38.67
206Majid KhanPAK38.66
207Virandeep Singh Jagjit SinghMAL38.65
208Manish PandeyIND38.64
209Victor TrumperAUS38.61
210Ruturaj GaikwadIND38.48
211Mayank AgarwalIND38.39
212Muhammad TanveerQTR38.39
213Daryll CullinanSA38.25
214Andy SandhamENG38.22
215Michael SlaterAUS38.18
216Peter BurgeAUS38.17
217Tillakaratne DilshanSL38.17
218Marvan AtapattuSL38.04
219Sir Richie RichardsonWI38.00
220Chris GayleWI37.99
221Mohinder AmarnathIND37.96
222Bob CatterallSA37.93
223Mike DennessENG37.86
224Vernon RansfordAUS37.84
225John ReidNZ37.82
226Lance KlusenerSA37.81
227David SheppardENG37.81
228Ben DuckettENG37.80
229Aravinda de SilvaSL37.79
230Dimuth KarunaratneSL37.78
231Dawid MalanENG37.74
232Gustav MckeonFRA37.73
233Hansie CronjeSA37.72
234Denis LindsaySA37.67
235Matthew William Reeve StokesGUE37.59
236Allan LambENG37.52
237Neil McKenzieSA37.48
238Peter RichardsonENG37.47
239Charles KellewayAUS37.42
240Keith StackpoleAUS37.42
241Herschelle GibbsSA37.31
242Abdul WaheedSAR37.29
243Michael VandortSL37.25
244Mike AthertonENG37.18
245Delray RawlinsBER37.17
246Jonny BairstowENG37.16
247Rilee RossouwSA37.15
248Khurram KhanUAE37.10
249Vinod KambliIND37.09
250Dean ElgarSA37.08
251Kepler WesselsAUS37.08
252Geoff MarshAUS36.98
253Boeta DippenaarSA36.98
254Keith MillerAUS36.98
255Jack GregoryAUS36.97
256Saleem MalikPAK36.97
257Rahmat ShahAFG36.92
258Tony GreigENG36.84
259John HoltWI36.76
260Shane WatsonAUS36.74
261Kongala VimukthiSL36.74
262Aaron FinchAUS36.68
263George BaileyAUS36.63
264Kendel Kadowaki-FlemingITL36.61
265Tom LathamNZ36.49
266Matt RenshawAUS36.47
267Joe BurnsAUS36.45
268Haris SohailPAK36.43
269Temba BavumaSA36.41
270James TaylorENG36.33
271Nick KnightENG36.30
272Alec StewartENG36.30
273Brandon McMullenSCO36.29
274Michael VaughanENG36.28
275Jean-Paul DuminySA36.18
276Alan KippaxAUS36.12
277Preston MommsenSCO36.08
278Frank WoolleyENG36.08
279Rinku SinghIND36.05
280Brad HodgeAUS36.03
281Rachin RavindraNZ36.03
282Pathum SilvaSL35.98
283Ajay JadejaIND35.97
284Ajinkya RahaneIND35.96
285Martin GuptillNZ35.90
286Carl HooperWI35.90
287Jos ButtlerENG35.83
288C.B. FryENG35.79
289Arjuna RanatungaSL35.79
290Shaun MarshAUS35.76
291Nathan AstleNZ35.63
292Gary BallanceENG35.62
293Hashan TillakaratneSL35.62
294Johnny TaylorAUS35.61
295Bob BarberENG35.60
296Reggie DuffAUS35.59
297Chandu BordeIND35.59
298Peter HandscombAUS35.59
299Fawad AlamPAK35.59
300Eoin MorganENG35.57
301Larry GomesWI35.55
302Anshuman RathHK35.54
303Peter KirstenSA35.54
304Jacques RudolphSA35.53
305Stephen FlemingNZ35.46
306Imran NiaziBHR35.45
307Hristo LakovBUL35.42
308Charlie BarnettENG35.42
309Paul CollingwoodENG35.40
310Ashish BagaiCAN35.39
311Rishabh PantIND35.33
312Ed JoyceENG35.33
313Ishan KishanIND35.32
314Rick McCoskerAUS35.31
315Jonty RhodesSA35.28
316Luqman ButtCMB35.26
317Roger TwoseNZ35.21
318Henry NichollsNZ35.20
319Tamim IqbalBAN35.20
320Shoaib MohammadPAK35.17
321Ben StokesENG35.16
322Sanjay ManjrekarIND35.10
323Roshen SilvaSL35.10
324Yuvraj SinghIND35.05
325Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG35.04
326Taufeeq UmarPAK35.02
327Salman AghaPAK34.97
328Lhuan-dre PretoriusSA34.96
329Dinesh ChandimalSL34.94
330Matt MachanSCO34.93
331Glenn PhillipsNZ34.91
332Nawab of PataudiIND34.91
333Nasser HussainENG34.90
334Cameron GreenAUS34.86
335Yasir HameedPAK34.84
336Hamid Ali Mazhar ShahDEN34.84
337Yeron SeneveratneCIS34.82
338Murali VijayIND34.81
339Jimmy AdamsWI34.77
340Sean WilliamsZIM34.76
341Leslie Adrian DunbarSER34.74
342Mominul HaqueBAN34.63
343Jim BurkeAUS34.59
344Mark ButcherENG34.58
345Ollie PopeENG34.56
346Tom CooperNED34.52
347Neil FairbrotherENG34.49
348Taranjeet SinghROM34.48
349Trevor GoddardSA34.47
350Mushfiqur RahimBAN34.46
351Jeremy ConeyNZ34.41
352Aiden MarkramSA34.40
353BJ WatlingNZ34.38
354Brendon McCullumNZ34.37
355Riazat Ali ShahUGA34.34
356George MunseySCO34.29
357David BedinghamSA34.28
358Graeme HickENG34.26
359Sarfraz AhmedPAK34.24
360Matt PriorENG34.21
361Ramesh SatheesanROM34.19
362Joey CarewWI34.15
363Merwe ErasmusNAM34.15
364Sanath JayasuriyaSL34.14
365Sadagoppan RameshIND34.12
366Matthew BreetzkeSA34.10
367Vriitya AravindUAE34.05
368Archie MacLarenENG34.03
369Joe SolomonWI34.00
370Irfan KarimKEN33.99
371Russell EndeanSA33.96
372Shoaib MalikPAK33.95
373Ijaz AhmedPAK33.95
374Fiaz AhmedBHR33.93
375Abdullah ShafiquePAK33.91
376Aqib SulehriOMN33.90
377Kyle CoetzerSCO33.87
378Shakib Al HasanBAN33.86
379Pedro BaronARG33.86
380Ravindra JadejaIND33.84
381Gajanand SinghUSA33.82
382Philip SaltENG33.81
383Muhammad WaseemUAE33.78
384Mitchell MarshAUS33.76
385Brendan TaylorZIM33.73
386Brian LuckhurstENG33.67
387Salman ButtPAK33.65
388Adil ButtESW33.64
389Roy DiasSL33.62
390Graeme FowlerENG33.62
391Jesse RyderNZ33.57
392Hanuma VihariIND33.56
393Suryakumar YadavIND33.55
394Alex HalesENG33.55
395Kusal MendisSL33.53
396Bev CongdonNZ33.50
397Ken MackayAUS33.49
398Tom HaywardENG33.49
399Daniel Doyle-CalleSPN33.48
400Steve SmithAUS33.41
401Balaji Avinash PaiGIB33.41
402Jamie SmithENG33.40
403Paul SheahanAUS33.38
404Bruce LairdAUS33.36
405Reg SimpsonENG33.36
406Cameron WhiteAUS33.35
407Mike GattingENG33.35
408Phillip HughesAUS33.34
409Evin LewisWI33.30
410Shiv Sunder DasIND33.29
411John ReidNZ33.28
412Asad ShafiqPAK33.27
413Peter TooheyAUS33.27
414Marcus NorthAUS33.25
414Sybrand EngelbrechtNED33.25
415Fakhar ZamanPAK33.25
416Jason RoyENG33.25
417Keacy CartyWI33.19
418Sabawoon DaviziCZR33.18
419Navneet DhaliwalCAN33.07
420Aamer SohailPAK33.06
422Timothy DavidAUS32.94
423Malinda WarnapuraSL32.92
424Sadiq MohammadPAK32.91
425Clayton LambertWI32.90
426Calum MacLeodSCO32.89
427Saiteja MukkamallaUSA32.88
428Suresh RainaIND32.87
429Bhim SharkiNEP32.79
430Billy ZulchSA32.77
431Kamindu MendisSL32.76
432Budhi KunderanIND32.70
433Nkrumah BonnerWI32.68
434Brian McMillanSA32.66
435Alviro PetersenSA32.64
436Brendan NashWI32.62
437Shaiman AnwarUAE32.59
438Matthew ElliottAUS32.58
439Tharanga ParanavitanaSL32.58
440Wasim JafferIND32.57
441Pankaj RoyIND32.56
442Mohammad HafeezPAK32.55
443Dave HoughtonZIM32.54
444Callum FergusonAUS32.52
445Graeme WoodAUS32.52
446Neil JohnsonZIM32.51
447Marlon SamuelsWI32.48
448Gavin HamiltonENG32.47
449Russel ArnoldSL32.46
450Jacob BethellENG32.45
451Heinrich KlaasenSA32.45
452Razmal ShigiwalAST32.43
453Ravi ShastriIND32.42
454Ryan RickeltonSA32.37
455Dattu PhadkarIND32.34
456Ali BacherSA32.33
457Walid GhauriNOR32.32
458Murray GoodwinZIM32.32
459John CrawleyENG32.30
460Kraigg BrathwaiteWI32.27
461Darren BravoWI32.20
462Abhishek SharmaIND32.18
463Mahammad ZalmaiAST32.17
464Jim ParksENG32.16
465Haroon RasheedPAK32.16
466Mohammad KaifIND32.16
467Jonty JennerJER32.15
468Mohammad ShahzadAFG32.08
469Mohsin KhanHK32.07
470Sikandar RazaZIM32.06
471Grant FlowerZIM32.04
472John WrightNZ32.03
473Ramiz RajaPAK32.01
474Sanju SamsonIND31.99
475Richie BerringtonSCO31.95
476Tre MandersBER31.93
477Greg RitchieAUS31.92
478Kim HughesAUS31.92
479Monank PatelUSA31.91
480Wasim RajaPAK31.88
481Alan KnottENG31.87
482Hamza Saleem DarSPN31.86
483Asif KhanUAE31.84
484MahmudullahBAN31.84
485Upul TharangaSL31.83
486Scott StyrisNZ31.80
487Gus LogieWI31.80
488Denis AtkinsonWI31.79
489Harry TectorIRE31.78
490Mudassar NazarPAK31.77
491William YoungNZ31.77
492Francisco Damiao CouanaMOZ31.73
492Eric DaltonSA31.73
493Sahibzada FarhanPAK31.73
494Justin GreavesWI31.72
495Alan TurnerAUS31.72
496Bob WyattENG31.71
497Michael LevittNED31.69
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