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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-time295 entries

1573 / 5Joe Root ENG10.93 clear of Litton Das

2311 / 3Litton Das BAN10.93 off the lead

3294 / 3Mushfiqur Rahim BAN16.60 off the lead

● LEADS

Joe RootENG

573 / 5 · 10.93 ahead of Das

↑ MOST ENTRIES

Misbah-ul-HaqPAK

5 separate entries on this list · 223 different players in all

★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF

551 / 7

The mark at number ten — 285 entries sit below it

● NATION IN FRONT

England

7 of the top 50 · 22 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

295 entries, ranked

1Joe RootENG573 / 5

2Litton DasBAN311 / 3

3Mushfiqur RahimBAN294 / 3

4Vic StollmeyerWI96 / 1

5Gavin MainSCO94 / 1

6Nouman SarwarQTR172 / 2

7Sabawoon DaviziCZR253 / 3

8Aziz BabakrkhailBEL84 / 1

9Kabir MirpuriGIB80 / 1

10Misbah-ul-HaqPAK551 / 7

11Warren BardsleyAUS392 / 5

12Dinesh ChandimalSL860 / 11

13Harry BrookENG312 / 4

13Rayyan PathanCAN312 / 4

13Not on recordPAN78 / 1

16Rishabh PantIND155 / 2

17Misbah-ul-HaqPAK231 / 3

18Hashmatullah ShaidiAFG307 / 4

19Zishan ShahDEN76 / 1

20Temba BavumaSA528 / 7

21Gustav MckeonFRA377 / 5

23Anish Edward ParaamSIN226 / 3

24Andre RussellWI75 / 1

25Brian LaraWI1344 / 18

26Colin de GrandhommeNZ149 / 2

27Virat KohliIND1026 / 14

28AB de VilliersSA879 / 12

29Ed JoyceENG366 / 5

30Tillakaratne DilshanSL1097 / 15

31Daryl MitchellNZ73 / 1

32Sir Richie RichardsonWI797 / 11

33Sikandar RazaZIM217 / 3

34Jean-Paul DuminySA433 / 6

35Imam-ul-HaqPAK505 / 7

36Aftab BalochPAK72 / 1

36Sharad VesawkarNEP144 / 2

38Manish PandeyIND71 / 1

38Tom CurranENG71 / 1

40Younis KhanPAK1064 / 15

41Michael VaughanENG1481 / 21

42Steven SmithAUS1690 / 24

43Soumya SarkarBAN140 / 2

43Gary KirstenSA700 / 10

45Michael HusseyAUS1749 / 25

46Misbah-ul-HaqPAK765 / 11

47AB de VilliersSA2154 / 31

48David SheppardENG346 / 5

50Hamish MarshallNZ69 / 1

50Upul TharangaSL207 / 3

50Shardul ThakurIND69 / 1

53George BaileyAUS1098 / 16

54Mohammad AzharuddinIND548 / 8

55Saeed AhmedPAK68 / 1

55Kyle CoetzerSCO68 / 1

55Prasanna JayawardeneSL68 / 1

55Kyle CoetzerSCO68 / 1

59Graeme PollockSA678 / 10

60Marnus LabuschagneAUS403 / 6

61Kiplin DorigaPNG134 / 2

61Cliff GladwinENG67 / 1

63MS DhoniIND600 / 9

64Sherwin CampbellWI133 / 2

65Phil JaquesAUS66 / 1

66BJ WatlingNZ461 / 7

67Mushtaq MohammadPAK263 / 4

69Shubman GillIND983 / 15

70Misbah-ul-HaqPAK327 / 5

71Ian RedpathAUS392 / 6

72Nathan AstleNZ586 / 9

73Sir Everton WeekesWI455 / 7

73Shane ThomsonNZ65 / 1

73Neil McKenzieSA260 / 4

77Navneet DhaliwalCAN129 / 2

77Sherwin CampbellWI516 / 8

77Lorcan TuckerIRE129 / 2

80Jacques KallisSA1869 / 29

81Michael RipponNED64 / 1

82Keith BoyceWI191 / 3

83Ricky PontingAUS318 / 5

84Joe RootENG1708 / 27

85Colin MilburnENG316 / 5

87Darren LehmannAUS1137 / 18

88Chris RogersAUS631 / 10

89Yuvraj SinghIND189 / 3

89Peter McGlashanNZ63 / 1

91John ReidNZ502 / 8

92Tillakaratne DilshanSL2568 / 41

93Sachin TendulkarIND1000 / 16

94Matthew HaydenAUS311 / 5

95Lindsay HassettAUS620 / 10

95Eddie HemmingsENG124 / 2

95Tom CurranENG62 / 1

99Andrew HilditchAUS185 / 3

100David HookesAUS308 / 5

101Manish PandeyIND307 / 5

102Chris BarnwellWI61 / 1

102Brendon JulianAUS61 / 1

102Chris DouglasBER122 / 2

105David SteeleENG365 / 6

106Desmond HaynesWI182 / 3

107Gordon GreenidgeWI604 / 10

108Mark TaylorAUS1267 / 21

109Ajit WadekarIND241 / 4

109Malinda WarnapuraSL482 / 8

111Trevor GoddardSA60 / 1

111Arthur RichardsonAUS120 / 2

111Trevor GoddardSA60 / 1

114David BoonAUS777 / 13

115Les AmesENG179 / 3

116Neil McKenzieSA1073 / 18

117Kapil DevIND417 / 7

118Morne van WykSA178 / 3

119Roy DiasSL1008 / 17

120Javed BurkiPAK237 / 4

122Alvin KallicharranWI829 / 14

123Hanif MohammadPAK412 / 7

125MS DhoniIND764 / 13

126Clive LloydWI646 / 11

127Mahela JayawardeneSL2230 / 38

128Greg ChappellAUS643 / 11

129Brian LaraWI292 / 5

130Graeme HickENG758 / 13

131Ramnaresh SarwanWI1796 / 31

132Nawab of PataudiIND578 / 10

132Michael VaughanENG1734 / 30

132Nawab of PataudiIND578 / 10

135Colin McDonaldAUS288 / 5

137Andrew FlintoffENG633 / 11

138Allan BorderAUS689 / 12

139Geoff HowarthNZ172 / 3

140Tillakaratne DilshanSL1655 / 29

141Aravinda de SilvaSL682 / 12

142Geoff BoycottENG625 / 11

144Majid KhanPAK227 / 4

145Graham YallopAUS396 / 7

146Rohan KanhaiWI113 / 2

146Arjuna RanatungaSL565 / 10

146David MillerSA113 / 2

150Clairmonte DepeiazaWI169 / 3

150Mark WaughAUS676 / 12

150Richie BerringtonSCO169 / 3

154Raphick JumadeenWI56 / 1

154Jack SiedleSA336 / 6

154Raphick JumadeenWI56 / 1

157Mudassar NazarPAK1052 / 19

158John ReidNZ775 / 14

159Sir Viv RichardsWI498 / 9

160Hemu AdhikariIND221 / 4

162Brian LaraWI386 / 7

163Sir Leonard HuttonENG825 / 15

165Aravinda de SilvaSL656 / 12

166Brian LaraWI1475 / 27

167Roy FredericksWI546 / 10

169Gavin HamiltonENG217 / 4

170Rohan KanhaiWI433 / 8

172Amjad JavedUAE54 / 1

173Gordon GreenidgeWI1402 / 26

174Avishka GunawardeneSL376 / 7

175Jacques KallisSA1718 / 32

176Damien MartynAUS805 / 15

177Keith FletcherENG267 / 5

178Derek CrookesSA53 / 1

178Nasir HossainBAN53 / 1

180Bob SimpsonAUS317 / 6

181Bruce MitchellSA579 / 11

182Graeme HickENG990 / 19

183Zaheer AbbasPAK677 / 13

184Adam ParoreNZ728 / 14

185Ian RedpathAUS519 / 10

187Saleem ElahiPAK311 / 6

188Sir Richie RichardsonWI361 / 7

189Dilip VengsarkarIND618 / 12

189Trevor MadondoZIM103 / 2

191Imran KhanPAK926 / 18

192Graeme WoodAUS308 / 6

193Martin CroweNZ1075 / 21

194Dean JonesAUS716 / 14

195Deryck MurrayWI51 / 1

195Chris CowdreyENG51 / 1

195Mike GattingENG306 / 6

198Jimmy AdamsWI560 / 11

199Sourav GangulyIND2186 / 43

200Paras KhadkaNEP254 / 5

201Khalid LatifPAK203 / 4

202Neil FairbrotherENG506 / 10

203Asif MujtabaPAK606 / 12

204Misbah-ul-HaqPAK251 / 5

205Arthur MorrisAUS401 / 8

207Andy FlowerZIM852 / 17

208Roy FredericksWI501 / 10

209Frank WorrellWI350 / 7

209David GowerENG150 / 3

209Frank WorrellWI350 / 7

209Matthew FisherENG50.000000

213Navjot SidhuIND198 / 4

214Mark WaughAUS1732 / 35

215Matt MachanSCO445 / 9

216Peter RichardsonENG491 / 10

218Azmat RanaPAK49 / 1

219Clive LloydWI240 / 5

220Peter KirstenSA95 / 2

221Arjuna RanatungaSL756 / 16

222Sir Viv RichardsWI328 / 7

223Javed MiandadPAK46 / 1

224Dean JonesAUS862 / 19

225Roy KilnerENG45 / 1

226Stephan MyburghNED224 / 5

227Umar AkmalPAK89 / 2

228Ashok MankadIND44 / 1

228Steve SmithAUS484 / 11

228Kevin PietersenENG88 / 2

231Geoff BoycottENG173 / 4

233Ranga SohoniIND43 / 1

234Sir Viv RichardsWI333 / 8

235Noman AmjadFRA40.000000

236Joe DarlingAUS77 / 2

237Mark BurgessNZ38 / 1

237Sean WilliamsZIM38 / 1

239Mike BrearleyENG147 / 4

240Tommy AndrewsAUS217 / 6

241Johnny BriggsENG72 / 2

242Keith FletcherENG106 / 3

243George HirstENG105 / 3

244Victor TrumperAUS669 / 20

245Dave NourseSA127 / 4

246Syd GregoryAUS222 / 7

247Albert RelfENG31 / 1

247Morice BirdENG62 / 2

247Not on recordPOR31.000000

250Wilfred RhodesENG119 / 4

251Doodles TapscottSA58 / 2

251Nalinambika Kumar Aneesh KumarSWI29.000000

253George GiffenAUS57 / 2

254Bob McLeodAUS50 / 2

255Geoff BoycottENG74 / 3

256Stephen FlemingNZ49 / 2

257Louis TancredSA192 / 8

258Denys MorkelSA90 / 4

259Barberton HalliwellSA88 / 4

259Dean FoxcroftNZ22.000000

259Charlie Hara-HinzeITL22.000000

262Frederick SpofforthAUS21 / 1

262Willie QuaifeENG21 / 1

264Charles BannermanAUS40 / 2

264Sir Tim O'BrienENG20 / 1

266Benjamin SearsNZ19.000000

267Joe HunterENG18 / 1

267Bobby PeelENG36 / 2

269Not on recordSIN17.000000

270Affie JarvisAUS16 / 1

270Not on recordPER16.000000

270Not on recordPAN16.000000

273Kiribathgala DharmasenaSL13.000000

274Kalle VislapuuEST12.000000

274Surya AnandDEN12.000000

276Not on recordQTR11.000000

277John HampshireENG10 / 1

277Not on recordBOT10.000000

277Ishtiaq AhmadSAR10.000000

280Billy GunnENG19 / 2

281Lucas MaximoBRZ9.000000

282Not on recordARG8.000000

283Andrew StoddartENG7 / 1

284Not on recordCOI6.000000

285Not on recordENG5.000000

285Not on recordROM5.000000

287Blessing MuzarabaniZIM4.000000

287Milad MomendLUX4.000000

287Muhammad JabirQTR4.000000

290Lokumarakkalage MadushankaSL2.000000

290Not on recordBAH2.000000

292Danyal RajaBUL1.500000

293Joshua TongueENG0.500000

294Nahid RanaBAN0.000000

294Aiden MarkramSA0.000000

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