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.
ODIAll-time500 entries
115.06Muhammad KhanUSA2.75 clear of Sandeep Lamichhane
217.81Sandeep LamichhaneNEP2.75 off the lead
317.84Geoff ArnoldENG2.78 off the lead
● LEADS
Muhammad KhanUSA
15.06 · 2.75 better than Lamichhane
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Khan is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
18.85
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented

Best Average — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Muhammad KhanUSA15.06
2Sandeep LamichhaneNEP17.81
3Geoff ArnoldENG17.84
4AM GhazanfarAFG17.86
5Gavin MainSCO18.16
6Ottis GibsonWI18.26
7Ehsan KhanHK18.32
8Usman KhanPAK18.62
9Jay OdedraOMN18.82
10Joel GarnerWI18.85
11Ryan HarrisAUS18.91
12Tony GrayWI18.98
13Rashid KhanAFG19.11
14Craig WrightSCO19.29
15Mike HendrickENG19.46
16Michael RipponNED20.02
17Len PascoeAUS20.11
18Manjula GurugeUAE20.16
19Bilal KhanOMN20.30
20Sir Andy RobertsNZ20.36
21Basil HameedUAE20.38
22Brandon McMullenSCO20.45
23Colin CroftWI20.67
24Rodney TrottBER20.81
25Dennis LilleeAUS20.83
26Nadeem AhmedHK20.87
27Shane BondNZ20.88
28Tony DodemaideAUS20.92
29Haseeb AmjadHK20.97
30Lalit RajbanshiNEP21.32
31Michael HoldingWI21.37
32Rusty TheronSA21.52
33Sir Richard HadleeNZ21.56
34Allan DonaldSA21.79
35Saqlain MushtaqPAK21.79
36Josh DaveySCO21.79
37Ajantha MendisSL21.87
38Glenn McGrathAUS22.02
39Brad WhealSCO22.09
40Aayan KhanUAE22.11
41Chris OldENG22.20
42Frederick KlaassenNED22.24
43Alex CusackIRE22.28
44Carl RackemannAUS22.35
45Hamid HassanAFG22.38
46Greg CampbellAUS22.44
47Abrar AhmedPAK22.62
48Chris SoleSCO22.67
49Saeed AjmalPAK22.73
50Regan WestIRE22.78
51Saurabh NetravalkarUSA22.88
52Derek UnderwoodENG22.94
53Christopher GreavesSCO23.04
54Muttiah MuralitharanSL23.08
55Christoffel ViljoenNAM23.15
56Geoff AllottNZ23.21
57Sarfraz NawazPAK23.22
58Gordon GoudieSCO23.23
59Brad WilliamsAUS23.26
60Brett LeeAUS23.36
61Ruben TrumpelmannNAM23.36
62Terry AldermanAUS23.36
63Timm van der GugtenNED23.38
64Kaushal LokuarachchiSL23.39
65Wasim AkramPAK23.53
66Mark JonkmanNED23.54
67Shaun TaitAUS23.56
68Amit MishraIND23.61
69Amir HamzaAFG23.72
70Mudassar BukhariNED23.74
71Jasprit BumrahIND23.74
72Reon KingWI23.78
73John BlainSCO23.78
74Dilip DoshiIND23.82
75Waqar YounisPAK23.84
76Chris PringleNZ23.87
77Vanburn HolderWI23.89
78Doug BollingerAUS23.90
79Mitchell StarcAUS23.96
80Shadeep SilvaUAE24.00
81Vernon PhilanderSA24.05
82Mohammed ShamiIND24.05
83Trent BoultNZ24.12
84Sir Curtly AmbroseWI24.13
85Gerald CoetzeeSA24.15
86Karim SadiqAFG24.22
87Not on recordNAM24.24
88Bernard ScholtzNAM24.35
89Nathan BrackenAUS24.37
90Clint McKayAUS24.37
91Andrew FlintoffENG24.38
92Kaleem RehmanCAN24.47
93Edgar SchiferliNED24.48
94Shaun PollockSA24.51
95Patrick PattersonWI24.51
96Ian HollandUSA24.53
97Eric SimonsSA24.55
98Karan KCNEP24.59
99Bob WillisENG24.60
100Ryan ten DoeschateNED24.61
101Nosaina PokanaPNG24.64
102Makhaya NtiniSA24.66
103Wanindu HasarangaSL24.68
104James NgocheKEN24.70
105Gary TroupNZ24.72
106Craig McDermottAUS24.72
107Matt HenryNZ24.82
108Imran TahirSA24.84
109Hamish BennettNZ24.85
110Khurram ChohanCAN24.93
111Tangeni LungameniNAM24.95
112Tom HoganAUS24.96
113Lonwabo TsotsobeSA24.97
114Shoaib AkhtarPAK24.98
115Michael KasprowiczAUS24.99
116Craig MatthewsSA25.00
116Arafat SunnyBAN25.00
117Corey AndersonNZ25.03
118Shaheen AfridiPAK25.04
119Saad ZafarCAN25.06
120Basant RegmiNEP25.16
121Khurram KhanUAE25.23
122Mitchell JohnsonAUS25.26
123Jacob DuffyNZ25.30
124Aftab AlamAFG25.31
125Andre BothaIRE25.32
126Morne MorkelSA25.32
127Vasbert DrakesWI25.35
128Harvinder SinghIND25.38
129Damien FlemingAUS25.39
130Jason GillespieAUS25.43
131Sajeewa de SilvaSL25.44
132Sagar PunNEP25.45
133Larry GomesWI25.49
134Mark WattSCO25.52
135Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN25.53
136Nasir AzizUAE25.56
137Haris RaufPAK25.64
138Kris SrikkanthIND25.64
139Mohammed SirajIND25.68
140Imran HaiderUAE25.69
141Bernard JulienWI25.72
142Simi SinghIRE25.74
143Shane WarneAUS25.74
144Simon DavisAUS25.75
145Naseem ShahPAK25.77
146Aizaz CheemaPAK25.78
147Vic MarksENG25.80
148Hamza TahirSCO25.83
149Ewen ChatfieldNZ25.84
150Craig YoungIRE25.85
151Wayne DanielWI25.87
152Shane LeeAUS25.94
153Dale SteynSA25.95
154Taijul IslamBAN25.97
155Reece TopleyENG26.02
156Brian McKechnieNZ26.05
157Alex WharfENG26.06
158Sikander BakhtPAK26.06
159Kabua MoreaPNG26.14
160Merwe ErasmusNAM26.16
161Abdul QadirPAK26.17
162Lokumarakkalage MadushankaSL26.18
163Assad ValaPNG26.25
164Semo KameaPNG26.30
165Jeffrey VandersaySL26.40
166Ahmed RazaUAE26.41
167Darren GoughENG26.44
168Sunil NarineWI26.47
169Andrew HallSA26.47
170Sompal KamiNEP26.48
171Boyd RankinENG26.49
172Ian BishopWI26.50
173Craig WhiteENG26.55
174Andrew WhiteIRE26.58
175Richard CollingeNZ26.61
176Imran NiaziBHR26.62
177Alasdair EvansSCO26.68
178Jofra ArcherENG26.71
179Kuldeep YadavIND26.73
180Dave Langford-SmithIRE26.81
181Brad HoggAUS26.85
182Graham DilleyENG26.90
183Malcolm MarshallWI26.96
184Kyle MillsNZ27.02
185Jan FrylinckNAM27.06
186Dwaine PretoriusSA27.06
187Fareed AhmadAFG27.08
188Yuzvendra ChahalIND27.13
189Mike WhitneyAUS27.15
190Tanwir AfzalHK27.15
191George O'BrienBER27.17
192Mustafizur RahmanBAN27.21
193Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG27.25
194Anrich NortjeSA27.28
195Tanzim SakibBAN27.29
196Ahsan MalikNED27.29
197Ryan McLarenSA27.30
198Max WalkerAUS27.30
199Arshdeep SinghIND27.32
200Mohammad WasimPAK27.33
201Harshit RanaIND27.38
202Zahoor KhanUAE27.39
203Alan MullallyENG27.43
204Kapil DevIND27.45
205Meyrick PringleSA27.45
206Kagiso RabadaSA27.46
207Geoff DymockAUS27.47
208Iain WardlawSCO27.52
209Chaminda VaasSL27.54
210Danny MorrisonNZ27.54
211Keith ArthurtonWI27.60
212Al-Amin HossainBAN27.64
213Josh HazlewoodAUS27.68
214Andre NelSA27.69
215Rizwan CheemaCAN27.73
216Fanie de VilliersSA27.75
217Mohammad NaveedUAE27.76
218Akeal HoseinWI27.77
219James TredwellENG27.77
220Graeme SwannENG27.77
221Jon LewisENG27.78
222Darren LehmannAUS27.79
223Ajit AgarkarIND27.85
224Thilan ThusharaSL27.86
225Stuart ClarkAUS27.87
226Lameck OnyangoKEN27.91
226Cameron StevensonUSA27.91
227Irfan AhmedHK27.92
228Roger TelemachusSA27.95
229Nikhil ChopraIND27.96
230Kenny BenjaminWI27.97
231Muhammad SiddiqueUAE27.99
232Paul JarvisENG28.00
233Nelson OdhiamboKEN28.04
234Morawakage TheekshanaSL28.04
235Vivian KingmaNED28.04
236Farveez MaharoofSL28.07
237Steve ElworthySA28.07
238Javagal SrinathIND28.09
239Paul AdamsSA28.10
240Sunil DhaniramCAN28.16
241Riley HekurePNG28.19
242Mitchell McClenaghanNZ28.21
243Peter TaylorAUS28.25
244Karima GoreUSA28.30
245Mujeeb Ur RahmanAFG28.30
246Chad SoperPNG28.31
247Trevor ChappellAUS28.32
248Allan BorderAUS28.37
249Martin SneddenNZ28.39
250Rodney HoggAUS28.45
251Andy CaddickENG28.48
252Tendai ChisoroZIM28.50
253Sir Ian BothamENG28.54
254Johannes SmitNAM28.59
255Ahmad ButtOMN28.60
256Roelof van der MerweNED28.60
257Dawlat ZadranAFG28.60
258Mick MaloneAUS28.64
259Billy StellingNED28.70
260Muralikrishna KrishnaIND28.71
261Simon O'DonnellAUS28.72
262Taskin AhmedBAN28.76
263Lasith MalingaSL28.77
264Majid KhanPAK28.77
265John DavisonCAN28.81
266Alzarri JosephWI28.83
267Barry McCarthyIRE28.84
268Mohammad IslamBAN28.88
269Manoj PrabhakarIND28.88
270Saqib MahmoodENG28.89
271Pat CumminsAUS28.90
272Adam ZampaAUS28.95
273Greg ChappellAUS29.13
274Lungi NgidiSA29.13
275Debasis MohantyIND29.16
276James AndersonENG29.16
277Jacob OramNZ29.17
278Paul ReiffelAUS29.21
279Paul van MeekerenNED29.23
280Junaid KhanPAK29.24
281Karthik MeiyappanUAE29.25
282Madan LalIND29.27
283Naved-ul-HasanPAK29.28
284Abdur RazzakBAN29.30
285Washington SundarIND29.31
286Anthony IrelandZIM29.34
286Merv HughesAUS29.34
287Umar GulPAK29.35
288Ravi RampaulWI29.35
289Roger BinnyIND29.35
290Jhye RichardsonAUS29.37
291Steven FinnENG29.37
292Richard NgaravaZIM29.39
293Con de LangeSCO29.41
294Chris LewisENG29.42
295Zaheer KhanIND29.44
296Geoff LawsonAUS29.45
297Ian BradshawWI29.47
298Kamran ShazadUAE29.48
298Willie GaveraPNG29.48
299Mohammad SamiPAK29.48
300Tim MurtaghIRE29.49
301Dwayne BravoWI29.52
302Shakib Al HasanBAN29.53
303Jerome TaylorWI29.53
304David WilleyENG29.60
305Kevin SandherCAN29.62
306Charl LangeveldtSA29.62
307Mohammad AmirPAK29.63
307Andy McKayNZ29.63
308Henry OsindeCAN29.64
309Tawanda MupariwaZIM29.65
310Brad EvansZIM29.67
311Keshav MaharajSA29.70
312Rohan MustafaUAE29.70
313John LeverENG29.71
314Irfan PathanIND29.72
315Peter OngondoKEN29.75
316Daniel ChristianAUS29.75
316Nuwan ZoysaSL29.75
317Jeremy GordonCAN29.77
318Heath StreakZIM29.83
319Safyaan SharifSCO29.84
320Peter MartinENG29.85
321Asitha FernandoSL29.88
322Wavell HindsWI29.89
323Mirwais AshrafAFG29.90
324Dipendra AireeNEP29.90
325Nathan Coulter-NileAUS29.90
326John HastingsAUS29.90
327Lance KlusenerSA29.95
328Manzarul IslamBAN29.96
329Angus FraserENG30.04
330Liam PlunkettENG30.05
331Aqib SulehriOMN30.09
331John RevaPNG30.09
332Kashif DaudUAE30.13
333Champaka RamanayakeSL30.13
334Stuart BroadENG30.13
335Fidel EdwardsWI30.20
336Dilhara FernandoSL30.20
337Kyle McCallanIRE30.20
338Graeme CremerZIM30.22
339Grant ElliottNZ30.23
340Chris WoakesENG30.24
341Munaf PatelIND30.27
342Saleem MukuddemBER30.30
343Thomas OdoyoKEN30.30
344Ian HarveyAUS30.32
345Dilon HeyligerCAN30.32
346Shayne O'ConnorNZ30.35
347Willie WatsonENG30.36
348Peter ConnellIRE30.38
349Wayne ParnellSA30.40
350Courtney WalshWI30.48
351Trent JohnstonIRE30.49
352Nandre BurgerSA30.50
352Nisarg PatelUSA30.50
352Dhammika PrasadSL30.50
353Lance CairnsNZ30.53
354Shem NgocheKEN30.56
355Adam DaleAUS30.59
356Hiren VaraiyaKEN30.60
357Graham HumeIRE30.64
358Dave GilbertAUS30.67
359Akila DananjayaSL30.67
360Gerrie SnymanNAM30.70
361Mohammad IrfanPAK30.71
362Amir HayatUAE30.76
363Winston BenjaminWI30.79
364Mohammad NabiAFG30.82
365Rob TaylorSCO30.85
366Khawar AliOMN30.85
366James FaulknerAUS30.85
367John EmbureyENG30.87
368Zakir KhanPAK30.88
369Laurie WilliamsWI30.89
370Anil KumbleIND30.90
371Kyle AbbottSA30.91
372Mudassar NazarPAK30.92
373Steven TaylorUSA30.95
374Ishant SharmaIND30.98
375Shardul ThakurIND30.98
376Andre AdamsNZ31.00
377Pragyan OjhaIND31.05
378Pedro CollinsWI31.08
379Ben ShikongoNAM31.08
380Neil FosterENG31.12
381Kemar RoachWI31.13
382Ed RainsfordZIM31.13
383Michael LeaskSCO31.16
384Hasan AliPAK31.17
385Majid HaqSCO31.19
386Mohammad SaifuddinBAN31.19
387Sarel BurgerNAM31.24
388Bjorn FortuinSA31.26
389Narendra HirwaniIND31.26
390Maninder SinghIND31.30
391Andile PhehlukwayoSA31.35
392Sohail KhanPAK31.42
393Adil RashidENG31.42
394Aaqib JavedPAK31.43
395Robin JackmanENG31.47
396Kevin O'BrienIRE31.50
397Nazmul HossainBAN31.50
398Daren PowellWI31.54
399Iftikhar AnjumPAK31.56
400Shaul KarnainSL31.56
401Andy BichelAUS31.58
402Anderson CumminsWI31.62
403Bas LeedeNED31.67
404Daniel VettoriNZ31.72
405Justin KempSA31.72
406Ashish NehraIND31.73
407Prabath NissankaSL31.74
408Jacques KallisSA31.79
408Kane RichardsonAUS31.79
409Shane WatsonAUS31.80
410Abdul RazzaqPAK31.84
411Andre RussellWI31.84
412Adam HollioakeENG31.84
413Chamika KarunaratneSL31.88
414Aaron PhangisoSA31.88
415Upul ChandanaSL31.91
416Rangana HerathSL31.92
417John MooneyIRE31.93
418Venkatapathy RajuIND31.97
419Norman VanuaPNG31.99
420Mohammad HossainBAN32.00
420Stu GillespieNZ32.00
421Jayden SealesWI32.04
422Gudakesh MotieWI32.08
423Harvir BaidwanCAN32.08
424Parth DesaiCAN32.13
425Daryl TuffeyNZ32.13
426Dunith WellalageSL32.13
427Naveen-ul-HaqAFG32.18
428Ehsan NawazHK32.26
429Fayyaz AhmedUAE32.27
430Venkatesh PrasadIND32.31
431Nathan EllisAUS32.33
432Eddo BrandesZIM32.37
433Pieter SeelaarNED32.39
434Sheldon CottrellWI32.40
435Mervyn DillonWI32.45
436Doug BracewellNZ32.50
437Suranga LakmalSL32.52
438Geoff MillerENG32.52
439Angelo MathewsSL32.56
440Tony GreigENG32.58
441Steve HarmisonENG32.64
442Shaminda ErangaSL32.67
442Kyle JamiesonNZ32.67
443Wasim RajaPAK32.71
444Axar PatelIND32.74
445Tendai ChataraZIM32.74
446Lockie FergusonNZ32.76
447Mark EalhamENG32.79
448Thisara PereraSL32.80
449Chris CairnsNZ32.81
450Sohag GaziBAN32.82
451Phil DeFreitasENG32.83
453Mohammad SheikhBAN32.89
454Martin CroweNZ32.90
455Mohit SharmaIND32.90
456Mashrafe MortazaBAN32.94
457Michael MasonNZ33.03
458Paul StrangZIM33.05
459Mark AdairIRE33.08
460Mohammad AsifPAK33.13
461Ravichandran AshwinIND33.21
462Saleem MalikPAK33.25
463Mushtaq AhmedPAK33.30
464Steve TikoloKEN33.30
465Nehemiah OdhiamboKEN33.31
466Aizaz KhanHK33.32
467Oshane ThomasWI33.35
468Harbhajan SinghIND33.36
469Dominic CorkENG33.37
470Winston DavisWI33.38
471Lahiru KumaraSL33.43
472SreesanthIND33.44
473Luke JongweZIM33.48
474Gladstone SmallENG33.48
475Dewald NelSCO33.50
476Fazalhaq FarooqiAFG33.52
477Blair TicknerNZ33.52
478Syed RaselBAN33.62
479Pulasthi GunaratneSL33.63
480Umesh YadavIND33.63
481Nasum AhmedBAN33.67
481Angus AtkinsonENG33.67
482Tim SoutheeNZ33.70
483Ravi RatnayekeSL33.72
484Suraj RandivSL33.72
485Kushal MallaNEP33.75
486Harsh ThakerCAN33.76
487Shakti GauchanNEP33.78
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