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
141.50Ashley MallettAUS0.50 clear of Jeff Hammond
241.00Jeff HammondAUS0.50 off the lead
338.00Basil D'OliveiraENG3.50 off the lead
● LEADS
Ashley MallettAUS
41.50 · 0.50 ahead of Hammond
↑ MOST ENTRIES
Joel GarnerWI
6 separate entries on this list · 389 different players in all
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.17
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented

Best Average — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Ashley MallettAUS41.50
2Jeff HammondAUS41.00
3Basil D'OliveiraENG38.00
4Greg ChappellAUS37.00
5Ken ShuttleworthENG29.00
6Bob WoolmerENG26.00
7John SnowENG24.25
8Geoff ArnoldENG23.00
9Alan ThomsonAUS22.00
10Glenn McGrathAUS21.17
11Darren GoughENG21.08
12Majid KhanPAK21.00
12Saleem MalikPAK21.00
14Athar Ali KhanBAN20.67
15Manzoor ElahiPAK20.60
16Carl TuckettWI20.50
17Malcolm MarshallWI20.47
18Paul ReiffelAUS20.38
19Sarfraz NawazPAK20.33
20Ravi ShastriIND20.30
21Derek PringleENG20.25
22Danny MorrisonNZ20.20
22Mark WaughAUS20.20
24Vasbert DrakesWI20.13
25Shane BondNZ20.10
26Danny MorrisonNZ20.06
27Doug WaltersAUS20.00
27Asif MasoodPAK20.00
27Raman LambaIND20.00
27Jayananda WarnaweeraSL20.00
31Tahir NaqqashPAK19.95
32Alex WharfENG19.80
33Champaka RamanayakeSL19.60
34Kapil DevIND19.29
35Carl HooperWI19.20
36Richard CollingeNZ19.00
36Wasim AkramPAK19.00
36Dave HoughtonZIM19.00
36Craig WhiteENG19.00
36Imran NazirPAK19.00
36Michael VaughanENG19.00
42Glenn McGrathAUS18.94
43Brett LeeAUS18.90
44Michael HoldingWI18.86
45Ian BishopWI18.69
46Geoff ArnoldENG18.67
47Dermot ReeveENG18.60
48Kenny BenjaminWI18.50
48Keith ArthurtonWI18.50
48Virender SehwagIND18.50
51Glenn McGrathAUS18.49
52Greg CampbellAUS18.47
53Gary GilmourAUS18.33
54Fanie de VilliersSA18.30
55Terry AldermanAUS18.23
55Glenn McGrathAUS18.23
57Geoff LawsonAUS18.14
57Kyle MillsNZ18.14
59Joel GarnerWI18.09
60Tony DodemaideAUS18.00
60David HookesAUS18.00
60Graham DilleyENG18.00
60Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK18.00
60Allan BorderAUS18.00
60Maurice OdumbeKEN18.00
66Geoff AllottNZ17.91
67Andrew HallSA17.89
68Tony GrayWI17.80
68Stuart ClarkAUS17.80
70Terry AldermanAUS17.77
71Bryan StrangZIM17.71
72Sylvester ClarkeWI17.70
73Yamin AhmadzaiAFG17.67
73Arjuna RanatungaSL17.67
73Salil AnkolaIND17.67
73Paul AdamsSA17.67
77Shoaib AkhtarPAK17.65
78Martin SneddenNZ17.64
79Bryan StrangZIM17.62
80Sir Richard HadleeNZ17.58
81Ewen ChatfieldNZ17.57
82Craig MatthewsSA17.50
82Stuart MacGillAUS17.50
84Craig McDermottAUS17.45
85Asif IqbalPAK17.44
86Dennis LilleeAUS17.31
87Angus FraserENG17.29
88Reon KingWI17.28
89Graham StevensonENG17.20
90Malcolm MarshallWI17.11
91Sir Curtly AmbroseWI17.10
92Wasim AkramPAK17.04
93Sir Richard HadleeNZ17.03
94Robin JackmanENG17.00
94Bishan BediIND17.00
94Paul AllottENG17.00
94Shahid SaeedPAK17.00
94Sajeewa de SilvaSL17.00
94Laurie WilliamsWI17.00
94Ehsanul HaqueBAN17.00
101Mike HendrickENG16.87
102Patrick PattersonWI16.79
103Gary TroupNZ16.75
103Mohsin KamalPAK16.75
103Shane BondNZ16.75
103Eric UpashanthaSL16.75
103Wasim AkramPAK16.75
108Majid KhanPAK16.71
109Ray IllingworthENG16.67
109Evan GrayNZ16.67
109Brendon JulianAUS16.67
109Matthew FlemingENG16.67
113Not on recordZIM16.50
113Kapila WijegunawardeneSL16.50
113Cameron CuffyWI16.50
113Matthew HartNZ16.50
113James KirtleyENG16.50
118Saqlain MushtaqPAK16.41
119Courtney WalshWI16.40
120Tony GreigENG16.33
120Sir Viv RichardsWI16.33
122Malcolm MarshallWI16.27
123Ajay JadejaIND16.25
124Mike GattingENG16.20
125Shane WarneAUS16.19
126Not on recordNZ16.18
127Warren StottNZ16.00
127Chris CairnsNZ16.00
127Lalithamana FernandoSL16.00
127Rashid KhanPAK16.00
127Hemang BadaniIND16.00
127Khurram KhanOMN16.00
133Muttiah MuralitharanSL15.89
134Bob WillisENG15.80
134Madan LalIND15.80
136Xavier DohertyAUS15.75
137Mark WaughAUS15.73
138Craig MatthewsSA15.71
139Ashley MallettAUS15.67
139Brian McKechnieNZ15.67
139Josh DaveySCO15.67
142Andrew WhiteIRE15.64
143Ottis GibsonWI15.59
144Sir Curtly AmbroseWI15.57
145Larry GomesWI15.56
145Andy CaddickENG15.56
147Carl RackemannAUS15.53
148Bruce TaylorNZ15.50
148Rashid KhanAFG15.50
148Makhaya NtiniSA15.50
148Andrew WhiteIRE15.50
152Sikander BakhtPAK15.43
152Allan DonaldSA15.43
154Allan DonaldSA15.41
155Brendan TaylorZIM15.40
156Steve TikoloKEN15.33
156Abdur RehmanPAK15.33
158Kyle MillsNZ15.25
159Sir Curtly AmbroseWI15.21
159Ian BishopWI15.21
161Ryan HarrisAUS15.18
162Peter LeverENG15.10
163Sir Ian BothamENG15.00
163Clive LloydWI15.00
163Stephen BoockNZ15.00
163Shaul KarnainSL15.00
163Allan BorderAUS15.00
163Shivlal YadavIND15.00
163Mark DekkerZIM15.00
163Thomas OdoyoKEN15.00
163Saeed AnwarPAK15.00
163Ronald EbanksCIS15.00
173Mudassar NazarPAK14.83
173Charl LangeveldtSA14.83
175Zhivago GroenewaldNAM14.80
176Dayle HadleeNZ14.75
176Sagar PunNEP14.75
178Derek UnderwoodENG14.67
178Keith ArthurtonWI14.67
180Bev CongdonNZ14.60
181Craig McDermottAUS14.59
182Chris OldENG14.58
183Gary RobertsonNZ14.50
183Alvin KallicharranWI14.50
183Saadat AliPAK14.50
183Gazi AshrafBAN14.50
183Roger TelemachusSA14.50
183Not on recordENG14.50
189Michael KasprowiczAUS14.46
190Nisarg PatelUSA14.43
191Rusty TheronSA14.42
192Patrick PattersonWI14.40
193Hasan JamilPAK14.38
194Dilip DoshiIND14.36
195Colin CroftWI14.33
195Richard NgaravaZIM14.33
195Chris SilverwoodENG14.33
195Amir HamzaAFG14.33
199Nahid RanaBAN14.27
200Geoff MillerENG14.25
200Blessing MuzarabaniZIM14.25
200Pieter SeelaarNED14.25
203Phil SimmonsWI14.21
204Glenn McGrathAUS14.17
204Aqib SulehriOMN14.17
206Graeme WatsonAUS14.00
206Sarfraz NawazPAK14.00
206Vanburn HolderWI14.00
206John EmbureyENG14.00
206Michael HoldingWI14.00
206Chris SmithENG14.00
206Ken RutherfordNZ14.00
206Shoaib MohammadPAK14.00
206Wavell HindsWI14.00
206Jeffrey VandersaySL14.00
206Martin GuptillNZ14.00
206MahmudullahBAN14.00
206Nawroz MangalAFG14.00
219Matthew HoggardENG13.90
220Jan FrylinckNAM13.89
221Assad ValaPNG13.86
222Nathan BrackenAUS13.83
223Zakir KhanPAK13.80
224Andy RobertsNZ13.79
225Maninder SinghIND13.67
225Devon MalcolmENG13.67
227Johannes SmitNAM13.63
227Anthony StuartAUS13.63
229Nadeem AhmedHK13.60
230John LeverENG13.50
230Derick ParryWI13.50
230Alan HurstAUS13.50
230Rajindra DhanrajWI13.50
230Hansie CronjeSA13.50
230Shane WarneAUS13.50
230Akalanka GanegamaSL13.50
230Chris SilverwoodENG13.50
230Hiren VaraiyaKEN13.50
239Chris OldENG13.40
240Keith StackpoleAUS13.33
240Allan DonaldSA13.33
240Gladstone SmallENG13.33
240Peter MartinENG13.33
240Paul GraysonENG13.33
240Wajahatullah WastiPAK13.33
246Joel GarnerWI13.31
247Malcolm MarshallWI13.25
247Thirunavukkarasu KumaranIND13.25
249Alex CusackIRE13.20
250Richard CollingeNZ13.17
251Kabua MoreaPNG13.09
252Haris RaufPAK13.00
252Richard ReidNZ13.00
252Dean JonesAUS13.00
252Paul WilsonAUS13.00
252Matthew KuhnemannAUS13.00
252Hashan TillakaratneSL13.00
252Alasdair EvansSCO13.00
252Sufiyan MuqeemPAK13.00
252Timm van der GugtenNED13.00
252Tawanda MupariwaZIM13.00
252Mark CosgroveAUS13.00
252Hiri HiriPNG13.00
252Dion MyersZIM13.00
265Muhammad KhanCAN12.88
266Nosaina PokanaPNG12.87
267Akeal HoseinWI12.86
268Alick AthanazeWI12.75
268Shadeep SilvaUAE12.75
268Pavandeep Singh Jagjit SinghMAL12.75
271Craig McDermottAUS12.74
272Daryll CullinanSA12.67
273Waqar YounisPAK12.64
274Mohammad NabiAFG12.60
275Ahmed RazaUAE12.57
276Clive LloydWI12.50
276Derek UnderwoodENG12.50
276Norman GiffordENG12.50
276Karthik MeiyappanUAE12.50
276Tawanda MupariwaZIM12.50
276Shapoor ZadranAFG12.50
276Darren SammyWI12.50
283Rashid KhanPAK12.47
284Trent BoultNZ12.39
285Shaun TaitAUS12.38
286Jalal-ud-DinPAK12.36
287Mustafizur RahmanBAN12.35
288Hardik PandyaIND12.33
289Kris SrikkanthIND12.26
290Roelof van der MerweNED12.25
291Aqib SulehriOMN12.20
291George DockrellIRE12.20
291Zawar FaridUAE12.20
294Sir Richard HadleeNZ12.13
294Tony GrayWI12.13
296Intikhab AlamPAK12.00
296Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND12.00
296Ken RutherfordNZ12.00
296Joel GarnerWI12.00
296Afif HossainBAN12.00
296Muttiah MuralitharanSL12.00
296Michael LeaskSCO12.00
296Usman KhanPAK12.00
296Not on recordNAM12.00
296Kieron PollardWI12.00
306Jason GillespieAUS11.90
307Len PascoeAUS11.88
308Joel GarnerWI11.83
308Dale SteynSA11.83
310Imran NiaziPAK11.80
310Ryan ten DoeschateNED11.80
310Not on recordDEN11.80
313Darius D'SilvaUAE11.75
313Gavin MainSCO11.75
313Kenneth KamyukaCAN11.75
316Scott KuggeleijnNZ11.60
317Kushal BhurtelNEP11.57
318Shane WarneAUS11.55
319Sarfraz NawazPAK11.50
319Ian ChappellAUS11.50
319Alistair CampbellZIM11.50
319Mohammad HassanBAN11.50
319Mominul HaqueBAN11.50
319Ed RainsfordZIM11.50
319Boyd RankinENG11.50
319Pieter SeelaarNED11.50
327Izatullah DawlatzaiAFG11.40
328Ashley MallettAUS11.33
328Dave Langford-SmithIRE11.33
330Chris SoleSCO11.29
330Fidel EdwardsWI11.29
332Lizaad WilliamsSA11.27
333Sir Ian BothamENG11.25
333Bernard ScholtzNAM11.25
335Hamid HassanAFG11.20
336Pieter SeelaarNED11.11
337Naseem ShahPAK11.10
338Graham McKenzieAUS11.00
338Saleem AltafPAK11.00
338Graeme PorterAUS11.00
338Merv HughesAUS11.00
338Irfan BhattiPAK11.00
338Brian LaraWI11.00
338Charl LangeveldtSA11.00
338Abu HiderBAN11.00
338Karan KCNEP11.00
338Henk-Jan MolNED11.00
338Tim BresnanENG11.00
349Merv HughesAUS10.89
350Charlie CassellSCO10.88
351Johannes SmitNAM10.86
352John SnowENG10.83
353Gary CrockerZIM10.75
353Fidel EdwardsWI10.75
355Imran TahirSA10.71
356Not on recordBAN10.67
356Qais AhmadAFG10.67
358Mitchell StarcAUS10.64
359Mike HendrickENG10.63
360Rashid KhanPAK10.58
361Dennis LilleeAUS10.57
362Mohinder AmarnathIND10.50
362Sharad VesawkarNEP10.50
362Hamid HassanAFG10.50
365Rashid KhanPAK10.44
366Geoff ArnoldENG10.40
366James NgocheKEN10.40
368Amit BhandariIND10.33
368Mushtaq AhmedPAK10.33
368Travis HeadAUS10.33
371Fidel EdwardsWI10.25
371Majid HaqSCO10.25
373Wasim RajaPAK10.20
373Wavell HindsWI10.20
375Paul van MeekerenNED10.15
376Ajantha MendisSL10.13
377Barry WoodENG10.00
377John ParkerNZ10.00
377Sunil GavaskarIND10.00
377Larry GomesWI10.00
377Sadiq MohammadPAK10.00
377Geoff HowarthNZ10.00
377Joseph AngaraKEN10.00
377Peter OngondoKEN10.00
377Stuart ThompsonIRE10.00
377Devendra BishooWI10.00
377Lameck OnyangoKEN10.00
377Basil HameedUAE10.00
389Michael RipponNED9.91
390Nasum AhmedBAN9.80
391Nasir AzizUAE9.79
392Barry WoodENG9.75
392Gary TroupNZ9.75
394Joel GarnerWI9.67
394Steve WaughAUS9.67
396Mike WhitneyAUS9.50
396Nuwan KulasekaraSL9.50
396Ravi BoparaENG9.50
396Fareed AhmadAFG9.50
400Rod LathamNZ9.40
401Sushan BhariNEP9.36
402Bruce YardleyAUS9.33
402Saqib AliUAE9.33
404Kinchit ShahHK9.29
405Morawakage TheekshanaSL9.25
405Ahsan MalikNED9.25
407Alex CusackIRE9.17
408Joel GarnerWI9.00
408Nick CookENG9.00
408Saeed AnwarPAK9.00
408Mohammad SaifuddinBAN9.00
408Calum MacLeodSCO9.00
408Aiden MarkramSA9.00
408Not on recordKEN9.00
408Mudassar BukhariNED9.00
416Grant ElliottNZ8.89
417Shehan MadushankaSL8.67
418Dhammika PrasadSL8.60
419Rizwan CheemaCAN8.57
420Dayle HadleeNZ8.50
420Greg ChappellAUS8.50
420Sir Andy RobertsWI8.50
420Adam HollioakeENG8.50
424Gary GilmourAUS8.46
425Sharad VesawkarNEP8.40
426Not on recordSCO8.29
427Imran FarhatPAK8.25
428Anshuman RathHK8.20
429Rajesh BhudiaKEN8.17
430John SnowENG8.00
430Iqbal QasimPAK8.00
430Chris OldENG8.00
430Kris SrikkanthIND8.00
430Alistair CampbellZIM8.00
430Everton MatambanadzoZIM8.00
430Jermaine LawsonWI8.00
430Jayant YadavIND8.00
430Alfred LusenoKEN8.00
430Vikrant ShettyUAE8.00
440Luke JongweZIM7.80
441Ajay JadejaIND7.67
441Chris WoakesENG7.67
441Andre BothaIRE7.67
444Sir Richard HadleeNZ7.60
445Mudassar BukhariNED7.56
446Imran KhanBHR7.50
446Nosthusha KenjigeUSA7.50
448Sandeep LamichhaneNEP7.39
449Maurits JonkmanNED7.33
450Bruce YardleyAUS7.00
450Vinod KambliIND7.00
450Mohammad AsifPAK7.00
450Not on recordITL7.00
450Khurram KhanOMN7.00
455Saleem MalikPAK6.86
456Ahmed RazaUAE6.75
457Bilal SamiAFG6.60
458Joe RootENG6.50
458Dinusha FernandoSL6.50
460Mujahid JamshedPAK6.00
460Wessly MadhevereZIM6.00
460Brian LaraWI6.00
460Tanmay MishraKEN6.00
460Ryan ten DoeschateNED6.00
460Angelo MathewsSL6.00
466Josh HazlewoodAUS5.80
467Phil TufnellENG5.50
467Dale BenkensteinSA5.50
467Brett GeevesAUS5.50
467Not on recordNEP5.50
471Mohammad HasnainPAK5.20
472Jock EdwardsNZ5.00
472Javed MiandadPAK5.00
472Arshad AliUAE5.00
472Ambati RayuduIND5.00
476Xavier BartlettAUS4.75
477Martin CroweNZ4.50
477Saeed AnwarPAK4.50
477Matthew ParkerSCO4.50
477Sunil NarineWI4.50
481Iqbal QasimPAK4.33
482Sir Viv RichardsWI4.00
482Sir Richie RichardsonWI4.00
482Geoff HowarthNZ4.00
482Thilan SamaraweeraSL4.00
486Gary CosierAUS3.60
487David LloydENG3.00
487Hashan TillakaratneSL3.00
487Ian BellENG3.00
487Martin GuptillNZ3.00
491Derek RandallENG2.00
491Mohsin KhanHK2.00
491Sanjay ManjrekarIND2.00
491Jimmy AdamsWI2.00
491Tom de GroothNED2.00
496Larry GomesWI1.00
496Asghar StanikzaiAFG1.00
498Clive LloydWI0.00
498Martin van JaarsveldSA0.00
498Mohammad YousufPAK0.00
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