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.
T20IAll-time500 entries
148.70Virat KohliIND1.28 clear of Mohammad Rizwan
247.42Mohammad RizwanPAK1.28 off the lead
344.97Tilak VarmaIND3.73 off the lead
● LEADS
Virat KohliIND
48.70 · 1.28 ahead of Rizwan
↑ IN THE CHASE
4
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
39.64
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
6 of the top 50 · 30 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Virat KohliIND48.70
2Mohammad RizwanPAK47.42
3Tilak VarmaIND44.97
4Karanbir SinghAST44.76
5Faheem NazirSWI44.14
6Sami Muhammad SohailMAW43.69
7Jermaine BakerCIS43.37
8Sohail AhmedBHR41.31
9Mohammad IhsanSPN41.05
10Muhammad TanveerQTR39.64
11Babar AzamPAK38.95
12Jean-Paul DuminySA38.68
13Padmakar Rajaram SurveINS38.67
14Virandeep Singh Jagjit SinghMAL38.07
15Kevin PietersenENG37.94
16KL RahulIND37.75
17Gustav MckeonFRA37.73
18MS DhoniIND37.60
19Matthew William Reeve StokesGUE37.59
20Misbah-ul-HaqPAK37.52
21Delray RawlinsBER37.17
22Muhammad WaseemUAE36.68
23Kendel Kadowaki-FlemingITL36.61
24Suryakumar YadavIND36.43
25Dawid MalanENG36.38
26Harry BrookENG36.21
27Yashasvi JaiswalIND36.15
28Joe RootENG35.72
29Brendon McCullumNZ35.67
30Faf du PlessisSA35.53
31Hristo LakovBUL35.42
32Devon ConwayNZ35.37
33Luqman ButtCMB35.26
34Not on recordNAM35.20
35Irfan KarimKEN34.95
36Philip SaltENG34.94
37Rilee RossouwSA34.86
38Hamid Ali Mazhar ShahDEN34.84
39Timothy DavidAUS34.83
40Yeron SeneveratneCIS34.82
41Jos ButtlerENG34.79
42Leslie Adrian DunbarSER34.74
43Abdul WaheedSAR34.58
44Taranjeet SinghROM34.48
45Riazat Ali ShahUGA34.34
46Aaron FinchAUS34.29
47Ramesh SatheesanROM34.19
48Michael LevittNED34.18
49David MillerSA33.99
50Dhiren GondariaKEN33.93
51Pedro BaronARG33.86
52Brian BennettZIM33.79
53Adil ButtESW33.64
54Mitchell MarshAUS33.64
55Hashim AmlaSA33.61
56Daniel Doyle-CalleSPN33.48
57Rassie van der DussenSA33.48
58Kane WilliamsonNZ33.44
59David WarnerAUS33.44
60Fiaz AhmedBHR33.42
61Balaji Avinash PaiGIB33.41
62Navneet DhaliwalCAN33.35
63Shai HopeWI33.33
64Sabawoon DaviziCZR33.18
65Dipendra AireeNEP33.08
66Ishan KishanIND32.90
67Ibrahim ZadranAFG32.85
68Cameron WhiteAUS32.80
69Jonty JennerJER32.58
70Aaron JohnsonCAN32.50
71Razmal ShigiwalAST32.43
72Collins ObuyaKEN32.42
73Sahibzada FarhanPAK32.38
74Alishan SharafuUAE32.34
75Walid GhauriNOR32.32
76Shreyas IyerIND32.26
77Abhishek SharmaIND32.18
78Mahammad ZalmaiAST32.17
79Tre MandersBER31.93
80Hamza Saleem DarSPN31.86
81Salman ButtPAK31.86
82Martin GuptillNZ31.81
83Mahela JayawardeneSL31.77
84Glenn PhillipsNZ31.75
85Francisco Damiao CouanaMOZ31.73
86Aiden MarkramSA31.71
87Graeme SmithSA31.68
88Roman MazumderCYP31.48
89Akshaykumar Palakdhari YadavTHI31.47
90Kumar SangakkaraSL31.41
91Rohit SharmaIND31.37
92Colin MunroNZ31.35
93George MunseySCO31.34
94Haider ButtBHR31.29
95Rakep PatelKEN31.26
96Nalin NipikoVAN31.24
97Richie BerringtonSCO31.24
98Shoaib MalikPAK31.22
99Tim SeifertNZ31.04
100Alex HalesENG30.96
101Quinton de KockSA30.95
102Tony UraPNG30.93
103Zeeshan Khan KukihelHUN30.84
103Andries GousUSA30.84
104Brandon McMullenSCO30.83
105Marcus StoinisAUS30.78
106Tristan StubbsSA30.75
107Pathum SilvaSL30.71
108Shaheryar ButtBEL30.65
109Paras KhadkaNEP30.63
110D'Arcy ShortAUS30.57
111Vasu SainiROM30.33
112Steven TaylorUSA30.29
113Jacob BethellENG30.23
114Mohammad ShahzadAFG30.20
115Vinoth RavindranHUN30.07
116Not on recordSAR30.03
117Dewald BrevisSA29.97
118Syed Aziz Syed MubarakMAL29.92
119Jonny BairstowENG29.84
120Kamau LeverockBER29.74
121Stephan BaardNAM29.58
122Shaiman AnwarUAE29.57
123Nikolaas DavinNAM29.36
124Merwe ErasmusNAM29.33
125Marlon SamuelsWI29.29
126Shane WatsonAUS29.24
127Max O'DowdNED29.20
128Suresh RainaIND29.18
129Chirag SuriUAE29.18
130Anshuman RathHK29.12
131Milen GogevBUL29.09
132Nicholas GreenwoodJER29.06
133Evin LewisWI29.02
134Cameron GreenAUS29.00
134Simon SsesaziUGA29.00
135Glenn MaxwellAUS28.97
136Sudesh WickramasekaraCZR28.97
137Najibullah ZadranAFG28.85
138Tanzid TamimBAN28.80
139Romario ShepherdWI28.79
140Reeza HendricksSA28.78
141Yoosuf Azyan FarhathMLD28.74
142Eoin MorganENG28.58
143Ryan RickeltonSA28.50
144Ravi BoparaENG28.44
145Travis HeadAUS28.40
146Ben CooperNED28.39
147Bodadura Ravija Sandaruwan de SilvaKUW28.38
148Sanju SamsonIND28.34
149Asif KhanUAE28.30
150Finnley AllenNZ28.30
151Hardik PandyaIND28.25
152Tillakaratne DilshanSL28.19
153Shubman GillIND28.03
154Yasir AliSPN28.03
155Yuvraj SinghIND28.02
156Kushal BhurtelNEP28.00
157Zeeshan AliHK27.96
158Chris GayleWI27.93
159Shikhar DhawanIND27.92
160Timothy RobinsonNZ27.91
161Josh ButlerGUE27.88
161Kevin D'SouzaBUL27.88
162Johannes SmitNAM27.83
163Saber ZakhilBEL27.79
164Joshua InglisAUS27.78
165Angelo MathewsSL27.76
166Aqib SulehriOMN27.71
167Vriitya AravindUAE27.68
168Noor Ali ZadranAFG27.63
169Hazratullah ZazaiAFG27.62
170Kayron J StagnoGIB27.56
171Moises HenriquesAUS27.55
172Rohit PaudelNEP27.55
173Bas LeedeNED27.53
174Aryansh SharmaUAE27.50
175Gautam GambhirIND27.41
176Jamie AtkinsonHK27.40
177Monank PatelUSA27.32
178Meet BhavsarKUW27.28
179Shivam DubeIND27.28
180Sarfraz AhmedPAK27.27
181Ahmer NasirBHR27.26
182Calum MacLeodSCO27.25
183Louis BruceGIB27.20
184Karabo MotlhankaBOT27.20
185Stephan MyburghNED27.17
186Tom LathamNZ27.14
187Rahul ChopraUAE27.11
188Sherfane RutherfordWI27.05
189Heinrich Sebastian GerickeMLT27.05
190Dylan SteynCZR27.05
191Alejandro FergusonARG26.96
192Zeeshan MaqsoodOMN26.95
193Arun AshokanCZR26.92
194Arashdeep Singh SamraPHL26.86
195Daryl MitchellNZ26.81
196Asif AliBHR26.80
197Lendl SimmonsWI26.79
198Abhik Ramesh PatwaTNZ26.67
199Kusal MendisSL26.67
200Malcolm WallerZIM26.65
201Paul StirlingIRE26.62
202Michael SwartNED26.61
203Amal Puthenpulrayi RajeevanTNZ26.58
204Tom BantonENG26.57
205Md HridoyBAN26.54
206Mohammad HafeezPAK26.46
207Dinesh KarthikIND26.38
208Not on recordITL26.38
209Isaac DanladiNIG26.30
210Varun Prasath ThamotharamMLT26.27
211Nathan Grant CollinsFIN26.26
212Craig WilliamsNAM26.21
213Ryan BurlZIM26.20
214Nicholas PooranWI26.15
215Matthew WadeAUS26.13
216AB de VilliersSA26.13
217Ross TaylorNZ26.05
218Robinson ObuyaUGA26.05
219Imal Malindu Galle LiyanageQTR26.04
220Ivan Ismail SelemaniTNZ26.03
221Umar AkmalPAK26.00
222Hamilton MasakadzaZIM25.97
223Ronak Bharatibhai PatelUGA25.97
224Ruvindu GunasekeraCAN25.96
225Surendran ChandramohanSIN25.84
226Filipe Antonio CossaMOZ25.82
227Ahmed ShehzadPAK25.81
228Habib KhanEST25.72
229Harsh ThakerCAN25.69
230Prashant KurupBHR25.69
231Kusal PereraSL25.66
232Asa TribeJER25.64
233Hasan NawazPAK25.63
234Brandon KingWI25.62
235Irfan AhmedHK25.57
236Austin Vincent LazarusTHI25.56
237Sikandar RazaZIM25.54
238Jatinder SinghOMN25.53
239Rovman PowellWI25.43
239Rahmanullah GurbazAFG25.43
240Jan FrylinckNAM25.42
241Dinesh Maganiai NakraniUGA25.42
242Abbas GhaniHUN25.40
243Usman GhaniAFG25.35
244Iqbal HossainAST25.33
245Neil MugabeKEN25.32
246Kieron PollardWI25.31
247Babar HayatHK25.29
248Liam LivingstoneENG25.13
249Nitish KumarCAN25.08
250Jaker AnikBAN25.07
251Sarel BurgerNAM25.05
252Sahil ChauhanEST25.05
253Alpesh Ravilal RamjaniUGA25.00
254Harry TectorIRE24.93
255Manpreet SinghSIN24.93
256Corey AndersonNZ24.89
257Steven SmithAUS24.86
258Ishan SilvaBUL24.84
259Sese BauPNG24.82
260Aasif SheikhNEP24.81
261Waji Ul HassanSAR24.80
262Vinoo BalakrishnanBOT24.78
263Akshay Reddy NaidooCIS24.77
264Kamran KhanQTR24.69
265Sharad VesawkarNEP24.60
266Aziz BabakrkhailBEL24.52
267Mark ChapmanHK24.49
268Jose BuleleMOZ24.48
269Gary WilsonIRE24.47
270Taranjit Singh BharajDEN24.47
271Ahmed Faiz Mohammad NoorMAL24.40
272Iftikhar AhmedPAK24.34
273Brendan TaylorZIM24.32
273Benjamin WardJER24.32
275Shimron HetmyerWI24.26
276Mohammad HassanBAN24.23
277Ravinderpal SinghCAN24.17
278Saif Ali AhmadDEN24.17
279Jason RoyENG24.16
280Andy BalbirnieIRE24.14
281Tamim IqbalBAN24.12
282Andrew MansaleVAN24.10
283Iain DM LatinGIB24.03
284David WieseSA24.00
284Najjam ShahzadPOR24.00
285George AdairIRE23.95
286Kyle CoetzerSCO23.95
287Mohammad SheikhBAN23.89
288Nicholas KirtonCAN23.88
289Hamza KhanRWA23.83
290Fakhar ZamanPAK23.82
291Imal ZuwakSWE23.81
292Sean WilliamsZIM23.75
293Not on recordNIG23.71
294Aqib IqbalAST23.70
295Rushabhvardhan PatelKEN23.70
296Not on recordRWA23.69
297Usman PatelKUW23.67
298Muhammad MuneebBEL23.66
299Arjun VinodSWI23.65
300Colin AckermannNED23.60
301James BarkerLUX23.59
302Clinto Velookkaran AntoKUW23.56
303Matthew CrossSCO23.53
303Tom CooperNED23.53
304Roston ChaseWI23.51
305MahmudullahBAN23.50
305Not on recordSER23.50
306Younis KhanPAK23.48
307Salman AghaPAK23.46
308Muhamad Syahadat RamliMAL23.45
309Reginald NehondeBOT23.41
310Shiv Karan Singh GillLUX23.38
311Lakshit GuptaCMB23.33
311Aaron JonesUSA23.33
312William PorterfieldIRE23.32
313Sabaorish RavichandranITL23.32
314Sanath JayasuriyaSL23.30
315Etienne BeukesCMB23.29
316Sabbir RahmanBAN23.26
317Heinrich KlaasenSA23.26
318Rishabh PantIND23.25
319Shakib Al HasanBAN23.19
320Nicolaj Damgaard LaegsgaardDEN23.17
321Thisara PereraSL23.15
322Not on recordITL23.14
323Talha Ahmed KhanGER23.13
324Litton DasBAN23.10
325Sivakumar PeriyalwarROM23.04
326Marc TaylorBAH23.03
327Kushal MallaNEP23.00
327Vijayshankar Bangalore ChikkannaiahGER23.00
328Tharindu PereraBOT22.96
328Charles AminiPNG22.96
329Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN22.95
330Harmanjot SinghGER22.94
331David HusseyAUS22.91
332Zeeshan KhanMLT22.85
333Jesse RyderNZ22.85
334Scott EdwardsNED22.84
335Mohammad NabiAFG22.80
336Lorcan TuckerIRE22.76
337Darwish RasooliAFG22.76
338Mark Simpson-ParkerAST22.68
339Chamara KapugederaSL22.68
340Basil GeorgeMLT22.63
341Pramod RajapaksaSL22.55
342Assad ValaPNG22.50
343Mohammed Hisham ShaikhSAR22.44
344Johnson CharlesWI22.43
345Gyanendra MallaNEP22.41
346Saad ZafarCAN22.33
347Junaid MehrBHR22.32
348Kariyawasam AsalankaSL22.25
349Usman Riaz KhanFRA22.20
350Niall O'BrienIRE22.16
350Joost MeesLUX22.16
351Kevin O'BrienIRE22.10
352William JacksENG22.06
353Hussain TalatPAK22.05
354Imran ButtBHR22.04
355Dwayne BravoWI22.02
356Andre RussellWI22.00
356Abdul Manan AliSAR22.00
357Asghar StanikzaiAFG21.99
358Shahid WasifHK21.96
359Craig ErvineZIM21.95
360Craig KieswetterENG21.92
361Ramon SealyCIS21.91
362Alex ObandaKEN21.90
363Hiral PatelCAN21.89
364Khizer AhmedNOR21.81
365Harrison CarlyonJER21.70
366Ben StokesENG21.67
367Temba BavumaSA21.61
368Sachin BhudiaKEN21.59
369Thomas William NightingaleGUE21.56
370Gerrie SnymanNAM21.55
371Basil HameedUAE21.51
372Ravindra JadejaIND21.46
373Rohan MustafaUAE21.44
374Sarfaraz AliBHR21.43
375Scott StyrisNZ21.41
376Samiullah ShenwariAFG21.38
377Sulaimon Iyiola RunseweNIG21.34
378Timothy C BarkerLUX21.32
379Mohammad NadeemOMN21.31
380Gede Agus PriandanaINS21.27
381Sam CurranENG21.26
382Michael LumbENG21.23
383Michael ClarkeAUS21.22
384Kamran AkmalPAK21.21
385Moeen AliENG21.19
386Saim AyubPAK21.19
387Albie MorkelSA21.19
388Sediqullah AtalAFG21.16
389Mirza AhsanAST21.10
390Vikram VijhLUX21.09
391Nizakat KhanHK21.05
392Mohammed Nawfer Mohammed AslamKUW21.04
393Wesley BarresiNED20.96
394Isa ZarooBUL20.96
395Deusdedit MuhumuzaUGA20.95
396Curtis CampherIRE20.92
397Gulshan JhaNEP20.91
398Kyle MayersWI20.89
399Joseph Oluwasesan AdedejiNIG20.86
400Bilal Mohammad Tahir Ghulam HussainKUW20.85
401Muhammad Sher SahakNOR20.83
401Imran NazirPAK20.83
402Matthew ShortAUS20.80
403Saqlain ArshadQTR20.75
404Dhananjaya de SilvaSL20.70
405Kamindu MendisSL20.69
406Rajapaksha MisharaSL20.63
407Dharma Kadek KesumaINS20.62
407Mohammed Rizlan IqbarQTR20.62
408Jacob OramNZ20.61
409Junior Paul KaltapauVAN20.60
409Not on recordITL20.60
410Alexander DizijaSER20.59
411Pargat SinghCAN20.57
412Kashyap PrajapatiOMN20.56
413Adam McAuleyIOM20.54
414Mitchell SantnerNZ20.52
415Rachin RavindraNZ20.51
416Isaac DA DamarellGUE20.46
417Burhan NiazBEL20.44
418Vusi SibandaZIM20.44
419George DockrellIRE20.41
420Gareth DelanyIRE20.41
421James NeeshamNZ20.41
422Usman KhalidSAR20.40
423Not on recordMLT20.38
424Jan Loftie-EatonNAM20.34
425Roelof van der MerweNED20.33
426Afif HossainBAN20.31
427Janak PrakashSIN20.28
428Monroux KasselmanBOT20.27
429Samuel Sanish Mangat StanislausMLT20.23
430Alan KirschbaumARG20.22
431James FranklinNZ20.13
432Roger Galwanao MukasaUGA20.12
433Not on recordNAM20.04
435Jean-Pierre KotzeNAM19.98
436Milton ShumbaZIM19.95
436Lachlan Yamamoto-LakeITL19.95
437Mohammad EmonBAN19.94
438Abu Bakarr KamaraSIL19.88
439Joshua RasuVAN19.85
440Aravind Kumar MohanFIN19.78
441Joao Jorge HouMOZ19.78
442Aritra DuttaSIN19.78
443Andre FletcherWI19.68
444Kuruge Darshana AbeyrathnaNOR19.66
445Dion MyersZIM19.64
446Azmatullah OmarzaiAFG19.49
447Mushfiqur RahimBAN19.48
448Peter BorrenNED19.46
449Shahzaib Jamil AhmedQTR19.45
450Jean-Miguel Catapang PodoskyPHL19.42
451Shadab KhanPAK19.38
452Dinesh ChandimalSL19.38
453Sundeep JoraNEP19.37
454Tadiwanashe MarumaniZIM19.37
455Didier NdikubwimanaRWA19.34
456Muhammad KhushiOMN19.33
457Morris OumaKEN19.30
458Mohammad AshrafulBAN19.29
459Obed Harvey AgbomadzieGHA19.26
460Imran AnwarBHR19.21
461Gulbadin NaibAFG19.20
462George LindeSA19.19
463Michael LingenNAM19.19
464Khawar AliOMN19.17
465Ahmad Zubaidi ZulkifleMAL19.17
466Musa Shaheen MahmoodDEN19.13
467Moazzam Ali BaigMAW19.12
468Rexford BakumGHA19.08
469Hammad MirzaOMN19.08
470Daniel Christopher SmithPHL19.06
471Chamu ChibhabhaZIM19.06
472Sukhdeep SinghKEN19.05
473Stuart HookEST19.00
473Elton ChigumburaZIM19.00
474Luke WrightENG18.98
475Ayaan KhanOMN18.97
476Martin CoetzeeHK18.86
476Shiraz Khan ShereefKUW18.86
477Paul CollingwoodENG18.81
478Irfan Tarajia HafejeePAN18.75
479Sazib BhuiyanCZR18.74
480Raza IqbalNOR18.71
481Denesh RamdinWI18.71
482Ram SharanCMB18.70
483Shamim PatwariBAN18.68
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