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.
TESTAll-time500 entries
199.94Donald BradmanAUS38.06 clear of Adam Voges
261.88Adam VogesAUS38.06 off the lead
360.97Graeme PollockSA38.97 off the lead
● LEADS
Donald BradmanAUS
99.94 · 38.06 ahead of Voges
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bradman is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
57.78
The mark at number ten — 490 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

500 entries, ranked
1Donald BradmanAUS99.94
2Adam VogesAUS61.88
3Graeme PollockSA60.97
4George HeadleyWI60.83
5Herbert SutcliffeENG60.73
6Eddie PaynterENG59.23
7Ken BarringtonENG58.67
8Sir Everton WeekesWI58.62
9Wally HammondENG58.46
10Sir Garry SobersWI57.78
11Kumar SangakkaraSL57.41
12Sir Jack HobbsENG56.95
13Sir Clyde WalcottWI56.69
14Sir Leonard HuttonENG56.67
15Steven SmithAUS55.86
16Jacques KallisSA55.37
17Charlie DavisWI54.21
18Vinod KambliIND54.20
19Kane WilliamsonNZ54.17
20Greg ChappellAUS53.86
21Dudley NourseSA53.82
22Sachin TendulkarIND53.79
23Kamindu MendisSL53.66
24Harry BrookENG53.09
25Brian LaraWI52.89
26Javed MiandadPAK52.57
27Rahul DravidIND52.31
28Mohammad YousufPAK52.29
29Younis KhanPAK52.06
30Ricky PontingAUS51.85
31Jack RyderAUS51.63
32Andy FlowerZIM51.55
33Michael HusseyAUS51.53
34Shiv ChanderpaulWI51.37
35Rahmat ShahAFG51.18
36Sunil GavaskarIND51.12
37Steve WaughAUS51.06
38Matthew HaydenAUS50.74
39AB de VilliersSA50.66
40Allan BorderAUS50.56
41Joe RootENG50.45
42Sir Viv RichardsWI50.24
43Denis ComptonENG50.06
44Mahela JayawardeneSL49.85
45Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK49.61
46Frank WorrellWI49.49
47Phil MeadENG49.38
48Virender SehwagIND49.34
49Abid AliPAK49.17
50Michael ClarkeAUS49.11
51Colin BlandSA49.09
52Bruce MitchellSA48.89
53Thilan SamaraweeraSL48.77
54Neil HarveyAUS48.42
55Doug WaltersAUS48.26
56Graeme SmithSA48.26
57Bill PonsfordAUS48.23
58Stan McCabeAUS48.21
59Douglas JardineENG48.00
60Yashasvi JaiswalIND47.93
61Ted DexterENG47.89
62Geoff BoycottENG47.73
63Vijay HazareIND47.65
64Patsy HendrenENG47.64
65Adam GilchristAUS47.61
66Seymour NurseWI47.60
67Rohan KanhaiWI47.53
68Kevin PietersenENG47.29
69Bill LawryAUS47.15
70Raman Subba RowENG46.86
71Virat KohliIND46.85
72Bob CowperAUS46.84
73Bill BrownAUS46.82
74Bob SimpsonAUS46.82
75Peter MayENG46.77
76Joe HardstaffENG46.74
77Clive LloydWI46.68
78Hashim AmlaSA46.64
79Misbah-ul-HaqPAK46.63
80Lindsay HassettAUS46.56
81Dean JonesAUS46.55
82Arthur MorrisAUS46.49
83Damien MartynAUS46.38
84Dennis AmissENG46.31
85John ReidNZ46.29
86Allan RaeWI46.18
87Maurice LeylandENG46.07
88Bill WoodfullAUS46.00
89Saud ShakeelPAK45.98
90VVS LaxmanIND45.97
91Rachin RavindraNZ45.89
92Eddie BarlowSA45.75
93Norm O'NeillAUS45.56
94Saeed AnwarPAK45.53
95Martin CroweNZ45.37
96Alastair CookENG45.35
97Gary KirstenSA45.27
98Justin LangerAUS45.27
99Sean WilliamsZIM45.26
100Sir Conrad HunteWI45.07
101Herbie CollinsAUS45.07
102Mohammad AzharuddinIND45.04
103Simon KatichAUS45.03
104Darren LehmannAUS44.95
105Zaheer AbbasPAK44.80
106Mark RichardsonNZ44.77
107Gordon GreenidgeWI44.72
108Ross TaylorNZ44.67
109Graham ThorpeENG44.66
110Glenn TurnerNZ44.64
111David WarnerAUS44.60
112Alvin KallicharranWI44.43
113Angelo MathewsSL44.40
114Sir Richie RichardsonWI44.40
115Tom GraveneyENG44.38
116Shoaib MohammadPAK44.34
117Andrew JonesNZ44.27
118David GowerENG44.25
119Daryll CullinanSA44.21
120Marnus LabuschagneAUS44.12
121Jonathan TrottENG44.08
122Colin CowdreyENG44.07
123Hanif MohammadPAK43.99
124Geoff PullarENG43.87
125Daryl MitchellNZ43.82
126Marcus TrescothickENG43.80
127Saleem MalikPAK43.70
128Robin SmithENG43.67
129Eric RowanSA43.67
130David BoonAUS43.66
131Cheteshwar PujaraIND43.61
132Lawrence RoweWI43.55
133John EdrichENG43.54
134Usman KhawajaAUS43.52
135Mark TaylorAUS43.50
136Ian RedpathAUS43.46
137Rishabh PantIND43.38
138Dinesh ChandimalSL43.27
139Basil ButcherWI43.11
140Travis HeadAUS43.08
141Devon ConwayNZ43.08
142Dave HoughtonZIM43.06
143Aravinda de SilvaSL42.98
144Hashan TillakaratneSL42.88
145Chris RogersAUS42.87
146Murray GoodwinZIM42.85
147Michael SlaterAUS42.84
148Cyril WashbrookENG42.82
149Babar AzamPAK42.72
150Ian BellENG42.69
151Graham GoochENG42.58
152Mohinder AmarnathIND42.50
153Roy FredericksWI42.49
154Jack FingletonAUS42.46
155Ian ChappellAUS42.42
156Jeffrey StollmeyerWI42.33
157Desmond HaynesWI42.30
158Shubman GillIND42.28
159Azhar AliPAK42.26
160Pathum SilvaSL42.26
161Polly UmrigarIND42.22
162Brian BoothAUS42.21
163Chris GayleWI42.19
164Sourav GangulyIND42.18
165Washington SundarIND42.14
166Dilip VengsarkarIND42.13
167Navjot SidhuIND42.13
168Jackie McGlewSA42.07
169Gautam GambhirIND41.96
170Herschelle GibbsSA41.95
171Gundappa ViswanathIND41.93
172Mark WaughAUS41.82
173Charles MacartneyAUS41.78
174Ashwell PrinceSA41.65
175Michael VaughanENG41.44
176Mayank AgarwalIND41.33
177Jimmy AdamsWI41.26
178Graham YallopAUS41.13
179Greg MatthewsAUS41.09
180Kepler WesselsAUS41.00
181Tillakaratne DilshanSL40.99
182Jesse RyderNZ40.94
183Ahmed ShehzadPAK40.92
184Peter ParfittENG40.91
185Andrew StraussENG40.91
186Aubrey FaulknerSA40.79
187Herbie TaylorSA40.78
188Shikhar DhawanIND40.61
189Andrew SymondsAUS40.61
190Rohit SharmaIND40.58
191Les AmesENG40.57
192Paul CollingwoodENG40.56
193Allan WatkinsENG40.50
194Warren BardsleyAUS40.48
195Tony GreigENG40.44
196Saeed AhmedPAK40.42
197Ross EdwardsAUS40.38
198Gary BallanceENG40.32
199Matt PriorENG40.19
200Bert SutcliffeNZ40.10
201Sanath JayasuriyaSL40.07
202Stephen FlemingNZ40.07
203Basil D'OliveiraENG40.06
204Faf du PlessisSA40.03
205Ramnaresh SarwanWI40.01
206Bill EdrichENG40.00
206George GunnENG40.00
207Keith FletcherENG39.90
208Jamie SmithENG39.72
209Mike DennessENG39.69
210Larry GomesWI39.64
211Rick McCoskerAUS39.56
212Chris BroadENG39.55
213Alec StewartENG39.55
214Clem HillAUS39.54
215Henry NichollsNZ39.51
216Brian McMillanSA39.36
217Tom LathamNZ39.33
218Colin McDonaldAUS39.33
219Dimuth KarunaratneSL39.25
220Dilip SardesaiIND39.24
221Mushtaq MohammadPAK39.17
222Vijay ManjrekarIND39.12
223Marvan AtapattuSL39.02
224Majid KhanPAK38.92
225Asanka GurusinhaSL38.92
226Tamim IqbalBAN38.89
227Fawad AlamPAK38.88
228Dhananjaya de SilvaSL38.87
229Asif IqbalPAK38.86
230Quinton de KockSA38.82
231Mushfiqur RahimBAN38.73
232Colin de GrandhommeNZ38.70
233Warwick ArmstrongAUS38.69
234Brendon McCullumNZ38.64
235Victor TrumperAUS38.61
236Craig McMillanNZ38.47
237Ajinkya RahaneIND38.46
238Abdullah ShafiquePAK38.33
239Murali VijayIND38.29
240Nkrumah BonnerWI38.24
241Ben DuckettENG38.23
242Andy SandhamENG38.22
243Asad ShafiqPAK38.20
244Peter BurgeAUS38.17
245MS DhoniIND38.09
246Mudassar NazarPAK38.09
247Taufeeq UmarPAK37.99
248Sadagoppan RameshIND37.97
249Bob CatterallSA37.93
250Dean ElgarSA37.92
251Vernon RansfordAUS37.84
252John WrightNZ37.83
253Ravindra JadejaIND37.82
254David SheppardENG37.81
255Shakib Al HasanBAN37.78
256Mike AthertonENG37.70
257Imran NiaziBHR37.69
258Ijaz AhmedPAK37.67
259Denis LindsaySA37.67
260Mohammad HafeezPAK37.65
261Jeremy ConeyNZ37.58
262BJ WatlingNZ37.52
263Peter RichardsonENG37.47
264Keith StackpoleAUS37.43
265Charles KellewayAUS37.42
266Sarfraz AhmedPAK37.42
267Kim HughesAUS37.42
268Neil McKenzieSA37.39
269Mohammad RizwanPAK37.33
270Mominul HaqueBAN37.26
271Peter HandscombAUS37.21
272Nasser HussainENG37.19
273Temba BavumaSA37.16
274Sanjay ManjrekarIND37.15
275Mohsin KhanHK37.11
276Nathan AstleNZ37.02
277Matt RenshawAUS37.00
278Keith MillerAUS36.98
279Joe BurnsAUS36.97
280Jack GregoryAUS36.97
281Sandeep PatilIND36.93
282Michael VandortSL36.90
283Shreyas IyerIND36.86
284John HoltWI36.76
285Roy DiasSL36.71
286Qasim UmarPAK36.63
287Wiaan MulderSA36.54
288Ryan RickeltonSA36.54
289Shahid AfridiGER36.51
290Darren BravoWI36.47
291Carl HooperWI36.47
292Hansie CronjeSA36.41
293Jonny BairstowENG36.40
294Tim RobinsonNZ36.39
295Kusal MendisSL36.36
296Jacob OramNZ36.33
297Wasim RajaPAK36.17
298Alan KippaxAUS36.12
299KL RahulIND36.10
300Allan LambENG36.09
301Frank WoolleyENG36.08
302Brian LuckhurstENG36.06
303Scott StyrisNZ36.05
304Brendan TaylorZIM35.87
305Umar AkmalPAK35.82
306Sadiq MohammadPAK35.82
307Gus LogieWI35.80
308Ravi ShastriIND35.79
309C.B. FryENG35.79
310Arjuna RanatungaSL35.70
311Malinda WarnapuraSL35.70
312Jonty RhodesSA35.66
313Salman AghaPAK35.63
314Johnny TaylorAUS35.61
315Bob BarberENG35.60
316Reggie DuffAUS35.59
317Chandu BordeIND35.59
318Mike GattingENG35.56
319Marcus NorthAUS35.48
320Cameron GreenAUS35.48
321Jacques RudolphSA35.43
322Charlie BarnettENG35.42
323Glenn PhillipsNZ35.41
324Graeme FowlerENG35.32
325Bruce LairdAUS35.29
326Aamer SohailPAK35.29
327Greg RitchieAUS35.21
328Shane WatsonAUS35.20
329Litton DasBAN35.18
330Shoaib MalikPAK35.15
331Roshen SilvaSL35.10
332Imam-ul-HaqPAK34.96
333Aiden MarkramSA34.93
334Nawab of PataudiIND34.91
335Shiv Sunder DasIND34.89
336Alviro PetersenSA34.88
337Nasir HossainBAN34.80
338Haroon RasheedPAK34.77
339Alex CareyAUS34.69
340John CrawleyENG34.62
341Jim BurkeAUS34.59
342Mark ButcherENG34.58
343Ollie PopeENG34.56
344Ben StokesENG34.47
345Trevor GoddardSA34.47
346Axar PatelIND34.40
347David HookesAUS34.37
348Shaun MarshAUS34.32
349David BedinghamSA34.28
350Lou VincentNZ34.15
351Joey CarewWI34.15
352Sikandar RazaZIM34.14
353Archie MacLarenENG34.03
354Greg BlewettAUS34.03
355Joe SolomonWI34.00
356Russell EndeanSA33.96
357Yuvraj SinghIND33.93
358Paul SheahanAUS33.91
359James NeeshamNZ33.76
360Hanuma VihariIND33.56
361Sir Ian BothamENG33.55
362Chris CairnsNZ33.54
363Justin GreavesWI33.53
364Wasim JafferIND33.52
365MahmudullahBAN33.49
366Ken MackayAUS33.49
367Tom HaywardENG33.49
368Matthew ElliottAUS33.49
369Yashpal SharmaIND33.46
370Andrew HudsonSA33.45
371Brendan NashWI33.42
372Derek RandallENG33.38
373Reg SimpsonENG33.36
374Craig ErvineZIM33.29
375John ReidNZ33.28
376Najmul Hossain ShantoBAN33.21
377Geoff MarshAUS33.19
378Bob WoolmerENG33.09
379Wavell HindsWI33.01
380Brad HaddinAUS32.99
381Lance KlusenerSA32.86
382Jean-Paul DuminySA32.86
383Billy ZulchSA32.77
384Alan KnottENG32.75
385Kyle MayersWI32.72
386Budhi KunderanIND32.70
387Phillip HughesAUS32.66
388Manoj PrabhakarIND32.65
389Marlon SamuelsWI32.64
390Tim PaineAUS32.64
391Tristan StubbsSA32.58
392Tharanga ParanavitanaSL32.58
393Haris SohailPAK32.58
394Pankaj RoyIND32.56
395Corey AndersonNZ32.52
396Kraigg BrathwaiteWI32.51
397Chris TavaréENG32.50
398Geoff HowarthNZ32.45
399Yasir HameedPAK32.41
400Sherwin CampbellWI32.38
401Dattu PhadkarIND32.34
402Tom BlundellNZ32.34
403Ali BacherSA32.33
404Shaun PollockSA32.32
405Wayne PhillipsAUS32.28
406Bev CongdonNZ32.22
407Jim ParksENG32.16
408Mathew SinclairNZ32.06
409Imran FarhatPAK32.00
410William YoungNZ31.97
411Jos ButtlerENG31.95
412Jeff DujonWI31.94
413Peter TooheyAUS31.89
414Upul TharangaSL31.89
415Ramiz RajaPAK31.83
416Graeme WoodAUS31.83
417Kirk EdwardsWI31.81
418Denis AtkinsonWI31.79
419Bryan YoungNZ31.78
420Andrew FlintoffENG31.78
421Eric DaltonSA31.73
422Bob WyattENG31.71
423Collie SmithWI31.69
424Duleep MendisSL31.64
425Mike SmithENG31.64
426Nari ContractorIND31.59
427Sami AslamPAK31.58
428Chetan ChauhanIND31.58
429Irfan PathanIND31.57
430Johnny TyldesleyENG31.57
431Andrew HilditchAUS31.56
432Oshada FernandoSL31.54
433Tony PitheySA31.50
433Waqar HasanPAK31.50
434Vinoo MankadIND31.48
435Dwayne BravoWI31.43
436Graeme HickENG31.32
437Peter KirstenSA31.30
438Wilfred RhodesENG31.28
439Ed CowanAUS31.28
440Tom VeiversAUS31.27
441Mark BurgessNZ31.21
442Zak CrawleyENG31.18
443Hanumant SinghIND31.18
444Graham DowlingNZ31.16
445Hemu AdhikariIND31.14
446Parthiv PatelIND31.13
447Farokh EngineerIND31.08
448Ajit WadekarIND31.07
449Kapil DevIND31.05
450Shan MasoodPAK31.02
451Rob KeyENG31.00
452Kusal PereraSL30.97
453Bernard JulienWI30.93
454Shane ThomsonNZ30.90
455Habibul BasharBAN30.88
456Kamran AkmalPAK30.79
457Graham RoopeENG30.71
458Keith ArthurtonWI30.71
459Clifford RoachWI30.71
460Motganhalli JaisimhaIND30.69
461John GoddardWI30.68
462Niroshan DickwellaSL30.68
463Tony ZorziSA30.63
464Mark GreatbatchNZ30.62
465Bruce EdgarNZ30.59
466Javed BurkiPAK30.48
467Salman ButtPAK30.47
468John WaiteSA30.44
469Eoin MorganENG30.43
470Rory BurnsENG30.32
471Gerry GomezWI30.32
472Tatenda TaibuZIM30.31
473Mark BoucherSA30.30
474Roy McLeanSA30.29
475Jock CameronSA30.22
476Brian HastingsNZ30.20
477Jermaine BlackwoodWI30.19
478Rassie van der DussenSA30.17
479Boeta DippenaarSA30.14
480Mohammad WasimPAK30.12
481Jeet RavalNZ30.08
482Anshuman GaekwadIND30.08
483Gordon WhiteSA30.07
484Hamilton MasakadzaZIM30.04
485Gerry AlexanderWI30.03
486Daniel VettoriNZ30.01
487Azhar MahmoodPAK30.00
488Kris SrikkanthIND29.88
489Matthew WadeAUS29.87
490Jason HolderWI29.83
491Dave NourseSA29.79
492Terry JarvisNZ29.76
493Trevor BaileyENG29.74
494Chandika HathurusinghaSL29.63
495Dean BrownlieNZ29.63
496Daniel LawrenceENG29.59
497Grant FlowerZIM29.55
498Alan TurnerAUS29.54
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