List of cricket batting averages

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This is a list of Test and one-day international cricket batting averages.

Contents

Current as of 20 December 2006 — Qualification = 20 completed innings — (1,823 Tests – Source Cricinfo).

Rank Batsman Tests Inns N.O. Runs Hi’est Ave Career dates
1 Flag of Australia D. G. Bradman 52 80 10 6996 334 99.94 1928 – 1948
2 Flag of South Africa R. G. Pollock 23 41 4 2256 274 60.97 1963 – 1970
3 Flag of West Indian cricket team G. A. Headley 22 40 4 2190 270* 60.83 1930 – 1954
4 Flag of England H. Sutcliffe 54 84 9 4555 194 60.73 1924 – 1935
5 Flag of England E. Paynter 20 31 5 1540 243 59.23 1931 – 1939
6 Flag of England K. F. Barrington 82 131 15 6806 256 58.67 1955 – 1968
7 Flag of West Indian cricket team E. D. Weekes 48 81 5 4455 207 58.61 1948 – 1958
8 Flag of England W. R. Hammond 85 140 16 7249 336* 58.45 1927 – 1947
9 Flag of West Indian cricket team G. S. Sobers 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 1954 – 1974
10 Flag of England J. B. Hobbs 61 102 7 5410 211 56.94 1908 – 1930
11 Flag of West Indian cricket team C. L. Walcott 44 74 7 3798 220 56.68 1948 – 1960
12 Flag of England L. Hutton 79 138 15 6971 364 56.67 1937 – 1955
13 Flag of England G. E. Tyldesley 14 20 2 990 122 55.00 1921 – 1929
14 Flag of West Indian cricket team C. A. Davis 15 29 5 1301 183 54.20 1968 – 1973
15 Flag of India V. G. Kambli 17 21 1 1084 227 54.20 1993 – 1995
16 Flag of Australia G. S. Chappell 87 151 19 7110 247* 53.86 1970 – 1984
17 Flag of South Africa A. D. Nourse 34 62 7 2960 231 53.81 1935 – 1951
18 Flag of Pakistan Javed Miandad 124 189 21 8832 280* 52.57 1976 – 1993
19 Flag of Australia J. Ryder 20 32 5 1394 201* 51.62 1920 – 1929
20 Flag of Zimbabwe A. Flower 63 112 19 4794 232 51.54 1992 – 2002
* denotes not out Flower is #29 on all-time list

Rank Batsman Tests Inns N.O. Runs Hi’est Ave Date of debut
1 Flag of Australia M. E. K. Hussey 14 24 6 1554 182 86.33 3 November 2005
2 Flag of Australia R. T. Ponting 108 181 25 9316 257 59.71 8 December 1995
3 Flag of India R. S. Dravid † 105 178 22 9082 270 58.21 20 June 1994
4 Flag of Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf 73 122 9 6402 223 56.65 26 February 1998
5 Flag of South Africa J. H. Kallis † 103 174 28 8072 189* 55.28 14 December 1995
6 Flag of India S. R. Tendulkar 133 213 22 10527 248* 55.11 15 November 1989
7 Flag of West Indian cricket team B. C. Lara † 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 6 December 1990
8 Flag of England K. P. Pietersen 21 40 2 1995 158 52.50 21 July 2005
9 Flag of Australia M. L. Hayden 87 156 12 7530 380 52.29 4 March 1994
10 Flag of India V. Sehwag † 50 83 3 4103 309 51.28 3 November 2001
* denotes not out Sehwag is #30 on all-time list
† played for ICC XI

There are some striking differences between the two groups.

  • English and West Indian players are prominent in the retired list.
  • The top retired players have played significantly fewer Tests than the top active players.

Current as of 10 December 2006 — Qualification = 20 completed innings — (2,463 ODIs – Source Cricinfo).

Rank Batsman ODIs Inns N.O. Runs Hi’est Ave S.R. Career dates
1 Flag of Australia M. G. Bevan 232 196 67 6912 108* 53.58 74.16 1994 – 2004
2 Flag of Pakistan Zaheer Abbas 62 60 6 2572 123 47.62 84.80 1974 – 1985
3 Flag of West Indian cricket team I. V. A. Richards 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 90.20 1975 – 1991
4 Flag of New Zealand G. M. Turner 41 40 6 1598 171* 47.00 68.05 1973 – 1983
5 Flag of West Indian cricket team C. G. Greenidge 128 127 13 5134 133* 45.03 64.92 1975 – 1991
6 Flag of Australia D. M. Jones 164 161 25 6068 145 44.61 72.56 1984 – 1994
7 Flag of Pakistan Javed Miandad 233 218 41 7381 119* 41.70 66.99 1975 – 1996
8 Flag of West Indian cricket team D. L. Haynes 238 237 28 8648 152* 41.37 63.09 1978 – 1994
9 Flag of South Africa L. Klusener 171 137 50 3576 103* 41.10 89.91 1996 – 2004
10 Flag of South Africa G. Kirsten 185 185 19 6798 188* 40.95 72.04 1993 – 2003
* denotes not out S.R. = strike rate

Rank Batsman ODIs Inns N.O. Runs Hi’est Ave S.R. Date of debut
1 Flag of Australia M. E. K. Hussey 48 37 19 1388 109* 66.88 94.22 1 February 2004
2 Flag of England K. P. Pietersen † 41 35 8 1500 116 56.50 95.17 28 November 2004
3 Flag of West Indian cricket team R. R. Sarwan 115 107 23 3724 115* 44.33 76.79 20 July 2000
4 Flag of India S. R. Tendulkar 374 365 35 14537 186* 44.12 85.49 18 December 1989
5 Flag of Australia M. J. Clarke 91 80 20 2625 105* 43.75 83.17 19 January 2003
6 Flag of South Africa J. H. Kallis † ‡ 242 231 40 8327 139 43.59 70.37 9 January 1996
7 Flag of India M. S. Dhoni 59 53 13 1735 183* 43.37 98.30 23 December 2001
8 Flag of South Africa H. H. Dippenaar ‡ 104 92 14 3344 125* 42.87 67.40 26 September 1999
9 Flag of England I. R. Bell 26 24 3 880 88 41.90 70.85 28 November 2004
10 Flag of Australia R. T. Ponting † 261 255 29 9411 164 41.64 79.25 15 February 1995
* denotes not out
† played for ICC XI
‡ played for Africa XI S.R. = strike rate

There is very little difference in the averages for retired and active batsmen. The first ODI was on 5 January 1971, but it was a year or two before the genre took off elsewhere than England.

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