Highest Test Batting Average


Rank Name Mat Inn NO Runs Avg
1 DG Bradman (Aus) 52 80 10 6996 99.94
2 RG Pollock (SAf) 23 41 4 2256 60.97
3 GA Headley (WI) 22 40 4 2190 60.83
4 H Sutcliffe (Eng) 54 84 9 4555 60.73
5 E Paynter (Eng) 20 31 5 1540 59.23
6 KF Barrington (Eng) 82 131 15 6806 58.67
7 EdeC Weekes (WI) 48 81 5 4455 58.61
8 WR Hammond (Eng) 85 140 16 7249 58.45
9 GStA Sobers (WI) 93 160 21 8032 57.78
10 JB Hobbs (Eng) 61 102 7 5410 56.94
11 CL Walcott (WI) 44 74 7 3798 56.68
12 L Hutton (Eng) 79 138 15 6971 56.67
13 RT Ponting (Aus) 136 229 26 11345 55.88
14 KC Sangakkara (SL) 86 143 10 7339 55.18
15 GE Tyldesley (Eng) 14 20 2 990 55.00
16 Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 82 140 12 7023 54.86
17 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 160 263 28 12877 54.79
18 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 108 178 13 9025 54.69
19 JH Kallis (SAf) 131 221 33 10277 54.66
20 G Gambhir (Ind) 26 47 3 2386 54.22
21 CA Davis (WI) 15 29 5 1301 54.20
= VG Kambli (Ind) 17 21 1 1084 54.20
23 GS Chappell (Aus) 87 151 19 7110 53.86
24 AD Nourse (SAf) 34 62 7 2960 53.81
25 R Dravid (Ind) 135 235 27 11038 53.06
26 BC Lara (WI) 131 232 6 11953 52.88
27 MEK Hussey (Aus) 42 72 9 3317 52.65
28 Javed Miandad (Pak) 124 189 21 8832 52.57
29 TT Samaraweera (SL) 55 86 12 3857 52.12
30 J Ryder (Aus) 20 32 5 1394 51.62
31 A Flower (Zim) 63 112 19 4794 51.54
32 SM Gavaskar (Ind) 125 214 16 10122 51.12
33 SR Waugh (Aus) 168 260 46 10927 51.06
34 ML Hayden (Aus) 103 184 14 8625 50.73
35 AR Border (Aus) 156 265 44 11174 50.56
36 GC Smith (SAf) 77 135 9 6343 50.34
37 IVA Richards (WI) 121 182 12 8540 50.23
38 Younis Khan (Pak) 63 112 7 5260 50.09
39 DCS Compton (Eng) 78 131 15 5807 50.06
40 KP Pietersen (Eng) 54 97 4 4647 49.96
41 JD Ryder (NZ) 11 20 2 898 49.88
42 V Sehwag (Ind) 70 121 4 5824 49.77
43 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 120 200 22 8830 49.60
44 FMM Worrell (WI) 51 87 9 3860 49.48
45 CP Mead (Eng) 17 26 2 1185 49.37
46 MJ Clarke (Aus) 52 84 10 3652 49.35
47 S Chanderpaul (WI) 121 206 32 8576 49.28
48 KC Bland (SAf) 21 39 5 1669 49.08
49 B Mitchell (SAf) 42 80 9 3471 48.88
50 Hon. FS Jackson (Eng) 20 33 4 1415 48.79

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