List of cricket batting averages

The following lists of Test cricket batting averages are based on a minimum qualification of 2000 runs for retired batsmen.

Completed Test career batting averages
Don Bradman (AUS)	99.94
Adam Voges (AUS)	61.87
Graeme Pollock (RSA)	60.97
George Headley (WI)	60.83
Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG)	60.73
Eddie Paynter (ENG)	59.23
Ken Barrington (ENG)	58.67
Everton Weekes (WI)	58.61
Wally Hammond (ENG)	58.45
Garfield Sobers (WI)	57.78
Source: Cricinfo Qualification: 20 completed innings, career completed.

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Rank	Batsman	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest	Career average	Career span
1	Don Bradman	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	1928–1948
2	Graeme Pollock	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1963–1970
3	George Headley	22	40	4	2190	270*	60.83	1930–1954
4	Herbert Sutcliffe	54	84	9	4555	194	60.73	1924–1935
5	Eddie Paynter	20	31	5	1540	243	59.23	1931–1939
6	Ken Barrington	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	1955–1968
7	Everton Weekes	48	81	5	4455	207	58.61	1948–1958
8	Wally Hammond	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	1927–1947
9	Garfield Sobers	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	1954–1974
10	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	2000–2015
11	Jack Hobbs	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	1908–1930
12	Clyde Walcott	44	74	7	3798	220	56.68	1948–1960
13	Len Hutton	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	1937–1955
14	Jacques Kallis	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	1995–2013
15	Ernest Tyldesley	14	20	2	990	122	55.00	1921–1929
16	Charlie Davis	15	29	5	1301	183	54.20	1968–1973
17	Vinod Kambli	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1993–1995
18	Greg Chappell	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	1970–1984
19	Dudley Nourse	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	1935–1951
20	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	1989–2013
21	Brian Lara	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	1990–2006
22	Javed Miandad	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	1976–1993
23	Rahul Dravid	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	1996–2012
24	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	12	7530	223	52.29	1998–2010
25	Ricky Ponting	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	1995–2012
Qualification: 20 InningsSource:Cricinfo. Last updated: 13 February 2016 * denotes not out Note: if the 20 innings qualification is removed, the highest career batting average among retired players is held by Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 in his only Test innings.

Rank	Batsman	Matches	Innings	Not out	Runs	Highest	Batting Average	100s	50s	Debut
1	Adam Voges	18	27	7	1455	269*	72.75	5	4	3 Jun 2015
2	Steve Smith	44	81	11	4099	215	58.55	15	19	13 Jul 2010
3	Younis Khan	110	197	18	9663	313	53.98	33	31	26 Feb 2000
4	Joe Root	48	88	11	4103	254	53.28	10	23	13 Dec 2012
5	Mominul Haque	19	34	4	1550	181	51.66	4	10	8 Mar 2013
6	Ajinkya Rahane	29	50	7	2209	188	51.37	8	9	22 Mar 2013
7	Hashim Amla	94	159	13	7470	311*	51.16	25	31	28 Nov 2004
8	AB de Villiers	106	176	16	8074	278*	50.46	21	39	17 Dec 2004
9	Kane Williamson	54	99	9	4528	242*	50.31	14	23	4 Nov 2010
10	Cheteshwar Pujara	38	64	6	2855	206*	49.22	8	10	9 Oct 2010
Qualification: 20 innings Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 02 November 2016 * denotes not out

Rank	Batsman	Matches	Inns	N.O.	Runs	Highest	Ave	B.F.	S.R.	100s	50s	Span
1	Ryan ten Doeschate	33	32	9	1,541	119	67.00	1,757	87.70	5	9	2006–2011
2	Michael Bevan	232	196	67	6,912	108*	53.58	9,320	74.16	6	46	1994–2004
3	Jonathan Trott	68	65	10	2,819	137	51.25	3,658	77.06	4	22	2009–2013
4	Tom Cooper	23	22	2	976	101	48.80	1,391	70.16	1	8	2010–2013
5	Michael Hussey	185	157	44	5,442	109*	48.15	6,243	87.16	3	39	2004–2012
6	Zaheer Abbas	62	60	6	2,572	123	47.62	3,033	84.80	7	13	1974–1985
7	Vivian Richards	187	167	24	6,721	189*	47.00	7,451	90.20	11	45	1975–1991
8	Glenn Turner	41	40	6	1,598	171*	47.00	2,348	68.05	3	9	1973–1983
9	Gordon Greenidge	128	127	13	5,134	133*	45.03	7,908	64.92	11	31	1975–1991
10	Sachin Tendulkar	463	452	41	18,426	200*	44.83	21,367	86.23	49	96	1989–2012
Qualification: 20 innings Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 12 February 2016. N.O. = Not Out; S.R. = Strike Rate; B.F. = Balls Faced; *denotes not out

Rank	Batsman	Matches	Inns	n.o.	Runs	Highest	Ave	S.R.	100s	50s	Debut
1	AB de Villiers	206	197	34	8742	162*	53.62	99.87	24	48	02 Feb 2005
2	Virat Kohli	176	168	25	7570	183	52.93	90.43	26	38	19 Aug 2008
3	Hashim Amla	140	137	10	6519	159	51.33	89.32	23	30	9 Mar 2008
4	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	283	246	67	9110	183*	50.89	88.80	9	61	23 Dec 2004
5	Ambati Rayudu	34	30	9	1055	124*	50.23	76.28	2	6	24 Jul 2013
6	Kane Williamson	98	92	9	3877	145*	46.71	83.80	8	25	10 Aug 2010
7	Adam Voges	31	28	9	870	112*	45.78	87.17	1	4	20 Feb 2007
8	Joe Root	78	73	7	3017	125	45.71	85.51	8	17	11 Jan 2013
9	Shikhar Dhawan	74	73	3	3078	137	43.97	90.26	9	17	20 Oct 2010
10	Quinton de Kock	69	69	4	2850	178	43.84	94.55	11	8	19 Jan 2013
Qualification: 20 innings Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 02 November 2016. * denotes not out

Rank	Batsman	Matches	Inns	N.O.	Runs	Highest	Ave	B.F.	S.R.	100s	50s	Span
1	Michael Hussey	38	30	11	721	60*	37.94	529	136.29	0	4	2005–2012
2	Kevin Pietersen	37	36	5	1,176	79	37.93	831	141.51	0	7	2005–2013
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	39	34	13	788	87*	37.52	715	110.20	0	3	2007–2012
4	Brendon McCullum	71	70	10	2,140	123	35.66	1,571	136.21	2	13	2005–2015
5	Jacques Kallis	25	23	4	666	73	35.05	558	119.35	0	5	2005–2012
6	Cameron White	47	44	14	984	85*	32.80	740	132.97	0	5	2007–2014
7	Mahela Jayawardene	55	55	8	1,493	100	31.76	1,121	133.18	1	9	2006–2014
8	Graeme Smith	33	33	2	982	89*	31.67	770	127.53	0	5	2005–2011
9	Kumar Sangakkara	56	53	9	1,382	78	31.40	1,156	119.55	0	8	2006–2014
10	Ravi Bopara	38	35	10	711	65*	28.44	599	118.69	0	3	2008-2014
Qualification: 20 innings Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 12 February 2016. N.O. = Not Out; S.R. = Strike Rate; B.F. = Balls Faced; *denotes not out

Rani	Batsman	Matches	Inns	N.O.	Runs	Highest	Ave	B.F.	S.R.	100s	50s
1	Virat Kohli	45	41	12	1657	90*	57.13	1223	135.48	0	16
2	Aaron Finch	28	28	3	974	156	38.96	649	150.07	1	6
3	Jean Paul Duminy	70	64	21	1654	96*	38.46	1338	123.61	0	9
4	Faf du Plessis	35	35	6	1093	119	37.68	824	132.64	1	7
5	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	73	63	32	1112	48*	35.87	909	122.33	0	0
6	Chris Gayle	50	47	4	1519	117	35.32	1044	145.49	2	13
7	Martin Guptill	61	59	7	1806	101*	34.73	1374	131.44	1	10
8	Kane Williamson	35	33	5	967	72*	34.53	778	124.29	0	5
9	Rohit Sharma	62	55	12	1364	106	31.72	1054	129.41	1	11
10	Hashim Amla	37	37	5	1008	97*	31.50	781	129.06	0	5
Qualification: 20 innings Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 03 November 2016. N.O. = Not Out; S.R. = Strike Rate; B.F. = Balls Faced; *denotes not out

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