Test Career Highest Batting Averages

Based on all matches up to and including
Test # 1841: England v India at Nottingham, 2nd Test, 27/07/2007

Qualification: 20 innings

Name                Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St Team

DG Bradman           52   80  10  6996  334   99.94  29  13   32  - AUS
MEK Hussey           16   26   6  1597  182   79.85   5   8    8  - AUS
RG Pollock           23   41   4  2256  274   60.97   7  11   17  - RSA
GA Headley           22   40   4  2190  270*  60.83  10   5   14  - WI
H Sutcliffe          54   84   9  4555  194   60.73  16  23   23  - ENG
RT Ponting          110  183  25  9368  257   59.29  33  36  124  - AUS
E Paynter            20   31   5  1540  243   59.23   4   7    7  - ENG
KF Barrington        82  131  15  6806  256   58.67  20  35   58  - ENG
ED Weekes            48   81   5  4455  207   58.61  15  19   49  - WI
WR Hammond           85  140  16  7249  336*  58.45  22  24  110  - ENG
GS Sobers            93  160  21  8032  365*  57.78  26  30  109  - WI
JB Hobbs             61  102   7  5410  211   56.94  15  28   17  - ENG
R Dravid            111  189  23  9425  270   56.77  24  47  152  - IND/ICC-XI
CL Walcott           44   74   7  3798  220   56.68  15  14   53 11 WI
L Hutton             79  138  15  6971  364   56.67  19  33   57  - ENG
Mohammad Yousuf      75  126   9  6553  223   56.00  23  27   59  - PAK
JH Kallis           107  182  29  8430  189*  55.09  24  44  105  - RSA/ICC-XI
SR Tendulkar        139  224  23 11067  248*  55.05  37  44   92  - IND
GE Tyldesley         14   20   2   990  122   55.00   3   6    2  - ENG
KC Sangakkara        67  110   9  5492  287   54.37  14  22  147 20 SL
CA Davis             15   29   5  1301  183   54.20   4   4    4  - WI
VG Kambli            17   21   1  1084  227   54.20   4   3    7  - IND
GS Chappell          87  151  19  7110  247*  53.86  24  31  122  - AUS
AD Nourse            34   62   7  2960  231   53.81   9  14   12  - RSA
ML Hayden            89  159  13  7739  380   53.00  27  27  118  - AUS
BC Lara             131  232   6 11953  400*  52.88  34  48  164  - WI/ICC-XI
Javed Miandad       124  189  21  8832  280*  52.57  23  43   93  1 PAK
KP Pietersen         29   55   2  2756  226   52.00   9  10   18  - ENG
J Ryder              20   32   5  1394  201*  51.62   3   9   17  - AUS
A Flower             63  112  19  4794  232*  51.54  12  27  151  9 ZIM
SM Gavaskar         125  214  16 10122  236*  51.12  34  45  108  - IND
SR Waugh            168  260  46 10927  200   51.06  32  50  112  - AUS
AR Border           156  265  44 11174  205   50.56  27  63  156  - AUS
IVA Richards        121  182  12  8540  291   50.23  24  45  122  - WI
Inzamam-ul-Haq      119  198  22  8813  329   50.07  25  46   81  - PAK/ICC-XI
DCS Compton          78  131  15  5807  278   50.06  17  28   49  - ENG
DPMD Jayawardene     88  143  10  6630  374   49.84  18  29  123  - SL
FMM Worrell          51   87   9  3860  261   49.48   9  22   43  - WI
V Sehwag             52   87   3  4155  309   49.46  12  12   44  - IND/ICC-XI
CP Mead              17   26   2  1185  182*  49.37   4   3    4  - ENG
KC Bland             21   39   5  1669  144*  49.08   3   9   10  - RSA
B Mitchell           42   80   9  3471  189*  48.88   8  21   56  - RSA
Hon.FS Jackson       20   33   4  1415  144*  48.79   5   6   10  - ENG
AC Gilchrist         90  129  19  5353  204*  48.66  17  24  344 37 AUS
RN Harvey            79  137  10  6149  205   48.41  21  24   64  - AUS
KD Walters           74  125  14  5357  250   48.26  15  33   43  - AUS
WH Ponsford          29   48   4  2122  266   48.22   7   6   21  - AUS
Younis Khan          53   95   6  4291  267   48.21  12  19   64  - PAK
SJ McCabe            39   62   5  2748  232   48.21   6  13   41  - AUS
DR Jardine           22   33   6  1296  127   48.00   1  10   26  - ENG