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Best Batting Averages
This list features the players with the best international batting average in test cricket history as of 2025.
RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | APPS | INNINGS | RUNS | AVG. | YEARS |
1 | Donald Bradman | Australia | 52 | 80 | 6,996 | 99.94 | 1928–1948 |
2 | Kamindu Mendis | Sri Lanka | 14 | 24 | 1,316 | 62.66 | 2022–2025 |
3 | Adam Voges | Australia | 20 | 31 | 1,485 | 61.87 | 2015–2016 |
4 | Graeme Pollock | South Africa | 23 | 41 | 2,256 | 60.97 | 1963–1970 |
5 | George Headley | West Indies | 22 | 40 | 2,190 | 60.83 | 1930–1954 |
6 | Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 54 | 84 | 4,555 | 60.73 | 1924–1935 |
7 | Eddie Paynter | England | 20 | 31 | 1,540 | 59.23 | 1931–1939 |
8 | Ken Barrington | England | 82 | 131 | 6,806 | 58.67 | 1955–1968 |
9 | Everton Weekes | West Indies | 48 | 81 | 4,455 | 58.61 | 1948–1958 |
10 | Wally Hammond | England | 85 | 140 | 7,249 | 58.45 | 1927–1947 |
References
ESPNcricinfo (n.d.). Highest career batting average. Available at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/highest-career-batting-average-282910 (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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