Highest batting averages in Tests

Up to 24 Oct 2026Qualification: 20 innings

#	Player	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg	100s
1	Donald BradmanAustralia	80	10	6,996	99.94	29
2	Adam VogesAustralia	31	7	1,485	61.87	5
3	Graeme PollockSouth Africa	41	4	2,256	60.97	7
4	George HeadleyWest Indies	40	4	2,190	60.83	10
5	Herbert SutcliffeEngland	84	9	4,555	60.73	16
6	Eddie PaynterEngland	31	5	1,540	59.23	4
7	Ken BarringtonEngland	131	15	6,806	58.67	20
8	Everton WeekesWest Indies	81	5	4,455	58.61	15
9	Wally HammondEngland	140	16	7,249	58.45	22
10	Garry SobersWest Indies	160	21	8,032	57.78	26
11	Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka	233	17	12,400	57.40	38
12	Jack HobbsEngland	102	7	5,410	56.94	15
13	Clyde WalcottWest Indies	74	7	3,798	56.68	15
14	Leonard HuttonEngland	138	15	6,971	56.67	19
15	Jacques KallisSouth Africa	280	40	13,289	55.37	45
16	Steven SmithAustralia	227	28	11,003	55.29	37
17	Ernest TyldesleyEngland	20	2	990	55.00	3
18	Charlie DavisWest Indies	29	5	1,301	54.20	4
=18	Vinod KambliIndia	21	1	1,084	54.20	4
20	Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand	195	19	9,515	54.06	33
21	Greg ChappellAustralia	151	19	7,110	53.86	24
22	Dudley NourseSouth Africa	62	7	2,960	53.81	9
23	Sachin TendulkarIndia	329	33	15,921	53.78	51
24	Kamindu MendisSri Lanka	32	3	1,556	53.65	5
25	Harry BrookEngland	70	2	3,610	53.08	10

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