Who has the highest batting average in Test cricket?

Among qualifying batters, Donald Bradman averages 99.94 in Tests, the highest on the list.

Who are the top Test averages?

The top four are Donald Bradman (99.94), Adam Voges (61.87), Graeme Pollock (60.97) and George Headley (60.83).

How is batting average calculated?

It is runs scored divided by the number of times a batter has been dismissed, so not-out innings lift the figure.

Highest Batting Average in Test Cricket

Rank	Player	M	Inns	Runs	NO	AVG	S/R	4s	6s
1	Donald Bradman	52	80	6996	10	99.94	-	0	6
2	Adam Voges	20	31	1485	7	61.87	55.68	186	5
3	Graeme Pollock	23	41	2256	4	60.97	-	0	11
4	George Headley	22	40	2190	4	60.83	526.44	125	0
5	Herbert Sutcliffe	53	84	4555	9	60.73	69.83	176	2
6	Edward Paynter	20	31	1540	5	59.23	119.57	127	4
7	Ellyse Perry	15	24	1006	7	59.17	46.66	129	2
8	Ken Barrington	82	131	6806	15	58.67	160.44	429	20
9	Wally Hammond	85	140	7249	16	58.46	96.77	490	20
10	Kumar Sangakkara	134	233	12400	17	57.40	54.19	1491	51
11	Steven Smith	125	223	10920	28	56.00	53.96	1172	67
12	Karen Rolton	14	22	1002	4	55.66	56.22	136	1
13	Jacques Kallis	166	280	13289	40	55.37	45.97	1488	97
14	Vinod Kambli	17	21	1084	1	54.20	59.66	124	6
15	Kane Williamson	110	195	9515	19	54.06	51.97	1063	28
16	Greg Chappell	87	151	7110	19	53.86	-	755	16
17	Sachin Tendulkar	200	329	15921	33	53.78	54.09	2058	69
18	Kamindu Mendis	18	32	1556	3	53.66	63.17	154	25
19	Harry Brook	38	66	3395	2	53.04	86.82	369	55
20	Brian Lara	131	232	11953	6	52.88	60.51	1559	88
21	Dudley Nourse	34	63	2960	7	52.86	-	137	5
22	Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	21	52.57	-	0	48
23	Rahul Dravid	164	286	13288	32	52.31	42.51	1655	21
24	Mohammad Yousuf	90	156	7530	12	52.29	52.39	957	51
25	Younis Khan	118	213	10099	19	52.05	52.12	1082	70
26	Debbie Hockley	19	29	1301	4	52.04	-	0	0
27	Ricky Ponting	168	287	13378	29	51.85	58.72	1509	73
28	John Ryder	19	32	1394	5	51.63	68.50	102	3
29	Andrew Flower	63	112	4794	19	51.54	45.07	543	20
30	Michael Hussey	79	137	6235	16	51.52	50.13	685	39
31	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	164	280	11867	49	51.37	43.31	1285	36
32	Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	16	51.12	66.04	1016	26
33	Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	46	51.06	48.64	1175	20
34	Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	14	50.73	60.10	1049	82
35	AB de Villiers	114	191	8765	18	50.66	54.51	1024	64
36	Joe Root	166	304	14114	25	50.58	57.52	1509	46
37	Allan Border	156	265	11174	44	50.56	-	1161	28
38	Sandhya Agarwal	13	23	1110	1	50.45	-	0	0
39	Sir Viv Richards	121	182	8540	12	50.23	-	0	84
40	Denis Compton	78	131	5807	15	50.06	260.40	440	3
41	Mahela Jayawardene	149	252	11814	15	49.84	51.45	1387	61
42	Janette Brittin	27	44	1935	5	49.61	-	0	0
43	Inzamam-ul-Haq	120	200	8830	22	49.60	54.02	1105	48
44	Frank Worrell	51	87	3860	9	49.49	552.22	301	6
45	Charles Mead	17	26	1185	2	49.38	191.44	38	0
46	Virender Sehwag	104	180	8586	6	49.34	82.23	1233	91
47	Abid Ali	16	26	1180	2	49.16	48.26	148	5
48	Michael Clarke	115	198	8643	22	49.10	55.92	978	39
49	Kenneth Bland	21	39	1669	5	49.09	188.37	63	7
50	Bruce Mitchell	42	80	3471	9	48.89	-	89	0
51	Stanley Jackson	20	33	1415	4	48.79	-	0	0
52	Thilan Samaraweera	81	132	5462	20	48.76	46.92	633	7
53	Yashasvi Jaiswal	29	54	2535	2	48.75	66.10	317	45
54	Neil Harvey	79	137	6149	10	48.42	272.32	452	1
55	Doug Walters	74	125	5357	14	48.26	-	0	23
56	Graeme Smith	117	205	9265	13	48.25	59.67	1165	24
57	Stanley McCabe	39	62	2748	5	48.21	85.42	198	3
58	Douglas Jardine	22	33	1296	6	48.00	61.42	53	0
59	Rachin Ravindra	24	44	1865	5	47.82	64.28	216	24
60	Geoff Boycott	108	193	8114	23	47.72	-	0	8
61	Patsy Hendren	48	83	3525	9	47.64	101.64	145	6
62	Adam Gilchrist	96	137	5570	20	47.60	81.95	677	100
63	Rohan Kanhai	79	137	6227	6	47.53	-	0	0
64	Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8181	8	47.28	61.72	985	81
65	William Ponsford	29	49	2122	4	47.16	68.06	136	0
66	Bill Lawry	67	123	5234	12	47.15	-	0	15
67	Raman Subba Row	13	22	984	1	46.86	464.15	58	1
68	Virat Kohli	123	210	9230	13	46.85	55.57	1027	30
69	Robert Cowper	27	46	2061	2	46.84	90.36	133	0
70	Bob Simpson	62	111	4869	7	46.81	-	0	2
71	Joseph Hardstaff	23	38	1636	3	46.74	115.78	104	2
72	Clive Lloyd	110	175	7515	14	46.67	-	0	70
73	Hashim Amla	124	215	9282	16	46.64	49.97	1170	14
74	Misbah ul Haq	75	132	5222	20	46.62	44.53	511	81
75	Lindsay Hassett	43	69	3073	3	46.56	163.20	240	8
76	Dean Jones	52	89	3631	11	46.55	48.88	361	10
77	Arthur Morris	46	79	3533	3	46.49	169.94	301	9
78	Damien Martyn	67	109	4406	14	46.37	51.41	513	10
79	Dennis Amiss	50	88	3612	10	46.30	-	427	3
80	John Reid	19	31	1296	3	46.28	-	133	1
81	Allan Rae	15	24	1016	2	46.18	-	58	4
82	Maurice Leyland	41	65	2764	5	46.07	64.79	139	1
83	William Woodfull	34	54	2300	4	46.00	52.28	105	0
84	VVS Laxman	134	225	8781	34	45.97	49.37	1135	5
85	Saeed Anwar	55	91	4052	2	45.52	55.77	535	14
86	Martin Crowe	77	131	5444	11	45.36	44.65	659	27
87	Alastair Cook	161	291	12472	16	45.35	46.95	1442	11
88	Rahmat Shah	12	23	1043	0	45.34	52.91	126	8
89	Gary Kirsten	101	176	7289	15	45.27	43.43	922	12
90	Justin Langer	105	182	7696	12	45.27	54.22	912	40
91	Sean Williams	24	47	1946	4	45.25	64.43	222	16
92	Herbie Collins	18	31	1352	1	45.07	68.49	121	0
93	Conrad Hunte	44	78	3245	6	45.07	131.86	215	2
94	Simon Katich	56	99	4188	6	45.03	49.36	490	9
95	Mohammad Azharuddin	99	147	6215	9	45.03	63.08	720	19
96	Kumar Ranjitsinhji	15	26	989	4	44.95	-	19	0
97	Darren Lehmann	27	42	1798	2	44.95	61.80	214	10
98	Zaheer Abbas	78	124	5062	11	44.79	-	0	22
99	Mark Richardson	38	65	2776	3	44.77	37.66	344	4
100	Gordon Greenidge	108	185	7558	16	44.72	-	0	67

Highest Batting Average in Test Cricket

Among qualifying batters, Donald Bradman has the highest batting average in Test cricket, 99.94, from 6996 runs in 80 innings. He is followed by Adam Voges (61.87), Graeme Pollock (60.97) and George Headley (60.83).

A towering Test average places a batter among the greatest of all time, headed by an all-time benchmark few have approached. A qualification on innings applies so a small sample of scores does not distort the list. Last updated 9 September, 2026.

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