Batting records (All cricket)

Donald Bradman has the highest batting average in men's cricket: 99.94 (minimum 20 innings) (from the 23,340 of 23,347 matches with full scorecards).

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Player figures come from full scorecards, which we hold for 23,340 of the 23,347 matches in this selection (from 1877). Earlier matches have results and team totals only.

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Donald BradmanAUS	1928-1948	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	9800	58.60	29	13	7	681	6
A BandaraCCC	2024-2026	34	38	15	1551	200*	67.43	2300	67.43	5	3	0	131	10
WGRL WijenayakeNSWC/BSC	2025-2026	12	20	5	918	201*	61.20	1701	53.97	4	4	1	85	6
Graeme PollockSA	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	2008	55.88	7	11	1	289	11
George HeadleyWI	1930-1954	22	40	4	2190	270*	60.83	417	55.88	10	5	2	135	1
Herbert SutcliffeENG	1924-1935	53	84	9	4555	194	60.73	6558	34.60	16	23	2	247	6
Eddie PaynterENG	1931-1939	20	31	5	1540	243	59.23	1288	45.89	4	7	3	127	4
Ken BarringtonENG	1955-1968	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	4992	42.43	20	35	5	618	27
Everton WeekesWI	1948-1958	48	81	5	4455	207	58.62	5	0.00	15	19	6	332	2
Wally HammondENG	1927-1947	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.46	7491	38.07	22	24	4	512	27
Garry SobersWI	1954-1974	94	161	21	8032	365*	57.37	4077	53.40	26	30	13	726	32
Jack HobbsENG	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.95	5449	46.54	15	28	4	316	8
Clyde WalcottWI	1948-1960	44	74	7	3798	220	56.69	1	0.00	15	14	1	247	11
Leonard HuttonENG	1937-1955	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	3107	37.95	19	33	5	475	7
Promod MaduwanthaBRC/NCC	2024-2026	18	24	6	1014	166	56.33	2097	48.35	4	5	1	88	0
Ernest TyldesleyENG	1921-1929	14	20	2	990	122	55.00	178	29.21	3	6	2	37	2
Charlie DavisWI	1968-1973	15	29	5	1301	183	54.21	665	35.49	4	4	1	93	1
Dudley NourseSA	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.82	108	63.89	9	14	3	158	6
Pasindu SooriyabandaraSL/MSC	2024-2026	41	46	9	1959	204*	52.95	2859	68.52	4	10	3	177	24
Sonal DinushaSL/GT/CCC	2023-2026	43	42	9	1733	133*	52.52	2383	72.72	6	9	2	135	31
Jack RyderAUS	1920-1929	19	32	5	1394	201*	51.63	2037	44.82	3	9	1	102	3
Denis ComptonENG	1937-1957	78	131	15	5807	278	50.06	2745	38.76	17	28	10	440	3
Greg ChappellAUS	1970-1984	161	223	33	9441	247*	49.69	16158	56.14	27	45	19	950	23
Frank WorrellWI	1948-1963	51	87	9	3860	261	49.49	491	39.92	9	22	11	295	11
Phil MeadENG	1911-1928	17	26	2	1185	182*	49.38	619	30.05	4	3	3	38	0
Michael BevanAUS	1994-2004	249	226	70	7697	108*	49.34	11292	68.16	6	52	9	539	22
Virat KohliIND/RCB	2008-2026	846	907	136	37863	254*	49.11	42601	88.88	95	216	53	3642	651
Colin BlandSA	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.09	1002	38.82	3	9	2	137	20
Bruce MitchellSA	1929-1949	42	80	9	3471	189*	48.89	158	29.11	8	21	3	103	1
Stanley JacksonENG	1893-1905	20	33	4	1415	144*	48.79	1	0.00	5	6	3	118	0
Viv RichardsWI	1974-1991	307	349	36	15261	291	48.76	17373	78.78	35	90	17	1651	210
Neil HarveyAUS	1948-1963	79	137	10	6149	205	48.42	1811	43.51	21	24	7	452	1
Pavan RathnayakeSL/KF/CCC	2024-2026	79	83	14	3338	221	48.38	3363	99.26	10	14	4	272	118
Bill PonsfordAUS	1924-1934	29	48	4	2122	266	48.23	3118	44.77	7	6	1	159	0
Stan McCabeAUS	1930-1938	39	62	5	2748	232	48.21	3217	60.02	6	13	4	269	5
Joe RootENG/RR/ST	2012-2026	520	659	80	27839	262	48.08	39978	69.64	67	153	31	2757	167
Douglas JardineENG	1928-1934	22	33	6	1296	127	48.00	2110	25.59	1	10	2	53	0
Ted DexterENG	1958-1968	62	102	8	4502	205	47.89	2623	43.69	9	27	6	513	16
Karanbir SinghAUA	2024-2026	61	61	7	2581	164	47.80	1482	174.16	4	20	4	214	213
Rohan KanhaiWI	1957-1975	86	142	8	6391	256	47.69	3187	48.92	15	30	7	585	24
Vijay HazareIND	1946-1953	30	52	6	2192	164*	47.65	1194	35.93	7	9	4	110	1
Patsy HendrenENG	1920-1935	50	83	9	3525	205*	47.64	3470	47.06	7	21	4	274	9
Seymour NurseWI	1960-1969	29	54	1	2523	258	47.60	1958	48.83	6	10	3	230	11
Sachin TendulkarIND/MI	1989-2013	738	860	85	36691	248*	47.34	52765	69.52	101	177	38	4371	293
Abid AliPAK	2019-2021	22	32	2	1414	215*	47.13	2695	52.47	5	4	3	177	5
Javed MiandadPAK	1975-1996	355	407	62	16213	280*	46.99	26178	54.84	31	93	14	1254	92
Bill LawryAUS	1961-1971	68	124	12	5261	210	46.97	7500	39.29	13	27	6	458	15
Darius VisserSAM	2024-2026	23	23	5	845	132	46.94	595	142.02	3	3	1	86	38
Raman Subba RowENG	1958-1961	13	22	1	984	137	46.86	212	26.42	3	4	0	58	1
Bob CowperAUS	1964-1968	27	46	2	2061	307	46.84	2284	42.82	5	10	3	156	0

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