Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting   Innings for       Left Handers Only   
  Player Country Career Mat Inns NO Runs  HS 100s 50s Avg S/R
1 H Sutcliffe England 1924-1935 54 84 9 4555 194 16 23 60.73 -   
2 E Paynter England 1931-1939 20 31 5 1540 243 4 7 59.23 -   
3 K F Barrington England 1955-1968 82 131 15 6806 256 20 35 58.67 -   
4 W R Hammond England 1927-1947 85 140 16 7249 336* 22 24 58.46 -   
5 J B Hobbs England 1908-1930 61 102 7 5410 211 15 28 56.95 -   
6 L Hutton England 1937-1955 79 138 15 6971 364 19 33 56.67 -   
7 D C S Compton England 1937-1957 78 131 15 5807 278 17 28 50.06 -   
8 J E Root* England 2012- 140 257 21 11736 254 31 61 49.73 56.53
9 F S Jackson England 1893-1905 20 33 4 1415 144* 5 6 48.79 -   
10 D R Jardine England 1928-1934 22 33 6 1296 127 1 10 48.00 -   
11 E R Dexter England 1958-1968 62 102 8 4502 205 9 27 47.89 -   
12 G Boycott England 1964-1982 108 193 23 8114 246* 22 42 47.73 -   
13 E H Hendren England 1920-1935 51 83 9 3525 205* 7 21 47.64 -   
14 K P Pietersen England 2005-2014 104 181 8 8181 227 23 35 47.29 61.72
15 P B H May England 1951-1961 66 106 9 4537 285* 13 22 46.77 -   
16 J Hardstaff England 1935-1948 23 38 3 1636 205* 4 10 46.74 -   
17 D L Amiss England 1966-1977 50 88 10 3612 262* 11 11 46.31 -   
18 M Leyland England 1928-1938 41 65 5 2764 187 9 10 46.07 -   
19 A N Cook England 2006-2018 161 291 16 12472 294 33 57 45.35 46.96
20 G P Thorpe England 1993-2005 100 179 28 6744 200* 16 39 44.66 45.90
21 T W Graveney England 1951-1969 79 123 13 4882 258 11 20 44.38 -   
22 D I Gower England 1978-1992 117 204 18 8231 215 18 39 44.25 50.60
23 I J L Trott England 2009-2015 52 93 6 3835 226 9 19 44.08 47.18
24 M C Cowdrey England 1954-1975 114 188 15 7624 182 22 38 44.07 -   
25 G Pullar England 1959-1963 28 49 4 1974 175 4 12 43.87 -   
26 M E Trescothick England 2000-2006 76 143 10 5825 219 14 29 43.80 54.52
27 R A Smith England 1988-1996 62 112 15 4236 175 9 28 43.67 45.65
28 J H Edrich England 1963-1976 77 127 9 5138 310* 12 24 43.54 -   
29 C Washbrook England 1937-1956 37 66 6 2569 195 6 12 42.82 -   
30 I R Bell England 2004-2015 118 205 24 7727 235 22 46 42.69 49.46
31 G A Gooch England 1975-1995 118 215 6 8900 333 20 46 42.58 49.24
32 M P Vaughan England 1999-2008 82 147 9 5719 197 18 18 41.44 51.13
33 P H Parfitt England 1961-1972 37 52 6 1882 131* 7 6 40.91 -   
34 A J Strauss England 2004-2012 100 178 6 7037 177 21 27 40.91 48.92
35 B M Duckett* England 2016- 20 38 2 1464 182 3 7 40.67 84.97
36 L E G Ames England 1929-1939 47 72 12 2434 149 8 7 40.57 -   
37 P D Collingwood England 2003-2011 68 115 10 4259 206 10 20 40.56 46.66
38 A W Greig England 1972-1977 58 93 4 3599 148 8 20 40.44 -   
39 M J Prior England 2007-2014 79 123 21 4099 131* 7 28 40.19 61.67
40 B L D'Oliveira England 1966-1972 44 70 8 2484 158 5 15 40.06 -   
41 W J Edrich England 1938-1955 39 63 2 2440 219 6 13 40.00 -   
42 K W R Fletcher England 1968-1982 59 96 14 3272 216 7 19 39.90 -   
43 M H Denness England 1969-1975 28 45 3 1667 188 4 7 39.69 -   
44 B C Broad England 1984-1989 25 44 2 1661 162 6 6 39.55 37.86
45 A J Stewart England 1990-2003 133 235 21 8463 190 15 45 39.55 48.67
46 D S R Sheppard England 1950-1963 22 33 2 1172 119 3 6 37.81 -   
47 M A Atherton England 1989-2001 115 212 7 7728 185* 16 46 37.70 37.32
48 P E Richardson England 1956-1963 34 56 1 2061 126 5 9 37.47 -   
49 N Hussain England 1990-2004 96 171 16 5764 207 14 33 37.19 40.39
50 J M Bairstow* England 2012- 100 178 12 6042 167* 12 26 36.40 59.07
51 R T Robinson England 1984-1989 29 49 5 1601 175 4 6 36.39 41.63
52 A J Lamb England 1982-1992 79 139 10 4656 142 14 18 36.09 51.40
53 F E Woolley England 1909-1934 64 98 7 3283 154 5 23 36.08 -   
54 B W Luckhurst England 1970-1974 21 41 5 1298 131 4 5 36.06 35.73
55 R W Barber England 1960-1968 28 45 3 1495 185 1 9 35.60 -   
56 A E Stoddart England 1888-1898 16 30 2 996 173 2 3 35.57 -   
57 M W Gatting England 1978-1995 79 138 14 4409 207 10 21 35.56 45.16
58 B A Stokes* England 2013- 102 185 7 6316 258 13 31 35.48 59.02
59 A Shrewsbury England 1881-1893 23 40 4 1277 164 3 4 35.47 -   
60 C J Barnett England 1933-1948 20 35 4 1098 129 2 5 35.42 -   
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