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Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career					Batting at No. 3
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg
1	D G Bradman	Australia	1928-1948	80	10	6996	29	99.94	56	7	5078	20	103.63
2	K F Barrington	England	1955-1968	131	15	6806	20	58.67	40	6	2626	13	77.24
3	W R Hammond	England	1927-1947	140	16	7249	22	58.46	52	6	3440	14	74.78
4	G A Headley	West Indies	1930-1954	40	4	2190	10	60.83	32	3	2064	10	71.17
5	I V A Richards	West Indies	1974-1991	182	12	8540	24	50.24	59	2	3508	12	61.54
6	K C Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2000-2015	233	17	12400	38	57.41	207	15	11679	37	60.83
7	B C Lara	West Indies	1990-2006	232	6	11953	34	52.89	66	4	3749	9	60.47
8	K S Williamson*	New Zealand	2010-	176	17	8743	32	54.99	156	16	8125	30	58.04
9	R T Ponting	Australia	1995-2012	287	29	13378	41	51.85	196	20	9904	32	56.27
10	R Dravid	India	1996-2012	286	32	13288	36	52.31	219	20	10524	28	52.88
11	R B Kanhai	West Indies	1957-1974	137	6	6227	15	47.53	90	1	4689	13	52.69
12	E R Dexter	England	1958-1968	102	8	4502	9	47.89	57	3	2798	6	51.81
13	M Labuschagne*	Australia	2018-	90	7	4114	11	49.57	78	7	3677	11	51.79
14	Younis Khan	Pakistan	2000-2017	213	19	10099	34	52.06	83	4	4055	13	51.33
15	W J Edrich	England	1938-1955	63	2	2440	6	40.00	41	1	2049	6	51.23
16	I M Chappell	Australia	1964-1980	136	10	5345	14	42.42	91	7	4279	13	50.94
17	H M Amla	South Africa	2004-2019	215	16	9282	28	46.64	174	14	7993	25	49.96
18	J H Kallis	South Africa	1995-2013	280	40	13289	45	55.37	78	11	3335	9	49.78
19	T W Graveney	England	1951-1969	123	13	4882	11	44.38	37	4	1632	4	49.45
20	D I Gower	England	1978-1992	204	18	8231	18	44.25	56	3	2619	8	49.42
21	M Amarnath	India	1969-1988	113	10	4378	11	42.50	66	5	2907	8	47.66
22	S P Fleming	New Zealand	1994-2008	189	10	7172	9	40.07	69	6	2977	6	47.25
23	R B Richardson	West Indies	1983-1995	146	12	5949	16	44.40	107	7	4711	14	47.11
24	A R Border	Australia	1978-1994	265	44	11174	27	50.56	36	3	1554	4	47.09
25	R N Harvey	Australia	1948-1963	137	10	6149	21	48.42	79	5	3454	12	46.68
26	J A Rudolph	South Africa	2003-2012	83	9	2622	6	35.43	36	5	1428	4	46.06
27	I J L Trott	England	2009-2015	93	6	3835	9	44.08	73	5	3109	7	45.72
28	M C Cowdrey	England	1954-1975	188	15	7624	22	44.07	37	2	1600	5	45.71
29	D C Boon	Australia	1984-1996	190	20	7422	21	43.66	111	14	4412	13	45.48
30	V V S Laxman	India	1996-2012	225	34	8781	17	45.97	37	1	1611	4	44.75

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