ODIs - Highest Average for each Batting Position

One Day Internationals - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates

Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career				Batting as Opener
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg
1	S D Hope*	West Indies	2016-	128	19	5443	49.94	49	6	2612	60.74
2	Shubman Gill*	India	2019-	55	8	2775	59.04	50	8	2509	59.74
3	R G Sharma*	India	2007-	265	36	11168	48.77	184	17	9138	54.72
4	T M Head*	Australia	2016-	70	7	2767	43.92	40	4	1867	51.86
5	Ibrahim Zadran*	Afghanistan	2019-	36	3	1656	50.18	35	3	1656	51.75
6	H M Amla	South Africa	2008-2019	178	14	8113	49.47	175	13	8083	49.90
7	S R Tendulkar	India	1989-2012	452	41	18426	44.83	340	23	15310	48.30
8	H H Dippenaar	South Africa	1999-2007	95	14	3421	42.23	43	6	1752	47.35
9	Imam-ul-Haq*	Pakistan	2017-	74	7	3152	47.04	74	7	3152	47.04
10	Fakhar Zaman*	Pakistan	2017-	85	6	3651	46.22	84	6	3627	46.50
11	Q de Kock*	South Africa	2013-	155	7	6770	45.74	152	7	6686	46.11
12	B C Lara	West Indies	1990-2007	289	32	10405	40.49	52	5	2166	46.09
13	T M Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1999-2016	303	41	10290	39.27	176	16	7367	46.04
14	C G Greenidge	West Indies	1975-1991	127	13	5134	45.04	120	10	4993	45.39
15	D A Warner	Australia	2009-2023	159	6	6932	45.31	157	5	6888	45.32
16	S R Watson	Australia	2002-2015	169	27	5757	40.54	93	7	3882	45.14
17	P Nissanka*	Sri Lanka	2021-	65	5	2452	40.87	58	5	2376	44.83
18	M L Hayden	Australia	1993-2008	155	15	6133	43.81	147	14	5892	44.30
19	J M Bairstow*	England	2011-	98	8	3868	42.98	76	3	3221	44.12
20	S Dhawan*	India	2010-	164	10	6793	44.11	164	10	6793	44.11
21	M E Waugh	Australia	1988-2002	236	20	8500	39.35	141	11	5729	44.07
22	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	1994-2011	251	40	8778	41.60	77	9	2949	43.37
23	M J Guptill	New Zealand	2009-2022	195	19	7346	41.74	174	18	6721	43.08
24	D P M D Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1998-2015	418	39	12650	33.38	34	2	1376	43.00
25	I R Bell	England	2004-2015	157	14	5416	37.87	76	7	2932	42.49
26	G Kirsten	South Africa	1993-2003	185	19	6798	40.95	175	16	6647	41.81
27	S C Ganguly	India	1992-2007	300	23	11363	41.02	236	16	9146	41.57
28	D L Haynes	West Indies	1978-1994	237	28	8648	41.38	237	28	8648	41.38
29	K J Coetzer*	Scotland	2008-	87	5	3192	38.93	80	5	3049	40.65
30	E Lewis*	West Indies	2016-2024	60	5	2131	38.75	56	5	2065	40.49
31	N V Knight	England	1996-2003	100	10	3637	40.41	92	9	3345	40.30
32	N S Sidhu	India	1987-1998	127	8	4413	37.08	63	3	2418	40.30
33	G A Gooch	England	1976-1995	122	6	4290	36.98	99	4	3828	40.29
34	B C Broad	England	1987-1988	34	0	1361	40.03	34	0	1361	40.03
35	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1989-2003	244	19	8824	39.22	220	16	8156	39.98
36	G R Marsh	Australia	1986-1992	115	6	4357	39.97	115	6	4357	39.97
37	J J Roy*	England	2015-	110	3	4271	39.92	110	3	4271	39.92
38	Yasir Hameed	Pakistan	2003-2007	56	1	2028	36.87	43	1	1665	39.64
39	G Gambhir	India	2003-2013	143	11	5238	39.68	91	6	3367	39.61
40	C H Gayle	West Indies	1999-2019	294	17	10480	37.83	274	16	10179	39.45

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