Test Cricket - Highest Batting Average for Each Batting Position

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Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career					Batting as Opener
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg
1	H Sutcliffe	England	1924-1935	84	9	4555	16	60.73	83	9	4522	16	61.11
2	B Mitchell	South Africa	1929-1949	80	9	3471	8	48.89	48	6	2390	7	56.90
3	L Hutton	England	1937-1955	138	15	6971	19	56.67	131	12	6721	19	56.48
4	J B Hobbs	England	1908-1930	102	7	5410	15	56.95	97	6	5130	14	56.37
5	R B Simpson	Australia	1957-1978	111	7	4869	10	46.82	70	4	3664	8	55.52
6	W H Ponsford	Australia	1924-1934	48	4	2122	7	48.23	31	3	1517	5	54.18
7	D L Amiss	England	1966-1977	88	10	3612	11	46.31	69	8	3276	11	53.70
8	Y B K Jaiswal*	India	2023-	36	2	1798	4	52.88	36	2	1798	4	52.88
9	U T Khawaja*	Australia	2011-	144	14	5930	16	45.62	72	9	3289	8	52.21
10	W M Woodfull	Australia	1926-1934	54	4	2300	7	46.00	44	4	2036	7	50.90
11	M L Hayden	Australia	1994-2009	184	14	8625	30	50.74	184	14	8625	30	50.74
12	S M Katich	Australia	2001-2010	99	6	4188	10	45.03	61	3	2928	8	50.48
13	S M Gavaskar	India	1971-1987	214	16	10122	34	51.12	203	12	9607	33	50.30
14	V Sehwag	India	2001-2013	180	6	8586	23	49.34	170	6	8207	22	50.04
15	G C Smith	South Africa	2002-2014	205	13	9265	27	48.26	196	12	9030	27	49.08
16	J L Langer	Australia	1993-2007	182	12	7696	23	45.27	115	9	5112	16	48.23
17	G Boycott	England	1964-1982	193	23	8114	22	47.73	191	23	8091	22	48.16
18	H H Gibbs	South Africa	1996-2008	154	7	6167	14	41.95	116	5	5242	14	47.23
19	W M Lawry	Australia	1961-1971	123	12	5234	13	47.15	123	12	5234	13	47.15
20	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	1990-2001	91	2	4052	11	45.53	86	2	3957	11	47.11
21	E J Barlow	South Africa	1961-1970	57	2	2516	6	45.75	52	2	2290	5	45.80
22	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	2010-2022	180	11	7142	19	42.26	37	3	1556	4	45.76
23	A R Morris	Australia	1946-1955	79	3	3533	12	46.49	76	2	3381	11	45.69
24	G M Turner	New Zealand	1969-1983	73	6	2991	7	44.64	67	5	2828	7	45.61
25	M P Vaughan	England	1999-2008	147	9	5719	18	41.44	72	4	3093	10	45.49
26	B Sutcliffe	New Zealand	1947-1965	76	8	2727	5	40.10	41	2	1763	4	45.21
27	C G Greenidge	West Indies	1974-1991	185	16	7558	19	44.72	182	16	7488	19	45.11
28	D A Warner	Australia	2011-2024	205	8	8786	26	44.60	202	8	8747	26	45.09
29	C C Hunte	West Indies	1958-1967	78	6	3245	8	45.07	78	6	3245	8	45.07
30	D C Boon	Australia	1984-1996	190	20	7422	21	43.66	63	5	2614	8	45.07

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