TEST · ALL-TIME

Best Test Batting Averages

BC Lara

West Indies, ICC World XI · 2036 runs

67.87 2

PHKD Mendis

Sri Lanka · 1316 runs

62.67 3

AC Voges

Australia · 1485 runs

61.88 4

KC Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · 8489 runs

60.64 5

S Chanderpaul

West Indies · 5995 runs

57.1 6

SPD Smith

Australia · 10763 runs

56.06 7

HC Brook

England · 3178 runs

54.79 8

KS Williamson

New Zealand · 9497 runs

54.58 9

JH Kallis

South Africa, ICC World XI · 7405 runs

54.05 10

Younis Khan

Pakistan · 7135 runs

53.65 11

Mohammad Yousuf

Pakistan · 2636 runs

52.72 12

SR Tendulkar

India · 6416 runs

52.16 13

AB de Villiers

South Africa · 8182 runs

51.78 14

TT Samaraweera

Sri Lanka · 3890 runs

51.18 15

JL Langer

Australia · 2558 runs

51.16 16

VVS Laxman

India · 5411 runs

51.05 17

JE Root

England · 13943 runs

50.89 18

DPMD Jayawardene

Sri Lanka · 6615 runs

50.5 19

ML Hayden

Australia · 4136 runs

50.44 20

R Ravindra

New Zealand · 1647 runs

49.91 21

MEK Hussey

Australia · 5779 runs

49.82 22

Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistan · 5102 runs

49.53 23

YBK Jaiswal

India · 2511 runs

49.24 24

Abid Ali

Pakistan · 1180 runs

49.17 25

MJ Clarke

Australia · 8146 runs

48.78 26

KP Pietersen

England · 8079 runs

48.38 27

SM Katich

Australia · 3625 runs

48.33 28

GC Smith

South Africa, ICC World XI · 7584 runs

48.31 29

ME Trescothick

England · 2291 runs

47.73 30

SC Ganguly

India · 2577 runs

47.72

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