TEST · ALL-TIME

Best Test Batting Averages

BC Lara

West Indies, ICC World XI · 2036 runs

67.87 2

AC Voges

Australia · 1485 runs

61.88 3

KC Sangakkara

Sri Lanka · 8489 runs

60.64 4

S Chanderpaul

West Indies · 5995 runs

57.1 5

SPD Smith

Australia · 10920 runs

56 6

KS Williamson

New Zealand · 9515 runs

54.06 7

JH Kallis

South Africa, ICC World XI · 7405 runs

54.05 8

PHKD Mendis

Sri Lanka · 1556 runs

53.66 9

Younis Khan

Pakistan · 7135 runs

53.65 10

HC Brook

England · 3610 runs

53.09 11

SR Tendulkar

India · 6416 runs

52.16 12

AB de Villiers

South Africa · 8182 runs

51.78 13

TT Samaraweera

Sri Lanka · 3890 runs

51.18 14

JL Langer

Australia · 2558 runs

51.16 15

VVS Laxman

India · 5411 runs

51.05 16

DPMD Jayawardene

Sri Lanka · 6615 runs

50.5 17

ML Hayden

Australia · 4136 runs

50.44 18

JE Root

England · 14278 runs

50.27 19

MEK Hussey

Australia · 5779 runs

49.82 20

Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistan · 5102 runs

49.53 21

Abid Ali

Pakistan · 1180 runs

49.17 22

MJ Clarke

Australia · 8146 runs

48.78 23

KP Pietersen

England · 8079 runs

48.38 24

SM Katich

Australia · 3625 runs

48.33 25

GC Smith

South Africa, ICC World XI · 7584 runs

48.31 26

Mohammad Yousuf

Pakistan · 2837 runs

48.08 27

YBK Jaiswal

India · 2588 runs

47.93 28

R Ravindra

New Zealand · 1865 runs

47.82 29

ME Trescothick

England · 2291 runs

47.73 30

SC Ganguly

India · 2577 runs

47.72

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