First-Class Highest Career Batting Average

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(Qualification: 2000 runs)

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avge	100	50
DG Bradman	234	338	43	28067	452*	95.14	117	69
YB Jaiswal	24	42	4	2873	265	75.60	12	6
VM Merchant	150	234	46	13470	359*	71.64	45	52
GA Headley	103	164	22	9921	344*	69.86	33	44
SN Khan	48	71	11	4112	301*	68.53	14	14
AK Sharma	129	166	16	10120	259*	67.46	38	36
WH Ponsford	162	235	23	13819	437	65.18	47	43
WM Woodfull	174	245	39	13388	284	64.99	49	58
PHKD Mendis	46	71	6	4164	200*	64.06	15	21
SS Sugwekar	85	122	18	6563	299*	63.10	19	26
Darwish Rasooli	23	37	4	2052	249	62.18	6	8
KC Ibrahim	60	89	12	4716	250	61.24	14	22
Bahir Shah	40	67	14	3228	303*	60.90	10	14
PN Silva	44	78	9	4169	217	60.42	15	18
VG Kambli	129	181	14	9965	262	59.67	35	44
VS Hazare	238	367	46	18740	316*	58.38	60	73
AL Hassett	216	322	32	16890	232	58.24	59	75
SS Bhave	97	154	17	7971	292	58.18	28	27
SR Tendulkar	310	490	51	25396	248*	57.84	81	116
DS Lehmann	284	479	33	25795	339	57.83	82	111
MG Bevan	237	400	66	19147	216	57.32	68	81
AF Kippax	175	256	33	12762	315*	57.22	43	45
G Boycott	609	1014	162	48426	261*	56.83	151	238
SS Karim	120	168	39	7310	234	56.66	22	33
CL Walcott	146	238	29	11820	314*	56.55	40	54
DPS Sooriyabandara	36	54	5	2766	242	56.44	8	12
KS Ranjitsinhji	307	500	62	24692	285*	56.37	72	109
RB Simpson	257	436	62	21029	359	56.22	60	100
WR Hammond	634	1005	104	50551	336*	56.10	167	185
MD Crowe	247	412	62	19608	299	56.02	71	80
RT Ponting	289	494	62	24150	257	55.90	82	106
UM Merchant	42	55	5	2789	217	55.78	9	12
Fawad Alam	201	314	53	14526	296*	55.65	43	70
L Hutton	513	814	91	40140	364	55.51	129	179
Zia-ul-Haq	30	55	7	2661	148	55.43	11	8
ED Weekes	152	241	24	12010	304*	55.34	36	54
RS Dravid	298	497	67	23794	270	55.33	68	117
SV Manjrekar	147	217	31	10252	377	55.11	31	46
GS Sobers	383	609	93	28314	365*	54.87	86	121
BA Richards	339	576	58	28336	356	54.70	80	151
RK Singh	47	69	11	3173	163*	54.70	7	20
RG Pollock	262	437	54	20940	274	54.67	64	99
SPD Smith	171	297	35	14307	239	54.60	48	62
S Badrinath	145	216	28	10245	250	54.49	32	45
AV Kale	93	145	14	7134	248*	54.45	25	28
FMM Worrell	208	326	49	15025	308*	54.24	39	80
Abdullah Shafiq	30	50	4	2494	232	54.21	9	9
SG Barnes	110	164	10	8333	234	54.11	26	37
JH Kallis	257	421	57	19695	224	54.10	62	97
A Flower	223	372	69	16379	271*	54.05	49	75
AD Jadeja	111	174	24	8100	264	54.00	20	40
ARM Ralph	34	55	11	2375	142	53.97	6	16
RNB Indrajith	75	112	14	5279	200	53.86	16	27
R Lamba	121	175	12	8776	320	53.84	31	27
T Kohli	55	97	12	4573	307*	53.80	14	18
RM Cowper	147	228	31	10595	307	53.78	26	58
Shahidullah	28	46	3	2312	189	53.76	8	10
AR Morris	162	250	15	12614	290	53.67	46	46
Mohammad Huraira	38	65	5	3213	311	53.55	8	14
Javed Miandad	402	632	95	28663	311	53.37	80	139
S Chanderpaul	385	626	108	27545	303*	53.17	77	144
MR Ramprakash	461	764	93	35659	301*	53.14	114	147
KNM Fernando	59	95	7	4671	300*	53.07	13	21
RS Modi	105	154	12	7529	245*	53.02	20	39
Saud Shakil	73	123	18	5565	208*	53.00	19	24
S Sriram	133	194	14	9539	288	52.99	32	36
DB Vengsarkar	260	390	52	17868	284	52.86	55	87
K Bhaskar Pillai	95	124	21	5443	222*	52.84	18	21
SM Katich	266	448	52	20926	306	52.84	58	111
RG Sharma	120	192	19	9123	309*	52.73	29	37
ML Hayden	295	515	47	24603	380	52.57	79	100
DJ Hussey	192	301	29	14280	275	52.50	45	65
KC Sangakkara	260	430	31	20911	319	52.40	64	86
Hanif Mohammad	238	370	44	17059	499	52.32	55	66
PR Umrigar	243	350	41	16155	252*	52.28	49	80
A Kaypee	117	175	24	7894	210*	52.27	27	34
HH Kanitkar	146	222	23	10400	290	52.26	33	46
J Moroney	57	93	16	4023	217	52.24	12	22
GA Hick	526	871	84	41112	405*	52.23	136	158
GS Chappell	321	542	72	24535	247*	52.20	74	111
MEK Hussey	273	486	49	22783	331*	52.13	61	103
CA Pujara	267	441	46	20566	352	52.06	63	80
ME Waugh	368	591	75	26855	229*	52.04	81	133
H Sutcliffe	754	1098	124	50670	313	52.02	151	229
M Azharuddin	229	343	38	15855	226	51.98	54	74
Mosaddek Hossain	45	72	8	3327	282	51.98	11	14
IB Roy	31	46	2	2286	152	51.95	7	13
SR Waugh	356	551	88	24052	216*	51.94	79	97
BC Lara	261	440	13	22156	501*	51.88	65	88
DCS Compton	515	839	88	38942	300	51.85	123	183
DM Jones	245	415	45	19188	324*	51.85	55	88
GH Vihari	124	203	23	9325	302*	51.80	24	49
L Baichan	63	100	13	4504	216*	51.77	13	23
VVS Laxman	267	436	54	19730	353	51.64	55	98
C Munro	48	74	4	3611	281	51.58	13	15
CL Badcock	97	159	16	7371	325	51.54	26	21
Zaheer Abbas	459	768	92	34843	274	51.54	108	158
AD Nourse	175	269	27	12472	260*	51.53	41	54
AR Bawne	117	186	33	7880	258*	51.50	23	40
SM Gavaskar	348	563	61	25834	340	51.46	81	105
WA Brown	189	284	15	13838	265*	51.44	39	66
AR Border	385	625	97	27131	205	51.38	70	142
MK Pandey	113	176	23	7836	238	51.21	25	31
S Sharath	139	203	33	8700	224	51.17	27	42
KS Williamson	168	289	24	13554	284*	51.14	42	61
PBH May	388	618	77	27592	285*	51.00	85	127
AO Malhotra	156	227	35	9784	258*	50.95	24	52
NCL O'Neill	188	306	34	13859	284	50.95	45	64
RN Harvey	306	461	35	21699	231*	50.93	67	94
WM Lawry	249	417	49	18734	266	50.90	50	100
AV Mankad	218	326	71	12980	265	50.90	31	70
DS Jadhav	111	175	24	7679	260*	50.85	23	31
EH Hendren	833	1300	166	57611	301*	50.80	170	275
D Shorey	62	101	14	4418	252*	50.78	12	19
JB Hobbs	834	1325	107	61760	316*	50.70	199	273
W Jaffer	260	421	38	19410	314*	50.67	57	91
SJ Cook	270	475	57	21143	313*	50.58	64	87
KC Wessels	316	539	50	24738	254	50.58	66	132
SG Law	367	601	65	27080	263	50.52	79	128
RB Kenny	59	70	9	3079	218	50.47	11	11
JL Langer	360	622	57	28382	342	50.23	86	110
CB Fry	394	658	43	30886	258*	50.22	94	124
V Kohli	145	239	18	11097	254*	50.21	36	38
SS Mitra	59	78	17	3058	155	50.13	7	17
Yashpal Singh	134	224	29	9777	250*	50.13	24	52
RD Rickelton	59	98	10	4410	202*	50.11	16	17
Inzamam-ul-Haq	245	393	58	16785	329	50.10	45	87
P Dharmani	147	213	27	9312	305*	50.06	26	42
PP Shaw	50	87	2	4253	379	50.03	13	17
SV Jedhe	58	87	9	3902	182	50.02	15	12

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