Test Highest Career Batting Average
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| M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avge | 100 | 50 | |
| DG Bradman | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 334 | 99.94 | 29 | 13 |
| PHKD Mendis | 14 | 24 | 3 | 1316 | 182* | 62.66 | 5 | 5 |
| AC Voges | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1485 | 269* | 61.87 | 5 | 4 |
| RG Pollock | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2256 | 274 | 60.97 | 7 | 11 |
| GA Headley | 22 | 40 | 4 | 2190 | 270* | 60.83 | 10 | 5 |
| H Sutcliffe | 54 | 84 | 9 | 4555 | 194 | 60.73 | 16 | 23 |
| E Paynter | 20 | 31 | 5 | 1540 | 243 | 59.23 | 4 | 7 |
| KF Barrington | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 256 | 58.67 | 20 | 35 |
| ED Weekes | 48 | 81 | 5 | 4455 | 207 | 58.61 | 15 | 19 |
| WR Hammond | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 336* | 58.45 | 22 | 24 |
| GS Sobers | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26 | 30 |
| HC Brook | 30 | 50 | 1 | 2820 | 317 | 57.55 | 10 | 13 |
| KC Sangakkara | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 |
| JB Hobbs | 61 | 102 | 7 | 5410 | 211 | 56.94 | 15 | 28 |
| CL Walcott | 44 | 74 | 7 | 3798 | 220 | 56.68 | 15 | 14 |
| L Hutton | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 364 | 56.67 | 19 | 33 |
| SPD Smith | 119 | 212 | 25 | 10477 | 239 | 56.02 | 36 | 43 |
| JH Kallis | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 |
| GE Tyldesley | 14 | 20 | 2 | 990 | 122 | 55.00 | 3 | 6 |
| KS Williamson | 105 | 186 | 17 | 9276 | 251 | 54.88 | 33 | 37 |
| CA Davis | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1301 | 183 | 54.20 | 4 | 4 |
| VG Kambli | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1084 | 227 | 54.20 | 4 | 3 |
| GS Chappell | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 247* | 53.86 | 24 | 31 |
| AD Nourse | 34 | 62 | 7 | 2960 | 231 | 53.81 | 9 | 14 |
| SR Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 |
| BC Lara | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 |
| Javed Miandad | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |
| RS Dravid | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24 | 33 |
| Younis Khan | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 52.05 | 34 | 33 |
| RT Ponting | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 |
| YB Jaiswal | 26 | 49 | 2 | 2428 | 214* | 51.65 | 7 | 12 |
| J Ryder | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1394 | 201* | 51.62 | 3 | 9 |
| A Flower | 63 | 112 | 19 | 4794 | 232* | 51.54 | 12 | 27 |
| MEK Hussey | 79 | 137 | 16 | 6235 | 195 | 51.52 | 19 | 29 |
| S Chanderpaul | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 |
| JE Root | 158 | 288 | 24 | 13543 | 262 | 51.29 | 39 | 66 |
| SM Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 |
| SR Waugh | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 |
| ML Hayden | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 | 50.73 | 30 | 29 |
| AB de Villiers | 114 | 191 | 18 | 8765 | 278* | 50.66 | 22 | 46 |
| AR Border | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 |
| IVA Richards | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 50.23 | 24 | 45 |
| DCS Compton | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 278 | 50.06 | 17 | 28 |
The list shows those players with averages of 50 or more