Highest career batting average
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN ten Doeschate (Neth) | 2006-2009 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 1026 | 109* | 64.12 | 1176 | 87.24 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| MG Bevan (Aus) | 1994-2004 | 232 | 196 | 67 | 6912 | 108* | 53.58 | 9320 | 74.16 | 6 | 46 | 5 |
| MEK Hussey (Aus) | 2004-2009 | 125 | 101 | 34 | 3588 | 109* | 53.55 | 4095 | 87.61 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| MS Dhoni (Asia/India) | 2004-2009 | 150 | 133 | 35 | 4930 | 183* | 50.30 | 5488 | 89.83 | 5 | 33 | 5 |
| Zaheer Abbas (Pak) | 1974-1985 | 62 | 60 | 6 | 2572 | 123 | 47.62 | 3033 | 84.80 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1975-1991 | 187 | 167 | 24 | 6721 | 189* | 47.00 | 7451 | 90.20 | 11 | 45 | 7 |
| GM Turner (NZ) | 1973-1983 | 41 | 40 | 6 | 1598 | 171* | 47.00 | 2348 | 68.05 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC) | 2004-2009 | 92 | 82 | 15 | 3127 | 116 | 46.67 | 3577 | 87.41 | 7 | 20 | 4 |
| CJ Ferguson (Aus) | 2009-2009 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 599 | 71* | 46.07 | 704 | 85.08 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1996-2009 | 294 | 280 | 51 | 10328 | 139 | 45.10 | 14348 | 71.98 | 16 | 73 | 15 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | 1975-1991 | 128 | 127 | 13 | 5134 | 133* | 45.03 | 7908 | 64.92 | 11 | 31 | 3 |
| DM Jones (Aus) | 1984-1994 | 164 | 161 | 25 | 6068 | 145 | 44.61 | 8362 | 72.56 | 7 | 46 | 6 |
| SR Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2009 | 435 | 424 | 39 | 17168 | 186* | 44.59 | 20005 | 85.81 | 45 | 91 | 20 |
| ML Hayden (Aus/ICC) | 1993-2008 | 161 | 155 | 15 | 6133 | 181* | 43.80 | 7767 | 78.96 | 10 | 36 | 9 |
| GD Elliott (NZ) | 2008-2009 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 610 | 115 | 43.57 | 802 | 76.05 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) | 1995-2009 | 329 | 320 | 36 | 12286 | 164 | 43.26 | 15236 | 80.63 | 28 | 73 | 17 |
| RR Sarwan (WI) | 2000-2009 | 152 | 142 | 28 | 4907 | 115* | 43.04 | 6366 | 77.08 | 3 | 33 | 6 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 2009-2009 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 730 | 122* | 42.94 | 879 | 83.04 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak) | 1998-2009 | 278 | 263 | 40 | 9543 | 141* | 42.79 | 12676 | 75.28 | 15 | 63 | 15 |
| MJ Clarke (Aus) | 2003-2009 | 163 | 147 | 31 | 4945 | 130 | 42.62 | 6369 | 77.64 | 4 | 38 | 9 |
| HH Dippenaar (Afr/SA) | 1999-2007 | 107 | 95 | 14 | 3421 | 125* | 42.23 | 5047 | 67.78 | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Javed Miandad (Pak) | 1975-1996 | 233 | 218 | 41 | 7381 | 119* | 41.70 | 11014 | 67.01 | 8 | 50 | 8 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2009 | 252 | 236 | 38 | 8250 | 150 | 41.66 | 11592 | 71.16 | 10 | 55 | 5 |
| DL Haynes (WI) | 1978-1994 | 238 | 237 | 28 | 8648 | 152* | 41.37 | 13707 | 63.09 | 17 | 57 | 13 |
| L Klusener (SA) | 1996-2004 | 171 | 137 | 50 | 3576 | 103* | 41.10 | 3977 | 89.91 | 2 | 19 | 13 |
| GC Smith (Afr/SA) | 2002-2009 | 144 | 142 | 9 | 5457 | 141 | 41.03 | 6589 | 82.81 | 8 | 39 | 8 |
| SC Ganguly (Asia/India) | 1992-2007 | 311 | 300 | 23 | 11363 | 183 | 41.02 | 15416 | 73.70 | 22 | 72 | 16 |
| G Kirsten (SA) | 1993-2003 | 185 | 185 | 19 | 6798 | 188* | 40.95 | 9436 | 72.04 | 13 | 45 | 11 |
| DR Martyn (Aus) | 1992-2006 | 208 | 182 | 51 | 5346 | 144* | 40.80 | 6877 | 77.73 | 5 | 37 | 10 |
| SR Watson (Aus) | 2002-2009 | 95 | 77 | 22 | 2227 | 136* | 40.49 | 2692 | 82.72 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2007 | 299 | 289 | 32 | 10405 | 169 | 40.48 | 13086 | 79.51 | 19 | 63 | 16 |
| NV Knight (Eng) | 1996-2003 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 3637 | 125* | 40.41 | 5085 | 71.52 | 5 | 25 | 6 |
| GS Chappell (Aus) | 1971-1983 | 74 | 72 | 14 | 2331 | 138* | 40.18 | 3079 | 75.70 | 3 | 14 | 7 |
| BC Broad (Eng) | 1987-1988 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 1361 | 106 | 40.02 | 2447 | 55.61 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| GR Marsh (Aus) | 1986-1992 | 117 | 115 | 6 | 4357 | 126* | 39.97 | 7790 | 55.93 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
| CH Gayle (ICC/WI) | 1999-2009 | 205 | 200 | 14 | 7429 | 153* | 39.94 | 8942 | 83.07 | 19 | 39 | 19 |
| KWR Fletcher (Eng) | 1971-1982 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 757 | 131 | 39.84 | 1134 | 66.75 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| A Symonds (Aus) | 1998-2009 | 198 | 161 | 33 | 5088 | 156 | 39.75 | 5504 | 92.44 | 6 | 30 | 15 |
| AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) | 2005-2009 | 88 | 84 | 11 | 2891 | 146 | 39.60 | 3372 | 85.73 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
| CH Lloyd (WI) | 1973-1985 | 87 | 69 | 19 | 1977 | 102 | 39.54 | 2434 | 81.22 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) | 1991-2007 | 378 | 350 | 53 | 11739 | 137* | 39.52 | 15812 | 74.24 | 10 | 83 | 20 |
| NH Fairbrother (Eng) | 1987-1999 | 75 | 71 | 18 | 2092 | 113 | 39.47 | 2903 | 72.06 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India) | 1996-2009 | 339 | 313 | 40 | 10765 | 153 | 39.43 | 15124 | 71.17 | 12 | 82 | 13 |
| ME Waugh (Aus) | 1988-2002 | 244 | 236 | 20 | 8500 | 173 | 39.35 | 11053 | 76.90 | 18 | 50 | 16 |
| AJ Lamb (Eng) | 1982-1992 | 122 | 118 | 16 | 4010 | 118 | 39.31 | 5308 | 75.54 | 4 | 26 | 8 |
| Saeed Anwar (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 247 | 244 | 19 | 8824 | 194 | 39.21 | 10938 | 80.67 | 20 | 43 | 15 |
| GN Yallop (Aus) | 1978-1984 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 823 | 66* | 39.19 | 1288 | 63.89 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| SB Smith (Aus) | 1983-1985 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 861 | 117 | 39.13 | 1319 | 65.27 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) | 2002-2009 | 56 | 50 | 11 | 1523 | 79* | 39.05 | 1875 | 81.22 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| RA Smith (Eng) | 1988-1996 | 71 | 70 | 8 | 2419 | 167* | 39.01 | 3473 | 69.65 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| DS Lehmann (Aus) | 1996-2005 | 117 | 101 | 22 | 3078 | 119 | 38.96 | 3784 | 81.34 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| RG Twose (NZ) | 1995-2001 | 87 | 81 | 11 | 2717 | 103 | 38.81 | 3603 | 75.40 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
| WJ Cronje (SA) | 1992-2000 | 188 | 175 | 31 | 5565 | 112 | 38.64 | 7277 | 76.47 | 2 | 39 | 8 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | 1982-1995 | 143 | 140 | 18 | 4704 | 107* | 38.55 | 6476 | 72.63 | 4 | 34 | 3 |
| Salman Butt (Pak) | 2004-2009 | 70 | 70 | 4 | 2518 | 136 | 38.15 | 3306 | 76.16 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| PN Kirsten (SA) | 1991-1994 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 1293 | 97 | 38.02 | 2308 | 56.02 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Minimum of 20 innings
| Records includes the following current or recent matches: |
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New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd ODI, Nov 6, 2009
[ODI # 2924] |
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India v Australia at Hyderabad (Decc), 5th ODI, Nov 5, 2009
[ODI # 2923] |
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Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Chittagong (ZACS), 5th ODI, Nov 5, 2009
[ODI # 2922] |
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Did you know?
Sachin Tendulkar has scored nine ODI centuries against Australia, which is the highest for any player against a single team. He occupies second place too, for his eight hundreds against Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasuriya, with seven against India, and Saeed Anwar, with seven against Sri Lanka, come in next.
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