Test Records : Highest Average in a Career

#	Player Name	Team	Mat	Inns	No	Runs	Ave	HS	100s	50s	0s	Period
1	Donald Bradman	Aus	52	80	10	6996	99.9429	334	29	13	7	1928-1948
2	Graeme Pollock	SA	23	41	4	2256	60.9730	274	7	11	1	1963-1970
3	George Headley	WI	22	40	4	2190	60.8333	270*	10	5	2	1930-1954
4	Herbert Sutcliffe	Eng	54	84	9	4555	60.7333	194	16	23	2	1930-1954
5	Eddie Paynter	Eng	20	31	5	1540	59.2308	243	4	7	3	1931-1939
6	Ken Barrington	Eng	82	131	15	6806	58.6724	256	20	35	5	1955-1968
7	Everton Weekes	WI	48	81	5	4455	58.6184	207	15	19	6	1948-1958
8	Wally Hammond	Eng	85	140	16	7249	58.4597	336*	22	24	4	1927-1947
9	Garry Sobers	WI	93	160	21	8032	57.7842	365*	26	30	12	1954-1974
10	Jack Hobbs	Eng	61	102	7	5410	56.9474	211	15	28	4	1908-1930
11	Clyde Walcott	WI	44	74	7	3798	56.6866	220	15	14	1	1948-1960
12	Leonard Hutton	Eng	79	138	15	6971	56.6748	364	19	33	5	1937-1955
13	Ricky Ponting	Aus	136	229	26	11375	56.0345	257	38	48	11	1995
14	Kumar Sangakkara	SL	85	142	10	7308	55.3636	287	20	32	4	2000
15	Ernest Tyldesley	Eng	14	20	2	990	55.0000	122	3	6	2	1921-1929
16	Mohammad Yousuf	Pak	82	140	12	7023	54.8672	223	24	29	8	1998
17	Jacques Kallis	SA	131	221	33	10277	54.6649	189*	31	51	10	1995
18	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	159	261	27	12773	54.5855	248*	42	53	14	1989
19	Charlie Davis	WI	15	29	5	1301	54.2083	183	4	4	1	1968-1973
20	Vinod Kambli	Ind	17	21	1	1084	54.2000	227	4	3	3	1993-1995.
21	Gautam Gambhir	Ind	25	45	3	2271	54.0714	206	6	10	1	2004
22	Greg Chappell	Aus	87	151	19	7110	53.8636	247*	24	31	12	1970-1984
23	Dudley Nourse	SA	34	62	7	2960	53.8182	231	9	14	3	1935-1951
24	Mahela Jayawardene	SL	107	177	13	8747	53.3354	374	26	35	11	1997
25	Brian Lara	WI	131	232	6	11953	52.8894	400*	34	48	17	1990-2006
26	Michael Hussey	Aus	42	72	9	3317	52.6508	182	10	16	7	2005
27	Javed Miandad	Pak	124	189	21	8832	52.5714	280*	23	23	6	1976-1993
28	Rahul Dravid	Ind	134	233	27	10823	52.5388	270	26	57	8	1996
29	Thilan Samaraweera	SL	54	85	12	3787	51.8767	231	11	19	5	2001
30	Jack Ryder	Aus	20	32	5	1394	51.6296	201*	3	9	1	1920-1929
31	Andy Flower	Zim	63	112	19	4794	51.5484	232*	12	27	5	1992-2002
32	Sunil Gavaskar	Ind	125	214	16	10122	51.1212	236*	34	45	12	1971-1987
33	Steve Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10927	51.0607	200	32	50	22	1985-2004
34	Matthew Hayden	Aus	103	184	14	8625	50.7353	380	30	29	14	1994-2009
35	Allan Border	Aus	156	265	44	11174	50.5611	205	27	63	11	1978-1994
36	Graeme Smith	SA	77	135	9	6342	50.3333	277	18	25	8	2002
37	Viv Richards	WI	121	182	12	8540	50.2353	291	24	45	10	1974-1991
38	Younis Khan	Pak	63	112	7	5260	50.0952	313	16	21	12	2000
39	Denis Compton	Eng	78	131	15	5807	50.0603	278	17	28	10	1937-1957