Top 25 Test Batsmen With Highest Batting Averages

Best Averages

The first list simply gives you the batsmen with best averages in Test Cricket since 1950. The second list gives you the batsmen with best Relative Averages (R Ave). How it is calculated is explained in the highlighted sections. Only batsmen with more than 2,500 runs are considered for both lists.

C Ave

The Comparative Average (C Ave) for batsmen is calculated by taken into account two factors:-

• First is the average of batsmen at particluar positions (1-11) in a decade.
• Second is the average of the opposition bowlers at Home, in Asia or outside Asia; whichever is applicable.
• The average of the opposing team’s bowlers is also calculated by decades.
• Higher C Ave suggests that more runs were given by bowlers in the above mentioned factors.
• Thus it was easier to score runs against those oppositions and in those positions.
• The batsmen’s points will thus be decreased accordingly.
• Lower C Ave means the opposite.

R Ave

The Relative Average (R Ave) is calculated using the C Ave. Its formula is (Batsman’s Ave/His C Ave)*A Constant Factor. This constant doesn’t affect the rating as it is the same for everone. If your C Ave is comparatively high, your R Ave will be low; which is worse for batsmen. Broadly speaking, the following batsmen will benefit from this system:-

• Openers, who face the new ball.
• Lower order batsmen, whose averages are lower.
• Batsmen who have played more in unfamiliar conditions.
• Batsmen who have played in an era where the bowlers dominated, like the 1980s or late 2010s
• Batsmen who have played more against top opposition than weaker teams.