Best batting average

Career batting averages, restricted to batters with a meaningful sample.

Best batting average — TEST

Minimum 10 innings and at least one dismissal

Best batting average in test. Runs divided by dismissals — not by innings. A batter who has never been dismissed is excluded rather than shown with an infinite average.
#	Player	Inn	Runs	Out	Avg
	Annabel Sutherland	10	715	8	89.38
	Michael Hussey	23	1466	18	81.44
	Ellyse Perry	14	787	10	78.70
4	Mohammad Yousuf	21	1507	20	75.35
5	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	16	969	13	74.54
6	Kumar Sangakkara	28	1758	24	73.25
7	Mahela Jayawardene	30	1908	28	68.14
8	Ricky Ponting	33	1922	30	64.07
9	Nat Sciver-Brunt	13	768	12	64.00
10	Kamindu Mendis	20	1080	17	63.53
11	Harry Brook	48	2791	47	59.38
12	Brian Lara	13	771	13	59.31
13	Ashwell Prince	30	1464	25	58.56
14	Smriti Mandhana	12	637	11	57.91
15	Yashasvi Jaiswal	44	2410	42	57.38
16	Abid Ali	20	1030	18	57.22
17	Andrew Symonds	18	851	15	56.73
18	Michael Clarke	21	1014	18	56.33
19	Senuran Muthusamy	11	388	7	55.43
20	Steven Smith	113	5366	98	54.76
21	Kevin Pietersen	55	2886	53	54.45
22	Kane Williamson	78	3845	71	54.15
23	Heather Knight	14	648	12	54.00
24	Stephen Fleming	10	537	10	53.70
25	Matthew Hayden	33	1648	31	53.16