Ashes Highest Average

The Ashes series began in the 1882/83 season in Australia. Since then, many legends of the game from Australia as well as England featured in the Ashes and made it the most awaited bilateral Test series.

Over the years, there have been some brilliant batting performances in the Ashes series. Some of the batsmen made their name in the list of batsmen with highest averages in the competition.

Here is the list of the Top 10 batsmen with highest average in Ashes:

Best Average in Ashes

Sr. No.	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average
1	Sir Donald Bradman	Australia	37	63	5028	89.78
2	Eddie Paynter	England	7	11	591	84.42
3	Sidney Barnes	Australia	9	14	846	70.5
4	Herbert Sutcliffe	England	27	46	2741	66.85
5	Steve Smith	Australia	27	48	2800	65.11
6	Kenneth Barrington	England	23	39	2111	63.96
7	Mike Hussey	Australia	15	24	1304	59.27
8	Steve Waugh	Australia	45	72	3173	58.75
9	Maurice Leyland	England	20	34	1705	56.83
10	Sir Leonard Hutton	England	27	49	2428	56.46

The man who has scored the most number of runs in Ashes also has the best average among all. He is none other than, arguably the best batsman in the world, Australia’s Donald Bradman, who was knighted for his performances on the cricket field.

He is the only batsman to have scored more than 1000 Ashes runs and has an average over 70. Sir Donald Bradman’s 89.78 is the highest average in Ashes.