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County Championship 2026 batting averages

Updated 24 Sep 2026, after Kent vs Gloucestershire

Emilio Gay leads County Championship on average: 86.63 from 7 matches (Durham) · Ben Duckett (83.83) and Thomas Rew (81.80) next

Average Runs Sixes Strike rate Fifties Hundreds Wickets Economy Bowling avg Catches Stumpings

Batting Bowling Fielding Average Runs Sixes Fours Fifties Hundreds Strike rate Ducks Balls faced Boundary % Not outs Innings Dismissals

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#	Player · last 3 matchesPlayer	Team	Last 3 matches · newest first	Average	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Runs	BF	SR	4s	6s	100s
1	Emilio Gay DUR 141079	DUR	141079	86.63	7	10	7	10	693	1,005	68.96	97	1	4
2	Ben Duckett NOT 24577155	NOT	24577155	83.83	4	7	4	7	503	715	70.35	67	2	2
3	Thomas Rew SOM 18419530	SOM	18419530	81.80	4	6	4	6	409	695	58.85	45	7	2
4	Sam Hain WAR 142110*76	WAR	142110*76	74.86	13	20	13	20	1,048	2,197	47.70	114	5	3
5	David Bedingham DUR 8612227	DUR	8612227	73.50	11	16	11	16	1,029	1,355	75.94	127	14	5
6	Tom Abell SOM 307659	SOM	307659	71.50	12	19	12	19	1,287	2,179	59.06	133	18	6
7	Daniel Lawrence SUR 139558	SUR	139558	65.47	10	16	10	16	982	1,221	80.43	114	21	5
8	Ollie Edward Robinson SUS 8*19142	SUS	8*19142	62.60	6	9	6	9	313	483	64.80	41	2	1
9	Jake Weatherald LEI 615652	LEI	615652	60.38	6	9	6	9	483	598	80.77	67	3	2
10	Fergus O'Neil NOT 617513	NOT	617513	57.00	5	7	5	7	285	494	57.69	38	3	0
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11	Joe Clarke	NOT		56.00	14	23	14	23	1,288	2,214	58.18	151	2	6
12	Ben Foakes	SUR		53.00	9	16	9	16	636	1,198	53.09	82	3	2
13	Joe Cracknell	MID		52.56	9	11	9	11	473	794	59.57	59	1	1
14	Ben McKinney	DUR		52.20	14	21	14	21	1,044	1,454	71.80	144	16	4
15	Mayank Agarwal	DUR		51.00	4	7	4	7	357	616	57.95	52	5	1
16	Jamie Smith	SUR		50.00	6	9	6	9	450	764	58.90	59	4	2
17	Leus du Plooy	MID		48.88	10	19	10	19	831	1,276	65.13	91	2	4
18	Ricardo Vasconcelos	NOR		48.29	14	24	14	24	1,159	2,049	56.56	149	8	6
19	Jake Lehmann	HAM		48.25	12	24	12	24	965	1,780	54.21	122	2	5
20	Ben Stokes	DUR		47.89	7	10	7	10	431	521	82.73	63	4	1
21	Jack Haynes	NOT		46.43	14	23	14	23	975	1,561	62.46	121	4	4
22	James Sales	NOR		46.24	14	21	14	21	786	1,457	53.95	98	5	2
23	Tom Price	SUS		46.22	7	12	7	12	416	738	56.37	57	1	2
24	Tom Lammonby	SOM		46.11	12	20	12	20	876	1,494	58.63	105	3	2
25	Henry Nicholls	SOM		45.50	6	10	6	10	364	642	56.70	41	4	2
26	Jordan Hermann	SOM		44.40	3	5	3	5	222	404	54.95	31	1	1
27	Nathan McSweeney	NOR		44.35	11	18	11	18	754	1,381	54.60	80	3	4
28	Harry Duke	YOR		44.00	7	12	7	12	396	641	61.78	51	5	2
29	James Bracey	GLO		43.84	14	27	14	27	1,096	1,766	62.06	132	7	4
30	Chris Benjamin	KEN		43.70	14	23	14	23	874	1,359	64.31	99	7	3
31	Matthew Critchley	ESS		42.90	14	25	14	25	901	1,476	61.04	112	8	5
32	Ben Cox	LEI		42.82	12	20	12	20	728	1,253	58.10	90	2	2
33	Saif Zaib	NOR		42.80	14	22	14	22	856	1,179	72.60	102	8	3
34	Paul Coughlin	LAN		42.29	5	8	5	8	296	391	75.70	34	7	1
35	Kai Smith	WAR		40.83	6	7	6	7	245	467	52.46	32	3	0
36	Lewis McManus	NOR		40.75	12	17	12	17	489	1,140	42.89	52	9	2
37	James Rew	SOM		40.15	13	21	13	21	803	1,380	58.19	98	7	2
38	Martin Andersson	DER		39.86	14	24	14	24	877	1,300	67.46	99	4	3
39	Oliver Carter	SUS		39.80	4	7	4	7	199	300	66.33	27	1	0
40	Ollie Pope	SUR		39.25	13	23	13	23	785	1,210	64.88	107	7	2
41	Craig Overton	SOM		38.63	13	22	13	22	734	1,146	64.05	97	11	3
42	Brett D'Oliveira	WOR		38.09	14	24	14	24	838	1,790	46.82	93	8	1
43	George Bell	ESS		37.86	6	9	6	9	265	416	63.70	29	1	0
44	Dominic Sibley	SUR		37.74	14	25	14	25	868	2,035	42.65	95	5	3
45	Ed Barnard	WAR		37.72	14	19	14	19	679	1,094	62.07	79	10	2
46	Kiran Carlson	GLA		37.68	14	26	14	26	942	1,767	53.31	122	5	4
47	Asa Tribe	GLA		37.60	14	26	14	26	940	1,907	49.29	121	0	2
48	Daniel Hughes	SUS		37.30	11	20	11	20	746	1,252	59.58	113	2	3
49	Sam Northeast	KEN		37.08	14	27	14	27	890	1,694	52.54	109	1	3
50	Robert Yates	WAR		37.00	14	22	14	22	740	1,472	50.27	108	2	2
51	Luis Reece	DER		36.89	11	20	11	20	701	1,306	53.68	70	10	2
52	Nick Kelly	LEI		36.82	8	11	8	11	405	691	58.61	60	5	1
53	George Bartlett	NOR		36.73	13	20	13	20	551	1,056	52.18	69	5	2
54	Max Holden	MID		36.63	13	25	13	25	879	1,757	50.03	112	3	2
55	Michael Booth	WAR		36.50	5	7	5	7	219	332	65.96	30	5	0
56	Wayne Madsen	DER		36.15	12	22	12	22	723	1,186	60.96	89	1	3
57	Ben Raine	DUR		35.58	10	13	10	13	427	595	71.76	50	2	1
58	Daniel Bell-Drummond	KEN		35.35	14	26	14	26	813	1,517	53.59	115	3	1
59	Charlie Allison	ESS		35.33	14	26	14	26	848	1,545	54.89	108	10	2
60	Ben Dawkins	KEN		35.18	6	11	6	11	387	823	47.02	54	2	1
61	Joshua Thomas	SOM		35.13	14	25	14	25	843	1,398	60.30	148	3	3
62	Tawanda Muyeye	KEN		35.00	12	21	12	21	700	1,032	67.83	100	3	2
63	Luke Procter	NOR		34.45	14	23	14	23	758	1,698	44.64	91	2	2
64	Miles Hammond	GLO		34.08	14	27	14	27	886	1,858	47.69	101	8	3
65	George Hill	YOR		34.00	14	24	14	24	748	1,371	54.56	89	9	1
66	Rishi Patel	LEI		33.95	14	23	14	23	747	1,193	62.62	114	4	2
67	Matthew Waite	WOR		33.89	14	23	14	23	644	1,193	53.98	80	2	1
68	Ben Kellaway	GLA		33.79	13	21	13	21	642	1,256	51.11	88	2	1
69	Ben Brown	HAM		33.64	14	27	14	27	740	1,279	57.86	89	8	2
70	Tom Lawes	SUR		33.58	9	13	9	13	403	644	62.58	63	3	0
71	Beau Webster	WAR		33.58	8	12	8	12	403	680	59.26	53	4	1
72	Mason Crane	GLA		33.06	14	23	14	23	595	1,193	49.87	67	3	2
73	James Coles	SUS		33.05	13	24	13	24	694	1,098	63.21	80	13	2
74	Ryan Patel	SUR		32.75	7	12	7	12	393	743	52.89	57	1	1
75	Dean Elgar	ESS		32.68	14	26	14	26	817	1,756	46.53	117	2	3
76	Lewis Hill	LEI		32.67	6	9	6	9	294	635	46.30	36	0	1
77	Ben Slater	NOT		32.41	13	23	13	23	713	1,367	52.16	96	4	1
78	Marcus Harris	LAN		32.19	12	22	12	22	676	1,295	52.20	83	3	2
79	Daniel Lategan	WOR		32.00	14	26	14	26	800	1,376	58.14	116	6	3
80	Simon Harmer	ESS		32.00	12	18	12	18	480	954	50.31	61	4	0
81	Colin Ingram	GLA		31.90	13	23	13	23	670	1,195	56.07	90	6	3
82	Dominic Bess	YOR		31.68	14	24	14	24	602	1,110	54.23	76	4	0
83	Nick Gubbins	HAM		31.64	14	28	14	28	886	1,852	47.84	130	1	1
84	Dan Mousley	WAR		31.62	14	22	14	22	664	1,047	63.42	108	1	1
85	Thomas Haines	SUS		31.61	13	25	13	25	727	1,191	61.04	113	1	2
86	Luke Wells	LAN		31.60	3	5	3	5	158	265	59.62	22	0	1
87	Keaton Jennings	LAN		31.55	12	22	12	22	631	1,462	43.16	76	2	1
88	Ben Geddes	MID		31.45	13	25	13	25	692	1,235	56.03	88	7	1
89	Tom Clark	SUS		31.19	11	22	11	22	655	1,064	61.56	93	10	2
90	Callum Parkinson	DUR		30.86	12	14	12	14	216	587	36.80	21	0	0
91	Sol Budinger	LEI		30.83	3	6	3	6	185	272	68.01	25	2	0
92	Ryan Higgins	MID		30.41	12	19	12	19	517	908	56.94	57	1	2
93	Ollie George Robinson	DUR		30.06	14	20	14	20	541	919	58.87	58	1	1
94	Haseeb Hameed	NOT		30.04	14	25	14	25	691	1,400	49.36	87	2	2
95	Zak Chappell	DER		29.80	5	8	5	8	149	308	48.38	15	3	0
96	Jonathan Tattersall	LEI		29.73	8	11	8	11	327	739	44.25	29	0	1
97	Cameron Bancroft	GLO		29.29	11	22	11	22	615	1,345	45.72	70	2	1
98	Sean Abbott	SUR		29.13	7	9	7	9	233	344	67.73	23	5	0
99	John Simpson	SUS		29.05	14	23	14	23	581	1,165	49.87	68	6	2
100	Adam Hose	WOR		29.00	13	23	13	23	638	1,337	47.72	84	2	1

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County Championship 2026 Batting Averages

Emilio Gay topped County Championship on average (86.63) for Durham, ahead of Ben Duckett (83.83) and Thomas Rew (81.80). The County Championship 2026 batting average leaderboard ranks the 272 players who meet the qualifying threshold this season. These are the final standings from the County Championship 2026 season. Qualification: minimum 5 dismissals.

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Who had the best batting average in County Championship 2026?

Emilio Gay led County Championship 2026 with a batting average of 86.63 from 7 matches, at a strike rate of 68.96. Ben Duckett was second on 83.83 and Thomas Rew third on 81.8. A player needs a minimum 5 dismissals to be ranked. The table ranks every player in County Championship 2026 by batting average, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in County Championship 2026?

The top three batters in County Championship 2026 were Emilio Gay (86.63 in 7 matches), Ben Duckett (83.83 in 4 matches) and Thomas Rew (81.8 in 4 matches). Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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