The greatest statistical outlier in any sport — a Test batting average of 99.94, nearly 40 runs higher than any other player in history.
Sir Donald Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 is statistically the greatest performance outlier in any professional sport. The next best Test batting average in history is around 60.73 — nearly 40 runs lower. Had he scored just four more runs in his final innings before retirement, his average would have been exactly 100. England's 1932-33 "Bodyline" tactic was devised specifically to contain him.
His average is so far above the next best that statisticians argue it represents a greater gap from the mean than any other record in any sport.
Did You Know?Career Honours
- Ashes Series 5x
- Knighthood 1949
- Cricketer of the Century