Babar Azam

Middle-order batter, Pakistan, 66 Tests, 2016-2026. Debut v West Indies, 2016

43.7Adjusted average, 28th of 143 batters. Raw 43, so +0.7 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 37.1 to 51.

Where the +0.7 comes from

The bowling he faced+2.6

Home or away+1.2

The grounds−3.1

Value per innings: 51.621st
Each run worth: 1.32×
At home, adjusted: 34.4raw 47.8
Away, adjusted: 52.3raw 39.3

Head to head with CH Gayle His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

25HM AmlaSouth Africa44.4 26M LabuschagneAustralia44.0 27CH GayleWest Indies43.9

28Babar AzamPakistan43.7

29MJ ClarkeAustralia43.7 30G GambhirIndia43.5 31CA PujaraIndia43.3

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

MJ ClarkeAustralia43.7Head to head CH GayleWest Indies43.9Head to head G GambhirIndia43.5Head to head M LabuschagneAustralia44Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2016	10	291	90	32.33	0	2	50.4
2017	12	184	72	16.73	0	2	36.9
2018	14	616	127	56.00	1	6	54.5
2019	11	616	104	68.44	3	3	72.3
2020	6	338	143	67.60	1	2	59.9
2021	13	416	77	34.67	0	4	48.5
2022	17	1184	196	69.65	4	7	54.9
2023	9	204	41	22.67	0	0	54.0
2024	10	202	50	20.20	0	1	48.0
2025	10	315	81	31.50	0	3	54.0
2026	10	405	88	50.63	0	4	67.8
Career	122	4771	196	42.98	9	34	55.4

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

44.1

Value / inns

51.6

Volume

Runs

4771

Average

42.98

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

20.9

Strike rate

55.4

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

39.33

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	25	925	38.54	2
England	18	743	46.44	1
South Africa	18	667	37.06	0
West Indies	20	657	38.65	0
Sri Lanka	14	648	54.00	3
New Zealand	13	635	57.73	2
Bangladesh	10	421	46.78	1
Ireland	2	73	36.50	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	1	14.00	1/7	0
Bangladesh	1	2.00	1/1	0

Home & away

Home

50.46bat avg

34.4adjusted

25bowl avg

Away

39.33bat avg

52.3adjusted

17bowl avg

Neutral

40.54bat avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	31	1229	40.97
2nd	35	1573	49.16
3rd	28	1067	42.68
4th	28	902	37.58

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England7 & 76Edgbaston2026-09-09 v England8 & 6Lord's2026-08-27 v West Indies88 & 24Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad2026-08-02 v West Indies23 & 58Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad2026-07-25 v Bangladesh68 & 47Sylhet International Cricket Stadium2026-05-16 v South Africa16 & 50Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2025-10-20 v South Africa23 & 42Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore2025-10-12 v West Indies1 & 31Multan Cricket Stadium2025-01-25 v West Indies8 & 5Multan Cricket Stadium2025-01-17 v South Africa58 & 81Newlands, Cape Town2025-01-03

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 122
Not outs: 11
Runs: 4771
Average: 42.98
Strike rate: 55.4
Highest: 196
Hundreds: 9
Fifties: 34
Ducks: 8

Wickets: 2
Average: 21.00
Economy: 2.80
Strike rate: 45
Best: 1/1
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 90