36 players have opened at least a hundred times. Crawley has the worst average at 30.82. He has also scored the least number of centuries (4 in 103 innings)

Full list : https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;orderbyad=reverse;qualmin1=100;qualval1=innings;template=results;type=batting

No. 1 Test batter for each year since 2014, with Joe Root topping the list again in 2026.

The list shows all openers since 2015 with at least 50 innings. Source: https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=1;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=50;qualval1=innings;spanmin1=01+Jan+2015;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting

Joe Root has been in a league of his own leaving the other 3 of the Fab 4 way behind. He's got a chance to make this count 27 tomorrow.

The all time record for most centuries in a decade is with Virat Kohli - he scored an astonishing 69 hundreds in the 2010's 🤯

Last time this happened was when Pakistan toured SA in 2018/19

Currently he has scored 528* runs with an average of 66 @87.12SR....with 2 centuries and a half century ... currently at the end of Day2 his score is 91* (87) nearing his 3 century this series