Who were the five best Test batters between 2015 and 2020?

Steven Smith led the period with an average of 67.38 (87 innings, 5,121 runs, 19 hundreds, 20 fifties, highest 239).

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Ranking by batting average. Interpreting "between 2015 and 2020" as inclusive from 2015-01-01 to 2020-12-31. Change the wording below if that is not what you meant.

#	Player	Country	Average	Innings	Runs	100s	50s	Highest
1	Steven Smith	Australia	67.38	87	5,121	19	20	239
2	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	63.91	74	4,154	15	18	251
3	Chris Rogers	Australia	63.10	11	631	1	5	173
4	Adam Voges	Australia	61.88	31	1,485	5	4	269
5	Virat Kohli	India	59.10	90	4,964	18	13	254

Minimum innings

226 players qualify.

What this says

Kane Williamson averaged 63.91 (74 innings, 4,154 runs, 15 hundreds, 18 fifties, highest 251), Chris Rogers 63.10 (11 innings, 631 runs, 1 hundred, 5 fifties, highest 173), Adam Voges 61.88 (31 innings, 1,485 runs, 5 hundreds, 4 fifties, highest 269) and Virat Kohli 59.10 (90 innings, 4,964 runs, 18 hundreds, 13 fifties, highest 254).

Ranked among players with at least 10 innings in this window. Anyone with fewer is excluded, however well they scored.

Karun Nair would have made this list on average (62.33), but did not clear the 10-innings qualification bar.

How I interpreted this

Test matchesTop 5 by averageBetween 2015-01-01 and 2020-12-31All opponentsAll venuesMinimum 10 innings to qualify

Assumptions

Ranking by batting average.
Interpreting "between 2015 and 2020" as inclusive from 2015-01-01 to 2020-12-31.

How each number is defined

Average: Total runs divided by dismissals — not the mean innings score.
Innings: Completed batting appearances. Did-not-bat is not an innings.
Runs: Total runs scored off the bat.
100s: Scores of 100 or more.
50s: Scores of 50 to 99. Hundreds are counted separately.
Highest: Best individual score in the selected innings.

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