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Top 10 Australian Batsmen In Tests Since 1950

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Australian batsmen in Test Cricket since 1950.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
3.4. ATTACKING
3.5. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. TOP FORM AT HOME
5.2. TOP FORM AWAY
5.3. DIFFICULT RUNS
5.4. IMPACT INNINGS
5.5. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. TOP TEAMS
7.1. Top Teams In Asia
7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Australia.

  • The Rating of the players from Australia remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Australia.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home and Away, Difficult Runs, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 150.00
Attacking Strike Rate 150.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 265 11174 170.00
1 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 265 11174 170.00
2 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 151 7110 108.17
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 329 15921 200.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 287 13378 168.05
2 SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 260 10927 137.27
3 MJ Clarke AUS 2004 2015 2009.5 198 8643 108.57
4 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 184 8625 108.35
5 AC Gilchrist AUS 1999 2008 2003.5 137 5570 69.97
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2024 2018 278 12972 180.00
1 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2025 2017.5 206 10271 142.52
2 DA Warner AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 205 8786 121.91
3 UT Khawaja AUS 2011 2025 2018 144 5930 82.28

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 160 21 8032 57.78 60.14 250.00
1 SPD Smith 206 25 10271 56.75 58.79 244.39
2 GS Chappell 151 19 7110 53.86 55.77 231.85
3 SR Waugh 260 46 10927 51.06 52.21 217.02
4 AR Border 265 44 11174 50.56 51.65 214.70
5 AC Gilchrist 137 20 5570 47.61 49.82 207.12
6 RT Ponting 287 29 13378 51.85 49.40 205.35
7 ML Hayden 184 14 8625 50.74 49.33 205.05
8 UT Khawaja 144 14 5930 45.62 48.94 203.42
9 DA Warner 205 8 8786 44.60 47.18 196.13
10 MJ Clarke 198 22 8643 49.11 46.50 193.29

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 132 17 6450 56.09 58.37 250.00
1 SPD Smith 189 20 9461 55.98 58.00 248.40
2 GS Chappell 121 16 5430 51.71 53.55 229.33
3 AR Border 237 38 9797 49.23 50.29 215.38
4 UT Khawaja 131 13 5396 45.73 49.06 210.10
5 AC Gilchrist 107 16 4210 46.26 48.42 207.37
6 SR Waugh 229 38 8912 46.66 47.71 204.32
7 RT Ponting 227 19 10395 49.98 47.61 203.91
8 DA Warner 176 7 7469 44.20 46.75 200.23
9 MJ Clarke 165 15 7348 48.99 46.38 198.65
10 ML Hayden 145 10 6327 46.87 45.57 195.15

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman in the specific condition. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 221 216 213 275.43 150.00
1 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 187 168 166 221.29 120.51
2 RT Ponting 257 242 221 209 207 206 197 219.86 119.74
3 DA Warner 335* 253 200 180 164 163 154 207.00 112.73
4 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 192 178* 204.86 111.57
5 GS Chappell 247* 235 204 201 182* 182 176 203.86 111.02
6 ML Hayden 380 203 197 177 153 138 138 198.00 107.83
7 UT Khawaja 232 195* 180 174 171 160 145 179.57 97.80
8 AR Border 205 200* 196 163 162 153 152* 175.86 95.77
9 SR Waugh 200 199 177* 170 164 160 157* 175.29 95.46
10 AC Gilchrist 204* 162 152 149* 144 144 138* 156.14 85.04

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 4481 5580 80.30 88.85 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 5570 6797 81.95 79.25 133.80
2 DA Warner 8786 12517 70.19 67.79 114.45
3 GS Chappell 6740 13080 51.53 59.64 100.69
4 ML Hayden 8625 14345 60.13 58.34 98.50
5 RT Ponting 13378 22782 58.72 57.76 97.51
6 MJ Clarke 8643 15457 55.92 53.74 90.72
7 SR Waugh 10927 22450 48.67 51.53 86.99
8 SPD Smith 10271 19176 53.56 50.80 85.77
9 UT Khawaja 5930 12118 48.94 46.36 78.28
10 AR Border 11096 27035 41.04 45.59 76.96

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT RAT PRI PTS
1 SPD Smith 142.52 492.79 111.57 85.77 832.65 416.33
2 RT Ponting 168.05 409.26 119.74 97.51 794.56 397.28
3 GS Chappell 108.17 461.18 111.02 100.69 781.06 390.53
4 AR Border 170.00 430.07 95.77 76.96 772.81 386.41
5 DA Warner 121.91 396.36 112.73 114.45 745.46 372.73
6 SR Waugh 137.27 421.34 95.46 86.99 741.06 370.53
7 ML Hayden 108.35 400.20 107.83 98.50 714.88 357.44
8 MJ Clarke 108.57 391.94 120.51 90.72 711.75 355.88
9 AC Gilchrist 69.97 414.49 85.04 133.80 703.30 351.65
10 UT Khawaja 82.28 413.53 97.80 78.28 671.88 335.94

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Familiar Conditions 250.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 1,000.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DA Warner 101 5438 57.85 72.78 819.97 204.99
2 RT Ponting 154 7578 56.98 60.00 801.01 200.25
3 SPD Smith 100 5015 59.70 54.49 763.06 190.76
4 MJ Clarke 86 4654 62.05 57.92 751.12 187.78
5 GS Chappell 96 4515 54.40 51.24 734.49 183.62
6 ML Hayden 98 5210 57.89 62.88 724.77 181.19
7 AR Border 145 5743 45.94 40.10 659.43 164.86
8 SR Waugh 140 5710 47.58 49.41 644.97 161.24
9 AC Gilchrist 75 2936 45.88 81.42 613.43 153.36
10 UT Khawaja 72 3039 48.24 49.90 613.00 153.25

Away From Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AR Border 120 5431 56.57 42.10 774.19 774.19
2 SPD Smith 106 5256 54.19 52.70 769.75 769.75
3 SR Waugh 120 5217 55.50 47.89 736.59 736.59
4 GS Chappell 55 2595 52.96 52.10 691.33 691.33
5 AC Gilchrist 62 2634 49.70 82.54 685.53 685.53
6 RT Ponting 133 5800 46.40 57.13 658.36 658.36
7 UT Khawaja 72 2891 43.15 47.96 621.05 621.05
8 ML Hayden 86 3415 42.69 56.35 581.72 581.72
9 MJ Clarke 112 3989 39.50 53.75 567.90 567.90
10 DA Warner 104 3348 32.50 66.36 541.46 541.46

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 164 8277 57.88 55.83 804.71 201.18
2 RT Ponting 239 11489 53.94 59.53 803.55 200.89
3 DA Warner 163 7486 47.99 71.44 768.32 192.08
4 GS Chappell 145 6663 52.88 51.05 743.78 185.95
5 SR Waugh 225 9722 52.55 49.35 741.29 185.32
6 AR Border 226 9375 49.87 40.49 734.44 183.61
7 MJ Clarke 161 7349 52.12 56.74 724.50 181.13
8 AC Gilchrist 112 4749 49.99 83.62 706.21 176.55
9 ML Hayden 149 6962 50.82 60.25 684.22 171.06
10 UT Khawaja 113 4323 41.57 48.52 580.38 145.10

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AR Border 39 1799 54.52 44.25 717.44 717.44
2 UT Khawaja 31 1607 61.81 50.09 695.86 695.86
3 SPD Smith 42 1994 52.47 45.84 664.11 664.11
4 ML Hayden 35 1663 50.39 59.63 635.60 635.60
5 RT Ponting 48 1889 41.98 54.23 615.55 615.55
6 AC Gilchrist 25 821 37.32 73.43 514.77 514.77
7 MJ Clarke 37 1294 36.97 51.66 509.88 509.88
8 SR Waugh 35 1205 41.55 43.80 507.91 507.91
9 DA Warner 42 1300 31.71 63.79 501.86 501.86
10 GS Chappell 6 447 74.50 59.28 500.00 500.00

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 AR Border 774.19 164.86 717.44 183.61 1,840.10 184.01
2 SPD Smith 769.75 190.76 664.11 201.18 1,825.81 182.58
3 RT Ponting 658.36 200.25 615.55 200.89 1,675.05 167.51
4 UT Khawaja 621.05 153.25 695.86 145.10 1,615.26 161.53
5 SR Waugh 736.59 161.24 507.91 185.32 1,591.07 159.11
6 ML Hayden 581.72 181.19 635.60 171.06 1,569.56 156.96
7 GS Chappell 691.33 183.62 500.00 185.95 1,560.90 156.09
8 AC Gilchrist 685.53 153.36 514.77 176.55 1,530.22 153.02
9 MJ Clarke 567.90 187.78 509.88 181.13 1,446.69 144.67
10 DA Warner 541.46 204.99 501.86 192.08 1,440.39 144.04

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Difficult Runs 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our OVERALL Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DA Warner 30 2177 80.63 76.20 859.89 171.98
2 MJ Clarke 30 2170 83.46 65.94 857.22 171.44
3 ML Hayden 30 2195 84.42 72.06 840.59 168.12
4 RT Ponting 30 2065 89.78 60.61 828.80 165.76
5 SPD Smith 30 2146 89.42 58.62 823.74 164.75
6 GS Chappell 30 1764 70.56 53.21 691.86 138.37
7 SR Waugh 30 1571 71.41 47.97 655.11 131.02
8 UT Khawaja 30 1612 57.57 51.24 625.87 125.17
9 AR Border 30 1586 58.74 42.85 618.89 123.78
10 AC Gilchrist 30 1325 57.61 79.96 591.72 118.34

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RT Ponting 30 1966 75.62 66.49 812.51 650.01
2 SPD Smith 30 1879 72.27 54.85 812.10 649.68
3 AC Gilchrist 30 1579 65.79 85.31 786.57 629.25
4 SR Waugh 30 1753 76.22 46.13 767.35 613.88
5 AR Border 30 1637 71.17 47.48 728.80 583.04
6 ML Hayden 30 1644 60.89 60.55 712.97 570.38
7 UT Khawaja 30 1553 57.52 47.28 675.93 540.75
8 GS Chappell 30 1409 52.19 52.77 674.92 539.94
9 DA Warner 30 1448 48.27 77.14 651.68 521.34
10 MJ Clarke 30 1381 47.62 57.81 601.32 481.05

DIFFICULT RUNS

DIFF RNS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Difficult Runs are runs scored in the first and fourth innings after losing the toss.
  • Only performances against Top Teams are considered in this rating.

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RT Ponting 41 1774 53.76 62.89 877.16 438.58
2 SPD Smith 38 1545 44.14 49.81 784.43 392.22
3 ML Hayden 30 1290 53.75 65.72 782.36 391.18
4 GS Chappell 25 964 50.74 54.87 726.94 363.47
5 AR Border 47 1400 33.33 35.64 680.57 340.29
6 DA Warner 32 1140 39.31 71.61 661.28 330.64
7 SR Waugh 42 1315 36.53 45.45 659.16 329.58
8 AC Gilchrist 15 651 46.50 84.11 654.56 327.28
9 MJ Clarke 29 922 32.93 54.98 580.83 290.42
10 UT Khawaja 31 759 28.11 43.95 502.57 251.29

IMPACT INNINGS

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th innings are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 20% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are more than 12.5% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 181 53 29.28 712.00 712.00
2 SR Waugh 214 59 27.57 687.28 687.28
3 AR Border 221 56 25.34 684.54 684.54
4 AC Gilchrist 117 35 29.91 678.18 678.18
5 GS Chappell 132 38 28.79 645.96 645.96
6 RT Ponting 258 66 25.58 640.42 640.42
7 DA Warner 197 55 27.92 631.44 631.44
8 ML Hayden 170 43 25.29 564.80 564.80
9 UT Khawaja 130 30 23.08 536.46 536.46
10 MJ Clarke 176 41 23.30 534.77 534.77

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN TF HM TF AW DIF RNS II TOT SEC RAT
1 SPD Smith 164.75 649.68 392.22 712.00 1,918.64 191.86
2 RT Ponting 165.76 650.01 438.58 640.42 1,894.77 189.48
3 SR Waugh 131.02 613.88 329.58 687.28 1,761.76 176.18
4 AC Gilchrist 118.34 629.25 327.28 678.18 1,753.05 175.31
5 AR Border 123.78 583.04 340.29 684.54 1,731.64 173.16
6 ML Hayden 168.12 570.38 391.18 564.80 1,694.47 169.45
7 GS Chappell 138.37 539.94 363.47 645.96 1,687.73 168.77
8 DA Warner 171.98 521.34 330.64 631.44 1,655.40 165.54
9 MJ Clarke 171.44 481.05 290.42 534.77 1,477.69 147.77
10 UT Khawaja 125.17 540.75 251.29 536.46 1,453.67 145.37

OVERALL RATING

The OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 7 SPD Smith AUS 416.33 182.58 191.86 790.77
2 13 RT Ponting AUS 397.28 167.51 189.48 754.26
3 15 AR Border AUS 386.41 184.01 173.16 743.58
4 19 GS Chappell AUS 390.53 156.09 168.77 715.39
5 24 SR Waugh AUS 370.53 159.11 176.18 705.81
6 29 ML Hayden AUS 357.44 156.96 169.45 683.84
7 30 DA Warner AUS 372.73 144.04 165.54 682.31
8 31 AC Gilchrist AUS 351.65 153.02 175.31 679.98
9 38 MJ Clarke AUS 355.88 144.67 147.77 648.31
10 41 UT Khawaja AUS 335.94 161.53 145.37 642.83

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS ENG WI SA
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG NZ
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ PAK
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND PAK
2020s AUS ENG NZ SA IND WI
FULL RATING WITH ALL NATIONS

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