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 25 Asian batsmen in matches In Asia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-11-11

CONTENTS

3. PROLIFIC

4. CONSISTENT

4.1. Against All Teams

4.2. Against Top Teams

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

8. TOP TEAMS

8.1. Top Teams In Asia

8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

FC RATING

Points to note about ASIANS IN ASIA Rating:-

Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.
This categorization has been done as there are more points for UC in our Overall Rating.

THE CRITERIA

The FC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

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

The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who 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 a simple 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

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	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	133	6254	160.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	133	6254	160.00
2	Javed Miandad	PAK	1976	1993	1984.5	111	5492	140.51
3	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1976	1992	1984	103	4405	112.70
4	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	1969	1985	1977	63	2757	70.53

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	194	9674	200.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	194	9674	200.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	1997	2014	2005.5	179	9399	194.31
3	KC Sangakkara	SL	2000	2015	2007.5	165	9355	193.41
4	RS Dravid	IND	1996	2012	2004	160	7370	152.37
5	Younis Khan	PAK	2000	2017	2008.5	133	6926	143.19
6	V Sehwag	IND	2001	2013	2007	114	6256	129.34
7	ST Jayasuriya	SL	1991	2007	1999	124	5188	107.26
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1992	2007	1999.5	108	5104	105.52
9	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	1998	2010	2004	87	4476	92.54
10	M Azharuddin	IND	1984	2000	1992	87	4291	88.71

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2024	2016.5	148	5871	160.00
1	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2024	2016.5	148	5871	160.00
2	FDM Karunaratne	SL	2012	2024	2018	115	5079	138.42
3	V Kohli	IND	2011	2024	2017.5	102	4789	130.51
4	CA Pujara	IND	2010	2023	2016.5	90	4515	123.05
5	Azhar Ali	PAK	2010	2022	2016	94	4413	120.27
6	LD Chandimal	SL	2011	2024	2017.5	96	4167	113.56
7	RG Sharma	IND	2013	2024	2018.5	62	2743	74.75
8	Babar Azam	PAK	2016	2024	2020	54	2563	69.85
9	S Dhawan	IND	2013	2018	2015.5	24	1403	38.24
10	Saud Shakil	PAK	2022	2024	2023	22	1314	35.81
11	RR Pant	IND	2018	2024	2021	24	1209	32.95

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	1000

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saud Shakil	22	3	1314	4	69.16	67.75	250.00
1	Saud Shakil	22	3	1314	4	69.16	67.75	250.00
2	S Dhawan	24	1	1403	6	61.00	62.11	229.20
3	RR Pant	24	2	1209	2	54.95	60.41	222.91
4	KC Sangakkara	165	13	9355	30	61.55	56.89	209.91
5	CA Pujara	90	9	4515	14	55.74	56.04	206.77
6	V Sehwag	114	5	6256	18	57.39	55.37	204.33
7	Javed Miandad	111	15	5492	14	57.21	55.21	203.71
8	Younis Khan	133	14	6926	27	58.20	54.13	199.72
9	Mohammad Yousuf	87	10	4476	16	58.13	54.09	199.60
10	M Azharuddin	87	6	4291	16	52.98	53.56	197.63
11	Inzamam-ul-Haq	108	15	5104	15	54.88	52.83	194.95
12	SR Tendulkar	194	22	9674	33	56.24	52.74	194.62
13	DPMD Jayawardena	179	12	9399	28	56.28	52.18	192.54
14	V Kohli	102	11	4789	16	52.63	51.73	190.88
15	SM Gavaskar	133	10	6254	19	50.85	51.62	190.49
16	RG Sharma	62	6	2743	10	48.98	51.21	188.96
17	Babar Azam	54	5	2563	8	52.31	50.99	188.16
18	Zaheer Abbas	63	10	2757	8	52.02	50.38	185.91
19	DB Vengsarkar	103	16	4405	13	50.63	50.27	185.49
20	LD Chandimal	96	11	4167	14	49.02	48.90	180.46
21	Azhar Ali	94	7	4413	13	50.72	48.82	180.16
22	RS Dravid	160	16	7370	22	51.18	48.40	178.60
23	FDM Karunaratne	115	5	5079	13	46.17	46.73	172.43
24	AD Mathews	148	22	5871	11	46.60	46.07	169.98
25	ST Jayasuriya	124	9	5188	11	45.11	45.35	167.34

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saud Shakil	18	3	1155	3	77.00	75.43	250.00
1	Saud Shakil	18	3	1155	3	77.00	75.43	250.00
2	V Sehwag	93	4	5298	16	59.53	57.43	190.34
3	S Dhawan	20	1	1067	4	56.16	57.18	189.52
4	RR Pant	15	1	716	1	51.14	56.22	186.32
5	Javed Miandad	85	13	4150	11	57.64	55.62	184.34
6	Babar Azam	40	4	2045	7	56.81	55.38	183.53
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	80	10	3955	12	56.50	54.39	180.26
8	CA Pujara	77	7	3786	12	54.09	54.37	180.20
9	Zaheer Abbas	56	10	2559	7	55.63	53.88	178.57
10	M Azharuddin	74	6	3602	14	52.97	53.55	177.48
11	Younis Khan	108	10	5564	22	56.78	52.80	174.98
12	RG Sharma	53	5	2380	8	49.58	51.84	171.80
13	V Kohli	83	9	3894	13	52.62	51.73	171.43
14	KC Sangakkara	121	8	6287	18	55.64	51.42	170.43
15	SM Gavaskar	116	8	5395	16	49.95	50.72	168.09
16	DPMD Jayawardena	135	7	6898	21	53.89	49.96	165.58
17	DB Vengsarkar	92	15	3757	11	48.79	48.44	160.54
18	ST Jayasuriya	88	5	3864	9	46.55	46.80	155.10
19	SR Tendulkar	148	12	6702	21	49.28	46.21	153.16
20	AD Mathews	115	15	4538	7	45.38	44.86	148.69
21	Azhar Ali	74	4	3259	11	46.56	44.81	148.52
22	RS Dravid	124	10	5287	13	46.38	43.86	145.36
23	LD Chandimal	65	4	2622	6	42.98	42.88	142.11
24	FDM Karunaratne	77	3	2984	6	40.32	40.81	135.25
25	Mohammad Yousuf	68	4	2800	8	43.75	40.71	134.92

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	275.20	150.00
1	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	275.20	150.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	242	240	237	273.60	149.13
3	KC Sangakkara	319	287	232	230	222*	258.00	140.63
4	Younis Khan	313	267	213	200*	199	238.40	129.94
5	V Kohli	254*	243	235	213	211	231.20	126.02
6	ST Jayasuriya	340	253	199	188	148	225.60	122.97
7	SR Tendulkar	248*	217	214	203	201*	216.60	118.06
8	RS Dravid	270	222	200*	191	180	212.60	115.88
8	Javed Miandad	280*	211	206	203*	163	212.60	115.88
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	200*	184	177	142	206.40	112.50
11	Azhar Ali	302*	226	185	157	157	205.40	111.95
12	Mohammad Yousuf	223	204*	192	191	173	196.60	107.16
13	Zaheer Abbas	235*	215	186	176	168*	196.00	106.83
14	SM Gavaskar	236*	205	182*	176	172	194.20	105.85
15	FDM Karunaratne	244	196	186	179	158*	192.60	104.98
16	CA Pujara	206*	204	202	159	153	184.80	100.73
17	M Azharuddin	199	182	163*	163*	152	171.80	93.64
18	RG Sharma	212	177	176	161	131	171.40	93.42
19	LD Chandimal	206*	164	162*	155*	151	167.60	91.35
20	S Dhawan	190	187	173	134	119	160.60	87.54
21	DB Vengsarkar	166	164*	159	157*	153	159.80	87.10
22	AD Mathews	199	157*	145*	141	122	152.80	83.28
23	Babar Azam	196	161	143	136	127*	152.60	83.18
24	Saud Shakil	208*	141	134	125*	94	140.40	76.53
25	RR Pant	109	101	99	96	93	99.60	54.29

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	1000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	2837	3482	81.48	90.16	150.00
1	V Sehwag	6256	7364	84.95	82.55	137.34
2	RR Pant	1209	1343	90.02	82.14	136.66
3	S Dhawan	1403	1864	75.27	72.69	120.93
4	ST Jayasuriya	5188	7966	65.13	67.19	111.78
5	Zaheer Abbas	2051	3492	58.73	65.60	109.14
6	M Azharuddin	3796	6697	56.68	61.62	102.51
7	RG Sharma	2743	4227	64.89	61.15	101.74
8	V Kohli	4789	8169	58.62	55.82	92.87
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	5104	9399	54.30	55.52	92.37
10	SR Tendulkar	9663	17869	54.08	54.46	90.61
11	KC Sangakkara	9355	16962	55.15	54.33	90.39
12	SM Gavaskar	4453	9572	46.52	53.50	89.02
13	Mohammad Yousuf	4476	8404	53.26	53.37	88.79
14	Babar Azam	2563	4581	55.95	53.10	88.34
15	Younis Khan	6926	12900	53.69	52.55	87.43
16	DPMD Jayawardena	9399	17878	52.57	51.98	86.48
17	FDM Karunaratne	5079	9544	53.22	51.16	85.12
18	Javed Miandad	3934	8622	45.63	49.97	83.14
19	CA Pujara	4515	9031	49.99	48.92	81.39
20	DB Vengsarkar	2733	6332	43.16	48.55	80.77
21	LD Chandimal	4167	8143	51.17	48.36	80.45
22	AD Mathews	5871	12076	48.62	46.48	77.33
23	RS Dravid	7370	16859	43.72	44.39	73.86
24	Saud Shakil	1314	2702	48.63	42.79	71.19
25	Azhar Ali	4413	10247	43.07	42.59	70.86

ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

The ASIANS IN ASIA (FC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000. Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians. Familiar Conditions (FC) is the opposite.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	FC RAT
1	V Sehwag	129.34	394.67	150.00	137.34	811.34
2	KC Sangakkara	193.41	380.34	140.63	90.39	804.76
3	DPMD Jayawardena	194.31	358.12	149.13	86.48	788.05
4	SR Tendulkar	200.00	347.78	118.06	90.61	756.45
5	Younis Khan	143.19	374.71	129.94	87.43	735.27
6	Javed Miandad	140.51	388.05	115.88	83.14	727.57
7	SM Gavaskar	160.00	358.57	105.85	89.02	713.44
8	V Kohli	130.51	362.31	126.02	92.87	711.71
9	CA Pujara	123.05	386.98	100.73	81.39	692.14
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	105.52	375.21	112.50	92.37	685.60
11	Saud Shakil	35.81	500.00	76.53	71.19	683.52
12	RS Dravid	152.37	323.96	115.88	73.86	666.07
13	S Dhawan	38.24	418.72	87.54	120.93	665.42
14	ST Jayasuriya	107.26	322.45	122.97	111.78	664.45
15	M Azharuddin	88.71	375.11	93.64	102.51	659.97
16	Zaheer Abbas	70.53	364.47	106.83	109.14	650.98
17	AD Mathews	160.00	318.67	83.28	77.33	639.28
18	FDM Karunaratne	138.42	307.68	104.98	85.12	636.19
19	RR Pant	32.95	409.23	54.29	136.66	633.12
20	Azhar Ali	120.27	328.67	111.95	70.86	631.76
21	RG Sharma	74.75	360.76	93.42	101.74	630.68
22	DB Vengsarkar	112.70	346.04	87.10	80.77	626.61
23	Mohammad Yousuf	92.54	334.52	107.16	88.79	623.01
24	Babar Azam	69.85	371.69	83.18	88.34	613.05
25	LD Chandimal	113.56	322.56	91.35	80.45	607.93

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1950s	AUS	WI	PAK	IND	ENG
1960s	WI	AUS	PAK	IND	NZ	ENG	SA
1970s	PAK	ENG	IND	WI	SA	AUS
1980s	PAK	WI	ENG	NZ	IND	AUS
1990s	IND	PAK	SA	AUS	SL	WI
2000s	AUS	SL	IND	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	NZ	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	SL	PAK	AUS	NZ	ENG

Top Teams Outside Asia

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

Top 25 Asian Test Batsmen In Asia