Top 25 Asian Test Batsmen Outside Asia

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 25 Asian batsmen in matches Outside Asia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

5. ATTACKING

5.1. Against All Teams

6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6.1. Against All Teams

7. ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

8. BRIEF EXPLANATION

8.1. Dynamic Nature

8.2. Trend Setter (TS)

8.3. Abbreviations

UC RATING

Points to note about ASIANS OUTSIDE 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 UC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	100.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	10
Min Career Runs	1000

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 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Majid Khan	PAK	1964	1983	1973.5	55	2106	270.00
1	Majid Khan	PAK	1964	1983	1973.5	55	2106	270.00
2	Mushtaq Mohammad	PAK	1959	1979	1969	60	2079	266.54
3	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	PAK	1964	1980	1972	54	1977	253.46
4	Hanif Mohammad	PAK	1952	1969	1960.5	40	1605	205.77
5	Sadiq Mohammad	PAK	1969	1980	1974.5	40	1533	196.54

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	81	3868	280.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	81	3868	280.00
2	Javed Miandad	PAK	1976	1993	1984.5	78	3340	241.78
3	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	1969	1985	1977	61	2305	166.86
4	Salim Malik	PAK	1982	1999	1990.5	56	2108	152.60
5	PA de Silva	SL	1984	2002	1993	51	1930	139.71

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	135	6247	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	135	6247	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1996	2012	2004	126	5918	284.20
3	VVS Laxman	IND	1996	2012	2004	108	4105	197.13
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1992	2007	1999.5	92	3726	178.93
5	Younis Khan	PAK	2000	2017	2008.5	80	3173	152.38
6	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	1998	2010	2004	69	3054	146.66
7	KC Sangakkara	SL	2000	2015	2007.5	68	3045	146.23
8	MS Atapattu	SL	1990	2007	1998.5	49	2040	97.97

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2011	2025	2018	108	4441	290.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2011	2025	2018	108	4441	290.00
2	AM Rahane	IND	2013	2023	2018	83	2928	191.20
3	Azhar Ali	PAK	2010	2022	2016	86	2729	178.21
4	KL Rahul	IND	2014	2025	2019.5	67	2315	151.17
5	RR Pant	IND	2018	2025	2021.5	58	2218	144.84
6	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2025	2017	58	2171	141.77
7	S Gill	IND	2020	2025	2022.5	34	1313	85.74

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	750

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	126	16	5918	14	53.80	56.64	300.00
1	RS Dravid	126	16	5918	14	53.80	56.64	300.00
2	SM Gavaskar	81	6	3868	15	51.57	55.67	294.83
3	SR Tendulkar	135	11	6247	18	50.38	53.33	282.44
4	Javed Miandad	78	6	3340	9	46.39	50.32	266.53
5	MS Atapattu	49	5	2040	7	46.36	50.28	266.29
6	KC Sangakkara	68	4	3045	8	47.58	49.99	264.74
7	Mohammad Yousuf	69	2	3054	8	45.58	47.89	253.62
8	S Gill	34	2	1313	4	41.03	47.75	252.92
9	Hanif Mohammad	40	2	1605	4	42.24	47.35	250.78
10	RR Pant	58	3	2218	6	40.33	47.05	249.18
11	V Kohli	108	2	4441	14	41.90	46.28	245.12
12	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92	7	3726	10	43.84	46.12	244.27
13	AD Mathews	58	5	2171	5	40.96	45.47	240.85
14	Salim Malik	56	7	2108	4	43.02	44.74	236.94
15	VVS Laxman	108	11	4105	8	42.32	44.66	236.52
16	Younis Khan	80	5	3173	7	42.31	43.64	231.14
17	AM Rahane	83	7	2928	6	38.53	42.27	223.85
18	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	54	4	1977	8	39.54	42.04	222.67
19	Majid Khan	55	2	2106	5	39.74	41.78	221.28
20	Zaheer Abbas	61	1	2305	4	38.42	41.25	218.50
21	KL Rahul	67	1	2315	8	35.08	40.67	215.39
22	Sadiq Mohammad	40	0	1533	3	38.33	39.80	210.80
23	PA de Silva	51	1	1930	4	38.60	39.48	209.08
24	Mushtaq Mohammad	60	3	2079	5	36.47	39.22	207.70
25	Azhar Ali	86	4	2729	6	33.28	34.94	185.07

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	750
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	1644	2098	78.36	88.84	100.00
1	RR Pant	2218	3278	67.66	64.98	73.14
2	Zaheer Abbas	1955	3694	52.92	62.69	70.56
3	S Gill	1313	2072	63.37	60.96	68.62
4	Majid Khan	1069	2220	48.15	58.02	65.31
5	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1145	2420	47.31	57.88	65.15
6	PA de Silva	1930	3659	52.75	57.49	64.71
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	3726	6953	53.59	56.93	64.08
8	SR Tendulkar	6247	11562	54.03	56.39	63.47
9	Sadiq Mohammad	830	1881	44.13	54.23	61.04
10	Salim Malik	2108	4368	48.26	53.19	59.87
11	Mohammad Yousuf	3054	5969	51.16	52.52	59.12
12	KC Sangakkara	3045	5920	51.44	51.94	58.46
13	Javed Miandad	3040	6619	45.93	51.66	58.15
14	V Kohli	4441	8439	52.62	51.19	57.62
15	VVS Laxman	4105	8340	49.22	50.43	56.77
16	Younis Khan	3173	6455	49.16	48.90	55.05
17	SM Gavaskar	2356	5755	40.94	48.68	54.79
18	MS Atapattu	2040	4549	44.85	47.84	53.85
19	AM Rahane	2928	6016	48.67	47.23	53.16
20	KL Rahul	2315	4722	49.03	47.23	53.16
21	AD Mathews	2171	4528	47.95	46.32	52.14
22	Hanif Mohammad	425	1204	35.30	45.30	50.98
23	RS Dravid	5918	14404	41.09	42.31	47.62
24	Mushtaq Mohammad	925	2802	33.01	40.68	45.78
25	Azhar Ali	2729	6786	40.22	39.14	44.05

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	Javed Miandad	271	260	160*	153*	131	195.00	300.00
1	Javed Miandad	271	260	160*	153*	131	195.00	300.00
2	KC Sangakkara	270	203	192	156*	147	193.60	297.85
3	MS Atapattu	249	216*	185	170	133	190.60	293.23
4	SR Tendulkar	241*	193	177	169	160	188.00	289.23
5	RS Dravid	233	217	190	148	148	187.20	288.00
6	SM Gavaskar	221	220	172	166*	156	187.00	287.69
7	Younis Khan	218	200*	175*	173	149*	183.00	281.54
8	Mohammad Yousuf	203	202	192	159	128	176.80	272.00
9	Zaheer Abbas	274	240	135	101	90	168.00	258.46
10	Hanif Mohammad	337	187*	104	100*	93	164.20	252.62
11	V Kohli	200	169	153	149	147	163.60	251.69
12	PA de Silva	267	167	152	123	96	161.00	247.69
13	S Gill	269	161	147	103	91	154.20	237.23
14	VVS Laxman	178	167	148	140	130	152.60	234.77
15	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	175	152*	146	135	134*	148.40	228.31
16	Azhar Ali	205*	141*	139	127	126	147.60	227.08
17	AD Mathews	200*	160	120*	115	102	139.40	214.46
18	KL Rahul	158	149	137	129	123	139.20	214.15
19	Inzamam-ul-Haq	148	135*	135	130	123	134.20	206.46
19	RR Pant	159*	146	134	118	114	134.20	206.46
21	Majid Khan	167	158	119*	110	108	132.40	203.69
22	Mushtaq Mohammad	201	121	121	100*	100	128.60	197.85
23	Salim Malik	165	140	102	100*	99	121.20	186.46
24	Sadiq Mohammad	166	137	105	97	91	119.20	183.38
25	AM Rahane	147	118	112	108*	103	117.60	180.92

ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

The ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA (UC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	ATT	BIP	UC RAT
1	SR Tendulkar	300.00	282.44	63.47	289.23	935.15
2	RS Dravid	284.20	300.00	47.62	288.00	919.82
3	SM Gavaskar	280.00	294.83	54.79	287.69	917.32
4	Javed Miandad	241.78	266.53	58.15	300.00	866.45
5	V Kohli	290.00	245.12	57.62	251.69	844.44
6	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	253.46	222.67	65.15	228.31	769.58
7	KC Sangakkara	146.23	264.74	58.46	297.85	767.28
8	Majid Khan	270.00	221.28	65.31	203.69	760.28
9	Hanif Mohammad	205.77	250.78	50.98	252.62	760.15
10	Mohammad Yousuf	146.66	253.62	59.12	272.00	731.40
11	VVS Laxman	197.13	236.52	56.77	234.77	725.19
12	Younis Khan	152.38	231.14	55.05	281.54	720.10
13	Mushtaq Mohammad	266.54	207.70	45.78	197.85	717.87
14	Zaheer Abbas	166.86	218.50	70.56	258.46	714.37
15	MS Atapattu	97.97	266.29	53.85	293.23	711.34
16	Inzamam-ul-Haq	178.93	244.27	64.08	206.46	693.74
17	RR Pant	144.84	249.18	73.14	206.46	673.61
18	PA de Silva	139.71	209.08	64.71	247.69	661.20
19	Sadiq Mohammad	196.54	210.80	61.04	183.38	651.76
20	AD Mathews	141.77	240.85	52.14	214.46	649.22
21	AM Rahane	191.20	223.85	53.16	180.92	649.14
22	S Gill	85.74	252.92	68.62	237.23	644.50
23	Salim Malik	152.60	236.94	59.87	186.46	635.87
24	Azhar Ali	178.21	185.07	44.05	227.08	634.41
25	KL Rahul	151.17	215.39	53.16	214.15	633.87

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

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. 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter