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 opening batsmen in Test Cricket since 1950.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

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. IMPACT INNS

5.4. 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.

Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of opening batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form (Home & Away), Min 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 (TT)	25
Min Career Runs	1000

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	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	203	9607	180.00
1	WM Lawry	AUS	1961	1971	1966	123	5234	98.07
2	RB Simpson	AUS	1960	1967	1963.5	70	3664	68.65
3	KR Stackpole	AUS	1969	1974	1971.5	64	2390	44.78

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	278	11845	200.00
1	ML Hayden	AUS	1994	2009	2001.5	184	8625	145.63
2	MA Taylor	AUS	1989	1999	1994	186	7525	127.06
3	MJ Slater	AUS	1993	2001	1997	131	5312	89.69
4	JL Langer	AUS	1993	2007	2000	115	5112	86.31
5	SM Katich	AUS	2008	2010	2009	61	2928	49.44

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DA Warner	AUS	2011	2024	2017.5	202	8747	170.00
1	DA Warner	AUS	2011	2024	2017.5	202	8747	170.00
2	UT Khawaja	AUS	2016	2025	2020.5	80	3412	66.31

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	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RB Simpson	70	4	3664	55.52	56.94	250.00
1	RB Simpson	70	4	3664	55.52	56.94	250.00
2	UT Khawaja	80	9	3412	48.06	53.57	235.21
3	ML Hayden	184	14	8625	50.74	49.66	218.03
4	WM Lawry	123	12	5234	47.15	49.64	217.96
5	SM Katich	61	3	2928	50.48	48.95	214.94
6	DA Warner	202	8	8747	45.09	47.93	210.44
7	JL Langer	115	9	5112	48.23	46.95	206.14
8	MJ Slater	131	7	5312	42.84	45.85	201.30
9	MA Taylor	186	13	7525	43.50	45.59	200.20
10	KR Stackpole	64	5	2390	40.51	42.57	186.92

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RB Simpson	65	4	3349	54.90	56.91	250.00
1	RB Simpson	65	4	3349	54.90	56.91	250.00
2	UT Khawaja	52	5	2247	47.81	54.51	239.47
3	WM Lawry	114	12	4805	47.11	50.18	220.42
4	KR Stackpole	52	5	2156	45.87	49.06	215.52
5	ML Hayden	139	8	6199	47.32	47.79	209.93
6	JL Langer	88	8	3780	47.25	47.18	207.23
7	SM Katich	43	3	1909	47.73	46.85	205.79
8	MA Taylor	146	9	5835	42.59	45.90	201.61
9	DA Warner	158	5	6419	41.95	45.35	199.21
10	MJ Slater	104	4	4017	40.17	44.06	193.55

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	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	150.00
1	DA Warner	335*	253	200	180	164	163	154	207.00	122.66
2	ML Hayden	380	203	197	177	153	138	138	198.00	117.33
3	MA Taylor	334*	219	170	169*	164	144	142*	191.71	113.60
4	RB Simpson	311	225	201	153	153	115	109	181.00	107.25
5	JL Langer	250	215	191	166	162	146	126	179.43	106.32
6	UT Khawaja	232	195*	180	160	145	141	141	170.57	101.07
7	WM Lawry	210	205	166	157	151	135	130	164.86	97.69
8	MJ Slater	219	176	169	168	152	143	124	164.43	97.43
9	KR Stackpole	207	142	136	122	114	103	87	130.14	77.12
10	SM Katich	157	131*	122	113	108	106	102	119.86	71.02

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	V Sehwag	8207	9875	83.11	79.95	150.00
1	DA Warner	8747	12421	70.42	67.49	126.62
2	KR Stackpole	1882	3893	48.34	59.64	111.90
3	RB Simpson	1495	3174	47.10	58.59	109.93
4	ML Hayden	8625	14345	60.13	58.20	109.19
5	MJ Slater	5312	9961	53.33	57.49	107.86
6	JL Langer	5112	8827	57.91	55.33	103.81
7	WM Lawry	3217	8404	38.28	47.86	89.79
8	SM Katich	2928	5935	49.33	46.83	87.85
9	MA Taylor	7525	18110	41.55	45.71	85.77
10	UT Khawaja	3412	7334	46.52	43.12	80.91

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 40 percent.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	RAT	PRI PTS
1	DA Warner	170.00	409.65	122.66	126.62	828.94	331.57
2	ML Hayden	145.63	427.97	117.33	109.19	800.12	320.05
3	RB Simpson	68.65	500.00	107.25	109.93	785.83	314.33
4	MA Taylor	127.06	401.81	113.60	85.77	728.24	291.30
5	WM Lawry	98.07	438.37	97.69	89.79	723.91	289.57
6	UT Khawaja	66.31	474.68	101.07	80.91	722.98	289.19
7	JL Langer	86.31	413.37	106.32	103.81	709.81	283.93
8	MJ Slater	89.69	394.85	97.43	107.86	689.84	275.93
9	KR Stackpole	44.78	402.44	77.12	111.90	636.24	254.49
10	SM Katich	49.44	420.72	71.02	87.85	629.04	251.62

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	30.00
Away	120.00
Familiar Conditions	30.00
Unfamiliar Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW 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 Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DA Warner	100	5427	58.35	72.87	922.97	27.69
2	ML Hayden	98	5210	57.89	62.88	847.60	25.43
3	WM Lawry	54	2818	56.36	40.01	764.19	22.93
4	MJ Slater	57	2842	52.63	55.59	744.76	22.34
5	JL Langer	63	3046	50.77	58.66	724.11	21.72
6	RB Simpson	35	1734	52.55	49.24	671.97	20.16
7	MA Taylor	100	3993	43.40	40.45	662.22	19.87
8	KR Stackpole	22	965	45.95	50.27	633.52	19.01
9	SM Katich	22	1071	51.00	54.48	566.68	17.00
10	UT Khawaja	34	1202	41.45	47.95	546.19	16.39

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	RB Simpson	35	1930	58.48	41.99	768.86	92.26
2	UT Khawaja	46	2210	52.62	45.78	764.79	91.77
3	MA Taylor	86	3532	43.60	42.87	712.05	85.45
4	ML Hayden	86	3415	42.69	56.35	663.38	79.61
5	DA Warner	102	3320	32.87	66.75	654.31	78.52
6	SM Katich	39	1857	50.19	46.79	613.34	73.60
7	WM Lawry	69	2416	39.61	34.98	601.93	72.23
8	JL Langer	52	2066	44.91	56.85	597.39	71.69
9	MJ Slater	74	2470	35.29	50.94	577.89	69.35
10	KR Stackpole	42	1425	37.50	46.86	566.66	68.00

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC 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 Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DA Warner	161	7470	48.51	71.52	902.71	27.08
2	ML Hayden	149	6962	50.82	60.25	823.03	24.69
3	RB Simpson	62	3104	53.52	47.10	798.58	23.96
4	WM Lawry	105	4682	48.27	39.26	784.45	23.53
5	JL Langer	97	4505	51.19	59.53	774.82	23.24
6	MA Taylor	162	6505	42.80	41.21	737.18	22.12
7	MJ Slater	103	4276	44.08	54.13	727.38	21.82
8	SM Katich	49	2469	52.53	49.93	670.94	20.13
9	KR Stackpole	54	2022	39.65	49.45	664.38	19.93
10	UT Khawaja	58	1922	36.26	43.47	563.46	16.90

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	UT Khawaja	22	1490	82.78	51.15	879.04	105.49
2	ML Hayden	35	1663	50.39	59.63	635.85	76.30
3	RB Simpson	8	560	70.00	NK	602.17	72.26
4	MA Taylor	24	1020	48.57	43.87	567.32	68.08
5	DA Warner	41	1277	31.93	64.59	564.20	67.70
6	MJ Slater	28	1036	38.37	50.27	501.95	60.23
7	KR Stackpole	10	368	46.00	43.36	438.24	52.59
8	WM Lawry	18	552	39.43	28.98	400.91	48.11
9	JL Langer	18	607	33.72	48.17	391.86	47.02
10	SM Katich	12	459	41.73	46.36	384.48	46.14

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	UT Khawaja	91.77	16.39	105.49	16.90	230.55
2	RB Simpson	92.26	20.16	72.26	23.96	208.64
3	ML Hayden	79.61	25.43	76.30	24.69	206.03
4	DA Warner	78.52	27.69	67.70	27.08	200.99
5	MA Taylor	85.45	19.87	68.08	22.12	195.51
6	MJ Slater	69.35	22.34	60.23	21.82	173.75
7	WM Lawry	72.23	22.93	48.11	23.53	166.80
8	JL Langer	71.69	21.72	47.02	23.24	163.68
9	KR Stackpole	68.00	19.01	52.59	19.93	159.53
10	SM Katich	73.60	17.00	46.14	20.13	156.87

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three 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 three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Top Form Home	30.00
Top Form Away	120.00
Impact Innings	150.00

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

Top Form (TF) is calculated by taking the best 20 consecutive innings of a batsman.
There are two TF Ratings used in our OVERALL Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	ML Hayden	20	1592	93.65	72.89	930.50	27.92
2	DA Warner	20	1551	91.24	66.45	911.43	27.34
3	WM Lawry	20	1460	73.00	44.48	769.71	23.09
4	JL Langer	20	1230	61.50	62.00	697.27	20.92
5	MJ Slater	20	1117	62.06	59.13	694.59	20.84
6	MA Taylor	20	1130	59.47	45.40	635.78	19.07
7	RB Simpson	20	1079	53.95	54.19	622.09	18.66
8	KR Stackpole	20	948	49.89	50.64	592.75	17.78
9	UT Khawaja	20	879	51.71	47.49	565.32	16.96
10	SM Katich	20	1028	54.11	54.65	561.40	16.84

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	RB Simpson	20	1298	72.11	41.70	850.27	102.03
2	UT Khawaja	20	1195	70.29	48.38	796.34	95.56
3	DA Warner	20	1149	57.45	80.63	762.53	91.50
4	ML Hayden	20	1173	65.17	60.03	750.50	90.06
5	MA Taylor	20	1012	56.22	47.07	699.38	83.93
6	SM Katich	20	1091	57.42	46.74	657.96	78.95
7	WM Lawry	20	939	55.24	33.74	633.77	76.05
8	JL Langer	20	919	51.06	61.84	612.02	73.44
9	KR Stackpole	20	855	47.50	52.31	597.05	71.65
10	MJ Slater	20	853	44.89	54.30	587.30	70.48

IMPACT INNS

II Rating

Impact Innings (II) are those innings which have a minimum 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 16.67% of the total runs of the higher total or
The runs are more than 10.00% of the total runs and
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	DA Warner	194	68	35.05	806.45	120.97
2	RB Simpson	66	25	37.88	753.20	112.98
3	ML Hayden	170	56	32.94	734.26	110.14
4	WM Lawry	111	38	34.23	709.13	106.37
5	UT Khawaja	71	24	33.80	706.89	106.03
6	SM Katich	58	21	36.21	677.68	101.65
7	MA Taylor	173	50	28.90	660.39	99.06
8	MJ Slater	124	37	29.84	624.69	93.70
9	KR Stackpole	59	17	28.81	605.02	90.75
10	JL Langer	106	30	28.30	587.44	88.12

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF HM	TF AW	II	SEC RAT
1	DA Warner	27.34	91.50	120.97	239.81
2	RB Simpson	18.66	102.03	112.98	233.67
3	ML Hayden	27.92	90.06	110.14	228.11
4	UT Khawaja	16.96	95.56	106.03	218.55
5	WM Lawry	23.09	76.05	106.37	205.51
6	MA Taylor	19.07	83.93	99.06	202.06
7	SM Katich	16.84	78.95	101.65	197.45
8	MJ Slater	20.84	70.48	93.70	185.02
9	JL Langer	20.92	73.44	88.12	182.48
10	KR Stackpole	17.78	71.65	90.75	180.18

OVERALL RATING

The OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	OV RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	5	DA Warner	AUS	331.57	200.99	239.81	772.38
2	6	RB Simpson	AUS	314.33	208.64	233.67	756.65
3	7	ML Hayden	AUS	320.05	206.03	228.11	754.19
4	9	UT Khawaja	AUS	289.19	230.55	218.55	738.29
5	16	MA Taylor	AUS	291.30	195.51	202.06	688.86
6	20	WM Lawry	AUS	289.57	166.80	205.51	661.88
7	30	MJ Slater	AUS	275.93	173.75	185.02	634.70
8	33	JL Langer	AUS	283.93	163.68	182.48	630.08
9	43	SM Katich	AUS	251.62	156.87	197.45	605.93
10	47	KR Stackpole	AUS	254.49	159.53	180.18	594.20

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	ENG	SA
1970s	PAK	ENG	IND	WI	SA	AUS
1980s	PAK	WI	ENG	NZ	AUS
1990s	IND	PAK	SA	AUS	WI
2000s	AUS	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	SA	ENG