Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. They are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and in the last section. Here are the Top 7 English opening batsmen in One Day Internationals .

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

3.5.1. Against All Teams

3.5.2. Against Top Teams

3.6. 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

5.2. WORLD CUP

5.3. IMPACT INNS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification

6.1.5. Abbreviations

Nations Filter

This rating filters the Positions Rating to show players only from England.
The Rating of the opening batsmen remains the same as in the original Positions Rating.
The Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from England.

Position Filter

This rating filters the Nations 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, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	30
Min Runs	1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	250.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	250.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	150.00
Quick Innings Potential	Top Inns (SR)	100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1971 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 2011
Era 3	MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DL Haynes	WI	1978	1994	1986	237	8648	230.00
1	GA Gooch	ENG	1978	1995	1986.5	99	3828	101.81

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2012	2003	340	15310	250.00
1	ME Trescothick	ENG	2000	2006	2003	122	4335	70.79
2	NV Knight	ENG	1996	2003	1999.5	92	3345	54.62
3	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2014	2010	92	3204	52.32
4	AJ Strauss	ENG	2003	2011	2007	83	3053	49.85

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	IND	2011	2026	2018.5	193	9547	230.00
1	JJ Roy	ENG	2015	2023	2019	110	4271	102.89
2	JM Bairstow	ENG	2017	2023	2020	76	3221	77.60

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	2000
Min Runs (TT)	1200

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	S Gill	56	8	2687	55.98	55.18	100.00
1	GA Gooch	99	4	3828	40.29	43.15	78.20
2	JM Bairstow	76	3	3221	44.12	42.12	76.33
3	NV Knight	92	9	3345	40.30	41.23	74.71
4	AJ Strauss	83	3	3053	38.16	39.32	71.25
5	JJ Roy	110	3	4271	39.92	38.47	69.71
6	ME Trescothick	122	6	4335	37.37	38.32	69.44
7	AN Cook	92	4	3204	36.41	37.29	67.57

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	138	12	6833	54.23	52.97	150.00
1	GA Gooch	85	3	3335	40.67	44.25	125.30
2	NV Knight	73	5	2699	39.69	41.21	116.71
3	JM Bairstow	50	0	2027	40.54	39.88	112.93
4	ME Trescothick	90	5	3077	36.20	38.22	108.24
5	AN Cook	83	4	2826	35.77	36.56	103.53
6	JJ Roy	83	2	2978	36.77	36.10	102.24
7	AJ Strauss	63	1	1935	31.21	32.81	92.92

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.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	2000
Min Runs (TT)	1200
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	7518	7169	104.87	101.52	100.00
1	JJ Roy	4271	4047	105.53	91.58	90.21
2	JM Bairstow	3221	3039	105.99	91.09	89.73
3	ME Trescothick	4335	5084	85.27	84.87	83.60
4	AJ Strauss	3053	3658	83.46	79.20	78.02
5	NV Knight	3345	4575	73.11	73.82	72.72
6	GA Gooch	3828	6168	62.06	72.60	71.51
7	AN Cook	3204	4154	77.13	72.27	71.20

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	TM Head	1920	1609	119.33	101.87	150.00
1	JJ Roy	2978	2902	102.62	89.27	131.44
2	JM Bairstow	2027	2001	101.30	87.53	128.88
3	ME Trescothick	3077	3802	80.93	81.03	119.32
4	NV Knight	2699	3692	73.10	74.21	109.27
5	AJ Strauss	1935	2527	76.57	73.01	107.51
6	GA Gooch	3335	5398	61.78	72.81	107.22
7	AN Cook	2826	3714	76.09	71.11	104.71

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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	ERA 1	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	DL Haynes	152*	148	145*	142*	138*	145.00	50.00
1	GA Gooch	142	136	129*	117*	115	127.80	44.07

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	200*	186*	175	163*	152	175.20	50.00
1	AJ Strauss	158	154	152	126	105	139.00	39.67
2	ME Trescothick	137	130	121	121	119	125.60	35.84
3	NV Knight	125*	122	113	111*	105	115.20	32.88
4	AN Cook	137	119	112	102	102	114.40	32.65

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	162	202.80	50.00
1	JJ Roy	180	162	153	132	123	150.00	36.98
2	JM Bairstow	141*	139	138	128	124	134.00	33.04

Against Top Teams

RANK	ERA 1	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	DL Haynes	152*	148	145*	138*	133*	143.20	100.00
1	GA Gooch	142	136	129*	117*	115	127.80	89.25

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	200*	175	163*	143	141	164.40	100.00
1	ME Trescothick	137	130	121	121	114*	124.60	75.79
2	NV Knight	125*	122	113	111*	105	115.20	70.07
3	AN Cook	137	119	102	102	95*	111.00	67.52
4	AJ Strauss	158	126	87	78	74*	104.60	63.63

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	150	200.40	100.00
1	JJ Roy	180	162	132	120	113	141.40	70.56
2	JM Bairstow	139	138	124	112	111	124.80	62.28

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	BB McCullum	77/25	80/28	51/22	59/26	42/19	238.01	30.00
1	JM Bairstow	30/13	43/21	82/41	43/23	105/59	165.86	20.90
2	ME Trescothick	86/55	82/57	82/60	100/76	46/35	139.27	17.55
3	JJ Roy	48/30	41/26	123/85	63/45	76/55	126.39	15.93
4	GA Gooch	129/118	45/42	142/134	108/113	91/102	118.35	14.92
5	AJ Strauss	61/43	50/37	79/61	152/128	154/140	115.08	14.50
6	AN Cook	64/47	80/63	95/75	39/38	44/43	113.43	14.30
7	NV Knight	84/69	73/70	70/68	65/67	49/51	105.93	13.35

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	BB McCullum	77/25	51/22	59/26	55/25	50/24	220.67	70.00
1	JM Bairstow	30/13	43/23	42/24	104/60	139/92	145.91	46.28
2	ME Trescothick	86/55	82/57	82/60	95/80	27/23	135.44	42.97
3	JJ Roy	48/30	41/26	63/45	162/118	82/61	123.03	39.03
4	GA Gooch	129/118	45/42	142/134	108/113	91/102	119.25	37.83
5	AN Cook	64/47	80/63	95/75	39/38	44/43	113.13	35.89
6	NV Knight	84/69	73/70	70/68	65/67	122/130	104.02	33.00
7	AJ Strauss	158/145	50/46	57/54	63/65	68/72	98.84	31.36

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	ATT	BIP	QIP	RAT	PRI PTS
1	GA Gooch	101.81	203.50	178.73	133.31	52.74	670.10	268.04
2	JJ Roy	102.89	171.95	221.66	107.54	54.96	659.00	263.60
3	JM Bairstow	77.60	189.26	218.60	95.31	67.19	647.96	259.18
4	ME Trescothick	70.79	177.68	202.92	111.64	60.52	623.54	249.42
5	NV Knight	54.62	191.42	181.99	102.95	46.35	577.33	230.93
6	AN Cook	52.32	171.11	175.90	100.17	50.18	549.68	219.87
7	AJ Strauss	49.85	164.17	185.52	103.29	45.86	548.70	219.48

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	20.00
Away	80.00
Familiar Conditions	20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions	80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
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	GA Gooch	35	1571	47.61	61.42	629.61	12.59
2	ME Trescothick	60	2423	44.87	85.20	609.06	12.18
3	JJ Roy	59	2359	41.39	108.11	601.16	12.02
4	JM Bairstow	44	2005	48.90	104.70	593.07	11.86
5	AJ Strauss	40	1761	45.15	87.09	520.48	10.41
6	AN Cook	49	1600	35.56	78.20	486.34	9.73
7	NV Knight	21	778	40.95	71.51	464.67	9.29

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GA Gooch	64	2257	36.40	62.52	646.99	51.76
2	JJ Roy	51	1912	38.24	102.52	646.31	51.71
3	JM Bairstow	32	1216	38.00	108.19	614.82	49.19
4	NV Knight	71	2567	40.11	73.62	587.07	46.97
5	ME Trescothick	62	1912	30.84	85.36	553.22	44.26
6	AN Cook	43	1604	37.30	76.09	524.05	41.92
7	AJ Strauss	43	1292	31.51	78.97	475.28	38.02

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: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	JM Bairstow	61	2732	47.10	107.22	706.69	14.13
2	JJ Roy	90	3450	39.66	106.28	699.78	14.00
3	ME Trescothick	99	3567	38.35	85.68	691.22	13.82
4	GA Gooch	71	2612	38.99	59.31	656.27	13.13
5	NV Knight	79	2930	41.86	72.83	640.37	12.81
6	AJ Strauss	66	2426	37.91	83.89	572.91	11.46
7	AN Cook	63	2100	35.59	77.29	563.44	11.27

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GA Gooch	28	1216	43.43	68.93	687.05	54.96
2	JJ Roy	20	821	41.05	102.50	623.67	49.89
3	AN Cook	29	1104	38.07	76.83	584.76	46.78
4	ME Trescothick	23	768	33.39	83.39	545.26	43.62
5	JM Bairstow	15	489	32.60	99.59	511.68	40.93
6	AJ Strauss	17	627	39.19	81.85	509.20	40.74
7	NV Knight	13	415	31.92	75.18	456.13	36.49

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	GA Gooch	51.76	12.59	54.96	13.13	132.44
2	JJ Roy	51.71	12.02	49.89	14.00	127.62
3	JM Bairstow	49.19	11.86	40.93	14.13	116.11
4	ME Trescothick	44.26	12.18	43.62	13.82	113.88
5	AN Cook	41.92	9.73	46.78	11.27	109.70
6	NV Knight	46.97	9.29	36.49	12.81	105.56
7	AJ Strauss	38.02	10.41	40.74	11.46	100.63

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Secondary Rating

It consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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

CRITERIA	POINTS
Top Form	100.00
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GA Gooch	50	2374	49.46	66.26	817.66	81.77
2	ME Trescothick	50	1930	40.21	86.47	705.94	70.59
3	JJ Roy	50	2049	42.69	105.24	670.85	67.08
4	JM Bairstow	50	2027	40.54	101.30	664.57	66.46
5	AN Cook	50	1950	41.49	79.85	652.76	65.28
6	NV Knight	50	1893	41.15	71.54	645.33	64.53
7	AJ Strauss	50	1725	35.20	79.35	605.87	60.59

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GA Gooch	16	687	42.94	63.03	720.05	108.01
2	JJ Roy	7	443	63.29	115.36	607.33	91.10
3	JM Bairstow	20	747	37.35	91.54	576.99	86.55
4	NV Knight	5	103	20.60	76.87	500.00	75.00
4	ME Trescothick	5	116	23.20	77.33	500.00	75.00
4	AJ Strauss	8	341	42.63	92.41	500.00	75.00
4	AN Cook	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00

IMPACT INNS

II RATING

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

A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if the SR is good compared to the runs scored. More the runs, less the required SR.
Or in a successful chase while being Not Out

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	ME Trescothick	116	38	32.76	572.73	85.91
2	JM Bairstow	73	23	31.51	522.72	78.41
3	AJ Strauss	80	26	32.50	511.35	76.70
4	NV Knight	83	21	25.30	440.05	66.01
5	JJ Roy	107	26	24.30	428.24	64.24
6	GA Gooch	95	19	20.00	395.72	59.36
7	AN Cook	88	16	18.18	324.60	48.69

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF	WC	II	SEC RAT
1	GA Gooch	81.77	108.01	59.36	249.13
2	ME Trescothick	70.59	75.00	85.91	231.50
3	JM Bairstow	66.46	86.55	78.41	231.41
4	JJ Roy	67.08	91.10	64.24	222.42
5	AJ Strauss	60.59	75.00	76.70	212.29
6	NV Knight	64.53	75.00	66.01	205.54
7	AN Cook	65.28	75.00	48.69	188.97

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	19	GA Gooch	ENG	268.04	132.44	249.13	649.61
2	26	JJ Roy	ENG	263.60	127.62	222.42	613.64
3	28	JM Bairstow	ENG	259.18	116.11	231.41	606.71
4	31	ME Trescothick	ENG	249.42	113.88	231.50	594.80
5	40	NV Knight	ENG	230.93	105.56	205.54	542.03
6	44	AJ Strauss	ENG	219.48	100.63	212.29	532.40
7	48	AN Cook	ENG	219.87	109.70	188.97	518.54

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

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.