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 Indian middle order (3-6) 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. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Asians Outside 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 India.

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

Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) 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)	50
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	AR Border	AUS	1978	1994	1986	257	10964	170.00
1	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1976	1992	1984	171	6702	103.92
2	GR Viswanath	IND	1969	1983	1976	154	6001	93.05
3	M Amarnath	IND	1976	1988	1982	102	4157	64.46

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	324	15789	200.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	324	15789	200.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1996	2012	2004	259	12202	154.56
3	VVS Laxman	IND	1996	2012	2004	189	7748	98.14
4	M Azharuddin	IND	1984	2000	1992	146	6100	77.27

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2026	2019	286	13526	190.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2011	2025	2018	209	9219	129.50
2	CA Pujara	IND	2010	2023	2016.5	167	6721	94.41
3	RR Pant	IND	2018	2025	2021.5	64	2745	38.56

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	135	16	7048	59.23	61.04	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	324	33	15789	54.26	52.74	216.03
2	RR Pant	64	4	2745	45.75	51.68	211.69
3	RS Dravid	259	28	12202	52.82	51.36	210.37
4	V Kohli	209	13	9219	47.04	48.25	197.61
5	VVS Laxman	189	27	7748	47.83	47.04	192.69
6	M Azharuddin	146	9	6100	44.53	46.52	190.56
7	DB Vengsarkar	171	21	6702	44.68	46.17	189.11
8	M Amarnath	102	9	4157	44.70	45.71	187.22
9	CA Pujara	167	8	6721	42.27	44.28	181.37
10	GR Viswanath	154	9	6001	41.39	42.38	173.58

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	119	14	6492	61.83	64.21	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	232	19	10550	49.53	50.25	195.65
2	V Kohli	163	10	7062	46.16	48.88	190.33
3	RR Pant	53	3	2076	41.52	48.71	189.66
4	RS Dravid	180	17	7387	45.32	46.06	179.35
5	M Amarnath	88	8	3518	43.98	45.87	178.61
6	DB Vengsarkar	158	20	6005	43.51	45.35	176.57
7	VVS Laxman	139	17	5312	43.54	44.40	172.88
8	M Azharuddin	106	7	3969	40.09	43.14	167.97
9	GR Viswanath	140	7	5469	41.12	42.70	166.25
10	CA Pujara	139	5	5281	39.41	42.41	165.14

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	V Kohli	254*	243	235	213	211	204	200	222.86	121.37
2	RS Dravid	270	233	222	217	200*	191	190	217.57	118.49
3	SR Tendulkar	248*	241*	217	214	203	201*	194*	216.86	118.10
4	VVS Laxman	281	200*	178	176*	154*	148	143*	182.86	99.59
5	CA Pujara	206*	204	202	193	159	153	153	181.43	98.81
6	M Azharuddin	199	192	182	179	163*	163*	152	175.71	95.70
7	GR Viswanath	222	179	161*	145	139	137	131	159.14	86.67
8	DB Vengsarkar	166	164*	159	157*	157	153	146*	157.43	85.74
9	M Amarnath	138	131	120	117	116*	116	109*	121.00	65.90
10	RR Pant	146	134	118	109	101	100*	99	115.29	62.79

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	2000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	6609	9580	68.99	75.59	150.00
1	RR Pant	2745	3562	77.06	70.49	139.88
2	M Azharuddin	5605	9787	57.27	62.21	123.44
3	SR Tendulkar	15778	29171	54.09	54.25	107.64
4	V Kohli	9219	16587	55.58	52.70	104.57
5	GR Viswanath	3787	8700	43.53	50.84	100.89
6	VVS Laxman	7748	15596	49.68	48.99	97.20
7	DB Vengsarkar	4734	11198	42.28	47.48	94.21
8	M Amarnath	2116	5002	42.30	47.26	93.79
9	RS Dravid	12202	28633	42.62	42.85	85.04
10	CA Pujara	6721	15345	43.80	42.21	83.76

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	SR Tendulkar	200.00	411.68	118.10	107.64	837.42	334.97
2	RS Dravid	154.56	389.72	118.49	85.04	747.81	299.12
3	V Kohli	129.50	387.95	121.37	104.57	743.39	297.35
4	VVS Laxman	98.14	365.57	99.59	97.20	660.50	264.20
5	M Azharuddin	77.27	358.53	95.70	123.44	654.94	261.97
6	DB Vengsarkar	103.92	365.68	85.74	94.21	649.54	259.82
7	RR Pant	38.56	401.35	62.79	139.88	642.57	257.03
8	CA Pujara	94.41	346.50	98.81	83.76	623.48	249.39
9	GR Viswanath	93.05	339.83	86.67	100.89	620.44	248.18
10	M Amarnath	64.46	365.83	65.90	93.79	589.97	235.99

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: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	152	7201	52.95	53.15	765.68	22.97
2	V Kohli	87	4336	55.59	59.31	748.24	22.45
3	M Azharuddin	66	3412	55.93	56.48	710.19	21.31
4	DB Vengsarkar	78	3719	56.35	42.77	705.11	21.15
5	RS Dravid	114	5429	52.71	42.66	681.07	20.43
6	VVS Laxman	75	3382	57.32	48.63	661.09	19.83
7	GR Viswanath	80	3423	46.26	44.65	646.58	19.40
8	CA Pujara	75	3589	51.27	48.45	637.56	19.13
9	RR Pant	25	1110	48.26	89.37	500.00	15.00
10	M Amarnath	43	1321	33.87	43.78	423.67	12.71

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	172	8588	55.41	54.90	805.61	96.67
2	RS Dravid	145	6773	52.91	42.58	707.91	84.95
3	V Kohli	122	4883	41.38	52.64	638.42	76.61
4	M Amarnath	59	2836	52.52	41.49	628.43	75.41
5	RR Pant	39	1635	44.19	70.47	582.07	69.85
6	VVS Laxman	114	4366	42.39	50.53	568.49	68.22
7	CA Pujara	92	3132	35.19	39.46	519.63	62.36
8	M Azharuddin	80	2688	35.37	58.23	510.87	61.30
9	DB Vengsarkar	93	2983	35.51	41.74	507.52	60.90
10	GR Viswanath	74	2578	36.31	42.19	496.11	59.53

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

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	192	9618	56.58	54.07	873.96	26.22
2	V Kohli	102	4789	52.63	58.62	837.30	25.12
3	M Azharuddin	87	4291	52.98	56.68	787.65	23.63
4	DB Vengsarkar	100	4398	51.74	43.24	774.19	23.23
5	CA Pujara	83	4120	53.51	49.21	760.73	22.82
6	RS Dravid	149	6960	51.56	43.84	759.57	22.79
7	VVS Laxman	96	4167	54.12	49.65	724.87	21.75
8	GR Viswanath	93	3806	43.75	44.34	705.60	21.17
9	M Amarnath	63	2326	42.29	44.21	603.38	18.10
10	RR Pant	27	1249	49.96	89.79	500.00	15.00

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	132	6171	51.00	54.12	933.81	112.06
2	RS Dravid	110	5242	54.60	41.09	888.48	106.62
3	V Kohli	107	4430	42.19	52.63	826.93	99.23
4	VVS Laxman	93	3581	42.13	49.72	704.50	84.54
5	RR Pant	37	1496	42.74	68.91	690.16	82.82
6	M Amarnath	39	1831	48.18	39.25	684.41	82.13
7	DB Vengsarkar	71	2304	35.45	41.02	632.52	75.90
8	GR Viswanath	61	2195	37.84	42.39	629.64	75.56
9	CA Pujara	84	2601	31.72	37.31	609.79	73.18
10	M Azharuddin	59	1809	32.30	58.54	605.80	72.70

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	SR Tendulkar	96.67	22.97	112.06	26.22	257.92
2	RS Dravid	84.95	20.43	106.62	22.79	234.79
3	V Kohli	76.61	22.45	99.23	25.12	223.41
4	VVS Laxman	68.22	19.83	84.54	21.75	194.34
5	M Amarnath	75.41	12.71	82.13	18.10	188.35
6	RR Pant	69.85	15.00	82.82	15.00	182.67
7	DB Vengsarkar	60.90	21.15	75.90	23.23	181.18
8	M Azharuddin	61.30	21.31	72.70	23.63	178.94
9	CA Pujara	62.36	19.13	73.18	22.82	177.48
10	GR Viswanath	59.53	19.40	75.56	21.17	175.66

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 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 Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	V Kohli	30	2418	96.72	68.52	961.11	28.83
2	SR Tendulkar	30	2099	80.73	55.62	794.59	23.84
3	DB Vengsarkar	30	1744	69.76	57.73	728.55	21.86
4	M Azharuddin	30	1661	63.88	63.98	705.05	21.15
5	CA Pujara	30	1836	68.00	51.28	701.70	21.05
6	RS Dravid	30	1704	68.16	45.38	689.41	20.68
7	VVS Laxman	30	1475	70.24	50.03	651.75	19.55
8	GR Viswanath	30	1541	57.07	43.74	617.82	18.53
9	RR Pant	25	1110	48.26	89.37	573.52	17.21
10	M Amarnath	30	1096	40.59	45.47	460.16	13.80

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	RS Dravid	30	2244	86.31	48.34	933.03	111.96
2	SR Tendulkar	30	1809	75.38	55.59	838.15	100.58
3	V Kohli	30	1786	61.59	61.16	770.04	92.40
4	M Amarnath	30	1804	72.16	41.52	752.79	90.33
5	M Azharuddin	30	1467	52.39	62.51	679.48	81.54
6	RR Pant	30	1342	47.93	71.42	640.29	76.84
7	VVS Laxman	30	1387	51.37	52.98	617.97	74.16
8	CA Pujara	30	1359	46.86	40.56	607.79	72.93
9	GR Viswanath	30	1489	49.63	44.57	605.48	72.66
10	DB Vengsarkar	30	1158	50.35	46.49	570.53	68.46

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: 50

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	291	113	38.83	818.14	122.72
2	RR Pant	60	26	43.33	712.13	106.82
3	V Kohli	196	66	33.67	677.97	101.70
4	RS Dravid	231	78	33.77	653.82	98.07
5	DB Vengsarkar	150	49	32.67	629.64	94.45
6	GR Viswanath	145	46	31.72	602.98	90.45
7	M Amarnath	93	29	31.18	585.48	87.82
8	VVS Laxman	162	46	28.40	521.67	78.25
9	CA Pujara	159	44	27.67	516.11	77.42
10	M Azharuddin	137	35	25.55	459.43	68.91

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	SR Tendulkar	23.84	100.58	122.72	247.14
2	RS Dravid	20.68	111.96	98.07	230.72
3	V Kohli	28.83	92.40	101.70	222.93
4	RR Pant	17.21	76.84	106.82	200.86
5	M Amarnath	13.80	90.33	87.82	191.96
6	DB Vengsarkar	21.86	68.46	94.45	184.77
7	GR Viswanath	18.53	72.66	90.45	181.64
8	VVS Laxman	19.55	74.16	78.25	171.96
9	M Azharuddin	21.15	81.54	68.91	171.60
10	CA Pujara	21.05	72.93	77.42	171.40

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	1	SR Tendulkar	IND	334.97	257.92	247.14	840.03
2	11	RS Dravid	IND	299.12	234.79	230.72	764.63
3	15	V Kohli	IND	297.35	223.41	222.93	743.70
4	33	RR Pant	IND	257.03	182.67	200.86	640.56
5	37	VVS Laxman	IND	264.20	194.34	171.96	630.50
6	38	DB Vengsarkar	IND	259.82	181.18	184.77	625.77
7	44	M Amarnath	IND	235.99	188.35	191.96	616.30
8	46	M Azharuddin	IND	261.97	178.94	171.60	612.52
9	50	GR Viswanath	IND	248.18	175.66	181.64	605.47
10	54	CA Pujara	IND	249.39	177.48	171.40	598.27

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