Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Indian opening batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

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 (NWT)

3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

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. 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. WORLD CUP

5.2. IMPACT INNINGS

5.3. TOP FORM

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

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 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 (Runs and SR)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	World Cup, Top Form, 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.

TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
They are calculated by decades.
A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	30
Min Overall Runs	1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	200.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	100.00
Quick Innings Potential	Top Inns (SR)	100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 1996
Era 2	MP between 1995 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	160.00
1	K Srikkanth	IND	1981	1992	1986.5	145	4092	75.71
2	SM Gavaskar	IND	1974	1987	1980.5	83	2651	49.05
3	NS Sidhu	IND	1988	1998	1993	63	2418	44.74

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2012	2003	340	15310	200.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2012	2003	340	15310	200.00
2	SC Ganguly	IND	1996	2007	2001.5	236	9146	119.48
3	V Sehwag	IND	2001	2013	2007	212	7518	98.21
4	G Gambhir	IND	2003	2013	2008	91	3367	43.98

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	IND	2011	2025	2018	184	9138	160.00
1	RG Sharma	IND	2011	2025	2018	184	9138	160.00
2	S Dhawan	IND	2010	2022	2016	164	6793	118.94
3	S Gill	IND	2020	2025	2022.5	50	2509	43.93

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	2500
Min Runs (TT)	2000

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	S Gill	50	8	2509	14	59.74	57.35	150.00
1	S Gill	50	8	2509	14	59.74	57.35	150.00
2	RG Sharma	184	17	9138	45	54.72	51.87	135.68
3	SR Tendulkar	340	23	15310	75	48.30	49.04	128.28
4	S Dhawan	164	10	6793	39	44.11	42.37	110.83
5	SC Ganguly	236	16	9146	58	41.57	42.27	110.56
6	NS Sidhu	63	3	2418	15	40.30	40.35	105.54
7	G Gambhir	91	6	3367	21	39.61	39.78	104.05
8	SM Gavaskar	83	8	2651	25	35.35	37.85	98.99
9	V Sehwag	212	6	7518	35	36.50	37.13	97.13
10	K Srikkanth	145	4	4092	27	29.02	30.90	80.83

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	134	10	6848	30	55.23	53.53	150.00
1	RG Sharma	134	10	6848	30	55.23	53.53	150.00
2	S Gill	38	5	1797	7	54.45	52.85	148.09
3	SR Tendulkar	263	12	11510	62	45.86	47.59	133.37
4	S Dhawan	110	7	4662	26	45.26	44.64	125.09
5	SC Ganguly	160	8	5662	33	37.25	39.27	110.05
6	NS Sidhu	50	1	1813	10	37.00	38.33	107.41
7	G Gambhir	69	4	2424	14	37.29	38.12	106.83
8	SM Gavaskar	70	6	2163	20	33.80	37.52	105.13
9	V Sehwag	160	4	5601	25	35.90	37.18	104.19
10	K Srikkanth	121	4	3251	21	27.79	30.41	85.21

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	2500
Min Runs (TT)	2000
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	7518	7169	104.87	102.03	150.00
1	V Sehwag	7518	7169	104.87	102.03	150.00
2	SR Tendulkar	15310	17405	87.96	88.98	130.81
3	S Gill	2509	2528	99.25	85.76	126.08
4	RG Sharma	9138	9484	96.35	85.41	125.56
5	K Srikkanth	4092	5693	71.88	84.56	124.32
6	G Gambhir	3367	3893	86.49	82.55	121.36
7	S Dhawan	6793	7436	91.35	82.12	120.73
8	NS Sidhu	2418	3551	68.09	75.01	110.27
9	SC Ganguly	9146	12413	73.68	74.96	110.20
10	SM Gavaskar	2651	4310	61.51	73.98	108.77

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	5601	5455	102.68	100.52	150.00
1	V Sehwag	5601	5455	102.68	100.52	150.00
2	SR Tendulkar	11510	13280	86.67	87.87	131.13
3	RG Sharma	6848	7111	96.30	85.69	127.88
4	S Gill	1797	1838	97.77	84.52	126.13
5	S Dhawan	4662	4993	93.37	84.03	125.40
6	G Gambhir	2424	2826	85.77	82.04	122.42
7	K Srikkanth	3251	4769	68.17	80.89	120.72
8	SC Ganguly	5662	7866	71.98	73.95	110.35
9	SM Gavaskar	2163	3552	60.90	73.93	110.32
10	NS Sidhu	1813	2751	65.90	73.08	109.06

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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	ERA 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	DL Haynes	152*	148	145*	142*	138*	133*	123*	140.14	100.00
1	K Srikkanth	123	112	102	101	99	95	93*	103.57	73.90
2	NS Sidhu	134*	108	108	98	94	93	88	103.29	73.70
3	SM Gavaskar	103*	92*	92	90	83	80	78*	88.29	63.00

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	200*	186*	175	163*	143	141*	141	164.14	100.00
1	SR Tendulkar	200*	186*	175	163*	143	141*	141	164.14	100.00
2	V Sehwag	219	175	146	130	126	125*	119	148.57	90.51
3	SC Ganguly	183	153*	141*	141	139	135*	130*	146.00	88.95
4	G Gambhir	150	138*	126*	107*	103	102	101	118.14	71.98

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	162	159	152*	189.29	100.00
1	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	162	159	152*	189.29	100.00
2	S Dhawan	143	137	132*	126	125	119	117	128.43	67.85
3	S Gill	208	121	116	112	112	104	101*	124.86	65.96

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

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

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	BB McCullum	77/25	80/28	51/22	59/26	55/25	238.41	100.00
1	V Sehwag	48/22	74/40	59/32	125/74	60/36	174.55	73.22
2	K Srikkanth	46/27	95/66	39/29	57/43	75/58	164.60	69.04
3	SR Tendulkar	82/49	62/38	30/19	41/26	40/26	163.25	68.47
4	RG Sharma	30/17	35/20	40/24	41/25	47/29	148.76	62.40
5	S Dhawan	40/27	34/23	132/90	78/56	46/34	128.98	54.10
6	SM Gavaskar	27/17	103/88	37/32	52/56	69/76	128.78	54.02
7	SC Ganguly	60/43	60/50	33/28	74/63	183/158	121.96	51.16
8	S Gill	112/78	27/19	208/149	80/66	64/53	116.23	48.75
9	G Gambhir	57/46	40/33	138/116	44/38	68/61	112.65	47.25
10	NS Sidhu	50/55	88/98	108/121	98/112	76/87	97.81	41.03

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	TOT	PRI PTS
1	SR Tendulkar	200.00	261.65	261.94	100.00	68.47	892.06	356.82
2	RG Sharma	160.00	285.68	253.44	100.00	62.40	861.51	344.61
3	V Sehwag	98.21	201.32	300.00	90.51	73.22	763.26	305.30
4	S Dhawan	118.94	235.92	246.14	67.85	54.10	722.95	289.18
5	S Gill	43.93	298.09	252.21	65.96	48.75	708.95	283.58
6	SC Ganguly	119.48	220.61	220.55	88.95	51.16	700.74	280.30
7	K Srikkanth	75.71	166.05	245.04	73.90	69.04	629.73	251.89
8	G Gambhir	43.98	210.89	243.78	71.98	47.25	617.88	247.15
9	NS Sidhu	44.74	212.96	219.33	73.70	41.03	591.75	236.70
10	SM Gavaskar	49.05	204.13	219.09	63.00	54.02	589.28	235.71

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various 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	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	SR Tendulkar	124	6067	52.30	88.69	810.75	16.22
2	RG Sharma	79	4363	58.96	106.57	801.92	16.04
3	S Gill	25	1408	61.22	111.22	654.21	13.08
4	V Sehwag	71	2575	36.79	107.88	650.48	13.01
5	K Srikkanth	57	1932	34.50	76.64	615.12	12.30
6	SC Ganguly	62	2746	48.18	77.94	599.51	11.99
7	S Dhawan	48	1890	41.09	93.75	559.50	11.19
8	NS Sidhu	29	1208	44.74	70.36	544.08	10.88
9	SM Gavaskar	30	1049	37.46	70.31	534.14	10.68
10	G Gambhir	34	1117	36.03	86.46	506.37	10.13

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	216	9243	45.99	87.50	899.37	71.95
2	RG Sharma	105	4775	51.34	88.59	836.79	66.94
3	S Dhawan	116	4903	45.40	90.46	804.13	64.33
4	V Sehwag	141	4943	36.35	103.37	792.76	63.42
5	SC Ganguly	174	6400	39.26	71.99	735.22	58.82
6	G Gambhir	57	2250	41.67	86.51	656.04	52.48
7	K Srikkanth	88	2160	25.41	68.10	594.69	47.57
8	NS Sidhu	34	1210	36.67	65.98	593.49	47.48
9	SM Gavaskar	53	1602	34.09	56.85	591.66	47.33
10	S Gill	25	1101	57.95	87.24	500.00	40.00

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

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	225	10692	50.91	89.35	909.71	18.19
2	RG Sharma	109	5722	57.22	104.80	876.37	17.53
3	V Sehwag	139	5317	39.39	110.33	797.47	15.95
4	K Srikkanth	95	2918	31.04	75.75	723.91	14.48
5	S Gill	39	1955	57.50	101.24	715.09	14.30
6	NS Sidhu	53	2120	42.40	69.69	681.69	13.63
7	S Dhawan	70	2918	44.21	94.16	668.99	13.38
8	SM Gavaskar	43	1593	40.85	68.25	667.05	13.34
9	SC Ganguly	129	4945	41.55	75.42	658.78	13.18
10	G Gambhir	77	2852	39.07	86.85	623.92	12.48

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	115	4618	43.16	84.91	893.39	71.47
2	RG Sharma	75	3416	50.99	84.89	856.67	68.53
3	S Dhawan	94	3875	44.03	89.35	851.62	68.13
4	SC Ganguly	107	4201	41.59	71.74	831.16	66.49
5	V Sehwag	73	2201	31.00	93.66	705.57	56.45
6	K Srikkanth	50	1174	24.98	63.77	612.56	49.00
7	SM Gavaskar	40	1058	29.39	53.54	590.55	47.24
8	NS Sidhu	10	298	29.80	58.55	500.00	40.00
8	G Gambhir	14	515	42.92	84.56	500.00	40.00
8	S Gill	11	554	69.25	92.80	500.00	40.00

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	SR Tendulkar	71.95	16.22	71.47	18.19	177.83
2	RG Sharma	66.94	16.04	68.53	17.53	169.04
3	S Dhawan	64.33	11.19	68.13	13.38	157.03
4	SC Ganguly	58.82	11.99	66.49	13.18	150.48
5	V Sehwag	63.42	13.01	56.45	15.95	148.83
6	K Srikkanth	47.57	12.30	49.00	14.48	123.36
7	SM Gavaskar	47.33	10.68	47.24	13.34	118.60
8	G Gambhir	52.48	10.13	40.00	12.48	115.09
9	NS Sidhu	47.48	10.88	40.00	13.63	111.99
10	S Gill	40.00	13.08	40.00	14.30	107.39

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
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00
Top Form	100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	RG Sharma	28	1575	60.58	105.49	959.79	143.97
2	SR Tendulkar	31	1767	58.90	87.30	936.07	140.41
3	V Sehwag	18	671	37.28	103.55	676.85	101.53
4	SM Gavaskar	19	561	35.06	57.36	646.73	97.01
5	S Dhawan	10	537	53.70	94.21	639.39	95.91
6	SC Ganguly	12	558	46.50	70.99	619.13	92.87
7	K Srikkanth	23	521	23.68	68.10	600.19	90.03
8	S Gill	9	354	44.25	106.95	527.98	79.20
9	NS Sidhu	3	176	58.67	73.95	500.00	75.00
9	G Gambhir	1	22	22.00	84.62	500.00	75.00

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

Both Inns are clubbed together.
A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis %	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	317	119	37.54	871.03	130.65
2	RG Sharma	167	64	38.32	861.24	129.19
3	S Dhawan	154	47	30.52	738.55	110.78
4	V Sehwag	206	68	33.01	659.96	98.99
5	SC Ganguly	220	62	28.18	618.72	92.81
6	SM Gavaskar	75	22	29.33	524.36	78.65
7	NS Sidhu	60	14	23.33	505.66	75.85
8	S Gill	42	16	38.10	504.19	75.63
9	G Gambhir	85	23	27.06	491.15	73.67
10	K Srikkanth	141	28	19.86	382.16	57.32

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	V Sehwag	50	2441	50.85	123.35	881.16	88.12
2	RG Sharma	50	2997	73.10	98.98	874.64	87.46
3	SR Tendulkar	50	2503	54.41	96.83	836.87	83.69
4	SC Ganguly	50	2343	52.07	80.16	772.17	77.22
5	S Gill	47	2309	56.32	97.76	726.79	72.68
6	G Gambhir	50	2171	47.20	92.46	717.46	71.75
7	S Dhawan	50	2314	49.23	97.80	712.46	71.25
8	K Srikkanth	50	1693	34.55	80.09	676.21	67.62
9	SM Gavaskar	50	1893	43.02	65.55	664.00	66.40
10	NS Sidhu	50	2009	41.00	68.12	662.95	66.29

SECONDARY RATING

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

RANK	BATSMAN	WC	TF	II	SEC RAT
1	RG Sharma	143.97	87.46	129.19	360.62
2	SR Tendulkar	140.41	83.69	130.65	354.75
3	V Sehwag	101.53	88.12	98.99	288.64
4	S Dhawan	95.91	71.25	110.78	277.94
5	SC Ganguly	92.87	77.22	92.81	262.89
6	SM Gavaskar	97.01	66.40	78.65	242.06
7	S Gill	79.20	72.68	75.63	227.51
8	G Gambhir	75.00	71.75	73.67	220.42
9	NS Sidhu	75.00	66.29	75.85	217.14
10	K Srikkanth	90.03	67.62	57.32	214.97

OVERALL RATING

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 PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	1	SR Tendulkar	IND	356.82	177.83	354.75	889.41
2	2	RG Sharma	IND	344.61	169.04	360.62	874.27
3	8	V Sehwag	IND	305.30	148.83	288.64	742.77
4	12	S Dhawan	IND	289.18	157.03	277.94	724.15
5	16	SC Ganguly	IND	280.30	150.48	262.89	693.67
6	33	S Gill	IND	283.58	107.39	227.51	618.47
7	38	SM Gavaskar	IND	235.71	118.60	242.06	596.38
8	40	K Srikkanth	IND	251.89	123.36	214.97	590.23
9	43	G Gambhir	IND	247.15	115.09	220.42	582.66
10	44	NS Sidhu	IND	236.70	111.99	217.14	565.84

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1970s	WI	ENG	AUS	NZ	PAK	SL	IND
1980s	WI	ENG	AUS	PAK	IND	NZ	SL	ZIM
1990s	SA	AUS	PAK	WI	IND	SL	ENG	NZ	ZIM
2000s	AUS	SA	SL	PAK	IND	NZ	ENG	WI	BAN
2010s	IND	SA	AUS	ENG	NZ	PAK	SL	BAN	WI
2020s	IND	NZ	SL	AUS	PAK	SA	BAN	ENG	WI	AFG