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 Kiwi middle order (3-6) 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. 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. 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 New Zealand.

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

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, 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	M Azharuddin	IND	1985	2000	1992.5	300	9237	170.00
1	MD Crowe	NZ	1982	1995	1988.5	116	3849	70.84

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RT Ponting	AUS	1995	2012	2003.5	358	13422	200.00
1	SP Fleming	NZ	1994	2007	2000.5	165	4727	70.44
2	CL Cairns	NZ	1992	2006	1999	158	4141	61.70
3	SB Styris	NZ	2001	2011	2006	132	3956	58.95
4	RG Twose	NZ	1995	2001	1998	76	2618	39.01
5	AC Parore	NZ	1992	2000	1996	76	2152	32.07
6	BB McCullum	NZ	2002	2014	2008	53	1347	20.07

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2009	2025	2017	279	13977	200.00
1	LRPL Taylor	NZ	2006	2022	2014	220	8607	123.16
2	KS Williamson	NZ	2010	2025	2017.5	164	7230	103.46
3	DJ Mitchell	NZ	2021	2025	2023	46	2029	29.03

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	MG Bevan	176	55	6530	46	53.97	56.33	150.00
1	DJ Mitchell	46	4	2029	9	48.31	46.92	124.94
2	KS Williamson	164	18	7230	47	49.52	45.83	122.04
3	LRPL Taylor	220	39	8607	51	47.55	45.70	121.70
4	RG Twose	76	11	2618	20	40.28	41.52	110.56
5	MD Crowe	116	16	3849	28	38.49	39.72	105.78
6	SB Styris	132	17	3956	26	34.40	35.34	94.11
7	AC Parore	76	10	2152	11	32.61	33.99	90.51
8	SP Fleming	165	15	4727	30	31.51	32.15	85.62
9	CL Cairns	158	18	4141	20	29.58	31.81	84.69
10	BB McCullum	53	6	1347	8	28.66	28.51	75.91

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	MG Bevan	142	44	5422	38	55.33	58.67	150.00
1	DJ Mitchell	36	2	1586	6	46.65	46.21	118.15
2	KS Williamson	132	12	5792	39	48.27	45.25	115.70
3	LRPL Taylor	166	25	6204	33	44.00	42.96	109.84
4	MD Crowe	97	13	3094	21	36.83	38.79	99.17
5	RG Twose	61	7	1844	11	34.15	36.17	92.48
6	SB Styris	103	11	3091	19	33.60	35.35	90.39
7	AC Parore	66	7	1868	9	31.66	33.76	86.31
8	CL Cairns	134	12	3598	17	29.49	32.39	82.83
9	SP Fleming	139	10	3896	21	30.20	31.34	80.13
10	BB McCullum	35	4	818	5	26.39	27.05	69.16

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	GJ Maxwell	3030	2365	128.12	113.59	150.00
1	BB McCullum	1347	1437	93.74	86.68	114.46
2	CL Cairns	4141	5044	82.10	85.15	112.44
3	DJ Mitchell	2029	2149	94.42	82.65	109.13
4	MD Crowe	3849	5234	73.54	82.26	108.62
5	RG Twose	2618	3489	75.04	78.38	103.50
6	LRPL Taylor	8607	10330	83.32	77.67	102.56
7	SB Styris	3956	5044	78.43	77.49	102.33
8	KS Williamson	7230	8847	81.72	73.90	97.58
9	SP Fleming	4727	6747	70.06	73.38	96.90
10	AC Parore	2152	3173	67.82	72.27	95.43

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	GJ Maxwell	2435	2031	119.89	106.20	150.00
1	CL Cairns	3598	4445	80.94	84.65	119.57
2	DJ Mitchell	1586	1701	93.24	81.56	115.20
3	MD Crowe	3094	4333	71.41	80.37	113.52
4	BB McCullum	818	951	86.01	79.95	112.92
5	RG Twose	1844	2512	73.41	77.39	109.30
6	LRPL Taylor	6204	7620	81.42	76.23	107.66
7	SB Styris	3091	4035	76.60	75.93	107.25
8	KS Williamson	5792	7079	81.82	74.01	104.54
9	SP Fleming	3896	5596	69.62	73.36	103.62
10	AC Parore	1868	2838	65.82	70.71	99.87

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	IVA Richards	189*	181	153*	149	138*	119*	119	149.71	100.00
1	MD Crowe	107*	105*	100*	97	94	93*	91*	98.14	65.55

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RT Ponting	164	145	141*	140*	134*	129	126	139.86	100.00
1	SB Styris	141	111*	101*	101	90	89	87*	102.86	73.54
2	SP Fleming	116*	111*	106*	96	90	88	85	98.86	70.68
3	CL Cairns	115	103	102*	102*	84*	84	80	95.71	68.44
4	RG Twose	103	97	90	87	80*	79*	78	87.71	62.72
5	AC Parore	108	96	93	82	78	67	61*	83.57	59.75
6	BB McCullum	85	79	74	69*	56	51	49*	66.14	47.29

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	183	166*	160*	157*	154*	140	139*	157.00	100.00
1	LRPL Taylor	181*	137	131*	128*	119*	117	113	132.29	84.26
2	KS Williamson	148	145*	133*	123	118	118	115	128.57	81.89
3	DJ Mitchell	134	130	129	118*	113	100*	89*	116.14	73.98

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	Shahid Afridi	34/12	102/40	77/35	55/26	124/60	221.65	100.00
1	CL Cairns	36/20	39/23	84/51	33/21	26/18	170.01	76.70
2	BB McCullum	33/11	40/19	74/36	49/36	30/25	164.56	74.24
3	MD Crowe	74/44	93/74	71/57	58/47	67/61	143.48	64.73
4	LRPL Taylor	78/52	37/25	54/37	102/70	34/24	136.69	61.67
5	SP Fleming	60/40	35/26	33/27	56/48	55/48	132.45	59.76
6	AC Parore	61/45	25/19	108/95	39/38	44/43	122.98	55.49
7	SB Styris	45/27	58/44	25/21	141/125	69/62	119.70	54.00
8	DJ Mitchell	43/31	89/67	49/37	118/91	63/49	115.23	51.99
9	RG Twose	41/33	40/37	97/90	56/53	35/34	113.76	51.32
10	KS Williamson	90/70	112/88	67/54	95/79	133/113	111.24	50.19

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	LRPL Taylor	123.16	231.53	210.22	84.26	61.67	710.84	284.34
2	KS Williamson	103.46	237.74	202.12	81.89	50.19	675.39	270.16
3	MD Crowe	70.84	204.95	222.14	65.55	64.73	628.21	251.29
4	DJ Mitchell	29.03	243.08	224.33	73.98	51.99	622.41	248.96
5	CL Cairns	61.70	167.52	232.01	68.44	76.70	606.37	242.55
6	SB Styris	58.95	184.50	209.58	73.54	54.00	580.57	232.23
7	RG Twose	39.01	203.04	212.80	62.72	51.32	568.89	227.55
8	SP Fleming	70.44	165.75	200.52	70.68	59.76	567.14	226.86
9	AC Parore	32.07	176.82	195.30	59.75	55.49	519.43	207.77
10	BB McCullum	20.07	145.07	227.38	47.29	74.24	514.06	205.62

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	LRPL Taylor	102	4104	53.30	86.56	739.27	14.79
2	MD Crowe	47	1630	46.57	73.09	637.22	12.74
3	KS Williamson	74	3048	45.49	80.59	610.30	12.21
4	CL Cairns	61	1524	26.74	83.51	555.58	11.11
5	BB McCullum	32	907	31.28	101.34	547.25	10.95
6	SP Fleming	65	1890	33.75	71.05	536.70	10.73
7	SB Styris	43	1246	32.79	79.06	530.25	10.60
8	RG Twose	34	1109	38.24	73.49	529.60	10.59
9	DJ Mitchell	9	341	42.63	91.67	500.00	10.00
10	AC Parore	34	732	27.11	68.09	446.66	8.93

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KS Williamson	90	4182	52.94	82.57	699.80	55.98
2	DJ Mitchell	37	1688	49.65	94.99	654.94	52.40
3	LRPL Taylor	118	4503	43.30	80.57	649.60	51.97
4	CL Cairns	97	2617	31.53	81.30	615.59	49.25
5	MD Crowe	69	2219	34.14	73.87	587.71	47.02
6	SB Styris	89	2710	35.19	78.14	586.84	46.95
7	RG Twose	42	1509	41.92	76.21	567.95	45.44
8	SP Fleming	100	2837	30.18	69.42	555.06	44.40
9	AC Parore	42	1420	36.41	67.68	535.74	42.86
10	BB McCullum	21	440	24.44	81.18	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

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	LRPL Taylor	173	6784	48.46	84.65	772.20	15.44
2	KS Williamson	121	5411	50.10	81.48	712.17	14.24
3	MD Crowe	92	3047	39.06	71.01	640.80	12.82
4	SB Styris	94	2986	38.78	81.08	610.69	12.21
5	CL Cairns	112	2959	29.89	82.22	603.50	12.07
6	RG Twose	59	2140	44.58	75.78	600.01	12.00
7	SP Fleming	113	3267	32.35	69.61	557.59	11.15
8	BB McCullum	48	1282	30.52	96.90	539.95	10.80
9	AC Parore	48	1209	30.23	70.83	502.19	10.04
10	DJ Mitchell	20	787	46.29	92.26	500.00	10.00

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KS Williamson	43	1819	47.87	82.46	737.96	59.04
2	DJ Mitchell	26	1242	49.68	95.83	714.07	57.13
3	LRPL Taylor	47	1823	44.46	78.71	712.99	57.04
4	CL Cairns	46	1182	28.83	81.80	588.55	47.08
5	MD Crowe	24	802	36.45	85.05	585.07	46.81
6	SP Fleming	52	1460	29.80	71.08	574.74	45.98
7	AC Parore	28	943	36.27	64.32	516.88	41.35
8	BB McCullum	5	65	13.00	57.02	500.00	40.00
9	SB Styris	38	970	25.53	71.27	494.08	39.53
10	RG Twose	17	478	28.12	71.88	391.61	31.33

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	KS Williamson	55.98	12.21	59.04	14.24	141.47
2	LRPL Taylor	51.97	14.79	57.04	15.44	139.24
3	DJ Mitchell	52.40	10.00	57.13	10.00	129.52
4	CL Cairns	49.25	11.11	47.08	12.07	119.51
5	MD Crowe	47.02	12.74	46.81	12.82	119.38
6	SP Fleming	44.40	10.73	45.98	11.15	112.27
7	SB Styris	46.95	10.60	39.53	12.21	109.29
8	AC Parore	42.86	8.93	41.35	10.04	103.19
9	BB McCullum	40.00	10.95	40.00	10.80	101.74
10	RG Twose	45.44	10.59	31.33	12.00	99.36

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	MD Crowe	20	846	56.40	84.52	753.25	112.99
2	KS Williamson	26	1167	61.42	81.21	719.20	107.88
3	DJ Mitchell	9	552	69.00	111.07	689.38	103.41
4	SB Styris	21	874	54.63	86.88	680.93	102.14
5	LRPL Taylor	30	1002	37.11	74.00	578.81	86.82
6	AC Parore	3	97	32.33	80.83	500.00	75.00
6	BB McCullum	2	4	2.00	23.53	500.00	75.00
8	CL Cairns	21	541	33.81	82.09	491.92	73.79
9	RG Twose	15	493	49.30	74.36	469.98	70.50
10	SP Fleming	15	401	28.64	65.20	412.00	61.80

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	MD Crowe	100	30	30.00	587.15	88.07
2	CL Cairns	140	44	31.43	557.60	83.64
3	LRPL Taylor	181	59	32.60	552.19	82.83
4	RG Twose	65	20	30.77	510.33	76.55
5	AC Parore	66	9	13.64	500.00	75.00
5	BB McCullum	47	13	27.66	500.00	75.00
7	KS Williamson	146	35	23.97	455.98	68.40
8	DJ Mitchell	42	11	26.19	418.63	62.79
9	SB Styris	115	22	19.13	368.44	55.27
10	SP Fleming	150	27	18.00	277.04	41.56

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	LRPL Taylor	50	2594	68.26	86.32	738.83	73.88
2	KS Williamson	50	2503	55.62	88.13	680.76	68.08
3	MD Crowe	50	1849	44.02	74.80	651.42	65.14
4	DJ Mitchell	44	1907	46.51	93.48	637.37	63.74
5	CL Cairns	50	1549	36.02	85.30	625.21	62.52
6	RG Twose	50	1747	40.63	74.66	602.07	60.21
7	SB Styris	50	1697	40.40	79.19	597.04	59.70
8	SP Fleming	50	1591	36.16	71.47	580.77	58.08
9	AC Parore	50	1547	35.98	67.17	570.29	57.03
10	BB McCullum	46	1010	24.05	87.60	513.65	51.37

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	MD Crowe	112.99	65.14	88.07	266.20
2	KS Williamson	107.88	68.08	68.40	244.35
3	LRPL Taylor	86.82	73.88	82.83	243.53
4	DJ Mitchell	103.41	63.74	62.79	229.94
5	CL Cairns	73.79	62.52	83.64	219.95
6	SB Styris	102.14	59.70	55.27	217.11
7	RG Twose	70.50	60.21	76.55	207.25
8	AC Parore	75.00	57.03	75.00	207.03
9	BB McCullum	75.00	51.37	75.00	201.37
10	SP Fleming	61.80	58.08	41.56	161.43

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	20	LRPL Taylor	NZ	284.34	139.24	243.53	667.11
2	21	KS Williamson	NZ	270.16	141.47	244.35	655.98
3	33	MD Crowe	NZ	251.29	119.38	266.20	636.87
4	49	DJ Mitchell	NZ	248.96	129.52	229.94	608.42
5	64	CL Cairns	NZ	242.55	119.51	219.95	582.01
6	77	SB Styris	NZ	232.23	109.29	217.11	558.63
7	95	RG Twose	NZ	227.55	99.36	207.25	534.17
8	105	AC Parore	NZ	207.77	103.19	207.03	517.99
9	113	BB McCullum	NZ	205.62	101.74	201.37	508.73
10	119	SP Fleming	NZ	226.86	112.27	161.43	500.56

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