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 Kiwi 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 New Zealand.
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 New Zealand.

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	JG Wright	NZ	1978	1992	1985	135	3601	95.77
2	BA Edgar	NZ	1978	1986	1982	62	1781	47.37

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2012	2003	340	15310	250.00
1	NJ Astle	NZ	1995	2007	2001	186	6176	100.85
2	BB McCullum	NZ	2002	2016	2009	107	3363	54.92
3	SP Fleming	NZ	1994	2007	2000.5	103	3280	53.56

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	IND	2011	2026	2018.5	193	9547	230.00
1	MJ Guptill	NZ	2009	2022	2015.5	174	6721	161.92
2	WA Young	NZ	2023	2025	2024	37	1294	31.17

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	MJ Guptill	174	18	6721	43.08	41.77	75.70
2	WA Young	37	2	1294	36.97	36.77	66.63
3	BA Edgar	62	5	1781	31.25	35.92	65.09
4	NJ Astle	186	9	6176	34.89	35.85	64.96
5	SP Fleming	103	6	3280	33.81	35.82	64.91
6	BB McCullum	107	5	3363	32.97	33.05	59.89
7	JG Wright	135	1	3601	26.87	28.90	52.36

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	MJ Guptill	113	10	3925	38.11	37.84	107.17
2	WA Young	30	2	999	35.68	35.88	101.61
3	SP Fleming	73	5	2176	32.00	35.08	99.35
4	NJ Astle	142	4	4259	30.86	32.42	91.80
5	BA Edgar	51	2	1347	27.49	32.35	91.61
6	BB McCullum	73	1	2195	30.49	30.91	87.54
7	JG Wright	106	0	2699	25.46	28.24	79.98

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	BB McCullum	3363	3273	102.75	94.97	93.56
2	MJ Guptill	6721	7628	88.11	78.30	77.13
3	NJ Astle	6176	8490	72.74	73.70	72.60
4	SP Fleming	3280	4458	73.58	73.69	72.59
5	WA Young	1294	1505	85.98	73.10	72.01
6	JG Wright	3601	6353	56.68	66.89	65.89
7	BA Edgar	1781	3586	49.67	61.42	60.50

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	TM Head	1920	1609	119.33	101.87	150.00
1	BB McCullum	2195	2238	98.08	90.43	133.15
2	MJ Guptill	3925	4465	87.91	78.49	115.58
3	NJ Astle	4259	5860	72.68	74.17	109.21
4	WA Young	999	1187	84.16	71.73	105.62
5	SP Fleming	2176	3134	69.43	70.23	103.40
6	JG Wright	2699	4833	55.85	66.34	97.68
7	BA Edgar	1347	2760	48.80	60.38	88.90

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	BA Edgar	102*	99*	84*	79	75	87.80	30.28
2	JG Wright	101	93	84	81	78	87.40	30.14

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	200*	186*	175	163*	152	175.20	50.00
1	NJ Astle	145*	122*	120	120	119	125.20	35.73
2	BB McCullum	166	131	117	101	96	122.20	34.87
3	SP Fleming	134*	115*	108	106	102*	113.00	32.25

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	162	202.80	50.00
1	MJ Guptill	237*	189*	180*	138	122*	173.20	42.70
2	WA Young	107	105	90*	89	87	95.60	23.57

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	JG Wright	101	84	81	78	70	82.80	57.82
2	BA Edgar	102*	79	75	74	74	80.80	56.42

RANK	ERA 2	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	200*	175	163*	143	141	164.40	100.00
1	NJ Astle	120	119	117	115*	114	117.00	71.17
2	SP Fleming	134*	115*	108	89	89	107.00	65.09
3	BB McCullum	131	117	96	81	77	100.40	61.07

RANK	ERA 3	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	RG Sharma	264	209	208*	171*	150	200.40	100.00
1	MJ Guptill	237*	189*	180*	114	111	166.20	82.93
2	WA Young	107	90*	87	86	70	88.00	43.91

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	BB McCullum	77/25	80/28	51/22	59/26	42/19	238.01	30.00
2	MJ Guptill	93/30	38/19	27/14	64/34	25/14	197.74	24.92
3	JG Wright	55/47	47/43	27/28	93/98	30/33	119.43	15.05
4	SP Fleming	67/59	102/92	46/42	93/87	134/132	107.44	13.54
5	NJ Astle	32/25	32/30	34/32	119/116	45/45	107.03	13.49
6	WA Young	105/84	86/78	90/86	48/46	87/91	91.87	11.58
7	BA Edgar	65/89	99/136	61/84	102/141	74/105	89.35	11.26

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	BB McCullum	77/25	51/22	59/26	55/25	50/24	220.67	70.00
2	MJ Guptill	93/30	27/14	64/34	237/163	66/46	151.52	48.06
3	JG Wright	55/47	47/43	27/28	30/33	48/53	120.54	38.24
4	NJ Astle	32/25	32/30	34/32	119/116	45/45	107.81	34.20
5	SP Fleming	134/132	43/45	108/115	45/48	61/66	97.41	30.90
6	BA Edgar	61/84	102/141	74/105	79/119	34/52	86.43	27.42
7	WA Young	86/78	90/86	48/46	87/91	107/113	86.05	27.30

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	MJ Guptill	161.92	182.87	192.71	125.64	72.99	736.12	294.45
2	BB McCullum	54.92	147.43	226.71	95.94	100.00	625.00	250.00
3	NJ Astle	100.85	156.76	181.81	106.90	47.69	594.01	237.60
4	SP Fleming	53.56	164.26	175.99	97.33	44.44	535.59	214.24
5	JG Wright	95.77	132.34	163.58	87.96	53.29	532.94	213.18
6	WA Young	31.17	168.24	177.63	67.48	38.88	483.39	193.36
7	BA Edgar	47.37	156.70	149.41	86.70	38.68	478.86	191.54

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	MJ Guptill	88	3922	50.28	92.96	723.86	14.48
2	BB McCullum	50	1709	35.60	125.11	618.93	12.38
3	NJ Astle	71	2990	46.00	75.37	585.99	11.72
4	WA Young	9	332	41.50	93.52	500.00	10.00
5	SP Fleming	36	1085	33.91	71.48	456.18	9.12
6	JG Wright	35	971	27.74	58.78	447.26	8.95
7	BA Edgar	18	583	34.29	53.29	427.71	8.55

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MJ Guptill	86	2799	35.88	82.11	633.62	50.69
2	NJ Astle	115	3186	28.45	70.44	550.48	44.04
3	JG Wright	100	2630	26.57	55.95	543.14	43.45
4	SP Fleming	67	2195	33.77	74.66	526.41	42.11
5	BB McCullum	57	1654	30.63	86.73	512.20	40.98
6	WA Young	28	962	35.63	83.65	503.06	40.25
7	BA Edgar	44	1198	29.95	48.07	468.16	37.45

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	MJ Guptill	147	6064	46.29	89.76	848.75	16.98
2	BB McCullum	84	2688	33.19	106.41	670.02	13.40
3	NJ Astle	135	4456	35.37	72.51	643.67	12.87
4	SP Fleming	88	2837	34.60	76.02	595.75	11.91
5	JG Wright	106	2842	27.07	54.79	540.82	10.82
6	BA Edgar	59	1739	32.20	50.42	510.84	10.22
7	WA Young	12	397	36.09	91.90	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	NJ Astle	51	1720	33.73	73.35	671.59	53.73
2	WA Young	25	897	37.38	83.60	550.22	44.02
3	BA Edgar	3	42	14.00	30.66	500.00	40.00
4	JG Wright	29	759	26.17	65.09	499.85	39.99
5	BB McCullum	23	675	32.14	90.36	490.69	39.26
6	MJ Guptill	27	657	26.28	75.34	433.22	34.66
7	SP Fleming	15	443	29.53	61.02	417.00	33.36

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	NJ Astle	44.04	11.72	53.73	12.87	122.36
2	MJ Guptill	50.69	14.48	34.66	16.98	116.80
3	BB McCullum	40.98	12.38	39.26	13.40	106.01
4	WA Young	40.25	10.00	44.02	10.00	104.26
5	JG Wright	43.45	8.95	39.99	10.82	103.20
6	SP Fleming	42.11	9.12	33.36	11.91	96.51
7	BA Edgar	37.45	8.55	40.00	10.22	96.22

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	MJ Guptill	50	2215	50.34	95.35	729.48	72.95
2	BB McCullum	50	1597	31.94	108.86	692.74	69.27
3	NJ Astle	50	1872	39.00	76.35	642.66	64.27
4	SP Fleming	50	1728	37.57	70.82	611.43	61.14
5	JG Wright	50	1483	29.66	61.31	564.81	56.48
6	BA Edgar	50	1342	27.96	48.80	521.41	52.14
7	WA Young	30	999	35.68	84.16	455.54	45.55

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MJ Guptill	27	995	43.26	88.37	666.10	99.92
2	BB McCullum	17	584	38.93	129.49	628.60	94.29
3	SP Fleming	18	674	42.13	86.08	553.22	82.98
4	JG Wright	16	473	29.56	57.19	523.62	78.54
5	BA Edgar	6	161	32.20	46.40	500.00	75.00
6	WA Young	6	206	34.33	83.74	328.72	49.31
7	NJ Astle	16	190	11.88	61.09	267.32	40.10

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	MJ Guptill	156	41	26.28	551.42	82.71
2	BB McCullum	102	29	28.43	534.78	80.22
3	NJ Astle	177	38	21.47	360.59	54.09
4	WA Young	35	10	28.57	343.68	51.55
5	SP Fleming	97	17	17.53	326.34	48.95
6	JG Wright	134	12	8.96	198.93	29.84
7	BA Edgar	57	5	8.77	167.32	25.10

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	MJ Guptill	72.95	99.92	82.71	255.58
2	BB McCullum	69.27	94.29	80.22	243.78
3	SP Fleming	61.14	82.98	48.95	193.08
4	JG Wright	56.48	78.54	29.84	164.86
5	NJ Astle	64.27	40.10	54.09	158.45
6	BA Edgar	52.14	75.00	25.10	152.24
7	WA Young	45.55	49.31	51.55	146.41

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	17	MJ Guptill	NZ	294.45	116.80	255.58	666.82
2	30	BB McCullum	NZ	250.00	106.01	243.78	599.79
3	49	NJ Astle	NZ	237.60	122.36	158.45	518.41
4	54	SP Fleming	NZ	214.24	96.51	193.08	503.82
5	61	JG Wright	NZ	213.18	103.20	164.86	481.24
6	80	WA Young	NZ	193.36	104.26	146.41	444.03
7	82	BA Edgar	NZ	191.54	96.22	152.24	440.01

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.