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 Kiwi opening 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. 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 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 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 opening 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)	25
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	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	203	9607	180.00
1	JG Wright	NZ	1978	1993	1985.5	144	5260	98.55
2	GM Turner	NZ	1969	1983	1976	67	2828	52.99
3	GT Dowling	NZ	1961	1972	1966.5	71	2177	40.79
4	BA Edgar	NZ	1978	1986	1982	65	1898	35.56

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	278	11845	200.00
1	MH Richardson	NZ	2000	2004	2002	64	2770	46.77
2	BA Young	NZ	1993	1999	1996	67	2024	34.17
3	MJ Horne	NZ	1997	2003	2000	54	1525	25.75
4	BB McCullum	NZ	2004	2014	2009	35	1316	22.22

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DA Warner	AUS	2011	2024	2017.5	202	8747	170.00
1	TWM Latham	NZ	2014	2025	2019.5	161	6197	120.44
2	DP Conway	NZ	2021	2025	2023	48	1994	38.75

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	1000

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RB Simpson	70	4	3664	55.52	56.94	250.00
1	GM Turner	67	5	2828	45.61	48.35	212.28
2	DP Conway	48	2	1994	43.35	47.03	206.52
3	MH Richardson	64	2	2770	44.68	44.44	195.11
4	BB McCullum	35	2	1316	39.88	42.80	187.91
5	TWM Latham	161	5	6197	39.72	42.47	186.47
6	JG Wright	144	6	5260	38.12	40.37	177.24
7	BA Young	67	4	2024	32.13	34.29	150.56
8	GT Dowling	71	2	2177	31.55	33.89	148.79
9	BA Edgar	65	3	1898	30.61	32.35	142.04
10	MJ Horne	54	2	1525	29.33	31.29	137.37

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RB Simpson	65	4	3349	54.90	56.91	250.00
1	GM Turner	58	4	2522	46.70	49.82	218.86
2	BB McCullum	27	2	1048	41.92	46.64	204.88
3	DP Conway	28	1	1046	38.74	44.75	196.58
4	MH Richardson	43	1	1634	38.90	40.37	177.34
5	JG Wright	109	4	3681	35.06	37.75	165.84
6	TWM Latham	103	2	3159	31.28	35.55	156.16
7	BA Edgar	52	2	1536	30.72	32.93	144.66
8	BA Young	49	1	1358	28.29	31.12	136.70
9	GT Dowling	59	2	1596	28.00	30.34	133.27
10	MJ Horne	39	1	954	25.11	28.24	124.08

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	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	150.00
1	TWM Latham	264*	252	177	176	161	154	145	189.86	112.50
2	GM Turner	259	223*	117	113	110*	110	101	147.57	87.44
3	DP Conway	227	200	153	122	100	92	91	140.71	83.38
4	JG Wright	185	141	138	130	119	117*	116	135.14	80.08
5	GT Dowling	239	143	129	83	78	76	74	117.43	69.58
6	BA Young	267*	120	94	85	84	74	62	112.29	66.53
7	MH Richardson	145	143	106	101	99	95	93	111.71	66.20
8	BB McCullum	225	202	83	68	65	64	56	109.00	64.59
9	BA Edgar	161	129	127	84	83	76	74	104.86	62.13
10	MJ Horne	157	133	110	100	93	63	60	102.29	60.61

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	1000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	8207	9875	83.11	79.95	150.00
1	BB McCullum	1316	2168	60.70	59.88	112.36
2	DP Conway	1994	3655	54.56	49.80	93.43
3	GT Dowling	422	1143	36.92	46.90	88.00
4	TWM Latham	6197	12968	47.79	45.43	85.23
5	MJ Horne	1525	3740	40.78	43.89	82.34
6	BA Young	2024	5194	38.97	43.21	81.08
7	GM Turner	1294	3698	34.99	42.44	79.64
8	JG Wright	5082	14379	35.34	40.42	75.83
9	MH Richardson	2770	7326	37.81	36.92	69.26
10	BA Edgar	1749	5449	32.10	36.40	68.29

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	TWM Latham	120.44	342.62	112.50	85.23	660.79	264.32
2	GM Turner	52.99	431.14	87.44	79.64	651.20	260.48
3	DP Conway	38.75	403.10	83.38	93.43	618.67	247.47
4	JG Wright	98.55	343.08	80.08	75.83	597.54	239.01
5	BB McCullum	22.22	392.79	64.59	112.36	591.95	236.78
6	MH Richardson	46.77	372.45	66.20	69.26	554.68	221.87
7	GT Dowling	40.79	282.06	69.58	88.00	480.44	192.18
8	BA Young	34.17	287.26	66.53	81.08	469.05	187.62
9	BA Edgar	35.56	286.70	62.13	68.29	452.68	181.07
10	MJ Horne	25.75	261.45	60.61	82.34	430.14	172.06

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: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	TWM Latham	80	3431	45.14	50.18	652.97	19.59
2	JG Wright	78	3067	42.01	34.38	616.81	18.50
3	GM Turner	33	1368	45.60	37.98	598.37	17.95
4	BB McCullum	6	259	51.80	58.47	500.00	15.00
5	MH Richardson	27	1194	47.76	37.94	486.46	14.59
6	GT Dowling	30	1037	35.76	38.38	469.81	14.09
7	BA Young	36	1165	36.41	40.89	466.69	14.00
8	BA Edgar	32	979	32.63	31.80	451.32	13.54
9	DP Conway	21	773	38.65	54.06	435.68	13.07
10	MJ Horne	28	826	31.77	43.00	405.75	12.17

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DP Conway	27	1221	46.96	54.88	688.64	82.64
2	GM Turner	34	1460	45.63	31.73	606.44	72.77
3	TWM Latham	81	2766	34.58	45.12	601.39	72.17
4	BB McCullum	29	1057	37.75	61.28	565.41	67.85
5	MH Richardson	37	1576	42.59	37.71	541.89	65.03
6	JG Wright	66	2193	33.74	36.70	511.76	61.41
7	GT Dowling	41	1140	28.50	NK	435.08	52.21
8	BA Young	31	859	27.71	36.63	399.42	47.93
9	BA Edgar	33	919	28.72	32.37	395.96	47.52
10	MJ Horne	26	699	26.88	38.43	385.18	46.22

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: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GM Turner	53	2342	48.79	34.99	710.83	21.32
2	TWM Latham	120	4688	40.77	47.94	654.00	19.62
3	JG Wright	125	4552	38.25	35.37	629.89	18.90
4	DP Conway	30	1397	48.17	53.55	613.33	18.40
5	MH Richardson	54	2320	44.62	37.83	561.36	16.84
6	MJ Horne	38	1303	36.19	43.96	507.59	15.23
7	BB McCullum	17	432	27.00	49.09	500.00	15.00
8	BA Young	55	1734	34.00	38.96	498.91	14.97
9	BA Edgar	60	1842	32.32	32.09	497.92	14.94
10	GT Dowling	52	1602	31.41	36.92	481.87	14.46

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	TWM Latham	41	1509	36.80	47.32	613.35	73.60
2	BB McCullum	18	884	52.00	68.63	598.73	71.85
3	DP Conway	18	597	35.12	57.07	455.55	54.67
4	JG Wright	19	708	37.26	35.15	439.36	52.72
5	GT Dowling	19	575	31.94	NK	423.68	50.84
6	GM Turner	14	486	34.71	NK	422.36	50.68
7	MH Richardson	10	450	45.00	37.69	386.28	46.35
8	BA Young	12	290	24.17	39.03	274.43	32.93
9	MJ Horne	16	222	13.88	28.61	191.16	22.94
10	BA Edgar	5	56	11.20	NK	174.09	20.89

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	TWM Latham	72.17	19.59	73.60	19.62	184.98
2	BB McCullum	67.85	15.00	71.85	15.00	169.70
3	DP Conway	82.64	13.07	54.67	18.40	168.77
4	GM Turner	72.77	17.95	50.68	21.32	162.73
5	JG Wright	61.41	18.50	52.72	18.90	151.54
6	MH Richardson	65.03	14.59	46.35	16.84	142.82
7	GT Dowling	52.21	14.09	50.84	14.46	131.60
8	BA Young	47.93	14.00	32.93	14.97	109.83
9	BA Edgar	47.52	13.54	20.89	14.94	96.88
10	MJ Horne	46.22	12.17	22.94	15.23	96.56

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 20 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: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	TWM Latham	20	1338	74.33	54.72	807.03	24.21
2	JG Wright	20	1190	66.11	39.57	683.75	20.51
3	GM Turner	20	1036	60.94	36.23	606.25	18.19
4	MH Richardson	20	1008	56.00	39.62	552.67	16.58
5	GT Dowling	20	846	42.30	46.05	537.71	16.13
6	BA Young	20	804	44.67	43.44	514.18	15.43
7	BA Edgar	20	802	40.10	33.87	474.68	14.24
8	DP Conway	20	696	36.63	54.42	464.50	13.94
9	MJ Horne	20	723	40.17	45.73	453.96	13.62
10	BB McCullum	6	259	51.80	58.47	396.40	11.89

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GM Turner	20	1074	59.67	31.39	710.50	85.26
2	MH Richardson	20	1037	51.85	37.13	594.29	71.31
3	TWM Latham	20	906	45.30	45.87	591.24	70.95
4	DP Conway	20	857	45.11	54.24	586.49	70.38
5	JG Wright	20	780	39.00	43.45	501.71	60.21
6	BB McCullum	20	632	33.26	58.85	475.20	57.02
7	BA Edgar	20	709	35.45	31.91	442.89	53.15
8	GT Dowling	20	594	31.26	NK	437.19	52.46
9	MJ Horne	20	621	31.05	38.72	431.50	51.78
10	BA Young	20	626	31.30	36.63	407.10	48.85

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: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	MH Richardson	62	23	37.10	722.20	108.33
2	BB McCullum	33	12	36.36	665.98	99.90
3	GM Turner	62	20	32.26	657.62	98.64
4	TWM Latham	156	43	27.56	596.14	89.42
5	JG Wright	138	36	26.09	562.81	84.42
6	DP Conway	46	13	28.26	547.67	82.15
7	BA Edgar	62	16	25.81	519.61	77.94
8	GT Dowling	69	16	23.19	470.04	70.51
9	BA Young	63	15	23.81	467.70	70.16
10	MJ Horne	52	8	15.38	314.10	47.11

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	GM Turner	18.19	85.26	98.64	202.09
2	MH Richardson	16.58	71.31	108.33	196.23
3	TWM Latham	24.21	70.95	89.42	184.58
4	BB McCullum	11.89	57.02	99.90	168.81
5	DP Conway	13.94	70.38	82.15	166.46
6	JG Wright	20.51	60.21	84.42	165.14
7	BA Edgar	14.24	53.15	77.94	145.33
8	GT Dowling	16.13	52.46	70.51	139.10
9	BA Young	15.43	48.85	70.16	134.43
10	MJ Horne	13.62	51.78	47.11	112.51

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	31	TWM Latham	NZ	264.32	184.98	184.58	633.88
2	36	GM Turner	NZ	260.48	162.73	202.09	625.30
3	48	DP Conway	NZ	247.47	168.77	166.46	582.70
4	53	BB McCullum	NZ	236.78	169.70	168.81	575.29
5	59	MH Richardson	NZ	221.87	142.82	196.23	560.91
6	61	JG Wright	NZ	239.01	151.54	165.14	555.69
7	94	GT Dowling	NZ	192.18	131.60	139.10	462.88
8	101	BA Young	NZ	187.62	109.83	134.43	431.88
9	108	BA Edgar	NZ	181.07	96.88	145.33	423.28
10	116	MJ Horne	NZ	172.06	96.56	112.51	381.13

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