Top 25 Non Asian Test Batsmen In Asia

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 25 Non Asian batsmen in matches In Asia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. NON ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

UC RATING

Points to note about NON ASIANS IN ASIA Rating:-

Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.
This categorization has been done as there are more points for UC in our Overall Rating.

THE CRITERIA

The UC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	250.00
Consistent	Average	400.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	200.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	150.00

The 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. Know All About TS. Here is a simple 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	10
Min Career Runs	1000

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	39	1799	210.00
1	AR Border	AUS	1978	1994	1986	39	1799	210.00
2	CH Lloyd	WI	1966	1984	1975	31	1629	190.16
3	IVA Richards	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	38	1510	176.26
4	AI Kallicharran	WI	1972	1980	1976	28	1323	154.44
5	GS Sobers	WI	1954	1974	1964	18	1059	123.62
6	RB Kanhai	WI	1957	1974	1965.5	17	1039	121.28
7	KF Barrington	ENG	1955	1968	1961.5	13	903	105.41
8	ER Dexter	ENG	1958	1968	1963	13	712	83.11

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	55	2710	250.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	55	2710	250.00
2	JH Kallis	SA	1995	2013	2004	44	2058	189.85
3	HM Amla	SA	2004	2019	2011.5	43	1859	171.49
4	S Chanderpaul	WI	1994	2015	2004.5	47	1850	170.66
5	AB de Villiers	SA	2004	2018	2011	36	1746	161.07
6	GC Smith	SA	2002	2014	2008	35	1728	159.41
7	ML Hayden	AUS	1994	2009	2001.5	35	1663	153.41
8	A Flower	ZIM	1992	2002	1997	38	1614	148.89
9	DM Bravo	WI	2010	2020	2015	31	1577	145.48
10	SP Fleming	NZ	1994	2008	2001	29	1571	144.93
11	BC Lara	WI	1990	2006	1998	26	1530	141.14
12	MEK Hussey	AUS	2005	2013	2009	19	1198	110.52

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2025	2018.5	60	2789	250.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2012	2025	2018.5	60	2789	250.00
2	KS Williamson	NZ	2010	2024	2017	47	2141	191.91
3	SPD Smith	AUS	2010	2025	2017.5	42	1994	178.74
4	UT Khawaja	AUS	2011	2025	2018	31	1607	144.05
5	HC Brook	ENG	2022	2025	2023.5	10	841	75.39

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	750

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	KF Barrington	13	3	903	4	90.30	88.20	400.00
1	KF Barrington	13	3	903	4	90.30	88.20	400.00
2	HC Brook	10	0	841	4	84.10	84.63	383.83
3	GS Sobers	18	4	1059	3	75.64	82.76	375.35
4	ER Dexter	13	3	712	2	71.20	70.24	318.58
5	SP Fleming	29	5	1571	3	65.46	67.04	304.04
6	CH Lloyd	31	5	1629	4	62.65	66.38	301.07
7	UT Khawaja	31	5	1607	5	61.81	66.33	300.81
8	RB Kanhai	17	0	1039	2	61.12	64.65	293.21
9	BC Lara	26	0	1530	5	58.85	61.83	280.42
10	MEK Hussey	19	0	1198	4	63.05	60.80	275.75
11	AI Kallicharran	28	4	1323	3	55.13	60.00	272.14
12	AR Border	39	6	1799	6	54.52	57.84	262.31
13	A Flower	38	8	1614	5	53.80	56.21	254.93
14	SPD Smith	42	4	1994	7	52.47	56.17	254.75
15	AN Cook	55	4	2710	9	53.14	55.74	252.78
16	AB de Villiers	36	4	1746	3	54.56	55.48	251.62
17	JH Kallis	44	7	2058	8	55.62	55.11	249.96
18	DM Bravo	31	2	1577	5	54.38	54.05	245.11
19	JE Root	60	3	2789	7	48.93	53.99	244.85
20	ML Hayden	35	2	1663	4	50.39	50.56	229.31
21	KS Williamson	47	2	2141	7	47.58	49.79	225.80
22	S Chanderpaul	47	9	1850	4	48.68	49.28	223.48
23	GC Smith	35	0	1728	4	49.37	48.63	220.57
24	HM Amla	43	4	1859	7	47.67	47.90	217.22
25	IVA Richards	38	4	1510	4	44.41	45.69	207.22

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. 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

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	JE Root	262	228	218	186	124	203.60	200.00
1	JE Root	262	228	218	186	124	203.60	200.00
2	AN Cook	263	190	176	173	130	186.40	183.10
3	BC Lara	221	216	178	130	122	173.40	170.33
4	AB de Villiers	278*	217*	164	95	90	168.80	165.82
5	SP Fleming	274*	202	174*	92*	78	164.00	161.10
6	UT Khawaja	232	180	160	141	104*	163.40	160.51
7	KS Williamson	200*	192	139	135	131	159.40	156.58
8	HM Amla	253*	159	139*	123*	118*	158.40	155.60
9	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	152.46
10	GC Smith	234	232	133	100	74	154.60	151.87
11	CH Lloyd	242*	163	161*	103	83	150.40	147.74
12	A Flower	232*	183*	115	114*	105*	149.80	147.15
13	DM Bravo	195	166	136	127	116	148.00	145.38
14	RB Kanhai	256	217	99	90	77	147.80	145.19
15	JH Kallis	173	155	135*	132	121	143.20	140.67
16	SPD Smith	178*	145*	141	131	119	142.80	140.28
17	S Chanderpaul	203*	150*	140	118	95	141.20	138.70
18	AR Border	162	153	150*	113*	106	136.80	134.38
19	MEK Hussey	182	146	142	118	95	136.60	134.18
20	ML Hayden	203	130	119	119	97	133.60	131.24
21	KF Barrington	172	151*	139	113*	84	131.80	129.47
22	AI Kallicharran	187	124	115	98	98	124.40	122.20
23	IVA Richards	192*	120*	120	109*	75	123.20	121.02
24	GS Sobers	198	142*	106*	95	74*	123.00	120.83
25	ER Dexter	205	126*	85	66*	62	108.80	106.88

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	750
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	77.05	150.00
1	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	77.05	150.00
2	IVA Richards	901	1346	66.94	75.26	146.51
3	CH Lloyd	633	1019	62.12	72.26	140.66
4	AI Kallicharran	365	694	52.59	62.02	120.73
5	ML Hayden	1663	2789	59.63	59.81	116.43
6	BC Lara	1530	2696	56.75	59.63	116.08
7	GC Smith	1728	3027	57.09	56.56	110.11
8	AB de Villiers	1746	3158	55.29	55.23	107.52
9	JE Root	2789	4854	57.46	54.94	106.95
10	MEK Hussey	1198	2241	53.46	52.69	102.57
11	AR Border	1767	3993	44.25	50.63	98.57
12	GS Sobers	0	3	NA	NA	97.34
13	KF Barrington	0	0	NA	NA	97.34
14	RB Kanhai	0	0	NA	NA	97.34
15	ER Dexter	0	0	NA	NA	97.34
16	S Chanderpaul	1850	3798	48.71	48.86	95.13
17	DM Bravo	1577	3199	49.30	48.30	94.03
18	SP Fleming	1571	3484	45.09	48.15	93.74
19	UT Khawaja	1607	3208	50.09	47.76	92.98
20	A Flower	1614	3648	44.24	47.40	92.27
21	KS Williamson	2141	4468	47.92	47.39	92.25
22	AN Cook	2710	6053	44.77	45.08	87.75
23	JH Kallis	2058	4672	44.05	44.81	87.24
24	SPD Smith	1994	4350	45.84	44.53	86.70
25	HM Amla	1859	4309	43.14	43.13	83.96

NON ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

The NON ASIANS IN ASIA (UC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	UC RAT
1	JE Root	250.00	244.85	200.00	106.95	801.80
2	CH Lloyd	190.16	301.07	147.74	140.66	779.63
3	AN Cook	250.00	252.78	183.10	87.75	773.64
4	HC Brook	75.39	383.83	152.46	150.00	761.67
5	KF Barrington	105.41	400.00	129.47	97.34	732.22
6	GS Sobers	123.62	375.35	120.83	97.34	717.13
7	BC Lara	141.14	280.42	170.33	116.08	707.98
8	AR Border	210.00	262.31	134.38	98.57	705.26
9	SP Fleming	144.93	304.04	161.10	93.74	703.81
10	UT Khawaja	144.05	300.81	160.51	92.98	698.35
11	AB de Villiers	161.07	251.62	165.82	107.52	686.03
12	AI Kallicharran	154.44	272.14	122.20	120.73	669.51
13	JH Kallis	189.85	249.96	140.67	87.24	667.72
14	KS Williamson	191.91	225.80	156.58	92.25	666.55
15	SPD Smith	178.74	254.75	140.28	86.70	660.46
16	RB Kanhai	121.28	293.21	145.19	97.34	657.02
17	IVA Richards	176.26	207.22	121.02	146.51	651.02
18	A Flower	148.89	254.93	147.15	92.27	643.25
19	GC Smith	159.41	220.57	151.87	110.11	641.96
20	ML Hayden	153.41	229.31	131.24	116.43	630.39
21	DM Bravo	145.48	245.11	145.38	94.03	630.01
22	HM Amla	171.49	217.22	155.60	83.96	628.27
23	S Chanderpaul	170.66	223.48	138.70	95.13	627.98
24	MEK Hussey	110.52	275.75	134.18	102.57	623.02
25	ER Dexter	83.11	318.58	106.88	97.34	605.90