Top 25 Non Asian Test Batsmen In Asia

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 25 Non Asian batsmen in matches In Asia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

5. ATTACKING

5.1. Against All Teams

6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6.1. Against All Teams

7. NON ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

8. BRIEF EXPLANATION

8.1. Dynamic Nature

8.2. Trend Setter (TS)

8.3. Abbreviations

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	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	100.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	300.00

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 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	CH Lloyd	WI	1966	1984	1975	31	1629	280.00
1	CH Lloyd	WI	1966	1984	1975	31	1629	280.00
2	GS Sobers	WI	1954	1974	1964	18	1059	182.03
3	RB Kanhai	WI	1957	1974	1965.5	17	1039	178.59
4	KF Barrington	ENG	1955	1968	1961.5	13	903	155.21

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AR Border	AUS	1978	1994	1986	39	1799	280.00
1	AR Border	AUS	1978	1994	1986	39	1799	280.00
2	IVA Richards	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	38	1510	235.02
3	AI Kallicharran	WI	1972	1980	1976	28	1323	205.91
4	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1992	1985	24	1138	177.12

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	55	2710	300.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	55	2710	300.00
2	JH Kallis	SA	1995	2013	2004	44	2058	227.82
3	RT Ponting	AUS	1995	2012	2003.5	48	1889	209.11
4	HM Amla	SA	2004	2019	2011.5	43	1859	205.79
5	S Chanderpaul	WI	1994	2015	2004.5	47	1850	204.80
6	AB de Villiers	SA	2004	2018	2011	36	1746	193.28
7	GC Smith	SA	2002	2014	2008	35	1728	191.29
8	ML Hayden	AUS	1994	2009	2001.5	35	1663	184.10
9	A Flower	ZIM	1992	2002	1997	38	1614	178.67
10	DM Bravo	WI	2010	2020	2015	31	1577	174.58
11	SP Fleming	NZ	1994	2008	2001	29	1571	173.91
12	BC Lara	WI	1990	2006	1998	26	1530	169.37

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2026	2019	60	2789	300.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2012	2026	2019	60	2789	300.00
2	KS Williamson	NZ	2010	2025	2017.5	47	2141	230.30
3	SPD Smith	AUS	2010	2026	2018	42	1994	214.49
4	UT Khawaja	AUS	2011	2026	2018.5	31	1607	172.86
5	HC Brook	ENG	2022	2026	2024	10	841	90.46

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	88.00	300.00
1	KF Barrington	13	3	903	4	90.30	88.00	300.00
2	HC Brook	10	0	841	4	84.10	85.30	290.79
3	GS Sobers	18	4	1059	3	75.64	82.62	281.64
4	SP Fleming	29	5	1571	3	65.46	69.15	235.73
5	UT Khawaja	31	5	1607	5	61.81	66.38	226.29
6	CH Lloyd	31	5	1629	4	62.65	65.40	222.97
7	RB Kanhai	17	0	1039	2	61.12	64.95	221.41
8	BC Lara	26	0	1530	5	58.85	64.06	218.38
9	DI Gower	24	4	1138	2	56.90	59.30	202.17
10	AI Kallicharran	28	4	1323	3	55.13	58.73	200.22
11	A Flower	38	8	1614	5	53.80	58.69	200.08
12	AR Border	39	6	1799	6	54.52	58.27	198.65
13	SPD Smith	42	4	1994	7	52.47	55.05	187.67
14	JH Kallis	44	7	2058	8	55.62	54.44	185.59
15	JE Root	60	3	2789	7	48.93	53.58	182.64
16	AB de Villiers	36	4	1746	3	54.56	53.35	181.87
17	AN Cook	55	4	2710	9	53.14	52.73	179.75
18	ML Hayden	35	2	1663	4	50.39	52.29	178.25
19	DM Bravo	31	2	1577	5	54.38	50.21	171.18
20	S Chanderpaul	47	9	1850	4	48.68	48.86	166.55
21	KS Williamson	47	2	2141	7	47.58	48.55	165.52
22	GC Smith	35	0	1728	4	49.37	47.18	160.83
23	IVA Richards	38	4	1510	4	44.41	46.43	158.28
24	HM Amla	43	4	1859	7	47.67	46.25	157.67
25	RT Ponting	48	3	1889	5	41.98	43.55	148.45

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.61	100.00
1	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.61	100.00
2	IVA Richards	901	1346	66.94	77.71	94.07
3	CH Lloyd	633	1019	62.12	73.97	89.53
4	AI Kallicharran	365	694	52.59	63.26	76.58
5	ML Hayden	1663	2789	59.63	62.46	75.60
6	BC Lara	1530	2696	56.75	61.45	74.38
7	GC Smith	1728	3027	57.09	57.53	69.64
8	RT Ponting	1889	3483	54.23	57.21	69.26
9	JE Root	2789	4854	57.46	56.52	68.42
10	AB de Villiers	1746	3158	55.29	55.11	66.71
11	AR Border	1767	3993	44.25	51.30	62.09
12	DI Gower	1138	2537	44.86	51.21	61.99
13	GS Sobers	0	3	0.00	NA	60.52
14	KF Barrington	0	0	NK	NA	60.52
15	RB Kanhai	0	0	NK	NA	60.52
16	SP Fleming	1571	3484	45.09	49.81	60.30
17	S Chanderpaul	1850	3798	48.71	49.62	60.07
18	A Flower	1614	3648	44.24	49.51	59.93
19	UT Khawaja	1607	3208	50.09	48.91	59.20
20	DM Bravo	1577	3199	49.30	48.54	58.76
21	KS Williamson	2141	4468	47.92	47.66	57.70
22	JH Kallis	2058	4672	44.05	45.54	55.13
23	SPD Smith	1994	4350	45.84	45.20	54.71
24	AN Cook	2710	6053	44.77	44.90	54.35
25	HM Amla	1859	4309	43.14	43.10	52.17

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	JE Root	262	228	218	186	124	203.60	300.00
1	JE Root	262	228	218	186	124	203.60	300.00
2	AN Cook	263	190	176	173	130	186.40	274.66
3	BC Lara	221	216	178	130	122	173.40	255.50
4	AB de Villiers	278*	217*	164	95	90	168.80	248.72
5	SP Fleming	274*	202	174*	92*	78	164.00	241.65
6	UT Khawaja	232	180	160	141	104*	163.40	240.77
7	KS Williamson	200*	192	139	135	131	159.40	234.87
8	HM Amla	253*	159	139*	123*	118*	158.40	233.40
9	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	228.68
10	GC Smith	234	232	133	100	74	154.60	227.80
11	CH Lloyd	242*	163	161*	103	83	150.40	221.61
12	A Flower	232*	183*	115	114*	105*	149.80	220.73
13	DM Bravo	195	166	136	127	116	148.00	218.07
14	RB Kanhai	256	217	99	90	77	147.80	217.78
15	JH Kallis	173	155	135*	132	121	143.20	211.00
16	SPD Smith	178*	145*	141	131	119	142.80	210.41
17	S Chanderpaul	203*	150*	140	118	95	141.20	208.06
18	AR Border	162	153	150*	113*	106	136.80	201.57
19	ML Hayden	203	130	119	119	97	133.60	196.86
20	KF Barrington	172	151*	139	113*	84	131.80	194.20
21	RT Ponting	150	141	123	118*	105*	127.40	187.72
22	AI Kallicharran	187	124	115	98	98	124.40	183.30
23	IVA Richards	192*	120*	120	109*	75	123.20	181.53
24	GS Sobers	198	142*	106*	95	74*	123.00	181.24
25	DI Gower	173*	152	89	85	82	116.20	171.22

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	ATT	BIP	UC RAT
1	JE Root	300.00	182.64	68.42	300.00	851.06
2	CH Lloyd	280.00	222.97	89.53	221.61	814.11
3	AN Cook	300.00	179.75	54.35	274.66	808.75
4	AR Border	280.00	198.65	62.09	201.57	742.31
5	BC Lara	169.37	218.38	74.38	255.50	717.63
6	SP Fleming	173.91	235.73	60.30	241.65	711.59
7	KF Barrington	155.21	300.00	60.52	194.20	709.94
8	HC Brook	90.46	290.79	100.00	228.68	709.94
9	GS Sobers	182.03	281.64	60.52	181.24	705.43
10	UT Khawaja	172.86	226.29	59.20	240.77	699.11
11	AB de Villiers	193.28	181.87	66.71	248.72	690.59
12	KS Williamson	230.30	165.52	57.70	234.87	688.39
13	JH Kallis	227.82	185.59	55.13	211.00	679.54
14	RB Kanhai	178.59	221.41	60.52	217.78	678.30
15	IVA Richards	235.02	158.28	94.07	181.53	668.90
16	SPD Smith	214.49	187.67	54.71	210.41	667.28
17	AI Kallicharran	205.91	200.22	76.58	183.30	666.01
18	A Flower	178.67	200.08	59.93	220.73	659.40
19	GC Smith	191.29	160.83	69.64	227.80	649.56
20	HM Amla	205.79	157.67	52.17	233.40	649.03
21	S Chanderpaul	204.80	166.55	60.07	208.06	639.47
22	ML Hayden	184.10	178.25	75.60	196.86	634.81
23	DM Bravo	174.58	171.18	58.76	218.07	622.59
24	RT Ponting	209.11	148.45	69.26	187.72	614.54
25	DI Gower	177.12	202.17	61.99	171.22	612.50

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