Top 25 Non Asian Test Batsmen Outside Asia

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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 Outside Asia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

FC RATING

Points to note about NON ASIANS OUTSIDE 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 FC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 150.00
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.
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 batsmanโ€™s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings 20

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 226 9375 180.00
1 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 226 9375 180.00
2 GA Gooch ENG 1975 1995 1985 191 8031 154.20
3 IVA Richards WI 1974 1991 1982.5 144 7030 134.98
4 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 142 6973 133.88
5 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 145 6663 127.93
6 CG Greenidge WI 1974 1991 1982.5 149 6326 121.46
7 KF Barrington ENG 1955 1968 1961.5 118 5903 113.34
8 RG Pollock SA 1963 1970 1966.5 41 2256 43.32
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 239 11489 200.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 239 11489 200.00
2 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 236 11231 195.51
3 BC Lara WI 1990 2006 1998 206 10423 181.44
4 S Chanderpaul WI 1994 2015 2004.5 233 10017 174.38
5 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 236 9762 169.94
6 SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 225 9722 169.24
7 GC Smith SA 2002 2014 2008 170 7537 131.20
8 HM Amla SA 2004 2019 2011.5 172 7423 129.22
9 MJ Clarke AUS 2004 2015 2009.5 161 7349 127.93
10 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 149 6962 121.19
11 JL Langer AUS 1993 2007 2000 149 6597 114.84
12 AC Gilchrist AUS 1999 2008 2003.5 112 4749 82.67
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2024 2018 218 10183 190.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2024 2018 218 10183 190.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2025 2017.5 164 8277 154.44
3 DA Warner AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 163 7486 139.68
4 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2024 2017 139 7135 133.13
5 M Labuschagne AUS 2018 2025 2021.5 79 3702 69.07

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 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AC Voges 25 7 1367 5 75.94 76.79 250.00
1 SPD Smith 164 21 8277 29 57.88 59.82 194.75
2 KS Williamson 139 15 7135 26 57.54 57.80 188.19
3 RG Pollock 41 4 2256 7 60.97 57.78 188.13
4 GS Sobers 142 17 6973 23 55.78 57.59 187.49
5 KF Barrington 118 12 5903 16 55.69 55.14 179.53
6 M Labuschagne 79 5 3702 10 50.03 54.86 178.59
7 GS Chappell 145 19 6663 23 52.88 54.71 178.12
8 JH Kallis 236 33 11231 37 55.33 53.65 174.66
9 SR Waugh 225 40 9722 29 52.55 53.54 174.29
10 JE Root 218 20 10183 29 51.43 53.52 174.25
11 IVA Richards 144 8 7030 20 51.69 53.01 172.59
12 AC Gilchrist 112 17 4749 13 49.99 51.96 169.15
13 BC Lara 206 6 10423 29 52.12 51.23 166.80
14 S Chanderpaul 233 40 10017 26 51.90 51.16 166.57
15 RT Ponting 239 26 11489 36 53.94 51.00 166.03
16 AR Border 226 38 9375 21 49.87 50.87 165.62
17 DA Warner 163 7 7486 23 47.99 50.72 165.12
18 MJ Clarke 161 20 7349 24 52.12 49.33 160.61
19 ML Hayden 149 12 6962 26 50.82 49.18 160.12
20 CG Greenidge 149 14 6326 16 46.86 48.91 159.25
21 GC Smith 170 13 7537 23 48.01 48.01 156.29
22 JL Langer 149 12 6597 21 48.15 46.78 152.31
23 HM Amla 172 12 7423 21 46.39 45.68 148.72
24 GA Gooch 191 4 8031 19 42.95 45.55 148.30
25 AN Cook 236 12 9762 24 43.58 44.29 144.18

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS SPD Smith 151 16 7586 27 56.19 58.07 250.00
1 SPD Smith 151 16 7586 27 56.19 58.07 250.00
2 RG Pollock 41 4 2256 7 60.97 57.78 248.75
3 M Labuschagne 70 4 3404 10 51.58 56.55 243.46
4 IVA Richards 124 8 6356 18 54.79 56.19 241.91
5 GS Sobers 114 13 5391 17 53.38 55.10 237.21
6 JE Root 182 16 8476 23 51.06 53.14 228.75
7 KF Barrington 98 9 4736 13 53.21 52.69 226.83
8 GS Chappell 116 16 5049 18 50.49 52.24 224.88
9 AC Gilchrist 84 13 3545 11 49.93 51.89 223.40
10 DA Warner 138 6 6420 21 48.64 51.40 221.28
11 BC Lara 185 5 9218 24 51.21 50.35 216.73
12 JL Langer 115 11 5342 18 51.37 49.90 214.83
13 RT Ponting 182 17 8697 28 52.71 49.83 214.53
14 S Chanderpaul 205 33 8673 22 50.42 49.71 213.98
15 AR Border 199 33 8045 18 48.46 49.44 212.83
16 MJ Clarke 131 14 6105 21 52.18 49.39 212.61
17 SR Waugh 194 32 7707 19 47.57 48.47 208.64
18 JH Kallis 177 19 7851 25 49.69 48.18 207.43
19 CG Greenidge 125 12 5154 13 45.61 47.61 204.96
20 KS Williamson 95 7 4060 15 46.14 46.35 199.52
21 HM Amla 137 11 5874 16 46.62 45.90 197.60
22 ML Hayden 113 8 4771 17 45.44 43.98 189.31
23 GC Smith 131 10 5168 13 42.71 42.71 183.87
24 GA Gooch 168 2 6517 14 39.26 41.64 179.26
25 AN Cook 180 4 7109 16 40.39 41.05 176.70

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 BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 213 298.20 150.00
1 BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 213 298.20 150.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 187 243.00 122.23
3 AN Cook 294 244* 243 235* 189 241.00 121.23
4 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 229.20 115.29
5 RT Ponting 257 242 221 209 207 227.20 114.29
6 DA Warner 335* 253 200 180 164 226.40 113.88
7 GS Sobers 365* 226 178* 174 168 222.20 111.77
8 GA Gooch 333 210 196 183 174 219.20 110.26
9 HM Amla 311* 208 201 196 176* 218.40 109.86
10 IVA Richards 291 232 208 182* 178 218.20 109.76
11 GC Smith 277 259 200 183 157 215.20 108.25
12 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 212.80 107.04
13 JL Langer 250 223 215 191 179* 211.60 106.44
14 JE Root 254 226 200* 190 182* 210.40 105.84
15 ML Hayden 380 197 177 153 138 209.00 105.13
16 CG Greenidge 226 223 214* 213 154* 206.00 103.62
17 GS Chappell 247* 204 201 182* 182 203.20 102.21
18 JH Kallis 224 201* 189* 186 182* 196.40 98.79
19 M Labuschagne 215 204 185 163 162 185.80 93.46
20 RG Pollock 274 209 175 137 125 184.00 92.56
21 AR Border 205 200* 196 163 152* 183.20 92.15
22 SR Waugh 200 199 177* 170 164 182.00 91.55
23 KF Barrington 256 163 148* 148 143 171.60 86.32
24 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 153* 147* 140 161.80 81.39
25 AC Gilchrist 204* 162 152 149* 138* 161.00 80.99

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 AC Gilchrist 4749 5679 83.62 80.20 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 4749 5679 83.62 80.20 150.00
2 IVA Richards 6064 8705 69.66 76.17 142.46
3 DA Warner 7486 10479 71.44 68.63 128.36
4 RG Pollock 1122 2007 55.90 65.68 122.84
5 GS Sobers 2407 4666 51.59 63.87 119.46
6 BC Lara 10423 17057 61.11 62.60 117.08
7 GS Chappell 6293 12326 51.05 59.16 110.64
8 RT Ponting 11489 19299 59.53 58.12 108.70
9 ML Hayden 6962 11556 60.25 58.00 108.47
10 GC Smith 7537 12426 60.66 57.82 108.14
11 GA Gooch 8031 16271 49.36 55.90 104.54
12 CG Greenidge 5396 10967 49.20 55.68 104.13
13 JL Langer 6597 11865 55.60 55.07 103.00
14 JE Root 10183 17714 57.49 54.20 101.38
15 MJ Clarke 7349 12952 56.74 54.07 101.12
16 SPD Smith 8277 14826 55.83 52.66 98.49
17 SR Waugh 9722 19699 49.35 52.17 97.56
18 KF Barrington 2359 5485 43.01 51.79 96.86
19 KS Williamson 7135 13444 53.07 50.88 95.16
20 HM Amla 7423 14265 52.04 49.87 93.27
21 M Labuschagne 3702 7097 52.16 48.91 91.48
22 JH Kallis 11231 24227 46.36 46.11 86.24
23 AN Cook 9762 20509 47.60 45.52 85.14
24 AR Border 9329 23042 40.49 44.82 83.83
25 S Chanderpaul 10017 23613 42.42 42.85 80.14

NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING


The NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA (FC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000. Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians. Familiar Conditions (FC) is the opposite.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT FC RAT
1 BC Lara 181.44 383.53 150.00 117.08 832.06
2 SPD Smith 154.44 444.75 107.04 98.49 804.71
3 RT Ponting 200.00 380.56 114.29 108.70 803.55
4 IVA Richards 134.98 414.51 109.76 142.46 801.70
5 JE Root 190.00 402.99 105.84 101.38 800.21
6 GS Sobers 133.88 424.70 111.77 119.46 789.81
7 DA Warner 139.68 386.40 113.88 128.36 768.32
8 JH Kallis 195.51 382.09 98.79 86.24 762.64
9 GS Chappell 127.93 403.00 102.21 110.64 743.78
10 SR Waugh 169.24 382.93 91.55 97.56 741.29
11 AR Border 180.00 378.46 92.15 83.83 734.44
12 KS Williamson 133.13 387.71 115.29 95.16 731.29
13 MJ Clarke 127.93 373.22 122.23 101.12 724.50
14 S Chanderpaul 174.38 380.55 81.39 80.14 716.46
15 AC Gilchrist 82.67 392.55 80.99 150.00 706.21
16 KF Barrington 113.34 406.36 86.32 96.86 702.87
17 AN Cook 169.94 320.89 121.23 85.14 697.19
18 GA Gooch 154.20 327.56 110.26 104.54 696.56
19 RG Pollock 43.32 436.88 92.56 122.84 695.59
20 CG Greenidge 121.46 364.20 103.62 104.13 693.42
21 JL Langer 114.84 367.14 106.44 103.00 691.42
22 GC Smith 131.20 340.16 108.25 108.14 687.76
23 ML Hayden 121.19 349.42 105.13 108.47 684.22
24 HM Amla 129.22 346.32 109.86 93.27 678.66
25 M Labuschagne 69.07 422.05 93.46 91.48 676.06

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 NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS ENG WI SA
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG NZ
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ PAK
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND PAK
2020s AUS ENG NZ SA IND WI


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