Tests - Best Non Asian Batsmen Outside Asia

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). 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 Outside Asia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
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 250.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 250.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 20
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 G Boycott ENG 1964 1982 1973 178 7408 230.00
1 G Boycott ENG 1964 1982 1973 178 7408 230.00
2 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 142 6973 216.49
3 KF Barrington ENG 1955 1968 1961.5 118 5903 183.27
4 CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 144 5886 182.75
5 WM Lawry AUS 1961 1971 1966 105 4682 145.36
6 RG Pollock SA 1963 1970 1966.5 41 2256 70.04
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 225 9722 240.00
1 SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 225 9722 240.00
2 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 226 9375 231.43
3 GA Gooch ENG 1975 1995 1985 191 8031 198.26
4 IVA Richards WI 1974 1991 1982.5 144 7030 173.54
5 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 145 6663 164.48
6 CG Greenidge WI 1974 1991 1982.5 149 6326 156.17
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 239 11489 250.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 239 11489 250.00
2 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 236 11231 244.39
3 BC Lara WI 1990 2006 1998 206 10423 226.80
4 S Chanderpaul WI 1994 2015 2004.5 233 10017 217.97
5 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 236 9762 212.42
6 MJ Clarke AUS 2004 2015 2009.5 161 7349 159.91
7 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 149 6962 151.49
8 KP Pietersen ENG 2005 2014 2009.5 139 6608 143.79
9 JL Langer AUS 1993 2007 2000 149 6597 143.55
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 238 11154 250.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 238 11154 250.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2026 2018 178 8769 196.54
3 DA Warner AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 163 7486 167.79
4 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2025 2017.5 145 7320 164.07

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 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1200

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS RG Pollock 41 4 2256 7 60.97 62.37 160.00
1 RG Pollock 41 4 2256 7 60.97 62.37 160.00
2 GS Sobers 142 17 6973 23 55.78 60.41 154.98
3 SPD Smith 178 24 8769 30 56.94 58.95 151.22
4 KF Barrington 118 12 5903 16 55.69 57.71 148.03
5 KS Williamson 145 17 7320 26 57.19 56.79 145.68
6 GS Chappell 145 19 6663 23 52.88 55.41 142.13
7 JH Kallis 236 33 11231 37 55.33 54.97 141.01
8 JE Root 238 22 11154 34 51.64 54.40 139.54
9 IVA Richards 144 8 7030 20 51.69 53.67 137.67
10 SR Waugh 225 40 9722 29 52.55 53.67 137.67
11 BC Lara 206 6 10423 29 52.12 53.22 136.53
12 AR Border 226 38 9375 21 49.87 52.87 135.63
13 RT Ponting 239 26 11489 36 53.94 52.41 134.44
14 S Chanderpaul 233 40 10017 26 51.90 52.27 134.08
15 WM Lawry 105 8 4682 13 48.27 51.79 132.86
16 ML Hayden 149 12 6962 26 50.82 50.55 129.68
17 MJ Clarke 161 20 7349 24 52.12 49.88 127.96
18 G Boycott 178 20 7408 20 46.89 49.00 125.69
19 DA Warner 163 7 7486 23 47.99 48.53 124.50
20 JL Langer 149 12 6597 21 48.15 48.20 123.65
21 KP Pietersen 139 5 6608 19 49.31 47.71 122.39
22 CG Greenidge 149 14 6326 16 46.86 47.48 121.79
23 GA Gooch 191 4 8031 19 42.95 45.67 117.17
24 CH Lloyd 144 9 5886 15 43.60 45.33 116.28
25 AN Cook 236 12 9762 24 43.58 43.21 110.84

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 117 15 6145 20 60.25 66.46 240.00
1 GS Sobers 117 15 6145 20 60.25 66.46 240.00
2 RG Pollock 39 4 2203 7 62.94 64.68 233.58
3 IVA Richards 85 5 4590 15 57.38 61.74 222.98
4 SPD Smith 136 14 6714 24 55.03 57.96 209.33
5 RT Ponting 143 15 7080 26 55.31 56.13 202.70
6 JE Root 166 16 7677 23 51.18 55.93 201.98
7 BC Lara 134 4 6690 17 51.46 55.60 200.81
8 AR Border 149 26 6068 15 49.33 55.46 200.27
9 GS Chappell 94 14 4041 15 50.51 54.99 198.60
10 WM Lawry 82 7 3583 11 47.77 52.92 191.13
11 S Chanderpaul 150 21 6463 18 50.10 52.72 190.38
12 JH Kallis 131 15 5735 18 49.44 52.45 189.43
13 KF Barrington 69 6 2987 6 47.41 52.41 189.27
14 KP Pietersen 81 3 3855 10 49.42 50.37 181.89
15 SR Waugh 130 15 5191 13 45.14 49.70 179.49
16 MJ Clarke 109 13 4833 16 50.34 49.55 178.94
17 JL Langer 108 9 4663 13 47.10 48.83 176.35
18 CH Lloyd 111 8 4739 12 46.01 48.71 175.93
19 KS Williamson 86 7 3602 14 45.59 48.53 175.26
20 G Boycott 123 14 4856 11 44.55 47.89 172.94
21 ML Hayden 96 8 4022 16 45.70 47.53 171.66
22 CG Greenidge 81 6 3236 7 43.15 46.12 166.57
23 DA Warner 117 3 4728 13 41.47 43.26 156.21
24 GA Gooch 150 2 5600 12 37.84 41.82 151.02
25 AN Cook 136 3 5272 11 39.64 41.28 149.09

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 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1200
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 4749 5679 83.62 84.21 40.00
1 IVA Richards 6064 8705 69.66 77.47 36.80
2 RG Pollock 1122 2007 55.90 69.85 33.18
3 DA Warner 7486 10479 71.44 68.36 32.47
4 CH Lloyd 3694 6470 57.09 66.45 31.56
5 GS Sobers 2407 4666 51.59 64.82 30.79
6 BC Lara 10423 17057 61.11 64.73 30.75
7 ML Hayden 6962 11556 60.25 60.42 28.70
8 GS Chappell 6293 12326 51.05 60.40 28.69
9 RT Ponting 11489 19299 59.53 59.09 28.07
10 KP Pietersen 6608 10746 61.49 58.81 27.94
11 JL Langer 6597 11865 55.60 57.11 27.13
12 GA Gooch 8031 16271 49.36 56.00 26.60
13 CG Greenidge 5396 10967 49.20 55.27 26.25
14 JE Root 11154 19388 57.53 54.93 26.09
15 MJ Clarke 7349 12952 56.74 53.82 25.56
16 KF Barrington 2359 5485 43.01 53.36 25.35
17 SR Waugh 9722 19699 49.35 53.07 25.21
18 SPD Smith 8769 15616 56.15 53.05 25.20
19 KS Williamson 7320 13729 53.32 50.71 24.09
20 WM Lawry 2984 7600 39.26 49.52 23.52
21 JH Kallis 11231 24227 46.36 46.71 22.19
22 AR Border 9329 23042 40.49 45.44 21.58
23 AN Cook 9762 20509 47.60 45.15 21.45
24 G Boycott 6815 19073 35.73 43.46 20.64
25 S Chanderpaul 10017 23613 42.42 43.10 20.47

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 3083 3550 86.85 88.08 60.00
1 IVA Richards 4102 5776 71.02 80.49 54.83
2 RG Pollock 1122 2007 55.90 70.11 47.75
3 CH Lloyd 3340 5779 57.80 68.00 46.32
4 DA Warner 4728 6918 68.34 65.49 44.61
5 GS Sobers 2407 4666 51.59 65.19 44.40
6 BC Lara 6690 11234 59.55 64.19 43.72
7 CG Greenidge 3105 5856 53.02 60.61 41.29
8 RT Ponting 7080 11958 59.21 59.28 40.38
9 KP Pietersen 3855 6314 61.05 59.08 40.24
10 GS Chappell 4041 8397 48.12 57.57 39.21
11 ML Hayden 4022 7168 56.11 57.04 38.85
12 JL Langer 4663 8605 54.19 56.12 38.23
13 MJ Clarke 4833 8242 58.64 55.63 37.89
14 JE Root 7677 13565 56.59 54.43 37.08
15 KF Barrington 1594 3709 42.98 54.17 36.90
16 GA Gooch 5600 11859 47.22 54.09 36.84
17 SR Waugh 5191 10866 47.77 52.68 35.89
18 SPD Smith 6714 12228 54.91 52.06 35.46
19 KS Williamson 3602 7290 49.41 47.69 32.49
20 WM Lawry 2328 6383 36.47 46.40 31.61
21 JH Kallis 5735 12613 45.47 45.97 31.31
22 AR Border 6022 15548 38.73 44.04 30.00
23 AN Cook 5272 11471 45.96 43.92 29.91
24 S Chanderpaul 6463 15251 42.38 43.26 29.47
25 G Boycott 4464 12552 35.56 43.23 29.45

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 7 scores of the batsman have been taken. 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

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 213 209 202 271.71 80.00
1 BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 213 209 202 271.71 80.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 187 168 166 221.29 65.15
3 RT Ponting 257 242 221 209 207 206 197 219.86 64.73
4 AN Cook 294 244* 243 235* 189 162 160 218.14 64.23
5 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 176 166 212.57 62.59
6 DA Warner 335* 253 200 180 164 163 154 207.00 60.95
7 GS Sobers 365* 226 178* 174 168 163* 161 205.00 60.36
8 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 192 165* 203.00 59.77
9 IVA Richards 291 232 208 182* 178 177 146 202.00 59.47
10 JE Root 254 226 200* 190 182* 180* 180 201.71 59.39
11 GA Gooch 333 210 196 183 174 154* 154 200.57 59.05
12 JL Langer 250 223 215 191 179* 162 146 195.14 57.46
13 GS Chappell 247* 204 201 182* 182 176 150* 191.71 56.45
14 JH Kallis 224 201* 189* 186 182* 177 162 188.71 55.56
15 ML Hayden 380 197 177 153 138 138 137 188.57 55.52
16 CG Greenidge 226 223 214* 213 154* 149 134 187.57 55.23
17 KP Pietersen 227 226 202* 175 158 158 158 186.29 54.85
18 SR Waugh 200 199 177* 170 164 160 157* 175.29 51.61
19 AR Border 205 200* 196 163 152* 146* 140 171.71 50.56
20 WM Lawry 210 205 166 157 151 135 130 164.86 48.54
21 RG Pollock 274 209 175 137 125 122 105 163.86 48.24
22 KF Barrington 256 163 148* 148 143 142 137 162.43 47.82
23 G Boycott 246* 191 155 142* 137 131 128* 161.43 47.53
24 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 153* 147* 140 137* 136* 154.57 45.51
25 CH Lloyd 178 157 149 143 132 129 121 144.14 42.44

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 400* 277 226 213 202 196 182 242.29 170.00
1 BC Lara 400* 277 226 213 202 196 182 242.29 170.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 187 161* 151 218.14 153.06
3 GS Sobers 365* 226 178* 174 168 163* 161 205.00 143.84
4 AN Cook 294 244* 235* 189 148 147 127 197.71 138.73
5 IVA Richards 291 232 208 182* 177 145 142 196.71 138.02
6 RT Ponting 221 207 206 197 196 156 154 191.00 134.02
7 SPD Smith 239 215 211 192 162* 144 143 186.57 130.91
8 JE Root 226 190 180* 180 176 160 154* 180.86 126.90
9 JL Langer 250 223 191 179* 146 144 127 180.00 126.30
10 CG Greenidge 226 223 214* 213 134 115 101 175.14 122.89
11 KP Pietersen 227 202* 175 158 158 152 149 174.43 122.39
12 JH Kallis 201* 182* 162 161 150* 149 147 164.57 115.47
13 RG Pollock 274 209 175 137 125 122 105 163.86 114.97
14 WM Lawry 210 205 166 151 135 130 119 159.43 111.86
14 SR Waugh 200 199 164 160 150 122* 121* 159.43 111.86
16 ML Hayden 197 177 153 138 138 137 131 153.00 107.35
17 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 153* 147* 137* 136* 128* 152.86 107.25
18 AR Border 205 196 146* 140 126 125 123* 151.57 106.35
19 GA Gooch 183 154* 154 153 146 135 133 151.14 106.05
20 DA Warner 200 180 145 145 135 124 119 149.71 105.05
21 GS Chappell 182* 182 150* 144 131 124 123 148.00 103.84
22 KS Williamson 176 166 156 140 133* 132 132 147.86 103.74
23 G Boycott 191 142* 137 128* 128 119* 116 137.29 96.33
24 KF Barrington 256 143 132* 115 102 101 94 134.71 94.52
25 CH Lloyd 178 149 132 129 121 118 114 134.43 94.32

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.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP FC RAT
1 GS Sobers 216.49 394.98 75.19 204.20 890.86
2 BC Lara 226.80 337.34 74.47 250.00 888.61
3 RT Ponting 250.00 337.14 68.44 198.75 854.33
4 JE Root 250.00 341.52 63.17 186.29 840.98
5 IVA Richards 173.54 360.65 91.63 197.50 823.32
6 SPD Smith 196.54 360.56 60.66 190.68 808.44
7 JH Kallis 244.39 330.45 53.50 171.03 799.36
8 SR Waugh 240.00 317.16 61.09 163.47 781.72
9 AR Border 231.43 335.90 51.58 156.91 775.83
10 MJ Clarke 159.91 306.89 63.46 218.21 748.47
11 S Chanderpaul 217.97 324.46 49.94 152.76 745.13
12 GS Chappell 164.48 340.73 67.90 160.29 733.41
13 AN Cook 212.42 259.93 51.36 202.95 726.66
14 KF Barrington 183.27 337.30 62.25 142.35 725.16
15 G Boycott 230.00 298.63 50.09 143.86 722.57
16 KS Williamson 164.07 320.94 56.57 166.33 707.92
17 RG Pollock 70.04 393.58 80.93 163.21 707.77
18 GA Gooch 198.26 268.19 63.44 165.10 694.99
19 KP Pietersen 143.79 304.29 68.18 177.24 693.49
20 JL Langer 143.55 300.00 65.35 183.75 692.66
21 DA Warner 167.79 280.71 77.08 165.99 691.57
22 CG Greenidge 156.17 288.36 67.54 178.12 690.17
23 CH Lloyd 182.75 292.21 77.88 136.76 689.60
24 WM Lawry 145.36 323.98 55.13 160.40 684.88
25 ML Hayden 151.49 301.34 67.55 162.87 683.26

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)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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