This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1980s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in ODI Cricket in the 1980s.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

3.6. 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

4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WORLD CUP

5.2. IMPACT INNINGS

5.3. TOP FORM

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	World Cup, Top Form, 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.

TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
They are calculated by decades.
A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	20
Min Overall Runs	700

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	200.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	100.00
Quick Innings Potential	Top Inns (SR)	100.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DL Haynes	WI	158	5892	200.00
1	DL Haynes	WI	158	5892	200.00
2	IVA Richards	WI	139	5559	188.70
3	Javed Miandad	PAK	138	5041	171.11
4	CG Greenidge	WI	97	4205	142.74
5	AJ Lamb	ENG	87	3072	104.28
6	DM Jones	AUS	82	3044	103.33
7	N Kapil Dev	IND	131	2869	97.39
8	Salim Malik	PAK	97	2804	95.18
9	GA Gooch	ENG	57	2546	86.42
10	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	46	2076	70.47

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	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	10	50.63	50.30	150.00
1	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	10	50.63	50.30	150.00
2	CG Greenidge	97	9	4205	26	47.78	49.88	148.74
3	GA Gooch	57	2	2546	15	46.29	49.40	147.30
4	DM Jones	82	15	3044	23	45.43	48.50	144.63
5	Javed Miandad	138	29	5041	36	46.25	47.48	141.59
6	IVA Richards	139	18	5559	40	45.94	46.87	139.76
7	DL Haynes	158	22	5892	33	43.32	45.85	136.71
8	AJ Lamb	87	15	3072	18	42.67	45.07	134.39
9	Salim Malik	97	12	2804	16	32.99	35.60	106.14
10	N Kapil Dev	131	24	2869	14	26.81	31.79	94.79

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Zaheer Abbas	38	5	1700	8	51.52	52.74	150.00
1	Zaheer Abbas	38	5	1700	8	51.52	52.74	150.00
2	GA Gooch	51	2	2251	11	45.94	49.80	141.63
3	Javed Miandad	118	23	4366	31	45.96	48.06	136.67
4	CG Greenidge	91	7	3753	23	44.68	47.41	134.83
5	IVA Richards	130	18	5099	39	45.53	47.01	133.70
6	DL Haynes	148	21	5431	30	42.76	45.92	130.59
7	DM Jones	72	11	2489	16	40.80	44.63	126.91
8	AJ Lamb	83	15	2825	14	41.54	44.31	126.01
9	Salim Malik	84	9	2301	14	30.68	33.79	96.11
10	N Kapil Dev	112	15	2400	14	24.74	30.04	85.42

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	1500
Min Runs (TT)	1200
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	2869	2834	101.24	109.92	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	2869	2834	101.24	109.92	150.00
2	IVA Richards	5559	6061	91.72	100.47	137.10
3	Zaheer Abbas	2076	2387	86.97	94.72	129.25
4	Salim Malik	2804	3261	85.99	94.70	129.23
5	DM Jones	3044	4030	75.53	85.92	117.24
6	AJ Lamb	3072	4089	75.13	83.94	114.54
7	CG Greenidge	4205	6304	66.70	79.65	108.69
8	GA Gooch	2546	3858	65.99	78.83	107.57
9	DL Haynes	5892	9207	63.99	76.34	104.18
10	Javed Miandad	5041	7265	69.39	76.26	104.06

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	5099	5600	91.05	100.06	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	2400	2414	99.42	108.79	150.00
2	IVA Richards	5099	5600	91.05	100.06	150.00
3	Salim Malik	2301	2719	84.63	93.99	140.90
4	Zaheer Abbas	1700	1997	85.13	93.92	140.81
5	DM Jones	2489	3394	73.34	84.09	126.07
6	AJ Lamb	2825	3834	73.68	82.65	123.90
7	CG Greenidge	3753	5696	65.89	78.91	118.30
8	GA Gooch	2251	3455	65.15	78.40	117.53
9	DL Haynes	5431	8558	63.46	75.93	113.83
10	Javed Miandad	4366	6479	67.39	74.66	111.93

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams in the 1980s. 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	IVA Richards	189*	181	149	119	119	110*	106	139.00	100.00
1	IVA Richards	189*	181	149	119	119	110*	106	139.00	100.00
2	DL Haynes	152*	145*	142*	138*	133*	123*	117*	135.71	97.64
3	GA Gooch	142	136	129*	117*	115	115	108	123.14	88.59
4	CG Greenidge	133*	117	115	110*	105*	104	103	112.43	80.88
5	Zaheer Abbas	123	118	113	109	108	105	103*	111.29	80.06
6	Javed Miandad	119*	116*	113	106*	103	100*	91*	106.86	76.88
7	AJ Lamb	118	108*	102	100*	99	97*	94	102.57	73.79
8	DM Jones	121	104	101	99*	93*	93	92	100.43	72.25
9	Salim Malik	102	101	100*	100	88	85	84	94.29	67.83
10	N Kapil Dev	175*	87	75	72*	72	64	60	86.43	62.18

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	26/13	72/38	49/26	58/31	35/21	202.01	100.00
1	N Kapil Dev	26/13	72/38	49/26	58/31	35/21	202.01	100.00
2	IVA Richards	37/17	82/39	80/39	66/39	149/99	194.64	96.35
3	Salim Malik	72/36	56/34	66/41	85/55	44/29	182.43	90.31
4	Zaheer Abbas	59/37	123/87	118/86	105/82	73/62	147.05	72.79
5	Javed Miandad	119/77	72/54	28/23	91/75	59/49	145.88	72.21
6	AJ Lamb	33/19	76/58	30/23	94/76	81/69	143.19	70.88
7	DM Jones	34/23	55/42	99/77	40/33	93/82	142.07	70.33
8	DL Haynes	152/126	44/39	40/36	142/132	111/108	132.28	65.48
9	CG Greenidge	66/51	26/23	84/76	104/100	117/123	127.10	62.91
10	GA Gooch	129/118	142/134	108/113	91/102	74/85	117.72	58.27

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	ATT	BIP	QIP	TOT	PRI PTS
1	IVA Richards	188.70	273.45	287.10	100.00	96.35	945.60	378.24
2	DL Haynes	200.00	267.29	218.01	97.64	65.48	848.42	339.37
3	Javed Miandad	171.11	278.26	215.99	76.88	72.21	814.45	325.78
4	CG Greenidge	142.74	283.57	226.99	80.88	62.91	797.10	318.84
5	Zaheer Abbas	70.47	300.00	270.05	80.06	72.79	793.38	317.35
6	DM Jones	103.33	271.55	243.31	72.25	70.33	760.76	304.30
7	AJ Lamb	104.28	260.40	238.44	73.79	70.88	747.80	299.12
8	GA Gooch	86.42	288.93	225.10	88.59	58.27	747.31	298.92
9	N Kapil Dev	97.39	180.21	300.00	62.18	100.00	739.77	295.91
10	Salim Malik	95.18	202.25	270.13	67.83	90.31	725.70	290.28

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	20.00
Away	80.00
Familiar Conditions	20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions	80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
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	DL Haynes	26	1625	95.59	82.15	841.20	16.82
2	Zaheer Abbas	22	1196	62.95	104.36	746.96	14.94
3	DM Jones	54	2138	50.90	76.82	699.25	13.98
4	Javed Miandad	58	2178	54.45	77.70	697.67	13.95
5	N Kapil Dev	54	1160	27.62	103.66	618.72	12.37
6	IVA Richards	17	642	49.38	99.69	618.59	12.37
7	Salim Malik	46	1565	41.18	82.85	614.98	12.30
8	AJ Lamb	30	1128	47.00	77.53	593.01	11.86
9	GA Gooch	22	1032	49.14	61.14	573.56	11.47
10	CG Greenidge	21	817	40.85	72.75	532.11	10.64

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	122	4917	45.53	90.77	947.63	75.81
2	CG Greenidge	76	3388	49.82	65.39	791.58	63.33
3	DL Haynes	132	4267	35.86	59.03	733.98	58.72
4	N Kapil Dev	77	1709	26.29	99.65	704.69	56.38
5	GA Gooch	35	1514	44.53	69.77	702.08	56.17
6	Javed Miandad	80	2863	41.49	64.16	700.86	56.07
7	AJ Lamb	57	1944	40.50	73.80	696.06	55.68
8	Salim Malik	51	1239	26.36	90.31	659.35	52.75
9	Zaheer Abbas	24	880	40.00	70.91	611.51	48.92
10	DM Jones	28	906	36.24	72.65	573.63	45.89

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	IVA Richards	96	3890	46.31	87.28	952.27	19.05
2	DL Haynes	110	4253	45.73	65.53	900.21	18.00
3	DM Jones	60	2244	47.74	75.66	808.53	16.17
4	CG Greenidge	77	3192	44.33	65.45	800.37	16.01
5	AJ Lamb	67	2330	41.61	72.52	765.05	15.30
6	GA Gooch	32	1356	45.20	62.63	736.53	14.73

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Zaheer Abbas	24	1264	60.19	101.94	862.22	17.24
2	Javed Miandad	80	2862	50.21	74.73	835.96	16.72
3	Salim Malik	66	2217	39.59	86.16	788.60	15.77
4	N Kapil Dev	87	1736	25.16	99.48	719.10	14.38

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	43	1669	45.11	104.05	934.71	74.78
2	CG Greenidge	20	1013	63.31	70.99	751.26	60.10
3	DL Haynes	48	1639	38.12	60.32	750.90	60.07
4	GA Gooch	25	1190	47.60	70.29	742.84	59.43
5	AJ Lamb	20	742	46.38	84.70	644.19	51.54
6	DM Jones	22	800	40.00	75.19	595.97	47.68

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Javed Miandad	58	2179	41.90	63.44	879.72	70.38
2	N Kapil Dev	44	1133	29.82	104.04	821.23	65.70
3	Zaheer Abbas	22	812	40.60	70.79	702.00	56.16
4	Salim Malik	31	587	20.24	85.32	597.80	47.82

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	IVA Richards	75.81	12.37	74.78	19.05	182.00
2	Javed Miandad	56.07	13.95	70.38	16.72	157.12
3	DL Haynes	58.72	16.82	60.07	18.00	153.62
4	CG Greenidge	63.33	10.64	60.10	16.01	150.08
5	N Kapil Dev	56.38	12.37	65.70	14.38	148.83
6	GA Gooch	56.17	11.47	59.43	14.73	141.80
7	Zaheer Abbas	48.92	14.94	56.16	17.24	137.26
8	AJ Lamb	55.68	11.86	51.54	15.30	134.38
9	Salim Malik	52.75	12.30	47.82	15.77	128.64
10	DM Jones	45.89	13.98	47.68	16.17	123.72

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00
Top Form	100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 3

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	13	758	68.91	93.35	920.59	138.09
2	N Kapil Dev	13	455	56.88	114.32	766.56	114.98
3	AJ Lamb	13	577	64.11	86.77	759.65	113.95
4	GA Gooch	8	471	58.88	70.51	679.60	101.94
5	Zaheer Abbas	7	313	62.60	81.72	626.08	93.91
6	Javed Miandad	13	494	41.17	73.08	615.66	92.35
7	Salim Malik	7	323	53.83	91.24	564.00	84.60
8	DM Jones	8	314	44.86	77.92	546.88	82.03
9	DL Haynes	14	459	35.31	59.23	531.71	79.76
10	CG Greenidge	7	250	41.67	58.96	409.38	61.41

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

Both Inns are clubbed together.
A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis %	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	121	62	51.24	961.54	144.23
2	AJ Lamb	72	29	40.28	683.67	102.55
3	Javed Miandad	109	43	39.45	653.24	97.99
4	Zaheer Abbas	41	16	39.02	629.94	94.49
5	N Kapil Dev	107	33	30.84	579.48	86.92
6	CG Greenidge	88	30	34.09	561.49	84.22
7	Salim Malik	85	26	30.59	511.94	76.79
8	DL Haynes	136	41	30.15	506.43	75.97
9	GA Gooch	55	15	27.27	451.18	67.68
10	DM Jones	67	22	32.84	448.11	67.22

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	30	1662	72.26	96.91	970.49	97.05
2	DL Haynes	30	1447	65.77	75.29	857.25	85.73
3	Zaheer Abbas	30	1502	57.77	92.37	856.65	85.66
4	GA Gooch	30	1672	59.71	69.46	856.07	85.61
5	Javed Miandad	30	1569	71.32	70.20	815.80	81.58
6	CG Greenidge	30	1454	55.92	74.72	807.40	80.74
7	DM Jones	30	1380	47.59	80.51	774.78	77.48
8	Salim Malik	30	1209	46.50	91.94	765.42	76.54
9	AJ Lamb	30	1235	49.40	74.17	731.93	73.19
10	N Kapil Dev	30	815	31.35	111.80	696.37	69.64

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BATSMAN	WC	TF	II	SEC RAT
1	IVA Richards	138.09	97.05	144.23	379.37
2	AJ Lamb	113.95	73.19	102.55	289.69
3	Zaheer Abbas	93.91	85.66	94.49	274.07
4	Javed Miandad	92.35	81.58	97.99	271.91
5	N Kapil Dev	114.98	69.64	86.92	271.54
6	GA Gooch	101.94	85.61	67.68	255.22
7	DL Haynes	79.76	85.73	75.97	241.45
8	Salim Malik	84.60	76.54	76.79	237.93
9	DM Jones	82.03	77.48	67.22	226.73
10	CG Greenidge	61.41	80.74	84.22	226.37

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	IVA Richards	WI	378.24	182.00	379.37	939.61
2	Javed Miandad	PAK	325.78	157.12	271.91	754.81
3	DL Haynes	WI	339.37	153.62	241.45	734.44
4	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	317.35	137.26	274.07	728.68
5	AJ Lamb	ENG	299.12	134.38	289.69	723.19
6	N Kapil Dev	IND	295.91	148.83	271.54	716.28
7	GA Gooch	ENG	298.92	141.80	255.22	695.94
8	CG Greenidge	WI	318.84	150.08	226.37	695.29
9	Salim Malik	PAK	290.28	128.64	237.93	656.86
10	DM Jones	AUS	304.30	123.72	226.73	654.75

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1970s	WI	ENG	AUS	NZ	PAK	SL	IND
1980s	WI	ENG	AUS	PAK	IND	NZ	SL	ZIM
1990s	SA	AUS	PAK	WI	IND	SL	ENG	NZ	ZIM
2000s	AUS	SA	SL	PAK	IND	NZ	ENG	WI	BAN
2010s	IND	SA	AUS	ENG	NZ	PAK	SL	BAN	WI
2020s	IND	NZ	SL	AUS	PAK	SA	BAN	ENG	WI	AFG