ODI Decades Rating - Best Batsmen In 1980s Featured

Top ODI Batsmen of the Decade (1980 – 1989)

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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 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
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. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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

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 AR Border AUS 171 4697 159.44
5 CG Greenidge WI 97 4205 142.74
6 AJ Lamb ENG 87 3072 104.28
7 DM Jones AUS 82 3044 103.33
8 N Kapil Dev IND 131 2869 97.39
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) 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS Zaheer Abbas 46 5 2076 10 50.63 51.23 100.00
1 Zaheer Abbas 46 5 2076 10 50.63 51.23 100.00
2 CG Greenidge 97 9 4205 26 47.78 50.90 99.35
3 GA Gooch 57 2 2546 15 46.29 49.17 95.97
4 DM Jones 82 15 3044 23 45.43 49.16 95.95
5 Javed Miandad 138 29 5041 36 46.25 48.06 93.81
6 IVA Richards 139 18 5559 40 45.94 47.61 92.93
7 DL Haynes 158 22 5892 33 43.32 46.40 90.58
8 AJ Lamb 87 15 3072 18 42.67 45.11 88.05
9 AR Border 171 24 4697 32 31.95 34.94 68.21
10 N Kapil Dev 131 24 2869 14 26.81 30.96 60.44

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS Zaheer Abbas 38 5 1700 8 51.52 52.12 150.00
1 Zaheer Abbas 38 5 1700 8 51.52 52.12 150.00
2 GA Gooch 51 2 2251 11 45.94 48.79 140.42
3 Javed Miandad 118 23 4366 31 45.96 47.76 137.44
4 CG Greenidge 91 7 3753 23 44.68 47.59 136.96
5 IVA Richards 130 18 5099 39 45.53 47.18 135.77
6 DL Haynes 148 21 5431 30 42.76 45.80 131.82
7 DM Jones 72 11 2489 16 40.80 44.15 127.05
8 AJ Lamb 83 15 2825 14 41.54 43.92 126.40
9 AR Border 154 22 4131 28 31.30 34.22 98.49
10 N Kapil Dev 112 15 2400 14 24.74 28.57 82.23

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) 1500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 2869 2834 101.24 109.95 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 2869 2834 101.24 109.95 100.00
2 IVA Richards 5559 6061 91.72 100.95 91.81
3 Zaheer Abbas 2076 2387 86.97 94.93 86.34
4 DM Jones 3044 4030 75.53 85.90 78.13
5 AJ Lamb 3072 4089 75.13 84.13 76.52
6 AR Border 4697 6568 71.51 80.93 73.60
7 CG Greenidge 4205 6304 66.70 78.97 71.82
8 GA Gooch 2546 3858 65.99 78.24 71.16
9 Javed Miandad 5041 7265 69.39 76.32 69.42
10 DL Haynes 5892 9207 63.99 75.58 68.74

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS IVA Richards 5099 5600 91.05 100.22 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 2400 2414 99.42 107.98 150.00
2 IVA Richards 5099 5600 91.05 100.22 150.00
3 Zaheer Abbas 1700 1997 85.13 92.91 139.07
4 DM Jones 2489 3394 73.34 83.40 124.83
5 AJ Lamb 2825 3834 73.68 82.51 123.50
6 AR Border 4131 5938 69.57 78.72 117.83
7 CG Greenidge 3753 5696 65.89 78.00 116.75
8 GA Gooch 2251 3455 65.15 77.24 115.61
9 DL Haynes 5431 8558 63.46 74.95 112.18
10 Javed Miandad 4366 6479 67.39 74.12 110.94

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* 106 139.00 150.00
1 IVA Richards 189* 181 149 119 119 110* 106 139.00 150.00
2 DL Haynes 152* 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 117* 135.71 146.45
3 GA Gooch 142 136 129* 117* 115 115 108 123.14 132.89
4 CG Greenidge 133* 117 115 110* 105* 104 103 112.43 121.33
5 Zaheer Abbas 123 118 113 109 108 105 103* 111.29 120.09
6 Javed Miandad 119* 116* 113 106* 103 100* 91* 106.86 115.31
7 AJ Lamb 118 108* 102 100* 99 97* 94 102.57 110.69
8 AR Border 127* 118* 105* 91* 91 90* 90 101.71 109.76
9 DM Jones 121 104 101 99* 93* 93 92 100.43 108.38
10 N Kapil Dev 175* 87 75 72* 72 64 60 86.43 93.27

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 35/21 202.06 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 26/13 72/38 49/26 58/31 35/21 202.06 150.00
2 IVA Richards 37/17 82/39 80/39 66/39 149/99 195.56 145.18
3 AR Border 84/44 31/22 118/88 34/26 31/24 165.30 122.72
4 Zaheer Abbas 59/37 123/87 118/86 105/82 73/62 147.38 109.41
5 Javed Miandad 119/77 72/54 28/23 91/75 59/49 146.00 108.38
6 AJ Lamb 33/19 76/58 30/23 94/76 81/69 143.52 106.54
7 DM Jones 34/23 55/42 99/77 40/33 93/82 142.05 105.45
8 DL Haynes 152/126 44/39 40/36 142/132 111/108 130.96 97.22
9 CG Greenidge 66/51 26/23 84/76 104/100 117/123 126.00 93.54
10 GA Gooch 129/118 142/134 108/113 91/102 74/85 116.84 86.74

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 half of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 IVA Richards 188.70 228.70 241.81 150.00 145.18 954.39 477.19
2 DL Haynes 200.00 222.40 180.92 146.45 97.22 847.00 423.50
3 Javed Miandad 171.11 231.25 180.36 115.31 108.38 806.41 403.21
4 CG Greenidge 142.74 236.31 188.58 121.33 93.54 782.49 391.25
5 Zaheer Abbas 70.47 250.00 225.41 120.09 109.41 775.38 387.69
6 AR Border 159.44 166.70 191.44 109.76 122.72 750.05 375.02
7 DM Jones 103.33 223.00 202.96 108.38 105.45 743.12 371.56
8 AJ Lamb 104.28 214.46 200.02 110.69 106.54 735.99 367.99
9 N Kapil Dev 97.39 142.66 250.00 93.27 150.00 733.32 366.66
10 GA Gooch 86.42 236.39 186.77 132.89 86.74 729.21 364.60

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 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DL Haynes 26 1625 95.59 82.15 833.47 166.69
2 Zaheer Abbas 22 1196 62.95 104.36 733.61 146.72
3 DM Jones 54 2138 50.90 76.82 718.37 143.67
4 Javed Miandad 58 2178 54.45 77.70 711.37 142.27
5 AR Border 112 2977 30.69 69.67 709.84 141.97
6 N Kapil Dev 54 1160 27.62 103.66 624.20 124.84
7 IVA Richards 17 642 49.38 99.69 619.54 123.91
8 AJ Lamb 30 1128 47.00 77.53 602.93 120.59
9 GA Gooch 22 1032 49.14 61.14 578.34 115.67
10 CG Greenidge 21 817 40.85 72.75 533.34 106.67

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 122 4917 45.53 90.77 938.63 750.91
2 CG Greenidge 76 3388 49.82 65.39 765.06 612.05
3 DL Haynes 132 4267 35.86 59.03 722.24 577.79
4 N Kapil Dev 77 1709 26.29 99.65 702.57 562.05
5 Javed Miandad 80 2863 41.49 64.16 677.71 542.17
6 AJ Lamb 57 1944 40.50 73.80 668.95 535.16
7 GA Gooch 35 1514 44.53 69.77 663.40 530.72
8 AR Border 59 1720 34.40 74.95 633.94 507.15
9 Zaheer Abbas 24 880 40.00 70.91 578.33 462.66
10 DM Jones 28 906 36.24 72.65 546.26 437.01

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS 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 Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 96 3890 46.31 87.28 947.71 189.54
2 DL Haynes 110 4253 45.73 65.53 890.68 178.14
3 DM Jones 60 2244 47.74 75.66 798.11 159.62
4 CG Greenidge 77 3192 44.33 65.45 793.76 158.75
5 AR Border 139 3822 31.85 69.99 784.66 156.93
6 AJ Lamb 67 2330 41.61 72.52 750.72 150.14
7 GA Gooch 32 1356 45.20 62.63 707.82 141.56

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Javed Miandad 80 2862 50.21 74.73 852.92 170.58
2 Zaheer Abbas 24 1264 60.19 101.94 849.28 169.86
3 N Kapil Dev 87 1736 25.16 99.48 728.39 145.68

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 43 1669 45.11 104.05 935.09 748.07
2 DL Haynes 48 1639 38.12 60.32 753.39 602.71
3 CG Greenidge 20 1013 63.31 70.99 739.18 591.34
4 GA Gooch 25 1190 47.60 70.29 730.18 584.14
5 AR Border 32 875 32.41 79.04 638.30 510.64
6 AJ Lamb 20 742 46.38 84.70 634.89 507.92
7 DM Jones 22 800 40.00 75.19 597.65 478.12

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Javed Miandad 58 2179 41.90 63.44 879.68 703.75
2 N Kapil Dev 44 1133 29.82 104.04 808.27 646.61
3 Zaheer Abbas 22 812 40.60 70.79 671.50 537.20

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 IVA Richards 750.91 123.91 748.07 189.54 1,812.43 181.24
2 Javed Miandad 542.17 142.27 703.75 170.58 1,558.77 155.88
3 DL Haynes 577.79 166.69 602.71 178.14 1,525.33 152.53
4 N Kapil Dev 562.05 124.84 646.61 145.68 1,479.19 147.92
5 CG Greenidge 612.05 106.67 591.34 158.75 1,468.81 146.88
6 GA Gooch 530.72 115.67 584.14 141.56 1,372.09 137.21
7 AR Border 507.15 141.97 510.64 156.93 1,316.69 131.67
8 Zaheer Abbas 462.66 146.72 537.20 169.86 1,316.44 131.64
9 AJ Lamb 535.16 120.59 507.92 150.14 1,313.80 131.38
10 DM Jones 437.01 143.67 478.12 159.62 1,218.42 121.84

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 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 3

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 13 758 68.91 93.35 922.14 922.14
2 AJ Lamb 13 577 64.11 86.77 764.00 764.00
3 N Kapil Dev 13 455 56.88 114.32 761.29 761.29
4 GA Gooch 8 471 58.88 70.51 666.41 666.41
5 Zaheer Abbas 7 313 62.60 81.72 616.90 616.90
6 Javed Miandad 13 494 41.17 73.08 615.66 615.66
7 DM Jones 8 314 44.86 77.92 544.23 544.23
8 DL Haynes 14 459 35.31 59.23 531.38 531.38
9 AR Border 14 333 23.79 78.91 496.29 496.29
10 CG Greenidge 7 250 41.67 58.96 405.02 405.02
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 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 50 2574 66.00 96.88 986.32 986.32
2 DL Haynes 50 2228 57.13 67.07 809.54 809.54
3 GA Gooch 50 2376 49.50 66.39 801.74 801.74
4 Zaheer Abbas 46 2076 50.63 86.97 799.29 799.29
5 Javed Miandad 50 2285 61.76 71.99 798.96 798.96
6 CG Greenidge 50 2178 48.40 69.67 771.93 771.93
7 DM Jones 50 2160 48.00 73.15 767.83 767.83
8 AJ Lamb 50 1786 41.53 74.82 703.44 703.44
9 AR Border 50 1684 42.10 74.58 693.79 693.79
10 N Kapil Dev 50 1272 33.47 105.39 692.74 692.74
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: 10

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 121 57 47.11 961.53 961.53
2 Javed Miandad 109 40 36.70 691.33 691.33
3 AJ Lamb 72 27 37.50 651.13 651.13
4 Zaheer Abbas 41 15 36.59 625.10 625.10
5 CG Greenidge 88 29 32.95 589.71 589.71
6 DL Haynes 136 37 27.21 576.68 576.68
7 N Kapil Dev 107 32 29.91 563.15 563.15
8 AR Border 147 37 25.17 533.12 533.12
9 DM Jones 67 20 29.85 487.52 487.52
10 GA Gooch 55 14 25.45 415.69 415.69

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 IVA Richards 92.21 98.63 96.15 287.00
2 AJ Lamb 76.40 70.34 65.11 211.86
3 Javed Miandad 61.57 79.90 69.13 210.60
4 Zaheer Abbas 61.69 79.93 62.51 204.13
5 N Kapil Dev 76.13 69.27 56.32 201.72
6 DL Haynes 53.14 80.95 57.67 191.76
7 GA Gooch 66.64 80.17 41.57 188.38
8 DM Jones 54.42 76.78 48.75 179.96
9 CG Greenidge 40.50 77.19 58.97 176.67
10 AR Border 49.63 69.38 53.31 172.32

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 477.19 181.24 287.00 945.43
2 Javed Miandad PAK 403.21 155.88 210.60 769.68
3 DL Haynes WI 423.50 152.53 191.76 767.79
4 Zaheer Abbas PAK 387.69 131.64 204.13 723.46
5 N Kapil Dev IND 366.66 147.92 201.72 716.30
6 CG Greenidge WI 391.25 146.88 176.67 714.79
7 AJ Lamb ENG 367.99 131.38 211.86 711.23
8 GA Gooch ENG 364.60 137.21 188.38 690.20
9 AR Border AUS 375.02 131.67 172.32 679.01
10 DM Jones AUS 371.56 121.84 179.96 673.36

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 PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

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

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