This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1980s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). It is to be noted that U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan. All stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly. Here are the Top 10 batsmen in ODI Cricket in the 1980s.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

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

3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. WORLD CUP

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

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

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)

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.
A batsman’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
Knock Out and Super Six matches of ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Runs (TS AVE SR)	1500
Min Average (TS SR)	30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	7	50.63	49.72	150.00
1	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	7	50.63	49.72	150.00
2	CG Greenidge	97	9	4205	10	47.78	49.40	149.03
3	GA Gooch	57	2	2546	7	46.29	47.72	143.96
4	DM Jones	82	15	3044	3	45.43	47.71	143.93
5	Javed Miandad	138	29	5041	6	46.25	46.64	140.71
6	IVA Richards	139	18	5559	8	45.94	46.21	139.39
7	DL Haynes	158	22	5892	15	43.32	45.04	135.87
8	AJ Lamb	87	15	3072	4	42.67	43.78	132.08
9	Salim Malik	97	12	2804	4	32.99	34.48	104.01
10	N Kapil Dev	131	24	2869	1	26.81	30.05	90.66

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	7	50.63	49.72	150.00
1	Zaheer Abbas	46	5	2076	7	50.63	49.72	150.00
2	CG Greenidge	96	8	4100	9	46.59	48.17	145.31
3	GA Gooch	57	2	2546	7	46.29	47.72	143.96
4	DM Jones	80	14	2984	3	45.21	47.48	143.23
5	Javed Miandad	137	29	5026	6	46.54	46.94	141.59
6	IVA Richards	138	18	5543	8	46.19	46.46	140.15
7	DL Haynes	156	21	5802	15	42.98	44.68	134.79
8	AJ Lamb	87	15	3072	4	42.67	43.78	132.08
9	Salim Malik	96	12	2789	4	33.20	34.70	104.68
10	N Kapil Dev	128	21	2651	0	24.78	27.77	83.77

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.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	5559	6061	91.72	103.54	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	2869	2834	101.24	112.77	150.00
2	IVA Richards	5559	6061	91.72	103.54	150.00
3	Zaheer Abbas	2076	2387	86.97	97.36	141.05
4	Salim Malik	2804	3261	85.99	97.03	140.58
5	DM Jones	3044	4030	75.53	88.10	127.64
6	AJ Lamb	3072	4089	75.13	86.29	125.01
7	CG Greenidge	4205	6304	66.70	80.99	117.34
8	GA Gooch	2546	3858	65.99	80.24	116.26
9	Javed Miandad	5041	7265	69.39	78.28	113.41
10	DL Haynes	5892	9207	63.99	77.52	112.31

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	5543	6048	91.65	103.46	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	2651	2663	99.55	110.89	150.00
2	IVA Richards	5543	6048	91.65	103.46	150.00
3	Zaheer Abbas	2076	2387	86.97	97.36	141.16
4	Salim Malik	2789	3233	86.27	97.35	141.14
5	DM Jones	2984	3946	75.62	88.21	127.88
6	AJ Lamb	3072	4089	75.13	86.29	125.10
7	CG Greenidge	4100	6157	66.59	80.86	117.23
8	GA Gooch	2546	3858	65.99	80.24	116.34
9	Javed Miandad	5026	7233	69.49	78.39	113.65
10	DL Haynes	5802	9066	64.00	77.52	112.39

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Top 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	194.60	100.00
1	IVA Richards	189*	181	149	119	119	110*	106	194.60	100.00
2	DL Haynes	152*	145*	142*	138*	133*	123*	117*	190.00	97.64
3	GA Gooch	142	136	129*	117*	115	115	108	172.40	88.59
4	CG Greenidge	133*	117	115	110*	104	103	103	157.00	80.68
5	Zaheer Abbas	123	118	113	109	108	105	103*	155.80	80.06
6	Javed Miandad	119*	116*	113	106*	103	100*	91*	149.60	76.88
7	AJ Lamb	118	108*	102	100*	99	97*	94	143.60	73.79
8	DM Jones	121	104	101	99*	93*	93	92	140.60	72.25
9	Salim Malik	102	101	100*	100	88	85	84	132.00	67.83
10	N Kapil Dev	87	75	72*	72	64	60	59	97.80	50.26

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Top Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings. Only 50+ runs innings are counted in this criteria.

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

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	82/39	80/39	66/39	149/99	60/40	192.70	100.00
1	IVA Richards	82/39	80/39	66/39	149/99	60/40	192.70	100.00
2	N Kapil Dev	72/38	58/31	60/37	54/36	75/51	184.11	95.54
3	Salim Malik	72/36	56/34	66/41	85/55	72/60	175.26	90.95
4	Zaheer Abbas	59/37	123/87	118/86	105/82	73/62	151.16	78.44
5	Javed Miandad	119/77	72/54	91/75	59/49	79/67	147.15	76.36
6	DM Jones	55/42	99/77	93/82	52/48	121/113	135.33	70.23
7	AJ Lamb	76/58	94/76	81/69	53/51	108/106	131.44	68.21
8	DL Haynes	152/126	142/132	111/108	104/102	85/86	129.88	67.40
9	CG Greenidge	66/51	84/76	104/100	117/123	133/140	124.89	64.81
10	GA Gooch	129/118	142/134	108/113	91/102	74/85	119.83	62.19

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	279.54	300.00	100.00	100.00	968.24	484.12
2	DL Haynes	200.00	270.66	224.70	97.64	67.40	860.39	430.20
3	Javed Miandad	171.11	282.31	227.06	76.88	76.36	833.72	416.86
4	CG Greenidge	142.74	294.34	234.57	80.68	64.81	817.13	408.57
5	Zaheer Abbas	70.47	300.00	282.21	80.06	78.44	811.18	405.59
6	DM Jones	103.33	287.16	255.53	72.25	70.23	788.49	394.25
7	AJ Lamb	104.28	264.16	250.12	73.79	68.21	760.55	380.28
8	GA Gooch	86.42	287.92	232.60	88.59	62.19	757.71	378.86
9	Salim Malik	95.18	208.69	281.71	67.83	90.95	744.36	372.18
10	N Kapil Dev	97.39	174.43	300.00	50.26	95.54	717.61	358.81

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians. Familiar Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DL Haynes	26	1625	95.59	82.15	857.66	214.42
2	Zaheer Abbas	22	1196	62.95	104.36	751.47	187.87
3	DM Jones	54	2138	50.90	76.82	721.88	180.47
4	Javed Miandad	58	2178	54.45	77.70	714.12	178.53
5	Salim Malik	46	1565	41.18	82.85	633.29	158.32
6	IVA Richards	17	642	49.38	99.69	631.13	157.78
7	AJ Lamb	30	1128	47.00	77.53	611.70	152.93
8	N Kapil Dev	54	1160	27.62	103.66	611.53	152.88
9	GA Gooch	22	1032	49.14	61.14	581.79	145.45
10	CG Greenidge	21	817	40.85	72.75	540.72	135.18

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	122	4917	45.53	90.77	969.01	969.01
2	CG Greenidge	76	3388	49.82	65.39	811.05	811.05
3	DL Haynes	132	4267	35.86	59.03	743.19	743.19
4	GA Gooch	35	1514	44.53	69.77	713.36	713.36
5	Javed Miandad	80	2863	41.49	64.16	713.00	713.00
6	AJ Lamb	57	1944	40.50	73.80	707.56	707.56
7	N Kapil Dev	77	1709	26.29	99.65	679.59	679.59
8	Salim Malik	51	1239	26.36	90.31	665.30	665.30
9	Zaheer Abbas	24	880	40.00	70.91	628.50	628.50
10	DM Jones	28	906	36.24	72.65	583.40	583.40

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	96	3890	46.31	87.28	952.69	238.17
2	DL Haynes	110	4253	45.73	65.53	900.12	225.03
3	DM Jones	60	2244	47.74	75.66	825.73	206.43
4	CG Greenidge	77	3192	44.33	65.45	809.07	202.27
5	AJ Lamb	67	2330	41.61	72.52	769.54	192.39
6	GA Gooch	32	1356	45.20	62.63	730.75	182.69

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Zaheer Abbas	24	1264	60.19	101.94	885.23	221.31
2	Javed Miandad	80	2862	50.21	74.73	870.14	217.53
3	Salim Malik	66	2217	39.59	86.16	814.09	203.52
4	N Kapil Dev	87	1736	25.16	99.48	718.33	179.58

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	935.09	935.09
2	DL Haynes	48	1639	38.12	60.32	751.36	751.36
3	CG Greenidge	20	1013	63.31	70.99	733.51	733.51
4	GA Gooch	25	1190	47.60	70.29	728.90	728.90
5	AJ Lamb	20	742	46.38	84.70	609.14	609.14
6	DM Jones	22	800	40.00	75.19	577.01	577.01

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	926.05	926.05
2	N Kapil Dev	44	1133	29.82	104.04	756.30	756.30
3	Zaheer Abbas	22	812	40.60	70.79	729.23	729.23
4	Salim Malik	31	587	20.24	85.32	587.79	587.79

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	IVA Richards	969.01	157.78	935.09	238.17	2,300.05	230.01
2	Javed Miandad	713.00	178.53	926.05	217.53	2,035.11	203.51
3	DL Haynes	743.19	214.42	751.36	225.03	1,933.99	193.40
4	CG Greenidge	811.05	135.18	733.51	202.27	1,882.00	188.20
5	GA Gooch	713.36	145.45	728.90	182.69	1,770.40	177.04
6	N Kapil Dev	679.59	152.88	756.30	179.58	1,768.37	176.84
7	Zaheer Abbas	628.50	187.87	729.23	221.31	1,766.91	176.69
8	AJ Lamb	707.56	152.93	609.14	192.39	1,662.01	166.20
9	Salim Malik	665.30	158.32	587.79	203.52	1,614.94	161.49
10	DM Jones	583.40	180.47	577.01	206.43	1,547.31	154.73

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And World Cup

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 25 consecutive innings of a batsmen against Top Teams such that his Rating Points are Maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. World Cup Rating gives points for performances in World Cups. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
WORLD CUP – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DL Haynes	25	1591	99.44	82.05	939.85	469.92
2	Zaheer Abbas	22	1196	62.95	104.36	803.35	401.67
3	Javed Miandad	25	1040	74.29	89.19	746.04	373.02
4	Salim Malik	25	1218	58.00	83.08	718.67	359.33
5	DM Jones	25	1050	55.26	82.03	714.83	357.41
6	GA Gooch	22	1032	49.14	61.14	647.25	323.63
7	IVA Richards	17	642	49.38	99.69	609.86	304.93
8	AJ Lamb	25	892	42.48	76.17	609.74	304.87
9	N Kapil Dev	25	633	31.65	114.67	600.05	300.03
10	CG Greenidge	21	817	40.85	72.75	570.90	285.45

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	25	1385	72.89	97.60	987.56	987.56
2	GA Gooch	25	1298	54.08	72.11	846.67	846.67
3	CG Greenidge	25	1237	56.23	73.11	838.06	838.06
4	Javed Miandad	25	1265	66.58	68.34	829.36	829.36
5	DL Haynes	25	1099	49.95	70.54	779.69	779.69
6	Salim Malik	25	750	32.61	97.91	705.51	705.51
7	AJ Lamb	25	860	40.95	74.98	686.26	686.26
8	Zaheer Abbas	24	880	40.00	70.91	666.01	666.01
9	N Kapil Dev	25	586	24.42	108.72	601.94	601.94
10	DM Jones	25	803	33.46	71.70	586.82	586.82

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	13	758	68.91	93.35	960.91	960.91
2	AJ Lamb	13	577	64.11	86.77	770.13	770.13
3	GA Gooch	8	471	58.88	70.51	679.04	679.04
4	Javed Miandad	13	494	41.17	73.08	630.60	630.60
5	Zaheer Abbas	7	313	62.60	81.72	604.03	604.03
6	Salim Malik	7	323	53.83	91.24	600.83	600.83
7	N Kapil Dev	13	455	56.88	114.32	597.53	597.53
8	DM Jones	8	314	44.86	77.92	492.77	492.77
9	DL Haynes	14	459	35.31	59.23	483.13	483.13
10	CG Greenidge	7	250	41.67	58.96	366.90	366.90

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF HM	TF AW	WC	TOT	SEC RAT
1	IVA Richards	609.86	493.78	960.91	2,253.39	225.34
2	GA Gooch	647.25	423.34	679.04	1,849.34	184.93
3	Javed Miandad	746.04	414.68	630.60	1,832.98	183.30
4	AJ Lamb	609.74	343.13	770.13	1,761.26	176.13
5	DL Haynes	939.85	389.84	483.13	1,732.74	173.27
6	Zaheer Abbas	803.35	333.00	604.03	1,671.71	167.17
7	Salim Malik	718.67	352.75	600.83	1,665.67	166.57
8	N Kapil Dev	600.05	300.97	597.53	1,499.50	149.95
9	CG Greenidge	570.90	419.03	366.90	1,490.41	149.04
10	DM Jones	714.83	293.41	492.77	1,437.00	143.70

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	IVA Richards	WI	484.12	230.01	225.34	939.46
2	Javed Miandad	PAK	416.86	203.51	183.30	803.67
3	DL Haynes	WI	430.20	193.40	173.27	796.87
4	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	405.59	176.69	167.17	749.45
5	CG Greenidge	WI	408.57	188.20	149.04	745.81
6	GA Gooch	ENG	378.86	177.04	184.93	740.83
7	AJ Lamb	ENG	380.28	166.20	176.13	722.61
8	Salim Malik	PAK	372.18	161.49	166.57	700.24
9	DM Jones	AUS	394.25	154.73	143.70	692.68
10	N Kapil Dev	IND	358.81	176.84	149.95	685.59