Decades Rating - Best ODI Batsmen In 2000s

Top ODI Batsmen of the Decade (2000 – 2009)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2000s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in ODI Cricket in the 2000s.

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

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. 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 RT Ponting AUS 230 9103 200.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 230 9103 200.00
2 SR Tendulkar IND 207 8823 193.85
3 ST Jayasuriya SL 242 8305 182.47
4 CH Gayle WI 193 7371 161.95
5 Yuvraj Singh IND 225 7249 159.27
6 AC Gilchrist AUS 205 7243 159.13
7 HH Gibbs SA 199 6963 152.98
8 V Sehwag IND 209 6933 152.32
9 ML Hayden AUS 143 5847 128.46
10 A Symonds AUS 155 4930 108.32

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 MEK Hussey 102 35 3623 27 54.07 56.69 150.00
1 SR Tendulkar 207 18 8823 49 46.68 47.88 126.70
2 ML Hayden 143 14 5847 34 45.33 45.96 121.60
3 RT Ponting 230 24 9103 56 44.19 44.75 118.41
4 CH Gayle 193 14 7371 39 41.18 42.25 111.80
5 A Symonds 155 31 4930 29 39.76 40.88 108.17
6 Yuvraj Singh 225 31 7249 42 37.37 38.54 101.99
7 HH Gibbs 199 14 6963 33 37.64 38.12 100.86
8 AC Gilchrist 205 7 7243 45 36.58 37.13 98.24
9 ST Jayasuriya 242 10 8305 35 35.80 36.54 96.67
10 V Sehwag 209 8 6933 35 34.49 35.49 93.90

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MEK Hussey 82 27 2884 22 52.44 55.75 150.00
1 ML Hayden 113 9 4684 27 45.04 46.71 125.67
2 RT Ponting 182 19 7268 41 44.59 45.94 123.58
3 SR Tendulkar 170 10 7015 40 43.84 45.82 123.28
4 A Symonds 118 24 3784 22 40.26 42.14 113.36
5 CH Gayle 149 5 5308 26 36.86 39.07 105.11
6 Yuvraj Singh 172 24 5408 32 36.54 38.56 103.74
7 V Sehwag 156 4 5301 24 34.88 36.61 98.50
8 AC Gilchrist 162 4 5482 35 34.70 35.96 96.73
9 ST Jayasuriya 188 5 6245 26 34.13 35.59 95.74
10 HH Gibbs 140 5 4532 21 33.57 34.99 94.12

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 V Sehwag 6933 6724 103.11 101.80 150.00
1 V Sehwag 6933 6724 103.11 101.80 150.00
2 AC Gilchrist 7243 7204 100.54 99.46 146.56
3 A Symonds 4930 5312 92.81 91.36 134.61
4 ST Jayasuriya 8305 9066 91.61 90.87 133.90
5 Yuvraj Singh 7249 8141 89.04 88.23 130.00
6 HH Gibbs 6963 8150 85.44 84.88 125.07
7 SR Tendulkar 8823 10375 85.04 84.72 124.83
8 RT Ponting 9103 10779 84.45 84.48 124.48
9 CH Gayle 7371 8814 83.63 83.31 122.75
10 ML Hayden 5847 7233 80.84 79.81 117.59

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 5482 5376 101.97 101.31 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 5482 5376 101.97 101.31 150.00
2 V Sehwag 5301 5217 101.61 101.05 149.61
3 A Symonds 3784 3958 95.60 94.38 139.73
4 ST Jayasuriya 6245 6960 89.73 89.46 132.45
5 Yuvraj Singh 5408 6214 87.03 86.82 128.55
6 SR Tendulkar 7015 8265 84.88 84.89 125.69
7 RT Ponting 7268 8600 84.51 84.85 125.62
8 CH Gayle 5308 6338 83.75 83.83 124.12
9 HH Gibbs 4532 5543 81.76 81.66 120.91
10 ML Hayden 4684 5833 80.30 79.65 117.93

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 2000s. 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 SR Tendulkar 175 163* 141* 141 139 138 123 145.71 100.00
1 SR Tendulkar 175 163* 141* 141 139 138 123 145.71 100.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 189 152 130 130 125 122 122 138.57 95.10
3 RT Ponting 164 141* 140* 134* 129 126 124 136.86 93.92
4 ML Hayden 181* 158 146 126 117 114 111 136.14 93.43
5 CH Gayle 152* 140 135 133* 132* 132 124 135.43 92.94
6 HH Gibbs 175 153 143 119 118 116* 114 134.00 91.96
7 AC Gilchrist 149 128 124 122 121* 118 116 125.43 86.08
8 V Sehwag 146 130 126 125* 119 116 114* 125.14 85.88
9 Yuvraj Singh 139 138* 131 121 118 117 110 124.86 85.69
10 A Symonds 156 151 143* 107* 104* 103* 91* 122.14 83.82

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 Abdul Razzaq 29/11 42/16 51/22 89/40 47/22 232.67 100.00
1 Yuvraj Singh 25/11 69/32 40/19 138/78 87/60 177.86 76.44
2 V Sehwag 48/22 74/40 59/32 125/74 60/36 177.13 76.13
3 A Symonds 34/13 37/20 47/26 66/39 71/47 173.11 74.40
4 AC Gilchrist 38/20 69/37 51/29 83/50 76/46 172.31 74.06
5 CH Gayle 27/14 80/43 38/23 28/20 64/46 161.71 69.50
6 ST Jayasuriya 27/13 70/44 152/99 72/47 130/88 153.74 66.08
7 HH Gibbs 175/111 61/40 97/66 74/53 40/30 148.03 63.62
8 RT Ponting 164/105 35/23 43/33 93/74 37/31 139.89 60.12
9 SR Tendulkar 62/38 36/25 35/26 100/76 98/75 137.40 59.05
10 ML Hayden 101/68 41/30 59/48 66/54 45/37 129.97 55.86

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 SR Tendulkar 193.85 249.98 250.53 100.00 59.05 853.41 341.36
2 RT Ponting 200.00 242.00 250.10 93.92 60.12 846.14 338.46
3 AC Gilchrist 159.13 194.97 296.56 86.08 74.06 810.80 324.32
4 V Sehwag 152.32 192.40 299.61 85.88 76.13 806.35 322.54
5 ST Jayasuriya 182.47 192.41 266.35 95.10 66.08 802.40 320.96
6 CH Gayle 161.95 216.92 246.87 92.94 69.50 788.17 315.27
7 Yuvraj Singh 159.27 205.72 258.55 85.69 76.44 785.67 314.27
8 A Symonds 108.32 221.53 274.35 83.82 74.40 762.41 304.97
9 ML Hayden 128.46 247.27 235.52 93.43 55.86 760.55 304.22
10 HH Gibbs 152.98 194.98 245.98 91.96 63.62 749.53 299.81

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 SR Tendulkar 78 3410 46.71 87.80 777.90 15.56
2 AC Gilchrist 88 3181 36.56 102.35 767.56 15.35
3 RT Ponting 103 3765 39.63 82.30 745.31 14.91
4 HH Gibbs 88 3193 38.94 88.30 742.31 14.85
5 V Sehwag 68 2379 36.05 104.94 719.83 14.40
6 Yuvraj Singh 70 2387 41.16 92.74 716.32 14.33
7 CH Gayle 80 2671 34.24 81.04 680.75 13.61
8 ST Jayasuriya 75 2381 34.01 85.49 649.91 13.00
9 ML Hayden 50 1870 40.65 76.95 627.77 12.56
10 A Symonds 68 1768 28.98 93.25 618.27 12.37

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RT Ponting 127 5338 48.09 86.04 840.82 67.27
2 ST Jayasuriya 167 5924 36.57 94.32 825.63 66.05
3 SR Tendulkar 129 5413 46.66 83.39 822.58 65.81
4 A Symonds 87 3162 50.19 92.56 795.53 63.64
5 V Sehwag 141 4554 33.73 102.18 795.50 63.64
6 CH Gayle 113 4700 46.53 85.18 787.43 62.99
7 ML Hayden 93 3977 47.92 82.80 773.54 61.88
8 AC Gilchrist 117 4062 36.59 99.17 768.26 61.46
9 Yuvraj Singh 155 4862 35.75 87.34 760.69 60.86
10 HH Gibbs 111 3770 36.60 83.15 679.27 54.34

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 RT Ponting 190 7717 45.66 85.51 873.26 17.47
2 AC Gilchrist 173 6102 36.54 100.33 830.11 16.60
3 A Symonds 124 3877 38.77 94.17 771.36 15.43
4 ML Hayden 119 4708 44.00 80.27 766.22 15.32
5 CH Gayle 149 5385 39.31 81.12 758.80 15.18
6 HH Gibbs 162 5638 37.34 86.23 756.89 15.14

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 122 5097 45.51 85.35 835.83 16.72
2 V Sehwag 127 4474 36.37 108.41 834.93 16.70
3 Yuvraj Singh 137 4576 39.79 91.47 805.82 16.12
4 ST Jayasuriya 147 4895 34.96 87.74 767.48 15.35

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 CH Gayle 44 1986 47.29 91.27 918.26 73.46
2 AC Gilchrist 32 1141 36.81 101.69 750.15 60.01
3 HH Gibbs 37 1325 38.97 82.20 740.72 59.26
4 A Symonds 31 1053 43.88 88.12 726.31 58.11
5 ML Hayden 24 1139 51.77 83.26 722.96 57.84
6 RT Ponting 40 1386 37.46 79.02 700.61 56.05

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 85 3726 48.39 84.62 909.02 72.72
2 ST Jayasuriya 95 3410 37.07 97.79 892.31 71.38
3 V Sehwag 82 2459 31.53 94.69 767.75 61.42
4 Yuvraj Singh 88 2673 33.84 85.18 756.65 60.53

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 SR Tendulkar 65.81 15.56 72.72 16.72 170.80
2 ST Jayasuriya 66.05 13.00 71.38 15.35 165.78
3 CH Gayle 62.99 13.61 73.46 15.18 165.25
4 V Sehwag 63.64 14.40 61.42 16.70 156.15
5 RT Ponting 67.27 14.91 56.05 17.47 155.69
6 AC Gilchrist 61.46 15.35 60.01 16.60 153.43
7 Yuvraj Singh 60.86 14.33 60.53 16.12 151.83
8 A Symonds 63.64 12.37 58.11 15.43 149.54
9 ML Hayden 61.88 12.56 57.84 15.32 147.60
10 HH Gibbs 54.34 14.85 59.26 15.14 143.58

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 RT Ponting 19 954 59.63 92.00 834.22 125.13
2 ML Hayden 21 987 51.95 92.94 815.10 122.26
3 AC Gilchrist 21 861 43.05 104.49 793.30 119.00
4 ST Jayasuriya 21 788 43.78 88.04 740.85 111.13
5 HH Gibbs 14 726 72.60 96.29 740.28 111.04
6 A Symonds 13 515 103.00 93.30 729.64 109.45
7 SR Tendulkar 14 737 56.69 90.76 640.52 96.08
8 V Sehwag 14 463 33.07 95.66 501.56 75.23
9 CH Gayle 15 434 28.93 76.54 457.98 68.70
10 Yuvraj Singh 13 376 37.60 94.71 448.67 67.30
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 ST Jayasuriya 232 72 31.03 713.43 107.01
2 AC Gilchrist 198 64 32.32 704.56 105.68
3 HH Gibbs 185 56 30.27 685.51 102.83
4 SR Tendulkar 189 62 32.80 684.19 102.63
5 Yuvraj Singh 194 61 31.44 671.82 100.77
6 A Symonds 124 42 33.87 657.80 98.67
7 V Sehwag 201 62 30.85 632.80 94.92
8 CH Gayle 179 54 30.17 623.10 93.46
9 ML Hayden 129 40 31.01 572.83 85.92
10 RT Ponting 206 54 26.21 546.02 81.90
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 V Sehwag 30 1534 52.90 130.00 853.23 85.32
2 ML Hayden 30 1651 58.96 91.17 811.87 81.19
3 SR Tendulkar 30 1600 64.00 90.40 799.55 79.95
4 Yuvraj Singh 30 1279 49.19 105.09 749.94 74.99
5 RT Ponting 30 1476 61.50 87.60 749.18 74.92
6 ST Jayasuriya 30 1262 45.07 106.59 744.02 74.40
7 HH Gibbs 30 1273 48.96 96.95 734.24 73.42
8 CH Gayle 30 1333 47.61 88.93 732.49 73.25
9 A Symonds 30 1252 59.62 100.24 727.89 72.79
10 AC Gilchrist 30 1197 42.75 110.73 714.10 71.41

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 AC Gilchrist 119.00 71.41 105.68 296.09
2 ST Jayasuriya 111.13 74.40 107.01 292.54
3 ML Hayden 122.26 81.19 85.92 289.38
4 HH Gibbs 111.04 73.42 102.83 287.29
5 RT Ponting 125.13 74.92 81.90 281.95
6 A Symonds 109.45 72.79 98.67 280.90
7 SR Tendulkar 96.08 79.95 102.63 278.66
8 V Sehwag 75.23 85.32 94.92 255.48
9 Yuvraj Singh 67.30 74.99 100.77 243.07
10 CH Gayle 68.70 73.25 93.46 235.41

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 SR Tendulkar IND 341.36 170.80 278.66 790.83
2 ST Jayasuriya SL 320.96 165.78 292.54 779.29
3 RT Ponting AUS 338.46 155.69 281.95 776.10
4 AC Gilchrist AUS 324.32 153.43 296.09 773.84
5 ML Hayden AUS 304.22 147.60 289.38 741.19
6 A Symonds AUS 304.97 149.54 280.90 735.41
7 V Sehwag IND 322.54 156.15 255.48 734.17
8 HH Gibbs SA 299.81 143.58 287.29 730.69
9 CH Gayle WI 315.27 165.25 235.41 715.93
10 Yuvraj Singh IND 314.27 151.83 243.07 709.17

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

TOP TEAMS

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

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