Present Era Rating - Best ODI Batsmen

Top ODI Batsmen of the Present Era

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 25 years. Only batsmen active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in ODI Cricket in the last 25 years.

*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. PRESENT ERA 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) 30
Min Overall Runs 1000

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 V Kohli IND 290 14181 200.00
1 V Kohli IND 290 14181 200.00
2 RG Sharma IND 265 11168 157.51
3 JE Root ENG 172 7301 102.97
4 KS Williamson NZ 165 7235 102.04
5 Babar Azam PAK 131 6291 88.72
6 JC Buttler ENG 166 5412 76.33
7 GJ Maxwell AUS 136 3990 56.27
8 Fakhar Zaman PAK 85 3651 51.49
9 TM Head AUS 73 2942 41.49
10 H Klaasen SA 56 2141 30.20

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS S Gill 55 8 2775 15 59.04 56.25 150.00
1 V Kohli 290 45 14181 74 57.88 53.79 143.45
2 Babar Azam 131 15 6291 37 54.23 50.23 133.94
3 RG Sharma 265 36 11168 58 48.77 47.46 126.55
4 JE Root 172 24 7301 43 49.33 46.17 123.13
5 KS Williamson 165 18 7235 47 49.22 45.61 121.62
6 TM Head 73 7 2942 17 44.58 44.94 119.83
7 H Klaasen 56 7 2141 11 43.69 44.01 117.36
8 Fakhar Zaman 85 6 3651 17 46.22 43.99 117.29
9 JC Buttler 166 29 5412 29 39.50 41.34 110.23
10 GJ Maxwell 136 18 3990 23 33.81 35.43 94.49

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 218 32 10571 54 56.83 53.68 150.00
1 V Kohli 218 32 10571 54 56.83 53.68 150.00
2 Fakhar Zaman 58 3 2724 15 49.53 47.98 134.08
3 RG Sharma 193 23 8081 37 47.54 47.33 132.26
4 Babar Azam 91 10 4009 26 49.49 46.57 130.15
5 KS Williamson 133 12 5797 39 47.91 44.97 125.68
6 TM Head 60 5 2373 15 43.15 44.08 123.18
7 H Klaasen 41 6 1494 8 42.69 43.93 122.76
8 JE Root 141 18 5624 37 45.72 43.21 120.76
9 JC Buttler 135 23 4276 22 38.18 40.40 112.90
10 GJ Maxwell 110 11 3035 19 30.66 32.31 90.30

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.43 150.00
1 GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.43 150.00
2 H Klaasen 2141 1829 117.06 102.14 136.27
3 JC Buttler 5412 4673 115.81 101.52 135.45
4 TM Head 2942 2774 106.06 93.07 124.16
5 V Kohli 14181 15192 93.35 84.97 113.36
6 RG Sharma 11168 12034 92.80 84.29 112.46
7 Fakhar Zaman 3651 3890 93.86 82.85 110.53
8 JE Root 7301 8319 87.76 78.76 105.08
9 Babar Azam 6291 7179 87.63 78.40 104.60
10 KS Williamson 7235 8853 81.72 73.91 98.61

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3035 2540 119.49 106.12 150.00
1 GJ Maxwell 3035 2540 119.49 106.12 150.00
2 H Klaasen 1494 1292 115.63 101.49 143.45
3 JC Buttler 4276 3792 112.76 98.78 139.62
4 TM Head 2373 2290 103.62 91.47 129.29
5 V Kohli 10571 11371 92.96 84.79 119.85
6 RG Sharma 8081 8711 92.77 84.69 119.70
7 Fakhar Zaman 2724 2841 95.88 84.59 119.57
8 JE Root 5624 6564 85.68 76.92 108.72
9 Babar Azam 4009 4675 85.75 76.63 108.32
10 KS Williamson 5797 7085 81.82 74.03 104.64

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 last 25 years. 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 RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 100.00
1 RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 100.00
2 V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 82.94
3 Fakhar Zaman 193 180* 138 126* 117 114 101 138.43 73.13
4 TM Head 154* 152 142 137 128 109 101 131.86 69.66
5 KS Williamson 148 145* 133* 123 118 118 115 128.57 67.92
6 JE Root 166* 133* 125 121 120 113* 113 127.29 67.25
7 Babar Azam 158 125* 123 120 117 115 115 124.71 65.89
8 JC Buttler 150 131 129 121 116* 110* 110* 123.86 65.43
9 H Klaasen 174 123* 119* 109 97 90 87 114.14 60.30
10 GJ Maxwell 201* 108 102 98 96 95 92 113.14 59.77

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 GJ Maxwell 60/22 45/19 63/29 39/18 70/33 203.07 100.00
1 GJ Maxwell 60/22 45/19 63/29 39/18 70/33 203.07 100.00
2 JC Buttler 47/16 116/52 39/19 41/20 110/55 191.01 94.06
3 H Klaasen 174/83 119/61 81/43 90/49 109/67 165.00 81.26
4 RG Sharma 51/28 30/17 35/20 40/24 41/25 156.96 77.29
5 TM Head 57/32 64/36 51/30 109/67 38/24 148.11 72.94
6 V Kohli 100/52 115/66 133/86 166/110 131/96 143.19 70.52
7 Fakhar Zaman 126/81 41/28 50/36 31/23 138/106 124.36 61.24
8 JE Root 79/56 104/78 57/45 68/55 82/68 115.89 57.07
9 KS Williamson 90/70 112/88 67/54 95/79 133/113 111.26 54.79
10 Babar Azam 114/83 31/26 94/82 158/139 117/106 105.47 51.94

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 V Kohli 200.00 293.45 233.21 82.94 70.52 880.11 352.05
2 RG Sharma 157.51 258.81 232.16 100.00 77.29 825.77 330.31
3 JC Buttler 76.33 223.13 275.07 65.43 94.06 734.03 293.61
4 GJ Maxwell 56.27 184.79 300.00 59.77 100.00 700.84 280.34
5 H Klaasen 30.20 240.12 279.72 60.30 81.26 691.59 276.64
6 JE Root 102.97 243.88 213.79 67.25 57.07 684.96 273.98
7 Babar Azam 88.72 264.08 212.91 65.89 51.94 683.54 273.42
8 TM Head 41.49 243.02 253.46 69.66 72.94 680.56 272.23
9 KS Williamson 102.04 247.30 203.24 67.92 54.79 675.29 270.12
10 Fakhar Zaman 51.49 251.38 230.10 73.13 61.24 667.34 266.94

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 V Kohli 121 6325 60.24 96.64 875.19 17.50
2 RG Sharma 93 4867 57.26 103.71 855.26 17.11
3 JC Buttler 73 2529 43.60 117.74 753.05 15.06
4 H Klaasen 29 1290 51.60 116.22 734.45 14.69
5 Babar Azam 46 2716 64.67 89.99 705.28 14.11
6 GJ Maxwell 50 1499 35.69 126.39 680.78 13.62
7 JE Root 90 3781 49.10 90.15 677.47 13.55
8 KS Williamson 74 3048 45.49 80.59 629.06 12.58
9 TM Head 22 980 46.67 99.39 622.57 12.45
10 Fakhar Zaman 36 1368 39.09 87.97 583.02 11.66

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 169 7856 56.11 90.85 896.41 71.71
2 RG Sharma 172 6301 43.76 85.83 805.02 64.40
3 Fakhar Zaman 49 2283 51.89 97.77 744.02 59.52
4 KS Williamson 91 4187 52.34 82.57 729.67 58.37
5 JC Buttler 93 2883 36.49 114.18 727.71 58.22
6 GJ Maxwell 86 2491 32.78 126.96 724.95 58.00
7 TM Head 51 1962 43.60 109.73 721.05 57.68
8 JE Root 82 3520 49.58 85.33 712.38 56.99
9 Babar Azam 85 3575 48.31 85.92 688.12 55.05
10 H Klaasen 27 851 35.46 118.36 643.46 51.48

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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 124 4411 44.56 118.77 892.71 17.85
2 JE Root 135 5735 49.44 88.59 829.03 16.58
3 KS Williamson 121 5411 50.10 81.48 808.94 16.18
4 H Klaasen 35 1355 45.17 114.06 762.23 15.24
5 TM Head 44 1843 46.08 106.35 748.20 14.96
6 GJ Maxwell 92 2457 30.71 124.03 733.57 14.67

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 173 8726 58.96 95.72 932.04 18.64
2 RG Sharma 157 6823 49.09 99.78 889.41 17.79
3 Babar Azam 62 3225 56.58 87.95 708.14 14.16
4 Fakhar Zaman 45 1678 39.02 89.92 651.55 13.03

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 GJ Maxwell 44 1533 40.34 131.36 863.77 69.10
2 KS Williamson 44 1824 46.77 82.46 795.65 63.65
3 JE Root 37 1566 48.94 84.88 733.07 58.65
4 TM Head 29 1099 42.27 105.57 732.58 58.61
5 H Klaasen 21 786 41.37 122.62 679.04 54.32
6 JC Buttler 42 1001 26.34 104.38 620.84 49.67

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 117 5455 56.24 89.78 952.67 76.21
2 RG Sharma 108 4345 48.28 83.62 880.13 70.41
3 Fakhar Zaman 40 1973 54.81 97.48 775.39 62.03
4 Babar Azam 69 3066 51.97 87.30 769.09 61.53

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 V Kohli 71.71 17.50 76.21 18.64 184.07
2 RG Sharma 64.40 17.11 70.41 17.79 169.71
3 GJ Maxwell 58.00 13.62 69.10 14.67 155.38
4 KS Williamson 58.37 12.58 63.65 16.18 150.79
5 Fakhar Zaman 59.52 11.66 62.03 13.03 146.24
6 JE Root 56.99 13.55 58.65 16.58 145.77
7 Babar Azam 55.05 14.11 61.53 14.16 144.85
8 TM Head 57.68 12.45 58.61 14.96 143.71
9 JC Buttler 58.22 15.06 49.67 17.85 140.80
10 H Klaasen 51.48 14.69 54.32 15.24 135.73

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: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RG Sharma 28 1575 60.58 105.49 916.92 137.54
2 V Kohli 37 1795 59.83 88.21 838.32 125.75
3 GJ Maxwell 25 901 47.42 160.32 759.80 113.97
4 KS Williamson 26 1167 61.42 81.21 723.40 108.51
5 JE Root 25 1034 44.96 88.15 674.09 101.11
6 Babar Azam 17 794 52.93 85.75 631.49 94.72
7 Fakhar Zaman 12 406 36.91 100.00 579.74 86.96
8 JC Buttler 23 591 26.86 118.20 571.61 85.74
9 H Klaasen 10 373 41.44 133.21 539.09 80.86
10 TM Head 6 329 54.83 127.52 500.00 75.00
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: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 245 94 38.37 892.23 133.83
2 RG Sharma 229 77 33.62 829.99 124.50
3 GJ Maxwell 118 47 39.83 770.91 115.64
4 JC Buttler 137 52 37.96 698.78 104.82
5 TM Head 66 22 33.33 661.25 99.19
6 H Klaasen 49 19 38.78 653.70 98.05
7 Babar Azam 116 40 34.48 623.06 93.46
8 Fakhar Zaman 79 24 30.38 610.96 91.64
9 JE Root 148 41 27.70 572.59 85.89
10 KS Williamson 147 35 23.81 492.15 73.82
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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 50 3497 94.51 100.37 889.43 88.94
2 RG Sharma 50 2997 73.10 98.98 834.56 83.46
3 JC Buttler 50 1885 53.86 123.53 734.32 73.43
4 TM Head 50 2122 47.16 113.72 721.35 72.13
5 H Klaasen 50 1978 46.00 119.73 716.42 71.64
6 GJ Maxwell 50 1696 38.55 126.10 697.50 69.75
7 Babar Azam 50 2747 58.45 91.57 697.02 69.70
8 JE Root 50 2654 61.72 92.28 696.74 69.67
9 Fakhar Zaman 50 2176 45.33 93.47 675.86 67.59
10 KS Williamson 50 2503 55.62 88.13 671.73 67.17

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 V Kohli 125.75 88.94 133.83 348.53
2 RG Sharma 137.54 83.46 124.50 345.49
3 GJ Maxwell 113.97 69.75 115.64 299.36
4 JC Buttler 85.74 73.43 104.82 263.99
5 Babar Azam 94.72 69.70 93.46 257.88
6 JE Root 101.11 69.67 85.89 256.68
7 H Klaasen 80.86 71.64 98.05 250.56
8 KS Williamson 108.51 67.17 73.82 249.50
9 TM Head 75.00 72.13 99.19 246.32
10 Fakhar Zaman 86.96 67.59 91.64 246.19

PRESENT ERA RATING

PRESENT ERA 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 V Kohli IND 352.05 184.07 348.53 884.64
2 RG Sharma IND 330.31 169.71 345.49 845.51
3 GJ Maxwell AUS 280.34 155.38 299.36 735.08
4 JC Buttler ENG 293.61 140.80 263.99 698.40
5 JE Root ENG 273.98 145.77 256.68 676.43
6 Babar Azam PAK 273.42 144.85 257.88 676.15
7 KS Williamson NZ 270.12 150.79 249.50 670.41
8 H Klaasen SA 276.64 135.73 250.56 662.93
9 TM Head AUS 272.23 143.71 246.32 662.25
10 Fakhar Zaman PAK 266.94 146.24 246.19 659.37

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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