ODIs - Best Batsmen In Successful Chases

Top 25 Chase Masters In ODI Cricket

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 25 batsmen in Successful Chases in ODIs.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
8. CHASE MASTERS RATING
9. TOP TEAMS
10. NON WEAK TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The CM 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 Scores 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 100.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who 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 a simple 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 Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

The Eras

ODIs from 1971 to present are divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1996
Era 2 MP between 1995 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 91 3321 150.00
1 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 91 3321 150.00
2 M Azharuddin IND 1985 2000 1992.5 80 2862 129.27
3 PA de Silva SL 1984 2003 1993.5 66 2643 119.38
4 CG Greenidge WI 1975 1991 1983 51 2482 112.10
5 IVA Richards WI 1975 1991 1983 58 2203 99.50
6 A Ranatunga SL 1982 1999 1990.5 56 2005 90.56
7 AR Border AUS 1979 1994 1986.5 46 1815 81.98
8 Ijaz Ahmed PAK 1986 2000 1993 50 1687 76.20
9 MD Crowe NZ 1982 1995 1988.5 32 1470 66.40
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2012 2000.5 124 5490 190.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2012 2000.5 124 5490 190.00
2 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 104 4186 144.87
3 AC Gilchrist AUS 1996 2008 2002 90 3750 129.78
4 ST Jayasuriya SL 1989 2011 2000 103 3633 125.73
5 BC Lara WI 1990 2007 1998.5 78 3498 121.06
6 CH Gayle WI 1999 2019 2009 64 3060 105.90
7 Saeed Anwar PAK 1989 2003 1996 59 2837 98.18
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 1991 2007 1999 76 2778 96.14
9 V Sehwag IND 1999 2013 2006 71 2664 92.20
10 BB McCullum NZ 2002 2016 2009 57 1837 63.58
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2008 2026 2017 104 6230 200.00
1 V Kohli IND 2008 2026 2017 104 6230 200.00
2 RG Sharma IND 2007 2026 2016.5 102 4802 154.16
3 MS Dhoni IND 2004 2019 2011.5 75 2876 92.33
4 MJ Guptill NZ 2009 2022 2015.5 57 2674 85.84
5 AB de Villiers SA 2005 2018 2011.5 59 2566 82.38
6 JM Bairstow ENG 2011 2023 2017 30 1518 48.73

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 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MS Dhoni 75 47 2876 20 102.71 106.65 150.00
1 MS Dhoni 75 47 2876 20 102.71 106.65 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 59 28 2566 18 82.77 81.73 114.95
3 V Kohli 104 35 6230 29 90.29 80.90 113.79
4 AR Border 46 20 1815 18 69.81 74.49 104.77
5 A Ranatunga 56 27 2005 13 69.14 72.99 102.66
6 BC Lara 78 27 3498 21 68.59 70.63 99.34
7 MD Crowe 32 11 1470 12 70.00 69.47 97.70
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq 76 32 2778 18 63.14 63.14 88.80
9 JM Bairstow 30 6 1518 5 63.25 61.62 86.67
10 CG Greenidge 51 11 2482 16 62.05 61.45 86.43
11 Saeed Anwar 59 14 2837 17 63.04 61.00 85.80
12 RG Sharma 102 27 4802 29 64.03 60.11 84.54
13 M Azharuddin 80 30 2862 21 57.24 58.58 82.39
14 MJ Guptill 57 14 2674 14 62.19 58.21 81.87
15 IVA Richards 58 20 2203 15 57.97 58.20 81.86
16 PA de Silva 66 20 2643 19 57.46 57.87 81.39
17 RT Ponting 104 31 4186 29 57.34 57.81 81.31
18 CH Gayle 64 11 3060 19 57.74 56.86 79.97
19 SR Tendulkar 124 25 5490 31 55.45 55.40 77.91
20 Ijaz Ahmed 50 16 1687 12 49.62 50.25 70.67
21 DL Haynes 91 20 3321 26 46.77 48.25 67.86
22 AC Gilchrist 90 10 3750 25 46.88 47.35 66.60
23 BB McCullum 57 16 1837 14 44.80 45.98 64.66
24 V Sehwag 71 6 2664 11 40.98 41.10 57.80
25 ST Jayasuriya 103 12 3633 18 39.92 40.77 57.35

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MS Dhoni 59 36 2180 17 94.78 99.68 150.00
1 MS Dhoni 59 36 2180 17 94.78 99.68 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 42 23 1875 13 98.68 98.92 148.86
3 V Kohli 74 26 4536 22 94.50 85.71 128.99
4 MD Crowe 23 9 1085 8 77.50 79.05 118.95
5 AR Border 40 18 1568 15 71.27 77.22 116.20
6 A Ranatunga 44 19 1659 11 66.36 71.87 108.16
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 55 23 2219 16 69.34 71.17 107.10
8 Saeed Anwar 36 7 1914 10 66.00 67.80 102.03
9 BC Lara 62 19 2727 19 63.42 66.83 100.57
10 M Azharuddin 59 23 2259 17 62.75 65.91 99.18
11 IVA Richards 55 19 2147 15 59.64 60.87 91.60
12 Ijaz Ahmed 35 11 1353 10 56.38 59.80 89.99
13 PA de Silva 52 17 2030 14 58.00 59.59 89.67
14 JM Bairstow 21 3 1050 4 58.33 57.51 86.54
15 RG Sharma 67 14 3101 14 58.51 56.01 84.28
16 RT Ponting 81 19 3327 20 53.66 55.29 83.20
17 CG Greenidge 47 8 2100 15 53.85 54.66 82.25
18 MJ Guptill 36 9 1486 8 55.04 53.61 80.67
19 CH Gayle 41 4 1876 11 50.70 51.90 78.09
20 SR Tendulkar 86 14 3476 25 48.28 49.58 74.61
21 DL Haynes 85 19 3065 24 46.44 48.85 73.51
22 AC Gilchrist 66 5 2736 18 44.85 46.61 70.14
23 BB McCullum 41 12 1270 11 43.79 46.11 69.39
24 V Sehwag 48 3 2024 8 44.98 45.75 68.85
25 ST Jayasuriya 71 7 2521 11 39.39 41.41 62.31

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 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 1990 1627 122.31 120.04 150.00
1 BB McCullum 1837 1598 114.96 107.88 134.81
2 AC Gilchrist 3750 3651 102.71 103.52 129.35
3 V Sehwag 2664 2514 105.97 103.10 128.83
4 JM Bairstow 1518 1313 115.61 102.14 127.63
5 IVA Richards 2203 2452 89.85 99.67 124.54
6 ST Jayasuriya 3633 3752 96.83 99.60 124.46
7 AB de Villiers 2566 2648 96.90 91.94 114.89
8 SR Tendulkar 5490 6093 90.10 91.70 114.58
9 CH Gayle 3060 3285 93.15 90.26 112.78
10 PA de Silva 2643 3099 85.29 90.23 112.74
11 Ijaz Ahmed 1687 2019 83.56 88.21 110.23
12 V Kohli 6230 6429 96.90 88.01 109.98
13 BC Lara 3498 4202 83.25 87.90 109.84
14 Saeed Anwar 2837 3382 83.89 87.77 109.67
15 MJ Guptill 2674 2740 97.59 87.69 109.57
16 A Ranatunga 2005 2436 82.31 87.52 109.36
17 MD Crowe 1470 1883 78.07 86.93 108.62
18 M Azharuddin 2862 3595 79.61 84.85 106.03
19 RG Sharma 4802 5195 92.44 83.80 104.72
20 MS Dhoni 2876 3268 88.00 82.80 103.47
21 CG Greenidge 2482 3622 68.53 82.02 102.49
22 AR Border 1815 2479 73.22 81.90 102.34
23 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2778 3595 77.27 80.19 100.20
24 RT Ponting 4186 5349 78.26 79.30 99.10
25 DL Haynes 3321 5349 62.09 73.74 92.14

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 1255 1055 118.96 117.45 150.00
1 BB McCullum 1270 1099 115.56 108.96 139.16
2 AC Gilchrist 2736 2627 104.15 105.24 134.40
3 JM Bairstow 1050 891 117.85 104.38 133.31
4 V Sehwag 2024 1906 106.19 103.47 132.14
5 ST Jayasuriya 2521 2592 97.26 100.98 128.96
6 IVA Richards 2147 2386 89.98 99.77 127.42
7 Ijaz Ahmed 1353 1504 89.96 96.06 122.67
8 AB de Villiers 1875 1901 98.63 93.14 118.95
9 SR Tendulkar 3476 3908 88.95 90.85 116.02
10 MJ Guptill 1486 1482 100.27 90.82 115.98
11 Saeed Anwar 1914 2269 84.35 89.31 114.06
12 V Kohli 4536 4666 97.21 88.43 112.94
13 PA de Silva 2030 2451 82.82 88.28 112.75
14 CH Gayle 1876 2080 90.19 87.84 112.18
15 A Ranatunga 1659 2026 81.89 87.81 112.14
16 M Azharuddin 2259 2784 81.14 87.26 111.43
17 MD Crowe 1085 1433 75.72 85.01 108.57
18 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2219 2752 80.63 84.03 107.32
19 BC Lara 2727 3454 78.95 83.79 107.01
20 AR Border 1568 2119 74.00 83.04 106.05
21 MS Dhoni 2180 2500 87.20 82.23 105.01
22 RG Sharma 3101 3441 90.12 82.21 105.00
23 CG Greenidge 2100 3069 68.43 81.95 104.65
24 RT Ponting 3327 4221 78.82 80.18 102.39
25 DL Haynes 3065 4973 61.63 73.19 93.48

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS ME Waugh 133* 115* 113 112* 110 116.60 100.00
1 CG Greenidge 133* 117 110* 106* 105* 114.20 97.94
2 DL Haynes 133* 123* 104* 102* 93* 111.00 95.20
3 Ijaz Ahmed 139* 114* 102* 98* 89* 108.40 92.97
4 PA de Silva 127* 107* 105 102* 96* 107.40 92.11
5 IVA Richards 119* 110* 103* 95* 85* 102.40 87.82
6 A Ranatunga 131* 93* 90* 88* 87* 97.80 83.88
7 MD Crowe 107* 105* 94 91 87* 96.80 83.02
8 M Azharuddin 108* 95* 94 93* 90* 96.00 82.33
9 AR Border 105* 91* 90* 86* 85* 91.40 78.39
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Watson 185* 161* 136* 126 105* 142.60 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 152 151* 134* 120* 111 133.60 93.69
2 SR Tendulkar 134 127* 124* 122* 122 125.80 88.22
3 BC Lara 153 146* 114 111* 104 125.60 88.08
4 AC Gilchrist 131 122 121* 118 116 121.60 85.27
5 V Sehwag 126 125* 119 114* 112 119.20 83.59
6 CH Gayle 133* 132* 109 104* 103 116.20 81.49
7 RT Ponting 126 124* 111* 111 107* 115.80 81.21
8 Saeed Anwar 131 113* 112* 111 108* 115.00 80.65
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 118* 116* 116* 91* 90* 106.20 74.47
10 BB McCullum 86* 81 80* 80* 77 80.80 56.66
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 154* 140 139* 136 150.40 100.00
1 V Kohli 183 154* 140 139* 136 150.40 100.00
2 RG Sharma 152* 141* 137* 131 125 137.20 91.22
3 MJ Guptill 180* 118 117* 105 103* 124.60 82.85
4 JM Bairstow 141* 128 124 104 100* 119.40 79.39
5 MS Dhoni 183* 101* 91* 91* 87* 110.60 73.54
6 AB de Villiers 136* 107* 106* 101* 95* 109.00 72.47

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. 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 BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 55/25 239.83 100.00
1 BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 55/25 239.83 100.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 27/13 30/15 82/44 52/31 44/28 184.53 76.94
3 AC Gilchrist 38/20 69/37 51/29 76/46 28/17 177.22 73.89
4 IVA Richards 37/17 80/39 60/40 110/77 84/65 172.92 72.10
5 JM Bairstow 30/13 43/21 41/21 43/23 104/60 167.09 69.67
6 MJ Guptill 93/30 38/19 25/14 66/46 73/51 165.67 69.08
7 CH Gayle 77/27 80/43 50/34 64/46 45/35 165.50 69.01
8 M Azharuddin 108/65 95/63 63/44 54/39 47/39 156.47 65.24
9 V Sehwag 59/32 125/74 44/28 35/24 100/70 154.90 64.59
10 SR Tendulkar 82/49 41/26 36/25 29/21 124/92 149.07 62.16
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq 60/37 42/26 44/33 76/59 85/67 143.50 59.84
12 Ijaz Ahmed 139/84 60/42 28/21 114/90 98/87 143.05 59.65
13 BC Lara 55/32 59/37 43/31 75/65 41/37 142.71 59.50
14 V Kohli 100/52 115/66 133/86 65/45 129/96 142.69 59.50
15 A Ranatunga 25/17 88/61 55/39 47/37 85/74 139.91 58.34
16 AB de Villiers 26/18 43/30 57/41 52/39 36/27 130.99 54.62
17 CG Greenidge 66/51 26/23 84/76 104/100 117/123 127.40 53.12
18 Saeed Anwar 74/49 54/37 51/40 81/75 111/104 127.27 53.07
19 MS Dhoni 72/46 77/56 37/27 46/34 183/145 126.78 52.86
20 PA de Silva 43/30 48/38 46/37 102/90 75/68 126.31 52.67
21 RG Sharma 131/84 86/63 52/39 119/90 76/58 125.95 52.52
22 DL Haynes 44/39 40/36 104/102 32/32 85/86 122.79 51.20
23 AR Border 53/46 26/23 54/48 91/88 60/61 119.43 49.80
24 RT Ponting 35/23 50/35 126/109 88/80 106/97 119.31 49.75
25 MD Crowe 94/87 105/105 81/81 58/58 46/49 112.52 46.92

CHASE MASTERS RATING

The CHASE MASTERS (CM) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP CM RAT
1 V Kohli 200.00 242.77 222.92 100.00 59.50 825.19
2 MS Dhoni 92.33 300.00 208.48 73.54 52.86 727.21
3 SR Tendulkar 190.00 152.52 230.61 88.22 62.16 723.50
4 AB de Villiers 82.38 263.81 233.84 72.47 54.62 707.11
5 AC Gilchrist 129.78 136.74 263.75 85.27 73.89 689.45
6 BC Lara 121.06 199.91 216.85 88.08 59.50 685.41
7 IVA Richards 99.50 173.46 251.95 87.82 72.10 684.84
8 RG Sharma 154.16 168.82 209.71 91.22 52.52 676.42
9 M Azharuddin 129.27 181.57 217.47 82.33 65.24 675.88
10 ST Jayasuriya 125.73 119.66 253.43 93.69 76.94 669.45
11 A Ranatunga 90.56 210.81 221.50 83.88 58.34 665.09
12 PA de Silva 119.38 171.06 225.49 92.11 52.67 660.70
13 Saeed Anwar 98.18 187.82 223.73 80.65 53.07 643.45
14 RT Ponting 144.87 164.51 201.49 81.21 49.75 641.83
15 AR Border 81.98 220.97 208.39 78.39 49.80 639.53
16 CH Gayle 105.90 158.06 224.96 81.49 69.01 639.42
17 CG Greenidge 112.10 168.68 207.15 97.94 53.12 638.99
18 Inzamam-ul-Haq 96.14 195.90 207.52 74.47 59.84 633.87
19 JM Bairstow 48.73 173.21 260.94 79.39 69.67 631.94
20 MD Crowe 66.40 216.66 217.19 83.02 46.92 630.18
21 BB McCullum 63.58 134.06 273.96 56.66 100.00 628.26
22 V Sehwag 92.20 126.65 260.97 83.59 64.59 628.00
23 MJ Guptill 85.84 162.54 225.56 82.85 69.08 625.86
24 DL Haynes 150.00 141.37 185.61 95.20 51.20 623.38
25 Ijaz Ahmed 76.20 160.66 232.90 92.97 59.65 622.38

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 AUS PAK SL SA BAN

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 AUS PAK SL SA BAN ENG AFG WI

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