Decades Rating - Best T20I Batsmen In 2010s

Top T20I Batsman of the Decade (2010 – 2019)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2010s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in T20I Cricket in the 2010s.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

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, Impact Inns, Top Form
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 matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 15
Min Overall Runs 500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 70 2633 200.00
1 V Kohli IND 70 2633 200.00
2 RG Sharma IND 84 2392 181.69
3 AJ Finch AUS 58 1878 142.65
4 GJ Maxwell AUS 54 1576 119.71
5 J-P Duminy SA 57 1562 118.65
6 Babar Azam PAK 36 1405 106.72
7 SR Watson AUS 50 1376 104.52
8 CH Gayle WI 42 1173 89.10
9 DPMD Jayawardena SL 32 1052 79.91
10 KP Pietersen ENG 16 618 46.94

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 750
Min Runs (TT) 600

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 70 20 2633 24 52.66 52.32 100.00
1 KP Pietersen 16 4 618 5 51.50 54.76 100.00
2 V Kohli 70 20 2633 24 52.66 52.32 100.00
3 Babar Azam 36 8 1405 12 50.18 48.25 92.22
4 J-P Duminy 57 21 1562 9 43.39 45.61 87.18
5 DPMD Jayawardena 32 5 1052 7 38.96 40.19 76.82
6 AJ Finch 58 9 1878 11 38.33 38.05 72.72
7 GJ Maxwell 54 9 1576 7 35.02 36.07 68.95
8 RG Sharma 84 10 2392 17 32.32 32.42 61.96
9 SR Watson 50 5 1376 10 30.58 31.41 60.04
10 CH Gayle 42 3 1173 9 30.08 31.15 59.54

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KP Pietersen 15 4 609 5 55.36 58.92 150.00
1 KP Pietersen 15 4 609 5 55.36 58.92 150.00
2 V Kohli 62 17 2419 22 53.76 53.57 136.36
3 Babar Azam 33 8 1226 11 49.04 48.58 123.68
4 J-P Duminy 47 17 1291 8 43.03 46.14 117.45
5 DPMD Jayawardena 29 4 928 7 37.12 38.39 97.74
6 GJ Maxwell 49 8 1471 6 35.88 37.34 95.05
7 AJ Finch 54 9 1631 10 36.24 36.19 92.14
8 CH Gayle 38 3 1083 9 30.94 32.50 82.73
9 SR Watson 47 5 1300 9 30.95 31.90 81.22
10 RG Sharma 68 8 1829 11 30.48 30.78 78.36

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 750
Min Runs (TT) 600
Min Average 20

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 1576 985 160.00 161.11 100.00
1 GJ Maxwell 1576 985 160.00 161.11 100.00
2 AJ Finch 1878 1200 156.50 155.24 96.36
3 SR Watson 1376 933 147.48 149.88 93.03
4 KP Pietersen 618 451 137.03 144.87 89.92
5 CH Gayle 1173 833 140.82 142.21 88.27
6 RG Sharma 2392 1707 140.13 139.44 86.55
7 V Kohli 2633 1907 138.07 139.44 86.55
8 DPMD Jayawardena 1052 787 133.67 137.87 85.58
9 J-P Duminy 1562 1232 126.79 129.74 80.53
10 Babar Azam 1405 1102 127.50 126.00 78.21

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 1471 912 161.29 162.46 200.00
1 GJ Maxwell 1471 912 161.29 162.46 200.00
2 AJ Finch 1631 1068 152.72 151.43 186.42
3 SR Watson 1300 881 147.56 150.01 184.67
4 CH Gayle 1083 731 148.15 150.00 184.66
5 KP Pietersen 609 433 140.65 148.63 182.97
6 V Kohli 2419 1723 140.39 141.94 174.73
7 RG Sharma 1829 1310 139.62 139.08 171.22
8 DPMD Jayawardena 928 695 133.53 137.54 169.32
9 J-P Duminy 1291 1030 125.34 128.81 158.57
10 Babar Azam 1226 981 124.97 124.50 153.26

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams in the 2010s. 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 BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 118 111* 106 100* 89 104.80 100.00
1 RG Sharma 118 111* 106 100* 89 104.80 100.00
2 GJ Maxwell 145* 113* 103* 75 74 102.00 97.33
3 AJ Finch 156 89 84 74 71 94.80 90.46
4 CH Gayle 100* 98 90 85* 77 90.00 85.88
5 V Kohli 94* 90* 89* 82* 82 87.40 83.40
6 DPMD Jayawardena 98* 89 86 81 72* 85.20 81.30
7 SR Watson 124* 81 72 70 69 83.20 79.39
8 Babar Azam 97* 90 79 68* 65 79.80 76.15
9 J-P Duminy 86* 68* 67 64* 55 68.00 64.89
10 KP Pietersen 73* 62* 62 53 53 60.60 57.82

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 Shahid Afridi 25/7 24/8 23/8 49/19 28/11 287.57 150.00
1 AJ Finch 20/5 36/14 156/63 37/16 40/18 247.13 128.91
2 RG Sharma 118/43 21/9 62/28 71/34 85/43 226.28 118.03
3 GJ Maxwell 66/29 74/33 145/65 62/28 31/14 225.21 117.47
4 CH Gayle 77/31 90/41 30/14 100/48 25/12 222.73 116.18
5 SR Watson 57/24 37/16 44/21 37/19 59/31 214.24 111.75
6 J-P Duminy 34/14 86/43 68/34 33/17 54/28 206.91 107.93
7 V Kohli 70/29 26/11 38/20 72/38 89/47 205.46 107.17
8 DPMD Jayawardena 33/16 98/56 89/51 44/26 81/51 177.92 92.80
9 KP Pietersen 25/11 42/26 53/33 33/21 62/40 173.51 90.51
10 Babar Azam 23/11 50/29 97/58 59/38 90/58 162.51 84.77

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 RAT PRI PTS
1 V Kohli 200.00 236.36 261.28 83.40 107.17 888.21 355.28
2 AJ Finch 142.65 164.86 282.78 90.46 128.91 809.66 323.86
3 GJ Maxwell 119.71 163.99 300.00 97.33 117.47 798.50 319.40
4 RG Sharma 181.69 140.32 257.77 100.00 118.03 797.81 319.13
5 J-P Duminy 118.65 204.64 239.10 64.89 107.93 735.20 294.08
6 KP Pietersen 46.94 250.00 272.89 57.82 90.51 718.17 287.27
7 Babar Azam 106.72 215.90 231.48 76.15 84.77 715.01 286.00
8 SR Watson 104.52 141.26 277.70 79.39 111.75 714.62 285.85
9 CH Gayle 89.10 142.27 272.93 85.88 116.18 706.36 282.54
10 DPMD Jayawardena 79.91 174.56 254.90 81.30 92.80 683.47 273.39

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 29 1064 53.20 151.78 880.06 17.60
2 RG Sharma 35 925 28.91 146.83 738.22 14.76
3 AJ Finch 28 814 37.00 145.88 706.61 14.13
4 Babar Azam 21 813 50.81 124.88 703.78 14.08
5 SR Watson 12 420 42.00 156.13 701.30 14.03
6 GJ Maxwell 16 431 33.15 157.88 659.85 13.20
7 J-P Duminy 22 567 43.62 138.97 658.76 13.18
8 DPMD Jayawardena 14 410 31.54 124.24 593.17 11.86
9 KP Pietersen 2 74 37.00 148.00 500.00 10.00
10 CH Gayle 14 287 20.50 124.24 485.62 9.71

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 41 1569 52.30 130.10 841.03 67.28
2 GJ Maxwell 38 1145 35.78 160.81 837.42 66.99
3 AJ Finch 30 1064 39.41 165.73 821.71 65.74
4 RG Sharma 49 1467 34.93 136.21 774.54 61.96
5 CH Gayle 28 886 35.44 147.18 767.26 61.38
6 KP Pietersen 14 544 54.40 135.66 757.65 60.61
7 J-P Duminy 35 995 43.26 120.75 747.33 59.79
8 DPMD Jayawardena 18 642 45.86 140.48 705.52 56.44
9 SR Watson 38 956 27.31 143.98 700.18 56.01
10 Babar Azam 15 592 49.33 131.26 678.94 54.31

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 AJ Finch 42 1505 45.61 167.22 941.84 18.84
2 SR Watson 31 863 29.76 149.31 737.35 14.75
3 CH Gayle 26 689 27.56 141.48 715.12 14.30
4 GJ Maxwell 31 764 30.56 154.66 714.25 14.28
5 J-P Duminy 36 868 36.17 127.27 697.14 13.94
6 KP Pietersen 10 348 43.50 143.21 500.00 10.00

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 46 1871 60.35 139.73 932.61 18.65
2 RG Sharma 56 1527 30.54 139.58 773.00 15.46
3 Babar Azam 21 813 50.81 124.88 666.99 13.34
4 DPMD Jayawardena 20 568 31.56 124.56 613.12 12.26

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 GJ Maxwell 23 812 40.60 165.38 931.64 74.53
2 J-P Duminy 21 694 57.83 126.18 837.11 66.97
3 CH Gayle 16 484 34.57 139.88 706.09 56.49
4 SR Watson 19 513 32.06 144.51 690.81 55.27
5 AJ Finch 16 373 23.31 124.33 564.44 45.16
6 KP Pietersen 6 270 67.50 129.81 500.00 40.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RG Sharma 28 865 36.04 141.11 904.29 72.34
2 V Kohli 24 762 40.11 134.15 855.15 68.41
3 DPMD Jayawardena 12 484 53.78 146.22 826.85 66.15
4 Babar Azam 15 592 49.33 131.26 824.47 65.96

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 67.28 17.60 68.41 18.65 171.95
2 GJ Maxwell 66.99 13.20 74.53 14.28 169.01
3 RG Sharma 61.96 14.76 72.34 15.46 164.53
4 J-P Duminy 59.79 13.18 66.97 13.94 153.87
5 Babar Azam 54.31 14.08 65.96 13.34 147.69
6 DPMD Jayawardena 56.44 11.86 66.15 12.26 146.72
7 AJ Finch 65.74 14.13 45.16 18.84 143.86
8 CH Gayle 61.38 9.71 56.49 14.30 141.88
9 SR Watson 56.01 14.03 55.27 14.75 140.05
10 KP Pietersen 60.61 10.00 40.00 10.00 120.61

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 RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 3

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 16 777 86.33 133.05 917.57 137.64
2 DPMD Jayawardena 19 703 43.94 134.16 786.50 117.98
3 CH Gayle 19 610 35.88 144.21 780.02 117.00
4 J-P Duminy 15 447 49.67 137.96 708.54 106.28
5 SR Watson 20 515 30.29 144.26 700.83 105.12
6 KP Pietersen 6 248 62.00 137.78 665.02 99.75
7 RG Sharma 17 454 34.92 125.76 634.86 95.23
8 GJ Maxwell 10 264 29.33 160.00 618.36 92.75
9 Babar Azam 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
10 AJ Finch 6 216 36.00 126.32 461.65 69.25
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 20 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 250% 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: 15

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 50 31 62.00 824.65 123.70
2 KP Pietersen 12 11 91.67 806.45 120.97
3 J-P Duminy 36 20 55.56 557.84 83.68
4 GJ Maxwell 45 19 42.22 544.90 81.74
5 SR Watson 45 18 40.00 508.92 76.34
6 Babar Azam 28 11 39.29 500.00 75.00
7 RG Sharma 74 22 29.73 465.23 69.78
8 AJ Finch 49 19 38.78 443.33 66.50
9 DPMD Jayawardena 27 10 37.04 400.06 60.01
10 CH Gayle 39 10 25.64 350.41 52.56
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 Kohli 30 1320 69.47 141.78 887.96 88.80
2 GJ Maxwell 30 1115 46.46 162.06 862.70 86.27
3 AJ Finch 30 1090 41.92 153.52 811.23 81.12
4 CH Gayle 30 1029 38.11 146.16 785.15 78.52
5 RG Sharma 30 942 34.89 156.22 773.56 77.36
6 Babar Azam 30 1155 50.22 124.86 750.24 75.02
7 DPMD Jayawardena 29 928 37.12 133.53 716.05 71.60
8 J-P Duminy 30 794 46.71 135.03 709.10 70.91
9 SR Watson 30 885 31.61 146.28 705.86 70.59
10 KP Pietersen 15 609 55.36 140.65 692.30 69.23

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 II TF SEC RAT
1 V Kohli 137.64 123.70 88.80 350.13
2 KP Pietersen 99.75 120.97 69.23 289.95
3 J-P Duminy 106.28 83.68 70.91 260.87
4 GJ Maxwell 92.75 81.74 86.27 260.76
5 SR Watson 105.12 76.34 70.59 252.05
6 DPMD Jayawardena 117.98 60.01 71.60 249.59
7 CH Gayle 117.00 52.56 78.52 248.08
8 RG Sharma 95.23 69.78 77.36 242.37
9 Babar Azam 75.00 75.00 75.02 225.02
10 AJ Finch 69.25 66.50 81.12 216.87

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 V Kohli IND 355.28 171.95 350.13 877.36
2 GJ Maxwell AUS 319.40 169.01 260.76 749.17
3 RG Sharma IND 319.13 164.53 242.37 726.02
4 J-P Duminy SA 294.08 153.87 260.87 708.82
5 KP Pietersen ENG 287.27 120.61 289.95 697.83
6 AJ Finch AUS 323.86 143.86 216.87 684.59
7 SR Watson AUS 285.85 140.05 252.05 677.95
8 CH Gayle WI 282.54 141.88 248.08 672.51
9 DPMD Jayawardena SL 273.39 146.72 249.59 669.69
10 Babar Azam PAK 286.00 147.69 225.02 658.71

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND ENG AUS PAK NZ SA BAN WI SL AFG US

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND ENG AUS PAK NZ SA BAN WI

* 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.

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