Present Era Rating - Best T20I Batsmen

Top T20I Batsmen of the Present Era

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 20 years. Only batsmen active till at least 2025 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in T20I Cricket in the last 20 years.

*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. 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, 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) 25
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 Babar Azam PAK 136 4596 200.00
1 Babar Azam PAK 136 4596 200.00
2 JC Buttler ENG 143 4037 175.67
3 SA Yadav IND 107 3272 142.38
4 Q de Kock SA 109 3095 134.68
5 GJ Maxwell AUS 118 2897 126.07
6 DA Miller SA 123 2804 122.02
7 MR Marsh AUS 80 2220 96.61
8 AK Markram SA 73 1966 85.55
9 PD Salt ENG 56 1717 74.72
10 FH Allen NZ 61 1663 72.37

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 Babar Azam 136 18 4596 39 38.95 38.99 100.00
1 Babar Azam 136 18 4596 39 38.95 38.99 100.00
2 SA Yadav 107 17 3272 25 36.36 37.26 95.56
3 DA Miller 123 40 2804 9 33.78 36.38 93.31
4 PD Salt 56 6 1717 8 34.34 36.06 92.48
5 MR Marsh 80 14 2220 13 33.64 36.05 92.46
6 JC Buttler 143 23 4037 28 33.64 35.31 90.57
7 AK Markram 73 11 1966 14 31.71 32.98 84.57
8 Q de Kock 109 9 3095 19 30.95 31.17 79.95
9 GJ Maxwell 118 18 2897 12 28.97 30.54 78.32
10 FH Allen 61 3 1663 7 28.67 29.84 76.53

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS Babar Azam 106 16 3521 29 39.12 40.14 150.00
1 Babar Azam 106 16 3521 29 39.12 40.14 150.00
2 PD Salt 45 5 1411 6 35.28 37.40 139.79
3 MR Marsh 67 12 1873 11 34.05 36.65 136.97
4 JC Buttler 123 19 3540 26 34.04 35.79 133.74
5 AK Markram 55 9 1537 12 33.41 35.09 131.13
6 SA Yadav 82 8 2407 16 32.53 33.24 124.24
7 FH Allen 45 2 1314 6 30.56 32.36 120.93
8 DA Miller 99 27 2102 7 29.19 31.94 119.37
9 Q de Kock 83 6 2415 14 31.36 31.90 119.22
10 GJ Maxwell 96 15 2392 9 29.53 31.25 116.80

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 20

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS TH David 1602 952 168.28 167.43 100.00
1 FH Allen 1663 974 170.74 166.04 99.17
2 PD Salt 1717 1035 165.89 160.33 95.76
3 SA Yadav 3272 2008 162.95 159.00 94.97
4 GJ Maxwell 2897 1876 154.42 153.43 91.64
5 JC Buttler 4037 2732 147.77 145.37 86.82
6 AK Markram 1966 1332 147.60 143.76 85.86
7 DA Miller 2804 1983 141.40 140.60 83.98
8 MR Marsh 2220 1567 141.67 139.67 83.42
9 Q de Kock 3095 2176 142.23 138.78 82.89
10 Babar Azam 4596 3590 128.02 126.05 75.28

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS FH Allen 1314 745 176.38 170.97 200.00
1 FH Allen 1314 745 176.38 170.97 200.00
2 PD Salt 1411 837 168.58 163.05 190.73
3 GJ Maxwell 2392 1507 158.73 157.38 184.09
4 SA Yadav 2407 1497 160.79 155.85 182.31
5 JC Buttler 3540 2375 149.05 146.47 171.33
6 AK Markram 1537 1030 149.22 144.20 168.68
7 Q de Kock 2415 1655 145.92 141.76 165.83
8 DA Miller 2102 1510 139.21 138.38 161.87
9 MR Marsh 1873 1342 139.57 137.45 160.79
10 Babar Azam 3521 2728 129.07 127.14 148.72

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 last 20 years. 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 GJ Maxwell 145* 120* 113* 104* 103* 117.00 100.00
1 GJ Maxwell 145* 120* 113* 104* 103* 117.00 100.00
2 PD Salt 141* 119 109* 103* 88* 112.00 95.73
3 SA Yadav 117 112* 111* 100 84* 104.80 89.57
4 Babar Azam 122 110* 101* 97* 90 104.00 88.89
5 FH Allen 137 100* 83 80 74 94.80 81.03
6 Q de Kock 115 100 90 79* 74 91.60 78.29
7 JC Buttler 101* 96 84 83* 83* 89.40 76.41
8 DA Miller 106* 101* 85* 82 65* 87.80 75.04
9 MR Marsh 103* 92* 85 79* 77* 87.20 74.53
10 AK Markram 86* 86* 82* 70 63 77.40 66.15

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 28/10 39/15 298.14 150.00
1 FH Allen 100/33 42/16 50/20 71/29 38/16 256.77 129.18
2 DA Miller 101/36 22/9 28/12 106/47 65/29 240.73 121.12
3 JC Buttler 32/10 83/30 25/11 71/32 83/38 239.03 120.26
4 Q de Kock 65/22 41/17 115/49 100/44 52/24 233.30 117.37
5 GJ Maxwell 47/18 66/29 25/11 43/19 70/31 230.92 116.18
6 SA Yadav 61/22 58/26 82/37 112/51 57/26 222.86 112.13
7 PD Salt 55/23 57/24 141/60 88/41 30/14 221.33 111.36
8 MR Marsh 29/12 79/39 54/27 30/15 103/52 200.58 100.91
9 AK Markram 52/25 41/20 63/31 28/14 51/26 197.32 99.27
10 Babar Azam 23/11 122/59 101/58 85/49 50/29 182.10 91.62

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 JC Buttler 175.67 224.30 258.15 76.41 120.26 854.80 341.92
2 Babar Azam 200.00 250.00 224.00 88.89 91.62 854.51 341.80
3 SA Yadav 142.38 219.81 277.27 89.57 112.13 841.16 336.47
4 GJ Maxwell 126.07 195.12 275.74 100.00 116.18 813.10 325.24
5 PD Salt 74.72 232.27 286.49 95.73 111.36 800.56 320.23
6 FH Allen 72.37 197.46 299.17 81.03 129.18 779.21 311.68
7 Q de Kock 134.68 199.17 248.71 78.29 117.37 778.23 311.29
8 DA Miller 122.02 212.69 245.85 75.04 121.12 776.71 310.69
9 MR Marsh 96.61 229.43 244.21 74.53 100.91 745.69 298.28
10 AK Markram 85.55 215.70 254.54 66.15 99.27 721.23 288.49

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 Babar Azam 70 2406 42.21 130.41 821.26 16.43
2 JC Buttler 39 1285 38.94 157.67 780.42 15.61
3 SA Yadav 50 1530 35.58 165.58 769.34 15.39
4 Q de Kock 28 909 36.36 157.27 725.67 14.51
5 FH Allen 26 737 29.48 175.89 711.02 14.22
6 GJ Maxwell 41 1069 31.44 152.93 707.62 14.15
7 DA Miller 50 1232 32.42 147.19 701.04 14.02
8 AK Markram 21 587 32.61 161.71 638.31 12.77
9 MR Marsh 19 441 24.50 140.89 542.17 10.84
10 PD Salt 7 266 44.33 197.04 500.00 10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 104 2752 31.63 143.56 856.75 68.54
2 SA Yadav 57 1742 37.06 160.70 850.78 68.06
3 GJ Maxwell 77 1828 27.70 155.31 830.95 66.48
4 PD Salt 49 1451 32.98 161.22 826.59 66.13
5 MR Marsh 61 1779 37.06 141.87 817.21 65.38
6 Babar Azam 66 2190 35.90 125.50 796.64 63.73
7 DA Miller 73 1572 34.93 137.17 775.83 62.07
8 Q de Kock 81 2186 29.15 136.80 765.82 61.27
9 FH Allen 35 926 28.06 166.85 756.40 60.51
10 AK Markram 52 1379 31.34 142.31 743.45 59.48

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: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 88 2738 36.51 152.03 867.44 17.35
2 PD Salt 31 1223 47.04 175.21 862.14 17.24
3 Q de Kock 63 1790 30.34 148.92 763.62 15.27
4 GJ Maxwell 78 1801 26.88 154.46 756.22 15.12
5 MR Marsh 61 1659 33.18 147.73 753.50 15.07
6 FH Allen 46 1168 25.96 164.97 738.36 14.77
7 DA Miller 80 1854 31.97 137.33 732.27 14.65
8 AK Markram 50 1256 27.91 148.46 671.65 13.43

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Babar Azam 77 2524 39.44 128.38 837.57 16.75
2 SA Yadav 69 1957 34.33 160.54 808.99 16.18

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 GJ Maxwell 40 1096 33.21 154.37 818.10 65.45
2 DA Miller 43 950 38.00 150.08 746.84 59.75
3 JC Buttler 55 1299 28.87 139.53 729.52 58.36
4 Q de Kock 46 1305 31.83 133.98 714.73 57.18
5 AK Markram 23 710 41.76 146.09 701.50 56.12
6 FH Allen 15 495 38.08 186.09 686.81 54.95
7 MR Marsh 19 561 35.06 126.35 586.58 46.93
8 PD Salt 25 494 20.58 146.59 570.99 45.68

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Babar Azam 59 2072 38.37 127.59 869.97 69.60
2 SA Yadav 38 1315 39.85 166.67 869.45 69.56

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 SA Yadav 68.06 15.39 69.56 16.18 169.19
2 Babar Azam 63.73 16.43 69.60 16.75 166.51
3 GJ Maxwell 66.48 14.15 65.45 15.12 161.20
4 JC Buttler 68.54 15.61 58.36 17.35 159.86
5 DA Miller 62.07 14.02 59.75 14.65 150.48
6 Q de Kock 61.27 14.51 57.18 15.27 148.23
7 FH Allen 60.51 14.22 54.95 14.77 144.44
8 AK Markram 59.48 12.77 56.12 13.43 141.80
9 PD Salt 66.13 10.00 45.68 17.24 139.05
10 MR Marsh 65.38 10.84 46.93 15.07 138.22

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: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 42 1100 34.38 144.17 961.70 144.25
2 AK Markram 26 670 31.90 138.14 818.28 122.74
3 SA Yadav 26 722 36.10 150.73 783.37 117.50
4 Q de Kock 35 834 24.53 134.52 768.68 115.30
5 GJ Maxwell 30 640 26.67 141.91 767.47 115.12
6 MR Marsh 20 564 35.25 139.95 757.28 113.59
7 FH Allen 17 428 28.53 176.13 745.43 111.81
8 DA Miller 28 597 35.12 127.56 734.84 110.23
9 Babar Azam 21 640 33.68 111.50 667.79 100.17
10 PD Salt 16 328 23.43 156.94 640.34 96.05
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: 25

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 SA Yadav 90 37 41.11 844.89 126.73
2 JC Buttler 120 40 33.33 774.99 116.25
3 DA Miller 83 30 36.14 715.37 107.31
4 FH Allen 58 21 36.21 715.03 107.25
5 GJ Maxwell 100 33 33.00 713.89 107.08
6 AK Markram 62 21 33.87 675.43 101.31
7 PD Salt 50 16 32.00 576.49 86.47
8 Q de Kock 100 27 27.00 566.84 85.03
9 Babar Azam 118 29 24.58 545.55 81.83
10 MR Marsh 66 19 28.79 542.39 81.36
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: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 PD Salt 30 1190 47.60 170.00 896.81 89.68
2 SA Yadav 30 1282 51.28 162.48 896.39 89.64
3 GJ Maxwell 30 1138 47.42 162.34 871.77 87.18
4 Babar Azam 30 1298 49.92 135.77 835.00 83.50
5 JC Buttler 30 1140 40.71 158.77 820.40 82.04
6 FH Allen 30 938 33.50 180.38 810.48 81.05
7 Q de Kock 30 1033 35.62 162.93 782.32 78.23
8 MR Marsh 30 960 38.40 158.68 770.72 77.07
9 AK Markram 30 980 40.83 147.37 720.14 72.01
10 DA Miller 30 698 41.06 152.74 712.12 71.21

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 JC Buttler 144.25 116.25 82.04 342.54
2 SA Yadav 117.50 126.73 89.64 333.88
3 GJ Maxwell 115.12 107.08 87.18 309.38
4 FH Allen 111.81 107.25 81.05 300.12
5 AK Markram 122.74 101.31 72.01 296.07
6 DA Miller 110.23 107.31 71.21 288.74
7 Q de Kock 115.30 85.03 78.23 278.56
8 PD Salt 96.05 86.47 89.68 272.20
9 MR Marsh 113.59 81.36 77.07 272.02
10 Babar Azam 100.17 81.83 83.50 265.50

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 JC Buttler ENG 341.92 159.86 342.54 844.32
2 SA Yadav IND 336.47 169.19 333.88 839.53
3 GJ Maxwell AUS 325.24 161.20 309.38 795.82
4 Babar Azam PAK 341.80 166.51 265.50 773.81
5 FH Allen NZ 311.68 144.44 300.12 756.24
6 DA Miller SA 310.69 150.48 288.74 749.91
7 Q de Kock SA 311.29 148.23 278.56 738.08
8 PD Salt ENG 320.23 139.05 272.20 731.48
9 AK Markram SA 288.49 141.80 296.07 726.36
10 MR Marsh AUS 298.28 138.22 272.02 708.51

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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