Top Test Batsmen of the Present Era

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form (Home & Away), Min 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.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
  • A batsman's performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 50
Min Career Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 150.00
Attacking Strike Rate 150.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 288 13543 200.00
1 JE Root ENG 288 13543 200.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 212 10477 154.72
3 KS Williamson NZ 186 9276 136.99
4 V Kohli IND 210 9230 136.31
5 DA Warner AUS 205 8786 129.75
6 AD Mathews SL 212 8214 121.30
7 LRPL Taylor NZ 196 7683 113.46
8 CA Pujara IND 176 7195 106.25
9 Azhar Ali PAK 180 7142 105.47
10 LD Chandimal SL 161 6361 93.94
11 UT Khawaja AUS 152 6053 89.39
12 Babar Azam PAK 108 4235 62.54
13 RR Pant IND 82 3427 50.61
14 BM Duckett ENG 70 2872 42.41
15 S Gill IND 69 2647 39.09

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 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SPD Smith 212 25 10477 56.03 58.90 250.00
1 SPD Smith 212 25 10477 56.03 58.90 250.00
2 KS Williamson 186 17 9276 54.89 56.34 239.14
3 JE Root 288 24 13543 51.30 54.73 232.33
4 RR Pant 82 5 3427 44.51 50.17 212.95
5 V Kohli 210 13 9230 46.85 48.05 203.95
6 DA Warner 205 8 8786 44.60 47.33 200.90
7 UT Khawaja 152 14 6053 43.86 47.22 200.43
8 BM Duckett 70 3 2872 42.87 46.83 198.79
9 CA Pujara 176 11 7195 43.61 45.70 194.00
10 AD Mathews 212 27 8214 44.40 45.44 192.88
11 LD Chandimal 161 15 6361 43.57 45.16 191.67
12 S Gill 69 5 2647 41.36 45.15 191.65
13 Babar Azam 108 9 4235 42.78 44.47 188.75
14 LRPL Taylor 196 24 7683 44.67 44.37 188.32
15 Azhar Ali 180 11 7142 42.26 42.78 181.61

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SPD Smith 167 14 8161 53.34 56.88 250.00
1 SPD Smith 167 14 8161 53.34 56.88 250.00
2 JE Root 218 18 9939 49.70 54.22 238.33
3 KS Williamson 122 9 5216 46.16 49.78 218.81
4 RR Pant 67 4 2691 42.71 49.65 218.21
5 V Kohli 164 10 7073 45.93 48.62 213.69
6 BM Duckett 52 1 2094 41.06 47.31 207.94
7 Babar Azam 68 6 2776 44.77 47.13 207.15
8 UT Khawaja 113 9 4386 42.17 46.49 204.32
9 S Gill 58 3 2281 41.47 46.40 203.95
10 AD Mathews 165 18 6218 42.30 45.04 197.96
11 DA Warner 161 5 6458 41.40 44.72 196.58
12 CA Pujara 148 8 5755 41.11 44.19 194.23
13 LD Chandimal 116 5 4341 39.11 42.75 187.90
14 Azhar Ali 127 9 4706 39.88 41.27 181.38
15 LRPL Taylor 125 11 4218 37.00 38.86 170.79

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL


Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman in the specific condition. 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 JE Root 262 254 228 226 218 200* 190 225.43 150.00
1 JE Root 262 254 228 226 218 200* 190 225.43 150.00
2 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 211 204 200 222.86 148.29
3 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 200* 192 219.71 146.20
4 DA Warner 335* 253 200 180 164 163 154 207.00 137.74
5 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 192 178* 204.86 136.31
6 Azhar Ali 302* 226 205* 185 157 157 141* 196.14 130.51
7 LRPL Taylor 290 217* 200 173* 154* 151 142 189.57 126.14
8 CA Pujara 206* 204 202 193 159 153 153 181.43 120.72
9 UT Khawaja 232 195* 180 174 171 160 145 179.57 119.49
10 AD Mathews 200* 199 160 157* 145* 141 122 160.57 106.84
11 LD Chandimal 206* 164 162* 155* 151 138 132 158.29 105.32
12 S Gill 269 161 147 128 119* 110 110 149.14 99.24
13 Babar Azam 196 161 143 136 127* 119 104 140.86 93.73
14 BM Duckett 182 153 149 140 114 107 98 134.71 89.64
15 RR Pant 159* 146 134 118 114 109 101 125.86 83.75

ATTACKING


R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2000
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS BM Duckett 2872 3334 86.14 76.18 150.00
1 BM Duckett 2872 3334 86.14 76.18 150.00
2 RR Pant 3427 4621 74.16 68.48 134.84
3 DA Warner 8786 12517 70.19 67.43 132.76
4 S Gill 2647 4308 61.44 57.58 113.38
5 LRPL Taylor 7683 12958 59.29 56.97 112.17
6 JE Root 13543 23556 57.49 54.04 106.39
7 V Kohli 9230 16608 55.58 52.75 103.87
8 Babar Azam 4235 7788 54.38 51.71 101.81
9 SPD Smith 10477 19517 53.68 50.75 99.93
10 KS Williamson 9276 17912 51.79 49.85 98.16
11 LD Chandimal 6361 12703 50.07 47.25 93.04
12 AD Mathews 8214 16970 48.40 46.22 91.00
13 UT Khawaja 6053 12464 48.56 45.81 90.20
14 CA Pujara 7195 16217 44.37 42.77 84.22
15 Azhar Ali 7142 17033 41.93 41.07 80.87

PRIMARY RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT RAT PRI PTS
1 JE Root 200.00 470.66 150.00 106.39 927.06 370.82
2 SPD Smith 154.72 500.00 136.31 99.93 890.97 356.39
3 KS Williamson 136.99 457.95 146.20 98.16 839.30 335.72
4 V Kohli 136.31 417.64 148.29 103.87 806.10 322.44
5 DA Warner 129.75 397.48 137.74 132.76 797.73 319.09
6 LRPL Taylor 113.46 359.11 126.14 112.17 710.88 284.35
7 AD Mathews 121.30 390.84 106.84 91.00 709.99 284.00
8 UT Khawaja 89.39 404.75 119.49 90.20 703.83 281.53
9 RR Pant 50.61 431.16 83.75 134.84 700.36 280.15
10 CA Pujara 106.25 388.22 120.72 84.22 699.42 279.77
11 BM Duckett 42.41 406.73 89.64 150.00 688.78 275.51
12 Azhar Ali 105.47 362.99 130.51 80.87 679.84 271.94
13 LD Chandimal 93.94 379.57 105.32 93.04 671.87 268.75
14 Babar Azam 62.54 395.90 93.73 101.81 653.97 261.59
15 S Gill 39.09 395.60 99.24 113.38 647.31 258.92

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent 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 30.00
Away 120.00
Familiar Conditions 30.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 120.00

HOME/AWAY


HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JE Root 147 7329 55.52 59.58 916.73 27.50
2 DA Warner 101 5438 57.85 72.78 896.33 26.89
3 KS Williamson 87 5142 66.78 54.99 895.32 26.86
4 SPD Smith 100 5015 59.70 54.49 841.16 25.23
5 V Kohli 87 4336 55.59 59.31 821.61 24.65
6 LRPL Taylor 87 3905 53.49 60.24 723.57 21.71
7 CA Pujara 80 3839 52.59 49.38 723.03 21.69
8 UT Khawaja 72 3039 48.24 49.90 689.36 20.68
9 Babar Azam 48 2162 49.14 56.30 673.57 20.21
10 Azhar Ali 69 3252 51.62 42.54 670.05 20.10
11 AD Mathews 115 4370 44.59 49.16 663.06 19.89
12 LD Chandimal 72 3126 48.84 52.64 662.54 19.88
13 S Gill 31 1177 42.04 59.75 570.14 17.10
14 BM Duckett 32 1469 48.97 86.92 500.00 15.00
14 RR Pant 21 1061 55.84 89.84 500.00 15.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 112 5462 53.03 52.96 911.82 109.42
2 JE Root 141 6214 47.08 55.22 911.15 109.34
3 V Kohli 123 4894 41.13 52.64 770.44 92.45
4 KS Williamson 99 4134 44.93 48.29 752.82 90.34
5 AD Mathews 97 3844 44.18 47.57 732.83 87.94
6 RR Pant 61 2366 40.79 68.78 721.43 86.57
7 UT Khawaja 80 3014 40.19 47.29 697.92 83.75
8 S Gill 38 1470 40.83 62.87 690.71 82.89
9 LRPL Taylor 109 3778 38.16 58.34 688.52 82.62
10 Azhar Ali 111 3890 36.70 41.43 663.60 79.63
11 LD Chandimal 89 3235 39.45 47.82 660.56 79.27
12 BM Duckett 38 1403 37.92 85.34 658.65 79.04
13 CA Pujara 96 3356 36.48 39.75 654.56 78.55
14 DA Warner 104 3348 32.50 66.36 648.90 77.87
15 Babar Azam 60 2073 37.69 52.51 605.30 72.64

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 JE Root 228 10754 51.95 57.50 910.48 27.31
2 SPD Smith 170 8483 56.93 55.93 897.69 26.93
3 KS Williamson 139 7135 57.54 53.07 837.08 25.11
4 DA Warner 163 7486 47.99 71.44 834.62 25.04
5 LRPL Taylor 149 6282 49.86 59.98 746.77 22.40
6 BM Duckett 42 1800 45.00 87.12 660.33 19.81
7 UT Khawaja 121 4446 39.70 48.03 639.10 19.17

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 102 4789 52.63 58.62 885.15 26.55
2 CA Pujara 90 4515 55.74 49.99 843.46 25.30
3 AD Mathews 154 6043 45.78 48.57 806.67 24.20
4 Azhar Ali 94 4413 50.72 43.07 783.67 23.51
5 LD Chandimal 103 4509 49.01 50.95 783.45 23.50
6 Babar Azam 58 2608 49.21 55.68 742.62 22.28
7 S Gill 35 1334 41.69 59.66 621.50 18.65
8 RR Pant 24 1209 54.95 90.02 500.00 15.00

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JE Root 60 2789 48.93 57.46 812.12 97.45
2 UT Khawaja 31 1607 61.81 50.09 711.02 85.32
3 KS Williamson 47 2141 47.58 47.92 676.07 81.13
4 SPD Smith 42 1994 52.47 45.84 671.19 80.54
5 BM Duckett 28 1072 39.70 84.54 562.31 67.48
6 DA Warner 42 1300 31.71 63.79 501.86 60.22
7 LRPL Taylor 47 1401 30.46 56.38 487.89 58.55

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 108 4441 41.90 52.62 928.32 111.40
2 RR Pant 58 2218 40.33 67.66 804.61 96.55
3 S Gill 34 1313 41.03 63.37 771.58 92.59
4 AD Mathews 58 2171 40.96 47.95 752.23 90.27
5 Azhar Ali 86 2729 33.28 40.22 707.37 84.88
6 CA Pujara 86 2680 31.90 37.29 693.70 83.24
7 LD Chandimal 58 1852 34.30 48.07 631.38 75.77
8 Babar Azam 50 1627 35.37 52.42 627.26 75.27

CONDITIONS RATING


The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 JE Root 109.34 27.50 97.45 27.31 261.61
2 V Kohli 92.45 24.65 111.40 26.55 255.06
3 SPD Smith 109.42 25.23 80.54 26.93 242.13
4 KS Williamson 90.34 26.86 81.13 25.11 223.44
5 AD Mathews 87.94 19.89 90.27 24.20 222.30
6 RR Pant 86.57 15.00 96.55 15.00 213.13
7 S Gill 82.89 17.10 92.59 18.65 211.22
8 UT Khawaja 83.75 20.68 85.32 19.17 208.93
9 CA Pujara 78.55 21.69 83.24 25.30 208.78
10 Azhar Ali 79.63 20.10 84.88 23.51 208.13
11 LD Chandimal 79.27 19.88 75.77 23.50 198.41
12 Babar Azam 72.64 20.21 75.27 22.28 190.39
13 DA Warner 77.87 26.89 60.22 25.04 190.02
14 LRPL Taylor 82.62 21.71 58.55 22.40 185.28
15 BM Duckett 79.04 15.00 67.48 19.81 181.32

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
Top Form Home 30.00
Top Form Away 120.00
Impact Innings 150.00
TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form (TF) is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our PRESENT ERA Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME


Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 30 2418 96.72 68.52 969.12 29.07
2 KS Williamson 30 2370 91.15 57.83 913.17 27.39
3 DA Warner 30 2177 80.63 76.20 886.35 26.59
4 SPD Smith 30 2146 89.42 58.62 866.01 25.98
5 JE Root 30 1741 64.48 68.19 732.10 21.96
6 Babar Azam 30 1858 71.46 58.30 727.01 21.81
7 CA Pujara 30 1734 69.36 52.75 698.99 20.97
8 LRPL Taylor 30 1646 65.84 61.51 669.52 20.09
9 UT Khawaja 30 1612 57.57 51.24 643.07 19.29
10 Azhar Ali 30 1579 56.39 46.76 623.84 18.72
11 BM Duckett 30 1372 49.00 87.44 618.02 18.54
12 RR Pant 21 1061 55.84 89.84 597.13 17.91
13 AD Mathews 30 1460 63.48 50.34 596.99 17.91
14 LD Chandimal 30 1445 57.80 54.28 596.98 17.91
15 S Gill 30 1176 43.56 59.82 516.84 15.51

TOP FORM AWAY


Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 30 1879 72.27 54.85 899.92 107.99
2 KS Williamson 30 1873 72.04 54.23 875.18 105.02
3 JE Root 30 1748 58.27 56.51 840.28 100.83
4 V Kohli 30 1786 61.59 61.16 829.61 99.55
5 LRPL Taylor 30 1492 64.87 62.82 791.22 94.95
6 AD Mathews 30 1514 60.56 43.93 750.37 90.04
7 UT Khawaja 30 1553 57.52 47.28 744.68 89.36
8 Azhar Ali 30 1523 54.39 43.10 719.95 86.39
9 DA Warner 30 1448 48.27 77.14 711.87 85.42
10 CA Pujara 30 1436 51.29 41.29 693.85 83.26
11 RR Pant 30 1331 45.90 72.49 675.75 81.09
12 BM Duckett 30 1289 44.45 88.90 671.77 80.61
13 S Gill 30 1221 42.10 64.95 661.28 79.35
14 Babar Azam 30 1318 48.81 55.42 625.96 75.12
15 LD Chandimal 30 1263 45.11 46.59 615.62 73.87

IMPACT INNS


II Rating

Impact Innings (II) are those innings which have a minimum impact in terms of runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th innings are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 16.67% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are more than 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 50

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 JE Root 264 99 37.50 827.79 124.17
2 SPD Smith 187 75 40.11 816.84 122.53
3 RR Pant 77 31 40.26 741.12 111.17
4 V Kohli 197 66 33.50 713.04 106.96
5 DA Warner 197 68 34.52 708.24 106.24
6 KS Williamson 169 61 36.09 702.69 105.40
7 Babar Azam 99 34 34.34 680.21 102.03
8 LRPL Taylor 172 56 32.56 625.67 93.85
9 AD Mathews 185 54 29.19 612.61 91.89
10 CA Pujara 165 50 30.30 600.45 90.07
11 LD Chandimal 146 43 29.45 582.60 87.39
12 UT Khawaja 138 40 28.99 576.15 86.42
13 S Gill 64 19 29.69 547.01 82.05
14 BM Duckett 67 20 29.85 529.66 79.45
15 Azhar Ali 169 43 25.44 511.26 76.69

SECONDARY RATING


Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BATSMAN TF HM TF AW II SEC RAT
1 SPD Smith 25.98 107.99 122.53 256.50
2 JE Root 21.96 100.83 124.17 246.97
3 KS Williamson 27.39 105.02 105.40 237.82
4 V Kohli 29.07 99.55 106.96 235.58
5 DA Warner 26.59 85.42 106.24 218.25
6 RR Pant 17.91 81.09 111.17 210.17
7 LRPL Taylor 20.09 94.95 93.85 208.88
8 AD Mathews 17.91 90.04 91.89 199.85
9 Babar Azam 21.81 75.12 102.03 198.96
10 UT Khawaja 19.29 89.36 86.42 195.08
11 CA Pujara 20.97 83.26 90.07 194.30
12 Azhar Ali 18.72 86.39 76.69 181.80
13 LD Chandimal 17.91 73.87 87.39 179.17
14 BM Duckett 18.54 80.61 79.45 178.60
15 S Gill 15.51 79.35 82.05 176.91

PRESENT ERA RATING

The 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 RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 JE Root ENG 370.82 261.61 246.97 879.40
2 SPD Smith AUS 356.39 242.13 256.50 855.01
3 V Kohli IND 322.44 255.06 235.58 813.08
4 KS Williamson NZ 335.72 223.44 237.82 796.98
5 DA Warner AUS 319.09 190.02 218.25 727.36
6 AD Mathews SL 284.00 222.30 199.85 706.14
7 RR Pant IND 280.15 213.13 210.17 703.44
8 UT Khawaja AUS 281.53 208.93 195.08 685.54
9 CA Pujara IND 279.77 208.78 194.30 682.85
10 LRPL Taylor NZ 284.35 185.28 208.88 678.51
11 Azhar Ali PAK 271.94 208.13 181.80 661.86
12 Babar Azam PAK 261.59 190.39 198.96 650.94
13 S Gill IND 258.92 211.22 176.91 647.06
14 LD Chandimal SL 268.75 198.41 179.17 646.33
15 BM Duckett ENG 275.51 181.32 178.60 635.44

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG SA AUS
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SA

Top Teams Outside Asia


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5
1950s AUS ENG WI SA PAK
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND
2020s AUS NZ ENG SA IND


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