This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1970s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and in the last section. Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 1970s.

CONTENTS

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

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. 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. LOW SCORING INNS

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form, Low Scoring Inns, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Runs	500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	250.00
Consistent	Average	400.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	100.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	250.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SM Gavaskar	IND	108	5647	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	108	5647	250.00
2	GR Viswanath	IND	108	4611	204.13
3	GS Chappell	AUS	96	4398	194.71
4	AI Kallicharran	WI	89	3956	175.14
5	RC Fredericks	WI	90	3809	168.63
6	G Boycott	ENG	77	3806	168.50
7	AW Greig	ENG	93	3599	159.33
8	CH Lloyd	WI	81	3475	153.84
9	IVA Richards	WI	49	2736	121.13
10	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	64	2563	113.47

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	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Javed Miandad	43	11	2059	64.34	66.66	160.00
1	SM Gavaskar	108	7	5647	55.91	58.74	141.00
2	IVA Richards	49	2	2736	58.21	58.72	140.94
3	G Boycott	77	9	3806	55.97	54.58	131.02
4	GS Chappell	96	13	4398	52.99	54.43	130.64
5	AI Kallicharran	89	9	3956	49.45	50.79	121.92
6	GR Viswanath	108	8	4611	46.11	49.08	117.80
7	CH Lloyd	81	5	3475	45.72	46.17	110.83
8	RC Fredericks	90	7	3809	45.89	44.83	107.61
9	AW Greig	93	4	3599	40.44	44.39	106.54
10	Zaheer Abbas	64	4	2563	42.72	42.97	103.14

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	28	0	2109	75.32	76.53	240.00
1	IVA Richards	28	0	2109	75.32	76.53	240.00
2	SM Gavaskar	90	6	4732	56.33	60.60	190.05
3	GS Chappell	64	9	2810	51.09	54.62	171.28
4	G Boycott	46	8	2053	54.03	53.95	169.19
5	Zaheer Abbas	51	4	2291	48.74	49.94	156.62
6	GR Viswanath	90	6	3835	45.65	49.74	155.99
7	AI Kallicharran	60	5	2394	43.53	45.21	141.77
8	RC Fredericks	58	4	2407	44.57	45.00	141.12
9	CH Lloyd	57	3	2273	42.09	42.72	133.98
10	AW Greig	53	2	1827	35.82	39.76	124.67

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	1000
Min Runs (TT)	800
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	1621	2319	69.90	81.37	40.00
1	IVA Richards	1621	2319	69.90	81.37	40.00
2	CH Lloyd	1433	2194	65.31	76.79	37.75
3	Zaheer Abbas	1625	2999	54.18	65.04	31.97
4	RC Fredericks	1588	3095	51.31	60.71	29.84
5	GS Chappell	4028	8118	49.62	59.40	29.20
6	AI Kallicharran	1582	3344	47.31	56.37	27.71
7	AW Greig	3338	7251	46.04	56.35	27.70
8	SM Gavaskar	3154	7046	44.76	54.20	26.64
9	GR Viswanath	2408	5660	42.54	51.13	25.13
10	G Boycott	3806	10884	34.97	42.87	21.07

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	1621	2319	69.90	81.67	60.00
1	IVA Richards	1621	2319	69.90	81.67	60.00
2	CH Lloyd	1270	2045	62.10	73.47	53.98
3	Zaheer Abbas	1625	2999	54.18	65.54	48.15
4	RC Fredericks	1582	3089	51.21	61.19	44.95
5	AW Greig	1827	3720	49.11	59.41	43.64
6	GS Chappell	2810	6061	46.36	56.34	41.39
7	AI Kallicharran	1395	3029	46.05	55.27	40.61
8	SM Gavaskar	2998	6694	44.79	54.44	39.99
9	GR Viswanath	2408	5660	42.54	51.40	37.76
10	G Boycott	2053	6082	33.76	41.45	30.45

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman. 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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	DL Amiss	262*	203	188	183	179	174	164*	193.29	80.00
1	IVA Richards	291	232	192*	177	142	140	135	187.00	77.40
2	Zaheer Abbas	274	240	235*	176	135	101	96	179.57	74.32
3	SM Gavaskar	221	220	205	182*	156	137	127	178.29	73.79
4	CH Lloyd	242*	178	163	157	149	132	102	160.43	66.40
5	GS Chappell	247*	182*	144	133	131	124	123	154.86	64.09
6	GR Viswanath	179	161*	145	139	131	124	113	141.71	58.65
7	G Boycott	191	155	142*	131	125	121*	119*	140.57	58.18
8	AI Kallicharran	187	158	127	126	124	119	115	136.57	56.53
9	RC Fredericks	169	163	150	138	120	109	104	136.14	56.35
10	AW Greig	148	148	139	121	116	110	106	126.86	52.51

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	291	232	177	142	140	135	130	178.14	170.00
1	IVA Richards	291	232	177	142	140	135	130	178.14	170.00
2	SM Gavaskar	221	220	205	182*	137	127	124	173.71	165.77
3	Zaheer Abbas	274	240	235*	176	101	96	90	173.14	165.23
4	GR Viswanath	179	161*	145	139	131	124	113	141.71	135.24
5	GS Chappell	182*	144	131	124	123	113	112	132.71	126.65
6	RC Fredericks	169	150	138	109	98	98	94	122.29	116.70
7	G Boycott	191	142*	119*	107	100*	99*	97	122.14	116.56
8	CH Lloyd	178	149	132	102	102	94	91*	121.14	115.61
9	AI Kallicharran	158	127	126	119	103*	101	98	118.86	113.42
10	AW Greig	116	110	106	96	91	89	76*	97.71	93.25

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	SM Gavaskar	250.00	331.04	239.57	66.64	887.25	354.90
2	IVA Richards	121.13	380.94	247.40	100.00	849.46	339.78
3	GS Chappell	194.71	301.92	190.74	70.59	757.96	303.18
4	GR Viswanath	204.13	273.79	193.89	62.90	734.71	293.89
5	G Boycott	168.50	300.21	174.74	51.52	694.96	277.98
6	Zaheer Abbas	113.47	259.76	239.55	80.12	692.89	277.16
7	AI Kallicharran	175.14	263.69	169.95	68.31	677.09	270.83
8	CH Lloyd	153.84	244.81	182.01	91.73	672.38	268.95
9	RC Fredericks	168.63	248.72	173.04	74.79	665.19	266.08
10	AW Greig	159.33	231.21	145.75	71.34	607.63	243.05

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: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GS Chappell	53	2591	57.58	50.25	726.90	21.81
2	GR Viswanath	58	2633	50.63	44.26	720.37	21.61
3	SM Gavaskar	54	2417	46.48	45.08	694.77	20.84
4	G Boycott	34	1871	62.37	40.82	598.02	17.94
5	AI Kallicharran	42	1813	47.71	45.16	595.34	17.86
6	RC Fredericks	52	2166	46.09	42.96	559.81	16.79
7	Zaheer Abbas	17	764	54.57	70.12	539.09	16.17
8	AW Greig	49	1628	34.64	48.82	516.33	15.49
9	CH Lloyd	43	1552	38.80	42.24	503.86	15.12
10	IVA Richards	17	875	51.47	64.04	500.00	15.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SM Gavaskar	54	3230	65.92	44.47	926.30	111.16
2	IVA Richards	32	1861	62.03	70.46	885.63	106.28
3	CH Lloyd	38	1923	53.42	69.66	695.60	83.47
4	Zaheer Abbas	47	1799	39.11	52.73	662.56	79.51
5	RC Fredericks	38	1643	45.64	54.94	650.21	78.03
6	G Boycott	43	1935	50.92	30.71	628.62	75.43
7	AI Kallicharran	47	2143	51.02	48.07	625.56	75.07
8	GS Chappell	43	1807	47.55	48.54	614.34	73.72
9	AW Greig	44	1971	46.93	43.67	596.30	71.56
10	GR Viswanath	50	1978	41.21	40.57	592.41	71.09

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	IVA Richards	37	2366	63.95	69.90	880.53	26.42
2	GS Chappell	96	4398	52.99	49.62	821.25	24.64
3	G Boycott	72	3477	54.33	35.46	720.98	21.63
4	RC Fredericks	78	3351	46.54	51.31	693.64	20.81
5	CH Lloyd	69	2675	41.15	62.10	650.96	19.53
6	AI Kallicharran	67	2713	44.48	45.13	639.70	19.19
7	AW Greig	72	2614	37.34	48.78	590.70	17.72

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SM Gavaskar	60	2864	50.25	45.89	806.44	24.19
2	GR Viswanath	63	2882	50.56	44.26	802.34	24.07
3	Zaheer Abbas	24	906	45.30	56.99	553.96	16.62

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	AI Kallicharran	22	1243	65.42	60.64	970.22	116.43
2	CH Lloyd	12	800	72.73	109.40	893.08	107.17
3	AW Greig	21	985	51.84	38.27	798.56	95.83
4	G Boycott	5	329	82.25	30.49	587.32	70.48
5	RC Fredericks	12	458	41.64	NK	552.24	66.27
6	IVA Richards	12	370	37.00	NK	501.11	60.13
7	GS Chappell	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	60.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SM Gavaskar	48	2783	63.25	43.60	982.36	117.88
2	Zaheer Abbas	40	1657	41.43	53.54	766.73	92.01
3	GR Viswanath	45	1729	40.21	40.57	623.84	74.86

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	SM Gavaskar	111.16	20.84	117.88	24.19	274.08
2	AI Kallicharran	75.07	17.86	116.43	19.19	228.54
3	CH Lloyd	83.47	15.12	107.17	19.53	225.29
4	IVA Richards	106.28	15.00	60.13	26.42	207.83
5	Zaheer Abbas	79.51	16.17	92.01	16.62	204.31
6	AW Greig	71.56	15.49	95.83	17.72	200.59
7	GR Viswanath	71.09	21.61	74.86	24.07	191.63
8	G Boycott	75.43	17.94	70.48	21.63	185.48
9	RC Fredericks	78.03	16.79	66.27	20.81	181.90
10	GS Chappell	73.72	21.81	60.00	24.64	180.16

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Secondary Rating

It 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
Low Scoring Inns	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

LOW SCORING INNS

LSI RATING

Low Scoring Inns (LSI) are those inns in which batting average is less than 30.

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	GR Viswanath	55	1760	33.85	39.47	943.87	47.19
2	AI Kallicharran	38	1231	35.17	55.88	899.04	44.95
3	G Boycott	33	1177	37.97	31.87	841.52	42.08
4	SM Gavaskar	50	1373	28.02	40.42	834.48	41.72
5	AW Greig	52	1437	28.74	45.74	806.25	40.31
6	IVA Richards	21	698	33.24	69.96	726.56	36.33
7	GS Chappell	38	876	25.03	39.15	650.11	32.51
8	RC Fredericks	35	816	24.73	53.81	627.72	31.39
9	CH Lloyd	32	680	21.94	55.26	544.36	27.22
10	Zaheer Abbas	29	546	18.83	52.15	511.34	25.57

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	28	2109	75.32	69.90	967.47	96.75
2	SM Gavaskar	30	2168	77.43	47.87	938.28	93.83
3	GR Viswanath	30	1942	66.97	47.96	830.76	83.08
4	Zaheer Abbas	30	1572	58.22	57.56	763.74	76.37
5	G Boycott	30	1638	71.22	36.97	739.49	73.95
6	GS Chappell	30	1491	62.13	51.15	727.79	72.78
7	CH Lloyd	30	1375	50.93	63.07	671.79	67.18
8	RC Fredericks	30	1456	52.00	48.56	643.93	64.39
9	AI Kallicharran	30	1364	47.03	45.03	614.65	61.46
10	AW Greig	30	1176	40.55	53.72	561.47	56.15

IMPACT INNS

II RATING

Impact Inns are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or strike rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 15 percent of the total runs or
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	SM Gavaskar	101	47	46.53	812.25	121.84
2	G Boycott	68	32	47.06	717.25	107.59
3	IVA Richards	47	21	44.68	697.09	104.56
4	GR Viswanath	100	42	42.00	692.42	103.86
5	AI Kallicharran	80	35	43.75	666.19	99.93
6	GS Chappell	83	35	42.17	648.60	97.29
7	AW Greig	89	33	37.08	594.79	89.22
8	RC Fredericks	83	33	39.76	572.26	85.84
9	CH Lloyd	76	23	30.26	490.72	73.61
10	Zaheer Abbas	60	19	31.67	485.23	72.78

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	LSI	TF	II	SEC RAT
1	SM Gavaskar	41.72	93.83	121.84	257.39
2	IVA Richards	36.33	96.75	104.56	237.64
3	GR Viswanath	47.19	83.08	103.86	234.13
4	G Boycott	42.08	73.95	107.59	223.61
5	AI Kallicharran	44.95	61.46	99.93	206.34
6	GS Chappell	32.51	72.78	97.29	202.58
7	AW Greig	40.31	56.15	89.22	185.68
8	RC Fredericks	31.39	64.39	85.84	181.62
9	Zaheer Abbas	25.57	76.37	72.78	174.72
10	CH Lloyd	27.22	67.18	73.61	168.00

DECADES RATING

The 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 RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	354.90	274.08	257.39	886.36
2	IVA Richards	WI	339.78	207.83	237.64	785.25
3	GR Viswanath	IND	293.89	191.63	234.13	719.65
4	AI Kallicharran	WI	270.83	228.54	206.34	705.72
5	G Boycott	ENG	277.98	185.48	223.61	687.08
6	GS Chappell	AUS	303.18	180.16	202.58	685.92
7	CH Lloyd	WI	268.95	225.29	168.00	662.24
8	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	277.16	204.31	174.72	656.19
9	RC Fredericks	WI	266.08	181.90	181.62	629.59
10	AW Greig	ENG	243.05	200.59	185.68	629.33

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

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. 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.