This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1990s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). It is to be noted that U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and all stats of Pakistani batsmen are calculated accordingly. Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 1990s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

3.4. ATTACKING

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. DIFFICULT RUNS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

7.1. Top Teams In Asia

7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

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

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	25
Min Runs (TS AVE SR)	1500
Min Average (TS SR)	30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AJ Stewart	ENG	169	6407	200.00
1	ME Waugh	AUS	164	6371	198.88
2	MA Taylor	AUS	166	6306	196.85
3	SR Waugh	AUS	143	6213	193.94
4	SR Tendulkar	IND	109	5626	175.62
5	BC Lara	WI	112	5573	173.97
6	PA de Silva	SL	104	4448	138.85
7	MJ Slater	AUS	103	4425	138.13
8	Saeed Anwar	PAK	75	3366	105.07
9	Salim Malik	PAK	77	3126	97.58
10	ST Jayasuriya	SL	74	2751	85.87

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	109	12	5626	58.00	58.70	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	109	12	5626	58.00	58.70	250.00
2	SR Waugh	143	26	6213	53.10	55.34	235.69
3	BC Lara	112	4	5573	51.60	54.32	231.33
4	Saeed Anwar	75	2	3366	46.11	49.77	211.95
5	MJ Slater	103	5	4425	45.15	49.04	208.87
6	Salim Malik	77	9	3126	45.97	47.55	202.49
7	PA de Silva	104	9	4448	46.82	47.37	201.75
8	ST Jayasuriya	74	9	2751	42.32	44.26	188.49
9	MA Taylor	166	12	6306	40.95	43.06	183.38
10	ME Waugh	164	11	6371	41.64	42.30	180.15

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Salim Malik	43	7	2020	56.11	58.04	250.00
1	Salim Malik	43	7	2020	56.11	58.04	250.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	47	5	2262	53.86	56.32	242.62
3	BC Lara	90	4	4579	53.24	56.05	241.43
4	SR Tendulkar	66	4	3206	51.71	52.34	225.45
5	SR Waugh	118	20	4855	49.54	51.63	222.41
6	PA de Silva	71	6	3164	48.68	49.25	212.16
7	Saeed Anwar	44	1	1912	44.47	47.99	206.74
8	MJ Slater	84	3	3503	43.25	46.97	202.35
9	ME Waugh	129	10	5312	44.64	45.35	195.34
10	MA Taylor	130	8	4920	40.33	42.41	182.68

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	BC Lara	375	277	213	179	167	153*	152	216.57	150.00
1	BC Lara	375	277	213	179	167	153*	152	216.57	150.00
2	SR Tendulkar	217	179	177	177	169	165	155*	177.00	122.59
3	MA Taylor	334*	170	169*	144	142*	129	124	173.14	119.92
4	SR Waugh	200	199	170	164	160	157*	157	172.43	119.43
5	PA de Silva	267	168	152	148	146	143*	138*	166.00	114.97
6	ST Jayasuriya	340	213	199	113	112	90	85	164.57	113.98
7	MJ Slater	219	176	169	168	152	124	123	161.57	111.91
8	Saeed Anwar	188*	176	169	149	145	136	126	155.57	107.75
9	Salim Malik	237	165	155	143	140	102	101	149.00	103.20
10	ME Waugh	153*	140	139*	138	137	126	121	136.29	94.39

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

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	ST Jayasuriya	2751	4265	64.50	70.83	150.00
1	ST Jayasuriya	2751	4265	64.50	70.83	150.00
2	BC Lara	5573	8980	62.06	67.16	142.23
3	Saeed Anwar	3366	5843	57.61	63.69	134.88
4	MJ Slater	4425	8400	52.68	58.57	124.03
5	SR Tendulkar	5615	10338	54.31	58.40	123.68
6	PA de Silva	4436	8547	51.90	55.65	117.86
7	ME Waugh	6371	12246	52.03	55.25	117.01
8	Salim Malik	3126	6157	50.77	54.43	115.27
9	SR Waugh	6213	13170	47.18	51.12	108.27
10	MA Taylor	6306	15344	41.10	45.66	96.69

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 half of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 500.00 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	RAT	PRI PTS
1	BC Lara	173.97	472.76	150.00	142.23	938.96	469.48
2	SR Tendulkar	175.62	475.45	122.59	123.68	897.34	448.67
3	SR Waugh	193.94	458.10	119.43	108.27	879.73	439.87
4	ME Waugh	198.88	375.49	94.39	117.01	785.77	392.88
5	PA de Silva	138.85	413.92	114.97	117.86	785.60	392.80
6	MJ Slater	138.13	411.22	111.91	124.03	785.29	392.64
7	ST Jayasuriya	85.87	431.11	113.98	150.00	780.97	390.48
8	MA Taylor	196.85	366.06	119.92	96.69	779.52	389.76
9	Salim Malik	97.58	452.49	103.20	115.27	768.54	384.27
10	Saeed Anwar	105.07	418.69	107.75	134.88	766.40	383.20

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians. Familiar Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	54	3026	59.33	63.12	943.87	235.97
2	PA de Silva	47	2515	62.88	53.19	856.24	214.06
3	SR Tendulkar	48	2515	59.88	56.51	805.56	201.39
4	MJ Slater	48	2468	53.65	55.49	803.93	200.98
5	Salim Malik	31	1397	49.89	52.48	732.58	183.15
6	SR Waugh	74	2973	48.74	48.25	726.92	181.73
7	ME Waugh	82	3379	43.88	51.96	724.05	181.01
8	MA Taylor	91	3613	43.53	40.27	720.21	180.05
9	ST Jayasuriya	37	1353	42.28	64.00	704.77	176.19
10	Saeed Anwar	33	1420	44.38	57.17	631.07	157.77

Away From Home

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Waugh	69	3240	57.86	46.23	939.60	939.60
2	SR Tendulkar	61	3111	56.56	52.67	883.68	883.68
3	BC Lara	58	2547	44.68	60.85	818.73	818.73
4	Saeed Anwar	42	1946	47.46	57.93	799.70	799.70
5	ME Waugh	82	2992	39.37	52.10	752.31	752.31
6	ST Jayasuriya	37	1398	42.36	64.99	739.91	739.91
7	MA Taylor	75	2693	37.93	42.26	734.02	734.02
8	Salim Malik	46	1729	43.23	49.47	709.93	709.93
9	MJ Slater	55	1957	37.63	49.52	662.34	662.34
10	PA de Silva	57	1933	35.15	50.30	636.13	636.13

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	97	5179	55.69	63.26	967.20	241.80
2	SR Waugh	126	5536	54.27	47.71	850.39	212.60
3	MJ Slater	81	3555	46.78	53.48	764.79	191.20
4	ME Waugh	137	5504	43.00	52.32	749.19	187.30
5	MA Taylor	142	5286	39.74	40.60	701.84	175.46

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	56	3185	66.35	56.24	959.82	239.96
2	PA de Silva	69	3115	51.07	50.48	883.22	220.80
3	ST Jayasuriya	47	1771	43.20	62.85	818.22	204.56
4	Saeed Anwar	43	2027	49.44	58.01	806.48	201.62
5	Salim Malik	43	1834	47.03	51.36	794.65	198.66

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MA Taylor	24	1020	48.57	43.87	740.83	740.83
2	MJ Slater	22	870	39.55	49.63	636.30	636.30
3	ME Waugh	27	867	34.68	50.23	607.63	607.63
4	SR Waugh	17	677	45.13	43.20	559.13	559.13
5	BC Lara	15	394	26.27	49.68	375.65	375.65

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	53	2441	49.82	52.00	889.75	889.75
2	Saeed Anwar	32	1339	41.84	57.00	718.37	718.37
3	PA de Silva	35	1333	39.21	55.54	698.85	698.85
4	Salim Malik	34	1292	44.55	49.96	665.51	665.51
5	ST Jayasuriya	27	980	40.83	67.73	650.34	650.34

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	SR Tendulkar	883.68	201.39	889.75	239.96	2,214.78	221.48
2	SR Waugh	939.60	181.73	559.13	212.60	1,893.06	189.31
3	Saeed Anwar	799.70	157.77	718.37	201.62	1,877.45	187.75
4	MA Taylor	734.02	180.05	740.83	175.46	1,830.37	183.04
5	ST Jayasuriya	739.91	176.19	650.34	204.56	1,771.01	177.10
6	PA de Silva	636.13	214.06	698.85	220.80	1,769.84	176.98
7	Salim Malik	709.93	183.15	665.51	198.66	1,757.24	175.72
8	ME Waugh	752.31	181.01	607.63	187.30	1,728.25	172.83
9	MJ Slater	662.34	200.98	636.30	191.20	1,690.82	169.08
10	BC Lara	818.73	235.97	375.65	241.80	1,672.14	167.21

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And Difficult Runs

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsmen such that his overall points are maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. Difficult Runs are defined as runs scored in the 1st and 4th inns after losing the toss. Moreover, only performaces against Top Teams are counted in Difficult Runs Rating. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
DIFF RUNS – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	PA de Silva	30	1944	77.76	53.35	859.22	429.61
2	BC Lara	30	1826	62.97	65.28	855.97	427.99
3	MJ Slater	30	1680	57.93	55.65	794.26	397.13
4	SR Waugh	30	1571	71.41	47.97	785.32	392.66
5	SR Tendulkar	30	1556	57.63	59.19	766.28	383.14
6	ST Jayasuriya	30	1321	48.93	64.50	719.77	359.89
7	MA Taylor	30	1581	58.56	45.06	714.41	357.20
8	Salim Malik	30	1395	51.67	52.82	680.42	340.21
9	Saeed Anwar	30	1375	47.41	56.96	658.89	329.45
10	ME Waugh	30	1466	48.87	54.76	650.93	325.47

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	30	1898	67.79	54.28	881.09	881.09
2	BC Lara	30	1671	57.62	65.48	878.70	878.70
3	SR Waugh	30	1753	76.22	46.13	878.38	878.38
4	Saeed Anwar	30	1407	48.52	57.52	733.43	733.43
5	ME Waugh	30	1453	51.89	57.73	710.38	710.38
6	ST Jayasuriya	30	1300	46.43	67.46	695.92	695.92
7	MA Taylor	30	1201	42.89	44.85	658.87	658.87
8	Salim Malik	30	1149	44.19	51.55	615.81	615.81
9	MJ Slater	30	1114	39.79	49.93	590.71	590.71
10	PA de Silva	30	1045	36.03	49.86	589.37	589.37

DIFFICULT RUNS

Min Innings: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MA Taylor	28	952	38.08	40.68	813.31	813.31
2	ME Waugh	22	728	38.32	47.93	713.61	713.61
3	ST Jayasuriya	9	448	49.78	69.35	712.48	712.48
4	SR Waugh	21	678	37.67	43.02	693.15	693.15
5	MJ Slater	19	570	33.53	48.89	652.98	652.98
6	BC Lara	19	501	27.83	56.93	600.75	600.75
7	Salim Malik	9	321	40.13	46.52	567.45	567.45
8	PA de Silva	13	386	32.17	43.91	555.98	555.98
9	SR Tendulkar	13	328	29.82	48.66	521.73	521.73
10	Saeed Anwar	9	253	28.11	46.59	478.51	478.51

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250.00 pts.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF AW	TF HM	DF RNS	TOT	SEC RAT
1	SR Waugh	878.38	392.66	693.15	1,964.19	196.42
2	BC Lara	878.70	427.99	600.75	1,907.44	190.74
3	MA Taylor	658.87	357.20	813.31	1,829.38	182.94
4	SR Tendulkar	881.09	383.14	521.73	1,785.96	178.60
5	ST Jayasuriya	695.92	359.89	712.48	1,768.29	176.83
6	ME Waugh	710.38	325.47	713.61	1,749.45	174.95
7	MJ Slater	590.71	397.13	652.98	1,640.83	164.08
8	PA de Silva	589.37	429.61	555.98	1,574.96	157.50
9	Saeed Anwar	733.43	329.45	478.51	1,541.39	154.14
10	Salim Malik	615.81	340.21	567.45	1,523.47	152.35

DECADES RATING

The DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	448.67	221.48	178.60	848.74
2	BC Lara	WI	469.48	167.21	190.74	827.44
3	SR Waugh	AUS	439.87	189.31	196.42	825.59
4	MA Taylor	AUS	389.76	183.04	182.94	755.73
5	ST Jayasuriya	SL	390.48	177.10	176.83	744.41
6	ME Waugh	AUS	392.88	172.83	174.95	740.65
7	PA de Silva	SL	392.80	176.98	157.50	727.28
8	MJ Slater	AUS	392.64	169.08	164.08	725.81
9	Saeed Anwar	PAK	383.20	187.75	154.14	725.08
10	Salim Malik	PAK	384.27	175.72	152.35	712.34

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	SL	IND	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	ENG	PAK	AUS	NZ