This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1990s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 1990s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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. IMPACT INNS

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 & 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	AJ Stewart	ENG	169	6407	200.00
1	AJ Stewart	ENG	169	6407	200.00
2	ME Waugh	AUS	164	6371	198.88
3	MA Taylor	AUS	166	6306	196.85
4	SR Waugh	AUS	143	6213	193.94
5	SR Tendulkar	IND	109	5626	175.62
6	BC Lara	WI	112	5573	173.97
7	PA de Silva	SL	104	4448	138.85
8	MJ Slater	AUS	103	4425	138.13
9	G Kirsten	SA	100	3792	118.37
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	97	3717	116.03

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	SR Tendulkar	109	12	5626	58.00	59.36	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	109	12	5626	58.00	59.36	250.00
2	SR Waugh	143	26	6213	53.10	55.93	235.57
3	BC Lara	112	4	5573	51.60	54.94	231.41
4	MJ Slater	103	5	4425	45.15	48.90	205.95
5	PA de Silva	104	9	4448	46.82	48.56	204.50
6	G Kirsten	100	9	3792	41.67	45.27	190.68
7	AJ Stewart	169	12	6407	40.81	44.60	187.83
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	11	3717	43.22	44.22	186.24
9	MA Taylor	166	12	6306	40.95	43.23	182.08
10	ME Waugh	164	11	6371	41.64	42.79	180.22

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	BC Lara	90	4	4579	53.24	58.19	250.00
1	BC Lara	90	4	4579	53.24	58.19	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	66	4	3206	51.71	56.18	241.37
3	SR Waugh	118	20	4855	49.54	53.25	228.78
4	PA de Silva	71	6	3164	48.68	52.68	226.33
5	MJ Slater	84	3	3503	43.25	47.75	205.15
6	ME Waugh	129	10	5312	44.64	47.04	202.09
7	G Kirsten	76	6	2913	41.61	46.59	200.13
8	MA Taylor	130	8	4920	40.33	43.69	187.69
9	AJ Stewart	130	9	4629	38.26	43.54	187.03
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	55	4	1996	39.14	42.39	182.11

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	MJ Slater	219	176	169	168	152	124	123	161.57	111.91
7	AJ Stewart	190	173	170	164	148	143	119	158.14	109.53
8	G Kirsten	275	210	134	133	128	110	108*	156.86	108.64
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	200*	177	148	135*	123	118	101	143.14	99.14
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

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	2000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	BC Lara	5573	8980	62.06	67.31	150.00
1	BC Lara	5573	8980	62.06	67.31	150.00
2	SR Tendulkar	5615	10338	54.31	58.38	130.10
3	MJ Slater	4425	8400	52.68	58.01	129.28
4	PA de Silva	4436	8547	51.90	55.81	124.39
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	3717	7232	51.40	55.48	123.64
6	ME Waugh	6371	12246	52.03	55.44	123.56
7	AJ Stewart	6407	13210	48.50	53.72	119.72
8	SR Waugh	6213	13170	47.18	50.95	113.55
9	G Kirsten	3792	9182	41.30	45.63	101.69
10	MA Taylor	6306	15344	41.10	45.28	100.92

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	BC Lara	173.97	481.41	150.00	150.00	955.38	382.15
2	SR Tendulkar	175.62	491.37	122.59	130.10	919.68	367.87
3	SR Waugh	193.94	464.36	119.43	113.55	891.28	356.51
4	PA de Silva	138.85	430.84	114.97	124.39	809.04	323.62
5	AJ Stewart	200.00	374.86	109.53	119.72	804.11	321.64
6	ME Waugh	198.88	382.30	94.39	123.56	799.13	319.65
7	MJ Slater	138.13	411.10	111.91	129.28	790.42	316.17
8	MA Taylor	196.85	369.77	119.92	100.92	787.46	314.98
9	G Kirsten	118.37	390.81	108.64	101.69	719.51	287.81
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	116.03	368.35	99.14	123.64	707.16	282.87

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	BC Lara	54	3026	59.33	63.12	933.05	27.99
2	PA de Silva	47	2515	62.88	53.19	864.54	25.94
3	SR Tendulkar	48	2515	59.88	56.51	810.12	24.30
4	MJ Slater	48	2468	53.65	55.49	793.91	23.82
5	ME Waugh	82	3379	43.88	51.96	730.54	21.92
6	AJ Stewart	83	3196	42.05	49.88	730.03	21.90
7	SR Waugh	74	2973	48.74	48.25	727.69	21.83
8	MA Taylor	91	3613	43.53	40.27	718.53	21.56
9	G Kirsten	57	1961	37.71	40.99	601.91	18.06
10	Inzamam-ul-Haq	35	1124	36.26	51.07	500.00	15.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Waugh	69	3240	57.86	46.23	947.21	113.67
2	SR Tendulkar	61	3111	56.56	52.67	905.06	108.61
3	BC Lara	58	2547	44.68	60.85	824.01	98.88
4	ME Waugh	82	2992	39.37	52.10	763.96	91.68
5	AJ Stewart	86	3211	39.64	47.20	759.29	91.11
6	Inzamam-ul-Haq	62	2593	47.15	51.54	742.49	89.10
7	MA Taylor	75	2693	37.93	42.26	731.19	87.74
8	G Kirsten	43	1831	46.95	41.63	725.51	87.06
9	MJ Slater	55	1957	37.63	49.52	665.90	79.91
10	PA de Silva	57	1933	35.15	50.30	647.36	77.68

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	BC Lara	97	5179	55.69	63.26	967.20	29.02
2	SR Waugh	126	5536	54.27	47.71	856.08	25.68
3	AJ Stewart	161	6195	41.58	49.21	795.78	23.87
4	MJ Slater	81	3555	46.78	53.48	757.66	22.73
5	ME Waugh	137	5504	43.00	52.32	755.80	22.67
6	MA Taylor	142	5286	39.74	40.60	703.55	21.11
7	G Kirsten	90	3212	39.17	40.74	652.84	19.59

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	56	3185	66.35	56.24	965.01	28.95
2	PA de Silva	69	3115	51.07	50.48	895.81	26.87
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	46	1714	45.11	51.80	710.76	21.32

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MA Taylor	24	1020	48.57	43.87	898.59	107.83
2	G Kirsten	10	580	64.44	44.68	798.08	95.77
3	MJ Slater	22	870	39.55	49.63	773.50	92.82
4	SR Waugh	17	677	45.13	43.20	736.98	88.44
5	ME Waugh	27	867	34.68	50.23	706.05	84.73
6	AJ Stewart	8	212	26.50	34.14	500.00	60.00
7	BC Lara	15	394	26.27	49.68	477.37	57.28

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Tendulkar	53	2441	49.82	52.00	875.21	105.03
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	51	2003	41.73	51.06	743.70	89.24
3	PA de Silva	35	1333	39.21	55.54	685.88	82.31

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	SR Tendulkar	108.61	24.30	105.03	28.95	266.89
2	SR Waugh	113.67	21.83	88.44	25.68	249.62
3	MA Taylor	87.74	21.56	107.83	21.11	238.24
4	ME Waugh	91.68	21.92	84.73	22.67	220.99
5	G Kirsten	87.06	18.06	95.77	19.59	220.47
6	MJ Slater	79.91	23.82	92.82	22.73	219.28
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	89.10	15.00	89.24	21.32	214.67
8	BC Lara	98.88	27.99	57.28	29.02	213.17
9	PA de Silva	77.68	25.94	82.31	26.87	212.80
10	AJ Stewart	91.11	21.90	60.00	23.87	196.89

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 DECADES Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	PA de Silva	30	1944	77.76	53.35	877.00	26.31
2	BC Lara	30	1826	62.97	65.28	853.41	25.60
3	SR Waugh	30	1571	71.41	47.97	804.90	24.15
4	MJ Slater	30	1680	57.93	55.65	785.38	23.56
5	SR Tendulkar	30	1556	57.63	59.19	755.72	22.67
6	MA Taylor	30	1581	58.56	45.06	719.82	21.59
7	ME Waugh	30	1466	48.87	54.76	651.08	19.53
8	AJ Stewart	30	1369	48.89	53.23	647.25	19.42
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	30	1078	41.46	51.21	556.19	16.69
10	G Kirsten	30	1020	37.78	39.34	538.73	16.16

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SR Waugh	30	1753	76.22	46.13	896.66	107.60
2	SR Tendulkar	30	1898	67.79	54.28	888.45	106.61
3	BC Lara	30	1671	57.62	65.48	871.25	104.55
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	30	1675	64.42	53.28	802.34	96.28
5	G Kirsten	30	1439	53.30	43.15	723.14	86.78
6	ME Waugh	30	1453	51.89	57.73	713.58	85.63
7	AJ Stewart	30	1388	51.41	44.49	705.97	84.72
8	MA Taylor	30	1201	42.89	44.85	646.87	77.62
9	MJ Slater	30	1114	39.79	49.93	591.11	70.93
10	PA de Silva	30	1045	36.03	49.86	582.17	69.86

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	SR Tendulkar	97	42	43.30	899.15	134.87
2	BC Lara	108	45	41.67	890.74	133.61
3	SR Waugh	117	46	39.32	863.36	129.50
4	AJ Stewart	157	55	35.03	822.53	123.38
5	PA de Silva	95	36	37.89	792.19	118.83
6	ME Waugh	153	46	30.07	714.01	107.10
7	MJ Slater	98	31	31.63	651.21	97.68
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	86	28	32.56	650.01	97.50
9	G Kirsten	91	27	29.67	640.50	96.07
10	MA Taylor	154	41	26.62	601.03	90.15

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	SR Tendulkar	22.67	106.61	134.87	264.16
2	BC Lara	25.60	104.55	133.61	263.76
3	SR Waugh	24.15	107.60	129.50	261.25
4	AJ Stewart	19.42	84.72	123.38	227.51
5	PA de Silva	26.31	69.86	118.83	215.00
6	ME Waugh	19.53	85.63	107.10	212.26
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	16.69	96.28	97.50	210.47
8	G Kirsten	16.16	86.78	96.07	199.01
9	MJ Slater	23.56	70.93	97.68	192.18
10	MA Taylor	21.59	77.62	90.15	189.37

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	SR Tendulkar	IND	367.87	266.89	264.16	898.92
2	SR Waugh	AUS	356.51	249.62	261.25	867.38
3	BC Lara	WI	382.15	213.17	263.76	859.09
4	ME Waugh	AUS	319.65	220.99	212.26	752.91
5	PA de Silva	SL	323.62	212.80	215.00	751.42
6	AJ Stewart	ENG	321.64	196.89	227.51	746.05
7	MA Taylor	AUS	314.98	238.24	189.37	742.59
8	MJ Slater	AUS	316.17	219.28	192.18	727.62
9	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	282.87	214.67	210.47	708.00
10	G Kirsten	SA	287.81	220.47	199.01	707.29

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	SA	ENG