This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2000s. 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 2000s.

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)	30
Min Runs	1000

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	RT Ponting	AUS	184	9458	250.00
1	RT Ponting	AUS	184	9458	250.00
2	JH Kallis	SA	174	8630	228.11
3	RS Dravid	IND	179	8558	226.21
4	ML Hayden	AUS	172	8364	221.08
5	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	160	8187	216.40
6	KC Sangakkara	SL	147	7549	199.54
7	SR Tendulkar	IND	150	7129	188.44
8	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	121	6439	170.20
9	BC Lara	WI	120	6380	168.64
10	V Sehwag	IND	123	6248	165.15

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
Min Runs (TT)	1600

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JH Kallis	174	27	8630	58.71	58.06	160.00
1	JH Kallis	174	27	8630	58.71	58.06	160.00
2	Mohammad Yousuf	121	11	6439	58.54	57.11	157.38
3	RT Ponting	184	22	9458	58.38	56.65	156.13
4	BC Lara	120	2	6380	54.07	54.67	150.65
5	RS Dravid	179	23	8558	54.86	54.25	149.51
6	V Sehwag	123	4	6248	52.50	53.18	146.56
7	DPMD Jayawardena	160	12	8187	55.32	53.03	146.13
8	ML Hayden	172	14	8364	52.94	52.70	145.22
9	KC Sangakkara	147	10	7549	55.10	52.59	144.92
10	SR Tendulkar	150	16	7129	53.20	52.51	144.71

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	83	3	4756	59.45	62.37	240.00
1	V Sehwag	83	3	4756	59.45	62.37	240.00
2	BC Lara	73	1	4107	57.04	61.13	235.24
3	RT Ponting	119	11	6163	57.06	58.25	224.16
4	DPMD Jayawardena	103	4	5489	55.44	56.90	218.98
5	Mohammad Yousuf	74	6	3563	52.40	54.07	208.06
6	JH Kallis	103	13	4573	50.81	53.61	206.32
7	ML Hayden	116	10	5317	50.16	52.25	201.07
8	KC Sangakkara	90	1	4325	48.60	49.84	191.78
9	RS Dravid	120	14	4972	46.91	48.53	186.76
10	SR Tendulkar	105	11	4347	46.24	47.92	184.40

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 Runs (TT)	1600
Min Average	25

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	AC Gilchrist	5130	6259	81.96	83.16	40.00
1	V Sehwag	6248	7767	80.44	80.73	38.83
2	RT Ponting	9458	15129	62.52	62.12	29.88
3	BC Lara	6380	10773	59.22	61.08	29.38
4	ML Hayden	8364	13745	60.85	60.99	29.34
5	KC Sangakkara	7549	13594	55.53	55.83	26.85
6	SR Tendulkar	7129	13115	54.36	55.01	26.46
7	Mohammad Yousuf	6439	12144	53.02	53.89	25.92
8	DPMD Jayawardena	8187	15311	53.47	53.81	25.88
9	JH Kallis	8630	18557	46.51	46.98	22.60
10	RS Dravid	8558	19675	43.50	43.93	21.13

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	AC Gilchrist	3308	3900	84.82	86.99	60.00
1	V Sehwag	4756	5858	81.19	81.42	56.16
2	RT Ponting	6163	9868	62.45	62.79	43.31
3	BC Lara	4107	6841	60.04	62.49	43.10
4	ML Hayden	5317	9137	58.19	59.07	40.75
5	Mohammad Yousuf	3563	6374	55.90	57.07	39.36
6	KC Sangakkara	4325	8117	53.28	54.94	37.90
7	SR Tendulkar	4347	8094	53.71	54.54	37.62
8	DPMD Jayawardena	5489	10598	51.79	53.36	36.80
9	JH Kallis	4573	10230	44.70	45.47	31.36
10	RS Dravid	4972	12086	41.14	41.51	28.63

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	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	80.00
1	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	80.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	240	237	213*	195	167	243.00	76.79
3	BC Lara	400*	226	221	216	209	202	196	238.57	75.40
4	KC Sangakkara	287	270	232	230	222*	200*	192	233.29	73.72
5	RS Dravid	270	233	222	217	200*	180	177	214.14	67.67
6	RT Ponting	257	242	207	206	196	169	158	205.00	64.79
7	SR Tendulkar	248*	241*	201*	194*	193	176	176	204.14	64.51
8	Mohammad Yousuf	223	204*	203	202	192	192	191	201.00	63.52
9	ML Hayden	380	203	197	177	153	138	138	198.00	62.57
10	JH Kallis	189*	186	177	162	160	158	157*	169.86	53.68

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	170.00
1	V Sehwag	319	309	293	254	201*	201	195	253.14	170.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	240	237	213*	195	167	243.00	163.19
3	BC Lara	400*	226	216	202	196	182	176	228.29	153.31
4	KC Sangakkara	287	232	192	185	152	144	138	190.00	127.60
5	RS Dravid	270	233	180	177	144*	144	136	183.43	123.18
6	RT Ponting	207	206	196	156	154	150	150	174.14	116.95
7	Mohammad Yousuf	223	202	192	173	128	126	115	165.57	111.19
8	ML Hayden	203	197	177	153	138	138	137	163.29	109.66
9	SR Tendulkar	241*	194*	155	154*	153	126	117	162.86	109.37
10	JH Kallis	162	155	150*	149	136*	132	121	143.57	96.42

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	V Sehwag	165.15	386.56	250.00	94.99	896.69	358.68
2	RT Ponting	250.00	380.29	181.73	73.19	885.21	354.09
3	DPMD Jayawardena	216.40	365.10	239.98	62.69	884.18	353.67
4	BC Lara	168.64	385.89	228.70	72.48	855.71	342.29
5	ML Hayden	221.08	346.29	172.23	70.08	809.68	323.87
6	RS Dravid	226.21	336.27	190.86	49.76	803.10	321.24
7	KC Sangakkara	199.54	336.70	201.32	64.75	802.31	320.92
8	JH Kallis	228.11	366.32	150.10	53.96	798.49	319.40
9	Mohammad Yousuf	170.20	365.43	174.71	65.28	775.63	310.25
10	SR Tendulkar	188.44	329.11	173.88	64.08	755.51	302.20

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: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	82	4910	66.35	54.65	942.62	28.28
2	RT Ponting	99	5333	65.04	62.51	891.54	26.75
3	V Sehwag	59	3202	56.18	80.55	833.42	25.00
4	BC Lara	57	3191	58.02	57.94	828.69	24.86
5	ML Hayden	93	5033	59.21	63.47	806.28	24.19
6	KC Sangakkara	77	4233	59.62	56.87	803.62	24.11
7	JH Kallis	86	4770	63.60	50.21	778.59	23.36
8	Mohammad Yousuf	48	2997	69.70	53.66	717.32	21.52
9	RS Dravid	79	3683	53.38	42.64	685.99	20.58
10	SR Tendulkar	71	3290	52.22	51.05	632.46	18.97

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	V Sehwag	64	3046	49.13	80.33	838.79	100.65
2	RS Dravid	100	4875	56.03	44.17	811.48	97.38
3	SR Tendulkar	79	3839	54.07	57.56	770.49	92.46
4	RT Ponting	85	4125	51.56	62.53	768.55	92.23
5	BC Lara	63	3189	50.62	60.56	762.54	91.51
6	Mohammad Yousuf	73	3442	51.37	52.48	729.66	87.56
7	JH Kallis	88	3860	53.61	42.62	714.17	85.70
8	ML Hayden	79	3331	45.63	57.28	698.25	83.79
9	DPMD Jayawardena	78	3277	44.28	51.80	682.71	81.93
10	KC Sangakkara	70	3316	50.24	53.91	680.31	81.64

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	RT Ponting	157	8421	61.92	63.37	928.01	27.84
2	BC Lara	109	5244	49.01	59.12	831.01	24.93
3	ML Hayden	137	6701	53.61	61.16	784.34	23.53
4	JH Kallis	141	7171	59.76	47.53	776.16	23.28

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	114	6472	62.23	54.57	949.06	28.47
2	V Sehwag	75	4301	59.74	82.28	916.14	27.48
3	KC Sangakkara	103	5577	58.09	56.38	805.37	24.16
4	RS Dravid	107	5037	54.16	44.50	738.83	22.16
5	Mohammad Yousuf	72	3977	63.13	53.98	711.57	21.35
6	SR Tendulkar	90	4209	53.28	52.63	657.59	19.73

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	11	1136	103.27	59.70	884.29	106.11
2	ML Hayden	35	1663	50.39	59.63	757.37	90.88
3	JH Kallis	33	1459	54.04	42.05	686.41	82.37
4	RT Ponting	27	1037	39.88	56.36	592.54	71.10

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	RS Dravid	72	3521	55.89	42.13	950.56	114.07
2	SR Tendulkar	60	2920	53.09	57.05	912.30	109.48
3	Mohammad Yousuf	49	2462	52.38	51.54	852.82	102.34
4	KC Sangakkara	44	1972	48.10	53.25	765.91	91.91
5	V Sehwag	48	1947	41.43	76.65	733.63	88.04
6	DPMD Jayawardena	46	1715	38.98	49.68	620.43	74.45

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	RS Dravid	97.38	20.58	114.07	22.16	254.19
2	BC Lara	91.51	24.86	106.11	24.93	247.41
3	V Sehwag	100.65	25.00	88.04	27.48	241.18
4	SR Tendulkar	92.46	18.97	109.48	19.73	240.64
5	Mohammad Yousuf	87.56	21.52	102.34	21.35	232.76
6	ML Hayden	83.79	24.19	90.88	23.53	222.39
7	KC Sangakkara	81.64	24.11	91.91	24.16	221.82
8	RT Ponting	92.23	26.75	71.10	27.84	217.92
9	JH Kallis	85.70	23.36	82.37	23.28	214.71
10	DPMD Jayawardena	81.93	28.28	74.45	28.47	213.13

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: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	69	2088	30.26	51.81	881.60	44.08
2	KC Sangakkara	65	2132	34.39	50.33	869.04	43.45
3	DPMD Jayawardena	76	2165	29.26	46.94	804.85	40.24
4	Mohammad Yousuf	55	1708	32.85	49.81	788.23	39.41
5	SR Tendulkar	62	1756	28.32	51.20	754.20	37.71
6	JH Kallis	68	1815	27.92	43.15	728.10	36.40
7	RS Dravid	76	1770	24.93	32.80	656.53	32.83
8	V Sehwag	45	1106	25.72	77.94	653.58	32.68
9	ML Hayden	37	808	24.48	61.07	544.18	27.21
10	RT Ponting	39	633	16.66	60.40	430.92	21.55

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 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: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	50	3311	68.98	52.59	933.66	93.37
2	BC Lara	50	3311	67.57	62.28	932.85	93.29
3	V Sehwag	50	3128	65.17	77.46	923.29	92.33
4	RT Ponting	50	3120	72.56	61.33	846.91	84.69
5	KC Sangakkara	50	3017	60.34	55.94	814.79	81.48
6	ML Hayden	50	2945	65.44	61.74	796.55	79.66
7	RS Dravid	50	2756	65.62	42.92	774.93	77.49
8	Mohammad Yousuf	50	2752	58.55	59.23	757.10	75.71
9	JH Kallis	50	2750	67.07	46.82	755.40	75.54
10	SR Tendulkar	50	2282	50.71	54.46	656.35	65.64

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: 30

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	JH Kallis	147	68	46.26	941.41	141.21
2	RT Ponting	162	69	42.59	887.06	133.06
3	SR Tendulkar	134	59	44.03	857.16	128.57
4	ML Hayden	158	67	42.41	848.75	127.31
5	DPMD Jayawardena	148	62	41.89	824.11	123.62
6	Mohammad Yousuf	110	50	45.45	820.27	123.04
7	RS Dravid	156	64	41.03	811.76	121.76
8	BC Lara	118	49	41.53	785.73	117.86
9	V Sehwag	119	46	38.66	753.39	113.01
10	KC Sangakkara	137	50	36.50	696.00	104.40

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	DPMD Jayawardena	40.24	93.37	123.62	257.22
2	BC Lara	44.08	93.29	117.86	255.22
3	JH Kallis	36.40	75.54	141.21	253.16
4	RT Ponting	21.55	84.69	133.06	239.30
5	Mohammad Yousuf	39.41	75.71	123.04	238.16
6	V Sehwag	32.68	92.33	113.01	238.02
7	ML Hayden	27.21	79.66	127.31	234.18
8	RS Dravid	32.83	77.49	121.76	232.08
9	SR Tendulkar	37.71	65.64	128.57	231.92
10	KC Sangakkara	43.45	81.48	104.40	229.33

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	BC Lara	WI	342.29	247.41	255.22	844.92
2	V Sehwag	IND	358.68	241.18	238.02	837.87
3	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	353.67	213.13	257.22	824.02
4	RT Ponting	AUS	354.09	217.92	239.30	811.30
5	RS Dravid	IND	321.24	254.19	232.08	807.51
6	JH Kallis	SA	319.40	214.71	253.16	787.26
7	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	310.25	232.76	238.16	781.18
8	ML Hayden	AUS	323.87	222.39	234.18	780.44
9	SR Tendulkar	IND	302.20	240.64	231.92	774.76
10	KC Sangakkara	SL	320.92	221.82	229.33	772.07

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.