This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2010s. 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 2010s.

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	AN Cook	ENG	201	8818	250.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	201	8818	250.00
2	JE Root	ENG	164	7359	208.64
3	V Kohli	IND	141	7202	204.18
4	SPD Smith	AUS	130	7164	203.11
5	DA Warner	AUS	153	7088	200.95
6	HM Amla	SA	146	6695	189.81
7	KS Williamson	NZ	137	6379	180.85
8	CA Pujara	IND	124	5740	162.74
9	AB de Villiers	SA	98	5059	143.43
10	KC Sangakkara	SL	86	4851	137.53

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	SPD Smith	130	16	7164	62.84	63.11	160.00
1	SPD Smith	130	16	7164	62.84	63.11	160.00
2	KC Sangakkara	86	7	4851	61.41	59.09	149.81
3	AB de Villiers	98	10	5059	57.49	55.10	139.70
4	V Kohli	141	10	7202	54.98	54.38	137.88
5	KS Williamson	137	13	6379	51.44	49.96	126.66
6	CA Pujara	124	8	5740	49.48	49.30	125.00
7	JE Root	164	12	7359	48.41	49.21	124.78
8	DA Warner	153	6	7088	48.22	48.56	123.12
9	HM Amla	146	12	6695	49.96	47.98	121.66
10	AN Cook	201	11	8818	46.41	46.14	116.99

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SPD Smith	102	11	5686	62.48	64.06	240.00
1	SPD Smith	102	11	5686	62.48	64.06	240.00
2	V Kohli	104	8	5253	54.72	56.61	212.10
3	KC Sangakkara	70	6	3655	57.11	56.57	211.94
4	HM Amla	98	8	4590	51.00	51.70	193.72
5	CA Pujara	96	6	4462	49.58	51.19	191.80
6	JE Root	114	9	5053	48.12	50.34	188.61
7	AB de Villiers	71	4	3318	49.52	48.77	182.72
8	AN Cook	133	5	5594	43.70	45.58	170.76
9	KS Williamson	88	6	3572	43.56	45.05	168.81
10	DA Warner	113	2	4480	40.36	41.99	157.32

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	V Sehwag	2338	2674	87.43	84.26	40.00
1	DA Warner	7088	9704	73.04	70.64	33.53
2	V Kohli	7202	12457	57.81	55.72	26.45
3	AB de Villiers	5059	9090	55.65	53.33	25.32
4	SPD Smith	7164	12886	55.60	53.09	25.20
5	JE Root	7359	13534	54.37	52.31	24.83
6	KC Sangakkara	4851	9288	52.23	50.63	24.03
7	KS Williamson	6379	12373	51.56	49.81	23.64
8	HM Amla	6695	13262	50.48	48.34	22.95
9	CA Pujara	5740	12293	46.69	45.04	21.38
10	AN Cook	8818	18788	46.93	44.84	21.29

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	Sarfraz Ahmed	1914	2675	71.55	68.78	60.00
1	DA Warner	4480	6356	70.48	68.58	59.82
2	V Kohli	5253	9162	57.33	55.62	48.52
3	SPD Smith	5686	10553	53.88	51.84	45.22
4	AB de Villiers	3318	6210	53.43	51.41	44.84
5	JE Root	5053	9650	52.36	50.79	44.31
6	KC Sangakkara	3655	7237	50.50	49.27	42.98
7	KS Williamson	3572	7315	48.83	47.96	41.84
8	HM Amla	4590	9524	48.19	46.63	40.67
9	CA Pujara	4462	9728	45.87	44.48	38.81
10	AN Cook	5594	12499	44.76	43.32	37.79

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	AN Cook	294	263	244*	243	235*	190	189	236.86	80.00
1	AN Cook	294	263	244*	243	235*	190	189	236.86	80.00
2	KC Sangakkara	319	221	219	211	203	199*	192	223.43	75.46
3	V Kohli	254*	243	235	213	211	204	200	222.86	75.27
4	HM Amla	311*	253*	208	201	196	140	139*	206.86	69.87
5	SPD Smith	239	215	211	199	192	178*	165*	199.86	67.50
6	JE Root	254	226	200*	190	182*	180	154*	198.00	66.88
7	DA Warner	335*	253	180	163	154	145	145	196.43	66.34
8	KS Williamson	242*	200*	192	176	166	161*	140	182.43	61.62
9	CA Pujara	206*	204	202	193	159	153	153	181.43	61.28
10	AB de Villiers	278*	169	164	160*	152	148	135*	172.29	58.19

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	294	263	244*	235*	190	189	176	227.29	170.00
1	AN Cook	294	263	244*	235*	190	189	176	227.29	170.00
2	V Kohli	254*	243	235	213	169	167	153	204.86	153.22
3	KC Sangakkara	221	219	211	203	199*	192	147	198.86	148.74
4	HM Amla	311*	253*	201	196	140	139*	127*	195.29	146.07
5	SPD Smith	239	215	211	192	178*	162*	144	191.57	143.29
6	CA Pujara	206*	204	202	193	153	153	145*	179.43	134.20
7	JE Root	226	190	180	154*	149*	134	130	166.14	124.27
8	AB de Villiers	278*	169	164	129	126*	116	103	155.00	115.93
9	KS Williamson	192	176	166	140	139	135	132	154.29	115.40
10	DA Warner	180	145	145	135	133	124	119	140.14	104.82

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	SPD Smith	203.11	400.00	210.79	70.42	884.32	353.73
2	V Kohli	204.18	349.98	228.50	74.97	857.63	343.05
3	AN Cook	250.00	287.76	250.00	59.08	846.83	338.73
4	KC Sangakkara	137.53	361.76	224.20	67.02	790.51	316.20
5	HM Amla	189.81	315.38	215.93	63.62	784.74	313.90
6	JE Root	208.64	313.38	191.14	69.14	782.30	312.92
7	DA Warner	200.95	280.44	171.17	93.36	745.92	298.37
8	CA Pujara	162.74	316.80	195.48	60.19	735.20	294.08
9	KS Williamson	180.85	295.46	177.02	65.49	718.81	287.53
10	AB de Villiers	143.43	322.43	174.12	70.16	710.14	284.06

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	V Kohli	60	3558	68.42	60.92	884.97	26.55
2	SPD Smith	56	3281	71.33	56.33	824.25	24.73
3	DA Warner	73	4328	64.60	76.05	816.40	24.49
4	JE Root	86	4124	51.55	57.01	774.10	23.22
5	CA Pujara	64	3471	59.84	50.61	764.67	22.94
6	KC Sangakkara	47	2597	61.83	53.55	749.75	22.49
7	AN Cook	107	4495	44.07	47.46	712.48	21.37
8	HM Amla	79	3691	49.88	53.00	694.55	20.84
9	KS Williamson	59	3052	59.84	53.90	691.99	20.76
10	AB de Villiers	56	3039	58.44	59.00	666.68	20.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SPD Smith	74	3883	57.10	54.99	903.03	108.36
2	AN Cook	94	4323	49.13	46.40	895.98	107.52
3	HM Amla	67	3004	50.07	47.70	814.34	97.72
4	V Kohli	81	3644	46.13	55.07	788.13	94.58
5	KC Sangakkara	39	2254	60.92	50.79	768.89	92.27
6	JE Root	78	3235	44.93	51.35	734.86	88.18
7	KS Williamson	78	3327	45.58	49.58	718.45	86.21
8	AB de Villiers	42	2020	56.11	51.28	703.10	84.37
9	CA Pujara	60	2269	39.12	41.75	659.96	79.20
10	DA Warner	80	2760	34.50	68.78	636.52	76.38

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	SPD Smith	104	5964	67.01	57.65	916.94	27.51
2	JE Root	136	6161	48.90	54.42	802.07	24.06
3	AN Cook	160	6690	44.01	47.43	799.89	24.00
4	DA Warner	123	6047	51.68	74.44	788.35	23.65
5	HM Amla	121	5445	48.19	53.49	765.57	22.97
6	KS Williamson	103	4834	53.12	52.53	706.30	21.19
7	AB de Villiers	78	4031	58.42	56.81	673.47	20.20

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	V Kohli	71	3966	63.97	60.37	976.65	29.30
2	KC Sangakkara	62	3778	67.46	53.43	944.28	28.33
3	CA Pujara	70	3925	62.30	50.88	913.37	27.40

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	AN Cook	41	2128	56.00	45.44	923.89	110.87
2	HM Amla	25	1250	59.52	40.56	745.86	89.50
3	KS Williamson	34	1545	46.82	48.72	736.56	88.39
4	AB de Villiers	20	1028	54.11	51.55	684.70	82.16
5	SPD Smith	26	1200	48.00	47.23	664.69	79.76
6	JE Root	28	1198	46.08	54.16	628.16	75.38
7	DA Warner	30	1041	34.70	65.84	577.10	69.25

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	V Kohli	70	3236	46.90	54.96	977.75	117.33
2	KC Sangakkara	24	1073	46.65	48.40	709.38	85.13
3	CA Pujara	54	1815	34.25	39.64	709.31	85.12

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	V Kohli	94.58	26.55	117.33	29.30	267.75
2	AN Cook	107.52	21.37	110.87	24.00	263.76
3	SPD Smith	108.36	24.73	79.76	27.51	240.36
4	HM Amla	97.72	20.84	89.50	22.97	231.03
5	KC Sangakkara	92.27	22.49	85.13	28.33	228.21
6	KS Williamson	86.21	20.76	88.39	21.19	216.55
7	CA Pujara	79.20	22.94	85.12	27.40	214.65
8	JE Root	88.18	23.22	75.38	24.06	210.85
9	AB de Villiers	84.37	20.00	82.16	20.20	206.74
10	DA Warner	76.38	24.49	69.25	23.65	193.78

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	V Kohli	56	1661	30.20	52.22	819.20	40.96
2	SPD Smith	62	1748	29.13	48.95	790.83	39.54
3	DA Warner	66	1832	28.63	67.75	790.19	39.51
4	HM Amla	65	1794	28.48	41.22	784.54	39.23
5	AN Cook	87	2220	25.52	42.01	753.34	37.67
6	JE Root	79	2122	28.68	47.73	751.56	37.58
7	AB de Villiers	42	1417	35.43	48.23	724.51	36.23
8	CA Pujara	45	1113	25.88	39.07	646.88	32.34
9	KC Sangakkara	37	1077	29.92	45.21	636.74	31.84
10	KS Williamson	68	1474	22.33	43.78	611.23	30.56

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	SPD Smith	50	3375	78.49	55.59	921.46	92.15
2	V Kohli	50	3070	69.77	61.51	900.08	90.01
3	HM Amla	50	3002	68.23	51.32	844.76	84.48
4	KC Sangakkara	50	2830	62.89	50.01	808.18	80.82
5	AN Cook	50	2572	54.72	44.22	764.99	76.50
6	JE Root	50	2669	59.31	59.84	741.34	74.13
7	DA Warner	50	2491	50.84	76.41	711.34	71.13
8	KS Williamson	50	2421	52.63	54.00	700.70	70.07
9	AB de Villiers	50	2516	52.42	50.90	688.26	68.83
10	CA Pujara	50	2490	50.82	43.49	685.88	68.59

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	SPD Smith	114	62	54.39	932.39	139.86
2	HM Amla	134	60	44.78	785.20	117.78
3	AB de Villiers	88	46	52.27	784.43	117.66
4	DA Warner	147	64	43.54	768.55	115.28
5	JE Root	152	62	40.79	749.43	112.41
6	V Kohli	131	54	41.22	737.67	110.65
7	AN Cook	190	69	36.32	715.65	107.35
8	KS Williamson	124	51	41.13	678.93	101.84
9	CA Pujara	116	43	37.07	615.21	92.28
10	KC Sangakkara	79	31	39.24	609.16	91.37

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	SPD Smith	39.54	92.15	139.86	271.55
2	V Kohli	40.96	90.01	110.65	241.62
3	HM Amla	39.23	84.48	117.78	241.48
4	DA Warner	39.51	71.13	115.28	225.93
5	JE Root	37.58	74.13	112.41	224.13
6	AB de Villiers	36.23	68.83	117.66	222.72
7	AN Cook	37.67	76.50	107.35	221.51
8	KC Sangakkara	31.84	80.82	91.37	204.03
9	KS Williamson	30.56	70.07	101.84	202.47
10	CA Pujara	32.34	68.59	92.28	193.21

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	SPD Smith	AUS	353.73	240.36	271.55	865.64
2	V Kohli	IND	343.05	267.75	241.62	852.42
3	AN Cook	ENG	338.73	263.76	221.51	824.00
4	HM Amla	SA	313.90	231.03	241.48	786.41
5	KC Sangakkara	SL	316.20	228.21	204.03	748.44
6	JE Root	ENG	312.92	210.85	224.13	747.89
7	DA Warner	AUS	298.37	193.78	225.93	718.07
8	AB de Villiers	SA	284.06	206.74	222.72	713.51
9	KS Williamson	NZ	287.53	216.55	202.47	706.55
10	CA Pujara	IND	294.08	214.65	193.21	701.95

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.