Tests Decades - Best Batsmen In 2010s Featured

Top Test Batsmen of the Decade (2010 – 2019)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2010s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 2010s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
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. IMPACT INNINGS
5.5. 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 and Away, Difficult Runs, 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 50

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 AN Cook ENG 201 8818 200.00
1 AN Cook ENG 201 8818 200.00
2 JE Root ENG 164 7359 166.91
3 V Kohli IND 141 7202 163.35
4 SPD Smith AUS 130 7164 162.49
5 DA Warner AUS 153 7088 160.76
6 HM Amla SA 146 6695 151.85
7 KS Williamson NZ 137 6379 144.68
8 AB de Villiers SA 98 5059 114.74
9 KC Sangakkara SL 86 4851 110.02
10 Younis Khan PAK 101 4839 109.75

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 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SPD Smith 130 16 7164 62.84 63.18 250.00
1 SPD Smith 130 16 7164 62.84 63.18 250.00
2 KC Sangakkara 86 7 4851 61.41 59.19 234.24
3 AB de Villiers 98 10 5059 57.49 56.80 224.78
4 V Kohli 141 10 7202 54.98 54.46 215.49
5 Younis Khan 101 12 4839 54.37 51.76 204.82
6 KS Williamson 137 13 6379 51.44 50.67 200.49
7 DA Warner 153 6 7088 48.22 50.32 199.14
8 HM Amla 146 12 6695 49.96 50.12 198.33
9 JE Root 164 12 7359 48.41 49.44 195.64
10 AN Cook 201 11 8818 46.41 48.35 191.34

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SPD Smith 119 12 6548 61.20 61.52 250.00
1 SPD Smith 119 12 6548 61.20 61.52 250.00
2 V Kohli 106 9 5658 58.33 57.78 234.78
3 KC Sangakkara 70 6 3460 54.06 52.12 211.78
4 HM Amla 117 11 5491 51.80 51.96 211.16
5 AB de Villiers 83 5 4006 51.36 50.75 206.21
6 DA Warner 130 5 6070 48.56 50.68 205.95
7 JE Root 135 10 6079 48.63 49.66 201.80
8 AN Cook 161 6 6900 44.52 46.38 188.47
9 Younis Khan 75 6 3146 45.59 43.41 176.38
10 KS Williamson 96 6 3779 41.99 41.35 168.05

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 AN Cook 294 263 244* 243 235* 190 189 236.86 150.00
1 AN Cook 294 263 244* 243 235* 190 189 236.86 150.00
2 KC Sangakkara 319 221 219 211 203 199* 192 223.43 141.50
3 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 211 204 200 222.86 141.13
4 HM Amla 311* 253* 208 201 196 140 139* 206.86 131.00
5 SPD Smith 239 215 211 199 192 178* 165* 199.86 126.57
6 JE Root 254 226 200* 190 182* 180 154* 198.00 125.39
7 DA Warner 335* 253 180 163 154 145 145 196.43 124.40
8 Younis Khan 218 213 200* 200* 177 175* 171* 193.43 122.50
9 KS Williamson 242* 200* 192 176 166 161* 140 182.43 115.53
10 AB de Villiers 278* 169 164 160* 152 148 135* 172.29 109.11

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 2500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS V Sehwag 2338 2674 87.43 83.57 150.00
1 DA Warner 7088 9704 73.04 70.91 127.28
2 V Kohli 7202 12457 57.81 55.71 100.00
3 AB de Villiers 5059 9090 55.65 53.86 96.68
4 SPD Smith 7164 12886 55.60 53.11 95.34
5 JE Root 7359 13534 54.37 52.11 93.55
6 KC Sangakkara 4851 9288 52.23 51.64 92.69
7 KS Williamson 6379 12373 51.56 50.44 90.55
8 HM Amla 6695 13262 50.48 48.93 87.82
9 Younis Khan 4839 9586 50.48 48.80 87.60
10 AN Cook 8818 18788 46.93 45.34 81.39

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 SPD Smith 162.49 500.00 126.57 95.34 884.39 442.20
2 V Kohli 163.35 450.27 141.13 100.00 854.75 427.37
3 DA Warner 160.76 405.09 124.40 127.28 817.53 408.76
4 AN Cook 200.00 379.81 150.00 81.39 811.20 405.60
5 KC Sangakkara 110.02 446.01 141.50 92.69 790.23 395.11
6 JE Root 166.91 397.44 125.39 93.55 783.29 391.64
7 HM Amla 151.85 409.49 131.00 87.82 780.16 390.08
8 AB de Villiers 114.74 430.99 109.11 96.68 751.52 375.76
9 KS Williamson 144.68 368.54 115.53 90.55 719.30 359.65
10 Younis Khan 109.75 381.20 122.50 87.60 701.05 350.52

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 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Familiar Conditions 250.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 1,000.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DA Warner 73 4328 64.60 76.05 844.89 211.22
2 V Kohli 60 3558 68.42 60.92 822.70 205.67
3 SPD Smith 56 3281 71.33 56.33 755.01 188.75
4 JE Root 86 4124 51.55 57.01 718.82 179.71
5 AN Cook 107 4495 44.07 47.46 668.86 167.22
6 KC Sangakkara 47 2597 61.83 53.55 667.13 166.78
7 HM Amla 79 3691 49.88 53.00 651.67 162.92
8 AB de Villiers 56 3039 58.44 59.00 651.01 162.75
9 KS Williamson 59 3052 59.84 53.90 636.08 159.02
10 Younis Khan 43 2161 58.41 52.66 574.28 143.57

Away From Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 74 3883 57.10 54.99 916.82 916.82
2 AN Cook 94 4323 49.13 46.40 874.19 874.19
3 HM Amla 67 3004 50.07 47.70 823.25 823.25
4 KC Sangakkara 39 2254 60.92 50.79 818.64 818.64
5 V Kohli 81 3644 46.13 55.07 802.32 802.32
6 AB de Villiers 42 2020 56.11 51.28 757.43 757.43
7 JE Root 78 3235 44.93 51.35 746.41 746.41
8 Younis Khan 58 2678 51.50 48.85 742.75 742.75
9 KS Williamson 78 3327 45.58 49.58 729.56 729.56
10 DA Warner 80 2760 34.50 68.78 673.76 673.76

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 104 5964 67.01 57.65 891.92 222.98
2 DA Warner 123 6047 51.68 74.44 857.51 214.38
3 JE Root 136 6161 48.90 54.42 780.24 195.06
4 AN Cook 160 6690 44.01 47.43 765.47 191.37
5 HM Amla 121 5445 48.19 53.49 751.64 187.91
6 AB de Villiers 78 4031 58.42 56.81 710.52 177.63
7 KS Williamson 103 4834 53.12 52.53 695.78 173.94

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 71 3966 63.97 60.37 923.19 230.80
2 KC Sangakkara 62 3778 67.46 53.43 874.77 218.69
3 Younis Khan 63 3291 60.94 53.36 750.89 187.72

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AN Cook 41 2128 56.00 45.44 906.87 906.87
2 HM Amla 25 1250 59.52 40.56 737.13 737.13
3 KS Williamson 34 1545 46.82 48.72 726.66 726.66
4 AB de Villiers 20 1028 54.11 51.55 684.20 684.20
5 SPD Smith 26 1200 48.00 47.23 653.35 653.35
6 JE Root 28 1198 46.08 54.16 628.35 628.35
7 DA Warner 30 1041 34.70 65.84 592.26 592.26

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 70 3236 46.90 54.96 965.25 965.25
2 Younis Khan 38 1548 44.23 45.29 750.30 750.30
3 KC Sangakkara 24 1073 46.65 48.40 695.46 695.46

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 V Kohli 802.32 205.67 965.25 230.80 2,204.04 220.40
2 AN Cook 874.19 167.22 906.87 191.37 2,139.64 213.96
3 SPD Smith 916.82 188.75 653.35 222.98 1,981.91 198.19
4 HM Amla 823.25 162.92 737.13 187.91 1,911.21 191.12
5 KC Sangakkara 818.64 166.78 695.46 218.69 1,899.57 189.96
6 Younis Khan 742.75 143.57 750.30 187.72 1,824.34 182.43
7 KS Williamson 729.56 159.02 726.66 173.94 1,789.19 178.92
8 AB de Villiers 757.43 162.75 684.20 177.63 1,782.01 178.20
9 JE Root 746.41 179.71 628.35 195.06 1,749.52 174.95
10 DA Warner 673.76 211.22 592.26 214.38 1,691.61 169.16

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Difficult Runs 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form 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: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 30 2418 96.72 68.52 959.01 191.80
2 DA Warner 30 2177 80.63 76.20 873.94 174.79
3 SPD Smith 30 2146 89.42 58.62 829.28 165.86
4 KC Sangakkara 30 1850 74.00 53.13 740.05 148.01
5 AB de Villiers 30 2019 72.11 57.10 726.82 145.36
6 JE Root 30 1741 64.48 68.19 725.51 145.10
7 KS Williamson 30 1803 69.35 60.54 719.62 143.92
8 HM Amla 30 1753 62.61 54.59 685.06 137.01
9 Younis Khan 30 1694 67.76 53.74 660.17 132.03
10 AN Cook 30 1521 52.45 48.58 613.20 122.64

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 HM Amla 30 2042 81.68 54.22 935.86 748.69
2 AN Cook 30 2113 81.27 48.95 934.61 747.69
3 KC Sangakkara 30 1974 70.50 50.65 860.32 688.26
4 SPD Smith 30 1879 72.27 54.85 854.09 683.27
5 KS Williamson 30 1873 72.04 54.23 828.57 662.86
6 V Kohli 30 1786 61.59 61.16 796.83 637.46
7 AB de Villiers 30 1675 69.79 54.22 794.00 635.20
8 Younis Khan 30 1623 62.42 51.02 763.73 610.98
9 DA Warner 30 1448 48.27 77.14 693.45 554.76
10 JE Root 30 1472 54.52 59.62 666.95 533.56

DIFFICULT RUNS

DIFF RNS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Difficult Runs are runs scored in the first and fourth innings after losing the toss.
  • Only performances against Top Teams are considered in this rating.

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SPD Smith 26 1000 40.00 48.19 848.89 424.44
2 AB de Villiers 17 803 50.19 42.46 837.57 418.78
3 DA Warner 25 949 41.26 72.00 825.81 412.91
4 Younis Khan 17 679 45.27 47.35 738.38 369.19
5 V Kohli 23 772 38.60 54.14 724.38 362.19
6 JE Root 27 686 31.18 42.64 617.56 308.78
7 HM Amla 24 682 29.65 38.29 588.69 294.35
8 KS Williamson 20 551 29.00 48.76 578.62 289.31
9 AN Cook 33 634 20.45 40.72 511.98 255.99
10 KC Sangakkara 12 344 28.67 45.62 475.26 237.63

IMPACT INNINGS

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an 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 20% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are more than 12.5% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 HM Amla 134 44 32.84 882.68 882.68
2 SPD Smith 114 40 35.09 853.67 853.67
3 AB de Villiers 88 33 37.50 846.67 846.67
4 KC Sangakkara 79 28 35.44 819.13 819.13
5 DA Warner 147 47 31.97 791.55 791.55
6 JE Root 152 44 28.95 780.06 780.06
7 KS Williamson 124 40 32.26 762.46 762.46
8 V Kohli 131 37 28.24 734.95 734.95
9 AN Cook 190 43 22.63 652.98 652.98
10 Younis Khan 89 22 24.72 547.61 547.61

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary 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. 250.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN TF HM TF AW DIF RNS II TOT SEC RAT
1 SPD Smith 165.86 683.27 424.44 853.67 2,127.24 212.72
2 HM Amla 137.01 748.69 294.35 882.68 2,062.73 206.27
3 AB de Villiers 145.36 635.20 418.78 846.67 2,046.02 204.60
4 DA Warner 174.79 554.76 412.91 791.55 1,934.00 193.40
5 V Kohli 191.80 637.46 362.19 734.95 1,926.41 192.64
6 KC Sangakkara 148.01 688.26 237.63 819.13 1,893.02 189.30
7 KS Williamson 143.92 662.86 289.31 762.46 1,858.55 185.86
8 AN Cook 122.64 747.69 255.99 652.98 1,779.30 177.93
9 JE Root 145.10 533.56 308.78 780.06 1,767.50 176.75
10 Younis Khan 132.03 610.98 369.19 547.61 1,659.81 165.98

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 SPD Smith AUS 442.20 198.19 212.72 853.11
2 V Kohli IND 427.37 220.40 192.64 840.42
3 AN Cook ENG 405.60 213.96 177.93 797.50
4 HM Amla SA 390.08 191.12 206.27 787.47
5 KC Sangakkara SL 395.11 189.96 189.30 774.37
6 DA Warner AUS 408.76 169.16 193.40 771.33
7 AB de Villiers SA 375.76 178.20 204.60 758.56
8 JE Root ENG 391.64 174.95 176.75 743.35
9 KS Williamson NZ 359.65 178.92 185.86 724.42
10 Younis Khan PAK 350.52 182.43 165.98 698.94

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 NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS ENG WI SA
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG NZ
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ PAK
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND PAK
2020s AUS ENG NZ SA IND WI

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