Tests - Best Batsmen Away From Home

Top 25 Test Batsmen Away From Home

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 25 batsmen in matches Away From Home in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. AWAY RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
AW RATING

Points to note about AWAY Rating:-

  • 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.

THE CRITERIA

The AW 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 Scores 250.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 15
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1976
Era 2 MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3 MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 108 4634 230.00
1 CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 108 4634 230.00
2 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 85 3957 196.40
3 KF Barrington ENG 1955 1968 1961.5 58 3459 171.68
4 RB Kanhai WI 1957 1974 1965.5 69 3163 156.99
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 120 5431 230.00
1 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 120 5431 230.00
2 IVA Richards WI 1974 1991 1982.5 115 5404 228.86
3 SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 120 5217 220.94
4 SM Gavaskar IND 1971 1987 1979 106 5055 214.08
5 Javed Miandad PAK 1976 1993 1984.5 103 4351 184.26
6 CG Greenidge WI 1974 1991 1982.5 110 4349 184.18
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 176 8705 250.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 176 8705 250.00
2 RS Dravid IND 1996 2012 2004 166 7690 220.85
3 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 137 6254 179.61
4 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 136 5904 169.56
5 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 133 5800 166.57
6 BC Lara WI 1990 2006 1998 121 5736 164.73
7 Younis Khan PAK 2000 2017 2008.5 129 5717 164.19
8 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 109 5570 159.97
9 GC Smith SA 2002 2014 2008 102 5279 151.61
10 HM Amla SA 2004 2019 2011.5 98 4147 119.10
11 AB de Villiers SA 2004 2018 2011 82 3977 114.22
12 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 91 3930 112.87
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 151 6614 240.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 151 6614 240.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2026 2018 112 5462 198.20
3 HC Brook ENG 2022 2026 2024 29 1878 68.15

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 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HC Brook 29 1 1878 7 67.07 75.28 160.00
1 HC Brook 29 1 1878 7 67.07 75.28 160.00
2 KF Barrington 58 8 3459 14 69.18 69.61 147.96
3 AR Border 120 24 5431 14 56.57 61.08 129.82
4 SR Waugh 120 26 5217 17 55.50 59.75 126.99
5 GS Sobers 85 7 3957 12 50.73 58.52 124.38
6 SPD Smith 112 9 5462 18 53.03 57.65 122.54
7 SR Tendulkar 176 17 8705 29 54.75 56.42 119.92
8 SM Gavaskar 106 9 5055 18 52.11 55.86 118.72
9 GC Smith 102 6 5279 17 54.99 54.69 116.24
10 AB de Villiers 82 10 3977 9 55.24 54.43 115.68
11 JH Kallis 137 21 6254 22 53.91 54.39 115.61
12 RS Dravid 166 21 7690 21 53.03 54.24 115.29
13 IVA Richards 115 8 5404 13 50.50 54.06 114.91
14 KC Sangakkara 109 6 5570 16 54.08 53.39 113.48
15 RB Kanhai 69 1 3163 6 46.51 52.42 111.42
16 JE Root 151 10 6614 17 46.91 52.14 110.83
17 BC Lara 121 1 5736 17 47.80 50.76 107.89
18 CH Lloyd 108 9 4634 11 46.81 50.39 107.10
19 Younis Khan 129 12 5717 16 48.86 49.33 104.85
20 Javed Miandad 103 8 4351 9 45.80 49.14 104.45
21 AN Cook 136 9 5904 18 46.49 47.65 101.29
22 RT Ponting 133 8 5800 18 46.40 47.49 100.94
23 V Sehwag 91 3 3930 10 44.66 46.10 97.98
24 HM Amla 98 9 4147 12 46.60 46.08 97.94
25 CG Greenidge 110 7 4349 11 42.22 45.85 97.44

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HC Brook 24 1 1505 6 65.43 75.34 240.00
1 HC Brook 24 1 1505 6 65.43 75.34 240.00
2 KF Barrington 25 3 1334 5 60.64 63.98 203.81
3 AR Border 98 19 4465 13 56.52 63.35 201.81
4 GS Sobers 64 4 3076 9 51.27 61.23 195.06
5 SM Gavaskar 83 7 4087 15 53.78 59.09 188.22
6 IVA Richards 74 3 3694 10 52.03 57.85 184.29
7 SPD Smith 91 6 4410 14 51.88 57.17 182.10
8 SR Waugh 78 13 3167 8 48.72 55.68 177.38
9 AB de Villiers 60 5 2896 6 52.65 53.69 171.02
10 V Sehwag 60 1 2878 8 48.78 53.39 170.09
11 JH Kallis 92 12 4045 13 50.56 52.66 167.76
12 JE Root 116 9 4826 10 45.10 51.56 164.25
13 HM Amla 82 8 3710 12 50.14 51.05 162.63
14 CH Lloyd 82 7 3501 9 46.68 50.93 162.25
15 KC Sangakkara 79 2 3787 10 49.18 50.68 161.44
16 SR Tendulkar 122 9 5176 14 45.81 50.01 159.32
17 RB Kanhai 59 1 2511 5 43.29 49.89 158.92
18 RT Ponting 93 6 4110 13 47.24 49.87 158.86
19 AN Cook 102 5 4437 13 45.74 48.83 155.54
20 GC Smith 69 4 3072 9 47.26 48.38 154.12
21 RS Dravid 103 13 3934 9 43.71 47.81 152.28
22 BC Lara 80 0 3398 8 42.48 47.18 150.29
23 Javed Miandad 74 3 2965 6 41.76 46.63 148.53
24 CG Greenidge 73 6 2765 7 41.27 46.63 148.53
25 Younis Khan 87 6 3531 9 43.59 46.26 147.37

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 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 2138 2646 80.80 92.17 40.00
1 HC Brook 1878 2023 92.83 86.10 37.36
2 V Sehwag 3930 4860 80.86 80.43 34.90
3 IVA Richards 4795 6826 70.25 79.73 34.60
4 CH Lloyd 3514 6002 58.55 68.81 29.86
5 GS Sobers 2060 3916 52.60 68.33 29.65
6 BC Lara 5736 9452 60.69 64.66 28.06
7 RB Kanhai 1388 2916 47.60 62.88 27.29
8 RT Ponting 5800 10152 57.13 57.96 25.15
9 CG Greenidge 3868 7828 49.41 57.08 24.77
10 SR Tendulkar 8705 15892 54.78 56.88 24.69
11 GC Smith 5279 9227 57.21 56.59 24.56
12 KF Barrington 573 1269 45.15 56.30 24.43
13 JE Root 6614 11940 55.39 54.37 23.60
14 KC Sangakkara 5570 10589 52.60 52.57 22.81
15 SR Waugh 5217 10893 47.89 52.30 22.70
16 Javed Miandad 3710 8107 45.76 51.59 22.39
17 Younis Khan 5717 11110 51.46 51.33 22.28
18 SPD Smith 5462 10314 52.96 51.04 22.15
19 AB de Villiers 3977 7713 51.56 50.81 22.05
20 SM Gavaskar 2979 7138 41.73 49.49 21.48
21 AR Border 5353 12714 42.10 47.71 20.70
22 HM Amla 4147 8569 48.40 47.27 20.52
23 JH Kallis 6254 14160 44.17 45.36 19.68
24 AN Cook 5904 12887 45.81 45.16 19.60
25 RS Dravid 7690 18053 42.60 43.71 18.97

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 1715 2074 82.69 94.85 60.00
1 HC Brook 1505 1617 93.07 87.46 55.33
2 IVA Richards 3455 4925 70.15 80.88 51.16
3 V Sehwag 2878 3595 80.06 79.90 50.55
4 CH Lloyd 3248 5528 58.76 68.69 43.45
5 GS Sobers 2060 3916 52.60 68.65 43.43
6 BC Lara 3398 5802 58.57 62.91 39.80
7 RB Kanhai 1388 2916 47.60 62.75 39.69
8 CG Greenidge 2548 4775 53.36 62.24 39.37
9 RT Ponting 4110 7196 57.12 58.35 36.91
10 KF Barrington 559 1238 45.15 56.40 35.68
11 SR Tendulkar 5176 9928 52.14 54.51 34.48
12 GC Smith 3072 5633 54.54 54.11 34.23
13 JE Root 4826 8889 54.29 53.57 33.89
14 SR Waugh 3167 6884 46.01 51.48 32.57
15 Younis Khan 3531 6867 51.42 51.26 32.42
16 Javed Miandad 2962 6602 44.87 51.24 32.41
17 SPD Smith 4410 8430 52.31 50.73 32.09
18 AB de Villiers 2896 5662 51.15 50.36 31.86
19 SM Gavaskar 2645 6269 42.19 50.10 31.69
20 KC Sangakkara 3787 7642 49.56 49.94 31.59
21 AR Border 4387 10572 41.50 47.60 30.11
22 HM Amla 3710 7737 47.95 47.07 29.77
23 JH Kallis 4045 9143 44.24 45.51 28.79
24 AN Cook 4437 9818 45.19 44.95 28.43
25 RS Dravid 3934 9756 40.32 41.53 26.27

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS KC Sangakkara 319 270 230 211 203 246.60 80.00
1 KC Sangakkara 319 270 230 211 203 246.60 80.00
2 GC Smith 277 259 234 232 154* 231.20 75.00
3 BC Lara 277 226 221 216 202 228.40 74.10
4 V Sehwag 309 254 201* 195 180 227.80 73.90
5 AN Cook 263 244* 235* 190 189 224.20 72.73
6 JE Root 262 228 226 218 186 224.00 72.67
7 SR Tendulkar 248* 241* 203 194* 193 215.80 70.01
8 RS Dravid 270 233 217 190 160 214.00 69.42
9 IVA Richards 291 232 208 192* 146 213.80 69.36
10 Younis Khan 267 218 200* 200* 177 212.40 68.91
11 HM Amla 311* 253* 196 159 139* 211.60 68.65
12 AB de Villiers 278* 217* 178 174 169 203.20 65.92
13 CG Greenidge 223 214* 213 194 141 197.00 63.91
14 Javed Miandad 271 260 160* 153* 131 195.00 63.26
15 HC Brook 317 186 171 153 123 190.00 61.64
16 SPD Smith 215 211 199 178* 145* 189.60 61.51
17 SM Gavaskar 221 220 172 166* 156 187.00 60.67
18 SR Waugh 200 199 177* 160 157* 178.60 57.94
19 GS Sobers 198 174 168 163* 161 172.80 56.06
20 RB Kanhai 256 217 157 117 115 172.40 55.93
21 AR Border 200* 196 162 153 150* 172.20 55.86
22 JH Kallis 189* 182* 173 157* 155 171.20 55.54
23 CH Lloyd 242* 163 161* 149 132 169.40 54.96
24 RT Ponting 206 158 156 150 150 164.00 53.20
25 KF Barrington 172 151* 148* 143 139 150.60 48.86

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS AN Cook 263 244* 235* 190 189 224.20 170.00
1 AN Cook 263 244* 235* 190 189 224.20 170.00
2 V Sehwag 309 254 201* 195 151 222.00 168.33
3 BC Lara 277 226 216 202 182 220.60 167.27
4 HM Amla 311* 253* 196 159 139* 211.60 160.45
5 IVA Richards 291 232 208 145 140 203.20 154.08
6 Younis Khan 267 218 177 175* 173 202.00 153.17
7 AB de Villiers 278* 217* 174 169 164 200.40 151.95
8 CG Greenidge 223 214* 213 194 134 195.60 148.31
9 SR Tendulkar 241* 203 194* 169 155 192.40 145.89
10 RS Dravid 270 233 148 146* 144* 188.20 142.70
11 SM Gavaskar 221 220 172 166* 147* 185.20 140.43
12 KC Sangakkara 211 203 192 147 144 179.40 136.03
13 JE Root 226 218 160 153* 138* 179.00 135.73
14 SPD Smith 215 211 178* 144 143 178.20 135.12
15 SR Waugh 200 199 160 157 115 166.20 126.02
16 GS Sobers 174 168 163* 161 150* 163.20 123.75
17 AR Border 196 162 153 150* 146* 161.40 122.38
17 JH Kallis 182* 173 155 150* 147 161.40 122.38
19 RT Ponting 206 156 150 150 141 160.60 121.78
20 GC Smith 234 154* 133 131 125* 155.40 117.83
21 Javed Miandad 271 131 129* 118 114 152.60 115.71
22 HC Brook 186 171 153 123 111 148.80 112.83
23 RB Kanhai 217 157 117 115 104 142.00 107.67
24 CH Lloyd 161* 149 132 129 121 138.40 104.94
25 KF Barrington 143 132* 115 102 101 118.60 89.93

AWAY RATING

The AWAY (AW) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP AW RAT
1 IVA Richards 228.86 299.19 85.76 223.44 837.25
2 SR Tendulkar 250.00 279.24 59.17 215.90 804.30
3 AR Border 230.00 331.62 50.81 178.25 790.68
4 JE Root 240.00 275.08 57.48 208.40 780.96
5 SM Gavaskar 214.08 306.95 53.17 201.09 775.29
6 GS Sobers 196.40 319.44 73.08 179.81 768.72
7 SR Waugh 220.94 304.37 55.27 183.96 764.54
8 SPD Smith 198.20 304.64 54.24 196.63 753.70
9 RS Dravid 220.85 267.58 45.24 212.13 745.79
10 HC Brook 68.15 400.00 92.69 174.47 735.30
11 CH Lloyd 230.00 269.35 73.32 159.90 732.56
12 BC Lara 164.73 258.18 67.86 241.37 732.14
13 KF Barrington 171.68 351.77 60.11 138.79 722.34
14 AN Cook 169.56 256.83 48.03 242.73 717.15
15 V Sehwag 112.87 268.07 85.45 242.23 708.62
16 CG Greenidge 184.18 245.97 64.15 212.22 706.52
17 KC Sangakkara 159.97 274.92 54.41 216.03 705.33
18 Younis Khan 164.19 252.21 54.70 222.07 693.17
19 JH Kallis 179.61 283.37 48.47 177.92 689.38
20 GC Smith 151.61 270.36 58.78 192.84 673.59
21 AB de Villiers 114.22 286.70 53.91 217.87 672.70
22 Javed Miandad 184.26 252.98 54.80 178.97 671.01
23 RT Ponting 166.57 259.80 62.06 174.98 663.41
24 HM Amla 119.10 260.57 50.29 229.09 659.05
25 RB Kanhai 156.99 270.34 66.98 163.60 657.91

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)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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