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Top 15 Current Batsmen In Test Cricket

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 15 batsmen in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-10-02

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6. ATTACKING
7. CURRENT RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in 5 years.
  • Only batsmen active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into four main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 150.00
Attacking Strike Rate 150.00
The 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. Know All About TS. Here is a simple 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 25

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 108 5359 200.00
1 JE Root ENG 108 5359 200.00
2 M Labuschagne AUS 75 3551 132.52
3 FDM Karunaratne SL 62 2817 105.13
4 Babar Azam PAK 58 2727 101.77
5 KS Williamson NZ 50 2718 101.44
6 SPD Smith AUS 71 2712 101.21
7 UT Khawaja AUS 54 2564 95.69
8 DA Warner AUS 58 2328 86.88
9 TM Head AUS 59 2319 86.55
10 RG Sharma IND 55 2277 84.98
11 DM de Silva SL 52 2257 84.23
12 Mushfiqur Rahim BAN 45 1932 72.10
13 BM Duckett ENG 42 1718 64.12
14 RR Pant IND 42 1678 62.62
15 HC Brook ENG 30 1558 58.15

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 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KS Williamson 50 5 2718 12 60.40 63.17 250.00
1 KS Williamson 50 5 2718 12 60.40 63.17 250.00
2 UT Khawaja 54 6 2564 7 53.42 58.52 231.58
3 JE Root 108 10 5359 18 54.68 58.47 231.40
4 M Labuschagne 75 7 3551 11 52.22 57.59 227.92
5 HC Brook 30 1 1558 5 53.72 54.60 216.08
6 Mushfiqur Rahim 45 6 1932 5 49.54 51.40 203.43
7 RR Pant 42 4 1678 4 44.16 51.23 202.74
8 Babar Azam 58 4 2727 8 50.50 50.57 200.13
9 DM de Silva 52 5 2257 7 48.02 49.27 194.98
10 FDM Karunaratne 62 3 2817 7 47.75 49.20 194.69
11 RG Sharma 55 3 2277 7 43.79 47.98 189.88
12 BM Duckett 42 3 1718 3 44.05 47.41 187.63
13 SPD Smith 71 9 2712 6 43.74 46.30 183.22
14 DA Warner 58 3 2328 5 42.33 45.83 181.36
15 TM Head 59 3 2319 6 41.41 44.79 177.26

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS UT Khawaja 40 5 2027 7 57.91 63.44 250.00
1 UT Khawaja 40 5 2027 7 57.91 63.44 250.00
2 HC Brook 19 0 1172 4 61.68 62.69 247.04
3 JE Root 83 7 4124 13 54.26 58.02 228.63
4 Babar Azam 40 3 2104 7 56.86 56.95 224.39
5 RG Sharma 46 3 1968 6 45.77 50.15 197.61
6 M Labuschagne 59 4 2476 6 45.02 49.65 195.64
7 RR Pant 35 3 1369 3 42.78 49.63 195.58
8 KS Williamson 39 4 1603 6 45.80 47.90 188.76
9 DM de Silva 30 3 1220 3 45.19 46.36 182.68
10 Mushfiqur Rahim 35 4 1362 3 43.94 45.59 179.65
11 BM Duckett 29 1 1172 2 41.86 45.05 177.52
12 SPD Smith 55 4 2103 5 41.24 43.64 171.98
13 TM Head 47 2 1783 4 39.62 42.86 168.88
14 FDM Karunaratne 35 0 1207 2 34.49 35.53 140.02
15 DA Warner 46 2 1438 2 32.68 35.38 139.43

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

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS JE Root 228 226 218 186 180* 207.60 150.00
1 JE Root 228 226 218 186 180* 207.60 150.00
2 KS Williamson 251 238 215 200* 133* 207.40 149.86
3 DA Warner 335* 200 164 154 111* 192.80 139.31
4 M Labuschagne 215 204 185 163 162 185.80 134.25
5 UT Khawaja 195* 180 160 141 137 162.60 117.49
6 FDM Karunaratne 244 179 147 118 115 160.60 116.04
7 Mushfiqur Rahim 203* 191 175* 126 105 160.00 115.61
8 Babar Azam 196 161 143 136 119 151.00 109.10
9 RG Sharma 212 161 131 127 120 150.20 108.53
10 TM Head 175 163 152 119 114 144.60 104.48
11 SPD Smith 200* 145* 131 121 110 141.40 102.17
12 HC Brook 186 153 111 109 108 133.40 96.39
13 DM de Silva 166 155* 122 109 108 132.00 95.38
14 BM Duckett 182 153 107 98 86 125.20 90.46
15 RR Pant 146 109 101 100* 97 110.60 79.91

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 1500
Min Average 30
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS BM Duckett 1718 1931 88.97 79.44 150.00
1 BM Duckett 1718 1931 88.97 79.44 150.00
2 HC Brook 1558 1795 86.80 75.03 141.67
3 RR Pant 1678 2215 75.76 71.03 134.11
4 TM Head 2319 3213 72.18 67.28 127.03
5 DA Warner 2328 3793 61.38 59.28 111.94
6 JE Root 5359 8915 60.11 56.51 106.70
7 DM de Silva 2257 3788 59.58 55.42 104.64
8 RG Sharma 2277 3986 57.12 54.13 102.20
9 Babar Azam 2727 4870 56.00 53.67 101.34
10 FDM Karunaratne 2817 4989 56.46 53.63 101.26
11 M Labuschagne 3551 6685 53.12 50.52 95.39
12 KS Williamson 2718 5333 50.97 49.19 92.87
13 Mushfiqur Rahim 1932 3762 51.36 48.31 91.22
14 SPD Smith 2712 5733 47.31 45.10 85.17
15 UT Khawaja 2564 5577 45.97 43.92 82.92

CURRENT RATING

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

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT CUR RAT
1 JE Root 200.00 460.03 150.00 106.70 916.73
2 M Labuschagne 132.52 423.57 134.25 95.39 785.73
3 KS Williamson 101.44 438.76 149.86 92.87 782.92
4 UT Khawaja 95.69 481.58 117.49 82.92 777.68
5 HC Brook 58.15 463.12 96.39 141.67 759.32
6 Babar Azam 101.77 424.53 109.10 101.34 736.74
7 RG Sharma 84.98 387.49 108.53 102.20 683.19
8 RR Pant 62.62 398.32 79.91 134.11 674.97
9 BM Duckett 64.12 365.15 90.46 150.00 669.73
10 TM Head 86.55 346.15 104.48 127.03 664.21
11 Mushfiqur Rahim 72.10 383.08 115.61 91.22 662.01
12 DM de Silva 84.23 377.65 95.38 104.64 661.90
13 DA Warner 86.88 320.79 139.31 111.94 658.91
14 FDM Karunaratne 105.13 334.71 116.04 101.26 657.14
15 SPD Smith 101.21 355.19 102.17 85.17 643.74

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 SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS ENG NZ

Top Teams Outside Asia

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

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