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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 2025-02-15

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 2024 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into 4 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 20

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 109 5373 200.00
1 JE Root ENG 109 5373 200.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 75 3044 113.31
3 UT Khawaja AUS 67 3043 113.27
4 M Labuschagne AUS 79 2937 109.32
5 KS Williamson NZ 46 2800 104.22
6 TM Head AUS 65 2628 97.82
7 Babar Azam PAK 60 2385 88.78
8 LD Chandimal SL 55 2331 86.77
9 HC Brook ENG 40 2281 84.91
10 BM Duckett ENG 53 2160 80.40
11 RR Pant IND 53 2134 79.43
12 JM Bairstow ENG 55 2012 74.89
13 YB Jaiswal IND 36 1798 66.93
14 Saud Shakil PAK 36 1658 61.72
15 PHKD Mendis SL 21 1184 44.07

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

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KS Williamson 46 4 2800 12 66.67 69.58 250.00
1 KS Williamson 46 4 2800 12 66.67 69.58 250.00
2 PHKD Mendis 21 2 1184 5 62.32 68.97 247.80
3 YB Jaiswal 36 2 1798 4 52.88 62.82 225.72
4 HC Brook 40 1 2281 8 58.49 59.82 214.93
5 JE Root 109 11 5373 19 54.83 58.27 209.37
6 UT Khawaja 67 8 3043 8 51.58 57.33 205.97
7 Saud Shakil 36 3 1658 4 50.24 52.88 190.00
8 RR Pant 53 4 2134 4 43.55 50.40 181.10
9 LD Chandimal 55 7 2331 5 48.56 49.99 179.62
10 SPD Smith 75 9 3044 10 46.12 49.66 178.42
11 TM Head 65 4 2628 7 43.08 47.16 169.44
12 BM Duckett 53 3 2160 4 43.20 47.14 169.36
13 M Labuschagne 79 8 2937 7 41.37 46.36 166.59
14 JM Bairstow 55 5 2012 6 40.24 45.17 162.31
15 Babar Azam 60 2 2385 4 41.12 43.05 154.69

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HC Brook 33 0 2092 8 63.39 64.84 250.00
1 HC Brook 33 0 2092 8 63.39 64.84 250.00
2 YB Jaiswal 32 2 1609 4 53.63 63.72 245.67
3 KS Williamson 36 3 1936 7 58.67 61.23 236.09
4 UT Khawaja 61 8 2823 8 53.26 59.20 228.26
5 JE Root 98 9 4848 17 54.47 57.90 223.23
6 Saud Shakil 28 3 1368 3 54.72 57.59 222.06
7 PHKD Mendis 17 1 817 3 51.06 56.51 217.90
8 Babar Azam 43 1 2053 4 48.88 51.18 197.33
9 SPD Smith 69 8 2850 10 46.72 50.30 193.96
10 TM Head 60 4 2547 7 45.48 49.79 191.97
11 RR Pant 46 3 1825 3 42.44 49.12 189.39
12 LD Chandimal 41 3 1744 2 45.89 47.25 182.17
13 M Labuschagne 73 7 2730 7 41.36 46.36 178.76
14 BM Duckett 45 2 1792 3 41.67 45.47 175.33
15 JM Bairstow 55 5 2012 6 40.24 45.17 174.18

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 262 228 218 186 180* 214.80 150.00
1 JE Root 262 228 218 186 180* 214.80 150.00
2 KS Williamson 251 238 215 200* 156 212.00 148.04
3 HC Brook 317 186 171 153 123 190.00 132.68
4 UT Khawaja 232 195* 180 160 141 181.60 126.82
5 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 171 161 84 167.80 117.18
6 TM Head 175 163 152 152 140 156.40 109.22
7 SPD Smith 200* 145* 141 140 131 151.40 105.73
8 Saud Shakil 208* 141 134 125* 94 140.40 98.04
9 Babar Azam 196 161 136 119 81 138.60 96.79
10 M Labuschagne 204 163 111 108 104* 138.00 96.37
11 PHKD Mendis 182* 164 114 113 102 135.00 94.27
12 JM Bairstow 162 140 136 114* 113 133.00 92.88
13 LD Chandimal 206* 124 116 107 102* 131.00 91.48
14 BM Duckett 182 153 114 107 98 130.80 91.34
15 RR Pant 146 109 101 100* 99 111.00 77.51

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 Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS BM Duckett 2160 2453 88.06 78.04 150.00
1 BM Duckett 2160 2453 88.06 78.04 150.00
2 HC Brook 2281 2581 88.38 75.23 144.60
3 TM Head 2628 3308 79.44 72.71 139.76
4 RR Pant 2134 2817 75.75 69.70 133.97
5 JM Bairstow 2012 2911 69.12 64.43 123.84
6 YB Jaiswal 1798 2738 65.67 59.61 114.58
7 JE Root 5373 8637 62.21 57.54 110.60
8 PHKD Mendis 1184 1839 64.38 57.32 110.17
9 Babar Azam 2385 4537 52.57 49.62 95.37
10 KS Williamson 2800 5370 52.14 49.33 94.82
11 LD Chandimal 2331 4425 52.68 48.68 93.57
12 M Labuschagne 2937 5882 49.93 46.96 90.26
13 SPD Smith 3044 6108 49.84 46.92 90.19
14 UT Khawaja 3043 6407 47.49 44.81 86.13
15 Saud Shakil 1658 3345 49.57 43.59 83.77

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 200.00 432.60 150.00 110.60 893.20
2 KS Williamson 104.22 486.09 148.04 94.82 833.18
3 HC Brook 84.91 464.93 132.68 144.60 827.11
4 YB Jaiswal 66.93 471.39 117.18 114.58 770.08
5 UT Khawaja 113.27 434.23 126.82 86.13 760.45
6 PHKD Mendis 44.07 465.71 94.27 110.17 714.22
7 TM Head 97.82 361.41 109.22 139.76 708.21
8 SPD Smith 113.31 372.38 105.73 90.19 681.60
9 BM Duckett 80.40 344.68 91.34 150.00 666.43
10 RR Pant 79.43 370.49 77.51 133.97 661.41
11 Saud Shakil 61.72 412.06 98.04 83.77 655.60
12 M Labuschagne 109.32 345.34 96.37 90.26 641.30
13 LD Chandimal 86.77 361.79 91.48 93.57 633.61
14 Babar Azam 88.78 352.02 96.79 95.37 632.95
15 JM Bairstow 74.89 336.49 92.88 123.84 628.10

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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