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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 2024-11-11

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 105 5272 200.00
1 JE Root ENG 105 5272 200.00
2 FDM Karunaratne SL 59 2717 103.07
3 M Labuschagne AUS 67 2655 100.72
4 UT Khawaja AUS 54 2564 97.27
5 KS Williamson NZ 43 2502 94.92
6 Babar Azam PAK 53 2290 86.87
7 DM de Silva SL 49 2123 80.54
8 TM Head AUS 53 2082 78.98
9 LD Chandimal SL 50 2017 76.52
10 JM Bairstow ENG 55 2012 76.33
11 BM Duckett ENG 47 1980 75.11
12 RR Pant IND 48 1939 73.56
13 HC Brook ENG 35 1931 73.25
14 YB Jaiswal IND 26 1407 53.38
15 Saud Shakil PAK 28 1406 53.34

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 43 4 2502 11 64.15 67.10 250.00
1 KS Williamson 43 4 2502 11 64.15 67.10 250.00
2 YB Jaiswal 26 1 1407 3 56.28 64.66 240.91
3 JE Root 105 10 5272 18 55.49 58.94 219.60
4 UT Khawaja 54 6 2564 7 53.42 58.57 218.23
5 HC Brook 35 1 1931 6 56.79 57.07 212.61
6 Saud Shakil 28 3 1406 4 56.24 56.46 210.36
7 RR Pant 48 4 1939 4 44.07 50.94 189.79
8 FDM Karunaratne 59 3 2717 7 48.52 50.21 187.07
9 M Labuschagne 67 7 2655 7 44.25 49.17 183.17
10 DM de Silva 49 4 2123 6 47.18 48.83 181.91
11 LD Chandimal 50 8 2017 5 48.02 48.65 181.24
12 BM Duckett 47 3 1980 4 45.00 48.07 179.10
13 Babar Azam 53 2 2290 5 44.90 45.65 170.08
14 TM Head 53 3 2082 5 41.64 45.42 169.20
15 JM Bairstow 55 5 2012 6 40.24 45.28 168.71

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HC Brook 24 0 1545 5 64.38 64.68 250.00
1 HC Brook 24 0 1545 5 64.38 64.68 250.00
2 UT Khawaja 40 5 2027 7 57.91 63.51 245.45
3 YB Jaiswal 19 1 952 2 52.89 60.77 234.86
4 Saud Shakil 24 3 1247 3 59.38 59.62 230.42
5 JE Root 80 7 4037 13 55.30 58.74 227.02
6 LD Chandimal 29 2 1337 2 49.52 50.16 193.87
7 KS Williamson 32 3 1387 5 47.83 50.03 193.35
8 Babar Azam 35 1 1667 4 49.03 49.85 192.66
9 RR Pant 41 3 1630 3 42.89 49.59 191.64
10 BM Duckett 34 1 1434 3 43.45 46.42 179.41
11 DM de Silva 27 2 1086 2 43.44 44.96 173.76
12 JM Bairstow 49 4 1786 5 39.69 44.66 172.62
13 M Labuschagne 53 4 1927 4 39.33 43.70 168.88
14 TM Head 42 2 1570 3 39.25 42.81 165.46
15 FDM Karunaratne 32 0 1107 2 34.59 35.80 138.37

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* 133* 207.40 144.83
3 HC Brook 317 186 153 111 109 175.20 122.35
4 UT Khawaja 195* 180 160 141 137 162.60 113.55
5 FDM Karunaratne 244 179 147 118 115 160.60 112.15
6 Babar Azam 196 161 143 136 119 151.00 105.45
7 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 171 80 77 150.20 104.89
8 TM Head 175 163 152 119 101 142.00 99.16
9 Saud Shakil 208* 141 134 125* 94 140.40 98.04
10 M Labuschagne 204 163 111 108 104* 138.00 96.37
11 JM Bairstow 162 140 136 114* 113 133.00 92.88
12 DM de Silva 166 155* 122 109 108 132.00 92.18
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 1980 2236 88.55 78.16 150.00
1 BM Duckett 1980 2236 88.55 78.16 150.00
2 HC Brook 1931 2201 87.73 74.88 143.70
3 RR Pant 1939 2507 77.34 71.57 137.36
4 TM Head 2082 2739 76.01 70.49 135.27
5 JM Bairstow 2012 2911 69.12 64.70 124.16
6 YB Jaiswal 1407 2006 70.14 62.67 120.28
7 JE Root 5272 8579 61.45 57.15 109.67
8 DM de Silva 2123 3558 59.67 55.21 105.96
9 FDM Karunaratne 2717 4809 56.50 53.40 102.48
10 Babar Azam 2290 4280 53.50 50.98 97.85
11 LD Chandimal 2017 3818 52.83 49.24 94.51
12 KS Williamson 2502 4893 51.13 48.98 94.00
13 M Labuschagne 2655 5228 50.78 48.09 92.29
14 UT Khawaja 2564 5577 45.97 43.80 84.06
15 Saud Shakil 1406 2911 48.30 43.07 82.66

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 200.00 446.62 150.00 109.67 906.29
2 HC Brook 73.25 462.61 122.35 143.70 801.92
3 KS Williamson 94.92 443.35 144.83 94.00 777.10
4 UT Khawaja 97.27 463.68 113.55 84.06 758.55
5 YB Jaiswal 53.38 475.77 104.89 120.28 754.31
6 BM Duckett 75.11 358.51 91.34 150.00 674.96
7 Saud Shakil 53.34 440.78 98.04 82.66 674.83
8 RR Pant 73.56 381.44 77.51 137.36 669.87
9 Babar Azam 86.87 362.75 105.45 97.85 652.91
10 TM Head 78.98 334.66 99.16 135.27 648.08
11 FDM Karunaratne 103.07 325.43 112.15 102.48 643.14
12 M Labuschagne 100.72 352.05 96.37 92.29 641.43
13 LD Chandimal 76.52 375.11 91.48 94.51 637.61
14 JM Bairstow 76.33 341.33 92.88 124.16 634.70
15 DM de Silva 80.54 355.67 92.18 105.96 634.35

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ ENG

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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