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). Only batsmen active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Here are the Top 15 batsmen in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

THE CRITERIA


The CURRENT 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
Min Runs (TS AVE SR) 1500
Min Average (TS SR) 30

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 112 5137 200.00
1 JE Root ENG 112 5137 200.00
2 M Labuschagne AUS 76 3789 147.52
3 BA Stokes ENG 92 3338 129.96
4 Babar Azam PAK 63 3156 122.87
5 SPD Smith AUS 64 3121 121.51
6 FDM Karunaratne SL 69 3089 120.26
7 TM Head AUS 69 2904 113.06
8 KS Williamson NZ 48 2786 108.47
9 UT Khawaja AUS 60 2778 108.16
10 TWM Latham NZ 65 2746 106.91
11 AD Mathews SL 54 2288 89.08
12 RG Sharma IND 45 2198 85.58
13 RR Pant IND 50 2109 82.11
14 DP Conway NZ 29 1403 54.62
15 DJ Mitchell NZ 27 1316 51.24

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

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KS Williamson 48 6 2786 10 66.33 66.66 250.00
1 KS Williamson 48 6 2786 10 66.33 66.66 250.00
2 DJ Mitchell 27 4 1316 5 57.22 59.12 221.73
3 M Labuschagne 76 5 3789 11 53.37 57.59 215.98
4 SPD Smith 64 6 3121 9 53.81 56.22 210.84
5 RG Sharma 45 3 2198 7 52.33 55.99 209.97
6 UT Khawaja 60 7 2778 9 52.42 55.60 208.52
7 Babar Azam 63 6 3156 9 55.37 55.07 206.54
8 RR Pant 50 4 2109 4 45.85 52.08 195.33
9 JE Root 112 8 5137 16 49.39 51.84 194.43
10 DP Conway 29 1 1403 4 50.11 51.55 193.34
11 AD Mathews 54 9 2288 7 50.84 49.39 185.25
12 TM Head 69 5 2904 6 45.38 47.61 178.55
13 TWM Latham 65 4 2746 7 45.02 47.34 177.55
14 FDM Karunaratne 69 2 3089 8 46.10 46.97 176.14
15 BA Stokes 92 6 3338 7 38.81 42.88 160.83

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS Babar Azam 37 4 1983 6 60.09 59.77 250.00
1 Babar Azam 37 4 1983 6 60.09 59.77 250.00
2 DJ Mitchell 20 3 960 3 56.47 58.35 244.07
3 RG Sharma 37 3 1841 6 54.15 57.93 242.29
4 UT Khawaja 49 5 2351 8 53.43 56.68 237.07
5 SPD Smith 55 3 2675 7 51.44 53.75 224.80
6 JE Root 85 6 3932 11 49.77 52.24 218.51
7 RR Pant 39 4 1534 4 43.83 49.79 208.25
8 DP Conway 23 1 1046 2 47.55 48.92 204.61
9 M Labuschagne 64 4 2700 5 45.00 48.56 203.12
10 KS Williamson 36 4 1395 4 43.59 43.81 183.24
11 TM Head 59 3 2241 4 40.02 41.99 175.63
12 AD Mathews 35 4 1336 3 43.10 41.87 175.12
13 BA Stokes 73 4 2586 5 37.48 41.41 173.20
14 TWM Latham 49 3 1549 3 33.67 35.41 148.13
15 FDM Karunaratne 44 0 1500 2 34.09 34.73 145.26

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 KS Williamson 251 238 215 200* 200* 220.80 150.00
1 KS Williamson 251 238 215 200* 200* 220.80 150.00
2 JE Root 228 226 218 186 180* 207.60 141.03
3 TWM Latham 264* 252 176 161 154 201.40 136.82
4 M Labuschagne 215 204 185 163 162 185.80 126.22
5 SPD Smith 211 200* 145* 144 142 168.40 114.40
6 UT Khawaja 195* 180 160 141 141 163.40 111.01
7 FDM Karunaratne 244 179 147 122 118 162.00 110.05
8 RG Sharma 212 176 161 127 127 160.60 109.10
9 AD Mathews 200* 199 145* 120* 115 155.80 105.84
10 TM Head 175 163 161 152 114 153.00 103.94
11 Babar Azam 196 161 143 136 127* 152.60 103.67
12 BA Stokes 176 155 135* 120 120 141.20 95.92
13 DP Conway 200 122 122 109 92 129.00 87.64
14 DJ Mitchell 190 109 108 102* 102 122.20 83.02
15 RR Pant 159* 146 101 100* 97 120.60 81.93

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

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS RR Pant 2109 2832 74.47 71.09 150.00
1 RR Pant 2109 2832 74.47 71.09 150.00
2 TM Head 2904 4529 64.12 60.55 127.78
3 BA Stokes 3338 5653 59.05 56.52 119.25
4 JE Root 5137 8738 58.79 56.37 118.95
5 Babar Azam 3156 5502 57.36 55.57 117.26
6 RG Sharma 2198 3852 57.06 55.53 117.18
7 KS Williamson 2786 5195 53.63 52.80 111.42
8 FDM Karunaratne 3089 5709 54.11 52.34 110.45
9 M Labuschagne 3789 7146 53.02 51.24 108.12
10 DJ Mitchell 1316 2395 54.95 50.71 107.01
11 SPD Smith 3121 6121 50.99 49.32 104.07
12 DP Conway 1403 2719 51.60 49.26 103.94
13 TWM Latham 2746 5662 48.50 47.66 100.57
14 UT Khawaja 2778 5940 46.77 45.34 95.67
15 AD Mathews 2288 5010 45.67 43.55 91.89

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 200.00 412.94 141.03 118.95 872.92
2 KS Williamson 108.47 433.24 150.00 111.42 803.13
3 M Labuschagne 147.52 419.10 126.22 108.12 800.97
4 Babar Azam 122.87 456.54 103.67 117.26 800.34
5 SPD Smith 121.51 435.64 114.40 104.07 775.62
6 RG Sharma 85.58 452.27 109.10 117.18 764.13
7 UT Khawaja 108.16 445.59 111.01 95.67 760.43
8 RR Pant 82.11 403.58 81.93 150.00 717.62
9 DJ Mitchell 51.24 465.80 83.02 107.01 707.06
10 TM Head 113.06 354.18 103.94 127.78 698.96
11 BA Stokes 129.96 334.03 95.92 119.25 679.16
12 TWM Latham 106.91 325.68 136.82 100.57 669.98
13 FDM Karunaratne 120.26 321.40 110.05 110.45 662.17
14 AD Mathews 89.08 360.37 105.84 91.89 647.18
15 DP Conway 54.62 397.95 87.64 103.94 644.15

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 ENG PAK AUS 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 SA ENG IND



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