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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). 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 15 batsmen in matches in last 5 years 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. CURRENT RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in last 5 years.
  • Only batsmen active till at least 2025 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR 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

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 101 4843 250.00
1 JE Root ENG 101 4843 250.00
2 TM Head AUS 80 3439 177.52
3 UT Khawaja AUS 82 3342 172.52
4 SPD Smith AUS 81 3223 166.37
5 HC Brook ENG 60 3178 164.05
6 BM Duckett ENG 73 2964 153.00
7 OJD Pope ENG 81 2850 147.12
8 YB Jaiswal IND 53 2511 129.62
9 S Gill IND 58 2429 125.39
10 KS Williamson NZ 44 2231 115.17
11 LD Chandimal SL 48 2203 113.72
12 Babar Azam PAK 51 2112 109.02
13 RR Pant IND 48 1989 102.67
14 R Ravindra NZ 37 1526 78.77
15 PHKD Mendis SL 24 1316 67.93

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 PHKD Mendis 24 3 1316 5 62.67 69.96 160.00
1 PHKD Mendis 24 3 1316 5 62.67 69.96 160.00
2 KS Williamson 44 5 2231 9 57.21 60.88 139.25
3 HC Brook 60 2 3178 10 54.79 59.48 136.05
4 JE Root 101 10 4843 19 53.22 59.26 135.54
5 YB Jaiswal 53 2 2511 7 49.24 55.06 125.94
6 LD Chandimal 48 6 2203 5 52.45 54.56 124.78
7 R Ravindra 37 5 1526 4 47.69 52.88 120.95
8 SPD Smith 81 11 3223 10 46.04 50.17 114.74
9 UT Khawaja 82 8 3342 8 45.16 49.98 114.32
10 TM Head 80 4 3439 10 45.25 49.74 113.77
11 RR Pant 48 2 1989 5 43.24 49.40 112.98
12 S Gill 58 5 2429 10 45.83 48.64 111.24
13 BM Duckett 73 3 2964 6 42.34 47.53 108.71
14 Babar Azam 51 1 2112 4 42.24 44.24 101.18
15 OJD Pope 81 1 2850 8 35.63 40.22 92.00

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HC Brook 43 1 2361 8 56.21 63.84 240.00
1 HC Brook 43 1 2361 8 56.21 63.84 240.00
2 KS Williamson 27 2 1432 6 57.28 62.46 234.78
3 PHKD Mendis 17 1 817 3 51.06 59.65 224.22
4 JE Root 78 9 3446 13 49.94 57.40 215.80
5 LD Chandimal 31 2 1463 2 50.45 55.88 210.06
6 TM Head 57 3 2582 8 47.81 53.72 201.95
7 YB Jaiswal 43 2 1837 5 44.80 52.36 196.84
8 UT Khawaja 55 5 2256 7 45.12 51.34 193.00
9 Babar Azam 31 0 1449 3 46.74 50.30 189.09
10 S Gill 44 2 1871 7 44.55 49.11 184.61
11 R Ravindra 24 2 884 2 40.18 48.20 181.20
12 RR Pant 38 1 1495 4 40.41 48.18 181.13
13 BM Duckett 54 1 2016 3 38.04 44.91 168.83
14 SPD Smith 58 5 2104 6 39.70 44.39 166.88
15 OJD Pope 64 1 1989 4 31.57 37.05 139.27

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 BM Duckett 2964 3365 88.08 81.74 40.00
1 BM Duckett 2964 3365 88.08 81.74 40.00
2 HC Brook 3178 3660 86.83 79.08 38.70
3 TM Head 3439 4254 80.84 76.32 37.35
4 RR Pant 1989 2548 78.06 73.26 35.85
5 OJD Pope 2850 4084 69.78 65.74 32.17
6 YB Jaiswal 2511 3803 66.03 61.57 30.13
7 JE Root 4843 7648 63.32 60.32 29.52
8 R Ravindra 1526 2364 64.55 60.09 29.41
9 S Gill 2429 3882 62.57 58.99 28.87
10 PHKD Mendis 1316 2063 63.79 58.56 28.66
11 Babar Azam 2112 3949 53.48 50.76 24.84
12 KS Williamson 2231 4231 52.73 50.41 24.67
13 LD Chandimal 2203 4108 53.63 50.07 24.50
14 SPD Smith 3223 6286 51.27 49.12 24.04
15 UT Khawaja 3342 7046 47.43 45.55 22.29

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS HC Brook 2361 2689 87.80 81.53 60.00
1 HC Brook 2361 2689 87.80 81.53 60.00
2 BM Duckett 2016 2350 85.79 81.23 59.78
3 TM Head 2582 3149 81.99 77.99 57.39
4 RR Pant 1495 2036 73.43 69.37 51.05
5 OJD Pope 1989 3031 65.62 62.83 46.24
6 YB Jaiswal 1837 2762 66.51 62.45 45.96
7 JE Root 3446 5436 63.39 61.10 44.96
8 S Gill 1871 3015 62.06 58.73 43.22
9 PHKD Mendis 817 1291 63.28 58.37 42.95
10 R Ravindra 884 1550 57.03 54.72 40.27
11 Babar Azam 1449 2640 54.89 52.99 39.00
12 LD Chandimal 1463 2703 54.13 51.23 37.70
13 SPD Smith 2104 4221 49.85 48.15 35.43
14 KS Williamson 1432 2917 49.09 47.75 35.14
15 UT Khawaja 2256 4876 46.27 44.84 33.00

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 HC Brook 317 186 171 158 153 197.00 80.00
1 HC Brook 317 186 171 158 153 197.00 80.00
2 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 175 171 161 186.00 75.53
3 UT Khawaja 232 195* 180 160 141 181.60 73.75
4 JE Root 262 176 160 153* 153 180.80 73.42
5 OJD Pope 205 196 171 154 145 174.20 70.74
6 KS Williamson 215 200* 156 133* 132 167.20 67.90
7 S Gill 269 161 147 129* 128 166.80 67.74
8 TM Head 175 170 163 163 152 164.60 66.84
9 R Ravindra 240 176 165* 134 92 161.40 65.54
10 SPD Smith 200* 145* 141 140 138 152.80 62.05
11 BM Duckett 182 153 149 140 114 147.60 59.94
12 Babar Azam 196 161 136 119 81 138.60 56.28
13 PHKD Mendis 182* 164 114 113 102 135.00 54.82
14 LD Chandimal 206* 124 116 107 102* 131.00 53.20
15 RR Pant 146 134 118 109 100* 121.40 49.30

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS S Gill 269 161 147 128 110 163.00 170.00
1 S Gill 269 161 147 128 110 163.00 170.00
2 UT Khawaja 195* 180 160 141 137 162.60 169.58
3 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 161 118 101 160.60 167.50
4 TM Head 170 163 163 152 152 160.00 166.87
5 HC Brook 186 171 158 153 123 158.20 164.99
6 JE Root 176 160 153* 150 142* 156.20 162.91
7 KS Williamson 200* 156 133* 132 118 147.80 154.15
8 Babar Azam 196 161 136 81 78 130.40 136.00
9 OJD Pope 196 145 108 106 82 127.40 132.87
10 SPD Smith 140 138 121 110 104 122.60 127.87
11 BM Duckett 153 149 107 98 94 120.20 125.36
12 RR Pant 146 134 118 100* 99 119.40 124.53
13 R Ravindra 240 134 82 65 59 116.00 120.98
14 LD Chandimal 206* 116 94* 83 80 115.80 120.77
15 PHKD Mendis 182* 114 113 74 64 109.40 114.10

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 ATT BIP CUR RAT
1 JE Root 250.00 351.34 74.48 236.33 912.14
2 HC Brook 164.05 376.05 98.70 244.99 883.79
3 TM Head 177.52 315.72 94.74 233.71 821.70
4 UT Khawaja 172.52 307.32 55.29 243.33 778.45
5 YB Jaiswal 129.62 322.79 76.08 243.03 771.52
6 KS Williamson 115.17 374.03 59.81 222.05 771.05
7 S Gill 125.39 295.85 72.09 237.74 731.06
8 BM Duckett 153.00 277.53 99.78 185.30 715.62
9 SPD Smith 166.37 281.63 59.47 189.92 697.39
10 PHKD Mendis 67.93 384.22 71.61 168.92 692.69
11 LD Chandimal 113.72 334.84 62.20 173.97 684.73
12 OJD Pope 147.12 231.27 78.41 203.61 660.41
13 RR Pant 102.67 294.11 86.90 173.83 657.51
14 Babar Azam 109.02 290.26 63.84 192.28 655.41
15 R Ravindra 78.77 302.16 69.67 186.52 637.13

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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