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

CONTENTS

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

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