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 25 batsmen in 4th Inns and inns with High Deficit in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

3. PROLIFIC

4. CONSISTENT

4.1. Against All Teams

4.2. Against Top Teams

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. DIFFICULT RUNS RATING

8. TOP TEAMS

8.1. Top Teams In Asia

8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

DR RATING

Points to note about DIFFICULT RUNS Rating:-

It takes into account performances in difficult situations. It includes
Runs scored in fourth innings.
Runs scored after being asked to follow on.
Runs scored after conceding a lead of 200+ runs.

THE CRITERIA

The DR Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	250.00
Consistent	Average	400.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	200.00
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	10
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	50	2064	230.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1987	1979	50	2064	230.00
2	G Boycott	ENG	1964	1982	1973	45	1706	190.11
3	GA Gooch	ENG	1975	1995	1985	44	1558	173.61
4	CG Greenidge	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	43	1552	172.95
5	MD Crowe	NZ	1982	1995	1988.5	35	1506	167.82
6	GS Sobers	WI	1954	1974	1964	36	1433	159.69
7	IVA Richards	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	29	1140	127.03
8	PBH May	ENG	1951	1961	1956	24	1108	123.47

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	72	2664	250.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	72	2664	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	79	2487	233.39
3	BC Lara	WI	1990	2006	1998	64	2447	229.64
4	S Chanderpaul	WI	1994	2015	2004.5	73	2390	224.29
5	AJ Stewart	ENG	1990	2003	1996.5	61	2201	206.55
6	VVS Laxman	IND	1996	2012	2004	54	2080	195.20
7	MA Atherton	ENG	1989	2001	1995	57	2068	194.07
8	KC Sangakkara	SL	2000	2015	2007.5	51	2049	192.29
9	Younis Khan	PAK	2000	2017	2008.5	55	1812	170.05
10	GC Smith	SA	2002	2014	2008	46	1794	168.36
11	BB McCullum	NZ	2004	2016	2010	38	1438	134.95
12	G Kirsten	SA	1993	2004	1998.5	37	1325	124.34
13	A Flower	ZIM	1992	2002	1997	29	1239	116.27

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2025	2018.5	64	2288	240.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2012	2025	2018.5	64	2288	240.00
2	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2025	2017	55	1824	191.33
3	Tamim Iqbal	BAN	2008	2023	2015.5	42	1589	166.68
4	BKG Mendis	SL	2015	2025	2020	33	1471	154.30

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	750

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	MD Crowe	35	11	1506	6	62.75	64.74	200.00
1	MD Crowe	35	11	1506	6	62.75	64.74	200.00
2	A Flower	29	7	1239	3	56.32	59.25	183.07
3	G Boycott	45	15	1706	3	56.87	59.08	182.53
4	PBH May	24	4	1108	2	55.40	58.74	181.46
5	BKG Mendis	33	4	1471	4	50.72	56.47	174.46
6	GS Sobers	36	9	1433	4	53.07	56.40	174.25
7	SM Gavaskar	50	10	2064	5	51.60	56.25	173.78
8	VVS Laxman	54	14	2080	4	52.00	54.51	168.41
9	GC Smith	46	10	1794	5	49.83	51.45	158.97
10	CG Greenidge	43	12	1552	3	50.06	50.31	155.44
11	G Kirsten	37	9	1325	2	47.32	50.08	154.71
12	IVA Richards	29	5	1140	2	47.50	49.61	153.26
13	JE Root	64	12	2288	3	44.00	48.71	150.50
14	AJ Stewart	61	10	2201	2	43.16	47.91	148.03
15	KC Sangakkara	51	8	2049	5	47.65	47.44	146.56
16	AD Mathews	55	13	1824	2	43.43	46.54	143.78
17	BB McCullum	38	5	1438	2	43.58	46.05	142.28
18	AN Cook	72	9	2664	6	42.29	45.17	139.55
19	MA Atherton	57	6	2068	2	40.55	44.87	138.63
20	GA Gooch	44	4	1558	4	38.95	43.65	134.85
21	BC Lara	64	5	2447	7	41.47	43.65	134.84
22	S Chanderpaul	73	15	2390	3	41.21	43.22	133.53
23	Younis Khan	55	11	1812	5	41.18	41.44	128.04
24	SR Tendulkar	79	18	2487	6	40.77	41.20	127.29
25	Tamim Iqbal	42	1	1589	3	38.76	40.80	126.04

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	PBH May	20	3	1032	2	60.71	64.83	200.00
1	A Flower	17	5	726	2	60.50	66.48	200.00
2	PBH May	20	3	1032	2	60.71	64.83	200.00
3	G Boycott	39	13	1562	3	60.08	62.35	192.35
4	GC Smith	32	7	1395	5	55.80	59.79	184.46
5	CG Greenidge	31	10	1202	3	57.24	59.11	182.37
6	GS Sobers	32	8	1265	3	52.71	56.43	174.09
7	SM Gavaskar	47	8	2006	5	51.44	56.40	174.01
8	BB McCullum	30	4	1332	2	51.23	56.39	173.99
9	VVS Laxman	46	11	1754	4	50.11	53.85	166.15
10	G Kirsten	26	5	1020	2	48.57	53.75	165.82
11	BKG Mendis	28	3	1152	2	46.08	52.79	162.85
12	JE Root	55	11	2070	3	47.05	52.61	162.32
13	MD Crowe	32	10	1081	4	49.14	51.08	157.59
14	KC Sangakkara	45	7	1901	5	50.03	50.90	157.02
15	IVA Richards	21	4	785	1	46.18	49.80	153.63
16	AJ Stewart	51	8	1826	1	42.47	48.71	150.28
17	AD Mathews	47	10	1617	2	43.70	48.27	148.91
18	Younis Khan	44	8	1642	5	45.61	46.82	144.46
19	Tamim Iqbal	28	1	1131	3	41.89	45.09	139.12
20	BC Lara	59	4	2287	7	41.58	44.12	136.12
21	AN Cook	55	3	2050	5	39.42	43.83	135.21
22	S Chanderpaul	65	13	2126	3	40.88	43.37	133.79
23	SR Tendulkar	62	12	2050	6	41.00	42.91	132.38
24	MA Atherton	46	5	1519	1	37.05	42.73	131.85
25	GA Gooch	35	1	1215	4	35.74	41.24	127.23

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	KC Sangakkara	211	192	138	137	130*	161.60	200.00
1	KC Sangakkara	211	192	138	137	130*	161.60	200.00
2	AN Cook	235*	176	118	116	116	152.20	188.37
3	VVS Laxman	281	167	124*	103*	74	149.80	185.40
4	MD Crowe	299	115	108*	107	104	146.60	181.44
5	A Flower	232*	199*	129	83	67	142.00	175.74
6	SM Gavaskar	221	127*	117*	113	102	136.00	168.32
7	BC Lara	153*	145	130	122	122	134.40	166.34
8	Younis Khan	171*	131*	130	126	107*	133.00	164.60
9	BB McCullum	302	104	85	84*	84	131.80	163.12
10	G Kirsten	275	153	76	75*	71*	130.00	160.89
11	CG Greenidge	214*	120*	104	97	96	126.20	156.19
12	PBH May	285*	117	97	69	62	126.00	155.94
13	Tamim Iqbal	206	151	103	84	83	125.40	155.20
14	GA Gooch	146	133	117	116	91*	120.60	149.26
15	MA Atherton	185*	118	99	98*	95	119.00	147.28
15	GC Smith	154*	125*	108	107	101*	119.00	147.28
17	GS Sobers	142	113*	113	109*	93	114.00	141.09
18	SR Tendulkar	136	119*	111*	103*	100*	113.80	140.84
19	BKG Mendis	141*	116*	110	102	86	111.00	137.38
20	JE Root	142*	115*	105	95	89	109.20	135.15
21	AJ Stewart	164	119	89	86	83*	108.20	133.91
22	G Boycott	128*	106	100*	99*	93	105.20	130.20
23	S Chanderpaul	116*	109	104	97*	86*	102.40	126.73
24	AD Mathews	120*	110	95	88	84	99.40	123.02
25	IVA Richards	109*	101	98	92	73*	94.60	117.08

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	750
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	910	1186	76.73	84.15	150.00
1	IVA Richards	910	1186	76.73	84.15	150.00
2	GS Sobers	293	568	51.58	64.99	115.85
3	CG Greenidge	1145	2139	53.53	59.62	106.27
4	GC Smith	1794	2936	61.10	59.42	105.91
5	Tamim Iqbal	1589	2615	60.76	58.05	103.48
6	GA Gooch	1558	3139	49.63	56.26	100.28
7	BB McCullum	1438	2581	55.71	54.12	96.47
8	BKG Mendis	1471	2637	55.78	53.34	95.08
9	BC Lara	2447	4749	51.53	53.30	95.01
10	VVS Laxman	2080	3923	53.02	52.96	94.40
11	AJ Stewart	2201	4490	49.02	52.90	94.30
12	PBH May	249	646	38.54	52.36	93.34
13	SR Tendulkar	2487	4805	51.76	51.85	92.42
14	SM Gavaskar	1445	3347	43.17	50.27	89.61
15	Younis Khan	1812	3578	50.64	49.60	88.41
16	JE Root	2288	4564	50.13	48.06	85.67
17	KC Sangakkara	2049	4288	47.78	47.35	84.40
18	A Flower	1239	2813	44.05	47.23	84.19
19	MD Crowe	1506	3532	42.64	46.74	83.31
20	S Chanderpaul	2390	5186	46.09	46.44	82.78
21	G Kirsten	1325	3127	42.37	45.04	80.29
22	AN Cook	2664	5946	44.80	43.86	78.18
23	AD Mathews	1824	4059	44.94	43.56	77.65
24	G Boycott	1455	4118	35.33	43.01	76.67
25	MA Atherton	2068	5549	37.27	40.81	72.74

DIFFICULT RUNS RATING

The DIFFICULT RUNS (DR) 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	DR RAT
1	SM Gavaskar	230.00	347.79	168.32	89.61	835.71
2	VVS Laxman	195.20	334.56	185.40	94.40	809.55
3	AN Cook	250.00	274.76	188.37	78.18	791.30
4	MD Crowe	167.82	357.59	181.44	83.31	790.16
5	KC Sangakkara	192.29	303.58	200.00	84.40	780.27
6	JE Root	240.00	312.81	135.15	85.67	773.63
7	CG Greenidge	172.95	337.80	156.19	106.27	773.21
8	G Boycott	190.11	374.89	130.20	76.67	771.86
9	GS Sobers	159.69	348.35	141.09	115.85	764.98
10	GC Smith	168.36	343.42	147.28	105.91	764.97
11	BC Lara	229.64	270.96	166.34	95.01	761.94
12	A Flower	116.27	383.07	175.74	84.19	759.27
13	PBH May	123.47	381.46	155.94	93.34	754.21
14	AJ Stewart	206.55	298.31	133.91	94.30	733.07
15	SR Tendulkar	233.39	259.67	140.84	92.42	726.33
16	BKG Mendis	154.30	337.32	137.38	95.08	724.08
17	BB McCullum	134.95	316.26	163.12	96.47	710.80
18	S Chanderpaul	224.29	267.33	126.73	82.78	701.13
19	IVA Richards	127.03	306.89	117.08	150.00	701.01
20	Younis Khan	170.05	272.50	164.60	88.41	695.56
21	Tamim Iqbal	166.68	265.15	155.20	103.48	690.51
22	G Kirsten	124.34	320.53	160.89	80.29	686.05
23	GA Gooch	173.61	262.08	149.26	100.28	685.23
24	AD Mathews	191.33	292.69	123.02	77.65	684.69
25	MA Atherton	194.07	270.48	147.28	72.74	684.56

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	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	ENG	SA

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	ENG	SA	IND	NZ
2010s	SA	AUS	ENG	NZ	IND
2020s	AUS	NZ	ENG	SA	IND

Top 25 Test Batsmen In Difficult Runs