Tests - Best Batsmen In Victories At Home

Top 25 Test Batsmen In Victories At Home

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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 25 batsmen in victories at home in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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. VICTORIES - HOME RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The VHM 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 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 48 2879 200.00
1 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 48 2879 200.00
2 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 54 2720 188.95
3 GA Gooch ENG 1975 1995 1985 36 2432 168.95
4 Javed Miandad PAK 1976 1993 1984.5 38 2175 151.09
5 KD Walters AUS 1965 1981 1973 27 1542 107.12
6 RB Simpson AUS 1957 1978 1967.5 21 1404 97.53
7 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 17 1322 91.84
8 Zaheer Abbas PAK 1969 1985 1977 21 1248 86.70
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 109 5843 250.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 109 5843 250.00
2 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 78 4312 184.49
3 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 72 4163 178.12
4 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 88 3974 170.03
5 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 82 3929 168.11
6 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 58 3890 166.44
7 DPMD Jayawardena SL 1997 2014 2005.5 57 3643 155.87
8 MJ Clarke AUS 2004 2015 2009.5 63 3329 142.44
9 JL Langer AUS 1993 2007 2000 69 3220 137.77
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 1992 2007 1999.5 32 2083 89.12
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 84 4879 230.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 84 4879 230.00
2 DA Warner AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 74 4073 192.00
3 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2025 2017.5 52 3733 175.98
4 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2026 2018 75 3578 168.67
5 V Kohli IND 2011 2025 2018 60 3164 149.15
6 TM Head AUS 2018 2026 2022 43 2387 112.53
7 RG Sharma IND 2013 2024 2018.5 40 2189 103.19

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 GS Sobers 17 3 1322 5 94.43 88.37 200.00
1 GS Sobers 17 3 1322 5 94.43 88.37 200.00
2 KS Williamson 52 9 3733 16 86.81 81.62 184.72
3 RB Simpson 21 3 1404 5 78.00 76.77 173.74
4 GS Chappell 48 9 2879 11 73.82 75.91 171.81
5 GA Gooch 36 3 2432 8 73.70 74.66 168.98
6 Inzamam-ul-Haq 32 7 2083 7 83.32 73.29 165.88
7 KD Walters 27 4 1542 4 67.04 69.44 157.16
8 DL Haynes 54 13 2720 8 66.34 68.34 154.67
9 Zaheer Abbas 21 4 1248 5 73.41 67.65 153.11
10 JE Root 84 9 4879 17 65.05 66.01 149.41
11 KC Sangakkara 58 5 3890 15 73.40 65.36 147.92
12 JH Kallis 78 13 4312 15 66.34 62.27 140.94
13 TM Head 43 3 2387 10 59.68 61.94 140.19
14 DPMD Jayawardena 57 4 3643 12 68.74 61.46 139.11
15 ML Hayden 72 8 4163 17 65.05 61.16 138.41
16 Javed Miandad 38 5 2175 8 65.91 60.50 136.92
17 DA Warner 74 5 4073 14 59.03 59.51 134.69
18 RG Sharma 40 5 2189 10 62.54 59.42 134.47
19 RT Ponting 109 18 5843 18 64.21 59.39 134.41
20 SPD Smith 75 14 3578 12 58.66 59.14 133.84
21 V Kohli 60 7 3164 10 59.70 55.29 125.13
22 MJ Clarke 63 8 3329 14 60.53 55.22 124.98
23 SR Tendulkar 82 11 3929 11 55.34 51.40 116.33
24 AN Cook 88 6 3974 10 48.46 48.19 109.07
25 JL Langer 69 4 3220 10 49.54 47.13 106.66

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 10 2 898 3 112.25 102.75 200.00
1 GS Sobers 10 2 898 3 112.25 102.75 200.00
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 12 2 1021 4 102.10 98.43 191.59
3 RB Simpson 16 3 1110 3 85.38 84.56 164.59
4 KS Williamson 15 1 1105 7 78.93 83.23 162.01
5 KD Walters 16 2 981 4 70.07 75.07 146.13
6 GS Chappell 38 8 2143 8 71.43 73.97 143.99
7 DL Haynes 44 11 2309 7 69.97 72.85 141.81
8 Javed Miandad 17 3 1014 5 72.43 69.75 135.76
9 KC Sangakkara 32 2 2179 8 72.63 68.92 134.16
10 ML Hayden 40 4 2472 12 68.67 66.91 130.24
11 Zaheer Abbas 13 3 690 2 69.00 66.84 130.11
12 DPMD Jayawardena 30 2 1971 7 70.39 66.80 130.01
13 RG Sharma 24 2 1504 8 68.36 66.57 129.58
14 JE Root 57 6 3277 12 64.25 66.51 129.46
15 JH Kallis 43 7 2328 9 64.67 64.98 126.47
16 JL Langer 40 4 2272 9 63.11 62.28 121.23
17 MJ Clarke 39 4 2314 11 66.11 61.26 119.23
18 RT Ponting 59 7 3301 12 63.48 60.79 118.33
19 TM Head 30 1 1547 7 53.34 58.12 113.12
20 V Kohli 36 5 1841 5 59.39 57.00 110.94
21 DA Warner 49 4 2451 9 54.47 55.75 108.51
22 GA Gooch 21 1 1015 3 50.75 54.19 105.49
23 SPD Smith 53 7 2411 8 52.41 53.65 104.44
24 SR Tendulkar 52 7 2409 7 53.53 51.86 100.94
25 AN Cook 49 1 2085 4 43.44 44.64 86.90

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 287 232 222* 221 200* 232.40 200.00
1 KC Sangakkara 287 232 222* 221 200* 232.40 200.00
2 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 229.20 197.25
3 V Kohli 254* 235 213 211 204 223.40 192.25
4 RT Ponting 257 221 209 207 197 218.20 187.78
5 GA Gooch 333 210 196 174 154* 213.40 183.65
6 JL Langer 250 223 215 191 179* 211.60 182.10
7 DPMD Jayawardena 374 180 167 167 165 210.60 181.24
8 DA Warner 335* 200 180 164 163 208.40 179.35
9 AN Cook 294 243 162 160 147 201.20 173.15
10 ML Hayden 380 197 153 138 137 201.00 172.98
11 MJ Clarke 329* 210 166 148 145* 199.60 171.77
12 JE Root 254 190 180 176 149* 189.80 163.34
13 JH Kallis 224 201* 186 177 160 189.60 163.17
14 Javed Miandad 280* 211 163 138 126 183.60 158.00
15 GS Chappell 204 201 182* 182 144 182.60 157.14
16 SPD Smith 239 200* 165* 162* 141* 181.40 156.11
17 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 177 138* 138 118 180.00 154.91
18 RG Sharma 212 177 176 161 131 171.40 147.50
19 GS Sobers 365* 153 125 109* 104 171.20 147.33
20 SR Tendulkar 214 176 165 155* 142 170.40 146.64
21 Zaheer Abbas 235* 186 168 134 126 169.80 146.13
22 TM Head 175 170 163 161 152 164.20 141.31
23 RB Simpson 225 176 109 103 100 142.60 122.72
24 DL Haynes 167 145 143* 131 125 142.20 122.38
25 KD Walters 242 118 103 103 94* 132.00 113.60

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 V Sehwag 2255 2479 90.96 86.53 150.00
1 Zaheer Abbas 892 1297 68.77 74.07 128.40
2 TM Head 2387 3107 76.83 69.29 120.12
3 DA Warner 4073 5628 72.37 68.09 118.04
4 KD Walters 1387 2453 56.54 66.14 114.65
5 GA Gooch 2432 4275 56.89 62.50 108.34
6 GS Chappell 2851 5259 54.21 62.09 107.64
7 RG Sharma 2189 3342 65.50 60.76 105.33
8 ML Hayden 4163 6671 62.40 59.15 102.54
9 RT Ponting 5843 9578 61.00 59.04 102.35
10 V Kohli 3164 5142 61.53 57.58 99.82
11 JE Root 4879 7772 62.78 57.36 99.43
12 DPMD Jayawardena 3643 6258 58.21 56.45 97.85
13 DL Haynes 2410 4723 51.03 55.46 96.14
14 MJ Clarke 3329 5638 59.05 55.32 95.91
15 RB Simpson 1195 2629 45.45 55.19 95.67
16 KS Williamson 3733 6240 59.82 55.06 95.45
17 KC Sangakkara 3890 6835 56.91 54.98 95.31
18 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2083 3766 55.31 54.43 94.35
19 SR Tendulkar 3918 7166 54.67 54.14 93.85
20 JL Langer 3220 5857 54.98 53.51 92.76
21 SPD Smith 3578 6452 55.46 51.58 89.41
22 Javed Miandad 1662 3494 47.57 50.41 87.39
23 GS Sobers 23 61 NA NA 86.68
24 JH Kallis 4312 8866 48.64 47.69 82.67
25 AN Cook 3974 8032 49.48 46.57 80.72

VICTORIES - HOME RATING

The VICTORIES - HOME (VHM) 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 VHM RAT
1 KS Williamson 175.98 346.72 197.25 95.45 815.39
2 RT Ponting 250.00 252.73 187.78 102.35 792.86
3 GS Chappell 200.00 315.80 157.14 107.64 780.58
4 JE Root 230.00 278.86 163.34 99.43 771.63
5 KC Sangakkara 166.44 282.08 200.00 95.31 743.83
6 GA Gooch 168.95 274.47 183.65 108.34 735.41
7 DA Warner 192.00 243.20 179.35 118.04 732.59
8 GS Sobers 91.84 400.00 147.33 86.68 725.85
9 ML Hayden 178.12 268.65 172.98 102.54 722.28
10 DPMD Jayawardena 155.87 269.12 181.24 97.85 704.08
11 DL Haynes 188.95 296.47 122.38 96.14 703.95
12 JH Kallis 184.49 267.41 163.17 82.67 697.75
13 Inzamam-ul-Haq 89.12 357.47 154.91 94.35 695.85
14 V Kohli 149.15 236.08 192.25 99.82 677.30
15 Javed Miandad 151.09 272.68 158.00 87.39 669.17
16 MJ Clarke 142.44 244.21 171.77 95.91 654.32
17 RB Simpson 97.53 338.33 122.72 95.67 654.25
18 SPD Smith 168.67 238.28 156.11 89.41 652.47
19 Zaheer Abbas 86.70 283.22 146.13 128.40 644.45
20 JL Langer 137.77 227.89 182.10 92.76 640.52
21 KD Walters 107.12 303.29 113.60 114.65 638.66
22 TM Head 112.53 253.31 141.31 120.12 627.27
23 SR Tendulkar 168.11 217.28 146.64 93.85 625.88
24 RG Sharma 103.19 264.06 147.50 105.33 620.08
25 AN Cook 170.03 195.97 173.15 80.72 619.87

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

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