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Top 25 Test Batsmen In Victories

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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 25 batsmen in victories 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. VICTORIES RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

The VC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 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 1976
Era 2 MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3 MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 63 3337 270.00
1 CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 63 3337 270.00
2 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 46 3097 250.58
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 120 6460 290.00
1 SR Waugh AUS 1985 2004 1994.5 120 6460 290.00
2 CG Greenidge WI 1974 1991 1982.5 97 4653 208.88
3 IVA Richards WI 1974 1991 1982.5 90 4300 193.03
4 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 62 3595 161.39
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 178 9157 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 178 9157 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 124 6379 208.99
3 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 123 6154 201.62
4 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 113 5946 194.80
5 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 114 5689 186.38
6 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 84 5449 178.52
7 HM Amla SA 2004 2019 2011.5 104 5251 172.03
8 JL Langer AUS 1993 2007 2000 118 5229 171.31
9 GC Smith SA 2002 2014 2008 94 5214 170.82
10 DPMD Jayawardena SL 1997 2014 2005.5 89 5173 169.48
11 RS Dravid IND 1996 2012 2004 92 5131 168.10
12 Younis Khan PAK 2000 2017 2008.5 81 4910 160.86
13 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 1992 2007 1999.5 76 4690 153.65
14 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 68 3498 114.60
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 126 7239 290.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2026 2019 126 7239 290.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2026 2018 120 6534 261.76
3 DA Warner AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 112 5489 219.89
4 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2025 2017.5 77 5318 213.04
5 V Kohli IND 2011 2025 2018 102 4746 190.13

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
Min Runs (TT) 600

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS RG Pollock 16 2 1178 4 84.14 82.99 120.00
1 GS Sobers 46 6 3097 12 77.43 80.21 115.98
2 KS Williamson 77 12 5318 22 81.82 77.32 111.80
3 GS Chappell 62 11 3595 14 70.49 72.52 104.86
4 Inzamam-ul-Haq 76 16 4690 17 78.17 71.01 102.68
5 SR Waugh 120 27 6460 25 69.46 69.29 100.20
6 Younis Khan 81 15 4910 19 74.39 67.94 98.23
7 JE Root 126 12 7239 26 63.50 65.42 94.59
8 SPD Smith 120 18 6534 25 64.06 64.88 93.82
9 KC Sangakkara 84 8 5449 19 71.70 63.96 92.48
10 RS Dravid 92 14 5131 15 65.78 62.75 90.73
11 CH Lloyd 63 6 3337 10 58.54 61.34 88.70
12 JH Kallis 124 22 6379 22 62.54 59.76 86.41
13 SR Tendulkar 113 17 5946 20 61.94 58.22 84.19
14 DPMD Jayawardena 89 9 5173 17 64.66 58.08 83.98
15 RT Ponting 178 24 9157 30 59.46 57.83 83.63
16 GC Smith 94 9 5214 18 61.34 57.36 82.94
17 CG Greenidge 97 12 4653 14 54.74 55.97 80.93
18 ML Hayden 123 12 6154 23 55.44 55.00 79.54
19 IVA Richards 90 8 4300 12 52.44 54.04 78.14
20 HM Amla 104 12 5251 16 57.08 53.03 76.69
21 V Sehwag 68 4 3498 8 54.66 52.33 75.66
22 AN Cook 114 10 5689 17 54.70 52.30 75.62
23 DA Warner 112 6 5489 18 51.78 51.22 74.06
24 V Kohli 102 10 4746 14 51.59 49.94 72.21
25 JL Langer 118 10 5229 15 48.42 48.73 70.47

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 26 3 2064 8 89.74 95.89 180.00
1 GS Sobers 26 3 2064 8 89.74 95.89 180.00
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 23 5 1483 4 82.39 84.74 159.07
3 GS Chappell 37 9 2121 9 75.75 81.71 153.38
4 Younis Khan 36 6 2361 9 78.70 75.78 142.24
5 KS Williamson 29 2 1958 10 72.52 75.08 140.94
6 JH Kallis 54 11 2844 11 66.14 68.76 129.07
7 KC Sangakkara 38 3 2463 9 70.37 68.72 129.00
8 SPD Smith 79 9 4476 18 63.94 66.13 124.13
9 RT Ponting 107 14 5873 22 63.15 64.94 121.89
10 GC Smith 39 6 2112 8 64.00 64.86 121.75
11 V Sehwag 42 2 2499 7 62.48 63.07 118.38
12 DPMD Jayawardena 39 1 2385 8 62.76 61.94 116.27
13 CH Lloyd 43 3 2286 8 57.15 61.93 116.26
14 CG Greenidge 53 6 2727 8 58.02 61.44 115.33
15 HM Amla 53 7 2734 8 59.43 60.44 113.46
16 JE Root 84 8 4209 15 55.38 59.32 111.34
17 IVA Richards 51 4 2588 6 55.06 59.09 110.92
18 RS Dravid 56 7 2822 6 57.59 58.76 110.30
19 ML Hayden 82 8 3965 16 53.58 56.01 105.14
20 AN Cook 60 3 3056 8 53.61 53.95 101.27
21 SR Waugh 63 6 2803 9 49.18 53.10 99.68
22 V Kohli 64 7 2940 8 51.58 52.51 98.57
23 JL Langer 90 8 4138 12 50.46 52.42 98.40
24 SR Tendulkar 66 8 2976 8 51.31 51.89 97.40
25 DA Warner 69 3 3148 10 47.70 48.71 91.44

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 Runs (TT) 600
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS C de Grandhomme 854 901 94.78 89.39 40.00
1 V Sehwag 3498 3968 88.16 86.12 38.54
2 IVA Richards 3577 4759 75.16 83.40 37.32
3 GS Sobers 1079 1886 57.21 71.81 32.14
4 CH Lloyd 2255 3620 62.29 71.57 32.03
5 DA Warner 5489 7760 70.73 67.77 30.33
6 GS Chappell 3459 6429 53.80 63.46 28.39
7 GC Smith 5214 8017 65.04 62.58 28.00
8 ML Hayden 6154 10180 60.45 60.93 27.26
9 JE Root 7239 11308 64.02 60.24 26.96
10 RT Ponting 9157 15240 60.09 60.19 26.93
11 CG Greenidge 3911 7304 53.55 60.01 26.85
12 Inzamam-ul-Haq 4690 8145 57.58 59.68 26.70
13 JL Langer 5229 9453 55.32 57.11 25.55
14 KC Sangakkara 5449 9424 57.82 56.22 25.16
15 SR Tendulkar 5935 10650 55.73 55.78 24.96
16 DPMD Jayawardena 5173 9141 56.59 55.39 24.79
17 V Kohli 4746 8194 57.92 55.27 24.73
18 KS Williamson 5318 9267 57.39 54.21 24.26
19 Younis Khan 4910 9055 54.22 53.41 23.90
20 SR Waugh 6460 12838 50.32 53.37 23.88
21 SPD Smith 6534 11589 56.38 53.36 23.88
22 HM Amla 5251 9705 54.11 51.35 22.98
23 JH Kallis 6379 13367 47.72 47.96 21.46
24 RS Dravid 5131 10790 47.55 47.80 21.39
25 AN Cook 5689 11460 49.64 46.56 20.83

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 2906 3401 85.45 88.21 60.00
1 V Sehwag 2499 2809 88.96 87.22 59.32
2 IVA Richards 2259 3001 75.27 85.07 57.86
3 GS Sobers 1079 1886 57.21 71.07 48.34
4 CH Lloyd 1958 3288 59.55 68.95 46.90
5 DA Warner 3148 4608 68.32 65.74 44.71
6 CG Greenidge 2561 4583 55.88 63.88 43.45
7 RT Ponting 5873 9609 61.12 62.17 42.28
8 JE Root 4209 6630 63.48 60.48 41.14
9 GC Smith 2112 3401 62.10 60.17 40.93
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq 1483 2615 56.71 60.13 40.90
11 GS Chappell 2121 4265 49.73 59.67 40.58
12 ML Hayden 3965 6861 57.79 59.26 40.30
13 JL Langer 4138 7550 54.81 56.96 38.74
14 SR Tendulkar 2976 5407 55.04 55.14 37.50
15 Younis Khan 2361 4244 55.63 55.08 37.46
16 KC Sangakkara 2463 4434 55.55 54.94 37.37
17 V Kohli 2940 5175 56.81 54.75 37.24
18 DPMD Jayawardena 2385 4401 54.19 53.95 36.70
19 SPD Smith 4476 8095 55.29 52.63 35.80
20 HM Amla 2734 5080 53.82 51.79 35.23
21 KS Williamson 1958 3688 53.09 51.79 35.23
22 SR Waugh 2803 5938 47.20 51.05 34.72
23 JH Kallis 2844 6249 45.51 46.29 31.48
24 RS Dravid 2822 6191 45.58 46.09 31.35
25 AN Cook 3056 6412 47.66 45.12 30.69

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 KC Sangakkara 287 270 232 230 222* 248.20 100.00
1 KC Sangakkara 287 270 232 230 222* 248.20 100.00
2 JE Root 262 254 228 218 190 230.40 92.83
3 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 229.20 92.34
4 HM Amla 311* 253* 208 196 176* 228.80 92.18
5 V Kohli 254* 235 213 211 204 223.40 90.01
6 V Sehwag 309 293 201* 165 147 223.00 89.85
7 RT Ponting 257 221 209 207 206 220.00 88.64
8 Younis Khan 267 218 213 200* 200* 219.60 88.48
9 DPMD Jayawardena 374 203* 180 167 167 218.20 87.91
10 AN Cook 294 243 190 189 173 217.80 87.75
11 GC Smith 259 234 232 200 157 216.40 87.19
12 RS Dravid 270 233 200* 191 180 214.80 86.54
13 CG Greenidge 226 223 214* 213 194 214.00 86.22
14 GS Sobers 365* 198 174 168 161 213.20 85.90
15 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 212.80 85.74
16 JL Langer 250 223 215 191 179* 211.60 85.25
17 DA Warner 335* 200 180 164 163 208.40 83.96
18 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 200* 184 177 148 207.60 83.64
19 SR Tendulkar 248* 214 194* 193 176 205.00 82.59
20 ML Hayden 380 197 153 138 137 201.00 80.98
21 IVA Richards 291 192* 182* 178 146 197.80 79.69
22 JH Kallis 224 201* 186 182* 177 194.00 78.16
23 GS Chappell 204 201 182* 182 176 189.00 76.15
24 SR Waugh 200 177* 170 164 160 174.20 70.19
25 CH Lloyd 242* 163 161* 149 132 169.40 68.25

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS V Sehwag 309 293 201* 165 131 219.80 200.00
1 V Sehwag 309 293 201* 165 131 219.80 200.00
2 KC Sangakkara 287 232 221 199* 152 218.20 198.54
3 CG Greenidge 226 223 214* 213 194 214.00 194.72
4 RT Ponting 221 207 206 197 196 205.40 186.90
4 HM Amla 311* 253* 196 140 127* 205.40 186.90
6 GS Sobers 365* 174 168 161 150* 203.60 185.26
7 JL Langer 250 223 191 179* 166 201.80 183.62
8 DPMD Jayawardena 374 180 167 139 136 199.20 181.26
8 Younis Khan 267 218 213 171* 127 199.20 181.26
10 V Kohli 254* 235 213 167 107 195.20 177.62
11 SPD Smith 239 215 211 162* 144 194.20 176.71
12 AN Cook 294 190 189 148 147 193.60 176.16
13 RS Dravid 270 233 180 144 135 192.40 175.07
14 JE Root 218 190 180 176 149* 182.60 166.15
15 IVA Richards 291 182* 142 135 117 173.40 157.78
16 JH Kallis 201* 182* 173 155 149 172.00 156.51
17 SR Waugh 200 164 160 157 150 166.20 151.23
18 SR Tendulkar 214 194* 155* 126 117 161.20 146.68
19 DA Warner 200 180 145 145 135 161.00 146.50
20 GC Smith 234 154* 151 131 125* 159.00 144.68
21 GS Chappell 182* 182 144 131 123 152.40 138.67
22 ML Hayden 197 153 138 137 131 151.20 137.58
23 KS Williamson 192 156 139 135 133* 151.00 137.40
24 Inzamam-ul-Haq 184 177 118 117 97 138.60 126.11
25 CH Lloyd 161* 149 132 129 121 138.40 125.93

VICTORIES RATING

The VICTORIES (VC) 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 VC RAT
1 GS Sobers 250.58 295.98 80.48 271.16 898.20
2 RT Ponting 300.00 205.52 69.22 275.54 850.27
3 JE Root 290.00 205.94 68.10 258.98 823.01
4 SPD Smith 261.76 217.94 59.68 262.44 801.82
5 SR Waugh 290.00 199.88 58.61 221.41 769.90
6 KC Sangakkara 178.52 221.49 62.52 298.54 761.07
7 CG Greenidge 208.88 196.25 70.30 280.94 756.38
8 KS Williamson 213.04 252.75 59.48 229.74 755.01
9 CH Lloyd 270.00 204.96 78.92 194.18 748.07
10 Younis Khan 160.86 240.48 61.36 269.73 732.43
11 IVA Richards 193.03 189.06 95.18 237.47 714.75
12 JH Kallis 208.99 215.47 52.94 234.67 712.08
13 GS Chappell 161.39 258.23 68.98 214.82 703.42
14 DPMD Jayawardena 169.48 200.25 61.49 269.17 700.38
15 HM Amla 172.03 190.14 58.20 279.08 699.46
16 V Sehwag 114.60 194.04 97.86 289.85 696.35
17 Inzamam-ul-Haq 153.65 261.75 67.60 209.76 692.76
18 DA Warner 219.89 165.51 75.04 230.46 690.90
19 V Kohli 190.13 170.78 61.97 267.62 690.50
20 RS Dravid 168.10 201.04 52.73 261.61 683.48
21 AN Cook 186.38 176.89 51.52 263.91 678.71
22 GC Smith 170.82 204.69 68.93 231.86 676.31
23 JL Langer 171.31 168.86 64.30 268.88 673.35
24 ML Hayden 201.62 184.68 67.57 218.56 672.42
25 SR Tendulkar 194.80 181.59 62.46 229.27 668.13

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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