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). Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsmen away from home such that his overall points are maximum. Here are the Top 25 batsmen in their Top Form Away From Home in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

3. PROLIFIC

4. CONSISTENT

4.1. Against All Teams

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TOP FORM – AWAY RATING

8. TOP TEAMS

8.1. Top Teams In Asia

8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The TOP FORM – AWAY Rating is divided into four main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	250.00
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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	10
Min Runs (TS AVE SR)	1000
Min Average (TS SR)	30

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	FP	LP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	WI	1975-12-26	1980-12-30	30	2348	300.00
1	IVA Richards	WI	1975-12-26	1980-12-30	30	2348	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	2002-07-25	2006-01-21	30	2209	282.24
3	AN Cook	ENG	2010-01-03	2012-12-05	30	2113	269.97
4	KF Barrington	ENG	1961-10-21	1965-01-01	30	2097	267.93
5	HM Amla	SA	2010-02-06	2013-10-14	30	2042	260.90
6	KC Sangakkara	SL	2011-06-16	2014-06-20	30	1974	252.21
7	RT Ponting	AUS	2001-08-16	2005-03-26	30	1966	251.19
8	BC Lara	WI	2000-12-01	2004-07-29	30	1921	245.44
9	SPD Smith	AUS	2014-10-30	2017-03-25	30	1879	240.08
10	KS Williamson	NZ	2013-10-09	2016-08-27	30	1873	239.31
11	Javed Miandad	PAK	1986-03-22	1992-07-02	30	1841	235.22
12	GS Sobers	WI	1963-06-20	1969-02-14	30	1819	232.41
13	JH Kallis	SA	2004-03-10	2007-10-08	30	1811	231.39
14	SR Tendulkar	IND	2003-12-26	2008-01-02	30	1809	231.13
15	V Sehwag	IND	2002-12-19	2006-06-30	30	1782	227.68
16	RB Simpson	AUS	1964-06-18	1967-02-03	30	1775	226.79
17	SR Waugh	AUS	1993-07-01	1997-07-03	30	1753	223.98
18	SP Fleming	NZ	2002-05-01	2006-05-05	30	1744	222.83
19	JE Root	ENG	2018-03-30	2021-02-05	30	1737	221.93
20	AB de Villiers	SA	2008-04-03	2012-03-23	30	1732	221.29
21	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	2002-01-09	2006-08-04	30	1730	221.04
22	DL Amiss	ENG	1973-01-12	1977-01-01	30	1656	211.58
23	CH Gayle	WI	2006-11-19	2010-11-23	30	1650	210.82
24	CH Lloyd	WI	1973-07-26	1976-06-03	30	1624	207.50
25	AC Gilchrist	AUS	2002-02-22	2005-03-18	30	1579	201.75

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	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	30	5	2209	88.36	86.85	300.00
1	RS Dravid	30	5	2209	88.36	86.85	300.00
2	KF Barrington	30	6	2097	87.38	84.48	291.81
3	IVA Richards	30	1	2348	80.97	83.85	289.61
4	AN Cook	30	4	2113	81.27	83.47	288.30
5	JH Kallis	30	9	1811	86.24	83.43	288.17
6	HM Amla	30	5	2042	81.68	80.75	278.92
7	SR Waugh	30	7	1753	76.22	79.38	274.18
8	SPD Smith	30	4	1879	72.27	75.75	261.65
9	RT Ponting	30	4	1966	75.62	74.70	258.00
10	KS Williamson	30	4	1873	72.04	74.29	256.60
11	AB de Villiers	30	7	1732	75.30	74.06	255.82
12	SR Tendulkar	30	6	1809	75.38	73.82	254.97
13	GS Sobers	30	3	1819	67.37	73.50	253.88
14	AC Gilchrist	30	6	1579	65.79	71.78	247.93
15	RB Simpson	30	3	1775	65.74	69.95	241.62
16	Javed Miandad	30	3	1841	68.19	68.83	237.75
17	KC Sangakkara	30	2	1974	70.50	66.92	231.13
18	DL Amiss	30	4	1656	63.69	65.38	225.81
19	BC Lara	30	0	1921	64.03	64.06	221.27
20	Mohammad Yousuf	30	3	1730	64.07	62.71	216.62
21	V Sehwag	30	1	1782	61.45	61.84	213.61
22	CH Lloyd	30	2	1624	58.00	61.59	212.75
23	SP Fleming	30	2	1744	62.29	61.49	212.40
24	JE Root	30	0	1737	57.90	60.44	208.76
25	CH Gayle	30	2	1650	58.93	59.14	204.29

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	RS Dravid	270	233	217	160	148	205.60	250.00
1	V Sehwag	309	254	195	180	90	205.60	250.00
1	RS Dravid	270	233	217	160	148	205.60	250.00
3	HM Amla	311*	253*	196	123*	121	200.80	244.16
4	SP Fleming	274*	262	202	130	117	197.00	239.54
5	JE Root	228	226	218	186	124	196.40	238.81
6	BC Lara	221	202	191	182	178	194.80	236.87
7	AN Cook	235*	190	189	176	173	192.60	234.19
8	SR Tendulkar	248*	241*	194*	154*	122*	191.80	233.22
9	IVA Richards	291	232	145	140	135	188.60	229.33
10	KC Sangakkara	319	211	147	144	119	188.00	228.60
11	DL Amiss	262*	179	174	164*	158	187.40	227.87
12	RB Simpson	311	201	153	153	115	186.60	226.90
13	Javed Miandad	271	260	153*	118	114	183.20	222.76
14	AB de Villiers	278*	217*	174	135*	106*	182.00	221.30
15	CH Gayle	333	197	165*	102	93	178.00	216.44
16	SPD Smith	215	199	178*	143	138	174.60	212.31
17	Mohammad Yousuf	204*	202	192	159	111	173.60	211.09
18	KS Williamson	192	166	161*	140	132	158.20	192.36
19	CH Lloyd	242*	163	149	132	102	157.60	191.63
20	AC Gilchrist	204*	162	144	138*	121	153.80	187.01
21	RT Ponting	206	150	144	141	117	151.60	184.34
22	KF Barrington	172	151*	148*	139	132*	148.40	180.45
23	SR Waugh	200	160	157*	116	108	148.20	180.20
24	GS Sobers	174	163*	161	113	110	144.20	175.34
25	JH Kallis	155	150*	147	121	111	136.80	166.34

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	AC Gilchrist	1579	1851	85.31	83.77	150.00
1	CH Lloyd	987	1321	74.72	86.02	150.00
2	AC Gilchrist	1579	1851	85.31	83.77	150.00
3	V Sehwag	1782	2094	85.10	81.77	146.42
4	IVA Richards	2348	3364	69.80	77.26	138.34
5	GS Sobers	1277	2354	54.25	69.08	123.70
6	CH Gayle	1650	2319	71.15	68.60	122.83
7	RT Ponting	1966	2957	66.49	66.26	118.64
8	BC Lara	1921	3156	60.87	62.37	111.68
9	Mohammad Yousuf	1730	2868	60.32	60.83	108.92
10	JE Root	1737	2994	58.02	56.74	101.61
11	SR Tendulkar	1809	3254	55.59	56.01	100.30
12	KS Williamson	1873	3454	54.23	53.94	96.59
13	RB Simpson	408	976	41.80	53.45	95.71
14	HM Amla	2042	3766	54.22	53.02	94.94
15	SP Fleming	1744	3384	51.54	52.96	94.83
16	SPD Smith	1879	3426	54.85	52.90	94.73
17	Javed Miandad	1540	3288	46.84	52.10	93.28
18	AB de Villiers	1732	3300	52.48	51.22	91.71
19	DL Amiss	1271	3022	42.06	51.11	91.53
20	KF Barrington	91	206	NA	NA	89.53
21	KC Sangakkara	1974	3897	50.65	49.64	88.89
22	RS Dravid	2209	4520	48.87	49.26	88.21
23	SR Waugh	1753	3800	46.13	49.25	88.19
24	AN Cook	2113	4317	48.95	48.05	86.04
25	JH Kallis	1811	4013	45.13	45.36	81.22

TOP FORM – AWAY RATING

The TOP FORM – AWAY (TF AW) 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	TF AW RAT
1	IVA Richards	300.00	289.61	229.33	138.34	957.29
2	RS Dravid	282.24	300.00	250.00	88.21	920.45
3	HM Amla	260.90	278.92	244.16	94.94	878.93
4	AN Cook	269.97	288.30	234.19	86.04	878.50
5	V Sehwag	227.68	213.61	250.00	146.42	837.72
6	KF Barrington	267.93	291.81	180.45	89.53	829.72
7	SR Tendulkar	231.13	254.97	233.22	100.30	819.62
8	BC Lara	245.44	221.27	236.87	111.68	815.26
9	RT Ponting	251.19	258.00	184.34	118.64	812.17
10	SPD Smith	240.08	261.65	212.31	94.73	808.77
11	KC Sangakkara	252.21	231.13	228.60	88.89	800.83
12	RB Simpson	226.79	241.62	226.90	95.71	791.02
13	AB de Villiers	221.29	255.82	221.30	91.71	790.13
14	Javed Miandad	235.22	237.75	222.76	93.28	789.02
15	AC Gilchrist	201.75	247.93	187.01	150.00	786.69
16	GS Sobers	232.41	253.88	175.34	123.70	785.33
17	KS Williamson	239.31	256.60	192.36	96.59	784.86
18	JE Root	221.93	208.76	238.81	101.61	771.11
19	SP Fleming	222.83	212.40	239.54	94.83	769.60
20	JH Kallis	231.39	288.17	166.34	81.22	767.12
21	SR Waugh	223.98	274.18	180.20	88.19	766.55
22	CH Lloyd	207.50	212.75	191.63	150.00	761.88
23	Mohammad Yousuf	221.04	216.62	211.09	108.92	757.67
24	DL Amiss	211.58	225.81	227.87	91.53	756.80
25	CH Gayle	210.82	204.29	216.44	122.83	754.38

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

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

Top 25 Test Batsmen In Top Form Away From Home