Tests - Best Batsmen In Top Form At Home

Top 25 Test Batsmen In Top Form At Home

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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 their Top Form At Home in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against Top Teams
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6.1. Against Top Teams
7. TOP FORM - HOME RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
THM RATING

Points to note about TOP FORM - HOME Rating:-

  • This Rating is calculated by taking the best 25 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • The inns are taken such that his overall points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.
  • There are three Top Form Ratings.
  • These 3 consider performances At Home, Away From Home or Overall

THE CRITERIA

The THM 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

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT FP LP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena SL 2004-03-24 2010-08-03 25 2012 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 2004-03-24 2010-08-03 25 2012 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara SL 2004-03-24 2010-08-03 25 1981 295.38
3 GS Sobers WI 1955-06-11 1965-05-05 25 1924 286.88
4 MJ Clarke AUS 2008-01-16 2012-11-22 25 1890 281.81
5 BC Lara WI 2001-04-19 2005-06-03 25 1852 276.14
5 SPD Smith AUS 2013-12-13 2017-12-26 25 1852 276.14
7 Younis Khan PAK 2004-10-28 2012-01-17 25 1828 272.56
8 V Kohli IND 2015-12-03 2021-02-05 25 1799 268.24
9 RT Ponting AUS 2001-12-26 2006-12-01 25 1747 260.49
10 PA de Silva SL 1993-07-27 1999-09-22 25 1710 254.97
11 V Sehwag IND 2008-03-26 2010-10-01 25 1672 249.30
12 S Chanderpaul WI 2005-03-31 2010-06-18 25 1671 249.16
13 IVA Richards WI 1976-03-10 1991-03-01 25 1630 243.04
14 KP Pietersen ENG 2005-09-08 2011-08-18 25 1612 240.36
15 WM Lawry AUS 1963-02-15 1971-01-21 25 1608 239.76
16 SM Gavaskar IND 1978-12-01 1980-01-15 25 1598 238.27
17 BB McCullum NZ 2009-03-18 2016-02-20 25 1554 231.71
17 RG Sharma IND 2017-11-24 2024-02-15 25 1554 231.71
19 JL Langer AUS 1999-12-26 2004-12-26 25 1531 228.28
20 RG Pollock SA 1964-12-04 1970-03-05 25 1509 225.00
21 ST Jayasuriya SL 1993-08-04 2000-07-20 25 1495 222.91
22 GS Chappell AUS 1974-11-29 1979-12-01 25 1492 222.47
23 JE Root ENG 2013-07-18 2017-07-06 25 1472 219.48
24 TM Head AUS 2022-01-14 2026-01-04 25 1399 208.60
25 Zaheer Abbas PAK 1975-02-15 1984-03-19 25 1352 201.59

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 800

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 25 4 1924 91.62 94.38 300.00
1 GS Sobers 25 4 1924 91.62 94.38 300.00
2 SPD Smith 25 5 1852 92.60 93.72 297.87
3 S Chanderpaul 25 6 1671 87.95 89.12 283.25
4 V Kohli 25 5 1799 89.95 88.59 281.60
5 RT Ponting 25 5 1747 87.35 87.13 276.93
6 DPMD Jayawardena 25 2 2012 87.48 86.29 274.28
7 PA de Silva 25 4 1710 81.43 84.99 270.14
8 KC Sangakkara 25 1 1981 82.54 81.63 259.47
9 BC Lara 25 1 1852 77.17 81.14 257.89
10 MJ Clarke 25 3 1890 85.91 80.78 256.75
11 GS Chappell 25 5 1492 74.60 79.89 253.94
12 WM Lawry 25 3 1608 73.09 76.80 244.10
13 IVA Richards 25 3 1630 74.09 74.30 236.16
14 JE Root 25 4 1472 70.10 74.16 235.70
15 SM Gavaskar 25 1 1598 66.58 72.06 229.04
16 RG Pollock 25 4 1509 71.86 71.46 227.14
17 RG Sharma 25 3 1554 70.64 71.28 226.57
18 Younis Khan 25 1 1828 76.17 70.90 225.34
19 Zaheer Abbas 25 6 1352 71.16 70.73 224.83
20 BB McCullum 25 2 1554 67.57 68.10 216.46
21 ST Jayasuriya 25 2 1495 65.00 67.92 215.89
22 V Sehwag 25 0 1672 66.88 66.60 211.68
23 KP Pietersen 25 1 1612 67.17 66.52 211.44
24 JL Langer 25 1 1531 63.79 65.04 206.74
25 TM Head 25 1 1399 58.29 61.91 196.77

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 800
Min Average 25

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS V Sehwag 1672 1732 96.54 95.26 100.00
1 V Sehwag 1672 1732 96.54 95.26 100.00
2 TM Head 1399 1544 90.61 85.58 89.84
3 IVA Richards 1142 1618 70.58 78.19 82.08
4 RG Pollock 794 1405 56.51 70.19 73.68
5 Zaheer Abbas 874 1441 60.65 69.92 73.40
6 ST Jayasuriya 1495 2330 64.16 68.39 71.79
7 BC Lara 1852 2945 62.89 67.86 71.24
8 KP Pietersen 1612 2289 70.42 67.40 70.75
9 V Kohli 1799 2662 67.58 65.19 68.44
10 RT Ponting 1747 2752 63.48 63.79 66.96
11 BB McCullum 1554 2356 65.96 63.29 66.44
12 RG Sharma 1554 2347 66.21 63.28 66.43
13 KC Sangakkara 1981 3233 61.27 61.48 64.54
14 JL Langer 1531 2611 58.64 60.62 63.63
15 SM Gavaskar 1056 2083 50.70 59.82 62.79
16 GS Chappell 1492 2968 50.27 59.78 62.75
17 PA de Silva 1710 3259 52.47 56.80 59.62
18 MJ Clarke 1890 3165 59.72 56.35 59.15
19 Younis Khan 1828 3265 55.99 55.25 58.00
20 JE Root 1472 2541 57.93 55.18 57.92
21 DPMD Jayawardena 2012 3815 52.74 53.32 55.98
22 SPD Smith 1852 3316 55.85 52.88 55.52
23 GS Sobers 0 3 0.00 NA 52.49
24 WM Lawry 1392 3754 37.08 46.99 49.33
25 S Chanderpaul 1671 3750 44.56 45.44 47.70

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 Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena 374 237 213* 195 174 238.60 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 374 237 213* 195 174 238.60 300.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 138 233.20 293.21
3 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 167 222.40 279.63
4 KC Sangakkara 287 232 219 185 152 215.00 270.33
5 BC Lara 400* 196 176 153 130 211.00 265.30
6 V Sehwag 319 293 165 131 109 203.40 255.74
7 GS Sobers 365* 226 147 145 125 201.60 253.48
8 ST Jayasuriya 340 199 188 148 113 197.60 248.45
9 Younis Khan 313 199 194 131* 130 193.40 243.17
10 Zaheer Abbas 235* 215 186 176 96 181.60 228.33
11 JL Langer 250 223 191 126 116 181.20 227.83
12 BB McCullum 302 224 145 115 104 178.00 223.81
13 SPD Smith 239 192 162* 141* 133 173.40 218.02
14 RT Ponting 207 196 154 143* 142 168.40 211.74
15 KP Pietersen 202* 175 158 152 135 164.40 206.71
16 RG Pollock 274 209 137 105 90 163.00 204.95
17 JE Root 190 180 154* 149* 134 161.40 202.93
17 RG Sharma 212 176 161 131 127 161.40 202.93
19 SM Gavaskar 205 182* 166 123 120 159.20 200.17
19 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 153* 147* 127 159.20 200.17
21 IVA Richards 182* 177 142 130 123 150.80 189.61
22 WM Lawry 205 166 151 119 108 149.80 188.35
23 TM Head 170 163 152 140 123 149.60 188.10
24 PA de Silva 168 148 146 138* 127 145.40 182.82
25 GS Chappell 182* 144 124 123 109* 136.40 171.50

TOP FORM - HOME RATING

The TOP FORM - HOME (THM) 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 THM RAT
1 DPMD Jayawardena 300.00 274.28 55.98 300.00 930.25
2 V Kohli 268.24 281.60 68.44 279.63 897.91
3 GS Sobers 286.88 300.00 52.49 253.48 892.85
4 MJ Clarke 281.81 256.75 59.15 293.21 890.92
5 KC Sangakkara 295.38 259.47 64.54 270.33 889.71
6 BC Lara 276.14 257.89 71.24 265.30 870.58
7 SPD Smith 276.14 297.87 55.52 218.02 847.55
8 V Sehwag 249.30 211.68 100.00 255.74 816.73
9 RT Ponting 260.49 276.93 66.96 211.74 816.12
10 Younis Khan 272.56 225.34 58.00 243.17 799.07
11 S Chanderpaul 249.16 283.25 47.70 200.17 780.27
12 PA de Silva 254.97 270.14 59.62 182.82 767.55
13 ST Jayasuriya 222.91 215.89 71.79 248.45 759.04
14 IVA Richards 243.04 236.16 82.08 189.61 750.89
15 BB McCullum 231.71 216.46 66.44 223.81 738.42
16 RG Pollock 225.00 227.14 73.68 204.95 730.76
17 SM Gavaskar 238.27 229.04 62.79 200.17 730.27
18 KP Pietersen 240.36 211.44 70.75 206.71 729.26
19 Zaheer Abbas 201.59 224.83 73.40 228.33 728.15
20 RG Sharma 231.71 226.57 66.43 202.93 727.65
21 JL Langer 228.28 206.74 63.63 227.83 726.48
22 WM Lawry 239.76 244.10 49.33 188.35 721.53
23 JE Root 219.48 235.70 57.92 202.93 716.04
24 GS Chappell 222.47 253.94 62.75 171.50 710.66
25 TM Head 208.60 196.77 89.84 188.10 683.30

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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