Top 25 Test Batsmen In Top Form

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 their Top Form in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TOP FORM RATING

TF RATING

Points to note about TOP FORM Rating:-

This Rating is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
There are three Top Form Ratings.
These 3 consider performances At Home, Away From Home or Overall

THE CRITERIA

The TF 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	15
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	FP	LP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	WI	1976-01-03	1981-03-27	50	3483	250.00
1	IVA Richards	WI	1976-01-03	1981-03-27	50	3483	250.00
2	KC Sangakkara	SL	2006-07-27	2010-07-26	50	3457	248.13
3	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	2006-05-11	2009-11-16	50	3451	247.70
4	BC Lara	WI	2001-04-19	2004-06-04	50	3392	243.47
5	RT Ponting	AUS	2001-08-16	2004-03-08	50	3318	238.16
6	V Kohli	IND	2016-09-30	2018-12-26	50	3309	237.51
7	GS Sobers	WI	1957-08-22	1963-06-20	50	3291	236.22
8	SPD Smith	AUS	2014-10-30	2017-01-03	50	3255	233.63
9	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	2003-12-19	2007-01-26	50	3253	233.49
10	ML Hayden	AUS	2001-11-22	2004-03-16	50	3245	232.92
11	SM Gavaskar	IND	1977-02-11	1980-01-15	50	3216	230.84
12	KF Barrington	ENG	1963-08-22	1968-02-08	50	3144	225.67
13	SR Tendulkar	IND	1997-03-14	2001-02-27	50	3142	225.52
14	RS Dravid	IND	2002-07-25	2005-09-20	50	3138	225.24
15	HM Amla	SA	2010-02-06	2013-10-14	50	3132	224.81
16	MJ Clarke	AUS	2011-09-16	2013-12-05	50	3096	222.22
17	AB de Villiers	SA	2010-06-18	2014-02-20	50	3093	222.01
18	Younis Khan	PAK	2005-03-16	2009-07-04	50	3067	220.14
19	V Sehwag	IND	2008-01-24	2010-11-04	50	3035	217.84
20	DA Warner	AUS	2013-11-21	2016-01-03	50	3017	216.55
21	JH Kallis	SA	2001-09-07	2004-08-04	50	2999	215.26
22	KS Williamson	NZ	2018-12-03	2024-02-04	50	2994	214.90
23	JE Root	ENG	2014-06-12	2016-07-22	50	2849	204.49
24	A Flower	ZIM	1998-02-26	2001-11-15	50	2807	201.48
25	SR Waugh	AUS	1993-06-03	1997-01-25	50	2750	197.39

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	1000

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SPD Smith	50	9	3255	79.39	83.46	400.00
1	SPD Smith	50	9	3255	79.39	83.46	400.00
2	SR Waugh	50	16	2750	80.88	83.09	398.24
3	JH Kallis	50	13	2999	81.05	79.22	379.71
4	GS Sobers	50	6	3291	74.80	78.33	375.42
5	A Flower	50	13	2807	75.86	77.63	372.06
6	RT Ponting	50	7	3318	77.16	74.49	357.00
7	KC Sangakkara	50	6	3457	78.57	74.39	356.56
8	IVA Richards	50	2	3483	72.56	74.29	356.05
9	V Kohli	50	4	3309	71.93	73.77	353.57
10	ML Hayden	50	6	3245	73.75	72.18	345.96
11	AB de Villiers	50	7	3093	71.93	71.84	344.30
12	BC Lara	50	2	3392	70.67	71.60	343.18
13	RS Dravid	50	7	3138	72.98	71.59	343.13
14	KF Barrington	50	6	3144	71.45	71.31	341.78
15	SM Gavaskar	50	3	3216	68.43	71.20	341.27
16	JE Root	50	7	2849	66.26	70.69	338.82
17	HM Amla	50	6	3132	71.18	70.01	335.52
18	DPMD Jayawardena	50	3	3451	73.43	69.90	335.00
19	KS Williamson	50	5	2994	66.53	68.29	327.32
20	SR Tendulkar	50	5	3142	69.82	68.05	326.16
21	DA Warner	50	2	3017	62.85	66.70	319.69
22	MJ Clarke	50	5	3096	68.80	66.57	319.06
23	Mohammad Yousuf	50	2	3253	67.77	65.79	315.31
24	Younis Khan	50	5	3067	68.16	65.76	315.20
25	V Sehwag	50	2	3035	63.23	62.79	300.95

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	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	240	213*	195	259.40	200.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	240	213*	195	259.40	200.00
2	BC Lara	400*	221	209	202	191	244.60	188.59
3	MJ Clarke	329*	259*	230	210	187	243.00	187.36
4	V Sehwag	319	293	201*	173	165	230.20	177.49
5	Younis Khan	313	267	199	194	173	229.20	176.72
6	KC Sangakkara	287	222*	219	200*	192	224.00	172.71
7	GS Sobers	365*	226	198	168	153	222.00	171.16
8	V Kohli	243	235	213	211	204	221.20	170.55
9	KS Williamson	251	238	215	200*	200*	220.80	170.24
10	RS Dravid	270	233	222	217	160	220.40	169.93
11	RT Ponting	257	242	206	169	157*	206.20	158.98
12	ML Hayden	380	197	177	138	136	205.60	158.52
13	IVA Richards	291	232	182*	177	145	205.40	158.37
14	HM Amla	311*	253*	196	140	123*	204.60	157.75
15	Mohammad Yousuf	223	202	192	192	191	200.00	154.20
16	JE Root	254	200*	182*	154*	149*	187.80	144.80
17	SPD Smith	215	199	192	165*	162*	186.60	143.87
18	SM Gavaskar	221	205	182*	166	137	182.20	140.48
19	AB de Villiers	278*	169	164	160*	135*	181.20	139.71
20	SR Tendulkar	217	201*	177	155*	148	179.60	138.47
21	A Flower	232*	199*	183*	142	129	177.00	136.47
22	KF Barrington	256	163	148*	148	143	171.60	132.31
23	DA Warner	253	163	145	145	135	168.20	129.68
24	SR Waugh	200	170	164	157*	147*	167.60	129.22
25	JH Kallis	189*	177	158	157*	150*	166.20	128.14

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	1000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	1346	1549	86.89	96.13	150.00
1	V Sehwag	3035	3246	93.50	90.13	140.63
2	DA Warner	3017	3680	81.98	78.75	122.88
3	IVA Richards	2738	4034	67.87	74.44	116.15
4	ML Hayden	3245	4855	66.84	64.70	100.95
5	RT Ponting	3318	5135	64.62	63.33	98.82
6	GS Sobers	369	736	50.14	62.37	97.32
7	BC Lara	3392	5772	58.77	60.22	93.97
8	MJ Clarke	3096	4998	61.94	59.48	92.81
9	Mohammad Yousuf	3253	5515	58.98	59.00	92.06
10	V Kohli	3309	5353	61.82	58.68	91.56
11	SR Tendulkar	3142	5409	58.09	58.35	91.05
12	JE Root	2849	4606	61.85	58.13	90.71
13	SPD Smith	3255	5312	61.28	57.93	90.40
14	KC Sangakkara	3457	5852	59.07	57.74	90.09
15	AB de Villiers	3093	5381	57.48	55.43	86.49
16	Younis Khan	3067	5406	56.73	55.32	86.32
17	SM Gavaskar	2364	4928	47.97	55.28	86.26
18	HM Amla	3132	5587	56.06	54.07	84.37
19	DPMD Jayawardena	3451	6313	54.66	53.70	83.80
20	KF Barrington	1862	4240	43.92	53.57	83.58
21	KS Williamson	2994	5602	53.45	51.45	80.28
22	A Flower	2807	5907	47.52	50.69	79.10
23	SR Waugh	2750	5732	47.98	50.58	78.92
24	JH Kallis	2999	6143	48.82	48.50	75.67
25	RS Dravid	3138	6887	45.56	45.82	71.49

TOP FORM RATING

The TOP FORM (TF) 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 RAT
1	IVA Richards	250.00	356.05	158.37	116.15	880.56
2	GS Sobers	236.22	375.42	171.16	97.32	880.13
3	BC Lara	243.47	343.18	188.59	93.97	869.21
4	SPD Smith	233.63	400.00	143.87	90.40	867.90
5	KC Sangakkara	248.13	356.56	172.71	90.09	867.49
6	DPMD Jayawardena	247.70	335.00	200.00	83.80	866.51
7	V Kohli	237.51	353.57	170.55	91.56	853.18
8	RT Ponting	238.16	357.00	158.98	98.82	852.96
9	ML Hayden	232.92	345.96	158.52	100.95	838.35
10	V Sehwag	217.84	300.95	177.49	140.63	836.91
11	MJ Clarke	222.22	319.06	187.36	92.81	821.45
12	RS Dravid	225.24	343.13	169.93	71.49	809.78
13	SR Waugh	197.39	398.24	129.22	78.92	803.77
14	HM Amla	224.81	335.52	157.75	84.37	802.45
15	SM Gavaskar	230.84	341.27	140.48	86.26	798.84
16	JH Kallis	215.26	379.71	128.14	75.67	798.78
17	Younis Khan	220.14	315.20	176.72	86.32	798.38
18	Mohammad Yousuf	233.49	315.31	154.20	92.06	795.07
19	KS Williamson	214.90	327.32	170.24	80.28	792.74
20	AB de Villiers	222.01	344.30	139.71	86.49	792.50
21	A Flower	201.48	372.06	136.47	79.10	789.11
22	DA Warner	216.55	319.69	129.68	122.88	788.81
23	KF Barrington	225.67	341.78	132.31	83.58	783.34
24	SR Tendulkar	225.52	326.16	138.47	91.05	781.21
25	JE Root	204.49	338.82	144.80	90.71	778.82