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Top 25 Batsmen In Test Cricket Since 1950

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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 Test Cricket since 1950.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-11-11

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
3.4. ATTACKING
3.5. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. TOP FORM AT HOME
5.2. TOP FORM AWAY
5.3. DIFFICULT RUNS
5.4. IMPACT INNINGS
5.5. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. TOP TEAMS
7.1. Top Teams In Asia
7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home and Away, Difficult Runs, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 150.00
Attacking Strike Rate 150.00

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 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 265 11174 170.00
1 AR Border AUS 1978 1994 1986 265 11174 170.00
2 SM Gavaskar IND 1971 1987 1979 214 10122 153.99
3 Javed Miandad PAK 1976 1993 1984.5 189 8832 134.37
4 IVA Richards WI 1974 1991 1982.5 182 8540 129.93
5 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 160 8032 122.20
6 CH Lloyd WI 1966 1984 1975 175 7515 114.33
7 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 151 7110 108.17
8 KF Barrington ENG 1955 1968 1961.5 131 6806 103.55
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 329 15921 200.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 329 15921 200.00
2 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 287 13378 168.05
3 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 280 13289 166.94
4 RS Dravid IND 1996 2012 2004 286 13288 166.92
5 AN Cook ENG 2006 2018 2012 291 12472 156.67
6 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 233 12400 155.77
7 BC Lara WI 1990 2006 1998 232 11953 150.15
8 S Chanderpaul WI 1994 2015 2004.5 280 11867 149.07
9 Younis Khan PAK 2000 2017 2008.5 213 10099 126.86
10 HM Amla SA 2004 2019 2011.5 215 9282 116.60
11 GC Smith SA 2002 2014 2008 205 9265 116.39
12 AB de Villiers SA 2004 2018 2011 191 8765 110.11
13 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 180 8586 107.86
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2024 2018 272 12754 180.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2024 2018 272 12754 180.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2024 2017 195 9685 136.69
3 V Kohli IND 2011 2024 2017.5 201 9040 127.58
4 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2024 2017 180 8881 125.34

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 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 160 21 8032 57.78 60.14 250.00
1 GS Sobers 160 21 8032 57.78 60.14 250.00
2 SPD Smith 195 25 9685 56.97 58.62 243.70
3 KF Barrington 131 15 6806 58.67 57.98 241.04
4 GS Chappell 151 19 7110 53.86 55.77 231.85
5 KS Williamson 180 17 8881 54.48 54.92 228.30
6 KC Sangakkara 233 17 12400 57.41 53.95 224.25
7 JH Kallis 280 40 13289 55.37 53.85 223.87
8 JE Root 272 22 12754 51.02 53.16 220.97
9 SM Gavaskar 214 16 10122 51.12 52.51 218.29
10 BC Lara 232 6 11953 52.89 52.28 217.33
11 Javed Miandad 189 21 8832 52.57 51.95 215.97
12 AR Border 265 44 11174 50.56 51.65 214.70
13 SR Tendulkar 329 33 15921 53.79 51.59 214.46
14 IVA Richards 182 12 8540 50.24 51.55 214.30
15 S Chanderpaul 280 49 11867 51.37 50.83 211.30
16 RS Dravid 286 32 13288 52.31 50.57 210.20
17 AB de Villiers 191 18 8765 50.66 50.19 208.63
18 RT Ponting 287 29 13378 51.85 49.62 206.27
19 Younis Khan 213 19 10099 52.06 49.27 204.81
20 V Kohli 201 12 9040 47.83 48.86 203.09
21 V Sehwag 180 6 8586 49.34 48.54 201.77
22 CH Lloyd 175 14 7515 46.68 48.39 201.15
23 GC Smith 205 13 9265 48.26 48.25 200.57
24 AN Cook 291 16 12472 45.35 46.22 192.15
25 HM Amla 215 16 9282 46.64 46.00 191.24

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 140 19 7274 60.12 62.57 250.00
1 GS Sobers 140 19 7274 60.12 62.57 250.00
2 SPD Smith 159 15 7919 54.99 56.59 226.12
3 KF Barrington 111 12 5639 56.96 56.29 224.93
4 IVA Richards 162 12 7866 52.44 53.81 215.03
5 GS Chappell 121 16 5430 51.71 53.55 213.96
6 JE Root 207 16 9610 50.31 52.43 209.48
7 SM Gavaskar 192 13 8997 50.26 51.63 206.30
8 BC Lara 198 5 9952 51.56 50.97 203.67
9 Javed Miandad 156 17 7089 51.00 50.40 201.39
10 AR Border 228 37 9348 48.94 49.99 199.76
11 JH Kallis 202 23 9182 51.30 49.89 199.36
12 Younis Khan 164 13 7893 52.27 49.47 197.68
13 KC Sangakkara 180 12 8813 52.46 49.29 196.97
14 V Kohli 167 10 7485 47.68 48.70 194.58
15 V Sehwag 149 4 7169 49.44 48.63 194.32
16 SR Tendulkar 259 21 11980 50.34 48.28 192.91
17 CH Lloyd 157 13 6706 46.57 48.28 192.90
18 S Chanderpaul 223 34 9127 48.29 47.78 190.92
19 RT Ponting 207 16 9397 49.20 47.08 188.12
20 HM Amla 159 11 6955 46.99 46.35 185.20
21 AB de Villiers 146 9 6391 46.65 46.21 184.65
22 RS Dravid 218 21 9258 46.99 45.42 181.50
23 KS Williamson 120 9 4959 44.68 45.03 179.93
24 GC Smith 147 9 6085 44.09 44.09 176.17
25 AN Cook 202 6 8278 42.23 43.04 172.00

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman in the specific condition. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 221 216 213 275.43 150.00
1 BC Lara 400* 375 277 226 221 216 213 275.43 150.00
2 KC Sangakkara 319 287 270 232 230 222* 221 254.43 138.56
3 V Sehwag 319 309 293 254 201* 201 195 253.14 137.86
4 AN Cook 294 263 244* 243 235* 190 189 236.86 128.99
5 Younis Khan 313 267 218 213 200* 200* 199 230.00 125.26
6 Javed Miandad 280* 271 260 211 206 203* 163 227.71 124.01
7 JE Root 262 254 228 226 218 200* 190 225.43 122.77
8 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 211 204 200 222.86 121.37
9 GC Smith 277 259 234 232 200 183 157 220.29 119.97
10 RT Ponting 257 242 221 209 207 206 197 219.86 119.74
11 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 200* 192 219.71 119.66
12 RS Dravid 270 233 222 217 200* 191 190 217.57 118.49
13 SR Tendulkar 248* 241* 217 214 203 201* 194* 216.86 118.10
14 HM Amla 311* 253* 208 201 196 176* 159 214.86 117.01
15 GS Sobers 365* 226 198 178* 174 168 163* 210.29 114.52
16 IVA Richards 291 232 208 192* 182* 178 177 208.57 113.59
17 SPD Smith 239 215 211 200* 199 192 178* 204.86 111.57
18 GS Chappell 247* 235 204 201 182* 182 176 203.86 111.02
19 SM Gavaskar 236* 221 220 205 182* 176 172 201.71 109.85
20 AB de Villiers 278* 217* 178 174 169 164 163 191.86 104.49
21 JH Kallis 224 201* 189* 186 182* 177 173 190.29 103.63
22 AR Border 205 200* 196 163 162 153 152* 175.86 95.77
23 CH Lloyd 242* 178 163 161* 157 149 143 170.43 92.82
24 KF Barrington 256 172 163 151* 148* 148 143 168.71 91.88
25 S Chanderpaul 203* 203* 166 153* 150* 147* 140 166.00 90.40

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 2500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 4481 5580 80.30 88.85 150.00
1 V Sehwag 8586 10441 82.23 79.56 134.32
2 IVA Richards 6965 10051 69.30 76.15 128.57
3 CH Lloyd 4327 7489 57.78 66.28 111.90
4 GS Sobers 2407 4669 51.55 64.34 108.63
5 BC Lara 11953 19753 60.51 62.14 104.91
6 GS Chappell 6740 13080 51.53 59.64 100.69
7 RT Ponting 13378 22782 58.72 57.78 97.55
8 GC Smith 9265 15453 59.96 57.48 97.04
9 SR Tendulkar 15910 29431 54.06 54.47 91.97
10 JE Root 12754 22306 57.18 54.17 91.46
11 V Kohli 9040 16212 55.76 53.32 90.03
12 KC Sangakkara 12400 22882 54.19 53.24 89.88
13 AB de Villiers 8765 16048 54.62 52.52 88.67
14 KF Barrington 2359 5485 43.01 52.05 87.87
15 SM Gavaskar 6809 15327 44.42 51.40 86.79
16 SPD Smith 9685 18100 53.51 50.93 85.99
17 Younis Khan 10099 19355 52.18 50.91 85.95
18 Javed Miandad 6974 15241 45.76 50.43 85.14
19 KS Williamson 8881 17266 51.44 49.87 84.19
20 HM Amla 9282 18574 49.97 48.22 81.41
21 JH Kallis 13289 28899 45.98 45.90 77.49
22 AR Border 11096 27035 41.04 45.59 76.96
23 AN Cook 12472 26562 46.95 45.25 76.40
24 S Chanderpaul 11867 27411 43.29 43.69 73.76
25 RS Dravid 13288 31263 42.50 43.04 72.67

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT RAT PRI PTS
1 GS Sobers 122.20 500.00 114.52 108.63 845.35 422.68
2 BC Lara 150.15 421.00 150.00 104.91 826.07 413.03
3 JE Root 180.00 430.45 122.77 91.46 824.68 412.34
4 SR Tendulkar 200.00 407.37 118.10 91.97 817.44 408.72
5 KC Sangakkara 155.77 421.22 138.56 89.88 805.43 402.72
6 SPD Smith 136.69 469.83 111.57 85.99 804.07 402.03
7 IVA Richards 129.93 429.33 113.59 128.57 801.41 400.71
8 RT Ponting 168.05 394.39 119.74 97.55 779.74 389.87
9 V Sehwag 107.86 396.08 137.86 134.32 776.13 388.06
10 SM Gavaskar 153.99 424.59 109.85 86.79 775.23 387.61
11 JH Kallis 166.94 423.23 103.63 77.49 771.29 385.64
12 GS Chappell 108.17 445.81 111.02 100.69 765.69 382.85
13 Javed Miandad 134.37 417.36 124.01 85.14 760.88 380.44
14 AR Border 170.00 414.46 95.77 76.96 757.20 378.60
15 RS Dravid 166.92 391.70 118.49 72.67 749.79 374.89
16 KF Barrington 103.55 465.97 91.88 87.87 749.27 374.63
17 Younis Khan 126.86 402.49 125.26 85.95 740.56 370.28
18 KS Williamson 125.34 408.23 119.66 84.19 737.42 368.71
19 V Kohli 127.58 397.68 121.37 90.03 736.66 368.33
20 AN Cook 156.67 364.15 128.99 76.40 726.21 363.11
21 S Chanderpaul 149.07 402.22 90.40 73.76 715.46 357.73
22 CH Lloyd 114.33 394.05 92.82 111.90 713.10 356.55
23 GC Smith 116.39 376.74 119.97 97.04 710.13 355.07
24 AB de Villiers 110.11 393.28 104.49 88.67 696.55 348.27
25 HM Amla 116.60 376.44 117.01 81.41 691.46 345.73

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Familiar Conditions 250.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 1,000.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 111 6217 58.65 60.35 834.21 208.55
2 GS Sobers 75 4075 66.80 46.08 833.36 208.34
3 RT Ponting 154 7578 56.98 60.00 804.52 201.13
4 JE Root 137 6758 54.94 59.73 804.28 201.07
5 KC Sangakkara 124 6830 60.44 55.56 791.82 197.96
6 KS Williamson 81 4747 66.86 54.53 775.10 193.78
7 V Sehwag 89 4656 54.14 83.43 768.72 192.18
8 Javed Miandad 86 4481 61.38 45.75 765.68 191.42
9 SPD Smith 91 4701 62.68 54.46 764.93 191.23
10 JH Kallis 143 7035 56.73 47.73 763.89 190.97
11 GS Chappell 96 4515 54.40 51.24 741.85 185.46
12 V Kohli 87 4336 55.59 59.31 737.65 184.41
13 SR Tendulkar 153 7216 52.67 53.22 731.67 182.92
14 S Chanderpaul 133 6187 58.37 41.90 727.42 181.86
15 SM Gavaskar 108 5067 50.17 46.77 716.03 179.01
16 Younis Khan 84 4382 56.91 53.15 708.00 177.00
17 IVA Richards 67 3136 49.78 67.29 702.23 175.56
18 AN Cook 155 6568 44.38 48.03 669.85 167.46
19 RS Dravid 120 5598 51.36 42.38 665.81 166.45
20 AR Border 145 5743 45.94 40.10 663.33 165.83
21 HM Amla 117 5135 46.68 51.32 638.92 159.73
22 KF Barrington 73 3347 50.71 42.36 631.64 157.91
23 AB de Villiers 109 4788 47.41 57.44 628.93 157.23
24 CH Lloyd 67 2881 46.47 54.67 608.38 152.10
25 GC Smith 103 3986 41.52 64.02 577.19 144.30

Away From Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 176 8705 54.75 54.78 817.21 817.21
2 IVA Richards 115 5404 50.50 70.25 810.27 810.27
3 KF Barrington 58 3459 69.18 45.15 784.65 784.65
4 AR Border 120 5431 56.57 42.10 774.71 774.71
5 JE Root 135 5996 47.21 54.55 766.71 766.71
6 SPD Smith 104 4984 52.46 52.64 757.19 757.19
7 GS Sobers 85 3957 50.73 52.60 757.11 757.11
8 GC Smith 102 5279 54.99 57.21 751.91 751.91
9 SM Gavaskar 106 5055 52.11 41.73 750.20 750.20
10 RS Dravid 166 7690 53.03 42.60 746.61 746.61
11 KC Sangakkara 109 5570 54.08 52.60 736.28 736.28
12 BC Lara 121 5736 47.80 60.69 730.14 730.14
13 CH Lloyd 108 4634 46.81 58.55 723.88 723.88
14 AN Cook 136 5904 46.49 45.81 697.04 697.04
15 JH Kallis 137 6254 53.91 44.17 694.69 694.69
16 V Sehwag 91 3930 44.66 80.86 694.30 694.30
17 Younis Khan 129 5717 48.86 51.46 693.49 693.49
18 AB de Villiers 82 3977 55.24 51.56 692.96 692.96
19 GS Chappell 55 2595 52.96 52.10 691.33 691.33
20 Javed Miandad 103 4351 45.80 45.76 675.27 675.27
21 RT Ponting 133 5800 46.40 57.13 662.00 662.00
22 HM Amla 98 4147 46.60 48.40 660.02 660.02
23 V Kohli 114 4704 42.38 52.85 654.17 654.17
24 S Chanderpaul 147 5680 45.44 44.92 631.23 631.23
25 KS Williamson 99 4134 44.93 48.29 630.43 630.43

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 206 10423 52.12 61.11 822.87 205.72
2 GS Sobers 142 6973 55.78 51.59 802.12 200.53
3 SPD Smith 155 7963 59.43 55.86 796.75 199.19
4 RT Ponting 239 11489 53.94 59.53 795.57 198.89
5 IVA Richards 144 7030 51.69 69.66 793.61 198.40
6 JE Root 212 9965 51.63 57.10 790.09 197.52
7 JH Kallis 236 11231 55.33 46.36 758.27 189.57
8 GS Chappell 145 6663 52.88 51.05 736.24 184.06
9 AR Border 226 9375 49.87 40.49 725.68 181.42
10 KS Williamson 133 6740 57.12 52.66 709.54 177.39
11 S Chanderpaul 233 10017 51.90 42.42 709.10 177.28
12 KF Barrington 118 5903 55.69 43.01 695.28 173.82
13 AN Cook 236 9762 43.58 47.60 688.56 172.14
14 GC Smith 170 7537 48.01 60.66 686.29 171.57
15 HM Amla 172 7423 46.39 52.04 671.51 167.88
16 AB de Villiers 155 7019 49.78 54.45 646.46 161.61
17 CH Lloyd 144 5886 43.60 57.09 642.96 160.74

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Sehwag 114 6256 57.39 84.95 811.34 202.84
2 KC Sangakkara 165 9355 61.55 55.15 804.76 201.19
3 SR Tendulkar 194 9674 56.24 54.08 756.45 189.11
4 Younis Khan 133 6926 58.20 53.69 735.27 183.82
5 Javed Miandad 111 5492 57.21 45.63 727.57 181.89
6 SM Gavaskar 133 6254 50.85 46.52 713.44 178.36
7 V Kohli 102 4789 52.63 58.62 711.71 177.93
8 RS Dravid 160 7370 51.18 43.72 666.07 166.52

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JE Root 60 2789 48.93 57.46 829.52 829.52
2 AN Cook 55 2710 53.14 44.77 800.07 800.07
3 CH Lloyd 31 1629 62.65 62.12 786.41 786.41
4 AR Border 39 1799 54.52 44.25 717.34 717.34
5 BC Lara 26 1530 58.85 56.75 699.87 699.87
6 AB de Villiers 36 1746 54.56 55.29 691.50 691.50
7 KF Barrington 13 903 90.30 NK 689.52 689.52
8 GS Sobers 18 1059 75.64 NK 689.10 689.10
9 KS Williamson 47 2141 47.58 47.92 683.01 683.01
10 JH Kallis 44 2058 55.62 44.05 674.14 674.14
11 IVA Richards 38 1510 44.41 66.94 671.52 671.52
12 GC Smith 35 1728 49.37 57.09 655.17 655.17
13 HM Amla 43 1859 47.67 43.14 643.02 643.02
14 S Chanderpaul 47 1850 48.68 48.71 637.37 637.37
15 RT Ponting 48 1889 41.98 54.23 615.67 615.67
16 SPD Smith 40 1722 47.83 44.79 603.27 603.27
17 GS Chappell 6 447 74.50 59.28 500.00 500.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 135 6247 50.38 54.03 912.78 912.78
2 RS Dravid 126 5918 53.80 41.09 893.07 893.07
3 SM Gavaskar 81 3868 51.57 40.94 882.55 882.55
4 Javed Miandad 78 3340 46.39 45.93 826.55 826.55
5 V Kohli 99 4251 43.38 52.85 824.02 824.02
6 KC Sangakkara 68 3045 47.58 51.44 740.07 740.07
7 Younis Khan 80 3173 42.31 49.16 698.69 698.69
8 V Sehwag 66 2330 35.85 75.72 629.38 629.38

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 SR Tendulkar 817.21 182.92 912.78 189.11 2,102.02 210.20
2 JE Root 766.71 201.07 829.52 197.52 1,994.83 199.48
3 SM Gavaskar 750.20 179.01 882.55 178.36 1,990.12 199.01
4 RS Dravid 746.61 166.45 893.07 166.52 1,972.65 197.27
5 KC Sangakkara 736.28 197.96 740.07 201.19 1,875.50 187.55
6 Javed Miandad 675.27 191.42 826.55 181.89 1,875.13 187.51
7 IVA Richards 810.27 175.56 671.52 198.40 1,855.75 185.58
8 GS Sobers 757.11 208.34 689.10 200.53 1,855.07 185.51
9 BC Lara 730.14 208.55 699.87 205.72 1,844.29 184.43
10 V Kohli 654.17 184.41 824.02 177.93 1,840.54 184.05
11 AR Border 774.71 165.83 717.34 181.42 1,839.31 183.93
12 AN Cook 697.04 167.46 800.07 172.14 1,836.72 183.67
13 CH Lloyd 723.88 152.10 786.41 160.74 1,823.12 182.31
14 KF Barrington 784.65 157.91 689.52 173.82 1,805.89 180.59
15 Younis Khan 693.49 177.00 698.69 183.82 1,752.99 175.30
16 SPD Smith 757.19 191.23 603.27 199.19 1,750.88 175.09
17 JH Kallis 694.69 190.97 674.14 189.57 1,749.37 174.94
18 GC Smith 751.91 144.30 655.17 171.57 1,722.96 172.30
19 V Sehwag 694.30 192.18 629.38 202.84 1,718.70 171.87
20 AB de Villiers 692.96 157.23 691.50 161.61 1,703.30 170.33
21 KS Williamson 630.43 193.78 683.01 177.39 1,684.60 168.46
22 RT Ponting 662.00 201.13 615.67 198.89 1,677.69 167.77
23 HM Amla 660.02 159.73 643.02 167.88 1,630.64 163.06
24 S Chanderpaul 631.23 181.86 637.37 177.28 1,627.73 162.77
25 GS Chappell 691.33 185.46 500.00 184.06 1,560.85 156.09

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Difficult Runs 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our OVERALL Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 30 2418 96.72 68.52 948.96 189.79
2 KC Sangakkara 30 2434 90.15 60.43 896.78 179.36
3 BC Lara 30 2350 83.93 64.45 895.41 179.08
4 KS Williamson 30 2370 91.15 57.83 881.61 176.32
5 GS Sobers 30 2251 90.04 NK 858.56 171.71
6 RT Ponting 30 2065 89.78 60.61 830.58 166.12
7 SPD Smith 30 2146 89.42 58.62 820.47 164.09
8 V Sehwag 30 1900 63.33 95.53 805.61 161.12
9 JH Kallis 30 2197 91.54 53.77 805.26 161.05
10 Javed Miandad 30 2050 78.85 50.25 783.82 156.76
11 SR Tendulkar 30 2096 80.62 55.89 777.31 155.46
12 Younis Khan 30 1946 77.84 53.21 745.30 149.06
13 KF Barrington 30 1923 73.96 41.93 732.99 146.60
14 AB de Villiers 30 2019 72.11 57.10 710.59 142.12
15 JE Root 30 1741 64.48 68.19 708.51 141.70
16 IVA Richards 30 1782 66.00 72.77 707.14 141.43
17 SM Gavaskar 30 1871 66.82 50.44 706.56 141.31
18 GS Chappell 30 1764 70.56 53.21 692.00 138.40
19 S Chanderpaul 30 1717 78.05 46.73 678.59 135.72
20 HM Amla 30 1753 62.61 54.59 666.60 133.32
21 RS Dravid 30 1559 62.36 44.98 635.13 127.03
22 CH Lloyd 30 1649 56.86 61.08 623.42 124.68
23 AR Border 30 1586 58.74 42.85 619.01 123.80
24 GC Smith 30 1452 53.78 65.58 606.72 121.34
25 AN Cook 30 1521 52.45 48.58 595.09 119.02

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 30 2348 80.97 69.80 957.29 765.83
2 RS Dravid 30 2209 88.36 48.87 920.45 736.36
3 HM Amla 30 2042 81.68 54.22 878.93 703.14
4 AN Cook 30 2113 81.27 48.95 878.50 702.80
5 V Sehwag 30 1782 61.45 85.10 837.72 670.17
6 KF Barrington 30 2097 87.38 NK 829.72 663.78
7 SR Tendulkar 30 1809 75.38 55.59 819.62 655.70
8 BC Lara 30 1921 64.03 60.87 815.26 652.21
9 RT Ponting 30 1966 75.62 66.49 812.17 649.74
10 SPD Smith 30 1879 72.27 54.85 810.67 648.54
11 KC Sangakkara 30 1974 70.50 50.65 800.83 640.67
12 AB de Villiers 30 1732 75.30 52.48 790.13 632.10
13 Javed Miandad 30 1841 68.19 46.84 789.02 631.22
14 GS Sobers 30 1819 67.37 54.25 785.33 628.26
15 KS Williamson 30 1873 72.04 54.23 784.69 627.76
16 JE Root 30 1748 58.27 56.51 771.59 617.27
17 JH Kallis 30 1811 86.24 45.13 767.12 613.69
18 CH Lloyd 30 1624 58.00 74.72 761.88 609.50
19 V Kohli 30 1786 61.59 61.16 755.67 604.54
20 SM Gavaskar 30 1851 63.83 45.52 745.49 596.39
21 AR Border 30 1637 71.17 47.48 727.77 582.22
22 Younis Khan 30 1623 62.42 51.02 722.24 577.79
23 GC Smith 30 1634 56.34 57.07 720.18 576.15
24 S Chanderpaul 30 1503 68.32 50.52 685.38 548.31
25 GS Chappell 30 1409 52.19 52.77 674.15 539.32

DIFFICULT RUNS

DIFF RNS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Difficult Runs are runs scored in the first and fourth innings after losing the toss.
  • Only performances against Top Teams are considered in this rating.

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SM Gavaskar 34 1547 55.25 44.98 913.56 456.78
2 IVA Richards 33 1487 49.57 70.56 909.25 454.62
3 RT Ponting 36 1631 54.37 63.22 887.76 443.88
4 S Chanderpaul 42 1699 49.97 48.13 832.10 416.05
5 SR Tendulkar 50 1671 39.79 55.02 812.42 406.21
6 Javed Miandad 28 1264 57.45 43.82 790.75 395.37
7 JH Kallis 42 1597 43.16 44.51 776.48 388.24
8 Younis Khan 35 1444 48.13 51.52 775.41 387.71
9 SPD Smith 33 1331 42.94 49.48 772.92 386.46
10 AB de Villiers 30 1311 46.82 43.93 764.11 382.05
11 JE Root 42 1374 40.41 49.87 761.73 380.87
12 GS Chappell 25 964 50.74 54.87 743.26 371.63
13 GS Sobers 19 773 59.46 35.33 693.91 346.95
14 CH Lloyd 29 984 39.36 61.18 676.62 338.31
15 GC Smith 28 1075 43.00 56.25 674.13 337.07
16 AR Border 45 1296 32.40 34.95 662.97 331.48
17 V Kohli 38 1172 33.49 52.96 646.59 323.30
18 BC Lara 37 1134 31.50 56.14 638.83 319.42
19 KC Sangakkara 34 1130 33.24 52.98 632.51 316.25
20 KS Williamson 23 810 38.57 47.45 619.56 309.78
21 RS Dravid 43 1164 33.26 36.34 574.43 287.22
22 V Sehwag 30 779 28.85 76.52 548.93 274.47
23 AN Cook 42 1062 26.55 42.19 524.54 262.27
24 HM Amla 32 913 29.45 40.27 488.96 244.48
25 KF Barrington 16 438 36.50 46.87 477.06 238.53

IMPACT INNINGS

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th innings are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 20% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 12.5% of the total runs at a high SR.
  • The SR should be 1.5 times the SR of the better innings.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BATSMAN INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 KF Barrington 131 42 32.06 913.33 913.33
2 IVA Richards 182 55 30.22 874.31 874.31
3 SM Gavaskar 214 63 29.44 855.69 855.69
4 BC Lara 232 70 30.17 841.51 841.51
5 SR Tendulkar 329 90 27.36 834.43 834.43
6 JE Root 272 73 26.84 793.28 793.28
7 GS Sobers 160 43 26.88 759.84 759.84
8 S Chanderpaul 280 72 25.71 738.94 738.94
9 KC Sangakkara 233 63 27.04 735.18 735.18
10 GC Smith 205 52 25.37 729.50 729.50
11 JH Kallis 280 70 25.00 727.89 727.89
12 HM Amla 215 54 25.12 721.23 721.23
13 KS Williamson 180 51 28.33 715.15 715.15
14 Javed Miandad 189 48 25.40 699.62 699.62
15 RS Dravid 286 67 23.43 696.78 696.78
16 AB de Villiers 191 49 25.65 696.27 696.27
17 V Sehwag 180 50 27.78 694.61 694.61
18 GS Chappell 151 39 25.83 683.05 683.05
19 SPD Smith 195 47 24.10 673.33 673.33
20 RT Ponting 287 63 21.95 645.25 645.25
21 AR Border 265 53 20.00 632.27 632.27
22 CH Lloyd 175 36 20.57 607.56 607.56
23 Younis Khan 213 46 21.60 603.94 603.94
24 V Kohli 201 43 21.39 603.19 603.19
25 AN Cook 291 54 18.56 549.46 549.46

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN TF HM TF AW DIF RNS II TOT SEC RAT
1 IVA Richards 141.43 765.83 454.62 874.31 2,236.19 223.62
2 SR Tendulkar 155.46 655.70 406.21 834.43 2,051.80 205.18
3 SM Gavaskar 141.31 596.39 456.78 855.69 2,050.17 205.02
4 BC Lara 179.08 652.21 319.42 841.51 1,992.21 199.22
5 KF Barrington 146.60 663.78 238.53 913.33 1,962.24 196.22
6 JE Root 141.70 617.27 380.87 793.28 1,933.11 193.31
7 GS Sobers 171.71 628.26 346.95 759.84 1,906.77 190.68
8 RT Ponting 166.12 649.74 443.88 645.25 1,904.98 190.50
9 JH Kallis 161.05 613.69 388.24 727.89 1,890.88 189.09
10 Javed Miandad 156.76 631.22 395.37 699.62 1,882.97 188.30
11 SPD Smith 164.09 648.54 386.46 673.33 1,872.42 187.24
12 KC Sangakkara 179.36 640.67 316.25 735.18 1,871.45 187.15
13 AB de Villiers 142.12 632.10 382.05 696.27 1,852.54 185.25
14 RS Dravid 127.03 736.36 287.22 696.78 1,847.39 184.74
15 S Chanderpaul 135.72 548.31 416.05 738.94 1,839.01 183.90
16 KS Williamson 176.32 627.76 309.78 715.15 1,829.01 182.90
17 HM Amla 133.32 703.14 244.48 721.23 1,802.17 180.22
18 V Sehwag 161.12 670.17 274.47 694.61 1,800.37 180.04
19 GC Smith 121.34 576.15 337.07 729.50 1,764.06 176.41
20 GS Chappell 138.40 539.32 371.63 683.05 1,732.40 173.24
21 V Kohli 189.79 604.54 323.30 603.19 1,720.82 172.08
22 Younis Khan 149.06 577.79 387.71 603.94 1,718.49 171.85
23 CH Lloyd 124.68 609.50 338.31 607.56 1,680.06 168.01
24 AR Border 123.80 582.22 331.48 632.27 1,669.77 166.98
25 AN Cook 119.02 702.80 262.27 549.46 1,633.55 163.36

OVERALL RATING

The OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 SR Tendulkar IND 408.72 210.20 205.18 824.10
2 IVA Richards WI 400.71 185.58 223.62 809.90
3 JE Root ENG 412.34 199.48 193.31 805.14
4 GS Sobers WI 422.68 185.51 190.68 798.86
5 BC Lara WI 413.03 184.43 199.22 796.68
6 SM Gavaskar IND 387.61 199.01 205.02 791.64
7 KC Sangakkara SL 402.72 187.55 187.15 777.41
8 SPD Smith AUS 402.03 175.09 187.24 764.37
9 RS Dravid IND 374.89 197.27 184.74 756.90
10 Javed Miandad PAK 380.44 187.51 188.30 756.25
11 KF Barrington ENG 374.63 180.59 196.22 751.45
12 JH Kallis SA 385.64 174.94 189.09 749.67
13 RT Ponting AUS 389.87 167.77 190.50 748.14
14 V Sehwag IND 388.06 171.87 180.04 739.97
15 AR Border AUS 378.60 183.93 166.98 729.51
16 V Kohli IND 368.33 184.05 172.08 724.46
17 KS Williamson NZ 368.71 168.46 182.90 720.07
18 Younis Khan PAK 370.28 175.30 171.85 717.43
19 GS Chappell AUS 382.85 156.09 173.24 712.17
20 AN Cook ENG 363.11 183.67 163.36 710.13
21 CH Lloyd WI 356.55 182.31 168.01 706.87
22 S Chanderpaul WI 357.73 162.77 183.90 704.40
23 AB de Villiers SA 348.27 170.33 185.25 703.86
24 GC Smith SA 355.07 172.30 176.41 703.77
25 HM Amla SA 345.73 163.06 180.22 689.01

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ 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 SA ENG IND NZ
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND
2020s AUS NZ ENG SA IND

2 thoughts on “Top 25 Batsmen In Test Cricket Since 1950”

  1. Hey there really loved your wholesome and all around analysis. Loved the results even more as Sachin deserves to be on the top. But a similar analysis made by Ananth Narayan(espn) rates Lara higher. Is it possible for you to look at that and may be give as to why that is the case.

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    • Thanks for your appreciation and sorry for the delay in replying to your message. I will try and see that post. Will get in touch when I do so.

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