ODIs - Best West Indian Middle Order Batsmen

Top 10 West Indian Middle Order Batsmen In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 West Indian middle order (3-6) batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

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. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. 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
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from West Indies.

  • The Rating of the players from West Indies remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from West Indies.
Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, 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.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30
Min Overall Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 1996
Era 2 MP between 1995 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS M Azharuddin IND 1985 2000 1992.5 300 9237 160.00
1 IVA Richards WI 1975 1991 1983 166 6716 116.33
2 CL Hooper WI 1987 2003 1995 187 5415 93.80
3 RB Richardson WI 1983 1996 1989.5 180 5286 91.56
4 CH Lloyd WI 1973 1985 1979 69 1977 34.24
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 358 13422 190.00
1 BC Lara WI 1990 2007 1998.5 235 8139 115.21
2 S Chanderpaul WI 1995 2011 2003 168 5765 81.61
3 RR Sarwan WI 2000 2013 2006.5 162 5578 78.96
4 MN Samuels WI 2000 2018 2009 183 5520 78.14
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2009 2026 2017.5 288 14593 200.00
1 SD Hope WI 2016 2025 2020.5 94 3501 47.98
2 N Pooran WI 2019 2023 2021 58 1983 27.18

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
Min Runs (TT) 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 176 55 6530 46 53.97 56.33 150.00
1 IVA Richards 166 24 6716 45 47.30 48.59 129.40
2 CH Lloyd 69 19 1977 11 39.54 46.59 124.05
3 RR Sarwan 162 30 5578 38 42.26 42.80 113.96
4 S Chanderpaul 168 31 5765 41 42.08 42.77 113.90
5 SD Hope 94 16 3501 19 44.88 41.73 111.11
6 BC Lara 235 26 8139 47 38.94 40.30 107.32
7 CL Hooper 187 38 5415 29 36.34 38.79 103.28
8 N Pooran 58 8 1983 11 39.66 38.54 102.63
9 RB Richardson 180 25 5286 38 34.10 35.15 93.61
10 MN Samuels 183 20 5520 30 33.87 33.45 89.07

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 142 44 5422 38 55.33 58.67 150.00
1 IVA Richards 156 23 6228 44 46.83 48.69 124.49
2 CH Lloyd 66 16 1820 9 36.40 43.31 110.73
3 RR Sarwan 131 19 4444 34 39.68 41.51 106.15
4 S Chanderpaul 136 19 4631 32 39.58 41.48 106.06
5 CL Hooper 173 36 5040 28 36.79 39.71 101.54
6 N Pooran 38 4 1316 8 38.71 38.58 98.64
7 BC Lara 192 17 6316 37 36.09 38.15 97.53
8 SD Hope 58 8 1878 10 37.56 35.95 91.92
9 RB Richardson 172 23 5078 35 34.08 35.36 90.42
10 MN Samuels 137 15 4010 22 32.87 33.02 84.43

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3030 2365 128.12 113.59 150.00
1 IVA Richards 6716 7439 90.28 99.50 131.39
2 CH Lloyd 1977 2432 81.29 93.09 122.93
3 N Pooran 1983 2000 99.15 88.52 116.88
4 BC Lara 8139 10127 80.37 83.62 110.42
5 CL Hooper 5415 7032 77.01 81.58 107.73
6 RR Sarwan 5578 7418 75.20 74.86 98.85
7 MN Samuels 5520 7318 75.43 72.46 95.69
8 RB Richardson 5286 8148 64.87 72.42 95.63
9 SD Hope 3501 4366 80.19 71.96 95.02
10 S Chanderpaul 5765 8093 71.23 71.95 95.01

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2435 2031 119.89 106.19 150.00
1 IVA Richards 6228 6934 89.82 99.21 140.14
2 CH Lloyd 1820 2304 78.99 90.74 128.17
3 N Pooran 1316 1363 96.55 86.02 121.50
4 CL Hooper 5040 6581 76.58 81.45 115.05
5 BC Lara 6316 8163 77.37 80.93 114.31
6 RR Sarwan 4444 6032 73.67 73.75 104.17
7 MN Samuels 4010 5249 76.40 73.22 103.43
8 RB Richardson 5078 7832 64.84 72.51 102.43
9 S Chanderpaul 4631 6611 70.05 71.19 100.56
10 SD Hope 1878 2428 77.35 69.56 98.26

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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 ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 100.00
1 IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 100.00
2 CL Hooper 113* 112* 111 110* 108 105 100* 108.43 72.42
3 RB Richardson 122 110 108* 106* 94 93* 93 103.71 69.27
4 CH Lloyd 102 89* 80* 79 73* 65 63* 78.71 52.58
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 100.00
1 BC Lara 169 156 146* 139 116* 116 116 136.86 97.85
2 MN Samuels 126* 126 125 112 110* 108* 106* 116.14 83.04
3 RR Sarwan 115* 104* 102* 99* 98* 92 91* 100.14 71.60
4 S Chanderpaul 116* 112* 107* 94 85* 85 77 96.57 69.05
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 100.00
1 SD Hope 128* 123* 120* 117 109* 109* 96 114.57 72.98
2 N Pooran 118 91 89 75 74 73 63 83.29 53.05

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 34/12 102/40 77/35 55/26 124/60 221.65 100.00
1 IVA Richards 37/17 82/39 80/39 66/39 149/99 195.82 88.35
2 BC Lara 55/32 36/22 59/37 60/41 43/31 161.49 72.86
3 CH Lloyd 54/29 31/17 41/30 79/59 102/85 159.81 72.10
4 CL Hooper 35/20 74/47 39/26 57/40 36/27 159.58 71.99
5 RB Richardson 52/26 46/28 42/32 79/70 41/37 150.38 67.84
6 N Pooran 30/16 34/19 91/55 75/47 89/64 141.68 63.92
7 S Chanderpaul 46/30 62/45 51/40 52/42 39/32 133.61 60.28
8 MN Samuels 56/36 108/75 51/39 48/38 88/74 128.70 58.07
9 RR Sarwan 29/19 47/34 92/75 30/26 89/78 123.15 55.56
10 SD Hope 109/69 109/83 120/94 78/66 128/115 114.33 51.58

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP TOT PRI PTS
1 IVA Richards 116.33 253.89 271.53 100.00 88.35 830.10 332.04
2 BC Lara 115.21 204.85 224.73 97.85 72.86 715.51 286.20
3 CL Hooper 93.80 204.82 222.78 72.42 71.99 665.81 266.32
4 CH Lloyd 34.24 234.78 251.10 52.58 72.10 644.80 257.92
5 RR Sarwan 78.96 220.11 203.02 71.60 55.56 629.25 251.70
6 S Chanderpaul 81.61 219.96 195.57 69.05 60.28 626.46 250.58
7 RB Richardson 91.56 184.03 198.06 69.27 67.84 610.77 244.31
8 MN Samuels 78.14 173.51 199.12 83.04 58.07 591.88 236.75
9 N Pooran 27.18 201.27 238.38 53.05 63.92 583.80 233.52
10 SD Hope 47.98 203.03 193.28 72.98 51.58 568.85 227.54

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various 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 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

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

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RB Richardson 42 1710 50.29 78.33 689.22 13.78
2 BC Lara 75 2802 43.11 79.72 671.81 13.44
3 RR Sarwan 77 2659 42.21 74.90 616.17 12.32
4 S Chanderpaul 53 1914 44.51 74.56 613.06 12.26
5 IVA Richards 26 805 36.59 94.26 610.97 12.22
6 CL Hooper 48 1404 39.00 79.32 599.37 11.99
7 SD Hope 36 1345 48.04 78.61 538.63 10.77
8 MN Samuels 66 1747 31.76 70.93 536.73 10.73
9 N Pooran 23 665 33.25 91.10 505.11 10.10
10 CH Lloyd 6 114 38.00 68.26 500.00 10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 140 5911 49.26 89.76 884.38 70.75
2 BC Lara 160 5337 37.06 80.72 712.47 57.00
3 CL Hooper 139 4011 35.50 76.23 672.41 53.79
4 CH Lloyd 63 1863 39.64 82.25 668.50 53.48
5 S Chanderpaul 115 3851 40.97 69.69 616.54 49.32
6 RR Sarwan 85 2919 42.30 75.47 616.31 49.30
7 MN Samuels 117 3773 34.94 77.71 607.75 48.62
8 N Pooran 35 1318 43.93 103.78 605.35 48.43
9 SD Hope 58 2156 43.12 81.21 564.20 45.14
10 RB Richardson 138 3576 29.55 59.95 552.70 44.22

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC 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 Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 124 5052 47.66 86.51 846.35 16.93
2 BC Lara 172 5923 38.97 78.41 707.07 14.14
3 CH Lloyd 63 1893 41.15 80.62 677.00 13.54
4 S Chanderpaul 125 4446 43.17 71.18 638.11 12.76
5 CL Hooper 122 3284 33.86 73.57 627.34 12.55
6 RR Sarwan 122 4080 41.63 75.71 624.02 12.48
7 SD Hope 81 3111 45.75 80.37 603.48 12.07
8 RB Richardson 117 3287 32.54 65.61 599.16 11.98
9 N Pooran 43 1484 40.11 97.57 586.34 11.73
10 MN Samuels 126 3458 30.88 72.45 549.33 10.99

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 42 1664 46.22 104.07 841.77 67.34
2 CL Hooper 65 2131 40.98 82.98 806.27 64.50
3 BC Lara 63 2216 38.88 86.13 753.52 60.28
4 MN Samuels 57 2062 40.43 81.02 723.08 57.85
5 RB Richardson 63 1999 37.02 63.70 702.42 56.19
6 RR Sarwan 40 1498 44.06 73.83 630.68 50.45
7 S Chanderpaul 43 1319 38.79 71.41 576.85 46.15
8 CH Lloyd 6 84 21.00 100.00 500.00 40.00
9 N Pooran 15 499 38.38 104.18 487.93 39.03
10 SD Hope 13 390 39.00 78.79 423.97 33.92

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 IVA Richards 70.75 12.22 67.34 16.93 167.24
2 BC Lara 57.00 13.44 60.28 14.14 144.86
3 CL Hooper 53.79 11.99 64.50 12.55 142.83
4 MN Samuels 48.62 10.73 57.85 10.99 128.19
5 RB Richardson 44.22 13.78 56.19 11.98 126.18
6 RR Sarwan 49.30 12.32 50.45 12.48 124.56
7 S Chanderpaul 49.32 12.26 46.15 12.76 120.49
8 CH Lloyd 53.48 10.00 40.00 13.54 117.02
9 N Pooran 48.43 10.10 39.03 11.73 109.29
10 SD Hope 45.14 10.77 33.92 12.07 101.90

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three 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 three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 21 1013 63.31 85.34 858.91 128.84
2 BC Lara 25 892 40.55 88.14 657.31 98.60
3 CH Lloyd 11 393 43.67 84.88 603.12 90.47
4 RB Richardson 17 555 39.64 62.78 568.23 85.23
5 RR Sarwan 19 707 44.19 73.72 566.35 84.95
6 N Pooran 8 367 52.43 100.27 548.82 82.32
7 SD Hope 6 262 43.67 71.00 500.00 75.00
8 S Chanderpaul 16 544 38.86 61.19 493.78 74.07
9 MN Samuels 16 460 32.86 76.67 418.63 62.79
10 CL Hooper 13 205 17.08 73.21 317.57 47.64
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:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 142 71 50.00 927.49 139.12
2 BC Lara 209 70 33.49 696.76 104.51
3 CH Lloyd 50 25 50.00 687.05 103.06
4 N Pooran 50 18 36.00 593.87 89.08
5 CL Hooper 149 43 28.86 500.00 75.00
5 SD Hope 78 18 23.08 500.00 75.00
7 RR Sarwan 132 35 26.52 470.11 70.52
8 RB Richardson 155 37 23.87 450.47 67.57
9 S Chanderpaul 137 35 25.55 425.23 63.78
10 MN Samuels 163 35 21.47 420.91 63.14
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 50 2574 66.00 96.88 909.58 90.96
2 BC Lara 50 2554 59.40 89.14 823.20 82.32
3 CL Hooper 50 1996 51.18 86.11 727.25 72.73
4 S Chanderpaul 50 2135 53.38 75.55 680.24 68.02
5 RR Sarwan 50 1976 56.46 80.39 668.94 66.89
6 MN Samuels 50 1907 42.38 79.23 653.24 65.32
7 RB Richardson 50 1825 41.48 71.85 638.08 63.81
8 SD Hope 50 1937 49.67 86.32 626.43 62.64
9 CH Lloyd 50 1401 41.21 80.19 619.30 61.93
10 N Pooran 39 1341 38.31 96.27 558.05 55.81

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 IVA Richards 128.84 90.96 139.12 358.92
2 BC Lara 98.60 82.32 104.51 285.43
3 CH Lloyd 90.47 61.93 103.06 255.46
4 N Pooran 82.32 55.81 89.08 227.21
5 RR Sarwan 84.95 66.89 70.52 222.36
6 RB Richardson 85.23 63.81 67.57 216.61
7 SD Hope 75.00 62.64 75.00 212.64
8 S Chanderpaul 74.07 68.02 63.78 205.88
9 CL Hooper 47.64 72.73 75.00 195.36
10 MN Samuels 62.79 65.32 63.14 191.26

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 2 IVA Richards WI 332.04 167.24 358.92 858.20
2 8 BC Lara WI 286.20 144.86 285.43 716.49
3 36 CH Lloyd WI 257.92 117.02 255.46 630.40
4 50 CL Hooper WI 266.32 142.83 195.36 604.51
5 51 RR Sarwan WI 251.70 124.56 222.36 598.63
6 58 RB Richardson WI 244.31 126.18 216.61 587.10
7 65 S Chanderpaul WI 250.58 120.49 205.88 576.95
8 70 N Pooran WI 233.52 109.29 227.21 570.02
9 78 MN Samuels WI 236.75 128.19 191.26 556.19
10 89 SD Hope WI 227.54 101.90 212.64 542.08

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND NZ AUS PAK SL SA BAN ENG AFG WI

TOP TEAMS

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

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