ODIs - Best West Indian Opening Batsmen

Top 7 West Indian Opening 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 7 West Indian opening 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 opening 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 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 160.00
1 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 160.00
2 CG Greenidge WI 1975 1991 1983 120 4993 92.38
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1994 2012 2003 340 15310 200.00
1 CH Gayle WI 2000 2019 2009.5 274 10179 132.97
2 S Chanderpaul WI 1996 2011 2003.5 77 2949 38.52
3 BC Lara WI 1992 2006 1999 52 2166 28.30
4 SC Williams (WI) WI 1994 1999 1996.5 43 1387 18.12
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2011 2025 2018 184 9138 160.00
1 E Lewis WI 2016 2025 2020.5 63 2213 38.75

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

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 S Gill 50 8 2509 14 59.74 57.35 150.00
1 BC Lara 52 5 2166 15 46.09 48.96 128.06
2 CG Greenidge 120 10 4993 31 45.39 47.51 124.28
3 S Chanderpaul 77 9 2949 18 43.37 45.04 117.80
4 DL Haynes 237 28 8648 57 41.38 43.97 115.01
5 CH Gayle 274 16 10179 53 39.45 39.77 104.03
6 SC Williams (WI) 43 4 1387 11 35.56 36.67 95.92
7 E Lewis 63 5 2213 12 38.16 36.21 94.71

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS RG Sharma 134 10 6848 30 55.23 53.53 150.00
1 BC Lara 47 5 1919 13 45.69 49.28 138.09
2 S Chanderpaul 61 5 2348 15 41.93 44.77 125.46
3 CG Greenidge 113 7 4435 28 41.84 44.50 124.70
4 DL Haynes 224 27 8043 53 40.83 43.89 123.00
5 E Lewis 35 4 1317 5 42.48 40.82 114.38
6 CH Gayle 205 7 7087 35 35.79 37.19 104.22
7 SC Williams (WI) 34 2 1096 8 34.25 35.57 99.68

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 V Sehwag 7518 7169 104.87 102.03 150.00
1 CH Gayle 10179 11564 88.02 85.05 125.04
2 BC Lara 2166 2907 74.51 84.60 124.38
3 CG Greenidge 4993 7735 64.55 78.04 114.73
4 E Lewis 2213 2538 87.19 77.66 114.18
5 DL Haynes 8648 13681 63.21 75.03 110.31
6 S Chanderpaul 2949 4217 69.93 71.17 104.63
7 SC Williams (WI) 1387 2098 66.11 70.91 104.25

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS V Sehwag 5601 5455 102.68 100.52 150.00
1 CH Gayle 7087 7925 89.43 86.78 129.50
2 BC Lara 1919 2664 72.03 82.36 122.90
3 E Lewis 1317 1476 89.23 79.30 118.34
4 CG Greenidge 4435 6954 63.78 77.25 115.27
5 DL Haynes 8043 12782 62.92 74.81 111.64
6 S Chanderpaul 2348 3306 71.02 72.74 108.55
7 SC Williams (WI) 1096 1672 65.55 70.22 104.79

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 DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 140.14 100.00
1 DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 140.14 100.00
2 CG Greenidge 133* 117 115 110* 106* 105* 104 112.86 80.53
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 100.00
1 CH Gayle 162 152* 140 135 135 133* 132* 141.29 86.07
2 S Chanderpaul 150 149* 109* 108* 101 92 92 114.43 69.71
3 BC Lara 153 128 114 111* 95* 89 88* 111.14 67.71
4 SC Williams (WI) 105* 90 78* 77 76 75 73* 82.00 49.96
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 100.00
1 E Lewis 176* 148 103 102* 94 76 70 109.86 58.04

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 BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 55/25 238.41 100.00
1 CH Gayle 77/27 43/21 27/14 80/43 61/33 201.64 84.58
2 DL Haynes 152/126 44/39 40/36 148/136 142/132 133.12 55.84
3 CG Greenidge 66/51 84/76 104/100 42/41 117/123 127.69 53.56
4 E Lewis 102/61 43/29 94/69 176/130 148/122 122.01 51.18
5 S Chanderpaul 27/18 92/75 52/44 63/55 92/83 120.64 50.60
6 BC Lara 41/37 153/143 128/126 58/58 114/116 116.85 49.01
7 SC Williams (WI) 73/80 57/63 29/34 90/107 45/54 93.30 39.13

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 DL Haynes 160.00 238.00 221.94 100.00 55.84 775.78 310.31
2 CH Gayle 132.97 208.26 254.54 86.07 84.58 766.42 306.57
3 CG Greenidge 92.38 248.97 230.00 80.53 53.56 705.44 282.18
4 BC Lara 28.30 266.15 247.28 67.71 49.01 658.45 263.38
5 S Chanderpaul 38.52 243.26 213.18 69.71 50.60 615.27 246.11
6 E Lewis 38.75 209.10 232.52 58.04 51.18 589.58 235.83
7 SC Williams (WI) 18.12 195.61 209.04 49.96 39.13 511.86 204.74

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 DL Haynes 49 2573 67.71 78.16 831.90 16.64
2 CH Gayle 108 4006 37.79 86.84 681.22 13.62
3 BC Lara 10 422 52.75 74.56 563.50 11.27
4 CG Greenidge 25 903 37.63 65.91 516.42 10.33
5 S Chanderpaul 31 1012 37.48 67.33 465.11 9.30
6 E Lewis 34 1126 36.32 82.43 454.15 9.08
7 SC Williams (WI) 14 419 32.23 63.87 414.79 8.30

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 CH Gayle 166 6173 40.61 88.81 778.92 62.31
2 CG Greenidge 95 4090 47.56 64.26 778.26 62.26
3 DL Haynes 188 6075 35.53 58.48 749.88 59.99
4 BC Lara 42 1744 44.72 74.50 685.64 54.85
5 S Chanderpaul 46 1937 47.24 71.37 675.64 54.05
6 SC Williams (WI) 29 968 37.23 67.13 541.80 43.34
7 E Lewis 29 1087 40.26 92.75 500.00 40.00

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 CH Gayle 217 7920 38.82 87.48 852.21 17.04
2 DL Haynes 174 6550 43.38 63.92 836.98 16.74
3 CG Greenidge 99 3957 43.01 63.78 724.58 14.49
4 BC Lara 33 1412 50.43 73.43 711.37 14.23
5 E Lewis 56 1976 38.00 86.82 620.71 12.41
6 S Chanderpaul 51 1749 38.02 70.67 608.76 12.18
7 SC Williams (WI) 21 639 35.50 66.29 500.00 10.00

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 CH Gayle 57 2259 41.83 90.00 888.73 71.10
2 DL Haynes 63 2098 36.17 61.09 782.31 62.59
3 CG Greenidge 21 1036 57.56 67.67 728.81 58.31
4 S Chanderpaul 26 1200 54.55 68.89 698.96 55.92
5 BC Lara 19 754 39.68 76.63 607.35 48.59
6 SC Williams (WI) 22 748 35.62 65.96 541.40 43.31
7 E Lewis 7 237 39.50 90.46 500.00 40.00

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 CH Gayle 62.31 13.62 71.10 17.04 164.08
2 DL Haynes 59.99 16.64 62.59 16.74 155.95
3 CG Greenidge 62.26 10.33 58.31 14.49 145.39
4 S Chanderpaul 54.05 9.30 55.92 12.18 131.44
5 BC Lara 54.85 11.27 48.59 14.23 128.94
6 SC Williams (WI) 43.34 8.30 43.31 10.00 104.95
7 E Lewis 40.00 9.08 40.00 12.41 101.50

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 DL Haynes 25 854 37.13 57.74 716.20 107.43
2 CH Gayle 34 1186 35.94 90.53 709.48 106.42
3 CG Greenidge 15 591 45.46 58.51 687.32 103.10
4 BC Lara 8 333 47.57 80.43 612.51 91.88
5 SC Williams (WI) 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
5 E Lewis 4 131 32.75 82.91 500.00 75.00
7 S Chanderpaul 11 422 46.89 63.27 390.53 58.58
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 BC Lara 47 20 42.55 704.18 105.63
2 CH Gayle 258 81 31.40 696.18 104.43
3 DL Haynes 209 60 28.71 610.95 91.64
4 CG Greenidge 110 35 31.82 601.82 90.27
5 S Chanderpaul 68 22 32.35 532.81 79.92
6 SC Williams (WI) 39 8 20.51 500.00 75.00
6 E Lewis 58 14 24.14 500.00 75.00
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 DL Haynes 50 2247 52.26 71.81 800.23 80.02
2 CG Greenidge 50 2232 49.60 68.72 754.10 75.41
3 CH Gayle 50 1805 39.24 100.11 702.00 70.20
4 BC Lara 50 2047 45.49 72.05 695.74 69.57
5 S Chanderpaul 50 2049 46.57 73.68 691.27 69.13
6 E Lewis 43 1554 39.85 89.98 602.64 60.26
7 SC Williams (WI) 43 1387 35.56 66.11 522.83 52.28

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 CH Gayle 106.42 70.20 104.43 281.05
2 DL Haynes 107.43 80.02 91.64 279.09
3 CG Greenidge 103.10 75.41 90.27 268.78
4 BC Lara 91.88 69.57 105.63 267.08
5 E Lewis 75.00 60.26 75.00 210.26
6 S Chanderpaul 58.58 69.13 79.92 207.63
7 SC Williams (WI) 75.00 52.28 75.00 202.28

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 6 CH Gayle WI 306.57 164.08 281.05 751.70
2 7 DL Haynes WI 310.31 155.95 279.09 745.36
3 15 CG Greenidge WI 282.18 145.39 268.78 696.34
4 23 BC Lara WI 263.38 128.94 267.08 659.39
5 42 S Chanderpaul WI 246.11 131.44 207.63 585.18
6 49 E Lewis WI 235.83 101.50 210.26 547.59
7 68 SC Williams (WI) WI 204.74 104.95 202.28 511.98

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 SL AUS PAK SA BAN ENG WI AFG

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 SL AUS PAK SA BAN

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