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Top 10 New Zealand 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 Kiwi batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
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 New Zealand.

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

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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 40

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 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 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 150.00
1 MD Crowe NZ 1982 1995 1988.5 140 4704 81.59
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2012 2000.5 452 18426 200.00
1 SP Fleming NZ 1994 2007 2000.5 269 8037 87.24
2 NJ Astle NZ 1995 2007 2001 217 7090 76.96
3 BB McCullum NZ 2002 2016 2009 228 6083 66.03
4 CL Cairns NZ 1991 2006 1998.5 193 4950 53.73
5 SB Styris NZ 1999 2011 2005 161 4483 48.66
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2008 2025 2016.5 290 14181 180.00
1 LRPL Taylor NZ 2006 2022 2014 220 8607 109.25
2 MJ Guptill NZ 2009 2022 2015.5 195 7346 93.24
3 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2025 2017.5 165 7235 91.83

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) 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 196 67 6912 46 53.58 56.67 100.00
1 LRPL Taylor 220 39 8607 51 47.55 45.96 81.10
2 KS Williamson 165 18 7235 47 49.22 45.92 81.03
3 MD Crowe 140 18 4704 34 38.56 40.71 71.84
4 MJ Guptill 195 19 7346 39 41.74 40.32 71.16
5 NJ Astle 217 14 7090 41 34.93 36.34 64.13
6 SB Styris 161 23 4483 28 32.49 34.30 60.52
7 SP Fleming 269 21 8037 49 32.41 33.56 59.22
8 CL Cairns 193 25 4950 26 29.46 32.15 56.74
9 BB McCullum 228 28 6083 32 30.42 31.97 56.41

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 143 47 5120 34 53.33 56.41 150.00
1 LRPL Taylor 130 21 5190 27 47.61 46.02 122.38
2 KS Williamson 114 11 5051 31 49.04 45.75 121.66
3 MD Crowe 105 13 3450 23 37.50 39.59 105.29
4 MJ Guptill 123 10 4310 23 38.14 36.85 97.99
5 SB Styris 108 12 2998 16 31.23 32.97 87.68
6 CL Cairns 149 18 3934 19 30.03 32.77 87.15
7 SP Fleming 198 14 5616 31 30.52 31.61 84.05
8 NJ Astle 154 6 4436 23 29.97 31.19 82.94
9 BB McCullum 146 19 3539 18 27.87 29.29 77.89

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) 2500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.45 100.00
1 BB McCullum 6083 6312 96.37 91.08 81.00
2 CL Cairns 4950 5877 84.23 87.14 77.50
3 MD Crowe 4704 6478 72.62 81.51 72.49
4 MJ Guptill 7346 8414 87.31 78.48 69.79
5 SB Styris 4483 5653 79.30 78.42 69.74
6 LRPL Taylor 8607 10330 83.32 77.21 68.66
7 NJ Astle 7090 9758 72.66 74.31 66.09
8 SP Fleming 8037 11233 71.55 73.48 65.35
9 KS Williamson 7235 8853 81.72 73.45 65.32

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2833 2409 117.60 104.33 150.00
1 CL Cairns 3934 4759 82.66 85.53 122.96
2 BB McCullum 3539 3935 89.94 85.00 122.20
3 MD Crowe 3450 4803 71.83 80.63 115.93
4 LRPL Taylor 5190 6313 82.21 76.18 109.52
5 SB Styris 2998 3896 76.95 76.10 109.40
6 MJ Guptill 4310 5128 84.05 75.55 108.62
7 KS Williamson 5051 6198 81.49 73.24 105.30
8 NJ Astle 4436 6215 71.38 73.00 104.95
9 SP Fleming 5616 8022 70.01 71.90 103.37

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* 119 149.71 150.00
1 MD Crowe 107* 105* 104 100* 97 94 93* 100.00 100.19
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 150.00
1 NJ Astle 122* 120 120 119 118* 117 117 119.00 108.75
2 SP Fleming 134* 116* 115* 111* 108 106* 106 113.71 103.92
3 SB Styris 141 111* 101* 101 90 89 87* 102.86 93.99
4 BB McCullum 131 117 96 86* 85 81 80* 96.57 88.25
5 CL Cairns 115 103 102* 102* 84* 84 80 95.71 87.47
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 150.00
1 MJ Guptill 237* 189* 180* 138 122* 118 117* 157.29 124.64
2 LRPL Taylor 181* 137 131* 128* 119* 117 113 132.29 104.83
3 KS Williamson 148 145* 133* 123 118 118 115 128.57 101.89

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 33/11 80/28 51/22 59/26 253.15 150.00
1 BB McCullum 77/25 33/11 80/28 51/22 59/26 253.15 150.00
2 MJ Guptill 93/30 38/19 27/14 64/34 25/14 200.02 118.52
3 CL Cairns 34/16 36/20 39/23 84/51 33/21 178.49 105.76
4 MD Crowe 74/44 93/74 71/57 58/47 67/61 143.99 85.32
5 LRPL Taylor 78/52 37/25 54/37 102/70 34/24 135.87 80.51
6 SP Fleming 60/40 35/26 33/27 56/48 55/48 129.88 76.96
7 SB Styris 45/27 49/34 58/44 25/21 141/125 125.29 74.24
8 KS Williamson 90/70 112/88 67/54 95/79 133/113 110.56 65.51
9 NJ Astle 32/25 25/23 32/30 34/32 119/116 109.52 64.89

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 half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 MJ Guptill 93.24 169.15 178.41 124.64 118.52 683.97 341.99
2 LRPL Taylor 109.25 203.49 178.18 104.83 80.51 676.26 338.13
3 BB McCullum 66.03 134.30 203.20 88.25 150.00 641.78 320.89
4 MD Crowe 81.59 177.13 188.42 100.19 85.32 632.65 316.33
5 KS Williamson 91.83 202.69 170.62 101.89 65.51 632.55 316.27
6 CL Cairns 53.73 143.89 200.46 87.47 105.76 591.31 295.65
7 SP Fleming 87.24 143.27 168.72 103.92 76.96 580.11 290.05
8 NJ Astle 76.96 147.08 171.04 108.75 64.89 568.71 284.36
9 SB Styris 48.66 148.20 179.14 93.99 74.24 544.24 272.12

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 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

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 Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MJ Guptill 99 4285 48.69 92.13 688.14 137.63
2 BB McCullum 106 3188 33.91 111.27 677.66 135.53
3 LRPL Taylor 102 4104 53.30 86.56 668.04 133.61
4 NJ Astle 84 3448 45.97 75.48 610.10 122.02
5 MD Crowe 56 1884 44.86 71.77 601.08 120.22
6 KS Williamson 74 3048 45.49 80.59 546.47 109.29
7 SP Fleming 101 2975 33.81 71.21 525.58 105.12
8 CL Cairns 79 1813 25.90 83.90 508.18 101.64
9 SB Styris 50 1341 30.48 80.88 483.44 96.69

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KS Williamson 91 4187 52.34 82.57 667.86 534.29
2 LRPL Taylor 118 4503 43.30 80.57 627.85 502.28
3 CL Cairns 114 3137 32.01 84.42 607.10 485.68
4 MD Crowe 84 2820 35.25 73.19 589.56 471.65
5 SP Fleming 168 5062 31.64 71.75 588.93 471.14
6 MJ Guptill 96 3061 34.78 81.34 565.70 452.56
7 SB Styris 111 3142 33.43 78.65 551.31 441.05
8 NJ Astle 133 3642 28.45 70.17 528.82 423.06
9 BB McCullum 122 2895 27.31 83.99 514.07 411.26

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 Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MJ Guptill 163 6590 45.14 89.21 789.82 157.96
2 LRPL Taylor 173 6784 48.46 84.65 732.72 146.54
3 BB McCullum 181 5105 31.91 100.43 695.44 139.09
4 KS Williamson 121 5411 50.10 81.48 665.76 133.15
5 MD Crowe 110 3699 39.35 70.19 641.32 128.26
6 SP Fleming 202 6134 33.34 72.57 623.78 124.76
7 NJ Astle 158 5254 36.49 72.69 617.36 123.47
8 CL Cairns 143 3635 29.55 84.38 603.71 120.74
9 SB Styris 111 3294 36.60 82.10 600.27 120.05

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KS Williamson 44 1824 46.77 82.46 701.10 560.88
2 LRPL Taylor 47 1823 44.46 78.71 686.78 549.42
3 NJ Astle 59 1836 31.12 72.57 621.23 496.99
4 SP Fleming 67 1903 29.73 68.45 595.63 476.51
5 CL Cairns 50 1315 29.22 83.81 586.15 468.92
6 MD Crowe 30 1005 35.89 83.20 567.23 453.79
7 SB Styris 50 1189 24.77 72.46 484.09 387.27
8 BB McCullum 47 978 24.45 79.58 467.25 373.80
9 MJ Guptill 32 756 25.20 73.61 407.56 326.05

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 KS Williamson 534.29 109.29 560.88 133.15 1,337.61 133.76
2 LRPL Taylor 502.28 133.61 549.42 146.54 1,331.86 133.19
3 SP Fleming 471.14 105.12 476.51 124.76 1,177.52 117.75
4 CL Cairns 485.68 101.64 468.92 120.74 1,176.97 117.70
5 MD Crowe 471.65 120.22 453.79 128.26 1,173.92 117.39
6 NJ Astle 423.06 122.02 496.99 123.47 1,165.54 116.55
7 MJ Guptill 452.56 137.63 326.05 157.96 1,074.20 107.42
8 BB McCullum 411.26 135.53 373.80 139.09 1,059.68 105.97
9 SB Styris 441.05 96.69 387.27 120.05 1,045.06 104.51

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 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MD Crowe 21 880 55.00 83.49 744.03 744.03
2 KS Williamson 26 1167 61.42 81.21 673.53 673.53
3 MJ Guptill 27 995 43.26 88.37 634.06 634.06
4 SB Styris 22 909 53.47 88.60 632.70 632.70
5 SP Fleming 33 1075 35.83 76.90 578.97 578.97
6 BB McCullum 27 742 33.73 120.85 568.28 568.28
7 LRPL Taylor 30 1002 37.11 74.00 541.09 541.09
8 CL Cairns 24 565 33.24 82.60 462.97 462.97
9 NJ Astle 22 403 20.15 70.45 358.43 358.43
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 MJ Guptill 50 2428 55.18 99.71 702.15 702.15
2 LRPL Taylor 50 2594 68.26 86.32 694.11 694.11
3 BB McCullum 50 1459 31.04 124.59 654.20 654.20
4 KS Williamson 50 2503 55.62 88.13 640.24 640.24
5 MD Crowe 50 1889 47.23 69.32 628.16 628.16
6 NJ Astle 50 1953 41.55 74.68 606.65 606.65
7 CL Cairns 50 1590 36.98 87.17 585.41 585.41
8 SP Fleming 50 1825 39.67 72.74 575.86 575.86
9 SB Styris 50 1722 42.00 80.32 575.27 575.27
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 LRPL Taylor 181 55 30.39 598.66 598.66
2 MD Crowe 122 35 28.69 534.48 534.48
3 BB McCullum 200 53 26.50 457.37 457.37
4 CL Cairns 168 42 25.00 449.89 449.89
5 MJ Guptill 176 45 25.57 448.40 448.40
6 KS Williamson 147 31 21.09 391.15 391.15
7 NJ Astle 203 42 20.69 354.79 354.79
8 SP Fleming 248 42 16.94 327.72 327.72
9 SB Styris 138 24 17.39 286.03 286.03

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 MD Crowe 74.40 62.82 53.45 190.67
2 LRPL Taylor 54.11 69.41 59.87 183.39
3 MJ Guptill 63.41 70.22 44.84 178.46
4 KS Williamson 67.35 64.02 39.11 170.49
5 BB McCullum 56.83 65.42 45.74 167.99
6 CL Cairns 46.30 58.54 44.99 149.83
7 SB Styris 63.27 57.53 28.60 149.40
8 SP Fleming 57.90 57.59 32.77 148.26
9 NJ Astle 35.84 60.67 35.48 131.99

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 23 LRPL Taylor NZ 338.13 133.19 183.39 654.70
2 41 MJ Guptill NZ 341.99 107.42 178.46 627.87
3 45 MD Crowe NZ 316.33 117.39 190.67 624.38
4 49 KS Williamson NZ 316.27 133.76 170.49 620.53
5 69 BB McCullum NZ 320.89 105.97 167.99 594.84
6 94 CL Cairns NZ 295.65 117.70 149.83 563.18
7 100 SP Fleming NZ 290.05 117.75 148.26 556.06
8 119 NJ Astle NZ 284.36 116.55 131.99 532.90
9 125 SB Styris NZ 272.12 104.51 149.40 526.02

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 PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA
FULL RATING WITH ALL NATIONS

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