Top 25 ODI Batsmen With The Ability To Score Big

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. To qualify for the rating, a player must have played at least 50 innings against the Top Teams (TT). TT may be found in the last section of the rating. In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman. Average High Score (Ave HS) is the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7. The first list gives you the batsmen with best Ave HS overall while the second only includes innings against the Top Teams.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

1. TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST AVE HS

1.1. Against All Teams

1.2. Against Top Teams

2. TOP TEAMS

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.
A batsman’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
Knock Out and Super Six matches of ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy are also counted in TT.

TOP 25 ODI BATSMEN WITH BEST AVE HS

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS
1	RG Sharma	IND	264	209	208*	171*	162	159	152*	189.29
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	200*	186*	175	163*	152	146	146	166.86
3	DA Warner	AUS	179	178	173	166	163	156	130	163.57
4	CH Gayle	WI	215	162	153*	152*	152	140	135	158.43
5	MJ Guptill	NZ	237*	189*	180*	138	122*	118	117*	157.29
6	V Kohli	IND	183	166*	160*	157*	154*	140	139*	157.00
7	Fakhar Zaman	PAK	210*	193	180*	138	117*	117	114	152.71
8	ST Jayasuriya	SL	189	157	152	151*	140	134*	134	151.00
9	IVA Richards	WI	189*	181	153*	149	138*	119*	119	149.71
10	V Sehwag	IND	219	175	146	130	126	125*	119	148.57
11	SC Ganguly	IND	183	153*	144	141*	141	139	135*	148.00
12	AB de Villiers	SA	176	162*	149	146	136*	134	128	147.29
13	HM Amla	SA	159	154	153*	150	140	133	129	145.43
14	TM Dilshan	SL	161*	160*	160	144	137*	125	123	144.29
15	BC Lara	WI	169	156	153	146*	139	128	117	144.00
16	Q de Kock	SA	178	168*	138*	135	135	128	124	143.71
17	PR Stirling	IRE	177	162	142	131*	130	128	126	142.29
18	CS MacLeod	SCOT	175	157*	154	140*	133*	117	116*	141.71
19	SR Watson	AUS	185*	161*	143	136*	126	122	116*	141.29
20	JJ Roy	ENG	180	162	153	132	123	120	114	140.57
21	DL Haynes	WI	152*	148	145*	142*	138*	133*	123*	140.14
22	MS Dhoni	IND	183*	148	139*	139*	134	124	113*	140.00
22	AC Gilchrist	AUS	172	154	149	131	128	124	122	140.00
24	RT Ponting	AUS	164	145	141*	140*	134*	129	126	139.86
25	Tamim Iqbal	BAN	158	154	132	130*	129	128*	128	137.00

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE HS
1	RG Sharma	IND	264	209	208*	171*	150	147	141*	184.29
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	200*	186*	175	163*	143	141*	141	164.14
3	MJ Guptill	NZ	237*	189*	180*	138	122*	118	117*	157.29
4	DA Warner	AUS	179	173	166	163	156	130	128*	156.43
5	V Kohli	IND	183	166*	160*	154*	139*	138	136	153.71
6	IVA Richards	WI	189*	181	153*	149	138*	119*	119	149.71
7	ST Jayasuriya	SL	189	152	151*	140	134*	134	130	147.14
8	BC Lara	WI	169	156	153	146*	139	128	116*	143.86
9	Q de Kock	SA	178	168*	138*	135	135	128	124	143.71
10	SC Ganguly	IND	183	153*	141*	141	130*	127	124	142.71
11	CH Gayle	WI	162	152*	140	135	135	133*	132*	141.29
12	TM Dilshan	SL	161*	160*	160	137*	125	123	119*	140.71
13	DL Haynes	WI	152*	148	145*	142*	138*	133*	123*	140.14
14	JJ Roy	ENG	180	162	153	132	120	114	113	139.14
15	SR Watson	AUS	185*	161*	143	136*	126	116*	105*	138.86
16	RT Ponting	AUS	164	141*	140*	134*	129	126	124*	136.86
17	ML Hayden	AUS	181*	158	146	126	117	114	111	136.14
18	AB de Villiers	SA	176	146	136*	128	125*	121	119	135.86
19	MS Dhoni	IND	183*	148	139*	134	124	113*	107	135.43
20	KC Sangakkara	SL	169	138*	134*	133	128	128	117*	135.29
21	Fakhar Zaman	PAK	193	180*	138	117	114	101	101	134.86
22	V Sehwag	IND	175	146	130	126	125*	119	116	133.86
23	Saeed Anwar	PAK	194	140	131	126	115	113*	112*	133.00
24	AC Gilchrist	AUS	154	149	131	128	124	122	121*	132.71
25	LRPL Taylor	NZ	181*	137	131*	128*	119*	117	113	132.29