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 10 batsmen in Test Cricket from Pakistan.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-06-09

CONTENTS

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. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. 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

Nations Rating

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Pakistan.

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

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

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	Javed Miandad	PAK	1976	1993	1984.5	189	8832	134.37
2	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	1969	1985	1977	124	5062	77.01
3	Hanif Mohammad	PAK	1952	1969	1960.5	97	3915	59.56

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	329	15921	200.00
1	Younis Khan	PAK	2000	2017	2008.5	213	10099	126.86
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1992	2007	1999.5	200	8830	110.92
3	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	1998	2010	2004	156	7530	94.59
4	Salim Malik	PAK	1982	1999	1990.5	154	5768	72.46
5	Saeed Anwar	PAK	1990	2001	1995.5	91	4052	50.90

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2024	2018	257	11736	170.00
1	Azhar Ali	PAK	2010	2022	2016	180	7142	103.45
2	Babar Azam	PAK	2016	2024	2020	94	3898	56.46

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	Javed Miandad	189	21	8832	52.57	51.95	215.97
2	Mohammad Yousuf	156	12	7530	52.29	49.84	207.19
3	Younis Khan	213	19	10099	52.06	49.27	204.81
4	Saeed Anwar	91	2	4052	45.53	48.92	203.36
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	200	22	8830	49.61	48.86	203.13
6	Hanif Mohammad	97	8	3915	43.99	48.36	201.01
7	Babar Azam	94	9	3898	45.86	46.43	193.01
8	Salim Malik	154	22	5768	43.70	44.95	186.85
9	Zaheer Abbas	124	11	5062	44.80	44.76	186.07
10	Azhar Ali	180	11	7142	42.26	42.29	175.81

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	Salim Malik	87	14	3623	49.63	51.05	203.99
2	Younis Khan	158	12	7644	52.36	49.55	198.00
3	Javed Miandad	125	14	5409	48.73	48.16	192.42
4	Hanif Mohammad	88	7	3487	43.05	47.32	189.09
5	Babar Azam	58	6	2426	46.65	47.24	188.74
6	Saeed Anwar	59	1	2497	43.05	46.26	184.84
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	130	10	5535	46.13	45.43	181.55
8	Zaheer Abbas	94	9	3598	42.33	42.30	169.01
9	Mohammad Yousuf	122	5	5066	43.30	41.27	164.90
10	Azhar Ali	123	8	4591	39.92	39.95	159.64

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	Younis Khan	313	267	218	213	200*	200*	199	230.00	125.26
2	Javed Miandad	280*	271	260	211	206	203*	163	227.71	124.01
3	Zaheer Abbas	274	240	235*	215	186	176	168*	213.43	116.23
4	Mohammad Yousuf	223	204*	203	202	192	192	191	201.00	109.47
5	Azhar Ali	302*	226	205*	185	157	157	141*	196.14	106.82
6	Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	200*	184	177	148	142	138*	188.29	102.54
7	Hanif Mohammad	337	203*	187*	160	142	111	104	177.71	96.78
8	Saeed Anwar	188*	176	169	149	145	136	126	155.57	84.73
9	Salim Malik	237	165	155	143	140	119*	116	153.57	83.64
10	Babar Azam	196	161	143	136	127*	119	104	140.86	76.71

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	30

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	4481	5580	80.30	88.85	150.00
1	Zaheer Abbas	4006	7186	55.75	63.22	106.73
2	Saeed Anwar	4052	7218	56.14	61.43	103.72
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	8830	16352	54.00	55.56	93.80
4	Salim Malik	5380	10940	49.18	53.41	90.17
5	Babar Azam	3898	7105	54.86	53.19	89.79
6	Mohammad Yousuf	7530	14373	52.39	52.39	88.45
7	Younis Khan	10099	19355	52.18	50.91	85.95
8	Javed Miandad	6974	15241	45.76	50.43	85.14
9	Hanif Mohammad	425	1206	35.24	45.91	77.51
10	Azhar Ali	7142	17033	41.93	41.52	70.09

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	Javed Miandad	134.37	408.39	124.01	85.14	751.92	375.96
2	Younis Khan	126.86	402.81	125.26	85.95	740.88	370.44
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	110.92	384.68	102.54	93.80	691.94	345.97
4	Mohammad Yousuf	94.59	372.09	109.47	88.45	664.60	332.30
5	Zaheer Abbas	77.01	355.08	116.23	106.73	655.05	327.53
6	Salim Malik	72.46	390.84	83.64	90.17	637.11	318.55
7	Saeed Anwar	50.90	388.21	84.73	103.72	627.55	313.78
8	Hanif Mohammad	59.56	390.11	96.78	77.51	623.96	311.98
9	Azhar Ali	103.45	335.44	106.82	70.09	615.81	307.90
10	Babar Azam	56.46	381.75	76.71	89.79	604.72	302.36

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: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Javed Miandad	86	4481	61.38	45.75	760.92	190.23
2	Younis Khan	84	4382	56.91	53.15	710.59	177.65
3	Zaheer Abbas	51	2444	58.19	62.26	680.96	170.24
4	Mohammad Yousuf	56	3337	66.74	53.06	672.28	168.07
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	83	3809	52.18	53.22	671.77	167.94
6	Babar Azam	38	2018	59.35	57.59	655.00	163.75
7	Salim Malik	70	2908	49.29	51.07	633.06	158.26
8	Azhar Ali	69	3252	51.62	42.54	612.41	153.10
9	Hanif Mohammad	40	1613	46.09	NK	575.81	143.95
10	Saeed Anwar	42	1860	45.37	55.42	548.15	137.04

Away From Home

Min Innings: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Younis Khan	129	5717	48.86	51.46	702.39	702.39
2	Javed Miandad	103	4351	45.80	45.76	677.47	677.47
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	117	5021	47.82	54.61	648.23	648.23
4	Saeed Anwar	49	2192	45.67	56.76	634.36	634.36
5	Mohammad Yousuf	100	4193	44.61	51.87	618.15	618.15
6	Hanif Mohammad	57	2302	42.63	35.24	604.51	604.51
7	Zaheer Abbas	73	2618	36.87	51.41	578.36	578.36
8	Salim Malik	84	2860	39.18	47.36	573.04	573.04
9	Azhar Ali	111	3890	36.70	41.43	568.79	568.79
10	Babar Azam	56	1880	36.86	52.21	493.19	493.19

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

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Younis Khan	133	6926	58.20	53.69	821.19	205.30
2	Javed Miandad	111	5492	57.21	45.63	809.18	202.30
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	108	5104	54.88	54.30	761.98	190.49
4	Babar Azam	48	2464	57.30	56.67	730.37	182.59
5	Azhar Ali	94	4413	50.72	43.07	709.38	177.34
6	Mohammad Yousuf	87	4476	58.13	53.26	697.43	174.36
7	Zaheer Abbas	63	2757	52.02	58.73	692.49	173.12
8	Saeed Anwar	55	2652	50.04	55.69	669.40	167.35
9	Salim Malik	98	3660	44.10	49.79	657.01	164.25
10	Hanif Mohammad	57	2310	45.29	NK	639.45	159.86

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Javed Miandad	78	3340	46.39	45.93	843.51	843.51
2	Mohammad Yousuf	69	3054	45.58	51.16	727.51	727.51
3	Zaheer Abbas	61	2305	38.42	52.92	716.49	716.49
4	Younis Khan	80	3173	42.31	49.16	714.52	714.52
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	92	3726	43.84	53.59	712.10	712.10
6	Hanif Mohammad	40	1605	42.24	35.30	670.04	670.04
7	Azhar Ali	86	2729	33.28	40.22	639.24	639.24
8	Salim Malik	56	2108	43.02	48.26	615.57	615.57
9	Saeed Anwar	36	1400	38.89	57.00	603.59	603.59
10	Babar Azam	46	1434	34.14	52.01	510.56	510.56

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	Javed Miandad	677.47	190.23	843.51	202.30	1,913.50	191.35
2	Younis Khan	702.39	177.65	714.52	205.30	1,799.86	179.99
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	648.23	167.94	712.10	190.49	1,718.78	171.88
4	Mohammad Yousuf	618.15	168.07	727.51	174.36	1,688.09	168.81
5	Zaheer Abbas	578.36	170.24	716.49	173.12	1,638.21	163.82
6	Hanif Mohammad	604.51	143.95	670.04	159.86	1,578.37	157.84
7	Saeed Anwar	634.36	137.04	603.59	167.35	1,542.34	154.23
8	Azhar Ali	568.79	153.10	639.24	177.34	1,538.47	153.85
9	Salim Malik	573.04	158.26	615.57	164.25	1,511.13	151.11
10	Babar Azam	493.19	163.75	510.56	182.59	1,350.09	135.01

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	Zaheer Abbas	30	2101	95.50	63.76	873.76	174.75
2	Javed Miandad	30	2050	78.85	50.25	786.59	157.32
3	Mohammad Yousuf	30	2077	76.93	57.23	762.28	152.46
4	Younis Khan	30	1946	77.84	53.21	747.91	149.58
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	30	1942	74.69	56.18	737.98	147.60
6	Babar Azam	30	1858	71.46	58.30	698.41	139.68
7	Salim Malik	30	1574	58.30	56.31	625.53	125.11
8	Azhar Ali	30	1579	56.39	46.76	616.96	123.39
9	Hanif Mohammad	30	1335	51.35	NK	561.32	112.26
10	Saeed Anwar	30	1375	47.41	56.96	553.01	110.60

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Javed Miandad	30	1841	68.19	46.84	789.02	631.22
2	Mohammad Yousuf	30	1730	64.07	60.32	757.67	606.14
3	Younis Khan	30	1623	62.42	51.02	722.24	577.79
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	30	1675	64.42	53.28	684.79	547.83
5	Saeed Anwar	30	1487	51.28	56.60	671.01	536.81
6	Azhar Ali	30	1523	54.39	43.10	662.95	530.36
7	Hanif Mohammad	30	1412	48.69	46.35	657.29	525.83
8	Zaheer Abbas	30	1326	44.20	53.44	628.44	502.75
9	Salim Malik	30	1344	53.76	52.56	611.53	489.22
10	Babar Azam	30	1318	48.81	55.42	559.38	447.51

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	Younis Khan	34	1400	48.28	51.49	769.91	384.96
2	Javed Miandad	22	952	56.00	43.20	728.28	364.14
3	Mohammad Yousuf	30	908	34.92	50.67	564.77	282.39
4	Azhar Ali	29	796	29.48	44.44	558.95	279.47
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	29	849	35.38	50.24	557.66	278.83
6	Salim Malik	18	531	37.93	49.81	513.17	256.59
7	Hanif Mohammad	8	358	51.14	50.95	500.00	250.00
8	Babar Azam	13	353	27.15	47.57	399.67	199.83
9	Zaheer Abbas	20	417	21.95	54.15	397.58	198.79
10	Saeed Anwar	11	282	25.64	45.85	379.21	189.60

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. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

A Batsman scores equal to or more runs than 100.
A Batsman scores more than 50 runs in a low scoring match or at a high SR.
1st and 2nd; and 3rd and 4th inns are clubbed together.
The runs should be 2 times the average of the better innings or
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	Saeed Anwar	91	26	28.57	842.89	842.89
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	200	45	22.50	781.98	781.98
3	Babar Azam	94	23	24.47	711.37	711.37
4	Younis Khan	213	44	20.66	711.25	711.25
5	Mohammad Yousuf	156	38	24.36	705.05	705.05
6	Javed Miandad	189	38	20.11	672.00	672.00
7	Salim Malik	154	28	18.18	598.98	598.98
8	Hanif Mohammad	97	16	16.49	496.79	496.79
9	Azhar Ali	180	27	15.00	477.25	477.25
10	Zaheer Abbas	124	15	12.10	323.33	323.33

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	Javed Miandad	157.32	631.22	364.14	672.00	1,824.68	182.47
2	Younis Khan	149.58	577.79	384.96	711.25	1,823.58	182.36
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	147.60	547.83	278.83	781.98	1,756.25	175.62
4	Mohammad Yousuf	152.46	606.14	282.39	705.05	1,746.02	174.60
5	Saeed Anwar	110.60	536.81	189.60	842.89	1,679.90	167.99
6	Babar Azam	139.68	447.51	199.83	711.37	1,498.39	149.84
7	Salim Malik	125.11	489.22	256.59	598.98	1,469.89	146.99
8	Azhar Ali	123.39	530.36	279.47	477.25	1,410.48	141.05
9	Hanif Mohammad	112.26	525.83	250.00	496.79	1,384.89	138.49
10	Zaheer Abbas	174.75	502.75	198.79	323.33	1,199.62	119.96

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	OV RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	12	Javed Miandad	PAK	375.96	191.35	182.47	749.78
2	18	Younis Khan	PAK	370.44	179.99	182.36	732.78
3	28	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	345.97	171.88	175.62	693.47
4	31	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	332.30	168.81	174.60	675.71
5	44	Saeed Anwar	PAK	313.78	154.23	167.99	636.00
6	57	Salim Malik	PAK	318.55	151.11	146.99	616.65
7	61	Zaheer Abbas	PAK	327.53	163.82	119.96	611.31
8	63	Hanif Mohammad	PAK	311.98	157.84	138.49	608.31
9	68	Azhar Ali	PAK	307.90	153.85	141.05	602.80
10	81	Babar Azam	PAK	302.36	135.01	149.84	587.21

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

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