Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 South African batsmen in T20I Cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

CONTENTS

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 South Africa.

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

THE CRITERIA

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

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 matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Overall Runs	500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	200.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	250.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Inns (Runs)	100.00
Quick Innings Potential	Top Inns (SR)	200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Babar Azam	PAK	2016	2026	2021	136	4596	200.00
1	Q de Kock	SA	2012	2026	2019	109	3095	134.68
2	DA Miller	SA	2010	2026	2018	123	2804	122.02
3	AK Markram	SA	2019	2026	2022.5	73	1966	85.55
4	J-P Duminy	SA	2007	2019	2013	75	1934	84.16
5	AB de Villiers	SA	2006	2017	2011.5	75	1672	72.76
6	F du Plessis	SA	2012	2020	2016	50	1528	66.49
7	HE van der Dussen	SA	2018	2025	2021.5	53	1406	61.18
8	HM Amla	SA	2009	2018	2013.5	44	1277	55.57
9	H Klaasen	SA	2018	2024	2021	53	1000	43.52
10	T Stubbs	SA	2022	2026	2024	43	967	42.08

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	1000
Min Runs (TT)	800

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	V Kohli	117	31	4188	38	48.70	49.34	100.00
1	J-P Duminy	75	25	1934	11	38.68	40.65	82.40
2	DA Miller	123	40	2804	9	33.78	36.38	73.75
3	F du Plessis	50	7	1528	10	35.53	35.21	71.37
4	HE van der Dussen	53	11	1406	10	33.48	34.97	70.88
5	HM Amla	44	6	1277	8	33.61	34.34	69.61
6	T Stubbs	43	11	967	2	30.22	33.93	68.77
7	AK Markram	73	11	1966	14	31.71	32.98	66.84
8	Q de Kock	109	9	3095	19	30.95	31.17	63.19
9	AB de Villiers	75	11	1672	10	26.13	27.26	55.24
10	H Klaasen	53	10	1000	5	23.26	25.72	52.13

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	50s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	V Kohli	96	23	3593	34	49.22	49.84	150.00
1	J-P Duminy	62	20	1621	10	38.60	41.31	124.32
2	HE van der Dussen	44	10	1208	8	35.53	37.58	113.10
3	AK Markram	55	9	1537	12	33.41	35.09	105.59
4	F du Plessis	44	6	1322	9	34.79	34.77	104.63
5	HM Amla	39	5	1109	7	32.62	33.82	101.76
6	T Stubbs	33	6	779	2	28.85	33.16	99.79
7	DA Miller	99	27	2102	7	29.19	31.94	96.13
8	Q de Kock	83	6	2415	14	31.36	31.90	96.00
9	H Klaasen	43	6	841	5	22.73	25.35	76.30
10	AB de Villiers	65	9	1330	8	23.75	25.10	75.54

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	1000
Min Runs (TT)	800
Min Average	20

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	TH David	1602	952	168.28	167.43	100.00
1	AK Markram	1966	1332	147.60	143.76	85.86
2	DA Miller	2804	1983	141.40	140.60	83.98
3	H Klaasen	1000	705	141.84	140.29	83.79
4	Q de Kock	3095	2176	142.23	138.78	82.89
5	AB de Villiers	1672	1237	135.17	138.05	82.45
6	F du Plessis	1528	1137	134.39	134.86	80.55
7	HM Amla	1277	967	132.06	132.64	79.22
8	T Stubbs	967	727	133.01	131.58	78.59
9	J-P Duminy	1934	1532	126.24	128.99	77.04
10	HE van der Dussen	1406	1092	128.75	125.82	75.15

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	FH Allen	1314	745	176.38	170.97	200.00
1	AK Markram	1537	1030	149.22	144.20	168.68
2	Q de Kock	2415	1655	145.92	141.76	165.83
3	H Klaasen	841	584	144.01	141.46	165.48
4	DA Miller	2102	1510	139.21	138.38	161.87
5	T Stubbs	779	559	139.36	136.90	160.14
6	AB de Villiers	1330	1009	131.81	134.95	157.86
7	F du Plessis	1322	989	133.67	134.10	156.87
8	HM Amla	1109	852	130.16	130.81	153.01
9	J-P Duminy	1621	1296	125.08	128.40	150.20
10	HE van der Dussen	1208	921	131.16	127.97	149.70

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	GJ Maxwell	145*	120*	113*	104*	103*	117.00	100.00
1	Q de Kock	115	100	90	79*	74	91.60	78.29
2	F du Plessis	119	85	79*	79	78	88.00	75.21
3	DA Miller	106*	101*	85*	82	65*	87.80	75.04
4	AK Markram	86*	86*	82*	70	63	77.40	66.15
5	HM Amla	97*	85	72*	69*	62	77.00	65.81
6	HE van der Dussen	94*	75*	74*	66*	64	74.60	63.76
7	J-P Duminy	86*	78	69*	68*	67	73.60	62.91
8	AB de Villiers	71	69*	65*	64	63	66.40	56.75
9	H Klaasen	81	69	66	52	50	63.60	54.36
10	T Stubbs	76	72	47*	44*	43	56.40	48.21

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	25/7	24/8	23/8	28/10	39/15	297.99	150.00
1	DA Miller	101/36	22/9	28/12	106/47	65/29	240.73	121.18
2	AB de Villiers	69/28	71/29	30/13	46/20	64/29	240.31	120.97
3	Q de Kock	65/22	41/17	115/49	100/44	52/24	233.30	117.44
4	J-P Duminy	34/14	86/43	68/34	33/17	54/28	206.61	104.00
5	T Stubbs	40/15	72/28	44/24	76/42	25/16	203.39	102.38
6	H Klaasen	69/30	22/10	66/33	52/27	41/22	202.67	102.02
7	F du Plessis	119/56	27/13	79/41	38/20	27/15	200.70	101.03
8	AK Markram	52/25	41/20	63/31	28/14	51/26	197.32	99.33
9	HE van der Dussen	74/32	66/38	34/20	45/27	43/26	179.04	90.12
10	HM Amla	58/31	69/38	21/12	85/51	47/30	173.60	87.39

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	RAT	PRI PTS
1	Q de Kock	134.68	159.19	248.71	78.29	117.44	738.31	295.32
2	DA Miller	122.02	169.87	245.85	75.04	121.18	733.96	293.58
3	J-P Duminy	84.16	206.72	227.24	62.91	104.00	685.02	274.01
4	AK Markram	85.55	172.43	254.54	66.15	99.33	678.01	271.20
5	F du Plessis	66.49	176.00	237.41	75.21	101.03	656.15	262.46
6	HE van der Dussen	61.18	183.98	224.84	63.76	90.12	623.89	249.56
7	AB de Villiers	72.76	130.78	240.31	56.75	120.97	621.57	248.63
8	HM Amla	55.57	171.37	232.23	65.81	87.39	612.37	244.95
9	T Stubbs	42.08	168.55	238.73	48.21	102.38	599.95	239.98
10	H Klaasen	43.52	128.43	249.27	54.36	102.02	577.59	231.04

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	Q de Kock	28	909	36.36	157.27	664.28	13.29
2	DA Miller	50	1232	32.42	147.19	648.38	12.97
3	F du Plessis	25	805	38.33	141.73	620.51	12.41
4	HE van der Dussen	22	720	42.35	141.73	609.10	12.18
5	AK Markram	21	587	32.61	161.71	583.27	11.67
6	HM Amla	15	458	35.23	134.31	532.25	10.65
7	J-P Duminy	32	707	30.74	131.66	530.62	10.61
8	H Klaasen	26	474	22.57	150.00	525.36	10.51
9	AB de Villiers	28	555	23.13	139.45	510.73	10.21
10	T Stubbs	9	189	31.50	128.57	500.00	10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	J-P Duminy	43	1227	45.44	123.32	752.95	60.24
2	DA Miller	73	1572	34.93	137.17	726.72	58.14
3	Q de Kock	81	2186	29.15	136.80	724.70	57.98
4	AK Markram	52	1379	31.34	142.31	695.47	55.64
5	AB de Villiers	47	1117	27.93	133.13	651.58	52.13
6	T Stubbs	34	778	29.92	134.14	631.05	50.48
7	HM Amla	29	819	32.76	130.83	615.53	49.24
8	F du Plessis	25	723	32.86	127.07	601.31	48.10
9	H Klaasen	27	526	23.91	135.22	563.99	45.12
10	HE van der Dussen	31	686	27.44	117.47	559.30	44.74

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: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Q de Kock	63	1790	30.34	148.92	760.30	15.21
2	DA Miller	80	1854	31.97	137.33	728.85	14.58
3	F du Plessis	29	880	35.20	142.63	674.78	13.50
4	AK Markram	50	1256	27.91	148.46	668.94	13.38
5	J-P Duminy	54	1240	32.63	126.27	655.18	13.10
6	HE van der Dussen	43	1131	32.31	131.36	647.90	12.96
7	T Stubbs	32	777	31.08	133.97	639.26	12.79
8	AB de Villiers	52	1185	26.93	134.51	639.04	12.78
9	HM Amla	22	683	35.95	134.71	620.76	12.42
10	H Klaasen	44	820	23.43	142.86	604.26	12.09

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DA Miller	43	950	38.00	150.08	714.42	57.15
2	J-P Duminy	21	694	57.83	126.18	705.86	56.47
3	Q de Kock	46	1305	31.83	133.98	690.47	55.24
4	AK Markram	23	710	41.76	146.09	663.03	53.04
5	F du Plessis	21	648	36.00	124.62	584.71	46.78
6	AB de Villiers	23	487	24.35	136.80	568.48	45.48
7	HM Amla	22	594	31.26	129.13	566.40	45.31
8	H Klaasen	9	180	22.50	137.40	500.00	40.00
8	HE van der Dussen	10	275	39.29	119.05	500.00	40.00
8	T Stubbs	11	190	27.14	129.25	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	DA Miller	58.14	12.97	57.15	14.58	142.84
2	Q de Kock	57.98	13.29	55.24	15.21	141.71
3	J-P Duminy	60.24	10.61	56.47	13.10	140.42
4	AK Markram	55.64	11.67	53.04	13.38	133.72
5	F du Plessis	48.10	12.41	46.78	13.50	120.79
6	AB de Villiers	52.13	10.21	45.48	12.78	120.60
7	HM Amla	49.24	10.65	45.31	12.42	117.62
8	T Stubbs	50.48	10.00	40.00	12.79	113.27
9	HE van der Dussen	44.74	12.18	40.00	12.96	109.88
10	H Klaasen	45.12	10.51	40.00	12.09	107.71

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 RATING

Points to note:-

Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	AB de Villiers	29	717	29.88	143.40	707.37	106.11
2	AK Markram	26	670	31.90	138.14	704.85	105.73
3	Q de Kock	35	834	24.53	134.52	674.90	101.24
4	J-P Duminy	23	568	40.57	129.68	671.45	100.72
5	DA Miller	28	597	35.12	127.56	632.01	94.80
6	HM Amla	14	376	31.33	127.46	543.19	81.48
7	F du Plessis	9	271	30.11	136.18	508.32	76.25
8	HE van der Dussen	5	177	59.00	116.45	500.00	75.00
9	T Stubbs	17	331	33.10	112.59	499.79	74.97
10	H Klaasen	11	239	26.56	125.79	498.45	74.77

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 20 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 250% 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: 25

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis %	RAT	WTG
1	J-P Duminy	50	24	48.00	694.95	104.24
2	DA Miller	83	30	36.14	648.81	97.32
3	AK Markram	62	21	33.87	607.98	91.20
4	Q de Kock	100	27	27.00	512.20	76.83
5	F du Plessis	43	15	34.88	503.51	75.53
6	AB de Villiers	64	17	26.56	486.01	72.90
7	HE van der Dussen	42	9	21.43	431.81	64.77
8	H Klaasen	43	10	23.26	388.08	58.21
9	T Stubbs	32	8	25.00	328.47	49.27
10	HM Amla	38	8	21.05	321.65	48.25

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 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: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Q de Kock	30	1033	35.62	162.93	735.56	73.56
2	F du Plessis	30	1054	42.16	137.24	718.22	71.82
3	AK Markram	30	980	40.83	147.37	671.54	67.15
4	J-P Duminy	30	794	46.71	135.03	671.05	67.11
5	DA Miller	30	698	41.06	152.74	670.48	67.05
6	AB de Villiers	30	818	31.46	154.34	667.80	66.78
7	HM Amla	30	988	38.00	134.06	662.98	66.30
8	HE van der Dussen	30	930	42.27	132.29	658.96	65.90
9	T Stubbs	30	706	28.24	133.71	575.87	57.59
10	H Klaasen	30	593	23.72	145.34	559.43	55.94

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	II	TF	SEC RAT
1	J-P Duminy	100.72	104.24	67.11	272.07
2	AK Markram	105.73	91.20	67.15	264.08
3	DA Miller	94.80	97.32	67.05	259.17
4	Q de Kock	101.24	76.83	73.56	251.62
5	AB de Villiers	106.11	72.90	66.78	245.79
6	F du Plessis	76.25	75.53	71.82	223.60
7	HE van der Dussen	75.00	64.77	65.90	205.67
8	HM Amla	81.48	48.25	66.30	196.02
9	H Klaasen	74.77	58.21	55.94	188.92
10	T Stubbs	74.97	49.27	57.59	181.83

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	10	DA Miller	SA	293.58	142.84	259.17	695.59
2	11	Q de Kock	SA	295.32	141.71	251.62	688.65
3	12	J-P Duminy	SA	274.01	140.42	272.07	686.49
4	17	AK Markram	SA	271.20	133.72	264.08	669.01
5	42	AB de Villiers	SA	248.63	120.60	245.79	615.02
6	45	F du Plessis	SA	262.46	120.79	223.60	606.84
7	75	HE van der Dussen	SA	249.56	109.88	205.67	565.11
8	82	HM Amla	SA	244.95	117.62	196.02	558.59
9	93	T Stubbs	SA	239.98	113.27	181.83	535.08
10	99	H Klaasen	SA	231.04	107.71	188.92	527.67