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Top 10 South African Batsmen in T20Is

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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 2025-10-12

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 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 RG Sharma IND 2007 2024 2015.5 151 4231 200.00
1 DA Miller SA 2010 2024 2017 114 2591 122.48
2 Q de Kock SA 2012 2025 2018.5 92 2585 122.19
3 RR Hendricks SA 2014 2025 2019.5 83 2389 112.93
4 J-P Duminy SA 2007 2019 2013 75 1934 91.42
5 AB de Villiers SA 2006 2017 2011.5 75 1672 79.04
6 F du Plessis SA 2012 2020 2016 50 1528 72.23
7 AK Markram SA 2019 2025 2022 58 1467 69.35
8 HE van der Dussen SA 2018 2025 2021.5 53 1406 66.46
9 HM Amla SA 2009 2018 2013.5 44 1277 60.36
10 H Klaasen SA 2018 2024 2021 53 1000 47.27

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 49.25 100.00
1 J-P Duminy 75 25 1934 11 38.68 40.65 82.54
2 DA Miller 114 36 2591 8 33.22 35.88 72.85
3 F du Plessis 50 7 1528 10 35.53 35.25 71.57
4 HE van der Dussen 53 11 1406 10 33.48 34.91 70.88
5 HM Amla 44 6 1277 8 33.61 34.34 69.73
6 Q de Kock 92 9 2585 16 31.14 31.56 64.08
7 AK Markram 58 8 1467 9 29.34 31.15 63.25
8 RR Hendricks 83 2 2389 17 29.49 30.42 61.76
9 AB de Villiers 75 11 1672 10 26.13 27.26 55.34
10 H Klaasen 53 10 1000 5 23.26 25.48 51.72

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 96 23 3593 34 49.22 49.74 150.00
1 J-P Duminy 62 20 1621 10 38.60 41.31 124.58
2 HE van der Dussen 44 10 1208 8 35.53 37.51 113.13
3 F du Plessis 44 6 1322 9 34.79 34.82 105.00
4 HM Amla 39 5 1109 7 32.62 33.82 101.98
5 AK Markram 44 6 1134 8 29.84 32.07 96.71
6 Q de Kock 70 6 2003 12 31.30 32.06 96.70
7 DA Miller 93 25 1970 6 28.97 31.77 95.81
8 RR Hendricks 67 1 1894 12 28.70 29.72 89.64
9 H Klaasen 43 6 841 5 22.73 25.19 75.96
10 AB de Villiers 65 9 1330 8 23.75 25.10 75.70

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 1507 896 168.19 167.81 100.00
1 AK Markram 1467 1006 145.83 144.73 86.24
2 DA Miller 2591 1842 140.66 140.79 83.90
3 H Klaasen 1000 705 141.84 140.63 83.80
4 AB de Villiers 1672 1237 135.17 138.05 82.26
5 Q de Kock 2585 1872 138.09 136.53 81.36
6 F du Plessis 1528 1137 134.39 135.07 80.49
7 HM Amla 1277 967 132.06 132.64 79.04
8 J-P Duminy 1934 1532 126.24 128.99 76.86
9 RR Hendricks 2389 1835 130.19 128.16 76.37
10 HE van der Dussen 1406 1092 128.75 126.09 75.14

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS PD Salt 1286 755 170.33 166.85 200.00
1 AK Markram 1134 760 149.21 146.75 175.90
2 H Klaasen 841 584 144.01 141.78 169.95
3 DA Miller 1970 1423 138.44 138.47 165.98
4 Q de Kock 2003 1432 139.87 137.61 164.95
5 AB de Villiers 1330 1009 131.81 134.95 161.76
6 F du Plessis 1322 989 133.67 134.34 161.03
7 HM Amla 1109 852 130.16 130.81 156.80
8 RR Hendricks 1894 1423 133.10 130.06 155.90
9 J-P Duminy 1621 1296 125.08 128.40 153.91
10 HE van der Dussen 1208 921 131.16 128.31 153.81

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 F du Plessis 119 85 79* 79 78 88.00 75.21
2 DA Miller 106* 101* 85* 82 65* 87.80 75.04
3 RR Hendricks 117 87 83 74 70 86.20 73.68
4 Q de Kock 100 79* 74 72 70 79.00 67.52
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 AK Markram 70 63 54 52* 52 58.20 49.74

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 39/15 297.81 150.00
1 DA Miller 101/36 22/9 28/12 106/47 65/29 242.33 122.06
2 AB de Villiers 69/28 71/29 30/13 46/20 64/29 240.31 121.04
3 Q de Kock 65/22 41/17 100/44 52/24 31/15 234.22 117.97
4 J-P Duminy 34/14 86/43 68/34 33/17 54/28 206.61 104.06
5 H Klaasen 69/30 22/10 66/33 52/27 41/22 203.16 102.33
6 AK Markram 52/25 41/20 63/31 28/14 51/26 201.06 101.27
7 F du Plessis 119/56 27/13 79/41 38/20 27/15 201.01 101.24
8 RR Hendricks 44/18 68/28 34/18 83/44 117/63 199.19 100.32
9 HE van der Dussen 74/32 66/38 34/20 45/27 43/26 179.43 90.37
10 HM Amla 58/31 69/38 21/12 85/51 47/30 173.60 87.44

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 DA Miller 122.48 168.67 249.88 75.04 122.06 738.12 295.25
2 Q de Kock 122.19 160.78 246.31 67.52 117.97 714.78 285.91
3 J-P Duminy 91.42 207.12 230.77 62.91 104.06 696.29 278.52
4 RR Hendricks 112.93 151.40 232.28 73.68 100.32 670.60 268.24
5 F du Plessis 72.23 176.58 241.51 75.21 101.24 666.78 266.71
6 AK Markram 69.35 159.96 262.15 49.74 101.27 642.46 256.99
7 HE van der Dussen 66.46 184.01 228.95 63.76 90.37 633.55 253.42
8 AB de Villiers 79.04 131.04 244.02 56.75 121.04 631.89 252.76
9 HM Amla 60.36 171.71 235.84 65.81 87.44 621.16 248.46
10 H Klaasen 47.27 127.69 253.75 54.36 102.33 585.39 234.16

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 DA Miller 50 1232 32.42 147.19 689.22 13.78
2 RR Hendricks 28 987 35.25 140.80 657.28 13.15
3 F du Plessis 25 805 38.33 141.73 656.14 13.12
4 Q de Kock 26 766 33.30 148.74 650.84 13.02
5 HE van der Dussen 22 720 42.35 141.73 643.51 12.87
6 AK Markram 18 484 30.25 161.33 599.68 11.99
7 J-P Duminy 32 707 30.74 131.66 561.42 11.23
8 HM Amla 15 458 35.23 134.31 560.79 11.22
9 H Klaasen 26 474 22.57 150.00 557.03 11.14
10 AB de Villiers 28 555 23.13 139.45 541.25 10.83

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 J-P Duminy 43 1227 45.44 123.32 754.71 60.38
2 DA Miller 64 1359 33.98 135.22 709.20 56.74
3 Q de Kock 66 1819 30.32 134.05 702.84 56.23
4 AB de Villiers 47 1117 27.93 133.13 652.77 52.22
5 AK Markram 40 983 28.91 139.24 643.03 51.44
6 HM Amla 29 819 32.76 130.83 615.53 49.24
7 RR Hendricks 55 1402 26.45 123.63 613.96 49.12
8 F du Plessis 25 723 32.86 127.07 600.99 48.08
9 H Klaasen 27 526 23.91 135.22 561.10 44.89
10 HE van der Dussen 31 686 27.44 117.47 559.32 44.75

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 DA Miller 80 1854 31.97 137.33 722.41 14.45
2 Q de Kock 61 1647 28.89 144.60 718.56 14.37
3 RR Hendricks 66 1941 29.86 131.95 717.70 14.35
4 F du Plessis 29 880 35.20 142.63 667.08 13.34
5 AK Markram 47 1153 26.81 147.25 648.20 12.96
6 J-P Duminy 54 1240 32.63 126.27 647.09 12.94
7 HE van der Dussen 43 1131 32.31 131.36 640.58 12.81
8 AB de Villiers 52 1185 26.93 134.51 630.97 12.62
9 HM Amla 22 683 35.95 134.71 612.11 12.24
10 H Klaasen 44 820 23.43 142.86 596.39 11.93

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 J-P Duminy 21 694 57.83 126.18 776.58 62.13
2 DA Miller 34 737 36.85 149.80 763.18 61.05
3 Q de Kock 31 938 36.08 127.97 723.45 57.88
4 F du Plessis 21 648 36.00 124.62 650.70 52.06
5 HM Amla 22 594 31.26 129.13 626.46 50.12
6 AB de Villiers 23 487 24.35 136.80 616.62 49.33
7 RR Hendricks 17 448 28.00 123.08 509.79 40.78
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 AK Markram 11 314 44.86 140.81 500.00 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 J-P Duminy 60.38 11.23 62.13 12.94 146.67
2 DA Miller 56.74 13.78 61.05 14.45 146.02
3 Q de Kock 56.23 13.02 57.88 14.37 141.49
4 F du Plessis 48.08 13.12 52.06 13.34 126.60
5 AB de Villiers 52.22 10.83 49.33 12.62 125.00
6 HM Amla 49.24 11.22 50.12 12.24 122.82
7 RR Hendricks 49.12 13.15 40.78 14.35 117.40
8 AK Markram 51.44 11.99 40.00 12.96 116.40
9 HE van der Dussen 44.75 12.87 40.00 12.81 110.43
10 H Klaasen 44.89 11.14 40.00 11.93 107.96

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 29.88 143.40 707.09 106.06
2 J-P Duminy 23 568 40.57 129.68 671.05 100.66
3 Q de Kock 27 653 25.12 134.36 636.67 95.50
4 AK Markram 18 384 25.60 123.08 570.69 85.60
5 DA Miller 22 423 30.21 118.82 549.22 82.38
6 HM Amla 14 376 31.33 127.46 542.87 81.43
7 F du Plessis 9 271 30.11 136.18 508.00 76.20
8 HE van der Dussen 5 177 59.00 116.45 500.00 75.00
9 H Klaasen 11 239 26.56 125.79 497.70 74.66
10 RR Hendricks 13 169 14.08 91.85 303.22 45.48
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 48.00 699.30 104.89
2 DA Miller 78 28 35.90 629.49 94.42
3 AK Markram 50 16 32.00 550.64 82.60
4 Q de Kock 83 24 28.92 509.31 76.40
5 F du Plessis 43 15 34.88 509.07 76.36
6 AB de Villiers 64 17 26.56 493.77 74.07
7 HE van der Dussen 42 9 21.43 441.81 66.27
8 H Klaasen 43 10 23.26 394.90 59.24
9 HM Amla 38 8 21.05 327.01 49.05
10 RR Hendricks 81 10 12.35 218.90 32.83
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 1160 42.96 144.64 756.79 75.68
2 F du Plessis 30 1054 42.16 137.24 738.71 73.87
3 RR Hendricks 30 954 32.90 148.83 705.75 70.57
4 AK Markram 30 980 40.83 147.37 701.04 70.10
5 DA Miller 30 698 41.06 152.74 695.00 69.50
6 J-P Duminy 30 794 46.71 135.03 691.08 69.11
7 AB de Villiers 30 818 31.46 154.34 690.20 69.02
8 HM Amla 30 988 38.00 134.06 682.33 68.23
9 HE van der Dussen 30 930 42.27 132.29 678.10 67.81
10 H Klaasen 30 593 23.72 145.34 579.79 57.98

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 100.66 104.89 69.11 274.66
2 AB de Villiers 106.06 74.07 69.02 249.15
3 Q de Kock 95.50 76.40 75.68 247.58
4 DA Miller 82.38 94.42 69.50 246.31
5 AK Markram 85.60 82.60 70.10 238.30
6 F du Plessis 76.20 76.36 73.87 226.43
7 HE van der Dussen 75.00 66.27 67.81 209.08
8 HM Amla 81.43 49.05 68.23 198.72
9 H Klaasen 74.66 59.24 57.98 191.87
10 RR Hendricks 45.48 32.83 70.57 148.89

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 9 J-P Duminy SA 278.52 146.67 274.66 699.85
2 14 DA Miller SA 295.25 146.02 246.31 687.58
3 15 Q de Kock SA 285.91 141.49 247.58 674.98
4 30 AB de Villiers SA 252.76 125.00 249.15 626.90
5 34 F du Plessis SA 266.71 126.60 226.43 619.74
6 41 AK Markram SA 256.99 116.40 238.30 611.69
7 70 HE van der Dussen SA 253.42 110.43 209.08 572.93
8 72 HM Amla SA 248.46 122.82 198.72 570.00
9 90 RR Hendricks SA 268.24 117.40 148.89 534.53
10 91 H Klaasen SA 234.16 107.96 191.87 533.98

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI SL US AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI

* 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.

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