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 Sri Lankan batsmen in Test Cricket since 1950.

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

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 Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Sri Lanka.

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

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

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	329	15921	200.00
1	KC Sangakkara	SL	2000	2015	2007.5	233	12400	155.77
2	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	1997	2014	2005.5	252	11814	148.41
3	ST Jayasuriya	SL	1991	2007	1999	188	6973	87.60
4	PA de Silva	SL	1984	2002	1993	159	6361	79.91
5	MS Atapattu	SL	1990	2007	1998.5	156	5502	69.12
6	TM Dilshan	SL	1999	2013	2006	145	5492	68.99
7	TT Samaraweera	SL	2001	2013	2007	132	5462	68.61

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2024	2018	278	12972	180.00
1	AD Mathews	SL	2009	2025	2017	210	8167	113.33
2	FDM Karunaratne	SL	2012	2025	2018.5	191	7222	100.21
3	LD Chandimal	SL	2011	2025	2018	158	6208	86.14

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	KC Sangakkara	233	17	12400	57.41	53.70	223.25
2	DPMD Jayawardena	252	15	11814	49.85	46.70	194.11
3	TT Samaraweera	132	20	5462	48.77	46.22	192.13
4	AD Mathews	210	27	8167	44.63	44.95	186.86
5	LD Chandimal	158	15	6208	43.41	44.47	184.85
6	PA de Silva	159	11	6361	42.98	43.33	180.14
7	TM Dilshan	145	11	5492	40.99	41.20	171.28
8	FDM Karunaratne	191	7	7222	39.25	40.87	169.92
9	ST Jayasuriya	188	14	6973	40.07	40.55	168.55
10	MS Atapattu	156	15	5502	39.02	39.62	164.68

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	132	17	6450	56.09	58.37	250.00
1	KC Sangakkara	175	12	8590	52.70	49.30	211.14
2	DPMD Jayawardena	190	8	8544	46.95	43.98	188.34
3	AD Mathews	161	17	6089	42.28	42.59	182.41
4	PA de Silva	138	8	5466	42.05	42.39	181.56
5	TT Samaraweera	94	15	3531	44.70	42.36	181.42
6	ST Jayasuriya	140	8	5233	39.64	40.11	171.79
7	LD Chandimal	114	6	4153	38.45	39.39	168.69
8	TM Dilshan	104	7	3510	36.19	36.38	155.80
9	FDM Karunaratne	139	4	4703	34.84	36.28	155.38
10	MS Atapattu	116	8	3557	32.94	33.44	143.20

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	DPMD Jayawardena	374	275	242	240	237	213*	203*	254.86	138.80
2	KC Sangakkara	319	287	270	232	230	222*	221	254.43	138.56
3	ST Jayasuriya	340	253	213	199	188	157	148	214.00	116.55
4	MS Atapattu	249	223	216*	207*	201*	201	185	211.71	115.30
5	FDM Karunaratne	244	196	186	179	158*	152	147	180.29	98.18
6	PA de Silva	267	206	168	167	152	148	146	179.14	97.56
7	TT Samaraweera	231	214	159	143	142	138	137*	166.29	90.56
8	AD Mathews	200*	199	160	157*	145*	141	122	160.57	87.45
9	TM Dilshan	193	168	163*	162	147	145	143	160.14	87.21
10	LD Chandimal	206*	164	162*	155*	151	138	132	158.29	86.20

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	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	4481	5580	80.30	88.85	150.00
1	ST Jayasuriya	6973	10689	65.24	67.20	113.45
2	TM Dilshan	5492	8381	65.53	63.91	107.89
3	PA de Silva	5742	11266	50.97	54.10	91.34
4	KC Sangakkara	12400	22882	54.19	53.21	89.83
5	DPMD Jayawardena	11814	22956	51.46	50.69	85.59
6	FDM Karunaratne	7222	14024	51.50	49.45	83.48
7	LD Chandimal	6208	12387	50.12	47.34	79.93
8	AD Mathews	8167	16856	48.45	46.22	78.03
9	TT Samaraweera	5462	11642	46.92	45.88	77.45
10	MS Atapattu	5502	12384	44.43	45.70	77.16

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	KC Sangakkara	155.77	434.39	138.56	89.83	818.56	409.28
2	DPMD Jayawardena	148.41	382.45	138.80	85.59	755.25	377.62
3	ST Jayasuriya	87.60	340.34	116.55	113.45	657.94	328.97
4	AD Mathews	113.33	369.27	87.45	78.03	648.08	324.04
5	PA de Silva	79.91	361.70	97.56	91.34	630.51	315.26
6	TT Samaraweera	68.61	373.55	90.56	77.45	610.17	305.09
7	FDM Karunaratne	100.21	325.30	98.18	83.48	607.17	303.59
8	LD Chandimal	86.14	353.53	86.20	79.93	605.81	302.90
9	TM Dilshan	68.99	327.07	87.21	107.89	591.17	295.59
10	MS Atapattu	69.12	307.89	115.30	77.16	569.47	284.73

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: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DPMD Jayawardena	129	7167	59.73	52.46	811.52	202.88
2	KC Sangakkara	124	6830	60.44	55.56	784.82	196.20
3	ST Jayasuriya	102	4114	43.77	65.83	650.15	162.54
4	PA de Silva	72	3290	52.22	53.07	634.48	158.62
5	FDM Karunaratne	82	3834	48.53	55.21	624.05	156.01
6	TT Samaraweera	70	3123	53.84	46.19	585.73	146.43
7	AD Mathews	113	4323	45.03	49.26	583.76	145.94
8	LD Chandimal	69	2973	48.74	52.88	577.55	144.39
9	TM Dilshan	75	2925	43.01	70.53	554.24	138.56
10	MS Atapattu	78	2671	38.71	44.76	518.75	129.69

Away From Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	109	5570	54.08	52.60	735.13	735.13
2	AD Mathews	97	3844	44.18	47.57	610.59	610.59
3	DPMD Jayawardena	123	4647	39.72	49.99	581.17	581.17
4	ST Jayasuriya	86	2859	35.74	64.39	552.67	552.67
5	LD Chandimal	89	3235	39.45	47.82	545.42	545.42
6	PA de Silva	87	3071	36.13	48.81	538.82	538.82
7	TM Dilshan	70	2567	38.89	60.63	537.83	537.83
8	TT Samaraweera	62	2339	43.31	47.92	528.86	528.86
9	MS Atapattu	78	2831	39.32	44.12	528.64	528.64
10	FDM Karunaratne	109	3388	32.27	47.85	502.70	502.70

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: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	165	9355	61.55	55.15	810.77	202.69
2	DPMD Jayawardena	179	9399	56.28	52.57	792.94	198.24
3	ST Jayasuriya	124	5188	45.11	65.13	667.06	166.76
4	FDM Karunaratne	119	5136	45.05	53.10	639.76	159.94
5	AD Mathews	152	5996	46.12	48.64	639.13	159.78
6	LD Chandimal	100	4356	48.94	51.04	616.46	154.12
7	TT Samaraweera	94	4275	54.11	47.43	609.64	152.41
8	PA de Silva	108	4431	45.21	50.11	587.20	146.80
9	TM Dilshan	104	4107	42.78	69.92	559.76	139.94
10	MS Atapattu	107	3462	35.69	44.19	497.74	124.44

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	68	3045	47.58	51.44	739.12	739.12
2	MS Atapattu	49	2040	46.36	44.85	688.59	688.59
3	AD Mathews	58	2171	40.96	47.95	632.06	632.06
4	PA de Silva	51	1930	38.60	52.75	611.10	611.10
5	ST Jayasuriya	64	1785	30.25	65.55	544.89	544.89
6	TM Dilshan	41	1385	36.45	55.25	541.78	541.78
7	DPMD Jayawardena	73	2415	34.50	47.56	538.57	538.57
8	FDM Karunaratne	72	2086	29.80	47.93	526.70	526.70
9	LD Chandimal	58	1852	34.30	48.07	523.71	523.71
10	TT Samaraweera	38	1187	35.97	45.15	464.47	464.47

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	KC Sangakkara	735.13	196.20	739.12	202.69	1,873.15	187.31
2	AD Mathews	610.59	145.94	632.06	159.78	1,548.37	154.84
3	DPMD Jayawardena	581.17	202.88	538.57	198.24	1,520.85	152.09
4	MS Atapattu	528.64	129.69	688.59	124.44	1,471.35	147.14
5	PA de Silva	538.82	158.62	611.10	146.80	1,455.35	145.53
6	ST Jayasuriya	552.67	162.54	544.89	166.76	1,426.85	142.69
7	LD Chandimal	545.42	144.39	523.71	154.12	1,367.64	136.76
8	TM Dilshan	537.83	138.56	541.78	139.94	1,358.11	135.81
9	FDM Karunaratne	502.70	156.01	526.70	159.94	1,345.35	134.54
10	TT Samaraweera	528.86	146.43	464.47	152.41	1,292.17	129.22

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	KC Sangakkara	30	2434	90.15	60.43	895.01	179.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	30	2423	89.74	56.45	888.32	177.66
3	FDM Karunaratne	30	2114	72.90	57.98	758.77	151.75
4	PA de Silva	30	1944	77.76	53.35	728.39	145.68
5	ST Jayasuriya	30	1606	57.36	63.98	693.17	138.63
6	MS Atapattu	30	1488	62.00	45.84	631.02	126.20
7	TT Samaraweera	30	1608	67.00	51.87	628.77	125.75
8	TM Dilshan	30	1420	56.80	78.02	600.94	120.19
9	LD Chandimal	30	1422	52.67	52.65	567.27	113.45
10	AD Mathews	30	1460	63.48	50.34	561.91	112.38

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	30	1974	70.50	50.65	801.06	640.85
2	TT Samaraweera	30	1662	69.25	54.10	726.79	581.43
3	DPMD Jayawardena	30	1571	54.17	53.65	700.76	560.61
4	TM Dilshan	30	1534	51.13	75.23	700.66	560.53
5	MS Atapattu	30	1488	55.11	48.92	688.80	551.04
6	AD Mathews	30	1514	60.56	43.93	676.97	541.57
7	PA de Silva	30	1357	45.23	56.52	633.78	507.02
8	ST Jayasuriya	30	1300	46.43	67.46	598.74	478.99
9	LD Chandimal	30	1263	45.11	46.59	563.72	450.98
10	FDM Karunaratne	30	1262	43.52	46.23	559.31	447.45

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	FDM Karunaratne	26	1130	47.08	51.53	715.03	357.52
2	DPMD Jayawardena	35	1239	38.72	49.34	663.96	331.98
3	AD Mathews	27	1002	45.55	53.73	641.26	320.63
4	ST Jayasuriya	25	914	38.08	69.03	631.50	315.75
5	KC Sangakkara	33	1113	33.73	54.03	613.64	306.82
6	TT Samaraweera	17	681	45.40	46.33	558.22	279.11
7	TM Dilshan	20	715	37.63	60.49	546.08	273.04
8	MS Atapattu	19	615	36.18	39.27	484.27	242.13
9	PA de Silva	24	619	28.14	46.44	464.62	232.31
10	LD Chandimal	17	308	18.12	47.38	296.05	148.02

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. Points to note about II:-

1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th innings are clubbed together.
A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
An Inn is included in II if it is 20% of the total runs of the higher total or
The runs are more than 12.5% of the total runs and
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings: 50

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	KC Sangakkara	216	66	30.56	725.73	725.73
2	PA de Silva	148	40	27.03	609.57	609.57
3	DPMD Jayawardena	237	54	22.78	505.27	505.27
4	TT Samaraweera	112	26	23.21	490.12	490.12
5	AD Mathews	183	37	20.22	476.97	476.97
6	ST Jayasuriya	174	35	20.11	464.57	464.57
7	MS Atapattu	141	28	19.86	434.67	434.67
8	LD Chandimal	143	26	18.18	431.94	431.94
9	TM Dilshan	134	28	20.90	431.37	431.37
10	FDM Karunaratne	184	33	17.93	384.30	384.30

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	KC Sangakkara	179.00	640.85	306.82	725.73	1,852.40	185.24
2	DPMD Jayawardena	177.66	560.61	331.98	505.27	1,575.52	157.55
3	PA de Silva	145.68	507.02	232.31	609.57	1,494.58	149.46
4	TT Samaraweera	125.75	581.43	279.11	490.12	1,476.42	147.64
5	AD Mathews	112.38	541.57	320.63	476.97	1,451.55	145.16
6	ST Jayasuriya	138.63	478.99	315.75	464.57	1,397.95	139.79
7	TM Dilshan	120.19	560.53	273.04	431.37	1,385.13	138.51
8	MS Atapattu	126.20	551.04	242.13	434.67	1,354.05	135.41
9	FDM Karunaratne	151.75	447.45	357.52	384.30	1,341.01	134.10
10	LD Chandimal	113.45	450.98	148.02	431.94	1,144.39	114.44

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	8	KC Sangakkara	SL	409.28	187.31	185.24	781.83
2	28	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	377.62	152.09	157.55	687.26
3	53	AD Mathews	SL	324.04	154.84	145.16	624.03
4	59	ST Jayasuriya	SL	328.97	142.69	139.79	611.45
5	63	PA de Silva	SL	315.26	145.53	149.46	610.25
6	88	TT Samaraweera	SL	305.09	129.22	147.64	581.95
7	95	FDM Karunaratne	SL	303.59	134.54	134.10	572.22
8	97	TM Dilshan	SL	295.59	135.81	138.51	569.91
9	98	MS Atapattu	SL	284.73	147.14	135.41	567.27
10	108	LD Chandimal	SL	302.90	136.76	114.44	554.11

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	NZ	ENG
1970s	PAK	ENG	IND	WI	SA
1980s	PAK	WI	ENG	NZ	IND
1990s	IND	PAK	SA	AUS	SL	WI
2000s	AUS	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	NZ	SA
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	ENG	SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

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