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Top 10 West Indian Batsmen in ODIs

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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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 West Indian batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

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 West Indies.

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

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, 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.
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 and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30
Min Overall Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 1996
Era 2 MP between 1995 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS M Azharuddin IND 1985 2000 1992.5 308 9378 150.00
1 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 138.32
2 IVA Richards WI 1975 1991 1983 167 6721 107.50
3 RB Richardson WI 1983 1996 1989.5 217 6248 99.94
4 CL Hooper WI 1987 2003 1995 206 5761 92.15
5 CG Greenidge WI 1975 1991 1983 127 5134 82.12
6 CH Lloyd WI 1973 1985 1979 69 1977 31.62
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2012 2000.5 452 18426 200.00
1 CH Gayle WI 1999 2019 2009 294 10480 113.75
2 BC Lara WI 1990 2007 1998.5 289 10405 112.94
3 S Chanderpaul WI 1994 2011 2002.5 251 8778 95.28
4 RR Sarwan WI 2000 2013 2006.5 169 5804 63.00
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2008 2025 2016.5 290 14181 180.00

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
Min Runs (TT) 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 196 67 6912 46 53.58 56.49 150.00
1 IVA Richards 167 24 6721 45 47.00 48.39 128.51
2 CG Greenidge 127 13 5134 31 45.04 47.25 125.47
3 CH Lloyd 69 19 1977 11 39.54 46.59 123.71
4 DL Haynes 237 28 8648 57 41.38 43.97 116.76
5 RR Sarwan 169 33 5804 38 42.68 43.41 115.28
6 S Chanderpaul 251 40 8778 59 41.60 42.73 113.46
7 BC Lara 289 32 10405 63 40.49 42.16 111.96
8 CH Gayle 294 17 10480 54 37.83 38.33 101.80
9 CL Hooper 206 43 5761 29 35.34 38.15 101.31
10 RB Richardson 217 30 6248 44 33.41 34.62 91.94

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 158 54 5692 38 54.73 58.69 150.00
1 IVA Richards 157 23 6233 44 46.51 48.47 123.88
2 CG Greenidge 120 10 4576 28 41.60 44.30 113.24
3 DL Haynes 224 27 8043 53 40.83 43.89 112.19
4 CH Lloyd 66 16 1820 9 36.40 43.31 110.69
5 S Chanderpaul 202 24 7039 47 39.54 41.84 106.93
6 RR Sarwan 136 21 4531 34 39.40 41.42 105.87
7 BC Lara 241 23 8335 51 38.23 40.62 103.82
8 CL Hooper 192 41 5386 28 35.67 38.90 99.43
9 CH Gayle 222 7 7323 35 34.06 35.55 90.87
10 RB Richardson 204 27 5882 41 33.23 34.74 88.78

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3990 3148 126.75 112.43 150.00
1 IVA Richards 6721 7444 90.29 99.53 132.79
2 CH Lloyd 1977 2432 81.29 93.09 124.20
3 CH Gayle 10480 12019 87.20 84.57 112.83
4 BC Lara 10405 13125 79.28 83.72 111.70
5 CL Hooper 5761 7507 76.74 81.18 108.30
6 CG Greenidge 5134 7910 64.91 77.91 103.95
7 RR Sarwan 5804 7663 75.74 75.34 100.51
8 DL Haynes 8648 13681 63.21 75.03 100.10
9 RB Richardson 6248 9794 63.79 71.77 95.76
10 S Chanderpaul 8778 12406 70.76 71.65 95.59

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3035 2540 119.49 106.12 150.00
1 IVA Richards 6233 6939 89.83 99.25 140.28
2 CH Lloyd 1820 2304 78.99 90.74 128.25
3 CH Gayle 7323 8319 88.03 85.77 121.23
4 BC Lara 8335 10918 76.34 81.10 114.63
5 CL Hooper 5386 7056 76.33 81.02 114.52
6 CG Greenidge 4576 7129 64.19 77.18 109.09
7 DL Haynes 8043 12782 62.92 74.81 105.74
8 RR Sarwan 4531 6092 74.38 74.42 105.19
9 S Chanderpaul 7039 10007 70.34 71.70 101.35
10 RB Richardson 5882 9285 63.35 71.46 101.01

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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 ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 100.00
1 IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 100.00
2 DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 140.14 93.61
3 CG Greenidge 133* 117 115 110* 106* 105* 104 112.86 75.38
4 CL Hooper 113* 112* 111 110* 108 105 100* 108.43 72.42
5 RB Richardson 122 110 109 108* 106* 99* 94 106.86 71.37
6 CH Lloyd 102 89* 80* 79 73* 65 63* 78.71 52.58
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 100.00
1 BC Lara 169 156 153 146* 139 128 116* 143.86 87.64
2 CH Gayle 162 152* 140 135 135 133* 132* 141.29 86.07
3 S Chanderpaul 150 149* 116* 112* 109* 108* 107* 121.57 74.06
4 RR Sarwan 115* 104* 102* 99* 98* 92 91* 100.14 61.01
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 100.00

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 BB McCullum 77/25 33/11 80/28 51/22 59/26 253.89 100.00
1 CH Gayle 77/27 43/21 27/14 80/43 61/33 202.41 79.73
2 IVA Richards 37/17 82/39 80/39 66/39 149/99 195.88 77.15
3 BC Lara 55/32 36/22 59/37 60/41 60/43 162.94 64.18
4 CH Lloyd 54/29 31/17 41/30 79/59 102/85 159.81 62.94
5 CL Hooper 35/20 74/47 39/26 57/40 36/27 159.33 62.76
6 RB Richardson 52/26 46/28 42/32 79/70 27/24 153.76 60.56
7 S Chanderpaul 46/30 27/18 62/45 51/40 52/42 137.72 54.24
8 RR Sarwan 32/15 29/19 47/34 92/75 30/26 135.37 53.32
9 DL Haynes 152/126 44/39 40/36 148/136 142/132 133.12 52.43
10 CG Greenidge 66/51 26/23 84/76 104/100 42/41 132.82 52.32

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 TOT PRI PTS
1 IVA Richards 107.50 252.39 273.08 100.00 77.15 810.12 324.05
2 DL Haynes 138.32 228.94 205.84 93.61 52.43 719.15 287.66
3 BC Lara 112.94 215.78 226.33 87.64 64.18 706.87 282.75
4 CH Gayle 113.75 192.66 234.06 86.07 79.73 706.28 282.51
5 CG Greenidge 82.12 238.71 213.03 75.38 52.32 661.55 264.62
6 CL Hooper 92.15 200.74 222.82 72.42 62.76 650.88 260.35
7 S Chanderpaul 95.28 220.39 196.94 74.06 54.24 640.92 256.37
8 CH Lloyd 31.62 234.40 252.46 52.58 62.94 634.00 253.60
9 RB Richardson 99.94 180.73 196.77 71.37 60.56 609.37 243.75
10 RR Sarwan 63.00 221.15 205.71 61.01 53.32 604.18 241.67

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 DL Haynes 49 2573 67.71 78.16 795.90 15.92
2 CH Gayle 117 4217 36.99 86.68 666.81 13.34
3 BC Lara 85 3224 44.16 79.00 627.10 12.54
4 RB Richardson 46 1769 47.81 76.28 625.35 12.51
5 S Chanderpaul 84 2926 41.80 71.89 575.41 11.51
6 IVA Richards 26 805 36.59 94.26 568.91 11.38
7 RR Sarwan 80 2813 43.28 75.07 562.02 11.24
8 CL Hooper 50 1432 37.68 79.20 553.20 11.06
9 CG Greenidge 30 1019 37.74 67.57 517.22 10.34
10 CH Lloyd 6 114 38.00 68.26 500.00 10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 141 5916 48.89 89.77 860.42 68.83
2 BC Lara 204 7181 39.03 79.40 729.83 58.39
3 CH Gayle 177 6263 38.42 87.55 699.95 56.00
4 CG Greenidge 97 4115 47.30 64.28 690.20 55.22
5 CH Lloyd 63 1863 39.64 82.25 659.55 52.76
6 DL Haynes 188 6075 35.53 58.48 659.00 52.72
7 S Chanderpaul 167 5852 41.50 70.20 658.00 52.64
8 CL Hooper 156 4329 34.63 75.96 657.84 52.63
9 RR Sarwan 89 2991 42.13 76.38 604.92 48.39
10 RB Richardson 171 4479 29.86 59.92 568.84 45.51

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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 124 5052 47.66 86.51 821.07 16.42
2 DL Haynes 174 6550 43.38 63.92 765.60 15.31
3 CH Gayle 234 8191 37.23 86.75 749.57 14.99
4 BC Lara 205 7335 40.75 77.40 734.70 14.69
5 S Chanderpaul 176 6195 41.58 71.04 668.12 13.36
6 CG Greenidge 105 4077 42.47 64.25 665.23 13.30
7 CH Lloyd 63 1893 41.15 80.62 662.09 13.24
8 RR Sarwan 129 4306 42.22 76.43 624.42 12.49
9 CL Hooper 135 3525 32.34 72.64 605.60 12.11
10 RB Richardson 139 3659 30.49 62.89 573.56 11.47

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 84 3070 39.87 84.16 828.97 66.32
2 IVA Richards 43 1669 45.11 104.05 808.25 64.66
3 CL Hooper 71 2236 41.41 84.25 785.95 62.88
4 CH Gayle 60 2289 40.16 88.82 771.33 61.71
5 RB Richardson 78 2589 38.64 65.12 741.91 59.35
6 S Chanderpaul 75 2583 41.66 70.09 729.39 58.35
7 DL Haynes 63 2098 36.17 61.09 670.40 53.63
8 CG Greenidge 22 1057 58.72 67.58 652.78 52.22
9 RR Sarwan 40 1498 44.06 73.83 614.61 49.17
10 CH Lloyd 6 84 21.00 100.00 500.00 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 IVA Richards 68.83 11.38 64.66 16.42 161.29
2 BC Lara 58.39 12.54 66.32 14.69 151.94
3 CH Gayle 56.00 13.34 61.71 14.99 146.03
4 CL Hooper 52.63 11.06 62.88 12.11 138.68
5 DL Haynes 52.72 15.92 53.63 15.31 137.58
6 S Chanderpaul 52.64 11.51 58.35 13.36 135.86
7 CG Greenidge 55.22 10.34 52.22 13.30 131.09
8 RB Richardson 45.51 12.51 59.35 11.47 128.84
9 RR Sarwan 48.39 11.24 49.17 12.49 121.29
10 CH Lloyd 52.76 10.00 40.00 13.24 116.01

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

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 21 1013 63.31 85.34 854.98 128.25
2 BC Lara 33 1225 42.24 85.90 692.27 103.84
3 CH Gayle 34 1186 35.94 90.53 616.75 92.51
4 CH Lloyd 11 393 43.67 84.88 607.60 91.14
5 DL Haynes 25 854 37.13 57.74 593.52 89.03
6 RB Richardson 20 639 37.59 63.14 578.94 86.84
7 CG Greenidge 15 591 45.46 58.51 571.99 85.80
8 RR Sarwan 20 739 46.19 75.87 567.60 85.14
9 S Chanderpaul 28 970 40.42 62.10 525.53 78.83
10 CL Hooper 18 261 18.64 70.73 351.22 52.68
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 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% 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: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 143 71 49.65 864.34 129.65
2 BC Lara 257 92 35.80 665.61 99.84
3 CH Lloyd 50 25 50.00 655.92 98.39
4 CH Gayle 277 83 29.96 587.60 88.14
5 CG Greenidge 114 37 32.46 525.63 78.85
6 DL Haynes 209 60 28.71 502.48 75.37
7 RB Richardson 187 47 25.13 489.68 73.45
8 S Chanderpaul 211 57 27.01 451.49 67.72
9 CL Hooper 163 46 28.22 447.90 67.19
10 RR Sarwan 136 37 27.21 424.58 63.69
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 IVA Richards 50 2574 66.00 96.88 874.90 87.49
2 BC Lara 50 2554 59.40 89.14 772.49 77.25
3 DL Haynes 50 2247 52.26 71.81 738.50 73.85
4 CG Greenidge 50 2178 48.40 69.67 689.72 68.97
5 S Chanderpaul 50 2271 61.38 72.46 686.08 68.61
6 CL Hooper 50 1921 49.26 82.91 674.94 67.49
7 CH Gayle 50 1805 39.24 100.11 660.88 66.09
8 RR Sarwan 50 1968 56.23 82.10 634.73 63.47
9 RB Richardson 50 1817 41.30 71.82 615.54 61.55
10 CH Lloyd 50 1401 41.21 80.19 590.20 59.02

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 TF II SEC RAT
1 IVA Richards 128.25 87.49 129.65 345.39
2 BC Lara 103.84 77.25 99.84 280.93
3 CH Lloyd 91.14 59.02 98.39 248.55
4 CH Gayle 92.51 66.09 88.14 246.74
5 DL Haynes 89.03 73.85 75.37 238.25
6 CG Greenidge 85.80 68.97 78.85 233.62
7 RB Richardson 86.84 61.55 73.45 221.85
8 S Chanderpaul 78.83 68.61 67.72 215.16
9 RR Sarwan 85.14 63.47 63.69 212.30
10 CL Hooper 52.68 67.49 67.19 187.36

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 1 IVA Richards WI 324.05 161.29 345.39 830.73
2 8 BC Lara WI 282.75 151.94 280.93 715.62
3 18 CH Gayle WI 282.51 146.03 246.74 675.28
4 22 DL Haynes WI 287.66 137.58 238.25 663.49
5 43 CG Greenidge WI 264.62 131.09 233.62 629.33
6 53 CH Lloyd WI 253.60 116.01 248.55 618.15
7 61 S Chanderpaul WI 256.37 135.86 215.16 607.39
8 68 RB Richardson WI 243.75 128.84 221.85 594.43
9 73 CL Hooper WI 260.35 138.68 187.36 586.39
10 84 RR Sarwan WI 241.67 121.29 212.30 575.26

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN

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