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 West Indian batsmen in Test Cricket since 1950.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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. 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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. IMPACT INNS

5.4. 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 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, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form (Home & Away), Min 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 (TT)	50
Min Career Runs	1000

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	IVA Richards	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	182	8540	129.93
2	GS Sobers	WI	1954	1974	1964	160	8032	122.20
3	CG Greenidge	WI	1974	1991	1982.5	185	7558	114.99
4	CH Lloyd	WI	1966	1984	1975	175	7515	114.33
5	DL Haynes	WI	1978	1994	1986	202	7487	113.91
6	RB Kanhai	WI	1957	1974	1965.5	137	6227	94.74
7	AI Kallicharran	WI	1972	1980	1976	109	4399	66.93

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2013	2001	329	15921	200.00
1	BC Lara	WI	1990	2006	1998	232	11953	150.15
2	S Chanderpaul	WI	1994	2015	2004.5	280	11867	149.07
3	CH Gayle	WI	2000	2014	2007	182	7215	90.64

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2012	2026	2019	298	13943	190.00

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	2000

Against All Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	160	21	8032	57.78	60.51	250.00
1	GS Sobers	160	21	8032	57.78	60.51	250.00
2	BC Lara	232	6	11953	52.89	53.59	221.39
3	S Chanderpaul	280	49	11867	51.37	51.77	213.88
4	IVA Richards	182	12	8540	50.24	51.43	212.47
5	CH Lloyd	175	14	7515	46.68	48.57	200.66
6	RB Kanhai	137	6	6227	47.53	47.93	198.00
7	AI Kallicharran	109	10	4399	44.43	46.70	192.91
8	CG Greenidge	185	16	7558	44.72	46.16	190.71
9	DL Haynes	202	25	7487	42.30	43.94	181.54
10	CH Gayle	182	11	7215	42.19	42.36	175.00

Against Top Teams

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	GS Sobers	140	19	7274	60.12	63.61	250.00
1	GS Sobers	140	19	7274	60.12	63.61	250.00
2	IVA Richards	147	11	7265	53.42	55.63	218.65
3	BC Lara	197	5	9934	51.74	53.30	209.50
4	S Chanderpaul	223	34	9127	48.29	50.14	197.07
5	CH Lloyd	149	11	6210	45.00	47.40	186.31
6	AI Kallicharran	97	8	3922	44.07	46.84	184.09
7	RB Kanhai	130	6	5732	46.23	46.80	183.93
8	DL Haynes	169	22	6477	44.06	46.42	182.46
9	CG Greenidge	145	12	5715	42.97	45.31	178.11
10	CH Gayle	145	5	5930	42.36	43.86	172.40

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	BC Lara	400*	375	277	226	221	216	213	275.43	150.00
2	CH Gayle	333	317	204	197	175	165*	150	220.14	119.89
3	GS Sobers	365*	226	198	178*	174	168	163*	210.29	114.52
4	IVA Richards	291	232	208	192*	182*	178	177	208.57	113.59
5	CG Greenidge	226	223	214*	213	194	154*	149	196.14	106.82
6	RB Kanhai	256	217	158*	157	153	150	139	175.71	95.70
7	CH Lloyd	242*	178	163	161*	157	149	143	170.43	92.82
8	S Chanderpaul	203*	203*	166	153*	150*	147*	140	166.00	90.40
9	DL Haynes	184	167	145	143*	143	136	131	149.86	81.61
10	AI Kallicharran	187	158	127	126	124	119	115	136.57	74.38

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	2000
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	4481	5580	80.30	88.84	150.00
1	IVA Richards	6965	10051	69.30	76.00	128.31
2	CH Lloyd	4327	7489	57.78	66.22	111.81
3	GS Sobers	2407	4669	51.55	64.13	108.29
4	BC Lara	11953	19753	60.51	62.01	104.71
5	RB Kanhai	1717	3595	47.76	59.71	100.81
6	CH Gayle	7215	11967	60.29	58.39	98.58
7	CG Greenidge	6147	12536	49.03	54.93	92.74
8	AI Kallicharran	2025	4372	46.32	54.20	91.52
9	DL Haynes	6920	15534	44.55	49.48	83.54
10	S Chanderpaul	11867	27411	43.29	43.40	73.28

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 40 percent.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	RAT	PRI PTS
1	GS Sobers	122.20	500.00	114.52	108.29	845.01	338.00
2	BC Lara	150.15	430.89	150.00	104.71	835.75	334.30
3	IVA Richards	129.93	431.12	113.59	128.31	802.95	321.18
4	S Chanderpaul	149.07	410.95	90.40	73.28	723.71	289.48
5	CH Lloyd	114.33	386.97	92.82	111.81	705.94	282.37
6	CG Greenidge	114.99	368.82	106.82	92.74	683.37	273.35
7	RB Kanhai	94.74	381.92	95.70	100.81	673.17	269.27
8	CH Gayle	90.64	347.40	119.89	98.58	656.51	262.60
9	DL Haynes	113.91	364.00	81.61	83.54	643.06	257.22
10	AI Kallicharran	66.93	377.00	74.38	91.52	609.82	243.93

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	30.00
Away	120.00
Familiar Conditions	30.00
Unfamiliar Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW 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 Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	111	6217	58.65	60.35	842.76	25.28
2	GS Sobers	75	4075	66.80	46.08	837.91	25.14
3	S Chanderpaul	133	6187	58.37	41.90	741.13	22.23
4	DL Haynes	84	3868	56.06	49.40	713.38	21.40
5	IVA Richards	67	3136	49.78	67.29	704.05	21.12
6	CG Greenidge	75	3209	48.62	48.41	620.30	18.61
7	CH Lloyd	67	2881	46.47	54.67	611.70	18.35
8	RB Kanhai	68	3064	48.63	48.45	610.84	18.33
9	CH Gayle	91	3437	40.92	55.33	578.52	17.36
10	AI Kallicharran	42	1813	47.71	45.16	571.92	17.16

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	115	5404	50.50	70.25	779.30	93.52
2	GS Sobers	85	3957	50.73	52.60	726.19	87.14
3	BC Lara	121	5736	47.80	60.69	716.09	85.93
4	CH Lloyd	108	4634	46.81	58.55	685.54	82.26
5	CG Greenidge	110	4349	42.22	49.41	642.92	77.15
6	RB Kanhai	69	3163	46.51	47.60	631.47	75.78
7	S Chanderpaul	147	5680	45.44	44.92	616.08	73.93
8	CH Gayle	91	3778	43.43	65.65	612.37	73.48
9	AI Kallicharran	67	2586	42.39	46.61	556.41	66.77
10	DL Haynes	118	3619	33.51	40.64	520.69	62.48

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	BC Lara	206	10423	52.12	61.11	880.63	26.42
2	GS Sobers	142	6973	55.78	51.59	859.98	25.80
3	IVA Richards	144	7030	51.69	69.66	841.70	25.25
4	S Chanderpaul	233	10017	51.90	42.42	769.72	23.09
5	CG Greenidge	149	6326	46.86	49.20	723.44	21.70
6	DL Haynes	166	6639	46.43	46.02	703.44	21.10
7	CH Gayle	147	5999	43.79	60.31	689.18	20.68
8	CH Lloyd	144	5886	43.60	57.09	688.63	20.66
9	RB Kanhai	120	5188	45.51	47.76	662.68	19.88
10	AI Kallicharran	81	3076	41.01	45.13	574.76	17.24

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	CH Lloyd	31	1629	62.65	62.12	778.68	93.44
2	GS Sobers	18	1059	75.64	NK	716.47	85.98
3	BC Lara	26	1530	58.85	56.75	707.19	84.86
4	AI Kallicharran	28	1323	55.13	52.59	668.69	80.24
5	RB Kanhai	17	1039	61.12	NK	656.36	78.76
6	IVA Richards	38	1510	44.41	66.94	650.03	78.00
7	S Chanderpaul	47	1850	48.68	48.71	627.33	75.28
8	CG Greenidge	36	1232	36.24	47.86	543.42	65.21
9	CH Gayle	35	1216	35.76	60.20	518.15	62.18
10	DL Haynes	36	848	24.94	35.02	366.24	43.95

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	GS Sobers	87.14	25.14	85.98	25.80	224.06
2	BC Lara	85.93	25.28	84.86	26.42	222.50
3	IVA Richards	93.52	21.12	78.00	25.25	217.89
4	CH Lloyd	82.26	18.35	93.44	20.66	214.72
5	S Chanderpaul	73.93	22.23	75.28	23.09	194.54
6	RB Kanhai	75.78	18.33	78.76	19.88	192.75
7	CG Greenidge	77.15	18.61	65.21	21.70	182.67
8	AI Kallicharran	66.77	17.16	80.24	17.24	181.41
9	CH Gayle	73.48	17.36	62.18	20.68	173.69
10	DL Haynes	62.48	21.40	43.95	21.10	148.94

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
Top Form Home	30.00
Top Form Away	120.00
Impact Innings	150.00

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

Top Form (TF) 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 Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	BC Lara	30	2350	83.93	64.45	900.40	27.01
2	GS Sobers	30	2251	90.04	NK	874.85	26.25
3	IVA Richards	30	1782	66.00	72.77	717.37	21.52
4	S Chanderpaul	30	1717	78.05	46.73	705.08	21.15
5	DL Haynes	30	1555	74.05	50.38	676.98	20.31
6	RB Kanhai	30	1746	62.36	50.74	663.80	19.91
7	CG Greenidge	30	1652	68.83	44.88	646.45	19.39
8	CH Lloyd	30	1649	56.86	61.08	630.97	18.93
9	CH Gayle	30	1456	50.21	57.55	591.29	17.74
10	AI Kallicharran	30	1300	46.43	45.16	529.47	15.88

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	RUNS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	30	2348	80.97	69.80	950.47	114.06
2	BC Lara	30	1921	64.03	60.87	805.29	96.63
3	GS Sobers	30	1819	67.37	54.25	791.99	95.04
4	CH Lloyd	30	1624	58.00	74.72	756.00	90.72
5	CH Gayle	30	1650	58.93	71.15	744.41	89.33
6	RB Kanhai	30	1724	57.47	49.23	728.63	87.44
7	S Chanderpaul	30	1503	68.32	50.52	701.16	84.14
8	CG Greenidge	30	1433	51.18	52.90	678.22	81.39
9	AI Kallicharran	30	1530	56.67	48.15	656.44	78.77
10	DL Haynes	30	1216	50.67	42.18	557.27	66.87

IMPACT INNS

II Rating

Impact Innings (II) are those innings which have a minimum 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 16.67% of the total runs of the higher total or
The runs are more than 10.00% of the total runs and
The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 50

RANK	BATSMAN	DIS	II	II/Dis%	RAT	WTG
1	IVA Richards	170	73	42.94	877.78	131.67
2	S Chanderpaul	231	99	42.86	845.53	126.83
3	BC Lara	226	88	38.94	769.46	115.42
4	DL Haynes	177	65	36.72	739.83	110.97
5	GS Sobers	139	51	36.69	718.32	107.75
6	CG Greenidge	169	55	32.54	636.31	95.45
7	RB Kanhai	131	41	31.30	589.66	88.45
8	CH Lloyd	161	48	29.81	583.62	87.54
9	CH Gayle	171	50	29.24	572.06	85.81
10	AI Kallicharran	99	27	27.27	504.60	75.69

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BATSMAN	TF HM	TF AW	II	SEC RAT
1	IVA Richards	21.52	114.06	131.67	267.24
2	BC Lara	27.01	96.63	115.42	239.07
3	S Chanderpaul	21.15	84.14	126.83	232.12
4	GS Sobers	26.25	95.04	107.75	229.03
5	DL Haynes	20.31	66.87	110.97	198.16
6	CH Lloyd	18.93	90.72	87.54	197.19
7	CG Greenidge	19.39	81.39	95.45	196.23
8	RB Kanhai	19.91	87.44	88.45	195.80
9	CH Gayle	17.74	89.33	85.81	192.88
10	AI Kallicharran	15.88	78.77	75.69	170.35

OVERALL RATING

The 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 RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	2	IVA Richards	WI	321.18	217.89	267.24	806.32
2	4	BC Lara	WI	334.30	222.50	239.07	795.86
3	5	GS Sobers	WI	338.00	224.06	229.03	791.09
4	19	S Chanderpaul	WI	289.48	194.54	232.12	716.14
5	24	CH Lloyd	WI	282.37	214.72	197.19	694.28
6	34	RB Kanhai	WI	269.27	192.75	195.80	657.81
7	37	CG Greenidge	WI	273.35	182.67	196.23	652.25
8	47	CH Gayle	WI	262.60	173.69	192.88	629.17
9	63	DL Haynes	WI	257.22	148.94	198.16	604.32
10	70	AI Kallicharran	WI	243.93	181.41	170.35	595.69

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	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	SA	ENG