mr_mister
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
so this doesnt take into accounts conversaion rates or frequency or whatever. its just about who could notch up the biggest numbers overall, over an entire career.
its simple - get a player's 7 highest test scores then find the mean number. not outs dont matter here. this mean score is a player's big daddy rating.
i went with 7 because 5 seems like it could allow for flukes to sneak a good rating, where 10 seems like it'd be unfair on the earlier era players who had less tests to play. as it stands it still very much favoured the later era players
a few to start off
Big Daddy ratings
Bradman - 292.2 (254, 334, 299, 304, 244, 270, 234)
Lara - 275.4
Sanga 254.4
Sehwag - 250.1
Hammond - 223.1
Ponting - 219.9
Sachin - 216.9
Attapattu - 211.7
now Jack Hobbs - 174
now Mark Waugh - 136.2
its simple - get a player's 7 highest test scores then find the mean number. not outs dont matter here. this mean score is a player's big daddy rating.
i went with 7 because 5 seems like it could allow for flukes to sneak a good rating, where 10 seems like it'd be unfair on the earlier era players who had less tests to play. as it stands it still very much favoured the later era players
a few to start off
Big Daddy ratings
Bradman - 292.2 (254, 334, 299, 304, 244, 270, 234)
Lara - 275.4
Sanga 254.4
Sehwag - 250.1
Hammond - 223.1
Ponting - 219.9
Sachin - 216.9
Attapattu - 211.7
now Jack Hobbs - 174
now Mark Waugh - 136.2