Days of Grace
International Captain
Hi all, I am new to this forum.
For the last five years I have been working on my own ratings system, constrantly chaning the formula, for test and ODI players. I have finaly settled on a formula. I thought I would firstly display my top 100 test batsmen with you, too see what you think. When I have time, I will explain the formula. Until then, see what you think:
TOP 100 TEST BATSMEN
1 Bradman 1447
2 Hobbs 944
3 Ponting 902
4 Tendulkar 874
5 Hammond 873
6 Headley 863
7 Hutton 859
8 Sobers 845
9 Lara 835
10 Sutcliffe 834
11 Gavaskar 832
12 Dravid 828
13 Pollock 824
14 Mohammad Yousuf 823
15 Barrington 818
16 Kallis 807
17 Weekes 802
18 Hayden 793
19 Chappell 787
20 Walcott 786
21 S. Waugh 774
22 Compton 772
23 Nourse 767
24 Richards 764
25 Inzamam-Ul-Haq 762
26 Javed Miandad 761
27 Border 754
28 Hussey 751
29 Jackson 740
30 Boycott 720
31 Harvey 717
32 Mitchell 699
33 Walters 691
34 Hassett 679
35 Gilchrist 671
36 Langer 670
37 Kirsten 666
38 Jayawardene 666
39 Sangakkara 666
40 Azharuddin 666
41 Flower 665
42 Lloyd 664
43 Barlow 662
44 Cowdrey 659
45 Mccartney 654
46 Kanhai 653
47 Gooch 651
48 Pietersen 650
49 Lawry 649
50 Paynter 648
51 M.E. Waugh 647
52 Chanderpaul 645
53 Younis Khan 644
54 H.W. Taylor 643
55 Gower 639
56 Saeed Anwar 639
57 Taylor 638
58 Crowe 637
59 Boon 637
60 Worrell 636
61 Sehwag 635
62 Morris 634
63 Greenidge 633
64 May 629
65 De Silva 628
66 Richardson 625
67 Martyn 625
68 Thorpe 623
69 Bardsley 620
70 Brown 619
71 Hill 617
72 Smith 614
73 Trescothick 614
74 Hardstaff 614
75 Dexter 612
76 Woodfull 608
77 Hazare 607
78 Simpson 606
79 D.M. Jones 605
80 Trumper 603
81 I.M. Chappell 602
82 Haynes 601
83 Cullinan 601
84 Vaughan 600
85 Ponsford 599
86 Saleem Malik 598
87 Ranjitsinhji 598
88 Viswanath 596
89 Slater 595
90 Amiss 593
91 Hendren 593
92 Vengsarkar 593
93 Leyland 592
94 Kallicharran 591
95 Hanif Mohammad 591
96 Gibbs 590
97 Nurse 589
98 Faulkner 588
99 J.H. Edrich 587
100 Mead 586
101 Zaheer Abbas 586
For the last five years I have been working on my own ratings system, constrantly chaning the formula, for test and ODI players. I have finaly settled on a formula. I thought I would firstly display my top 100 test batsmen with you, too see what you think. When I have time, I will explain the formula. Until then, see what you think:
TOP 100 TEST BATSMEN
1 Bradman 1447
2 Hobbs 944
3 Ponting 902
4 Tendulkar 874
5 Hammond 873
6 Headley 863
7 Hutton 859
8 Sobers 845
9 Lara 835
10 Sutcliffe 834
11 Gavaskar 832
12 Dravid 828
13 Pollock 824
14 Mohammad Yousuf 823
15 Barrington 818
16 Kallis 807
17 Weekes 802
18 Hayden 793
19 Chappell 787
20 Walcott 786
21 S. Waugh 774
22 Compton 772
23 Nourse 767
24 Richards 764
25 Inzamam-Ul-Haq 762
26 Javed Miandad 761
27 Border 754
28 Hussey 751
29 Jackson 740
30 Boycott 720
31 Harvey 717
32 Mitchell 699
33 Walters 691
34 Hassett 679
35 Gilchrist 671
36 Langer 670
37 Kirsten 666
38 Jayawardene 666
39 Sangakkara 666
40 Azharuddin 666
41 Flower 665
42 Lloyd 664
43 Barlow 662
44 Cowdrey 659
45 Mccartney 654
46 Kanhai 653
47 Gooch 651
48 Pietersen 650
49 Lawry 649
50 Paynter 648
51 M.E. Waugh 647
52 Chanderpaul 645
53 Younis Khan 644
54 H.W. Taylor 643
55 Gower 639
56 Saeed Anwar 639
57 Taylor 638
58 Crowe 637
59 Boon 637
60 Worrell 636
61 Sehwag 635
62 Morris 634
63 Greenidge 633
64 May 629
65 De Silva 628
66 Richardson 625
67 Martyn 625
68 Thorpe 623
69 Bardsley 620
70 Brown 619
71 Hill 617
72 Smith 614
73 Trescothick 614
74 Hardstaff 614
75 Dexter 612
76 Woodfull 608
77 Hazare 607
78 Simpson 606
79 D.M. Jones 605
80 Trumper 603
81 I.M. Chappell 602
82 Haynes 601
83 Cullinan 601
84 Vaughan 600
85 Ponsford 599
86 Saleem Malik 598
87 Ranjitsinhji 598
88 Viswanath 596
89 Slater 595
90 Amiss 593
91 Hendren 593
92 Vengsarkar 593
93 Leyland 592
94 Kallicharran 591
95 Hanif Mohammad 591
96 Gibbs 590
97 Nurse 589
98 Faulkner 588
99 J.H. Edrich 587
100 Mead 586
101 Zaheer Abbas 586