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Top 100 Test Batsmen countdown (revised and updated)

Days of Grace

International Captain
No.2

Jack Hobbs (England) 895


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2019 edition: rank 2

Career: 1907-1930, 5410 runs (rank 25)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (102 inns): 55.87 (56.95) 52.03 (53.04) 52.08 (50.94) (rank 2)
Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1910-1921; 41 inns): 71.71 64.71 58.82 (rank 4)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (62 inns): 61.42 57.46 54.28 (rank 3)
Top Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (71 inns): 52.66 49.69 49.92 (rank 11)
 

Days of Grace

International Captain
No.1

Don Bradman (Australia) 1296


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2019 edition: rank 1

Career: 1928-1948, 6996 runs (rank 22)

Overall average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (80 inns): 90.77 (99.94) 79.42 (87.45) 63.82 (61.05) (rank 1)
Peak Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (1930-1946; 50 inns): 102.76 94.54 68.41 (rank 1)
Non-Home Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (30 inns): 92.12 79.84 62.40 (rank 1)
Top Opposition Average/Runs per innings/Strike-rate (63 inns): 84.02 74.69 62.63 (rank 1)
 

Days of Grace

International Captain
The full list:

Adj. Ave.Adj. RPIAdj. S/RRating
1​
DG Bradman
90.77​
99.94​
0.91​
1296​
2​
JB Hobbs
55.87​
56.95​
0.98​
895​
3​
GS Sobers
55.28​
57.78​
0.96​
878​
4​
L Hutton
53.51​
56.67​
0.94​
862​
5​
BC Lara
51.97​
53.18​
0.98​
857​
6​
SPD Smith
54.24​
56.06​
0.97​
855​
7​
SR Tendulkar
49.59​
53.79​
0.92​
854​
8​
GA Headley
62.73​
60.83​
1.03​
844​
9​
JE Root
52.15​
51.07​
1.02​
838​
10​
IVA Richards
47.94​
50.24​
0.95​
836​
11​
KF Barrington
54.65​
58.67​
0.93​
827​
12​
KC Sangakkara
50.91​
57.41​
0.89​
817​
13​
ED Weekes
53.09​
58.62​
0.91​
805​
14​
WR Hammond
49.83​
58.46​
0.85​
803​
15​
H Sutcliffe
53.83​
60.73​
0.89​
801​
16​
HC Brook
54.55​
54.79​
1.00​
799​
17​
JH Kallis
49.75​
55.26​
0.90​
789​
18​
GS Chappell
50.94​
53.86​
0.95​
787​
19​
AR Border
49.30​
50.56​
0.98​
787​
20​
CL Walcott
53.24​
56.69​
0.94​
785​
21​
KS Williamson
51.67​
54.69​
0.94​
782​
22​
SM Gavaskar
47.96​
51.12​
0.94​
781​
23​
RT Ponting
46.25​
51.87​
0.89​
776​
24​
Inzamam-ul-Haq
47.86​
50.16​
0.95​
774​
25​
SR Waugh
48.25​
51.06​
0.95​
774​
26​
R Dravid
48.28​
52.64​
0.92​
773​
27​
S Chanderpaul
48.55​
51.37​
0.95​
771​
28​
Younis Khan
46.96​
52.06​
0.90​
771​
29​
RN Harvey
48.17​
48.42​
0.99​
765​
30​
AD Nourse
53.42​
53.82​
0.99​
763​
31​
RB Kanhai
45.72​
47.53​
0.96​
760​
32​
AB de Villiers
46.76​
50.66​
0.92​
759​
33​
RG Pollock
56.81​
60.97​
0.93​
757​
34​
V Sehwag
44.56​
49.44​
0.90​
755​
35​
DCS Compton
49.13​
50.06​
0.98​
755​
36​
Javed Miandad
48.12​
52.57​
0.92​
753​
37​
FMM Worrell
49.16​
49.49​
0.99​
750​
38​
RB Simpson
45.97​
46.82​
0.98​
749​
39​
V Kohli
45.87​
46.85​
0.98​
747​
40​
PBH May
49.72​
46.77​
1.06​
746​
41​
CH Lloyd
44.08​
46.68​
0.94​
743​
42​
Mohammad Yousuf
47.56​
52.29​
0.91​
741​
43​
ML Hayden
45.51​
50.22​
0.91​
740​
44​
A Flower
49.58​
51.55​
0.96​
732​
45​
DPMD Jayawardene
44.86​
49.85​
0.90​
732​
46​
C Hill
44.69​
39.22​
1.14​
729​
47​
GA Gooch
42.11​
42.58​
0.99​
729​
48​
G Boycott
45.41​
47.73​
0.95​
728​
49​
MC Cowdrey
43.37​
44.07​
0.98​
718​
50​
KD Walters
45.92​
48.26​
0.95​
717​
51​
B Mitchell
47.12​
48.89​
0.96​
714​
52​
GA Faulkner
48.93​
40.79​
1.20​
713​
53​
Saeed Anwar
44.27​
45.53​
0.97​
710​
54​
SJ McCabe
45.74​
48.21​
0.95​
709​
55​
HW Taylor
46.22​
40.78​
1.13​
709​
56​
AC Gilchrist
43.72​
47.61​
0.92​
709​
57​
HM Amla
42.55​
46.64​
0.91​
708​
58​
DI Gower
43.34​
44.25​
0.98​
707​
59​
RR Pant
44.62​
42.91​
1.04​
703​
60​
GC Smith
42.13​
48.70​
0.87​
701​
61​
TM Head
45.97​
43.73​
1.05​
701​
62​
VT Trumper
44.69​
39.05​
1.14​
700​
63​
YBK Jaiswal
49.84​
49.24​
1.01​
699​
64​
ER Dexter
44.14​
47.89​
0.92​
699​
65​
DA Warner
41.91​
44.60​
0.94​
696​
66​
M Labuschagne
46.18​
44.70​
1.03​
695​
67​
WM Lawry
46.51​
47.15​
0.99​
694​
68​
AD Mathews
43.24​
44.40​
0.97​
693​
69​
KP Pietersen
43.43​
47.29​
0.92​
693​
70​
PA de Silva
41.15​
42.98​
0.96​
690​
71​
AN Cook
41.56​
45.35​
0.92​
689​
72​
NCL O'Neill
46.86​
45.56​
1.03​
689​
73​
MJ Clarke
44.33​
49.42​
0.90​
687​
74​
Hanif Mohammad
43.70​
43.99​
0.99​
687​
75​
VVS Laxman
43.15​
45.97​
0.94​
687​
76​
Babar Azam
43.46​
42.39​
1.03​
686​
77​
Saleem Malik
40.76​
43.70​
0.93​
685​
78​
TW Graveney
43.00​
44.38​
0.97​
685​
79​
CG Greenidge
41.82​
44.72​
0.94​
684​
80​
M Azharuddin
41.60​
45.04​
0.92​
682​
81​
PR Umrigar
43.13​
42.22​
1.02​
681​
82​
MD Crowe
42.32​
45.37​
0.93​
681​
83​
JL Langer
42.35​
45.68​
0.93​
680​
84​
ME Waugh
40.93​
41.82​
0.98​
679​
85​
GP Thorpe
44.43​
44.66​
0.99​
678​
86​
RB Richardson
43.15​
44.40​
0.97​
677​
87​
VS Hazare
49.59​
47.65​
1.04​
677​
88​
G Kirsten
42.58​
45.27​
0.94​
677​
89​
CG Macartney
42.31​
41.78​
1.01​
676​
90​
DR Martyn
43.98​
46.38​
0.95​
672​
91​
CH Gayle
38.85​
42.19​
0.92​
671​
92​
SM Nurse
45.14​
47.60​
0.95​
670​
93​
AJ Stewart
40.55​
39.55​
1.03​
668​
94​
UT Khawaja
42.29​
42.96​
0.98​
667​
95​
Misbah-ul-Haq
42.37​
46.63​
0.91​
666​
96​
EH Hendren
42.43​
47.64​
0.89​
665​
97​
M Leyland
43.43​
46.07​
0.94​
663​
98​
CA Pujara
42.57​
43.61​
0.98​
662​
99​
Zaheer Abbas
40.76​
44.80​
0.91​
662​
100​
PHKD Mendis
64.53​
62.67​
1.03​
661​

The gap between no.2 and no.100 is 234 points. And yet Bradman has a 401-point margin over Hobbs, which says it all.
 

Days of Grace

International Captain
Please vote on the following for the next 24 hours:

A: Keep the same weighting (Average x4, Runs per innings x 2, Strike-rate x1)
B: Less emphasis on strike-rate (Average x6, Runs per innings x 3, Strike-rate x1)
C: No strike-rate (Average x2, Runs per innings x1)
 

DrWolverine

Cricketer Of The Year
Please vote on the following for the next 24 hours:

A: Keep the same weighting (Average x4, Runs per innings x 2, Strike-rate x1)
B: Less emphasis on strike-rate (Average x6, Runs per innings x 3, Strike-rate x1)
C: No strike-rate (Average x2, Runs per innings x1)
Do you mind if I post a question with a poll in a separate thread?
 

DCH

Cricket Spectator
Please vote on the following for the next 24 hours:

A: Keep the same weighting (Average x4, Runs per innings x 2, Strike-rate x1)
B: Less emphasis on strike-rate (Average x6, Runs per innings x 3, Strike-rate x1)
C: No strike-rate (Average x2, Runs per innings x1)
In test matches, Strike rate became a factor only in last couple of decades. Is it possible to consider SR only for batsmen who debuted after year 2000. and no strike rate for batsmen debuting before ? guess it would be fair to yesteryear players.
 

Midwinter

State Captain
Thanks to Days of Grace for posting the results all his work.
It has been very interesting to compare this ranking with my own personal subjective assessment of the batsmen through the different eras.

I vote for A.
 

nick-o

First Class Debutant
Please vote on the following for the next 24 hours:

A: Keep the same weighting (Average x4, Runs per innings x 2, Strike-rate x1)
B: Less emphasis on strike-rate (Average x6, Runs per innings x 3, Strike-rate x1)
C: No strike-rate (Average x2, Runs per innings x1)
A

Thanks so much for this excellent analysis; great stuff
 

howitzer

State Captain
Thanks very much for doing this DoG. Fantastic stuff.

Just wondering if you would consider taking a few requests of other players who don't make the top 100 please. I have a handful of wicket-keeper batsmen whose batting it would be interesting to see compared by your metrics.
 

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