Top 100 Test Batsmen countdown (revised and updated)

[Days of Grace]

No.2

Jack Hobbs (England) 895



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]

No.1

Don Bradman (Australia) 1296



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]

The full list:

		Adj. Ave.	Adj. RPI	Adj. S/R	Rating
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.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Can you post the scores for Joel Garner, thanks in advance.

 

[honestbharani]

Awesome work DoG. And I cant fault the Best After Bradman tier there either.

 

[Days of Grace]

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)

 

[ataraxia]

C

 

[DrWolverine]

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)

No strike rate.

 

[DrWolverine]

Awesome work DoG. And I cant fault the Best After Bradman tier there either.

I knew you would be happy with Brian Lara being the best batsman post-1970(which you consider).

 

[DrWolverine]

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]

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.

 

[Qlder]

B

 

[Days of Grace]

Do you mind if I post a question with a poll in a separate thread?

Sure, go ahead.

 

[OverratedSanity]

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)

The second one maybe?

 

[DrWolverine]

Sure, go ahead.

DoG Top 100 Test Batsmen : How much importance should be given to strike rate?

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)

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[Bitmap]

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)

B

 

[Midwinter]

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]

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

 

[Ali TT]

Excellent work, thank you!

 

[howitzer]

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.