Top 100 Test Batsmen countdown (revised and updated)

[Coronis]

Maybe I should update the standardised average and do this as well.

Tagging @Coronis and @ataraxia to get them needlessly excited about something I probably won't have time for.

Bastard. All that waffle last month was just bs too. Libertarians are all crooks. Especially if they can sing.

 

[Prince EWS]

Bastard. All that waffle last month was just bs too. Libertarians are all crooks. Especially if they can sing.

I showed you that I had actually done stuff and got it to download new scorecards. Long road ahead with the recoding.

And I will take the compliment about my singing.

 

[Coronis]

I showed you that I had actually done stuff and got it to download new scorecards. Long road ahead with the recoding.

And I will take the compliment about my singing.

I’ve never met such a tease.

 

[Prince EWS]

I’ve never met such a tease.

Speaking of singing libertarians...

 

[Coronis]

Speaking of singing libertarians...

(That was the joke)

 

[ashley bach]

I’ve never met such a tease.

Better Pews than your girlfriend though.

 

[Coronis]

Better Pews than your girlfriend though.

Well first I have to get a girlfriend…

 

[ataraxia]

Maybe I should update the standardised average and do this as well.

Tagging @Coronis and @ataraxia to get them needlessly excited about something I probably won't have time for.

The heart reacc is meant to guilt trip you.

 

[Prince EWS]

The heart reacc is meant to guilt trip you.

It worked a little bit, I did open the project file...

 

[shortpitched713]

If everyone's rating increases when you chop off significant slices of their career, and therefore their rating would improve had they been even worse in that time and not been selected for tests – like Barrington – does that not suggest that longevity isn't well accounted for?

I mean, it's ultimately ahistorical cherry picking. It's hard to say how much validity even going through the exercise of doing it has. No one is looking at these career segments and considering that the "real" rating for any player.

 

[shortpitched713]

Nothing to runs. Maybe 22.5% for career length, standardised for era (players used to have longer careers), which I think would mean a player averaging 43 over 20 years would be rated about the same as one averaging 50 over 10 years.

Ew

 

[Coronis]

Hey @Days of Grace was wondering if you could post just a list of the top 100 ordered by their adjusted SR if possible?

 

[the big bambino]

Still waiting for the greatest Zimbabwe XI actually. Would've had a few iterations by now if done when promised.

 

[Days of Grace]

Hey @Days of Grace was wondering if you could post just a list of the top 100 ordered by their adjusted SR if possible?

Top 100 ordered by adjusted strike-rate.

		Strike-rate	Adjusted strike-rate
1​	AC Gilchrist	81.94​	73.03​
2​	V Sehwag	82.19​	72.15​
3​	HC Brook	86.83​	67.38​
4​	IVA Richards	68.55​	66.82​
5​	ED Weekes	58.77​	64.66​
6​	RR Pant	74.24​	64.65​
7​	DG Bradman	61.05​	63.82​
8​	SJ McCabe	61.07​	61.97​
9​	VT Trumper	66.96​	61.90​
10​	RG Pollock	54.78​	61.63​
11​	DA Warner	70.19​	61.08​
12​	TM Head	69.83​	60.50​
13​	CH Lloyd	59.40​	59.81​
14​	GS Sobers	52.39​	59.03​
15​	CL Walcott	53.05​	58.58​
16​	SM Nurse	53.14​	58.31​
17​	RN Harvey	49.61​	58.13​
18​	BC Lara	60.49​	57.34​
19​	M Azharuddin	57.51​	56.14​
20​	CG Macartney	57.47​	55.89​
21​	C Hill	58.64​	55.87​
22​	NCL O'Neill	47.67​	55.38​
23​	YBK Jaiswal	66.03​	55.08​
24​	ER Dexter	48.13​	54.81​
25​	RB Kanhai	48.58​	54.73​
26​	CH Gayle	60.27​	54.67​
27​	Saeed Anwar	55.77​	54.61​
28​	KD Walters	49.35​	53.86​
29​	KP Pietersen	61.72​	53.66​
30​	ML Hayden	60.05​	53.33​
31​	PHKD Mendis	63.79​	53.25​
32​	GS Chappell	50.96​	53.03​
33​	GC Smith	59.72​	52.36​
34​	JB Hobbs	50.94​	52.08​
35​	RT Ponting	58.77​	52.04​
36​	Inzamam-ul-Haq	54.04​	51.18​
37​	EH Hendren	48.43​	50.79​
38​	ME Waugh	52.27​	50.63​
39​	DI Gower	50.60​	50.51​
40​	PA de Silva	50.94​	50.47​
41​	JE Root	57.52​	50.11​
42​	RB Simpson	43.91​	50.10​
43​	SR Tendulkar	53.96​	49.96​
44​	PBH May	40.11​	49.84​
45​	GA Faulkner	51.14​	49.59​
46​	GA Gooch	49.24​	49.42​
47​	PR Umrigar	40.86​	49.36​
48​	JL Langer	54.21​	49.30​
49​	FMM Worrell	42.38​	49.00​
50​	M Leyland	43.84​	48.94​
51​	V Kohli	55.58​	48.92​
52​	AJ Stewart	48.67​	48.69​
53​	DCS Compton	41.28​	48.67​
54​	CG Greenidge	50.04​	48.59​
55​	AD Nourse	42.69​	48.58​
56​	Saleem Malik	49.36​	48.38​
57​	Babar Azam	54.46​	48.27​
58​	AB de Villiers	54.52​	48.17​
59​	MJ Clarke	55.91​	48.11​
60​	WR Hammond	45.31​	47.97​
61​	KC Sangakkara	54.19​	47.92​
62​	GA Headley	44.12​	47.75​
63​	Mohammad Yousuf	52.39​	47.72​
64​	TW Graveney	40.29​	47.33​
65​	HW Taylor	43.37​	47.08​
66​	Javed Miandad	47.43​	46.99​
67​	KF Barrington	41.11​	46.99​
68​	VS Hazare	39.47​	46.95​
69​	SPD Smith	53.91​	46.91​
70​	SR Waugh	48.65​	46.90​
71​	RB Richardson	47.76​	46.52​
72​	Younis Khan	52.12​	46.49​
73​	DR Martyn	51.42​	46.37​
74​	M Labuschagne	52.23​	46.19​
75​	DPMD Jayawardene	51.46​	46.18​
76​	SM Gavaskar	44.75​	45.59​
77​	KS Williamson	51.99​	45.46​
78​	MC Cowdrey	39.03​	45.45​
79​	CC McDonald	36.56​	45.21​
80​	GP Thorpe	45.90​	45.00​
81​	MD Crowe	44.66​	44.92​
82​	A Flower	45.07​	44.75​
83​	VVS Laxman	49.37​	44.60​
84​	WM Lawry	38.65​	44.54​
85​	HM Amla	49.98​	43.89​
86​	L Hutton	38.26​	43.71​
87​	AD Mathews	48.40​	42.99​
88​	UT Khawaja	48.83​	42.52​
89​	JH Kallis	45.98​	42.17​
90​	G Kirsten	43.43​	42.10​
91​	AR Border	40.98​	41.64​
92​	AN Cook	46.95​	41.04​
93​	H Sutcliffe	37.43​	40.29​
94​	Misbah-ul-Haq	44.53​	39.72​
95​	CA Pujara	44.37​	39.63​
96​	S Chanderpaul	43.32​	39.57​
97​	Hanif Mohammad	33.01​	39.42​
98​	R Dravid	42.54​	38.95​
99​	G Boycott	35.39​	38.71​
100​	B Mitchell	30.93​	34.59​

 

[Debraj]

Sir,can you please give me overall rating for Sachin from his debut to 2004 pakistan tour(as per 6:3:1 weightage)

 

[capt_Luffy]

Damn Victor's SR went down......

 

[Coronis]

Damn Victor's SR went down......

Pre WWI cricket was the fastest cricket until the 21st century

 

[Migara]

Top 100 ordered by adjusted strike-rate.

		Strike-rate	Adjusted strike-rate
1​	AC Gilchrist	81.94​	73.03​
2​	V Sehwag	82.19​	72.15​
3​	HC Brook	86.83​	67.38​
4​	IVA Richards	68.55​	66.82​
5​	ED Weekes	58.77​	64.66​
6​	RR Pant	74.24​	64.65​
7​	DG Bradman	61.05​	63.82​
8​	SJ McCabe	61.07​	61.97​
9​	VT Trumper	66.96​	61.90​
10​	RG Pollock	54.78​	61.63​
11​	DA Warner	70.19​	61.08​
12​	TM Head	69.83​	60.50​
13​	CH Lloyd	59.40​	59.81​
14​	GS Sobers	52.39​	59.03​
15​	CL Walcott	53.05​	58.58​
16​	SM Nurse	53.14​	58.31​
17​	RN Harvey	49.61​	58.13​
18​	BC Lara	60.49​	57.34​
19​	M Azharuddin	57.51​	56.14​
20​	CG Macartney	57.47​	55.89​
21​	C Hill	58.64​	55.87​
22​	NCL O'Neill	47.67​	55.38​
23​	YBK Jaiswal	66.03​	55.08​
24​	ER Dexter	48.13​	54.81​
25​	RB Kanhai	48.58​	54.73​
26​	CH Gayle	60.27​	54.67​
27​	Saeed Anwar	55.77​	54.61​
28​	KD Walters	49.35​	53.86​
29​	KP Pietersen	61.72​	53.66​
30​	ML Hayden	60.05​	53.33​
31​	PHKD Mendis	63.79​	53.25​
32​	GS Chappell	50.96​	53.03​
33​	GC Smith	59.72​	52.36​
34​	JB Hobbs	50.94​	52.08​
35​	RT Ponting	58.77​	52.04​
36​	Inzamam-ul-Haq	54.04​	51.18​
37​	EH Hendren	48.43​	50.79​
38​	ME Waugh	52.27​	50.63​
39​	DI Gower	50.60​	50.51​
40​	PA de Silva	50.94​	50.47​
41​	JE Root	57.52​	50.11​
42​	RB Simpson	43.91​	50.10​
43​	SR Tendulkar	53.96​	49.96​
44​	PBH May	40.11​	49.84​
45​	GA Faulkner	51.14​	49.59​
46​	GA Gooch	49.24​	49.42​
47​	PR Umrigar	40.86​	49.36​
48​	JL Langer	54.21​	49.30​
49​	FMM Worrell	42.38​	49.00​
50​	M Leyland	43.84​	48.94​
51​	V Kohli	55.58​	48.92​
52​	AJ Stewart	48.67​	48.69​
53​	DCS Compton	41.28​	48.67​
54​	CG Greenidge	50.04​	48.59​
55​	AD Nourse	42.69​	48.58​
56​	Saleem Malik	49.36​	48.38​
57​	Babar Azam	54.46​	48.27​
58​	AB de Villiers	54.52​	48.17​
59​	MJ Clarke	55.91​	48.11​
60​	WR Hammond	45.31​	47.97​
61​	KC Sangakkara	54.19​	47.92​
62​	GA Headley	44.12​	47.75​
63​	Mohammad Yousuf	52.39​	47.72​
64​	TW Graveney	40.29​	47.33​
65​	HW Taylor	43.37​	47.08​
66​	Javed Miandad	47.43​	46.99​
67​	KF Barrington	41.11​	46.99​
68​	VS Hazare	39.47​	46.95​
69​	SPD Smith	53.91​	46.91​
70​	SR Waugh	48.65​	46.90​
71​	RB Richardson	47.76​	46.52​
72​	Younis Khan	52.12​	46.49​
73​	DR Martyn	51.42​	46.37​
74​	M Labuschagne	52.23​	46.19​
75​	DPMD Jayawardene	51.46​	46.18​
76​	SM Gavaskar	44.75​	45.59​
77​	KS Williamson	51.99​	45.46​
78​	MC Cowdrey	39.03​	45.45​
79​	CC McDonald	36.56​	45.21​
80​	GP Thorpe	45.90​	45.00​
81​	MD Crowe	44.66​	44.92​
82​	A Flower	45.07​	44.75​
83​	VVS Laxman	49.37​	44.60​
84​	WM Lawry	38.65​	44.54​
85​	HM Amla	49.98​	43.89​
86​	L Hutton	38.26​	43.71​
87​	AD Mathews	48.40​	42.99​
88​	UT Khawaja	48.83​	42.52​
89​	JH Kallis	45.98​	42.17​
90​	G Kirsten	43.43​	42.10​
91​	AR Border	40.98​	41.64​
92​	AN Cook	46.95​	41.04​
93​	H Sutcliffe	37.43​	40.29​
94​	Misbah-ul-Haq	44.53​	39.72​
95​	CA Pujara	44.37​	39.63​
96​	S Chanderpaul	43.32​	39.57​
97​	Hanif Mohammad	33.01​	39.42​
98​	R Dravid	42.54​	38.95​
99​	G Boycott	35.39​	38.71​
100​	B Mitchell	30.93​	34.59​

No Sanath Jayasuriya? I am pretty sure he went about quicker than 40?

 

[Migara]

 

[howitzer]

No Sanath Jayasuriya? I am pretty sure he went about quicker than 40?

He was ordering the batsmen who finished in the top hundred of overall score in order of strike rate, not the hundred fastest scorers of all time, otherwise Jessop would have been top probably.