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Days of Grace · Apr 27, 2026

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

847, as opposed to his final rating of 858.

His adjusted average at the end of 2004 Pakistan tour was 53.81 (57.39).

He dropped 42 quality points (761-719) by the end of his career, but he gained 53 career points (86-139).

Coronis · May 17, 2026

Hey @Days of Grace - a thought that occurred to me whilst reading the bowler thread and career length’s effect on the ratings, just for curiousity’s sake, is it possible to see what the list might look like without career factoring in?

Like obviously we do all use career lengths in our ratings and as should this system but am curious as to who had the highest actual overall quality careers, ignoring length.

Jane Austen · May 17, 2026

Coronis said:
Hey @Days of Grace - a thought that occurred to me whilst reading the bowler thread and career length’s effect on the ratings, just for curiousity’s sake, is it possible to see what the list might look like without career factoring in?

Like obviously we do all use career lengths in our ratings and as should this system but am curious as to who had the highest actual overall quality careers, ignoring length.

Poor Old Days of Grace!! I assume his home hasn't got any bedrooms because he doesn't use them

honestbharani · May 17, 2026

I think it would be better to adjust the outliers like the one test as a teenager stuff.

Days of Grace · May 18, 2026

Coronis said:
Hey @Days of Grace - a thought that occurred to me whilst reading the bowler thread and career length’s effect on the ratings, just for curiousity’s sake, is it possible to see what the list might look like without career factoring in?

Like obviously we do all use career lengths in our ratings and as should this system but am curious as to who had the highest actual overall quality careers, ignoring length.

		Overall career points	Peak points	Non-home points	Top Opposition points	Original total points	Total points - career points
1	DG Bradman	716	176	172	167	1317	1231
2	JB Hobbs	458	124	126	109	900	817
3	L Hutton	429	120	112	132	874	793
4	GS Sobers	450	126	104	109	880	789
5	GA Headley	452	108	95	128	855	782
6	SPD Smith	434	119	107	112	864	772
7	HC Brook	441	100	129	99	797	770
8	KF Barrington	439	110	121	98	836	768
9	H Sutcliffe	429	104	108	121	814	762
10	BC Lara	439	110	102	109	860	760
11	ED Weekes	447	114	97	96	803	754
12	IVA Richards	410	131	103	102	832	746
13	JE Root	427	104	99	109	844	739
14	CL Walcott	433	122	76	105	786	736
15	RG Pollock	422	103	83	120	758	728
16	KC Sangakkara	418	105	101	99	823	723
17	WR Hammond	404	103	115	99	809	721
18	SR Tendulkar	405	115	102	96	139	719
19	GS Chappell	414	101	99	104	790	719
20	AD Nourse	412	111	82	108	769	712
21	KS Williamson	418	109	87	89	789	703
22	PBH May	408	103	84	105	750	700
23	AR Border	388	104	105	102	796	700
24	SM Gavaskar	394	99	100	102	787	696
25	FMM Worrell	401	98	99	98	754	695
26	Inzamam-ul-Haq	392	105	95	102	777	695
27	RN Harvey	404	105	100	86	764	695
28	A Flower	392	101	95	100	739	688
29	JH Kallis	396	107	94	90	797	686
30	RB Kanhai	387	104	98	95	760	685
31	AB de Villiers	384	105	99	96	763	683
32	Younis Khan	385	98	94	106	776	683
33	YBK Jaiswal	391	90	87	114	701	682
34	DCS Compton	399	106	77	96	759	679
35	SR Waugh	383	104	103	86	779	676
36	Mohammad Yousuf	392	103	90	91	745	676
37	R Dravid	386	104	97	89	782	676
38	RB Simpson	383	108	88	93	751	673
39	V Sehwag	392	97	88	94	745	672
40	C Hill	383	109	87	91	729	670
41	Javed Miandad	391	100	89	89	757	670
42	SJ McCabe	370	101	97	101	705	669
43	V Kohli	382	106	89	92	750	668
44	S Chanderpaul	380	104	87	96	780	668
45	RT Ponting	382	110	89	87	777	668
46	RR Pant	384	92	91	93	697	660
47	Saeed Anwar	378	90	95	96	709	660
48	ML Hayden	380	103	84	92	740	659
49	GA Faulkner	369	97	92	101	717	658
50	B Mitchell	374	92	95	94	725	655
51	NCL O'Neill	376	93	88	97	688	655
52	M Labuschagne	380	98	78	98	699	654
53	CH Lloyd	374	93	94	92	739	653
54	TM Head	392	91	75	94	696	652
55	PHKD Mendis	381	102	100	68	668	651
56	VS Hazare	373	103	80	95	682	651
57	G Boycott	364	105	87	93	736	650
58	ER Dexter	371	88	99	91	697	648
59	KD Walters	379	100	81	87	716	648
60	WM Lawry	379	89	83	95	699	646
61	HW Taylor	380	97	71	97	712	645
62	AC Gilchrist	372	93	98	81	696	644
63	VT Trumper	379	98	81	86	694	644
64	Babar Azam	361	101	82	98	688	642
65	GA Gooch	358	96	82	100	730	635
66	DPMD Jayawardene	372	95	75	92	735	633
67	CC McDonald	364	91	73	103	671	631
68	SM Nurse	363	87	102	78	668	630
69	DI Gower	361	84	95	92	707	630
70	Hanif Mohammad	356	97	83	94	694	630
71	MC Cowdrey	358	93	93	85	721	629
72	DJ Mitchell	349	82	94	103	656	628
73	PR Umrigar	358	93	93	83	682	627
74	HM Amla	352	101	85	89	712	627
75	KP Pietersen	369	83	81	93	691	627
76	M Leyland	348	84	85	108	665	624
77	MD Crowe	349	97	83	95	684	623
78	GC Smith	356	83	99	85	700	623
79	EJ Barlow	347	86	96	92	658	621
80	KC Bland	342	82	94	101	642	619
81	RB Richardson	357	90	79	92	679	618
82	AR Morris	349	84	93	92	659	617
83	MJ Clarke	363	90	76	88	688	617
84	DJ McGlew	358	88	88	83	659	617
85	CC Hunte	348	87	79	103	658	617
86	G Kirsten	349	86	92	89	681	616
87	GP Thorpe	357	86	87	86	681	616
88	DR Martyn	358	90	90	78	674	616
89	TW Graveney	354	97	80	85	686	615
90	AD Mathews	350	88	87	89	696	614
91	WH Ponsford	343	81	98	92	651	614
92	CG Macartney	336	89	94	93	673	613
93	Saleem Malik	334	98	75	106	685	612
94	PA de Silva	346	99	75	92	690	612
95	DA Warner	363	91	72	86	689	612
96	ME Waugh	343	82	83	100	678	609
97	MEK Hussey	364	82	75	86	660	607
98	EH Hendren	352	85	95	76	663	607
99	JL Langer	355	87	83	81	679	605
100	VVS Laxman	347	92	82	83	689	604

Debraj · May 28, 2026

Sir,sorry to disturb you again,but just two more requests,in your system,what was the overall rating for Virat Kohli at the end of 2019 and what was the rating for Ricky ponting at the end of 2008 bgt

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