Best-Ever Test Batting ICC Player Rankings

All Time top Test batsmen

Rating		Name		Career Best Rating	Career Best Ranking
1	961	Don Bradman		961 v India, 10/02/1948	1 v West Indies, 03/03/1931
2	947	Steve Smith		947 v England, 30/12/2017	1 v West Indies, 15/06/2015
3	945	Len Hutton		945 v West Indies, 03/04/1954	1 v New Zealand, 17/08/1949
4	942	Jack Hobbs		942 v Australia, 23/08/1912	1 v South Africa, 25/01/1910
4	942	Ricky Ponting		942 v England, 05/12/2006	1 v India, 30/12/2003
6	941	Peter May		941 v Australia, 27/08/1956	1 v Australia, 11/06/1956
7	938	Garry Sobers		938 v India, 17/01/1967	1 v India, 04/01/1959
7	938	Clyde Walcott		938 v Australia, 15/06/1955	1 v Australia, 30/03/1955
7	938	Kumar Sangakkara		938 v England, 05/12/2007	1 v England, 05/12/2007
7	938	Viv Richards		938 v England, 31/03/1981	1 v England, 12/07/1976
11	937	Virat Kohli		937 v England, 22/08/2018	1 v England, 04/08/2018
12	936	Marnus Labuschagne		936 v Pakistan, 08/03/2022	1 v England, 20/12/2021
13	935	Matthew Hayden		935 v England, 11/11/2002	1 v Pakistan, 15/10/2002
13	935	Jacques Kallis		935 v New Zealand, 22/11/2007	1 v England, 10/01/2005
13	935	AB de Villiers		935 v Australia, 24/02/2014	1 v Pakistan, 27/10/2013
16	933	Mohammad Yousuf		933 v West Indies, 01/12/2006	1 v Sri Lanka, 08/07/2009
17	927	Graeme Pollock		927 v Australia, 23/02/1970	1 v Australia, 23/02/1970
17	927	Everton Weekes		927 v New Zealand, 07/03/1956	1 v New Zealand, 07/03/1956
19	923	Joe Root		923 v India, 05/07/2022	1 v Australia, 10/08/2015
20	922	Dudley Nourse		922 v England, 11/06/1951	1 v Australia, 04/01/1950
20	922	Doug Walters		922 v South Africa, 23/02/1970	1 v India, 08/11/1969
22	921	Neil Harvey		921 v South Africa, 10/02/1953	1 v South Africa, 10/02/1953
22	921	Mike Hussey		921 v West Indies, 27/05/2008	1 v West Indies, 27/05/2008
24	919	Kane Williamson		919 v Pakistan, 07/01/2021	1 v Australia, 17/11/2015
25	917	Denis Compton		917 v Australia, 12/07/1948	1 v South Africa, 20/12/1948
26	916	Sunil Gavaskar		916 v England, 03/09/1979	1 v West Indies, 05/12/1978
27	915	George Headley		915 v England, 25/01/1948	2 v England, 28/01/1935
28	914	Ken Barrington		914 v New Zealand, 12/07/1965	1 v New Zealand, 31/05/1965
29	911	Brian Lara		911 v South Africa, 06/01/2004	1 v England, 20/04/1994
30	909	Kevin Pietersen		909 v West Indies, 01/06/2007	3 v Australia, 18/12/2006
31	907	Hashim Amla		907 v Pakistan, 17/10/2013	1 v Pakistan, 05/02/2013
32	901	Shivnarine Chanderpaul		901 v New Zealand, 23/12/2008	1 v New Zealand, 15/12/2008
33	900	Michael Clarke		900 v Sri Lanka, 30/12/2012	1 v South Africa, 26/11/2012
34	898	Sachin Tendulkar		898 v Zimbabwe, 25/02/2002	1 v West Indies, 22/11/1994
35	897	Wally Hammond		897 v New Zealand, 04/04/1933	2 v South Africa, 21/08/1929
36	895	Andy Flower		895 v South Africa, 18/09/2001	1 v South Africa, 11/09/2001
36	895	Steve Waugh		895 v England, 07/07/1997	1 v West Indies, 03/05/1995
38	892	Rahul Dravid		892 v Pakistan, 20/03/2005	1 v New Zealand, 06/01/1999
39	891	Colin McDonald		891 v Pakistan, 17/11/1959	1 v Pakistan, 17/11/1959
40	888	Cheteshwar Pujara		888 v Sri Lanka, 07/08/2017	2 v Australia, 20/03/2017
40	888	Herbert Sutcliffe		888 v Australia, 03/01/1933	1 v South Africa, 08/02/1928
42	886	Gautam Gambhir		886 v Sri Lanka, 28/11/2009	1 v Sri Lanka, 28/11/2009
42	886	Clem Hill		886 v South Africa, 12/11/1902	1 v England, 05/01/1902
44	885	Javed Miandad		885 v New Zealand, 28/02/1989	1 v Australia, 13/12/1983
45	883	Mahela Jayawardene		883 v India, 20/11/2009	1 v India, 20/11/2009
45	883	Greg Chappell		883 v Pakistan, 05/01/1977	1 v West Indies, 07/01/1976
47	880	David Warner		880 v India, 13/12/2014	4 v Pakistan, 26/10/2014
47	880	Younus Khan		880 v Sri Lanka, 25/02/2009	1 v Sri Lanka, 25/02/2009
49	879	Babar Azam		879 v Sri Lanka, 28/07/2022	3 v Sri Lanka, 20/07/2022
50	878	Bill Lawry		878 v West Indies, 18/02/1969	2 v South Africa, 27/12/1966
51	877	Angelo Mathews		877 v New Zealand, 30/12/2014	3 v Pakistan, 18/08/2014
51	877	Allan Border		877 v England, 31/08/1981	1 v West Indies, 20/03/1984
51	877	Aubrey Faulkner		877 v Australia, 31/05/1912	1 v Australia, 11/01/1911
54	876	Michael Vaughan		876 v Australia, 06/01/2003	2 v Australia, 30/12/2002
54	876	Richie Richardson		876 v India, 02/05/1989	1 v England, 28/02/1990
56	875	Rohan Kanhai		875 v England, 26/08/1963	2 v India, 27/03/1962
57	874	Colin Cowdrey		874 v New Zealand, 23/06/1958	2 v New Zealand, 23/06/1958
57	874	Alastair Cook		874 v India, 09/12/2012	3 v India, 14/08/2011
57	874	Adam Gilchrist		874 v South Africa, 12/03/2002	1 v Pakistan, 07/10/2002
60	873	Graham Gooch		873 v Pakistan, 27/07/1992	1 v West Indies, 10/06/1991
61	871	Gundappa Viswanath		871 v Australia, 17/10/1979	2 v West Indies, 15/01/1975
61	871	Ross Taylor		871 v West Indies, 23/12/2013	4 v West Indies, 23/12/2013
63	870	Inzamam-ul-Haq		870 v England, 03/12/2005	1 v Zimbabwe, 19/02/1995
63	870	Ted Dexter		870 v Australia, 02/01/1963	2 v Australia, 04/12/1962
65	869	Vijay Hazare		869 v Pakistan, 17/11/1952	2 v Pakistan, 17/11/1952
66	866	Alvin Kallicharran		866 v Australia, 16/12/1975	1 v Australia, 02/12/1975
66	866	Virender Sehwag		866 v Sri Lanka, 22/07/2010	1 v South Africa, 18/02/2010
68	856	Jonathan Trott		856 v Sri Lanka, 30/05/2011	2 v India, 25/07/2011
69	854	Lindsay Hassett		854 v West Indies, 04/01/1952	2 v West Indies, 05/12/1951
69	854	Stan McCabe		854 v England, 14/06/1938	3 v South Africa, 28/12/1935
71	853	Bobby Simpson		853 v South Africa, 04/01/1967	2 v South Africa, 04/01/1967
72	850	Arthur Morris		850 v West Indies, 13/11/1951	2 v West Indies, 13/11/1951
73	848	Damien Martyn		848 v New Zealand, 22/03/2005	3 v New Zealand, 22/03/2005
74	845	Glenn Turner		845 v Australia, 26/03/1974	1 v Australia, 12/03/1974
75	844	Herbert Taylor		844 v England, 20/02/1923	1 v England, 20/02/1923
75	844	Gordon Greenidge		844 v England, 30/07/1984	1 v England, 30/07/1984
77	843	Graeme Smith		843 v England, 18/01/2010	2 v England, 18/01/2010
78	842	Misbah-ul-Haq		842 v New Zealand, 13/11/2014	6 v South Africa, 27/10/2013
79	837	Dilip Vengsarkar		837 v New Zealand, 16/11/1988	1 v West Indies, 30/12/1987
80	828	Frank Worrell		828 v England, 10/02/1954	3 v New Zealand, 12/02/1952
80	828	Kim Hughes		828 v India, 27/01/1981	3 v India, 27/01/1981
82	827	Ben Stokes		827 v West Indies, 20/07/2020	3 v West Indies, 20/07/2020
83	825	Dennis Amiss		825 v India, 08/07/1974	2 v West Indies, 20/02/1974
83	825	Ajinkya Rahane		825 v New Zealand, 11/10/2016	5 v South Africa, 22/10/2019
83	825	Herschelle Gibbs		825 v West Indies, 20/01/2004	6 v Pakistan, 06/01/2003
86	824	Saeed Anwar		824 v Australia, 09/11/1999	2 v India, 20/02/1999
86	824	Adam Voges		824 v Sri Lanka, 07/08/2016	5 v Sri Lanka, 30/07/2016
88	823	Conrad Hunte		823 v England, 06/06/1966	4 v Australia, 30/03/1965
89	822	Ian Bell		822 v India, 22/08/2011	4 v India, 22/08/2011
89	822	David Gower		822 v West Indies, 25/03/1986	1 v Australia, 02/09/1985
91	820	Bill Woodfull		820 v South Africa, 02/02/1932	3 v England, 01/07/1930
92	819	Hanif Mohammad		819 v India, 06/12/1960	2 v India, 03/01/1961
93	818	Bob Cowper		818 v India, 30/01/1968	3 v India, 30/01/1968
93	818	Marcus Trescothick		818 v Pakistan, 16/11/2005	6 v Pakistan, 16/11/2005
93	818	Clive Lloyd		818 v India, 14/12/1983	1 v India, 14/12/1983
96	813	Rohit Sharma		813 v England, 06/09/2021	5 v England, 29/08/2021
96	813	Jimmy Adams		813 v Australia, 25/04/1995	1 v New Zealand, 14/02/1995
98	811	Ian Chappell		811 v West Indies, 30/12/1975	2 v West Indies, 10/04/1973
98	811	Ian Botham		811 v India, 12/07/1982	3 v India, 12/07/1982
100	809	Robin Smith		809 v West Indies, 12/08/1991	2 v West Indies, 12/08/1991

Players make the all-time list by sustaining excellent form over a prolonged period. The ratings shown are the highest points totals these players have attained and no player is allowed to appear on the list more than once.