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The Hot 100: The Fastest-scoring Batsmen of All Time

 

Qualification: 1000 runs or 2000 balls faced in Tests, average over 20. Data to 20 September 2009.

Career

Career Runs

Career Average

Runs/ 100 balls

1. Shahid Afridi (Pak)

1998-

1683

37.4

86.1

2. AC Gilchrist (Aus)

1999-

5570

47.6

82.0

3. N Kapil Dev (Ind)

1978-1994

5248

31.1

81.0

4. V Sehwag (Ind)

2001-

5757

50.1

78.7

5. MW Tate (Eng)

1924-1935

1198

25.5

75.6

6. JH Sinclair (SA)

1896-1911

1069

23.2

71-72

7. IVA Richards (WI)

1974-1991

8540

50.2

68.7

8. VT Trumper (Aus)

1899-1912

3163

39.0

67-68

9. ST Jayasuriya (Sri)

1991-

6973

40.1

65.2

10. A Symonds (Aus)

2004-

1462

40.6

64.8

11. K Srikkanth (Ind)

1981-1992

2062

29.9

64.7

12. MJ Prior (Eng)

2007-

1326

44.2

64.3

13. TM Dilshan (Sri)

1999-

3381

43.3

63.9

14. Kamran Akmal (Pak)

2002-

2226

33.2

63.1

15. IDS Smith (NZ)

1980-1992

1815

25.6

63.1

16. SM Patil (Ind)

1980-1984

1588

36.9

63.1

17. BB McCullum (NZ)

2004-

2252

32.2

62.8

18. KP Pietersen (Eng)

2005-

4647

50.0

62.8

19. A Flintoff (Eng)

1998-

3845

31.8

62.0

20. MS Dhoni (Ind)

2005-

1962

37.7

61.9

21. DS Lehmann (Aus)

1998-2004

1798

45.0

61.8

22. SJ McCabe (Aus)

1930-1938

2748

48.2

61.5

23. GC Smith (SA)

2002-

6343

50.3

61.2

24. DG Bradman (Aus)

1928-1948

6996

99.9

61.0

25. IT Botham (Eng)

1977-1992

5200

33.5

60.7

26. JM Gregory (Aus)

1920-1928

1146

37.0

60.7

27. BC Lara (WI)

1990-

11953

52.9

60.5

28. FE Woolley (Eng)

1909-1934

3283

36.1

60-61

29. Habibul Bashar (Ban)

2000-

3026

30.9

60.3

30. ML Hayden (Aus)

1994-

8625

50.7

60.1

31. L Klusener (SA)

1996-2004

1906

32.9

59.8

32. CH Lloyd (WI)

1966-1985

7515

46.7

59-60

33. LRPL Taylor (NZ)

2007-

1214

40.5

59.4

34. RT Ponting (Aus)

1995-

11345

55.9

59.4

35. LRD Mendis (Sri)

1982-1988

1329

31.6

59-60

36. FM Engineer (Ind)

1961-1975

2611

31.1

58-59

37. AL Logie (WI)

1983-1991

2470

35.8

58.9

38. VG Kambli (Ind)

1993-1995

1084

54.2

58.7

39. EdeC Weekes (WI)

1948-1958

4455

57.9

58-59

40. C Hill (Aus)

1896-1912

3412

39.2

58-59

41. M Azharuddin (Ind)

1985-2000

6215

45.0

58.0

42. Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

2003-

1387

35.6

57.8

43. Yasir Hameed (Pak)

2003-

1450

34.5

57.7

44. CH Gayle (WI)

2000-

5502

39.6

57.5

45. DW Hookes (Aus)

1977-1985

1306

34.4

57.3

46. RA McLean (SA)

1951-1964

2120

30.3

57-58

47. CG Macartney (Aus)

1907-1926

2131

41.8

56.5

48. RJ Hadlee (NZ)

1973-1990

3124

27.2

56.5

49. BJ Haddin (Aus)

2008-

1179

39.3

56.3

50. RG Pollock (SA)

1963-1970

2256

61.0

56.2

51. DL Vettori (NZ)

1997-

3329

28.7

56.1

52. KC Sangakkara (Sri)

2000-

7149

55.0

55.9

53. Zaheer Abbas (Pak)

1969-1985

5062

44.8

55.0

54. CD McMillan (NZ)

1997-

3116

38.5

54.9

55. DT Lindsay (SA)

1963-1970

1130

37.7

54.8

56. ME Trescothick (Eng)

2000-

5825

43.8

54.5

57. RA Duff (Aus)

1902-1905

1317

35.6

54-55

58. SR Tendulkar (Ind)

1989-

12773

54.6

54.3

59. JL Langer (Aus)

1993-

7696

45.3

54.2

60. GO Jones (Eng)

2004-

1172

23.9

54.1

61. Asif Iqbal (Pak)

1964-1980

3575

38.9

54-55

62. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)

1992-

8830

50.2

54.0

63. Younis Khan (Pak)

2000-

5260

50.1

53.7

64. J Darling (Aus)

1894-1905

1657

28.6

53-54

65. MJ Clarke (Aus)

2004-

3652

49.4

53.4

66. IK Pathan (Ind)

2003-

1105

31.6

53.2

67. CL Walcott (WI)

1948-1960

3798

56.7

53-54

68. SM Nurse (WI)

1960-1969

2523

47.6

53-54

69. Wasim Akram (Pak)

1985-2000

2898

22.6

53.1

70. AB de Villiers (SA)

2004-

3558

43.9

53.0

71. B Lee (Aus)

1999-

1451

20.2

53.0

72. Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

1998-

7023

54.9

52.8

73. GStA Sobers (WI)

1954-1974

8032

57.8

52-53

74. DPMD Jayawardene (Sri)

1997-

8559

52.8

52.6

75. SM Pollock (SA)

1995-

3781

32.3

52.5

76. W Bardsley (Aus)

1909-1926

2469

40.5

52.2

77. G Gambhir (Ind)

2004-

2271

54.1

52.2

78. S Abid Ali (Ind)

1967-1974

1018

20.4

51-52

79. KR Stackpole (Aus)

1966-1974

2807

37.4

51.6

80. GS Chappell (Aus)

1970-1984

7110

53.9

51.6

81. CJ Barnett (Eng)

1933-1948

1098

36.6

51-52

82. AJ Lamb (Eng)

1982-1992

4656

36.1

51.4

83. Wasim Raja (Pak)

1973-1985

2821

36.2

51-52

84. DR Martyn (Aus)

1992-

4406

46.4

51.4

85. RR Lindwall (Aus)

1946-1960

1502

21.2

51-52

86. SB Styris (NZ)

2002-

1586

36.0

51.3

87. GA Faulkner (SA)

1906-1924

1754

39.9

51-52

88. PV Simmons (WI)

1988-1997

1002

22.3

51.3

89. SC Ganguly (Ind)

1996-

7212

42.2

51.3

90. MP Vaughan (Eng)

1999-

5719

41.4

51.1

91. TG Evans (Eng)

1946-1959

2439

20.5

51.1

92. JB Hobbs (Eng)

1908-1930

5410

56.9

51-52

93. JDP Oram (NZ)

2002-

1700

36.2

51.0

94. VS Ransford (Aus)

1907-1912

1211

37.8

50.8

95. RL Dias (Sri)

1982-1987

1285

36.7

50.8

96. DI Gower (Eng)

1978-1992

8231

44.3

50.7

97. KD Walters (Aus)

1965-1981

5357

48.3

50.4

98. FS Jackson (Eng)

1893-1905

1415

48.8

50-51

99. CL Hooper (WI)

1987-1999

5762

36.5

50.3

100. HH Gibbs (SA)

1996-

6167

42.0

50.3

GL Jessop (Eng 1899-1912) scored at 112 r/100b, but scored only 569 runs in Tests.

 

 

 

The Slowest-Scoring Batsmen of All Time       

 

Career

Career Runs

Career Average

Runs/ 100 balls

442. PN Kirsten (SA)

1992-1994

626

31.3

30.0

443. BA Pocock (NZ)

1993-1997

665

22.9

29.8

444. JM Brearley (Eng)

1976-1981

1442

22.9

29.8

445. Alim-ud-din (Pak)

1954-1962

1091

25.4

29-30

446. JW Burke (Aus)

1951-1959

1280

34.6

29.2

447. CB Van Ryneveld (SA)

1951-1958

724

26.8

29.1

448. Asif Mujtaba (Pak)

1986-1997

928

24.4

28.6

449. TW Jarvis (NZ)

1965-1973

625

29.8

28-29

450. RG Barlow (Eng)

1882-1887

591

22.7

27-28

451. AJ Pithey (SA)

1957-1965

819

31.5

26.5

452. TE Bailey (Eng)

1949-1959

2290

29.7

26.4

453. TJ Franklin (NZ)

1983-1991

828

23.0

26.4

454. AC Bannerman (Aus)

1879-1893

1108

23.1

22-23

455. GO Rabone (NZ)

1949-1955

562

31.2

21-22

456. WH Scotton (Eng)

1882-1887

510

22.2

21-22

Slowest current batsman: Rajin Saleh (Bangladesh),35.9 r/100b, rank 378.

Slowest recent batsman: TR Gripper ( Zimbabwe) 32.7, rank 423.

 

 

 

The Most Tenacious Batsmen: Longest Average Innings

 

Career

Career Runs

Runs/ 100 balls

Balls Between Dismissals

1. DG Bradman (Aus)

1928-1948

6996

61.0

164

2. H Sutcliffe (Eng)

1924-1935

4555

37-38

163

3. B Mitchell (SA)

1929-1949

3471

31.0

154

4. SG Barnes (Aus)

1938-1948

1072

41.2

153

5. GA Headley (WI)

1930-1954

2190

44.3

150

6. L Hutton (Eng)

1937-1955

6971

38.3

148

7. DR Jardine (Eng)

1928-1934

1296

32.9

146

8. KF Barrington (Eng)

1955-1968

6806

41-42

143

9. CA Davis (WI)

1968-1973

1301

38-39

143

10. GO Rabone (NZ)

1949-1955

562

21-22

142

11. GM Turner (NZ)

1969-1983

2991

32-33

137

12. Hanif Mohammad (Pak)

1952-1969

3915

33-34

137

13. WM Woodfull (Aus)

1926-1934

2300

33-34

136

14. G Boycott (Eng)

1964-1982

8114

35.5

134

15. E Paynter (Eng)

1931-1939

1540

45.7

134

16. JF Reid (NZ)

1979-1986

1296

35.0

132

17. WR Hammond (Eng)

1927-1947

7249

45.2

131

18. CAG Russell (Eng)

1920-1923

910

43-44

130

19. AF Rae (WI)

1948-1953

1016

35-36

129

20. JDB Robertson (Eng)

1947-1952

881

35.9

129

21. RS Dravid (Ind)

1996-

10728

41.7

127

22. DJ McGlew (SA)

1951-1962

2440

33-34

126

23. EAB Rowan (SA)

1935-1951

1965

34.2

125

24. JH Kallis (SA)

1995-

10277

44.2

124

25. CP Mead (Eng)

1911-1928

1185

39-40

124

26. AR Border (Aus)

1978-1994

11174

41.0

123

27. HL Collins (Aus)

1920-1926

1352

36.6

123

28. R Subba Row (Eng)

1958-1961

984

38.0

123

29. DCS Compton (Eng)

1937-1957

5807

41.3

122

30. AD Nourse (SA)

1935-1951

2960

42.7

122

31. VS Hazare (Ind)

1946-1953

2192

39-40

122

32. WM Lawry (Aus)

1961-1971

5234

38.9

121

33. GE Tyldesley (Eng)

1921-1929

990

45-46

121

34. AJ Pithey (SA)

1957-1965

819

26.5

119