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Best Test All-rounders of the 2010s

Ravindra Jadeja rises above Ravichandran Ashwin by a breath. Ravichandran Ashwin keeps the better volume in Test bowling, 362 wickets to 211 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja's average in Test batting settles it, 35.46 to 28.73.

#1
Combined77.9
Test Batting
72.8
Test Bowling
83.3
#2
Combined76.0
Test Batting
65.1
Test Bowling
88.8
#3
Shakib Al Hasan

Bangladesh

Combined76.0
Test Batting
87.1
Test Bowling
66.3
#4
Vernon Philander

South Africa

Combined71.2
Test Batting
56.8
Test Bowling
89.2
#5
Ben Stokes

England

Combined69.5
Test Batting
81.9
Test Bowling
58.9
#6
Jason Holder

West Indies

Combined68.4
Test Batting
67.4
Test Bowling
69.4
#7
Combined66.4
Test Batting
53.1
Test Bowling
83.1
#8
Combined64.9
Test Batting
79.4
Test Bowling
53.0
#9
Combined62.6
Test Batting
47.3
Test Bowling
82.9
#10
Moeen Ali

England

Combined62.2
Test Batting
67.3
Test Bowling
57.5
Where the verdict was won: Test Batting
Ravindra Jadeja
72.8 — led by Volume (27.5 of it), then Average (21.8)
Ravichandran Ashwin
65.1 — led by Volume (29.3 of it), then Average (16.7)
Shakib Al Hasan
87.1 — led by Volume (31.2 of it), then Average (25.1)
Vernon Philander
56.8 — led by Volume (26.7 of it), then Average (12.2)
Ben Stokes
81.9 — led by Volume (32.4 of it), then Average (22.0)
Jason Holder
67.4 — led by Volume (27.9 of it), then Average (19.7)
Mitchell Starc
53.1 — led by Volume (25.7 of it), then Average (11.1)
Mohammad Hafeez
79.4 — led by Volume (31.1 of it), then Average (23.3)
Stuart Broad
47.3 — led by Volume (29.2 of it), then Average (8.0)
Moeen Ali
67.3 — led by Volume (30.6 of it), then Average (16.8)
Each bar is that player’s score out of 100, split into what produced it: segment length is the facet’s peer score times its weight. Darkest segment first. The segments add up to the score, so the bars are read against each other, not against a grid.
Where the verdict was won: Test Bowling
Ravindra Jadeja
83.3 — led by Volume (29.7 of it), then Bowling average (27.3)
Ravichandran Ashwin
88.8 — led by Volume (33.3 of it), then Bowling average (27.0)
Shakib Al Hasan
66.3 — led by Volume (26.6 of it), then Bowling average (17.7)
Vernon Philander
89.2 — led by Volume (30.0 of it), then Bowling average (28.9)
Ben Stokes
58.9 — led by Volume (25.1 of it), then Bowling average (15.7)
Jason Holder
69.4 — led by Bowling average (25.5 of it), then Volume (23.4)
Mitchell Starc
83.1 — led by Volume (30.7 of it), then Bowling average (24.5)
Mohammad Hafeez
53.0 — led by Bowling average (20.4 of it), then Volume (14.7)
Stuart Broad
82.9 — led by Volume (34.5 of it), then Bowling average (23.1)
Moeen Ali
57.5 — led by Volume (28.0 of it), then Bowling average (12.5)
Each bar is that player’s score out of 100, split into what produced it: segment length is the facet’s peer score times its weight. Darkest segment first. The segments add up to the score, so the bars are read against each other, not against a grid.

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How this ranking was calculated

The list is computed from scorecards, not selected by an AI model. Every player is measured against the same qualified peer population, and the rules below determine the order.

From scorecards to a verdict score
  1. Build the eligible peer population using the selected format, time window and qualification bars.
  2. Calculate every batting or bowling factor directly from the matching scorecards.
  3. Convert each factor to a score against qualified peers, respecting whether higher or lower is better.
  4. Apply the published weights. If a factor is unavailable, its weight is redistributed across that player's recorded factors.
  5. Add the weighted factors to produce the verdict score out of 100, then rank from highest to lowest.
Test Batting factors and weights

Compared with 335 batters who played at least 10 innings.

Test Bowling factors and weights

Compared with 135 bowlers who played at least 10 innings and bowled at least 1,500 balls.

Important scoring choices

Contribution: total runs or wickets measure output within the selected period.

Fixed-era weighting: longevity is not scored because a player should not be penalised when only part of their career overlaps the era. Its allocation moves to runs or wickets.

Test average magnitude: overall averages use 85% peer position and 15% raw distance from the best qualified average. For bowlers the ratio is reversed because a lower average is better. Contextual averages remain pure percentiles.

Wicket magnitude: career and long-era wicket volume uses 85% peer position and 15% raw distance from the leading qualified wicket total. This preserves the difference between exceptional totals that sit together at the top of a percentile table. Run volume stays a pure percentile, because career run totals vary far more widely and blending raw magnitude there would penalise a short career of outstanding quality.

All-rounders: a player must clear both qualification bars. The batting and bowling verdicts are combined with a geometric mean, preventing one outstanding discipline from completely carrying a weak one.

Editorial scope: this is a transparent judgement model, not an official record table. It does not insert or promote named players, and it applies no blanket era multiplier.

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