Test verdict list
Greatest Test All-rounders of All Time
Imran Khan rises above Ravindra Jadeja, and the edge holds. Ravindra Jadeja keeps the better consistency in Test batting, 25.00 to 19.05. Imran Khan's away bowling average in Test bowling settles it, 25.76 to 36.67.
Pakistan
- Test Batting
- 76.6
- Test Bowling
- 88.5
India
- Test Batting
- 80.0
- Test Bowling
- 79.6
South Africa
- Test Batting
- 70.5
- Test Bowling
- 84.7
England
- Test Batting
- 74.4
- Test Bowling
- 77.0
Australia
- Test Batting
- 74.7
- Test Bowling
- 76.6
New Zealand
- Test Batting
- 62.2
- Test Bowling
- 91.2
South Africa
- Test Batting
- 96.4
- Test Bowling
- 56.9
India
- Test Batting
- 60.2
- Test Bowling
- 87.0
India
- Test Batting
- 70.7
- Test Bowling
- 73.1
New Zealand
- Test Batting
- 74.0
- Test Bowling
- 69.2
- Imran Khan
- 76.6 — led by Volume (21.8 of it), then Average (21.6)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- 80.0 — led by Volume (22.0 of it), then Average (21.8)
- Shaun Pollock
- 70.5 — led by Volume (21.7 of it), then Average (18.3)
- Ian Botham
- 74.4 — led by Volume (22.9 of it), then Average (19.2)
- Keith Miller
- 74.7 — led by Average (21.2 of it), then Volume (20.4)
- Richard Hadlee
- 62.2 — led by Volume (20.7 of it), then Average (14.5)
- Jacques Kallis
- 96.4 — led by Average (27.7 of it), then Volume (24.9)
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- 60.2 — led by Volume (21.3 of it), then Average (13.2)
- Kapil Dev
- 70.7 — led by Volume (23.0 of it), then Average (17.2)
- Chris Cairns
- 74.0 — led by Volume (21.0 of it), then Average (19.2)
- Imran Khan
- 88.5 — led by Bowling average (25.6 of it), then Volume (22.0)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- 79.6 — led by Bowling average (23.6 of it), then Volume (21.9)
- Shaun Pollock
- 84.7 — led by Bowling average (25.4 of it), then Volume (22.6)
- Ian Botham
- 77.0 — led by Volume (22.2 of it), then Bowling average (19.9)
- Keith Miller
- 76.6 — led by Bowling average (25.5 of it), then Volume (17.7)
- Richard Hadlee
- 91.2 — led by Bowling average (25.9 of it), then Volume (22.7)
- Jacques Kallis
- 56.9 — led by Volume (20.8 of it), then Bowling average (13.4)
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- 87.0 — led by Bowling average (24.6 of it), then Volume (23.5)
- Kapil Dev
- 73.1 — led by Volume (22.8 of it), then Bowling average (18.0)
- Chris Cairns
- 69.2 — led by Volume (19.0 of it), then Bowling average (18.3)
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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.
- Build the eligible peer population using the selected format, time window and qualification bars.
- Calculate every batting or bowling factor directly from the matching scorecards.
- Convert each factor to a score against qualified peers, respecting whether higher or lower is better.
- Apply the published weights. If a factor is unavailable, its weight is redistributed across that player's recorded factors.
- Add the weighted factors to produce the verdict score out of 100, then rank from highest to lowest.
Compared with 1,218 batters who played at least 20 innings.
Compared with 504 bowlers who played at least 20 innings and bowled at least 3,000 balls.
Longevity: uses the square root of career span in years multiplied by matches selected. Match counts and first/last dates come from playing-XI appearances, so a did-not-bat or did-not-bowl match still counts.
Contribution: total runs or wickets measure output within the selected period.
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.