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Top 100 Batsmen of all time

S No Name Score For Against Venue Season Wisden Rating
1 DG Bradman 270 Australia England Melbourne 1936-37 262.4
2 BC Lara 153* WI Aus Bridgetown 1998-99 255.2
3 GA Gooch 154* Eng WI Headingley 1991 252.0
4 IT Botham 149* Eng Aus Headingley 1981 240.8
5 DG Bradman 299* Aus SA Adelaide 1931-32 236.8
6 VVS Laxman 281 Ind Aus Calcutta 2000-01 234.8
7 C Hill 188 Aus Eng Melbourne 1897-98 234.2
8 Azhar Mahmood 132 Pak SA Durban 1997-98 232.6
9 KJ Hughes 100* Aus WI Melbourne 1981-82 229.7
10 BC Lara 375 WI Eng St John's 1993-94 228.1
11 RE Foster 287 Eng Aus Sydney 19903-04 226.7
12 CL Waicott 220 WI Eng Bridgetown 1953-54 223.0
13 MA Taylor 144 Aus WI St John's 1990-91 221.4
14 BC Lara 213 WI Aus Kingston 1998-99 221.3
15 DM Jones 184* Aus Eng Sydney 1986-87 220.9
16 Salim Malik 237 Pak Aus Rawalpindi 1994-95 219.9
17 PF Warner 132* Eng SA Johannesburg 1898-99 218.4
17 RT Simpson 156* Eng Aus Melbourne 1950-51 218.4
19 Hanif Mohammad 337 Pak WI Bridgetown 1957-58 217.3
20 JH Edrich 310* Eng NZ Headingley 1965 217.1
21 Cg Greenidge 214* WI Eng Lord's 1984 216.2
22 ME Waugh 116 Aus SA Port Elizabeth 1996-97 215.7
23 WW Armstrong 159* Aus SA Johannesburg 1902-03 212.9
24 Ijaz Ahmed137 Pak Aus Sydney 1995-96 211.9
25 IR Redpath 159* Aus NZ Auckland 1973-74 210.5
26 GS Chappell 182* Aus WI Sydney 1975-76 209.9
27 DJ McGlew 255* SA NZ Wellington 1952-53 209.3
28 CH Lioyd 161* WI Ind Calcutta 1983-84 208.3
29 DL Houghton 266 Zim SL Bulawayo 1994-95 208.1
30 DB Vengsarkar 102* Ind Eng Headingley 1986 206.9
31 PJL Dujon 139 WI Aus Perth 1984-85 205.3
32 C Bannerman 165* Aus Eng Melbourne 1876-77 205.1
33 GStA Sobers 365* WI Pak Kingston 1957-58 204.6
33 GJ Bonnor 128 Aus Eng Sydney 1984-85 204.6
35 AW Nourse 93* SA Eng Johannesburg 1905-06 204.4
36 GL Jessop 104 Eng Aus The Oval 1902 203.8
36 DG Bradman 103* Aus Eng Melbourne 1932-33 203.8
38 GR Vishwanath 97* Ind WI Madras (Chennai) 1974-75 203.1
39 CG Greenidge 213 WI NZ Auckland 1986-87 203.0
40 RG Pollock 274 SA Aus Durban 1969-70 202.9
41 SJ McCabe 232 Aus Eng Trent Bridge 1938 202.4
42 SFAF Bacchus 250 WI Ind Kanpur 1978-79 202.2
43 Saeed Anwar 188* Pak Ind Calcutta 1998-99 201.9
44 SR Waugh 200 Aus WI Kingston 1994-95 201.6
45 RN Harvey 167 Aus Eng Melbourne 1958-59 201.5
46 AR Border 163 Aus Ind Melbourne 1985-86 201.4
47 DG Bradman 334 Aus Eng Headingley 1930 201.1
48 L Hutton 364 Eng Aus The Oval 1938 200.4
49 CG Greenidge 226 WI Aus Bridgetown 1990-91 199.8
50 MJ Slater 123 Aus Eng Sydney 1998-99 199.1
51 BF Butcher 209* WI Eng Trent Bridge 1966 198.8
52 GS Chappell 204 Aus Ind Sydney 1980-81 198.7
53 DL Amiss 179 Eng Ind Delhi 1976-77 198.4
54 J Ryder 201* Aus Eng Adelaide 1924-25 198.3
55 FMM Worrell 191* WI Eng Trent Bridge 1957 198.1
56 AR Morris 196 Aus Eng The Oval 1948 197.0
57 KC Wessels 173 Aus WI Sydney 1984-85 196.7
58 G Kirsten 275 SA Eng Durban 1999-00 196.2
59 GA Headley 270* WI Eng Kingston 1934-35 196.1
60 L Hutton 205* Eng WI Kingston 1953-54 195.6
61 PBH May 112 Eng SA Lord's 1955 195.6
62 GS Chappell 176 Aus NZ Christchurch 1981-82 194.6
62 LG Rowe 302 WI Eng Bridgetown 1973-74 194.6
64 Saeed Anwar 118 Pak SA Durban 1997-98 194.3
65 BA Young 267* NZ SL Dunedin 1996-97 193.9
65 Hanif Mohammad 187* Pak Eng Lord's 1967 193.9
67 MC Cowdrey 102 Eng Aus Melbourne 1954-55 193.8
68 JJ Lyons 134 Aus Eng Sydney 1891-92 193.6
69 J Darling 160 Aus Eng Sydney 1897-98 193.5
69 IVA Richards 182* WI Eng Bridgetown 1980-81 193.5
71 PJP Burge 160 Aus Eng Headingley 1964 193.3
71 DW Randall 150 Eng Aus Sydney 1978-79 193.3
73 DI Gower 154* Eng WI Kingston 1980-81 193.2
74 SM Gavaskar 221 Ind Eng The Oval 1979 192.9
75 WR Hammond 336* Eng NZ Auckland 1932-33 192.8
75 Kapil Dev 129 Ind SA Port Elizabeth 1992-93 192.8
77 SM Nurse 258 WI NZ Christchurch 1968-69 192.5
78 AJ Lamb 137* Eng NZ Trent Bridge 1983 192.2
78 CH Lloyd 129 WI Aus Brisbane 1968-69 192.2
80 IVA Richards 192* WI Ind Delhi 1974-75 192.1
81 PBH May 104 Eng Aus Sydney 1954-55 192.0
82 GR Vishwanath 114 Ind Aus Melbourne 1980-81 191.9
83 AR Border 115 Aus Eng Perth 1979-80 191.8
84 GA Gooch 333 Eng Ind Lord's 1990 191.6
84 KC Wessels 162 Aus Eng Brisbane 1982-83 191.6
86 WR Hammond 231* Eng Aus Sydney 1936-37 191.4
87 RM Cowper 165 Aus Ind Sydney 1967-68 190.9
88 M Azharuddin 152Ind SL Ahmedabad 1993-94 190.6
89 DL Amiss 262* Eng WI Kingston 1973-74 190.4
90 WR Hammond 251 Eng Aus Sydney 1928-29 189.9
91 M Jayawardene 242 SL Ind Colombo 1998-99 189.5
91 G Kirsten 100* SA Pak Faisalabad 1997-98 189.5
93 G Boycott 191 Eng Aus Headingley 1977 189.1
94 RB Kanhai 217 WI Pak Lahore 1958-59 188.1
95 IVA Richards 291 WI Eng The Oval 1976 188.4
96 SM Gavaskar 236* Ind WI Madras (Chennai) 1983-84 188.2
97 VT Trumper 159 Aus SA Melbourne 1910-11 187.9
97 DG Bradman 103 Aus Eng Headingley 1938 187.9
99 C Hill 160 Aus Eng Adelaide 1907-08 187.6
100 AD Nourse 208 SA Eng Trent Bridge 1951 186.9