- Latham and Wagner move towards top 10 after Hamilton Test
- Tamim, Mahmudullah and Soumya make significant gains
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reached a career-best 915 rating points after an unbeaten double-century in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton, which was the centerpiece of a victory by an innings and 52 runs.
Williamson’s 200 not out, which earned him the Player of the Match award, has lifted him from 897 points to within seven points of India captain Virat Kohli, who is perched at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings with 922 points. With two more Tests to go in the series, Williamson has a chance to regain the top spot, which he occupied briefly towards the end of 2015.
Williamson’s rating points are the highest by any New Zealander in Test cricket with Richard Hadlee the only other player from his country to cross the 900-point mark with a best of 909 points in bowling.
Openers Tom Latham and Jeet Raval have also made good progress after their centuries in Hamilton. Latham’s score of 161 has lifted him one place to a career-best 11th position and just three points shy of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis, who is in 10th place with 702 points. Raval’s maiden century, after seven fifties, has helped him gain five slots and reach 33rd position.
Among their bowlers, the pair of Trent Boult (down two places to eighth) and Tim Southee (ninth) remain in the top 10 while Neil Wagner is also moving in the right direction, gaining three places and reaching 11th position after finishing with seven wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
Mahmudullah has also gained three places to reach 63rd position among bowlers.
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 4 March, after the Hamilton Test)
Batsmen (Top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Virat Kohli | India | 922 | 53.76 | 937 v Eng at Southampton 2018 |
| 2 | ( – ) | K. Williamson | NZ | 915! | 53.20 | 915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019 |
| 3 | ( – ) | C. Pujara | India | 881 | 51.18 | 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Steve Smith | Aus | 857 | 61.37 | 947 v SA at Durban 2018 |
| 5 | ( – ) | Joe Root | Eng | 763 | 49.51 | 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015 |
| 6 | (+1) | David Warner | Aus | 756 | 48.20 | 880 v NZ at Perth 2015 |
| 7 | (-2) | Henry Nicholls | NZ | 755* | 43.84 | 763 v SL at Christchurch 2018 |
| 8 | ( – ) | Aiden Markram | SA | 719* | 43.80 | 759 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Q. de Kock | SA | 718 | 39.31 | 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017 |
| 10 | ( – ) | Faf du Plessis | SA | 702 | 42.95 | 734 v India at Centurion 2018 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 11 | (+1) | Tom Latham | NZ | 699! | 43.25 | 699 v Ban at Hamilton 2019 |
| 25= | (+11) | Tamim Iqbal | Ban | 626 | 38.98 | 709 v Aus at Mirpur 2017 |
| 33 | (+5) | Jeet Raval | NZ | 591* | 38.29 | 614 v Win at Hamilton 2017 |
| 40= | (+12) | Mahmudullah | Ban | 562! | 33.01 | 562 v NZ at Hamilton 2019 |
| 60 | (+6) | C de Grandhomme NZ | NZ | 474* | 36.22 | 483 v Eng at Christchurch 2018 |
| 67 | (+25) | Soumya Sarkar | Ban | 449* | 30.75 | 489 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2017 |
Bowlers (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Pat Cummins | Aus | 878*! | 22.02 878 v SL at Canberra 2019 |
| 2 | ( – ) | J Anderson | Eng | 862 | 26.93 903 v India at Lord’s 2018 |
| 3 | ( – ) | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 851 | 21.77 902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018 |
| 4 | ( – ) | V. Philander | SA | 813 | 21.64 912 v India at Johannesburg 2013 |
| 5 | ( – ) | R Jadeja | India | 794 | 23.68 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017 |
| 6= | (+1) | Jason Holder | WI | 770* | 27.69 778 v Eng at Antigua 2019 |
| (+1) | M. Abbas | Pak | 770* | 18.86 838 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2018 | |
| 8 | (-2) | Trent Boult | NZ | 769 | 27.97 825 v Eng at Lord’s 2015 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Tim Southee | NZ | 766 | 29.91 799 v Win at Jamaica 2014 |
| 10 | ( – ) | R Ashwin | India | 763 | 25.43 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 11 | (+3) | Neil Wagner | NZ | 745 | 28.57 | 785 v Win at Wellington 2017 |
| 63 | (+3) | Mahmudullah | Ban | 243* | 45.47 | 381 v Win at Grenada 2009 |
All-rounders (top five)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Jason Holder | WI | 439/* | 448 v Eng at Antigua 2019 |
| 2 | ( – ) | S. Al Hasan | Ban | 407 | 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017 |
| 3 | ( – ) | R. Jadeja | India | 387 | 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Ben Stokes | Eng | 357 | 395 v Win at Lord’s 2017 |
| 5 | ( – ) | V. Philander | SA | 326 | 377 v SL at Galle 2018 |
*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.
!indicates career-highest rating
