Context In test cricket, the ICC publishes a top 100 ranking on players based on a rating system that accounts for the strength of the opposing team, the level of run scoring in an innings or match and overall team performance. The formula for calculating scores is not public. Content This data set comprises the Top 100 batsmen and bowlers since 1877 until Dec 2017. The rating dates were chosen so that a top 100 rating is available between two consecutive test matches of any one country. ie there is a rating change available for any individual between any two matches that that individual has played.