| Rank |
Player |
Country |
Rating |
Career average |
(Career best Rating) |
| 1 | S.R.Tendulkar | Ind | 858 | 54.84 | (858 v Aus at Bangalore 1998) |
| 2 | B.C.Lara | WI | 790 | 51.7 | (900 v Eng at The Oval 1995) |
| 3 | S.R.Waugh | Aus | 786 | 48.72 | (940 v WI at Melbourne 1996) |
| 4 | M.E.Waugh | Aus | 749 | 43.13 | (813 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997) |
| 5 | R.Dravid | Ind | 744 | 51.34 | (802 v Aus at Calcutta 1998) |
| 6 | A.J.Stewart | Eng | 739 | 41.08 | (800 v WI at Port of Spain 1998) |
| 7 | C.L.Hooper | WI | 712 | 35.1 | (712 v Eng at St John's 1998) |
| 8 | W.J.Cronje | SA | 706 | 36.8 | (706 v Eng at Lord's 1998) |
| 9= | P.A.de Silva | SL | 704 | 42.17 | (798 v SA at Cape Town 1998) |
| 9= | G.P.Thorpe | Eng | 704 | 41.04 | (806 v WI at Kingston 1998) |
