[Neil Pickup]

Ganguly's career PwC Rankings:

20/06/1996 47 England Lord's
04/07/1996 41 England Nottingham
10/10/1996 31 Australia Delhi
27/11/1996 41 South Africa Kolkata
08/12/1996 34 South Africa Kanpur
26/12/1996 41 South Africa Durban
02/01/1997 42 South Africa Cape Town
16/01/1997 33 South Africa Johannesburg
06/03/1997 32 West Indies Kingston
14/03/1997 36 West Indies Port-of-Spain
27/03/1997 36 West Indies Bridgetown
04/04/1997 36 West Indies St John's
02/08/1997 42 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS)
13/08/1997 34 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)
19/11/1997 28 Sri Lanka Mohali
26/11/1997 16 Sri Lanka Nagpur
03/12/1997 13 Sri Lanka Mumbai
06/03/1998 11 Australia Chennai
18/03/1998 11 Australia Kolkata
25/03/1998 16 Australia Bangalore
07/10/1998 11 Zimbabwe Harare
26/12/1998 16 New Zealand Wellington
02/01/1999 11 New Zealand Hamilton
28/01/1999 10 Pakistan Chennai
04/02/1999 9 Pakistan Delhi
16/02/1999 10 Pakistan Kolkata
24/02/1999 10 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)
10/10/1999 11 New Zealand Mohali
22/10/1999 15 New Zealand Kanpur
29/10/1999 11 New Zealand Ahmedabad
10/12/1999 8 Australia Adelaide
26/12/1999 12 Australia Melbourne
02/01/2000 14 Australia Sydney
24/02/2000 16 South Africa Mumbai
02/03/2000 21 South Africa Bangalore
10/11/2000 23 Bangladesh Dhaka
18/11/2000 22 Zimbabwe Delhi
25/11/2000 26 Zimbabwe Nagpur
27/02/2001 27 Australia Mumbai
11/03/2001 28 Australia Kolkata
18/03/2001 31 Australia Chennai
07/06/2001 36 Zimbabwe Bulawayo
15/06/2001 38 Zimbabwe Harare
14/08/2001 46 Sri Lanka Galle
22/08/2001 39 Sri Lanka Kandy
30/08/2001 41 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)
03/11/2001 42 South Africa Bloemfontein
16/11/2001 39 South Africa Port Elizabeth
03/12/2001 40 England Mohali
11/12/2001 41 England Ahmedabad
19/12/2001 46 England Bangalore
21/02/2002 46 Zimbabwe Nagpur
28/02/2002 39 Zimbabwe Delhi
11/04/2002 40 West Indies Georgetown
19/04/2002 38 West Indies Port-of-Spain
02/05/2002 36 West Indies Bridgetown
10/05/2002 36 West Indies St John's
18/05/2002 37 West Indies Kingston
25/07/2002 40 England Lord's
08/08/2002 39 England Nottingham
22/08/2002 32 England Leeds
05/09/2002 31 England The Oval
09/10/2002 34 West Indies Mumbai
17/10/2002 36 West Indies Chennai
30/10/2002 38 West Indies Kolkata
12/12/2002 38 New Zealand Wellington
19/12/2002 39 New Zealand Hamilton
08/10/2003 37 New Zealand Ahmedabad
04/12/2003 33 Australia Brisbane
12/12/2003 33 Australia Adelaide
26/12/2003 34 Australia Melbourne
02/01/2004 35 Australia Sydney
13/04/2004 35 Pakistan Rawalpindi

He's only been in the top ten five times, and most of the time he's hovered around the edge of the top 30 (mean 29.82, mode 36, median 34)

Let's compare this to Thorpe:

He's been in the top ten 31 times, and his average position looks just inside the top twenty (mean 19.68, mode 9, median 17).

01/07/1993 45 Australia Nottingham
22/07/1993 74 Australia Leeds
05/08/1993 50 Australia Birmingham
19/02/1994 59 West Indies Kingston
17/03/1994 61 West Indies Georgetown
25/03/1994 50 West Indies Port-of-Spain
08/04/1994 41 West Indies Bridgetown
16/04/1994 44 West Indies St John's
04/08/1994 37 South Africa Leeds
18/08/1994 23 South Africa The Oval
25/11/1994 22 Australia Brisbane
24/12/1994 21 Australia Melbourne
01/01/1995 20 Australia Sydney
26/01/1995 10 Australia Adelaide
03/02/1995 7 Australia Perth
08/06/1995 7 West Indies Leeds
22/06/1995 6 West Indies Lord's
06/07/1995 6 West Indies Birmingham
27/07/1995 5 West Indies Manchester
10/08/1995 4 West Indies Nottingham
24/08/1995 4 West Indies The Oval
16/11/1995 4 South Africa Centurion
30/11/1995 7 South Africa Johannesburg
15/12/1995 10 South Africa Durban
26/12/1995 11 South Africa Port Elizabeth
04/01/1996 8 South Africa Cape Town
06/06/1996 9 India Birmingham
20/06/1996 8 India Lord's
04/07/1996 9 India Nottingham
25/07/1996 9 Pakistan Lord's
08/08/1996 9 Pakistan Leeds
22/08/1996 11 Pakistan The Oval
18/12/1996 17 Zimbabwe Bulawayo
26/12/1996 16 Zimbabwe Harare
24/01/1997 12 New Zealand Auckland
06/02/1997 8 New Zealand Wellington
13/02/1997 12 New Zealand Christchurch
05/06/1997 5 Australia Birmingham
19/06/1997 4 Australia Lord's
03/07/1997 9 Australia Manchester
25/07/1997 12 Australia Leeds
07/08/1997 4 Australia Nottingham
21/08/1997 4 Australia The Oval
29/01/1998 3 West Indies Kingston
05/02/1998 4 West Indies Port-of-Spain
13/02/1998 6 West Indies Port-of-Spain
27/02/1998 9 West Indies Georgetown
12/03/1998 6 West Indies Bridgetown
20/03/1998 6 West Indies St John's
04/06/1998 4 South Africa Birmingham
18/06/1998 7 South Africa Lord's
02/07/1998 16 South Africa Manchester
20/11/1998 19 Australia Brisbane
01/07/1999 23 New Zealand Birmingham
22/07/1999 26 New Zealand Lord's
05/08/1999 28 New Zealand Manchester
19/08/1999 26 New Zealand The Oval
07/08/2000 37 West Indies Manchester
17/08/2000 35 West Indies Leeds
31/08/2000 35 West Indies The Oval
15/11/2000 33 Pakistan Lahore
29/11/2000 32 Pakistan Faisalabad
07/12/2000 31 Pakistan Karachi
26/02/2001 30 Sri Lanka Galle
07/03/2001 30 Sri Lanka Kandy
15/03/2001 17 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)
17/05/2001 10 Pakistan Lord's
31/05/2001 9 Pakistan Manchester
19/07/2001 10 Australia Lord's
03/12/2001 18 India Mohali
13/03/2002 15 New Zealand Christchurch
21/03/2002 17 New Zealand Wellington
30/03/2002 19 New Zealand Auckland
16/05/2002 22 Sri Lanka Lord's
30/05/2002 14 Sri Lanka Birmingham
13/06/2002 15 Sri Lanka Manchester
25/07/2002 20 India Lord's
08/09/2003 28 South Africa The Oval
21/10/2003 24 Bangladesh Dhaka
29/10/2003 28 Bangladesh Chittagong
02/12/2003 27 Sri Lanka Galle
10/12/2003 26 Sri Lanka Kandy
18/12/2003 29 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)
11/03/2004 29 West Indies Kingston
19/03/2004 22 West Indies Port-of-Spain
01/04/2004 18 West Indies Bridgetown
10/04/2004 18 West Indies St John's
24/05/2004 17 New Zealand Lord's
03/06/2004 18 New Zealand Leeds
10/06/2004 17 New Zealand Nottingham
22/07/2004 20 West Indies Lord's
01/08/2004 19 West Indies Birmingham
12/08/2004 16 West Indies Manchester