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The Wisden Bible all time player rankings

bagapath

International Captain
Here is the Wisden 100 list of batsmen and bowlers. It was done a few years ago. Am sure a more recent ranking would bring in quite a few changes. lara, ponting and dravid will be much higher and sachin might not be at no.2. anyways, it is a good starting point for many interesting discussions. an all time XI from these rankings looks like this.

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Tendulkar
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist +
Hadlee
Warne
Barnes
Murali

Quite solid, actually. If you throw in two batters, two bowlers and an all-rounder to make it a squad of 16 Border, Barrington, Grimmett, McGrath and Imran will make it.
 

bagapath

International Captain
Top 100 Batsmen

rank name country innings runs average rating
1 DG Bradman Aus 80 6996 99.94 1349
2 SR Tendulkar Ind 165 8711 58.46 921.5
3 IVA Richards WI 182 8540 50.24 913.9
4 GA Sobers WI 160 8032 57.78 912
5 AR Border Aus 265 11174 50.56 911.2
6 JB Hobbs Eng 102 5410 56.95 908.8
7 KF Barrington Eng 131 6806 58.67 907.3
8 SM Gavaskar Ind 214 10122 51.12 902.2
9 GS Chappell Aus 151 7110 53.86 889.2
10 BC Lara WI 157 7572 49.49 881.9
11 L Hutton Eng 138 6971 56.67 879.1
12 H Sutcliffe Eng 84 4555 60.73 874.7
13 Javed Miandad Pak 189 8832 52.57 872.6
14 EdeC Weekes WI 81 4455 58.62 871.3
15 CL Walcott WI 74 3798 56.69 858.6
16 SR Waugh Aus 241 9840 49.45 850.7
17 GA Headley WI 40 2190 60.83 846.4
18 G Boycott Eng 193 8114 47.73 845
19 RG Pollock SA 41 2256 60.97 844.6
20 WR Hammond Eng 140 7249 58.46 844.1
21 R Dravid Ind 114 5483 54.29 835.3
22 GA Gooch Eng 215 8900 42.58 831.3
23 CH Lloyd WI 175 7515 46.68 830.9
24 ML Hayden Aus 60 2977 53.16 825.6
25 AC Gilchrist Aus 52 2434 57.95 825.4
26 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 136 6091 49.52 824.8
27 RN Harvey Aus 137 6149 48.42 818.4
28 CG Greenidge WI 185 7558 44.72 816.3
29 PBH May Eng 106 4537 46.77 812.9
30 DI Gower Eng 204 8231 44.25 803.9
31 RB Kanhai WI 137 6227 47.53 799.5
32 MC Cowdrey Eng 188 7624 44.07 799.3
33 KD Walters Aus 125 5357 48.26 786.7
34 DCS Compton Eng 131 5807 50.06 786.5
35 RB Richardson WI 146 5949 44.4 785
36 MA Taylor Aus 186 7525 43.5 784.7
37 DL Haynes WI 202 7487 42.3 782.2
38 JH Kallis SA 105 4350 50 777.2
39 DC Boon Aus 190 7422 43.66 774.2
40 A Flower Zim 112 4794 51.55 771.7
41 ME Waugh Aus 209 8029 41.82 763.8
42 AD Nourse SA 62 2960 53.82 763.6
43 AJ Stewart Eng 223 8080 39.8 761.6
44 RB Simpson Aus 111 4869 46.82 759
45 Saeed Anwar Pak 91 4052 45.53 756.9
46 RT Ponting Aus 97 4195 49.35 754
47 Yousuf Youhana Pak 67 3045 49.11 750.1
48 WM Lawry Aus 123 5234 47.15 746
49 GR Viswanath Ind 155 6080 41.93 744.9
50 AI Kallicharran WI 109 4399 44.43 744.1
51 DPMD Jayawardene SL 75 3351 47.87 743.7
52 AL Hassett Aus 69 3073 46.56 743.2
53 MD Crowe NZ 131 5444 45.37 741.8
54 FMM Worrell WI 87 3860 49.49 741.4
55 ER Dexter Eng 102 4502 47.89 741
56 MA Atherton Eng 212 7728 37.7 740.8
57 AR Morris Aus 79 3533 46.49 739.3
58 IR Redpath Aus 120 4737 43.46 737.2
59 MJ Slater Aus 131 5312 42.84 737.2
60 G Kirsten SA 153 6058 42.96 737.1
61 Saleem Malik Pak 154 5768 43.7 736.2
62 MP Vaughan Eng 45 2004 47.71 732.6
63 GM Turner NZ 73 2991 44.64 732.6
64 M Azharuddin Ind 147 6215 45.04 731.5
65 SM Nurse WI 54 2523 47.6 730
66 TW Graveney Eng 123 4882 44.38 729
67 JH Edrich Eng 127 5138 43.54 728.9
68 PA de Silva SL 159 6361 42.98 722.8
69 B Mitchell SA 80 3471 48.89 721.3
70 DJ Cullinan SA 115 4554 44.21 720.1
71 S Chanderpaul WI 101 3863 44.4 719
72 DB Vengsarkar Ind 185 6868 42.13 716.5
73 AW Grieg Eng 93 3599 40.44 714.9
74 RC Fredericks WI 109 4334 42.49 714.7
75 GP Thorpe Eng 140 5109 41.88 714.7
76 RA Smith Eng 112 4236 43.67 711.3
77 SJ McCabe Aus 62 2748 48.21 710.8
78 IM Chappell Aus 136 5345 42.42 708.8
79 DM Jones Aus 89 3631 46.55 705.1
80 CC McDonald Aus 83 3107 39.33 701.7
81 HH Gibbs SA 69 2805 41.87 700.7
82 JL Langer Aus 93 3775 42.9 700.4
83 NC O'Neill Aus 69 2779 45.56 700.2
84 Hanif Mohammad Pak 97 3915 43.99 698.6
85 RM Cowper Aus 46 2061 46.84 698.6
86 CC Hunte WI 78 3245 45.07 697.7
87 EJ Barlow SA 57 2516 45.75 696.1
88 VS Hazare Ind 52 2192 47.65 692.1
89 DL Amiss Eng 88 3612 46.31 691.8
90 Zaheer Abbas Pak 124 5062 44.8 688.6
91 JG Wright NZ 148 5334 37.83 686.4
92 KC Wessels Aus/SA 71 2788 41 684.8
93 DJ McGlew SA 64 2440 42.07 680.1
94 BF Butcher WI 78 3104 43.11 679.1
95 VVS Laxman Ind 68 2660 43.61 678.5
96 KJ Hughes Aus 124 4415 37.42 678.4
97 C Hill Aus 89 3412 39.22 676.7
98 M Amarnath Ind 113 4378 42.5 675.6
99 WH Ponsford Aus 48 2122 48.23 675.2
100 WM Woodfull Aus 54 2300 46 672.7
 

bagapath

International Captain
Top 100 Bowlers
rank name country matches wickets average rating
1 M Muralitharan SL 78 437 23.53 1320.4
2 RJ Hadlee NZ 86 431 22.3 1232.9
3 SF Barnes Eng 27 189 16.43 1209.3
4 SK Warne Aus 107 491 25.71 1195.8
5 CV Grimmett Aus 37 216 24.22 1184.8
6 GD McGrath Aus 90 420 21.36 1158.4
7 DK Lillee Aus 70 355 23.92 1153.1
8 MD Marshall WI 81 376 20.95 1143.2
9 Imran Khan Pak 88 362 22.81 1123.7
10 CA Walsh WI 132 519 24.44 1115.8
11 WJ O'Reilly Aus 27 144 22.6 1111.1
12 CEL Ambrose WI 98 405 20.99 1109.4
13 AA Donald SA 72 330 22.25 1097.8
14 A Kumble Ind 76 349 27.98 1087
15 Wasim Akram Pak 104 414 23.62 1084.4
16 FS Trueman Eng 67 307 21.58 1082.2
17 Waqar Younis Pak 84 364 23.29 1065
18 IT Botham Eng 102 383 28.4 1029.7
19 J Garner WI 58 259 20.98 1025.1
20 SM Pollock SA 66 270 20.85 1018.7
21 GA Lohmann Eng 18 112 10.76 1016.1
22 AV Bedser Eng 51 236 24.9 1010.6
23 CTB Turner Aus 17 101 16.53 998.8
24 CJ McDermott Aus 71 291 28.63 990.3
25 BA Reid Aus 27 113 24.64 986.2
26 D Gough Eng 56 228 27.58 984.8
27 Kapil Dev Ind 131 434 29.65 979.9
28 HJ Tayfield SA 27 170 25.91 974
29 MA Holding WI 60 249 23.69 960.5
30 BS Chandrasekhar Ind 58 242 29.75 956.4
31 BS Bedi Ind 67 266 28.17 954.1
32 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 45 198 28.12 952.4
33 RGD Willis Eng 90 325 25.2 951.7
34 R Peel Eng 20 102 16.81 944.2
35 JC Laker Eng 46 193 21.25 939.8
36 AK Davidson Aus 44 186 20.53 938.7
37 Fazal Mahmood Pak 34 139 24.71 938.4
38 GD McKenzie Aus 60 246 29.79 936.6
39 LR Gibbs WI 79 309 29.09 936.4
40 TM Alderman Aus 41 170 27.15 928.9
41 MW Tate Eng 39 155 26.16 926.3
42 CEH Croft WI 27 125 23.3 926
43 MG Hughes Aus 53 212 28.38 924.8
44 AME Roberts WI 47 202 25.61 919.5
45 RR Lindwall Aus 61 228 23.03 916.8
46 R Benaud Aus 63 248 27.03 913
47 GF Lawson Aus 46 180 30.56 909.6
48 JR Thomson Aus 51 200 28.01 907.5
49 ARC Fraser Eng 46 177 27.32 905.6
50 DL Underwood Eng 86 297 25.84 903.1
51 JA Snow Eng 49 202 26.67 901.7
52 JB Statham Eng 70 252 24.85 898.8
53 WA Johnston Aus 40 160 23.91 896
54 WW Hall WI 48 192 26.39 894.1
55 Harbhajan Singh Ind 31 139 26.88 893.8
56 IR Bishop WI 43 161 24.29 893.6
57 C Blythe Eng 19 100 18.63 893.1
58 AR Caddick Eng 60 220 30.03 891.8
59 H Trumble Aus 32 141 21.79 887.7
60 CL Cairns NZ 55 197 28.81 878.9
61 Abdul Qadir Pak 67 236 32.81 877.9
62 MHN Walker Aus 34 138 27.48 873.2
63 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 50 183 32.25 866
64 PM Pollock SA 28 116 24.19 862.6
65 SP Gupte Ind 36 149 29.55 859.9
66 NAT Adcock SAF 26 104 21.11 859
67 HH Streak Zim 51 180 26.97 853.7
68 MH Mankad Ind 44 162 32.32 844
69 J Briggs Eng 33 118 17.75 842.4
70 H Verity Eng 40 144 24.38 838.4
71 DG Cork Eng 37 131 29.82 836.6
72 J Srinath Ind 67 236 30.47 835.6
73 EAS Prasanna Ind 49 189 30.38 833.4
74 KR Miller Aus 55 170 22.98 831.6
75 GAR Lock Eng 49 174 25.58 830.6
76 G Giffen Aus 31 103 27.1 828.5
77 Iqbal Qasim Pak 50 171 28.11 825.1
78 M Dillon WI 30 112 30.45 823.4
79 JN Gillespie Aus 37 137 26.18 822.9
80 S Ramadhin WI 43 158 28.98 821
81 DK Morrison NZ 48 160 34.68 818.8
82 AL Valentine WI 36 139 30.32 816.3
83 B Yardley Aus 33 126 31.63 813.6
84 WPUJC Vaas SL 64 206 30.31 813.6
85 BR Taylor NZ 30 111 26.6 808.6
86 GR Dilley Eng 41 138 29.76 805.3
87 DR Doshi Ind 33 114 30.72 803.3
88 JH Wardle Eng 28 102 20.39 787.3
89 Sarfraz Nawaz Pak 55 177 32.76 787.2
90 AA Mallett Aus 38 132 29.85 778
91 DL Vettori NZ 42 139 33.86 772.9
92 GG Arnold Eng 34 115 28.3 765.1
93 DA Allen Eng 39 122 30.98 758.6
94 CM Old Eng 46 143 28.11 757.6
95 AN Connolly Aus 29 102 29.23 755.8
96 DVP Wright Eng 34 108 39.11 748.4
97 RO Collinge NZ 35 116 29.25 746.2
98 PR Adams SA 36 106 31.63 738.4
99 PAJ Defreitas Eng 44 140 33.57 736.7
100 RM Hogg Aus 38 123 28.45 730.1
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
bagapath said:
Here is the Wisden 100 list of batsmen and bowlers. It was done a few years ago. Am sure a more recent ranking would bring in quite a few changes. lara, ponting and dravid will be much higher and sachin might not be at no.2. anyways, it is a good starting point for many interesting discussions. an all time XI from these rankings looks like this.

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Tendulkar
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist +
Hadlee
Warne
Barnes
Murali

Quite solid, actually. If you throw in two batters, two bowlers and an all-rounder to make it a squad of 16 Border, Barrington, Grimmett, McGrath and Imran will make it.
That is actually a very solid XI. With the exception of McGrath for Murali, and Imran for Barnes (and higher up) it would be exactly my top XI.
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
It'd be interesting to see how those rankings changed if they did them again today. Looking at the averages there, Tendulkar is down around 4 runs, Gilchrist is down 8, Dravid is up 4, Ponting is up 10, Lara is up 5, Waugh went up 2 before he retired, Hayden is up 2, and Langer is up 5. They'd all be shuffled around you'd imagine.

Most of the high ranked bowlers are about the same, but Murali's average is a bit lower, and Pollock's is a fair bit higher, and all of them have played a fair few more matches with different statistical bias, so they'd have to change a bit as well.
 

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