Huh? ofcourse taking bucketloads of wickets matters... what are you trying to say?
Warne is the only leg spinner to consistently bamboozle players throughout his career and take 700 wickets... if paul adams had performed at that ATG level, he would also be in the elite company of Warne, Murali. Fact is, he was a **** bowler. I just dont understand how Paul Adams fits into the equation here at all, tbh.
No spinner apart from Murali, Warne, Oreilley has bowled at ATG level for any stretch of their careers, which is what makes them special... Warne, and to a lesser extent Oreilly in the discipline of legspin and Murali as a wrist spinner... no one comes close in 100+ years of test history...
unlike the debate about the greatest quick bowler where you have around 10-15 great candidates, or the best batsman after bradman, for which around dozen batsman can make a solid claim