Who is the greatest test spinner of all time?

[_00_deathscar]

Hmm nah I'll believe the bloke who saw it first hand

To be fair, when that person is Migara…

 

[Starfighter]

To be fair, when that person is Migara…

Fairly safe to conclude he wasn't there

 

[the big bambino]

Seeing people who assert their own biases over eye witness accounts of the past now stating "I was there" as an unchallengeable position is pretty funny tstl.

 

[CricAddict]

Sir Ravindra Jadeja

 

[Prince EWS]

Voting for Ashwin here is such a Shri thing to do.

 

[Line and Length]

As with the fast bowlers, the CW members voted this order a little over a year ago.

The only difference with the 10 options given by @PlayerComparisons comparison and the Top 10 below is Ashwin repacing Gibbs.

The List	Tests	Wickets	Average	S.R.	E.R.	W.P.M.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan	133	800	22.73	55.05	2.48	6.02
2. Shane Warne	145	708	25.42	57.49	2.65	4.89
3. Bill O'Reilly	27	144	22.60	69.61	1.95	5.33
4. Jim Laker	46	193	21.25	62.32	2.05	4.20
5. Clarrie Grimmett	37	216	24.22	67.19	2.16	5.84
6. Hedley Verity	40	144	24.38	77.59	1.88	3.60
7. Hugh Tayfield	37	170	25.91	79.81	1.95	4.59
8. Anil Kumble	132	619	29.65	65.99	2.70	4.69
9. Derek Underwood	86	297	25.84	73.61	2.11	3.45
10. Lance Gibbs	79	309	29.09	87.75	1.99	3.91
11. Ravichandran Ashwin	86	442	24.13	52.24	2.77	5.14
12. Richie Benaud	63	248	27.03	72.05	2.11	3.94
13. Rangana Herath	93	433	28.08	60.03	2.81	4.66
14. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	58	242	29.75	65.96	2.71	4.17
15. Bishen Bedi	67	266	28.71	80.32	2.14	3.97
16. Nathan Lyon	108	427	32.16	65.53	2.94	3.95
17. Saqlain Mushtaq	49	208	29.84	67.64	2.65	4.24
18. Graeme Swann	60	255	29.97	60.19	2.99	4.25
19. Ravindra Jadeja	59	242	24.44	61.44	2.43	4.10
20. Subhash Gupte	36	149	29.55	75.73	2.34	4.14
21. Hugh Trumble	32	141	21.79	57.44	2.28	4.41
22. Wilfred Rhodes	58	127	26.97	64.81	2.50	2.19
23. Colin Blythe	19	100	18.63	45.46	2.46	5.26
24. Johnny Wardle	28	102	20.39	64.68	1.89	3.64
25. Sonny Ramadhin	43	158	28.98	88.22	1.97	3.67
26. Erapally Prasanna	49	189	30.38	75.94	2.40	3.86
27. Stuart MacGill	44	208	29.02	54.02	3.22	4.72
28. Harbhajan Singh	103	417	32.46	68.54	2.84	4.05
29. Keshav Maharaj	42	150	30.67	58.74	3.13	3.57
30. Bert Ironmonger	14	74	17.97	63.45	1.70	5.28

 

[Coronis]

Definitely not the greatest but perhaps the most impressive, debuting at 46 using this to bowl.

 

[andruid]

Roger Harper's exceptional fielding makes him the greatest ever spinner.

 

[Daemon]

Wtf there was a rap battle here? Revive it now

 

[Aidan11]

Underwood, Verity, Laker and Kumble not managed a single vote between them.

 

[andruid]

Underwood, Verity, Laker and Kumble not managed a single vote between them.

They are not Jadeja

 

[number11]

Murali. Action aside, he is clearly ahead of the pack.