ICC Player Rankings

The ICC Player Rankings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. The current sponsor is Reliance Mobile who have signed a deal with the ICC that will last until 2015.[1]

The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987. The intention was to produce a better indication of players' current standing in the sport than is provided by comparing their averages. Career averages are based on a player's entire career and do not make any allowance for match conditions or the strength of the opposition, whereas the ratings are biased towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures.

Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate One Day International rankings were introduced in 1998. Both sets of rankings have now been calculated back to the start of those forms of the game.

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Test Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket

Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country
31 December 2011 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka Dale Steyn  South Africa
31 December 2010 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka Dale Steyn  South Africa
31 December 2009 Gautam Gambhir  India Dale Steyn  South Africa
31 December 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
31 December 2007 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
31 December 2006 Ricky Ponting  Australia Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting  Australia Shane Warne  Australia
31 December 2004 Rahul Dravid  India Glenn McGrath  Australia
31 December 2003 Ricky Ponting  Australia Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden  Australia Glenn McGrath  Australia
31 December 2001 Brian Lara  West Indies Glenn McGrath  Australia
31 December 2000 Sachin Tendulkar  India Shaun Pollock  South Africa

Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank Name Played for Highest rating
1 Sir Don Bradman  Australia 961
2 Sir Len Hutton  England 945
3 Sir Jack Hobbs  England 942
3 Ricky Ponting  Australia 942
5 Sir Vivian Richards  West Indies 938
5 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 938
5 Sir Garry Sobers  West Indies 938
5 Sir Clyde Walcott  West Indies 938
9 Matthew Hayden  Australia 935
9 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 935
11 Mohammad Yousuf  Pakistan 933
12 Sir Everton Weekes  West Indies 927
12 Graeme Pollock  South Africa 927
14 Dudley Nourse  South Africa 922
14 Doug Walters  Australia 922
16 Neil Harvey  Australia 921
16 Mike Hussey  Australia 921
18 Denis Compton  England 917
19 Sunil Gavaskar  India 916
20 George Headley  West Indies 915
21 Ken Barrington  England 914
22 Brian Lara  West Indies 911
23 Kevin Pietersen  England 909
24 Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 901

Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank Name Played for Highest rating
1 Sydney Barnes  England 932
2 George Lohmann  England 931
3 Imran Khan  Pakistan 922
4 Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka 920
5 Glenn McGrath  Australia 914
6 Curtly Ambrose  West Indies 912
6 Tony Lock  England 912
8 Sir Ian Botham  England 911
9 Malcolm Marshall  West Indies 910
10 Waqar Younis  Pakistan 909
10 Sir Richard Hadlee  New Zealand 909
10 Shaun Pollock  South Africa 909
13 Alan Davidson  Australia 908
14 Derek Underwood  England 907
15 Shane Warne  Australia 905
16 Sir Alec Bedser  England 903
17 Dale Steyn  South Africa 902
18 Clarrie Grimmett  Australia 901
19 Bill O'Reilly  Australia 901
20 Bill Johnston  Australia 900

One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in ODI Cricket

Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country
31 December 2011 Hashim Amla  South Africa Saeed Ajmal  Pakistan
31 December 2010 Hashim Amla  South Africa Daniel Vettori  New Zealand
31 December 2009 MS Dhoni  India Daniel Vettori  New Zealand
31 December 2008 Michael Hussey  Australia Nathan Bracken  Australia
31 December 2007 Ricky Ponting  Australia Shaun Pollock  South Africa
31 December 2006 Michael Hussey  Australia Shaun Pollock  South Africa
31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting  Australia Glenn McGrath  Australia
31 December 2004 Adam Gilchrist  Australia Shaun Pollock  South Africa
31 December 2003 Sachin Tendulkar  India Shaun Pollock  South Africa
31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden  Australia Shaun Pollock  South Africa
31 December 2001 Michael Bevan  Australia Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
31 December 2000 Michael Bevan  Australia Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka

All time highest ODI rankings

The following tables list the top 10 player rankings in the history of ODI cricket. The tables are complete to 5 January 2008.

Top 10 Rankings: Batting

Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved
1 Sir Vivian Richards  West Indies 935 1985
2 Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan 931 1983
3 Greg Chappell  Australia 921 1981
4 David Gower  England 919 1983
5 Dean Jones  Australia 918 1991
6 Javed Miandad  Pakistan 910 1987
7 Brian Lara  West Indies 908 1993
8 Desmond Haynes  West Indies 900 1985
8 Gary Kirsten  South Africa 900 1996
10 Allan Lamb  England 897 1985

Top 10 Rankings: Bowling

Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved
1 Joel Garner  West Indies 940 1985
2 Sir Richard Hadlee  New Zealand 923 1983
3 Shaun Pollock  South Africa 920 2006
4 Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka 913 2002
5 Glenn McGrath  Australia 903 2002
6 Ewen Chatfield  New Zealand 892 1984
7 Malcolm Marshall  West Indies 891 1985
7 Dennis Lillee  Australia 891 1982
9 Curtly Ambrose  West Indies 877 1991
10 Michael Holding  West Indies 875 1985

Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in T20I Cricket

Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country
31 December 2011 Eoin Morgan  England Ajantha Mendis  Sri Lanka

All time highest T20I rankings

Top 10 Rankings: Batting

Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved
1 Eoin Morgan  England 832 2011

Top 10 Rankings: Bowling

Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved
1 Ajantha Mendis  Sri Lanka 748 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ "Reliance Mobile to sponsor ICC rankings". The Economic Times. 2008-04-16. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Advertising/Reliance_Mobile_to_sponsor_ICC_rankings/rssarticleshow/2957353.cms. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 

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