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ICC Men's Player Rankings
International cricket player rankings
International cricket player rankings
Note
The International Cricket Council player rankings is a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances.
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 weighted towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical algorithms.
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. The rankings include the top 10 Test, ODI and T20I batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders based on the rating of each player.
Rankings calculations
The player rankings are a weighted average of all a player's performances, with recent matches weighted most heavily (so the overall effect of a good or bad performance decline over time). Each match performance is given a rating out of 1000, based on a set of pre-determined criteria, and these figures averaged. This means that the maximum possible overall rating is 1000, and a player gaining a rating of 900 is seen as an exceptional achievement. Separate lists are maintained for batting and bowling and an all-rounder rating is also published, which is obtained by multiplying a player's batting and bowling rating together and dividing by 1000.
For batting, the performance rating is based on a combination of runs scored, the rating of the opposition bowlers, match result and comparison to the overall scores in the match. A bowler gains points based on wickets taken, runs conceded and match result, with more points gained for dismissing highly rated batsmen. A damping-factor is applied to a player's rating at the start of their career, so they do not get a full rating for their performances until they have played about 20 Tests.
Test rankings
Top 10 Test batsmen
Top 10 Test bowlers
Top 10 Test all-rounders
ODI rankings
Top 10 ODI batsmen
Top 10 ODI bowlers
Top 10 ODI all-rounders
T20I rankings
Top 10 T20I batsmen
Top 10 T20I bowlers
Top 10 T20I all-rounders
Historical rankings
Historical Test cricket rankings
Year end top ranked players in Test cricket
| Year | Top Batsman | Country | Rating | Top Bowler | Country | Rating | Top All-rounder | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Joe Root (2) | 867 | Jasprit Bumrah (2) | 879 | Ravindra Jadeja (4) | 455 | |||
| 2024 | Joe Root | 895 | Jasprit Bumrah | 907 | Ravindra Jadeja (3) | 405 | |||
| 2023 | Kane Williamson (2) | 864 | Ravichandran Ashwin (3) | 879 | Ravindra Jadeja (2) | 455 | |||
| 2022 | Marnus Labuschagne (2) | 925 | Pat Cummins (4) | 872 | Ravindra Jadeja | 369 | |||
| 2021 | Marnus Labuschagne | 915 | Pat Cummins (3) | 902 | Jason Holder (2) | 382 | |||
| 2020 | Kane Williamson | 890 | Pat Cummins (2) | 906 | Ben Stokes | 446 | |||
| 2019 | Virat Kohli (2) | 928 | Pat Cummins | 902 | Jason Holder | 473 | |||
| 2018 | Virat Kohli | 931 | Kagiso Rabada | 880 | Shakib Al Hasan (3) | 415 | |||
| 2017 | Steve Smith (3) | 947 | James Anderson | 892 | Shakib Al Hasan (2) | 437 | |||
| 2016 | Steve Smith (2) | 937 | Ravichandran Ashwin (2) | 887 | Ravichandran Ashwin (3) | 481 | |||
| 2015 | Steve Smith | 899 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 871 | Ravichandran Ashwin (2) | 405 | |||
| 2014 | AB de Villiers (2) | 893 | Dale Steyn (5) | 906 | Shakib Al Hasan | 398 | |||
| 2013 | AB de Villiers | 912 | Vernon Philander | 909 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 387 | |||
| 2012 | Michael Clarke | 900 | Dale Steyn (4) | 880 | Jacques Kallis (11) | 387 | |||
| 2011 | Kumar Sangakkara (3) | 863 | Dale Steyn (3) | 898 | Shakib Al Hasan | 404 | |||
| 2010 | Kumar Sangakkara (2) | 882 | Dale Steyn (2) | 897 | Jacques Kallis (10) | 429 | |||
| 2009 | Gautam Gambhir | 877 | Dale Steyn | 836 | Jacques Kallis (9) | 452 | |||
| 2008 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 901 | Muttiah Muralitharan (4) | 897 | Jacques Kallis (8) | 447 | |||
| 2007 | Kumar Sangakkara | 933 | Muttiah Muralitharan (3) | 907 | Jacques Kallis (7) | 537 | |||
| 2006 | Ricky Ponting (3) | 937 | Muttiah Muralitharan (2) | 913 | Jacques Kallis (6) | 439 | |||
| 2005 | Ricky Ponting (2) | 886 | Shane Warne (3) | 867 | Jacques Kallis (5) | 476 | |||
| 2004 | Rahul Dravid | 881 | Glenn McGrath (5) | 870 | Jacques Kallis (4) | 500 | |||
| 2003 | Ricky Ponting | 905 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 908 | Jacques Kallis (3) | 518 | |||
| 2002 | Matthew Hayden | 906 | Glenn McGrath (4) | 911 | Jacques Kallis (2) | 615 | |||
| 2001 | Brian Lara (3) | 905 | Glenn McGrath (3) | 902 | Jacques Kallis | 503 | |||
| 2000 | Sachin Tendulkar (3) | 877 | Shaun Pollock (2) | 901 | Chris Cairns | 461 | |||
| 1999 | Brian Lara (2) | 892 | Shaun Pollock | 904 | Shaun Pollock (2) | 464 | |||
| 1998 | Sachin Tendulkar (2) | 861 | Allan Donald | 871 | Shaun Pollock | 453 | |||
| 1997 | Steve Waugh (2) | 828 | Glenn McGrath (2) | 853 | Brian McMillan (3) | 356 | |||
| 1996 | Steve Waugh | 894 | Glenn McGrath | 872 | Brian McMillan (2) | 389 | |||
| 1995 | Brian Lara | 898 | Shane Warne (2) | 876 | Brian McMillan | 386 | |||
| 1994 | Sachin Tendulkar | 776 | Shane Warne | 905 | Wasim Akram | 274 | |||
| 1993 | Graham Gooch (3) | 821 | Waqar Younis | 907 | Kapil Dev (2) | 323 | |||
| 1992 | Graham Gooch (2) | 852 | Curtly Ambrose (2) | 868 | Kapil Dev | 331 | |||
| 1991 | Graham Gooch | 871 | Curtly Ambrose | 834 | Imran Khan (4) | 475 | |||
| 1990 | Richie Richardson (2) | 789 | Malcolm Marshall (3) | 845 | Imran Khan (3) | 466 | |||
| 1989 | Richie Richardson | 876 | Malcolm Marshall (2) | 897 | Imran Khan (2) | 442 | |||
| 1988 | Javed Miandad | 808 | Richard Hadlee (4) | 900 | Richard Hadlee (5) | 425 | |||
| 1987 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 833 | Richard Hadlee (3) | 905 | Richard Hadlee (4) | 457 | |||
| 1986 | Viv Richards (6) | 829 | Richard Hadlee (2) | 903 | Richard Hadlee (3) | 440 | |||
| 1985 | Allan Border | 817 | Richard Hadlee | 909 | Richard Hadlee (2) | 446 | |||
| 1984 | Clive Lloyd (2) | 783 | Malcolm Marshall | 897 | Richard Hadlee | 443 | |||
| 1983 | Clive Lloyd | 806 | Imran Khan (2) | 856 | Imran Khan | 487 | |||
| 1982 | Viv Richards (5) | 892 | Imran Khan | 909 | Ian Botham (5) | 491 | |||
| 1981 | Viv Richards (4) | 908 | Dennis Lillee (3) | 866 | Ian Botham (4) | 528 | |||
| 1980 | Viv Richards (3) | 903 | Ian Botham (2) | 888 | Ian Botham (3) | 546 | |||
| 1979 | Sunil Gavaskar (2) | 875 | Ian Botham | 897 | Ian Botham (2) | 534 | |||
| 1978 | Sunil Gavaskar | 833 | Bob Willis | 837 | Ian Botham | 399 | |||
| 1977 | Viv Richards (2) | 872 | Dennis Lillee (2) | 824 | Mushtaq Mohammad | 351 | |||
| 1976 | Viv Richards | 913 | Andy Roberts | 850 | Tony Greig (3) | 412 | |||
| 1975 | Alvin Kallicharran | 842 | Dennis Lillee | 849 | Tony Greig (2) | 485 | |||
| 1974 | Glenn Turner | 845 | Derek Underwood (5) | 712 | Tony Greig | 471 | |||
| 1973 | Garry Sobers (12) | 789 | Geoff Arnold | ||||||
| Bishen Bedi | |||||||||
| 721 | Garry Sobers (12) | 489 | |||||||
| 1972 | Garry Sobers (11) | 776 | Derek Underwood (4) | 884 | Garry Sobers (11) | 506 | |||
| 1971 | Garry Sobers (10) | 834 | Derek Underwood (3) | 843 | Garry Sobers (10) | 538 | |||
| 1970 | Doug Walters (2) | 865 | Derek Underwood (2) | 845 | Garry Sobers (9) | 504 | |||
| 1969 | Doug Walters (1) | 896 | Derek Underwood | 849 | Garry Sobers (8) | 504 | |||
| 1968 | Garry Sobers (9) | 918 | Lance Gibbs (5) | 845 | Garry Sobers (7) | 655 | |||
| 1967 | Garry Sobers (8) | 938 | Lance Gibbs (4) | 866 | Garry Sobers (6) | 647 | |||
| 1966 | Garry Sobers (7) | 935 | Lance Gibbs (3) | 843 | Garry Sobers (5) | 644 | |||
| 1965 | Ken Barrington | 873 | Lance Gibbs (2) | 863 | Garry Sobers (4) | 529 | |||
| 1964 | Garry Sobers (6) | 894 | Lance Gibbs | 878 | Garry Sobers (3) | 604 | |||
| 1963 | Garry Sobers (5) | 894 | Fred Trueman | 880 | Garry Sobers (2) | 604 | |||
| 1962 | Garry Sobers (4) | 907 | Wes Hall | 898 | Garry Sobers | 556 | |||
| 1961 | Garry Sobers (3) | 896 | Alan Davidson (2) | 899 | Alan Davidson (2) | 437 | |||
| 1960 | Garry Sobers (2) | 933 | Alan Davidson | 896 | Alan Davidson | 468 | |||
| 1959 | Garry Sobers | 881 | Fazal Mahmood | 874 | Richie Benaud (2) | 473 | |||
| 1958 | Peter May (3) | 894 | Tony Lock | 908 | Richie Benaud | 503 | |||
| 1957 | Peter May (2) | 905 | Hugh Tayfield (2) | 856 | Trevor Bailey | 382 | |||
| 1956 | Peter May | 937 | Jim Laker | 896 | Vinoo Mankad | 337 | |||
| 1955 | Clyde Walcott | 938 | Hugh Tayfield | 817 | Keith Miller (8) | 513 | |||
| 1954 | Neil Harvey | 916 | Ray Lindwall (3) | 892 | Keith Miller (7) | 465 | |||
| 1953 | Len Hutton (5) | 926 | Alec Bedser | 897 | Keith Miller (6) | 464 | |||
| 1952 | Len Hutton (4) | 917 | Bill Johnston (3) | 862 | Keith Miller (5) | 548 | |||
| 1951 | Len Hutton (3) | 916 | Bill Johnston (2) | 899 | Keith Miller (4) | 481 | |||
| 1950 | Len Hutton (2) | 903 | Bill Johnston | 869 | Keith Miller (3) | 349 | |||
| 1949 | Len Hutton | 853 | Ray Lindwall (2) | 822 | Keith Miller (2) | 303 | |||
| 1948 | Denis Compton | 903 | Ray Lindwall | 830 | Keith Miller | 277 | |||
| 1947 | Don Bradman (10) | 950 | Ernie Toshack | 595 | Bill Edrich | 269 | |||
| 1946 | Don Bradman (9) | 953 | Bill Voce | 545 | Wally Hammond (8) | 271 | |||
| 1945 | No Test cricket took place (due to World War II) | ||||||||
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| 1939 | Don Bradman (8) | 952 | Bill O'Reilly (3) | 887 | Wally Hammond (7) | 334 | |||
| 1938 | Don Bradman (7) | 952 | Bill O'Reilly | 887 | Wally Hammond (6) | 346 | |||
| 1937 | Don Bradman (6) | 948 | Bill O'Reilly | 897 | Wally Hammond (5) | 370 | |||
| 1936 | Don Bradman (5) | 885 | Hedley Verity | 839 | Wally Hammond (4) | 341 | |||
| 1935 | Don Bradman (4) | 941 | Clarrie Grimmett (6) | 830 | Wally Hammond (3) | 286 | |||
| 1934 | Don Bradman (3) | 960 | Clarrie Grimmett (5) | 826 | Hedley Verity | 298 | |||
| 1933 | Don Bradman (2) | 909 | Clarrie Grimmett (4) | 783 | Wally Hammond (2) | 326 | |||
| 1932 | Herbert Sutcliffe (4) | 873 | Clarrie Grimmett (3) | 841 | Wally Hammond | 305 | |||
| 1931 | Don Bradman | 847 | Clarrie Grimmett (2) | 801 | Maurice Tate (4) | 259 | |||
| 1930 | Herbert Sutcliffe (3) | 844 | Clarrie Grimmett | 757 | Maurice Tate (3) | 232 | |||
| 1929 | Herbert Sutcliffe (2) | 852 | Maurice Tate (5) | 739 | Maurice Tate (2) | 274 | |||
| 1928 | Herbert Sutcliffe | 857 | Maurice Tate (4) | 851 | Maurice Tate | 257 | |||
| 1927 | Jack Hobbs (11) | 889 | Maurice Tate (3) | 848 | Jack Gregory (7) | 324 | |||
| 1926 | Jack Hobbs (10) | 898 | Maurice Tate (2) | 857 | Jack Gregory (6) | 324 | |||
| 1925 | Jack Hobbs (9) | 859 | Maurice Tate | 838 | Jack Gregory (5) | 377 | |||
| 1924 | Jack Hobbs (8) | 872 | Jack Gregory (4) | 734 | Jack Gregory (4) | 364 | |||
| 1923 | Herbie Taylor | 844 | Jack Gregory (3) | 706 | Jack Gregory (3) | 379 | |||
| 1922 | Jack Hobbs (7) | 868 | Jack Gregory (2) | 706 | Jack Gregory (2) | ||||
| 1921 | Jack Hobbs (6) | 877 | Jack Gregory | 706 | Jack Gregory | ||||
| 1920 | Jack Hobbs (5) | 938 | Aubrey Faulkner (2) | 578 | Aubrey Faulkner (6) | 398 | |||
| 1919 | No Test cricket took place (due to World War I) | ||||||||
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| 1914 | Jack Hobbs (4) | 940 | Aubrey Faulkner | 578 | Aubrey Faulkner (5) | 398 | |||
| 1913 | Jack Hobbs (3) | 939 | Sydney Barnes (3) | 930 | Aubrey Faulkner (4) | 423 | |||
| 1912 | Jack Hobbs (2) | 942 | Sydney Barnes (2) | 917 | Aubrey Faulkner (3) | 440 | |||
| 1911 | Aubrey Faulkner | 853 | Sydney Barnes | 688 | Aubrey Faulkner (2) | 486 | |||
| 1910 | Jack Hobbs | 774 | Tibby Cotter | 709 | Aubrey Faulkner | 373 | |||
| 1909 | Clem Hill (7) | 649 | Colin Blythe (2) | 793 | Monty Noble (7) | 342 | |||
| 1908 | Clem Hill (6) | 682 | Jack Saunders | 734 | Monty Noble (6) | 373 | |||
| 1907 | Clem Hill (5) | 706 | Colin Blythe | 755 | Monty Noble (5) | 341 | |||
| 1906 | Clem Hill (4) | 696 | Wilfred Rhodes (2) | 726 | Monty Noble (4) | 337 | |||
| 1905 | Stanley Jackson | 749 | Wilfred Rhodes | 763 | Monty Noble (3) | 337 | |||
| 1904 | Clem Hill (3) | 799 | Hugh Trumble (6) | 860 | Monty Noble (2) | 450 | |||
| 1903 | Clem Hill (2) | 862 | Hugh Trumble (5) | 822 | Monty Noble | 333 | |||
| 1902 | Clem Hill | 886 | Hugh Trumble (4) | 830 | Hugh Trumble (4) | 330 | |||
| 1901 | Tom Hayward (3) | 705 | Hugh Trumble (3) | 652 | Hugh Trumble (3) | 256 | |||
| 1900 | Tom Hayward (2) | 673 | Hugh Trumble (2) | 678 | Hugh Trumble (2) | 260 | |||
| 1899 | Tom Hayward | 673 | Hugh Trumble | 678 | Hugh Trumble | ||||
| 1898 | Joe Darling | 753 | Tom Richardson | 763 | Johnny Briggs (5) | 222 | |||
| 1897 | WG Grace (6) | 607 | Johnny Briggs (6) | 794 | Johnny Briggs (4) | 231 | |||
| 1896 | Jack Lyons (4) | 618 | Bobby Peel (4) | 827 | George Giffen (2) | 372 | |||
| 1895 | WG Grace (5) | 646 | Johnny Briggs (5) | 870 | George Giffen | 414 | |||
| 1894 | Jack Lyons (3) | 699 | Johnny Briggs (3) | 883 | Johnny Briggs (3) | 332 | |||
| 1893 | Jack Lyons (2) | 732 | Johnny Briggs (2) | 886 | Johnny Briggs (2) | 290 | |||
| 1892 | Jack Lyons | 713 | Johnny Briggs | 862 | Johnny Briggs | 310 | |||
| 1891 | WG Grace (4) | 653 | Bobby Peel (3) | 805 | Billy Barnes (5) | 371 | |||
| 1890 | WG Grace (3) | 653 | Bobby Peel (2) | 805 | Billy Barnes (4) | 371 | |||
| 1889 | Arthur Shrewsbury (4) | 678 | Johnny Briggs | 817 | Billy Barnes (3) | 376 | |||
| 1888 | Arthur Shrewsbury (3) | 692 | Bobby Peel | 774 | Billy Barnes (2) | 392 | |||
| 1887 | Arthur Shrewsbury (2) | 677 | Billy Bates | 658 | Billy Barnes | 318 | |||
| 1886 | Arthur Shrewsbury | 733 | Fred Spofforth (6) | 827 | Billy Bates (2) | 282 | |||
| 1885 | A. G. Steel (2) | 645 | Joey Palmer (2) | 783 | Billy Bates | 300 | |||
| 1884 | A. G. Steel (1) | 671 | Joey Palmer | 797 | A. G. Steel | 253 | |||
| 1883 | George Ulyett (2) | 603 | Fred Spofforth (5) | (5) | 643 | Billy Bates | 225 | ||
| 1882 | George Ulyett | 628 | Fred Spofforth (4) | 557 | George Ulyett | 180 | |||
| 1881 | WG Grace (2) | 436 | Fred Spofforth (3) | 433 | |||||
| 1880 | WG Grace | 436 | Fred Spofforth (2) | 433 | |||||
| 1879 | Charles Bannerman (3) | 433 | Fred Spofforth | 437 | |||||
| 1878 | Charles Bannerman (2) | 466 | Tom Kendall (2) | 384 | |||||
| 1877 | Charles Bannerman | 466 | Tom Kendall | 384 |
Batting and Bowling and All-rounders with a peak rating of 900 points or more
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donald Bradman | 961 | 1948 | |
| 2 | Steve Smith | 947 | 2017 | |
| 3 | Sir Len Hutton | 945 | 1954 | |
| 4 | Sir Jack Hobbs | 942 | 1912 | |
| Ricky Ponting | 942 | 2006 | ||
| 6 | Peter May | 941 | 1956 | |
| 7 | Sir Vivian Richards | 938 | 1981 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 938 | 2007 | ||
| Sir Garry Sobers | 938 | 1967 | ||
| Sir Clyde Walcott | 938 | 1955 | ||
| 11 | Virat Kohli | 937 | 2018 | |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 937 | 2022 | ||
| 13 | Matthew Hayden | 935 | 2002 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 935 | 2007 | ||
| AB de Villiers | 935 | 2014 | ||
| 16 | Mohammad Yousuf | 933 | 2006 | |
| 17 | Joe Root | 932 | 2024 | |
| 18 | Sir Everton Weekes | 927 | 1956 | |
| Graeme Pollock | 927 | 1970 | ||
| 20 | Dudley Nourse | 922 | 1951 | |
| Doug Walters | 922 | 1970 | ||
| 22 | Neil Harvey | 921 | 1953 | |
| Mike Hussey | 921 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Kane Williamson | 919 | 2021 | |
| 25 | Denis Compton | 917 | 1948 |
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Barnes | 932 | 1914 | |
| 2 | George Lohmann | 931 | 1896 | |
| 3 | Imran Khan | 922 | 1983 | |
| 4 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 920 | 2007 | |
| 5 | Glenn McGrath | 914 | 2001 | |
| Pat Cummins | 914 | 2019 | ||
| 7 | Curtly Ambrose | 912 | 1994 | |
| Tony Lock | 912 | 1958 | ||
| Vernon Philander | 912 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Sir Ian Botham | 911 | 1980 | |
| 11 | Malcolm Marshall | 910 | 1988 | |
| 12 | Waqar Younis | 909 | 1993 | |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 909 | 1985 | ||
| Shaun Pollock | 909 | 1999 | ||
| Dale Steyn | 909 | 2014 | ||
| 16 | Alan Keith Davidson | 908 | 1961 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 908 | 2025 | ||
| 18 | Derek Underwood | 907 | 1971 | |
| 19 | Shane Warne | 905 | 1994 | |
| 20 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 904 | 2016 | |
| 21 | Sir Alec Bedser | 903 | 1953 | |
| James Anderson | 903 | 2018 | ||
| 23 | Kagiso Rabada | 902 | 2018 | |
| 24 | Clarrie Grimmett | 901 | 1936 | |
| Bill O'Reilly | 901 | 1946 | ||
| 26 | Bill Johnston | 900 | 1952 |
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Garry Sobers | 669 | 1967 | |
| 2 | Sir Ian Botham | 645 | 1980 | |
| 3 | Jacques Kallis | 615 | 2002 | |
| 4 | Keith Miller | 572 | 1952 | |
| 5 | Richard Benaud | 532 | 1959 | |
| 6 | Imran Khan | 517 | 1983 | |
| 7 | Tony Greig | 508 | 1975 | |
| 8 | Andrew Flintoff | 501 | 2005 | |
| Aubrey Faulkner | 501 | 1911 | ||
| 10 | Chris Cairns | 500 | 2000 |
Historical One Day International (ODI) cricket rankings
Year end top ranked players in ODI cricket
| Year | Top Batsman | Country | Rating | Top Bowler | Country | Rating | Top All-rounder | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rohit Sharma | 781 | Rashid Khan (2) | 710 | Azmatullah Omarzai | 334 | |||
| 2024 | Babar Azam (4) | 795 | Rashid Khan | 669 | Mohammad Nabi | 300 | |||
| 2023 | Babar Azam (3) | 824 | Keshav Maharaj | 716 | Shakib Al Hasan (11) | 310 | |||
| 2022 | Babar Azam (2) | 893 | Trent Boult (4) | 737 | Shakib Al Hasan (10) | 389 | |||
| 2021 | Babar Azam | 873 | Trent Boult (3) | 737 | Shakib Al Hasan (9) | 416 | |||
| 2020 | Virat Kohli (4) | 870 | Trent Boult (2) | 722 | Shakib Al Hasan (8) | 373 | |||
| 2019 | Virat Kohli (3) | 887 | Jasprit Bumrah (2) | 785 | Ben Stokes | 319 | |||
| 2018 | Virat Kohli (2) | 909 | Jasprit Bumrah | 841 | Rashid Khan | 353 | |||
| 2017 | Virat Kohli | 876 | Hasan Ali | 759 | Mohammad Hafeez | 352 | |||
| 2016 | AB de Villiers (4) | 861 | Trent Boult | 718 | Shakib Al Hasan (7) | 377 | |||
| 2015 | AB de Villiers (3) | 900 | Sunil Narine (2) | 734 | Shakib Al Hasan (6) | 415 | |||
| 2014 | AB de Villiers (2) | 887 | Sunil Narine | 753 | Angelo Mathews | 408 | |||
| 2013 | AB de Villiers | 872 | Saeed Ajmal (3) | 776 | Shakib Al Hasan (5) | 376 | |||
| 2012 | Hashim Amla (3) | 901 | Saeed Ajmal (2) | 747 | Shakib Al Hasan (4) | 425 | |||
| 2011 | Hashim Amla (2) | 840 | Saeed Ajmal | 735 | Shakib Al Hasan (3) | 419 | |||
| 2010 | Hashim Amla | 849 | Daniel Vettori (2) | 727 | Shakib Al Hasan (2) | 434 | |||
| 2009 | M.S. Dhoni (2) | 825 | Daniel Vettori | 717 | Shakib Al Hasan | 453 | |||
| 2008 | M.S. Dhoni | 771 | Nathan Bracken | 754 | Jacob Oram | 381 | |||
| 2007 | Ricky Ponting (2) | 829 | Shaun Pollock (7) | 843 | Shaun Pollock (2) | 466 | |||
| 2006 | Michael Hussey | 815 | Shaun Pollock (6) | 905 | Shaun Pollock | 473 | |||
| 2005 | Ricky Ponting | 803 | Glenn McGrath | 832 | Andrew Flintoff (2) | 453 | |||
| 2004 | Adam Gilchrist | 789 | Shaun Pollock (5) | 822 | Andrew Flintoff | 511 | |||
| 2003 | Sachin Tendulkar (2) | 816 | Shaun Pollock (4) | 877 | Chris Gayle | 509 | |||
| 2002 | Michael Bevan (4) | 778 | Shaun Pollock (3) | 887 | Jacques Kallis (3) | 463 | |||
| 2001 | Michael Bevan (3) | 835 | Muttiah Muralitharan (2) | 898 | Jacques Kallis (2) | 449 | |||
| 2000 | Michael Bevan (2) | 855 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 856 | Jacques Kallis | 449 | |||
| 1999 | Michael Bevan | 859 | Shaun Pollock (2) | 812 | Lance Klusener | 491 | |||
| 1998 | Sachin Tendulkar | 887 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 793 | Carl Hooper (2) | 437 | |||
| 1997 | Brian Lara (5) | 883 | Shaun Pollock | 800 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 434 | |||
| 1996 | Brian Lara (4) | 891 | Curtly Ambrose (4) | 827 | Carl Hooper | 361 | |||
| 1995 | Brian Lara (3) | 880 | Paul Reiffel | 787 | Hansie Cronje (2) | 464 | |||
| 1994 | Brian Lara (2) | 826 | Wasim Akram (2) | 780 | Hansie Cronje | 407 | |||
| 1993 | Brian Lara | 863 | Wasim Akram | 825 | Kapil Dev (11) | 398 | |||
| 1992 | Dean Jones (4) | 858 | Curtly Ambrose (3) | 816 | Kapil Dev (10) | 435 | |||
| 1991 | Dean Jones (3) | 894 | Curtly Ambrose (2) | 870 | Kapil Dev (9) | 476 | |||
| 1990 | Dean Jones (2) | 913 | Curtly Ambrose | 813 | Kapil Dev (8) | 442 | |||
| 1989 | Dean Jones | 870 | Courtney Walsh | 778 | Kapil Dev (7) | 475 | |||
| 1988 | Javed Miandad | 888 | Malcolm Marshall | 780 | Kapil Dev (6) | 516 | |||
| 1987 | Vivian Richards (5) | 933 | Maninder Singh | 814 | Kapil Dev (5) | 521 | |||
| 1986 | Vivian Richards (4) | 932 | Joel Garner (3) | 891 | Kapil Dev (4) | 556 | |||
| 1985 | Vivian Richards (3) | 935 | Joel Garner (2) | 921 | Kapil Dev (3) | 573 | |||
| 1984 | Vivian Richards (2) | 932 | Joel Garner | 918 | Kapil Dev (2) | 545 | |||
| 1983 | Zaheer Abbas | 931 | Richard Hadlee | 914 | Kapil Dev | 618 | |||
| 1982 | Vivian Richards | 901 | Dennis Lillee (3) | 878 | Greg Chappell (5) | 523 | |||
| 1981 | Greg Chappell (5) | 884 | Dennis Lillee (2) | 814 | Greg Chappell (4) | 547 | |||
| 1980 | Greg Chappell (4) | 817 | Dennis Lillee | 764 | Greg Chappell (3) | 371 | |||
| 1979 | Greg Chappell (3) | 733 | Andy Roberts | 646 | Chris Old (4) | 251 | |||
| 1978 | Greg Chappell (2) | 670 | Chris Old | 560 | Chris Old (3) | 245 | |||
| 1977 | Greg Chappell | 677 | Max Walker (2) | 517 | Greg Chappell (2) | 222 | |||
| 1976 | Dennis Amiss (2) | 654 | Bernard Julien | 540 | Chris Old (2) | 165 | |||
| 1975 | Keith Fletcher (2) | 656 | Max Walker | 497 | Chris Old | 170 | |||
| 1974 | Keith Fletcher | 517 | Geoff Arnold (3) | 444 | Tony Greig (2) | 125 | |||
| 1973 | Dennis Amiss | 465 | Geoff Arnold (2) | 410 | Tony Greig | 90 | |||
| 1972 | Keith Stackpole | 371 | Geoff Arnold | 376 | Greg Chappell | 60 | |||
| 1971 | John Edrich | 246 | Keith Stackpole | 141 | Keith Stackpole | 13 |
Top 10 rankings: batting and bowling with a peak rating of 850 points or more
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Vivian Richards | 935 | 1985 | |
| 2 | Zaheer Abbas | 931 | 1983 | |
| 3 | Greg Chappell | 921 | 1981 | |
| 4 | David Gower | 918 | 1983 | |
| 5 | Dean Jones | 915 | 1991 | |
| 6 | Virat Kohli | 909 | 2018 | |
| 7 | Javed Miandad | 908 | 1987 | |
| 8 | Brian Lara | 906 | 1993 | |
| 9 | AB de Villiers | 901 | 2015 | |
| 10 | Babar Azam | 898 | 2022 |
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Garner | 940 | 1985 | |
| 2 | Sir Richard Hadlee | 923 | 1983 | |
| 3 | Shaun Pollock | 917 | 2007 | |
| 4 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 913 | 2002 | |
| 5 | Glenn McGrath | 903 | 2002 | |
| 6 | Ewen Chatfield | 892 | 1984 | |
| 7 | Malcolm Marshall | 891 | 1985 | |
| Dennis Lillee | 891 | 1982 | ||
| 9 | Curtly Ambrose | 877 | 1991 | |
| 10 | Michael Holding | 875 | 1985 |
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapil Dev | 631 | 1985 | ||
| 2 | Greg Chappell | 568 | 1982 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Flintoff | 543 | 2004 | ||
| 4 | Viv Richards | 532 | 1985 | ||
| 5 | Lance Klusener | 521 | 1999 | ||
| 6 | Chris Gayle | 509 | 2003 | ||
| 7 | Jacques Kallis | 505 | 2001 | ||
| 8 | Steve Waugh | 501 | 1988 | ||
| 9 | Shaun Pollock | 494 | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Imran Khan | 480 | 1983 | ||
| Ravi Shastri | 1986 |
Historical T20I rankings
Year end top ranked players in T20I cricket
| Year | Top Batsman | Country | Rating | Top Bowler | Country | Rating | Top All-rounder | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Abhishek Sharma | 908 | Varun Chakravarthy | 804 | Saim Ayub | 295 | |||
| 2024 | Travis Head | 855 | Akeal Hosein | 707 | Hardik Pandya | 244 | |||
| 2023 | Suryakumar Yadav (2) | 887 | Adil Rashid | 726 | Shakib Al Hasan (5) | 256 | |||
| 2022 | Suryakumar Yadav | 890 | Wanindu Hasaranga (2) | 704 | Shakib Al Hasan (4) | 252 | |||
| 2021 | Babar Azam (3) | 805 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 797 | Mohammad Nabi (3) | 265 | |||
| Dawid Malan (2) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Dawid Malan | 915 | Rashid Khan (3) | 736 | Mohammad Nabi (2) | 294 | |||
| 2019 | Babar Azam (2) | 879 | Rashid Khan (2) | 749 | Mohammad Nabi | 319 | |||
| 2018 | Babar Azam | 858 | Rashid Khan | 793 | Glenn Maxwell (2) | 362 | |||
| 2017 | Aaron Finch (2) | 784 | Imad Wasim | 719 | Shakib Al Hasan (3) | 353 | |||
| 2016 | Virat Kohli (2) | 820 | Imran Tahir | 740 | Glenn Maxwell | 388 | |||
| 2015 | Aaron Finch | 854 | Sunil Narine (2) | 773 | Shakib Al Hasan (2) | 361 | |||
| 2014 | Virat Kohli | 909 | Samuel Badree | 831 | Shakib Al Hasan | 378 | |||
| 2013 | Alex Hales | 842 | Sunil Narine | 817 | Shane Watson (3) | 446 | |||
| 2012 | Shane Watson | 799 | Saeed Ajmal | 756 | Shane Watson (2) | 531 | |||
| 2011 | Eoin Morgan | 821 | Ajantha Mendis | 739 | Shane Watson | 379 | |||
| 2010 | Kevin Pietersen | 847 | Graeme Swann | 760 | Shahid Afridi (2) | 381 | |||
| 2009 | Graeme Smith (2) | 766 | Shahid Afridi | 803 | Shahid Afridi | 412 | |||
| 2008 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 645 | Umar Gul (2) | 689 | Andrew Symonds (4) | 209 | |||
| 2007 | Andrew Symonds | 636 | Umar Gul | 557 | Andrew Symonds (3) | 228 | |||
| 2006 | Graeme Smith | 548 | Andre Adams (2) | 183 | Andrew Symonds (2) | 71 | |||
| 2005 | Ricky Ponting | 464 | Brett Lee | 110 | Andrew Symonds | 20 | |||
| Andre Adams |
Top 10 T20I rankings: batting and bowling with a peak rating of 750 points or more
| Rank | Name | Team | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma | 931 | 2025 | |
| 2 | Dawid Malan | 919 | 2020 | |
| 3 | Suryakumar Yadav | 912 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | 909 | 2014 | |
| 5 | Aaron Finch | 904 | 2014 | |
| 6 | Babar Azam | 900 | 2019 | |
| 7 | David Warner | 894 | 2010 | |
| 8 | Kevin Pietersen | 886 | 2010 | |
| 9 | Travis Head | 885 | 2024 | |
| 10 | Mohammad Rizwan | 882 | 2022 |
| Rank | Name | Team | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umar Gul | 865 | 2009 | |
| 2 | Samuel Badree | 864 | 2014 | |
| 3 | Daniel Vettori | 858 | 2010 | |
| 4 | Sunil Narine | 832 | 2013 | |
| 5 | Rashid Khan | 828 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Tabraiz Shamsi | 827 | 2021 | |
| 7 | Shahid Afridi | 822 | 2009 | |
| 8 | Varun Chakravarthy | 818 | 2025 | |
| 9 | Shadab Khan | 811 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 809 | 2021 |
| Rank | Name | Played for | Highest rating | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Watson | 566 | 2012 | |
| 2 | Mohammed Hafeez | 452 | 2013 | |
| 3 | Shahid Afridi | 437 | 2009 | |
| 4 | Shakib Al Hasan | 420 | 2015 | |
| 5 | Glenn Maxwell | 375 | 2016 | |
| 6 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 366 | 2010 | |
| 7 | Yuvraj Singh | 363 | 2013 | |
| 8 | Mohammad Nabi | 361 | 2019 | |
| 9 | David Hussey | 337 | 2012 | |
| 10 | Marlon Samuels | 310 | 2014 |
References
References
- "How the World Cricket Rankings were born".
- "About ICC Cricket Rankings".
- "ICC Player Rankings".
- "ICC Player Rankings".
- "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating - Batting". ICC.
- "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating - Bowling". ICC.
- "All-Time Test All-Rounder Rankings". ICC.
- "ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating - Batting".
- "ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating - Bowling".
- "All-Time ODI All Rounder Rankings".
- "ICC Best-Ever T20I Championship Rating - Batting".
- "ICC Best-Ever T20I Championship Rating - Bowling".
- "All-Time T20I All Rounder Rankings".
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