ICC Men's Player Rankings

The International Cricket Council player rankings is a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. The current sponsor is MRF Tyres who signed a 4-year deal with the ICC that will last until 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This means that the maximum possible overall rating is 1000, and a player gaining a rating of 900 is seen as an exceptional achievement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

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
2024	Joe Root	Template:Cr	895	Jasprit Bumrah	Template:Cr	907	Ravindra Jadeja	Template:Cr	405
2023	Kane Williamson (2)	Template:Cr	864	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	879	Ravindra Jadeja	Template:Cr	455
2022	Marnus Labuschagne (2)	Template:Cr	925	Pat Cummins	Template:Cr	872	Ravindra Jadeja	Template:Cr	369
2021	Marnus Labuschagne (1)	Template:Cr	915	Pat Cummins	Template:Cr	902	Jason Holder	Template:Cr	382
2020	Kane Williamson (1)	Template:Cr	890	Pat Cummins	Template:Cr	906	Ben Stokes	Template:Cr	446
2019	Virat Kohli (2)	Template:Cr	928	Pat Cummins	Template:Cr	902	Jason Holder	Template:Cr	473
2018	Virat Kohli (1)	Template:Cr	931	Kagiso Rabada	Template:Cr	880	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	415
2017	Steve Smith (3)	Template:Cr	947	James Anderson	Template:Cr	892	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	437
2016	Steve Smith (2)	Template:Cr	937	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	887	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	481
2015	Steve Smith (1)	Template:Cr	899	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	871	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	405
2014	AB de Villiers (2)	Template:Cr	893	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	906	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	398
2013	AB de Villiers (1)	Template:Cr	912	Vernon Philander	Template:Cr	909	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	387
2012	Michael Clarke	Template:Cr	900	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	880	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	387
2011	Kumar Sangakkara (3)	Template:Cr	863	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	898	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	404
2010	Kumar Sangakkara (2)	Template:Cr	882	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	897	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	429
2009	Gautam Gambhir	Template:Cr	877	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	836	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	452
2008	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Template:Cr	901	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	897	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	447
2007	Kumar Sangakkara (1)	Template:Cr	933	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	907	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	537
2006	Ricky Ponting (3)	Template:Cr	937	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	913	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	439
2005	Ricky Ponting (2)	Template:Cr	886	Shane Warne	Template:Cr	867	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	476
2004	Rahul Dravid	Template:Cr	881	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	870	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	500
2003	Ricky Ponting (1)	Template:Cr	905	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	908	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	518
2002	Matthew Hayden	Template:Cr	906	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	911	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	615
2001	Brian Lara (3)	Template:Cr	905	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	902	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	503
2000	Sachin Tendulkar (3)	Template:Cr	877	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	901	Chris Cairns	Template:Cr	461
1999	Brian Lara (2)	Template:Cr	892	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	904	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	464
1998	Sachin Tendulkar (2)	Template:Cr	861	Allan Donald	Template:Cr	871	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	453
1997	Steve Waugh (2)	Template:Cr	828	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	853	Brian McMillan	Template:Cr	356
1996	Steve Waugh (1)	Template:Cr	894	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	872	Brian McMillan	Template:Cr	389
1995	Brian Lara (1)	Template:Cr	898	Shane Warne	Template:Cr	876	Brian McMillan	Template:Cr	386
1994	Sachin Tendulkar (1)	Template:Cr	776	Shane Warne	Template:Cr	905	Wasim Akram	Template:Cr	274
1993	Graham Gooch (3)	Template:Cr	821	Waqar Younis	Template:Cr	907	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	323
1992	Graham Gooch (2)	Template:Cr	852	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	868	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	331
1991	Graham Gooch (1)	Template:Cr	871	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	834	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	475
1990	Richie Richardson (2)	Template:Cr	789	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	845	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	466
1989	Richie Richardson (1)	Template:Cr	876	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	897	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	442
1988	Javed Miandad	Template:Cr	808	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	900	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	425
1987	Dilip Vengsarkar	Template:Cr	833	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	905	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	457
1986	Viv Richards (6)	Template:Cr	829	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	903	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	440
1985	Allan Border	Template:Cr	817	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	909	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	446
1984	Clive Lloyd (2)	Template:Cr	783	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	897	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	443
1983	Clive Lloyd (1)	Template:Cr	806	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	856	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	487
1982	Viv Richards (5)	Template:Cr	892	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	909	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	491
1981	Viv Richards (4)	Template:Cr	908	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	866	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	528
1980	Viv Richards (3)	Template:Cr	903	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	888	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	546
1979	Sunil Gavaskar (2)	Template:Cr	875	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	897	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	534
1978	Sunil Gavaskar (1)	Template:Cr	833	Bob Willis	Template:Cr	837	Ian Botham	Template:Cr	399
1977	Viv Richards (2)	Template:Cr	872	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	824	Mushtaq Mohammad	Template:Cr	351
1976	Viv Richards (1)	Template:Cr	913	Andy Roberts	Template:Cr	850	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	412
1975	Alvin Kallicharran	Template:Cr	842	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	849	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	485
1974	Glenn Turner	Template:Cr	845	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	712	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	471
1973	Garry Sobers (12)	Template:Cr	789	Geoff Arnold Bishen Bedi	Template:Cr Template:Cr	721	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	489
1972	Garry Sobers (11)	Template:Cr	776	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	884	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	506
1971	Garry Sobers (10)	Template:Cr	834	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	843	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	538
1970	Doug Walters (2)	Template:Cr	865	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	845	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	504
1969	Doug Walters (1)	Template:Cr	896	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	849	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	504
1968	Garry Sobers (9)	Template:Cr	918	Lance Gibbs	Template:Cr	845	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	655
1967	Garry Sobers (8)	Template:Cr	938	Lance Gibbs	Template:Cr	866	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	647
1966	Garry Sobers (7)	Template:Cr	935	Lance Gibbs	Template:Cr	843	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	644
1965	Ken Barrington	Template:Cr	873	Lance Gibbs	Template:Cr	863	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	529
1964	Garry Sobers (6)	Template:Cr	894	Lance Gibbs	Template:Cr	878	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	604
1963	Garry Sobers (5)	Template:Cr	894	Fred Trueman	Template:Cr	880	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	604
1962	Garry Sobers (4)	Template:Cr	907	Wes Hall	Template:Cr	898	Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	556
1961	Garry Sobers (3)	Template:Cr	896	Alan Davidson	Template:Cr	899	Alan Davidson	Template:Cr	437
1960	Garry Sobers (2)	Template:Cr	933	Alan Davidson	Template:Cr	896	Alan Davidson	Template:Cr	468
1959	Garry Sobers (1)	Template:Cr	881	Fazal Mahmood	Template:Cr	874	Richie Benaud	Template:Cr	473
1958	Peter May (3)	Template:Cr	894	Tony Lock	Template:Cr	908	Richie Benaud	Template:Cr	503
1957	Peter May (2)	Template:Cr	905	Hugh Tayfield	Template:Cr	856	Trevor Bailey	Template:Cr	382
1956	Peter May (1)	Template:Cr	937	Jim Laker	Template:Cr	896	Vinoo Mankad	Template:Cr	337
1955	Clyde Walcott	Template:Cr	938	Hugh Tayfield	Template:Cr	817	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	513
1954	Neil Harvey	Template:Cr	916	Ray Lindwall	Template:Cr	892	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	465
1953	Len Hutton (5)	Template:Cr	926	Alec Bedser	Template:Cr	897	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	464
1952	Len Hutton (4)	Template:Cr	917	Bill Johnston	Template:Cr	862	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	548
1951	Len Hutton (3)	Template:Cr	916	Bill Johnston	Template:Cr	899	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	481
1950	Len Hutton (2)	Template:Cr	903	Bill Johnston	Template:Cr	869	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	349
1949	Len Hutton (1)	Template:Cr	853	Ray Lindwall	Template:Cr	822	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	303
1948	Denis Compton	Template:Cr	903	Ray Lindwall	Template:Cr	830	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	277
1947	Don Bradman (10)	Template:Cr	950	Ernie Toshack	Template:Cr	595	Bill Edrich	Template:Cr	269
1946	Don Bradman (9)	Template:Cr	953	Bill Voce	Template:Cr	545	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	271
1945	No Test cricket took place (due to World War II)
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939	Don Bradman (8)	Template:Cr	952	Bill O'Reilly	Template:Cr	887	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	334
1938	Don Bradman (7)	Template:Cr	952	Bill O'Reilly	Template:Cr	887	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	346
1937	Don Bradman (6)	Template:Cr	948	Bill O'Reilly	Template:Cr	897	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	370
1936	Don Bradman (5)	Template:Cr	885	Hedley Verity	Template:Cr	839	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	341
1935	Don Bradman (4)	Template:Cr	941	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	830	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	286
1934	Don Bradman (3)	Template:Cr	960	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	826	Hedley Verity	Template:Cr	298
1933	Don Bradman (2)	Template:Cr	909	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	783	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	326
1932	Herbert Sutcliffe (4)	Template:Cr	873	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	841	Wally Hammond	Template:Cr	305
1931	Don Bradman (1)	Template:Cr	847	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	801	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	259
1930	Herbert Sutcliffe (3)	Template:Cr	844	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	757	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	232
1929	Herbert Sutcliffe (2)	Template:Cr	852	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	739	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	274
1928	Herbert Sutcliffe (1)	Template:Cr	857	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	851	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	257
1927	Jack Hobbs (11)	Template:Cr	889	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	848	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	324
1926	Jack Hobbs (10)	Template:Cr	898	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	857	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	324
1925	Jack Hobbs (9)	Template:Cr	859	Maurice Tate	Template:Cr	838	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	377
1924	Jack Hobbs (8)	Template:Cr	872	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	734	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	364
1923	Herbie Taylor	Template:Cr	844	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	706	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	379
1922	Jack Hobbs (7)	Template:Cr	868	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	706	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	379
1921	Jack Hobbs (6)	Template:Cr	877	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	706	Jack Gregory	Template:Cr	379
1920	Jack Hobbs (5)	Template:Cr	938	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	578	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	398
1919	No Test cricket took place (due to World War I)
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914	Jack Hobbs (4)	Template:Cr	940	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	578	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	398
1913	Jack Hobbs (3)	Template:Cr	939	Sydney Barnes	Template:Cr	930	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	423
1912	Jack Hobbs (2)	Template:Cr	942	Sydney Barnes	Template:Cr	917	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	440
1911	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	853	Sydney Barnes	Template:Cr	688	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	486
1910	Jack Hobbs (1)	Template:Cr	774	Tibby Cotter	Template:Cr	709	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	373
1909	Clem Hill (7)	Template:Cr	649	Colin Blythe	Template:Cr	793	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	342
1908	Clem Hill (6)	Template:Cr	682	Jack Saunders	Template:Cr	734	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	373
1907	Clem Hill (5)	Template:Cr	706	Colin Blythe	Template:Cr	755	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	341
1906	Clem Hill (4)	Template:Cr	696	Wilfred Rhodes	Template:Cr	726	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	337
1905	Stanley Jackson	Template:Cr	749	Wilfred Rhodes	Template:Cr	763	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	337
1904	Clem Hill (3)	Template:Cr	799	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	860	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	450
1903	Clem Hill (2)	Template:Cr	862	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	822	Monty Noble	Template:Cr	333
1902	Clem Hill (1)	Template:Cr	886	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	830	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	330
1901	Tom Hayward (3)	Template:Cr	705	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	652	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	256
1900	Tom Hayward (2)	Template:Cr	673	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	678	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	260
1899	Tom Hayward (1)	Template:Cr	673	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	678	Hugh Trumble	Template:Cr	260
1898	Joe Darling	Template:Cr	753	Tom Richardson	Template:Cr	763	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	222
1897	WG Grace (6)	Template:Cr	607	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	794	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	231
1896	Jack Lyons (4)	Template:Cr	618	Bobby Peel	Template:Cr	827	George Giffen	Template:Cr	372
1895	WG Grace (5)	Template:Cr	646	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	870	George Giffen	Template:Cr	414
1894	Jack Lyons (3)	Template:Cr	699	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	883	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	332
1893	Jack Lyons (2)	Template:Cr	732	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	886	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	290
1892	Jack Lyons (1)	Template:Cr	713	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	862	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	310
1891	WG Grace (4)	Template:Cr	653	Bobby Peel	Template:Cr	805	Billy Barnes	Template:Cr	371
1890	WG Grace (3)	Template:Cr	653	Bobby Peel	Template:Cr	805	Billy Barnes	Template:Cr	371
1889	Arthur Shrewsbury (3)	Template:Cr	678	Johnny Briggs	Template:Cr	817	Billy Barnes	Template:Cr	376
1888	Arthur Shrewsbury (2)	Template:Cr	692	Bobby Peel	Template:Cr	774	Billy Barnes	Template:Cr	392
1887	Arthur Shrewsbury (1)	Template:Cr	677	Billy Bates	Template:Cr	658	Billy Barnes	Template:Cr	318
1886	Arthur Shrewsbury	Template:Cr	733	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	827	Billy Bates	Template:Cr	282
1885	A. G. Steel (2)	Template:Cr	645	Joey Palmer	Template:Cr	783	Billy Bates	Template:Cr	300
1884	A. G. Steel (1)	Template:Cr	671	Joey Palmer	Template:Cr	797	A. G. Steel	Template:Cr	253
1883	George Ulyett (2)	Template:Cr	603	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	643	Billy Bates	Template:Cr	225
1882	George Ulyett (1)	Template:Cr	628	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	557	George Ulyett	Template:Cr	180
1881	WG Grace (2)	Template:Cr	436	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	433
1880	WG Grace (1)	Template:Cr	436	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	433
1879	Charles Bannerman (3)	Template:Cr	433	Fred Spofforth	Template:Cr	437
1878	Charles Bannerman (2)	Template:Cr	466	Tom Kendall	Template:Cr	384
1877	Charles Bannerman (1)	Template:Cr	466	Tom Kendall	Template:Cr	384

Batsmen, Bowlers and All-rounders with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more<ref>{{#invoke

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Donald Bradman	Template:Cr	961	1948
2	Steve Smith	Template:Cr	947	2017
3	Sir Len Hutton	Template:Cr	945	1954
4	Sir Jack Hobbs	Template:Cr	942	1912
	Ricky Ponting	Template:Cr	942	2006
6	Peter May	Template:Cr	941	1956
7	Sir Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	938	1981
	Kumar Sangakkara	Template:Cr	938	2007
	Sir Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	938	1967
	Sir Clyde Walcott	Template:Cr	938	1955
11	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	937	2018
11	Marnus Labuschagne	Template:Cr	937	2022
13	Matthew Hayden	Template:Cr	935	2002
	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	935	2007
	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	935	2014
16	Mohammad Yousuf	Template:Cr	933	2006
17	Joe Root	Template:Cr	932	2024
18	Sir Everton Weekes	Template:Cr	927	1956
	Graeme Pollock	Template:Cr	927	1970
20	Dudley Nourse	Template:Cr	922	1951
	Doug Walters	Template:Cr	922	1970
22	Neil Harvey	Template:Cr	921	1953
	Mike Hussey	Template:Cr	921	2008
24	Kane Williamson	Template:Cr	919	2021
25	Denis Compton	Template:Cr	917	1948

Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more<ref>{{#invoke

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Sydney Barnes	Template:Cr	932	1914
2	George Lohmann	Template:Cr	931	1896
3	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	922	1983
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	920	2007
5	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	914	2001
	Pat Cummins	Template:Cr	914	2019
7	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	912	1994
	Tony Lock	Template:Cr	912	1958
	Vernon Philander	Template:Cr	912	2013
10	Sir Ian Botham	Template:Cr	911	1980
11	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	910	1988
12	Waqar Younis	Template:Cr	909	1993
	Sir Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	909	1985
	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	909	1999
	Dale Steyn	Template:Cr	909	2014
16	Alan Keith Davidson	Template:Cr	908	1961
	Jasprit Bumrah	Template:Cr	908	2025
18	Derek Underwood	Template:Cr	907	1971
19	Shane Warne	Template:Cr	905	1994
20	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	904	2016
21	Sir Alec Bedser	Template:Cr	903	1953
	James Anderson	Template:Cr	903	2018
23	Kagiso Rabada	Template:Cr	902	2018
24	Clarrie Grimmett	Template:Cr	901	1936
	Bill O'Reilly	Template:Cr	901	1946
26	Bill Johnston	Template:Cr	900	1952

All-rounders with a peak rating of 500 points or more<ref>{{#invoke

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Sir Garry Sobers	Template:Cr	669	1967
2	Sir Ian Botham	Template:Cr	645	1980
3	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	615	2002
4	Keith Miller	Template:Cr	572	1952
5	Richard Benaud	Template:Cr	532	1959
6	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	517	1983
7	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	508	1975
8	Andrew Flintoff	Template:Cr	501	2005
	Aubrey Faulkner	Template:Cr	501	1911
10	Chris Cairns	Template:Cr	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
2024	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	795	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	669	Mohammad Nabi	Template:Cr	300
2023	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	824	Keshav Maharaj	Template:Cr	716	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	310
2022	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	893	Trent Boult	Template:Cr	737	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	389
2021	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	873	Trent Boult	Template:Cr	737	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	416
2020	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	870	Trent Boult	Template:Cr	722	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	373
2019	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	887	Jasprit Bumrah	Template:Cr	785	Ben Stokes	Template:Cr	319
2018	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	911	Jasprit Bumrah	Template:Cr	841	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	353
2017	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	876	Hasan Ali	Template:Cr	759	Mohammad Hafeez	Template:Cr	352
2016	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	861	Trent Boult	Template:Cr	718	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	377
2015	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	900	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	734	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	415
2014	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	887	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	753	Angelo Mathews	Template:Cr	408
2013	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	872	Saeed Ajmal	Template:Cr	776	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	376
2012	Hashim Amla	Template:Cr	901	Saeed Ajmal	Template:Cr	747	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	425
2011	Hashim Amla	Template:Cr	840	Saeed Ajmal	Template:Cr	735	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	419
2010	Hashim Amla	Template:Cr	849	Daniel Vettori	Template:Cr	727	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	434
2009	M.S. Dhoni	Template:Cr	825	Daniel Vettori	Template:Cr	717	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	453
2008	M.S. Dhoni	Template:Cr	771	Nathan Bracken	Template:Cr	754	Jacob Oram	Template:Cr	381
2007	Ricky Ponting	Template:Cr	829	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	843	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	466
2006	Michael Hussey	Template:Cr	815	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	905	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	473
2005	Ricky Ponting	Template:Cr	803	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	832	Andrew Flintoff	Template:Cr	453
2004	Adam Gilchrist	Template:Cr	789	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	822	Andrew Flintoff	Template:Cr	511
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	Template:Cr	816	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	877	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	509
2002	Michael Bevan	Template:Cr	778	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	887	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	463
2001	Michael Bevan	Template:Cr	835	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	898	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	449
2000	Michael Bevan	Template:Cr	855	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	856	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	449
1999	Michael Bevan	Template:Cr	859	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	812	Lance Klusener	Template:Cr	491
1998	Sachin Tendulkar	Template:Cr	887	Saqlain Mushtaq	Template:Cr	793	Carl Hooper	Template:Cr	437
1997	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	883	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	800	Sanath Jayasuriya	Template:Cr	434
1996	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	891	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	827	Carl Hooper	Template:Cr	361
1995	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	880	Paul Reiffel	Template:Cr	787	Hansie Cronje	Template:Cr	464
1994	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	826	Wasim Akram	Template:Cr	780	Hansie Cronje	Template:Cr	407
1993	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	863	Wasim Akram	Template:Cr	825	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	398
1992	Dean Jones	Template:Cr	858	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	816	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	435
1991	Dean Jones	Template:Cr	894	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	870	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	476
1990	Dean Jones	Template:Cr	913	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	813	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	442
1989	Dean Jones	Template:Cr	870	Courtney Walsh	Template:Cr	778	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	475
1988	Javed Miandad	Template:Cr	888	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	780	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	516
1987	Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	933	Maninder Singh	Template:Cr	814	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	521
1986	Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	932	Joel Garner	Template:Cr	891	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	556
1985	Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	935	Joel Garner	Template:Cr	921	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	573
1984	Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	932	Joel Garner	Template:Cr	918	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	545
1983	Zaheer Abbas	Template:Cr	931	Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	914	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	618
1982	Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	901	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	878	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	523
1981	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	884	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	814	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	547
1980	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	817	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	764	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	371
1979	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	733	Andy Roberts	Template:Cr	646	Chris Old	Template:Cr	251
1978	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	670	Chris Old	Template:Cr	560	Chris Old	Template:Cr	245
1977	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	677	Max Walker	Template:Cr	517	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	222
1976	Dennis Amiss	Template:Cr	654	Bernard Julien	Template:Cr	540	Chris Old	Template:Cr	165
1975	Keith Fletcher	Template:Cr	656	Max Walker	Template:Cr	497	Chris Old	Template:Cr	170
1974	Keith Fletcher	Template:Cr	517	Geoff Arnold	Template:Cr	444	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	125
1973	Dennis Amiss	Template:Cr	465	Geoff Arnold	Template:Cr	410	Tony Greig	Template:Cr	90
1972	Keith Stackpole	Template:Cr	371	Geoff Arnold	Template:Cr	376	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	60
1971	John Edrich	Template:Cr	246	Keith Stackpole	Template:Cr	141	Keith Stackpole	Template:Cr	13

Top 10 rankings: batting, bowling and all-rounder with a peak rating of 900 points or more

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Sir Vivian Richards	Template:Cr	935	1985
2	Zaheer Abbas	Template:Cr	931	1983
3	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	921	1981
4	David Gower	Template:Cr	919	1983
5	Dean Jones	Template:Cr	918	1991
6	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	911	2018
7	Javed Miandad	Template:Cr	910	1987
8	Brian Lara	Template:Cr	908	1993
9	AB de Villiers	Template:Cr	902	2015
10	Hashim Amla	Template:Cr	901	2012

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Joel Garner	Template:Cr	940	1985
2	Sir Richard Hadlee	Template:Cr	923	1983
3	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	917	2007
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Template:Cr	913	2002
5	Glenn McGrath	Template:Cr	903	2002
6	Ewen Chatfield	Template:Cr	892	1984
7	Malcolm Marshall	Template:Cr	891	1985
	Dennis Lillee	Template:Cr	891	1982
9	Curtly Ambrose	Template:Cr	877	1991
10	Michael Holding	Template:Cr	875	1985

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Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year
1	Kapil Dev	Template:Cr	631	1985
2	Greg Chappell	Template:Cr	568	1982
3	Andrew Flintoff	Template:Cr	543	2004
4	Viv Richards	Template:Cr	532	1985
5	Lance Klusener	Template:Cr	521	1999
6	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	509	2003
7	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	505	2001
8	Steve Waugh	Template:Cr	501	1988
9	Shaun Pollock	Template:Cr	494	2008
10	Imran Khan	Template:Cr	480	1983
	Ravi Shastri	Template:Cr	480	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
2024	Travis Head	Template:Cr	855	Akeal Hosein	Template:Cr	707	Hardik Pandya	Template:Cr	244
2023	Suryakumar Yadav	Template:Cr	887	Adil Rashid	Template:Cr	726	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	256
2022	Suryakumar Yadav	Template:Cr	890	Wanindu Hasaranga	Template:Cr	704	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	252
2021	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	805	Wanindu Hasaranga	Template:Cr	797	Mohammad Nabi	Template:Cr	265
	Dawid Malan	Template:Cr
2020	Dawid Malan	Template:Cr	915	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	736	Mohammad Nabi	Template:Cr	294
2019	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	879	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	749	Mohammad Nabi	Template:Cr	319
2018	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	858	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	793	Glenn Maxwell	Template:Cr	362
2017	Aaron Finch	Template:Cr	784	Imad Wasim	Template:Cr	719	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	353
2016	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	820	Imran Tahir	Template:Cr	740	Glenn Maxwell	Template:Cr	388
2015	Aaron Finch	Template:Cr	854	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	773	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	361
2014	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	897	Samuel Badree	Template:Cr	831	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	378
2013	Alex Hales	Template:Cr	842	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	817	Shane Watson	Template:Cr	446
2012	Shane Watson	Template:Cr	799	Saeed Ajmal	Template:Cr	756	Shane Watson	Template:Cr	531
2011	Eoin Morgan	Template:Cr	821	Ajantha Mendis	Template:Cr	739	Shane Watson	Template:Cr	379
2010	Kevin Pietersen	Template:Cr	847	Graeme Swann	Template:Cr	760	Shahid Afridi	Template:Cr	381
2009	Graeme Smith	Template:Cr	766	Shahid Afridi	Template:Cr	803	Shahid Afridi	Template:Cr	412
2008	Misbah-ul-Haq	Template:Cr	645	Umar Gul	Template:Cr	689	Andrew Symonds	Template:Cr	209
2007	Andrew Symonds	Template:Cr	636	Umar Gul	Template:Cr	557	Andrew Symonds	Template:Cr	228
2006	Graeme Smith	Template:Cr	548	Andre Adams	Template:Cr	183	Andrew Symonds	Template:Cr	71
2005	Ricky Ponting	Template:Cr	464	Brett Lee	Template:Cr	110	Andrew Symonds	Template:Cr	20
				Andre Adams	Template:Cr

Top 10 T20I rankings: batting and bowling with a peak rating of 850 points or more

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Rank	Name	Team	Highest rating	Year
1	Dawid Malan	Template:Cr	915	2020
2	Suryakumar Yadav	Template:Cr	910	2023
3	Aaron Finch	Template:Cr	900	2018
4	Virat Kohli	Template:Cr	897	2014
5	Babar Azam	Template:Cr	896	2019
6	Travis Head	Template:Cr	884	2024
7	Kevin Pietersen	Template:Cr	882	2010
8	Mohammad Rizwan	Template:Cr	875	2022
9	Eoin Morgan	Template:Cr	872	2011
10	Alex Hales	Template:Cr	866	2014

Top 10 Rankings Bowling<ref>{{#invoke

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Rank	Name	Team	Highest rating	Year
1	Umar Gul	Template:Cr	857	2009
2	Samuel Badree	Template:Cr	855	2014
3	Daniel Vettori	Template:Cr	850	2010
4	Tabraiz Shamsi	Template:Cr	821	2021
5	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	817	2013
6	Rashid Khan	Template:Cr	816	2018
7	Shahid Afridi	Template:Cr	814	2009
8	Josh Hazlewood	Template:Cr	806	2022
9	Wanindu Hasaranga	Template:Cr	797	2021
10	Imran Tahir	Template:Cr	795	2017

See also

• ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
• ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings
• ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
• International cricket
• ICC Women's Player Rankings

External links

• ICC Official site
• Current and Historical rankings