100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time
Published on: Jan 11, 2023 8:34 pm IST|Updated on: Jan 12, 2023 10:43 am IST
100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time: Originating in 16th century England, cricket has become one of the most prevalent sports today. The game of 22 yards has the most audience after football. What seemed to be a leisure sport in the park in the olden days has become a high-octane game today. Here we have an ultimate list of 100 greatest cricketers who have transcended the game. We have looked at their statistics and longevity, but above all it is their legacy which we have considered to rank these players.
Players from Australia and England dominate the list owing to their rich history. We have tried to be as fair as possible, it is a tough task to compare players from different eras. How can you really compare the Don with the Little Maestro, WG Grace with run machine Virat Kohli. Who has made the list and who has been omitted is up for endless debate. Lets find out:
100 Greatest Cricketers of All Time
| 1. | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| 2. | Don Bradman | Australia |
| 3. | Viv Richards | West Indies |
| 4. | Gary Sobers | West Indies |
| 5. | Shane Warne | Australia |
| 6. | Imran Khan | Pakistan |
| 7. | Virat Kohli | India |
| 8. | Brian Lara | West Indies |
| 9. | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka |
| 10. | Sydney Barnes | England |
| 11. | Ian Botham | England |
| 12. | Jacques Kallis | South Africa |
| 13. | Wasim Akram | Pakistan |
| 14. | Jack Hobbs | England |
| 15. | MS Dhoni | India |
| 16. | James Anderson | England |
| 17. | Rahul Dravid | India |
| 18. | W.G Grace | England |
| 19. | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand |
| 20. | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 21. | Frank Worrell | West Indies |
| 22. | Kapil Dev | India |
| 23. | Glenn McGrath | Australia |
| 24. | Allan Border | Australia |
| 25. | Alastair Cook | England |
| 26. | Walter Hammond | England |
| 27. | Kumara Sangakkara | Sri Lanka |
| 28. | Curtley Ambrose | West Indies |
| 29. | Wilfred Rhodes | England |
| 30. | Malcolm Marshall | West Indies |
| 31. | Frank Wooley | England |
| 32. | Barry Richards | South Africa |
| 33. | Dennis Lille | Australia |
| 34. | Sunil Gavaskar | India |
| 35. | Len Hutton | England |
| 36. | Dale Steyn | South Africa |
| 37. | Herbert Sutcliffe | England |
| 38. | Robert Graeme Pollock | South Africa |
| 39. | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan |
| 40. | Steve Waugh | Australia |
| 41. | Courtney Walsh | West indies |
| 42. | Bill O’Reilly | Australia |
| 43. | AB De Villiers | South Africa |
| 44. | Adam Gilchrist | Australia |
| 45. | Allan Donald | South Africa |
| 46. | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
| 47. | Fred Trueman | England |
| 48. | Waqar Younis | Pakistan |
| 49. | Dennis Compton | England |
| 50. | Anil Kumble | India |
| 51. | Derek Underwood | England |
| 52. | Chris Gayle | West indies |
| 53. | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan |
| 54. | Geroge Headley | West Indies |
| 55. | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka |
| 56. | Shaun Pollock | South Africa |
| 57. | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand |
| 58. | Peter May | England |
| 59. | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka |
| 60. | Yuvraj Singh | India |
| 61. | Lance Klusener | South Africa |
| 62. | Javed Miandad | Pakistan |
| 63. | Victor Trumper | Australia |
| 64. | Inzamam Ul-Haq | Pakistan |
| 65. | Mike Proctor | South Africa |
| 66. | Alfred Percy Freeman | England |
| 67. | Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji | England |
| 68. | Virender Sehwag | India |
| 69. | George Alfred Lohmann | England |
| 70. | Shaun Pollock | South Africa |
| 71. | Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan |
| 72. | Brian Statham | England |
| 73. | Tom Richardson | England |
| 74. | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West indies |
| 75. | Graham Gooch | England |
| 76. | Steve Smith | Australia |
| 77. | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand |
| 78. | Fred Spofforth | Australia |
| 79. | Stuart Broad | England |
| 80. | Allan Knott | England |
| 81. | Greg Chappell | Australia |
| 82. | Jack Blackham | Australia |
| 83. | Ray Lindwall | Australia |
| 84. | Gordon Greenidge | West Indies |
| 85. | Ian Healey | Australia |
| 86. | Jim Laker | England |
| 87. | Sourav Ganguly | India |
| 88. | Joel Garner | West indies |
| 89. | Andy Flower | Zimbabwe |
| 90. | Harold Larwood | England |
| 91. | Bishan Singh Bedi | India |
| 92. | Daniel Vettori | New Zealand |
| 93. | Martin Crowe | New Zealand |
| 94. | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh |
| 95. | Everton Weekes | West indies |
| 96. | Richie Benaud | Australia |
| 97. | Vijay Hazare | India |
| 98. | Abdul Qadir | Pakistan |
| 99. | Godfrey Evans | England |
| 100. | Michael Bevan | Australia |
Some notable Omissions: Geoff Boycott, Shane Watson, Michael Holding, Rashid Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mark Waugh, Shahid Afridi, Harbhajan Singh
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