My All-Time System Rankings

[aussie_ben91]

Requirement of 3000 runs after deduction of statistics against Bangladesh & Zimbabwe and other non Test playing nations.

					Average
Donald Bradman		6996 runs	99.94		29 hundreds
Hebert Sutcliffe	4555 runs	60.73		16 hundreds
Ken Barrington		6806 runs	58.67		20 hundreds
Walter Hammond		7249 runs	58.45		22 hundreds
Garfield Sobers		8032 runs	57.78		26 hundreds
Ricky Ponting		9549 runs	57.52		33 hundreds
Jack Hobbs		5410 runs	56.94		15 hundreds
Clive Walcott		3798 runs	56.68		15 hundreds
Len Hutton		6971 runs	56.67		19 hundreds
Greg Chappell		7110 runs	53.86		24 hundreds
Virender Sehwag		4958 runs	53.31		15 hundreds
Javed Miandad		8689 runs	53.31		23 hundreds
Brian Lara		11558 runs	52.53		32 hundreds
Jacques Kallis		8805 runs	51.79		26 hundreds
Matthew Hayden		7573 runs	51.51		28 hundreds
Sachin Tendulkar	10403 runs	51.24		33 hundreds
Sunil Gavaskar		10122 runs	51.12		34 hundreds
Mohammad Yousuf		5651 runs	50.90		19 hundreds
Rahul Dravid		8846 runs	50.83		20 hundreds
Andy Flower		4556 runs	50.62		11 hundreds
Mahela Jayawardene	6679 runs	50.59		19 hundreds
Allan Border		11174 runs	50.56		27 hundreds
Kevin Pietersen		3890 runs	50.51		14 hundreds
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	7595 runs	50.29		18 hundreds
Viv Richards		8540 runs	50.23		24 hundreds
Younis Khan		4563 runs	50.14		14 hundreds
Kumar Sangakkara	5113 runs	50.12		13 hundreds
Dennis Compton		5807 runs	50.06		17 hundreds
Inzamam-ul-Haq		7654 runs	49.38		21 hundreds
Frank Worrell		3860 runs	49.48		09 hundreds
Steve Waugh		10381 runs	48.96		29 hundreds
Bruce Mitchell		3471 runs	48.88		08 hundreds
Neil Harvey		6149 runs	48.41		21 hundreds
Doug Walters		5357 runs	48.26		15 hundreds

- If a player has scored over 2000 more runs then someone with an average of within' 5 runs, then he is ranked higher.
- If a player has scored over 4000 more runs then someone with an average of within' 10 runs, then he is ranked higher.
- If a player has scored over 6000 more runs then someone with an average of within' 15 runs, then he is ranked higher.
- If a player has scored over 8000 more runs then someone with an average of within' 20 runs, then he is ranked higher.

- If found in a situation, where one players outranks another player that outranked by another player who is outranked by the original player then player with the highest runs scored will be ranked the highest.

1.	Donald Bradman (AUS)
2.	Garfield Sobers (WIN)
3.	Brian Lara (WIN)
4.	Ricky Ponting (AUS)
5.	Ken Barrington (ENG)
6.	Walter Hammond (ENG)
7.	Len Hutton (ENG)
8.	Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
9.	Sunil Gavaskar (IND)
10.	Allan Border (AUS)
11.	Javed Miandad (PAK)
12.	Hebert Sutcliffe (ENG)
13.	Steve Waugh (AUS)
14.	Jack Hobbs (ENG)
15.	Greg Chappell (AUS)
16.	Jacques Kallis (RSA)
17.	Matthew Hayden (AUS)
18.	Rahul Dravid (IND)
19.	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN)
20.	Viv Richards (WIN)
21.	Virender Sehwag (IND)
22.	Mahela Jayawardena (SRL)
23.	Dennis Compton (ENG)
24.	Clive Walcott (WIN)
25.	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

 

[metallics2006]

Makes sense. Good work.

 

[SciD]

I would still rate Steve and Sunil above Sachin. Never liked averages system as they dont tell true ability of person.

 

[Dare]

Bradman the greatest batsman ever no doubt but Sobers the greatest cricket player ever.

 

[metallics2006]

Yeah sure. Sobers is the best cricketer.

 

[Insomniac]

You're telling me that Sehwag is above Jayawardene and Inzamam?

Biggest piece of crap ever. Please tell me how many matches has Sehwag won for his country. Not as many as Jayawardene and Inzamam, thats for sure.

 

[aussie_ben91]

The system can vary you know? Players that are currently playing can move up or down the list, judging by how they perform in the future.

For what it's worth, Sehwag has really performed well against Australia, who have been head and shoulders above the rest of the world whilst Jayawardene & Inzamam have really struggled against us. It's not as if they have played Australia in different conditions either, because they are both subcontient teams and have played away series' in Australia.

You can only judge and compare players on how they perform over a long period of time and this is what this system does and I feel the majority of the rankings are fairly accurate.

 

[Pranav]

You're telling me that Sehwag is above Jayawardene and Inzamam?

Biggest piece of crap ever. Please tell me how many matches has Sehwag won for his country. Not as many as Jayawardene and Inzamam, thats for sure.

I have heard this somewhere

btw, In someway I agree with you this system is not that good.

 

[Leggie]

Sehwag is a matchwinner. Notice all the times when he gets off to a flyer, India normally win them.

 

[TruSachFan]

You're telling me that Sehwag is above Jayawardene and Inzamam?

Biggest piece of crap ever. Please tell me how many matches has Sehwag won for his country. Not as many as Jayawardene and Inzamam, thats for sure.

Nope the biggest piece of crap even is u claiming that inzamam is better than sachin,lara, ponting and etc is bcz he averages more than them in won matches.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Sehwag is a matchwinner. Notice all the times when he gets off to a flyer, India normally win them.

Afridi is a 'match winner', but that doesn't make him better then Inzi.

 

[RoboRocks]

Although he doesn't qualify on you listings. George Headley is one of the great players of all-time since he was able to average 60 in a WI side that had no other batsmen to support him.

 

[sohum]

Nope the biggest piece of crap even is u claiming that inzamam is better than sachin,lara, ponting and etc is bcz he averages more than them in won matches.

Just a friendly warning that this thread should not become Inzy-Sachin version 2.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Although he doesn't qualify on you listings. George Headley is one of the great players of all-time since he was able to average 60 in a WI side that had no other batsmen to support him.

Headley only played 20 odd Tests though.

Gilchrist averaged 60 after about 40 Tests but finished with an average of 47 after 90 odd Tests.

 

[King Pietersen]

Graeme Pollock would have been right near the top of that list if South Africa had been able to play more Tests in his era. Many people regard him as the greatest batsman of his generation, and possibly the greatest Left Hander of all time. In the 23 tests he did play, he averaged 60.97 with 7 hundreds. His tests weren't against poor sides either, the only 3 teams he played were Australia, England and New Zealand. He averaged almost 70 against Australia. Definitely one of the unluckiest players of all time, but still in my eyes, one of the greats.