ICC 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.[1]
The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987.[2] 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.[3]
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.
Current rankings
Test rankingsTop 10 Test Batsmen
Top 10 Test Bowlers
Top 10 Test All-rounders
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One day rankingsTop 10 ODI Batsmen
Top 10 ODI Bowlers
Top 10 ODI All-rounders
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T20I rankingsTop 10 T20I Batsmen
Top 10 T20I Bowlers
Top 10 T20I All-rounders
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Historical rankings
Historical Test Cricket rankings
Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket
Batsmen and Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more
Historical One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in ODI Cricket
Date | Top Batsman | Country | Top Bowler | Country |
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2017 | Virat Kohli | Hasan Ali | ||
2016 | AB de Villiers | Trent Boult | ||
2015 | AB de Villiers | Mitchell Starc | ||
2014 | AB de Villiers | Sunil Narine | ||
2013 | AB de Villiers | Saeed Ajmal | ||
2012 | Hashim Amla | Saeed Ajmal | ||
2011 | Hashim Amla | Saeed Ajmal | ||
2010 | Hashim Amla | Daniel Vettori | ||
2009 | M.S.Dhoni | Daniel Vettori | ||
2008 | M.S.Dhoni | Nathan Bracken | ||
2007 | Ricky Ponting | Shaun Pollock | ||
2006 | Michael Hussey | Shaun Pollock | ||
2005 | Ricky Ponting | Glenn McGrath | ||
2004 | Adam Gilchrist | Shaun Pollock | ||
2003 | Sachin Tendulkar | Shaun Pollock | ||
2002 | Michael Bevan | Shaun Pollock | ||
2001 | Michael Bevan | Muttiah Muralitharan | ||
2000 | Michael Bevan | Muttiah Muralitharan | ||
1999 | Michael Bevan | Shaun Pollock | ||
1998 | Sachin Tendulkar | Saqlain Mushtaq | ||
1997 | Brian Lara | Shaun Pollock | ||
1996 | Brian Lara | Curtly Ambrose | ||
1995 | Brian Lara | Paul Reiffel | ||
1994 | Brian Lara | Wasim Akram | ||
1993 | Brian Lara | Wasim Akram | ||
1992 | Dean Jones | Curtly Ambrose | ||
1991 | Dean Jones | Curtly Ambrose | ||
1990 | Dean Jones | Curtly Ambrose | ||
1989 | Dean Jones | Courtney Walsh | ||
1988 | Javed Miandad | Malcolm Marshall | ||
1987 | Vivian Richards | Maninder Singh | ||
1986 | Vivian Richards | Joel Garner | ||
1985 | Vivian Richards | Joel Garner | ||
1984 | Vivian Richards | Joel Garner | ||
1983 | Zaheer Abbas | Richard Hadlee | ||
1982 | Vivian Richards | Dennis Lillee | ||
1981 | Greg Chappell | Dennis Lillee | ||
1980 | Greg Chappell | Dennis Lillee | ||
1979 | Greg Chappell | Andy Roberts | ||
1978 | Greg Chappell | Chris Old | ||
1977 | Greg Chappell | Max Walker | ||
1976 | Dennis Amiss | Bernard Julien | ||
1975 | Keith Fletcher | Max Walker | ||
1974 | Keith Fletcher | Geoff Arnold | ||
1973 | Dennis Amiss | Geoff Arnold | ||
1972 | Keith Stackpole | Geoff Arnold | ||
1971 | John Edrich | Keith Stackpole |
Top 10 Rankings: Batting and Bowling
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Historical T20I Cricket rankings
Year end top ranked players in T20I Cricket
Date | Top Batsman | Country | Top Bowler | Country |
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2017 | Aaron Finch | Imad Wasim | ||
2016 | Virat Kohli | Imran Tahir | ||
2015 | Aaron Finch | Sunil Narine | ||
2014 | Virat Kohli | Samuel Badree | ||
2013 | Alex Hales | Sunil Narine | ||
2012 | Shane Watson | Saeed Ajmal | ||
2011 | Eoin Morgan | Ajantha Mendis | ||
2010 | Kevin Pietersen | Graeme Swann | ||
2009 | Graeme Smith | Shahid Afridi | ||
2008 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Umar Gul | ||
2007 | Andrew Symonds | Umar Gul | ||
2006 | Graeme Smith | Andre Adams | ||
2005 | Ricky Ponting | Brett Lee |
Top 10 T20I rankings: Batting and Bowling
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See also
References
- ↑ "ICC announces MRF Tyres as Global Partner". International Cricket Council. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ↑ Eastaway, Rob. "How the World Cricket Rankings were born".
- ↑ "About ICC Cricket Rankings".
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating - Batting". ICC. Retrieved 23 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating - Bowling". ICC. Retrieved 23 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating - Batting". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating - Bowling". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever T20I Championship Rating - Batting". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ "ICC Best-Ever T20I Championship Rating - Bowling". Retrieved 18 July 2018.