ICC PLAYER RANKINGS

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The 'LG ICC Player Rankings' are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. Until 19 January 2005 they were known as the 'PwC cricket ratings', when LG Electronics took over the sponsorship of the ratings system.
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 biased towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures.
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.

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Test Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket

All time highest Test match rankings

Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more

One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings

Year end number top ranked players in ODI Cricket

All time highest ODI rankings

Top 10 Rankings: Batting

Top 10 Rankings: Bowling

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Test Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 December 2006	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Shane Warne	Australia
31 December 2004	Rahul Dravid	India	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2003	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2001	Brian Lara	West Indies	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2000	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa

All time highest Test match rankings

The following tables list all the player who have achieved a rating of 900 points or more in Test cricket. It should be noted that these are not intended to be lists of the "best" batsmen and bowlers, but rather of those who reached the highest peaks of form. Some of the players maintained a rating close to their personal best for several years, while others dominated their opponents briefly before fading away. The tables are complete to 24 July 2007, and usually several years pass between additions to each list.

Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sir Don Bradman	Australia	961
2	Sir Len Hutton	England	945
3	Sir Jack Hobbs	England	942
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	942
5	Peter May	England	941
6	Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	938
6	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies	938
6	Sir Clyde Walcott	West Indies	938
9	Matthew Hayden	Australia	935
10	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	933
11	Sir Everton Weekes	West Indies	927
11	Graeme Pollock	South Africa	927
13	Dudley Nourse	South Africa	922
13	Doug Walters	Australia	922
15	Neil Harvey	Australia	921
16	Denis Compton	England	917
17	Sunil Gavaskar	India	916
18	George Headley	West Indies	915
19	Ken Barrington	England	914
20	Brian Lara	West Indies	911
21	Kevin Pietersen	England	909
22	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	900

Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sydney Barnes	England	932
2	George Lohmann	England	931
3	Imran Khan	Pakistan	922
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	920
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	914
6	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	912
6	Tony Lock	England	912
8	Ian Botham	England	911
9	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	910
10	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	909
10	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	909
10	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	909
13	Alan Davidson	Australia	908
14	Derek Underwood	England	907
15	Shane Warne	Australia	905
16	Sir Alec Bedser	England	903
17	Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	901
17	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	901
19	Bill Johnston	Australia	900

One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings

Year end number top ranked players in ODI Cricket

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 December 2006	Michael Hussey	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2004	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2003	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2001	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2000	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka

All time highest ODI rankings

The following tables list the top 10 player rankings in the history of ODI cricket.

Top 10 Rankings: Batting

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	935	1985
2	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	931	1983
3	Greg Chappell	Australia	921	1981
4	David Gower	England	919	1983
5	Dean Jones	Australia	918	1991
6	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	910	1987
7	Brian Lara	West Indies	908	1993
8	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	900	1985
8	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	900	1996
10	Allan Lamb	England	897	1985

Top 10 Rankings: Bowling

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Joel Garner	West Indies	940	1985
2	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	923	1983
3	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	920	2006
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	913	2002
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	903	2002
6	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	892	1984
7	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	891	1985
=7	Dennis Lillee	Australia	891	1982
9	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	877	1991
10	Michael Holding	West Indies	875	1985

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