Top Ten ODI cricketers of All Time

[bagapath]

My list

1. Viv Richards
2. Wasim Akram
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. M.S. Dhoni
6. AB De Villiers
7. Virat Kohli
8. Sanath Jayasuriya
9. Joel Garner
10. Michael Bevan

Gosh! That was tough. Am still unhappy that at least five names could not be squeezed in

 

[Zinzan]

My list

1. Viv Richards
2. Wasim Akram
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. M.S. Dhoni
6. AB De Villiers
7. Virat Kohli
8. Sanath Jayasuriya
9. Joel Garner
10. Michael Bevan

Gosh! That was tough. Am still unhappy that at least five names could not be squeezed in

Little batter heavy don't you think?

 

[Zinzan]

Mine in no order,

Viv Richards \
AB de Villers \
Virat Kohli \
M.S. Dhoni \ +
Adam Gilchrist \+
Joel Garner o
Muttiah Muralitharan o
Wasim Akram o
Andrew Flintoff \ o
Glenn McGrath o

Unlucky, Hadlee, S Pollock, Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Bevan, Kluesner, Symonds, Kapil Dev, Bond, Vaas

 

[aussie tragic]

My list

1. Viv Richards
2. Wasim Akram
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. M.S. Dhoni
6. AB De Villiers
7. Virat Kohli
8. Sanath Jayasuriya
9. Joel Garner
10. Michael Bevan

Gosh! That was tough. Am still unhappy that at least five names could not be squeezed in

Surely Dean Jones can fit in somewhere, maybe for Jayasuriya?

 

[ankitj]

Many batsmen to add from last 10 years but no bowlers. Not sure what it means for bat and ball balance in our times.

Anyway my list:

1. Viv Richards
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Wasim Akram
5. MS Dhoni
6. Michael Bevan
7. Glenn McGrath
8. Virat Kohli
9. AB de Villiers
10. Joel Garner

My relative ranking may vary depending on the day but I don't think I will swap any of them out for anyone for next 2-3 years at least.

 

[bagapath]

Little batter heavy don't you think?

unfortunately, yeah

but I wanted to list out the most impactful ODI cricketers, not necessarily build a team. if you write down ten batters or ten bowlers as your top ten i am fine with it too.

 

[ankitj]

Many batsmen to add from last 10 years but no bowlers. Not sure what it means for bat and ball balance in our times.

Anyway my list:

1. Viv Richards
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Wasim Akram
5. MS Dhoni
6. Michael Bevan
7. Glenn McGrath
8. Virat Kohli
9. AB de Villiers
10. Joel Garner

My relative ranking may vary depending on the day but I don't think I will swap any of them out for anyone for next 2-3 years at least.

^ Add Watson or Jayasuriya to open and that will be my ATG XI. I used to find place for Dean Jones and Zaheer Abbas in that XI but won't be possible with AB and Kohli now.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Viv
Sehwag
Inzamam
Tendulkar
Dev
Afridi
Gardner
Hadlee
Inram Khan
Akram

 

[Zinzan]

Viv
Sehwag
Inzamam
Tendulkar
Dev
Afridi
Gardner
Hadlee
Inram Khan
Akram

Were those 3 really ATG ODI players?

 

[randycricfreak]

Good names.

I'd however pick Pidgeon over Bevan,it's a close call between the two.

Jayaasuriya had a better impact in LOI cricket than any other.

I don't see Punter here,maybe Punter over AB.Punter was a very influential player in 50 overs cricket

 

[Zinzan]

I don't see Punter here,maybe Punter over AB.Punter was a very influential player in 50 overs cricket

Punter over Allan Border, but not the real AB.

 

[randycricfreak]

Many batsmen to add from last 10 years but no bowlers. Not sure what it means for bat and ball balance in our times.

Anyway my list:

1. Viv Richards
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Wasim Akram
5. MS Dhoni
6. Michael Bevan
7. Glenn McGrath
8. Virat Kohli
9. AB de Villiers
10. Joel Garner

My relative ranking may vary depending on the day but I don't think I will swap any of them out for anyone for next 2-3 years at least.

So no Jayasuriya?

For sure you are going by stats.

Jayasuriya easily fits in to the top 5 ODI players of all time.

I won't have Murali over there.

Punter was a very influential ODI player

 

[randycricfreak]

1.Viv Richards
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Sanath Jayasinghe
4.Ricky Ponting
5.Glenn McGrath
6.Wasim Akram
7.M.Bevan
8.MSD
9.Gilly
10.Garner

 

[S.Kennedy]

Were those 3 really ATG ODI players?

I rate them very highly as one dayer players. Both Sehwag and Afridi for instance have the 4th and 5th most runs in that format respectively however with a higher strike rate than the top three.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

It's interesting with the vast differences in rules that each of the eras have faced, that Viv's stats still stack up so highly 30 years later.
Fielding at its highest level is such a massive part of international cricket that guys like Mark Waugh, Ponting and Symonds should go close to the top ten.

 

[Zinzan]

So no Jayasuriya?

For sure you are going by stats.

Jayasuriya easily fits in to the top 5 ODI players of all time.

I won't have Murali over there.

Punter was a very influential ODI player

Jayasuriya was great, and a revolutionary type ODI player, but nowhere near the top 5 for me.

There's no way he 's ahead of, AB de Villiers, Kohli, Viv, Garner, & Wasim to name a few/

 

[NZTailender]

Jayasuriya was great, and a revolutionary type ODI player, but nowhere near the top 5 for me.

There's no way he 's ahead of, AB de Villiers, Kohli, Viv, Garner, & Wasim to name a few/

AB, Kohli and Viv don't have 323 ODI wickets though. In fact, neither does Joel Garner.

Top 10 ODI batsmen? Prboably not, but he was a package player. Explosive opener, tight and effective spinner at times, and electric fielder. As far as players go, not batsman, bowler, etc. he'd be top ten for mine.

 

[Zinzan]

AB, Kohli and Viv don't have 323 ODI wickets though. In fact, neither does Joel Garner.

Top 10 ODI batsmen? Prboably not, but he was a package player. Explosive opener, tight and effective spinner at times, and electric fielder. As far as players go, not batsman, bowler, etc. he'd be top ten for mine.

Maybe he would force his way into my top 10 thinking about it, his bowling was more than handy as the Indian's of 1996 will testify to. But nowhere near the top 5 for mine.

 

[honestbharani]

Viv
Sachin
MSD
Bevan
Virat
AB
Wasim
Murali
Garner
Warne

 

[honestbharani]

And my ATG ODI XI...



Sachin
Sanath
Viv
Virat
AB
MSD (wk)
Flintoff
Wasim
Warne
Garner
Murali