Ranking of test cricketers who have played 100 tests

[MexicanRiver]

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viv Richards
3) Shane Warne
4) Jacques Kallis
5) Muttiah Muralitharan
6) Wasim Akram
7) Glenn McGrath
8) Steve Smith
9) Ian Botham
10) Brian Lara
11) AB De Villiers
12) Shaun Pollock
13) Kumar Sangakkara
14) Ricky Ponting
15) Sunil Gavaskar
16) Geoff Boycott
17) Virat Kohli
18) Joe Root
19) Clive Lloyd
20) Gordon Greenidge
21) Rahul Dravid
22) Allan Border
23) Graham Gooch
24) Kapil Dev
25) Courtney Walsh
26) Ben Stokes
27) Hashim Amla
28) Colin Cowdrey
29) David Gower
30) Kevin Pietersen
31) Steve Waugh
32) James Anderson
33) Javed Miandad
34) Mark Waugh
35) Graham Thorpe
36) Michael Clarke
37) Graeme Smith
38) Anil Kumble
39) VVS Laxman
40) Mathew Hayden
41) Shiv Chanderpaul
42) Ravichandran Ashwin
43) Gary Kirsten
44) David Boon
45) Alec Stewart
46) Desmond Haynes
47) Kane Williamson
48) Mark Taylor
49) Saleem Malik
50) Justin Langer
51) Alastair Cook
52) Cheteshwar Pujara
53) Stuart Broad
54) Virender Sehwag
55) Mahela Jayawardene
56) Chaminda Vaas
57) Nathan Lyon
58) Inzamam Ul Haq
59) Younis Khan
60) Makhaya Ntini
61) Daniel Vettori
62) Harbhajan Singh
63) Tim Southee
64) Michael Atherton
65) Angelo Mathews
66) Ian Healy
67) Stephen Fleming
68) Chris Gayle
69) David Warner
70) Mark Boucher
71) Carl Hopper
72) Sourav Ganguly
73) Ian Bell
74) Jonny Bairstow
75) Brendon Mccullum
76) Andrew Strauss
77) Dilip Vengsarkar
78) Ross Taylor
79) Sanath Jayasuriya
80) Ishant Sharma

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viv Richards
3) Shane Warne
4) Jacques Kallis
5) Muttiah Muralitharan
6) Wasim Akram
7) Glenn McGrath
8) Steve Smith
9) Ian Botham
10) Brian Lara
11) AB De Villiers
12) Shaun Pollock
13) Kumar Sangakkara
14) Ricky Ponting
15) Sunil Gavaskar
16) Geoff Boycott
17) Virat Kohli
18) Joe Root
19) Clive Lloyd
20) Gordon Greenidge
21) Rahul Dravid
22) Allan Border
23) Graham Gooch
24) Kapil Dev
25) Courtney Walsh
26) Ben Stokes
27) Hashim Amla
28) Colin Cowdrey
29) David Gower
30) Kevin Pietersen
31) Steve Waugh
32) James Anderson
33) Javed Miandad
34) Mark Waugh
35) Graham Thorpe
36) Michael Clarke
37) Graeme Smith
38) Anil Kumble
39) VVS Laxman
40) Mathew Hayden
41) Shiv Chanderpaul
42) Ravichandran Ashwin
43) Gary Kirsten
44) David Boon
45) Alec Stewart
46) Desmond Haynes
47) Kane Williamson
48) Mark Taylor
49) Saleem Malik
50) Justin Langer
51) Alastair Cook
52) Cheteshwar Pujara
53) Stuart Broad
54) Virender Sehwag
55) Mahela Jayawardene
56) Chaminda Vaas
57) Nathan Lyon
58) Inzamam Ul Haq
59) Younis Khan
60) Makhaya Ntini
61) Daniel Vettori
62) Harbhajan Singh
63) Tim Southee
64) Michael Atherton
65) Angelo Mathews
66) Ian Healy
67) Stephen Fleming
68) Chris Gayle
69) David Warner
70) Mark Boucher
71) Carl Hopper
72) Sourav Ganguly
73) Ian Bell
74) Jonny Bairstow
75) Brendon Mccullum
76) Andrew Strauss
77) Dilip Vengsarkar
78) Ross Taylor
79) Sanath Jayasuriya
80) Ishant Sharma

What's your reasoning for putting Bairstow above Strauss ?

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

I’ll do the top 20:

Sachin Tendulkar
Glenn McGrath
Viv Richards
Steve Smith
Brian Lara
Shane Warne
Muthiah Muralidharan
Sunil Gavaskar
Wasim Akram
Jacques Kallis
Shaun Pollock
Allan Border
Ricky Ponting
Ian Botham
Steve Waugh
Courtney Walsh
Kumar Sangakkara
Rahul Dravid
Joe Root
Virat Kohli

 

[MexicanRiver]

What's your reasoning for putting Bairstow above Strauss ?

Keeping, each placing isn't important, general placing is.

 

[shortpitched713]

Why 100 tests, by chance?

80 tests gets in Imran and Sobers (which honestly should be good enough for what is essentially a modern players focused list).

50 tests gets in Bradman of course, but could also shift the focus of the list overall.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Why 100 tests, by chance?

80 tests gets in Imran and Sobers (which honestly should be good enough for what is essentially a modern players focused list).

50 tests gets in Bradman of course, but could also shift the focus of the list overall.

I’d be fine with around 75-76 tests so i can list Martin Crowe higher than the most of the frauds on the list

 

[Brook's side]

I think we should make it 7 tests.

 

[MexicanRiver]

Why 100 tests, by chance?

80 tests gets in Imran and Sobers (which honestly should be good enough for what is essentially a modern players focused list).

50 tests gets in Bradman of course, but could also shift the focus of the list overall.

Just wanted to rank players with 100 tests, nothing much.

 

[sayon basak]

I think we should make it 7 tests.

Yeah Tich Freeman still doesn't get in. 5 tests in enough

 

[sayon basak]

Just wanted to rank players with 100 tests, nothing much.

Why 100? Why not 97? (97 is a prime number)

 

[sayon basak]

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viv Richards
3) Shane Warne
4) Jacques Kallis
5) Muttiah Muralitharan
6) Wasim Akram
7) Glenn McGrath
8) Steve Smith
9) Ian Botham
10) Brian Lara
11) AB De Villiers
12) Shaun Pollock
13) Kumar Sangakkara
14) Ricky Ponting
15) Sunil Gavaskar
16) Geoff Boycott
17) Virat Kohli
18) Joe Root
19) Clive Lloyd
20) Gordon Greenidge
21) Rahul Dravid
22) Allan Border
23) Graham Gooch
24) Kapil Dev
25) Courtney Walsh
26) Ben Stokes
27) Hashim Amla
28) Colin Cowdrey
29) David Gower
30) Kevin Pietersen
31) Steve Waugh
32) James Anderson
33) Javed Miandad
34) Mark Waugh
35) Graham Thorpe
36) Michael Clarke
37) Graeme Smith
38) Anil Kumble
39) VVS Laxman
40) Mathew Hayden
41) Shiv Chanderpaul
42) Ravichandran Ashwin
43) Gary Kirsten
44) David Boon
45) Alec Stewart
46) Desmond Haynes
47) Kane Williamson
48) Mark Taylor
49) Saleem Malik
50) Justin Langer
51) Alastair Cook
52) Cheteshwar Pujara
53) Stuart Broad
54) Virender Sehwag
55) Mahela Jayawardene
56) Chaminda Vaas
57) Nathan Lyon
58) Inzamam Ul Haq
59) Younis Khan
60) Makhaya Ntini
61) Daniel Vettori
62) Harbhajan Singh
63) Tim Southee
64) Michael Atherton
65) Angelo Mathews
66) Ian Healy
67) Stephen Fleming
68) Chris Gayle
69) David Warner
70) Mark Boucher
71) Carl Hopper
72) Sourav Ganguly
73) Ian Bell
74) Jonny Bairstow
75) Brendon Mccullum
76) Andrew Strauss
77) Dilip Vengsarkar
78) Ross Taylor
79) Sanath Jayasuriya
80) Ishant Sharma

Make a list of greatest cricketers of all time without any criteria next

 

[Brook's side]

Personally, whilst I might not agree on the OPs order, I (genuinely) think the original post is a good idea*.

I don't really understand why someone would be so perplexed as to why 100 was chosen.


*also great to see a list buddy on here

 

[sayon basak]

I don't really understand why someone would be so perplexed as to why 100 was chosen.

100 isn't a prime number

 

[shortpitched713]

Personally, whilst I might not agree on the OPs order, I (genuinely) think the original post is a good idea*.

I don't really understand why someone would be so perplexed as to why 100 was chosen.


*also great to see a list buddy on here

I mean, the list becomes more focused around more "Test spammy" countries like England's players, as a likely unintended consequence. Also, will exclude a lot of really good fast bowlers, who struggle from attrition. 80+ Tests represents a pretty full career for any type of player batsman to fast bowler, from any country, in the modernish era.

Obviously, it is what it is, and 100 is round enough of a number to use for 10 fingered animals.

 

[capt_Luffy]

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Steve Smith
4. Jacques Kallis
5. Brian Lara
6. Mutthiah Muralitharan
7. Shane Warne
8. Viv Richards
9. Sunil Gavaskar
10. Wasim Akram
11. Kumar Sangakkara
12. Allan Border
13. Steve Waugh
14. Shaun Pollock
15. Ian Botham
16. Ravichandran Ashwin
17. Ricky Ponting
18. Rahul Dravid
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Javed Miandad
21. Kapil Dev
22. A B de Villiers
23. James Anderson
24. Anil Kumble
25. Joe Root
26. Virat Kohli
27. Younis Khan
28. Kane Williamson
29. Geoff Boycott
30. Graeme Smith
31. Clive Lloyd
32. Gordon Greenidge
33. Nathan Lyon
34. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
35. Hashim Amla
36. Stuart Broad
37. Matthew Hayden
38. Virendra Sehwag
39. Inzamam-ul-Haq
40. Alastair Cook
41. Graham Gooch
42. V V S Laxman
43. Michael Clarke
44. Kevin Pietersen
45. Colin Cowdrey
46. Ben Stokes
47. Ian Healy
48. Mahela Jayawardene
49. David Gower
50. Gary Kirsten
51. Cheteshwar Pujara
52. Ross Taylor
53. Graham Thorpe
54. Alec Stewart
55. Mark Taylor
56. David Boon
57. Chamunda Vaas
58. Mark Waugh
59. Justin Langer
60. Daniel Vettori
61. Brendon McCullum
62. Saleem Malik
63. Tim Southee
64. Makhaya Ntini
65. Dilip Vengsarkar
66. Chris Gayle
67. Angelo Mathews
68. Sourav Ganguly
69. Mark Boucher
70. Mike Atherton
71. Desmond Haynes
72. David Warner
73. Stephen Fleming
74. Harbhajan Singh
75. Ian Bell
76. Andrew Strauss
77. Carl Hooper
78. Sanath Jayasuriya
79. Jonny Bairstow
80. Ishant Sharma

 

[capt_Luffy]

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Viv Richards
3) Shane Warne
4) Jacques Kallis
5) Muttiah Muralitharan
6) Wasim Akram
7) Glenn McGrath
8) Steve Smith
9) Ian Botham
10) Brian Lara
11) AB De Villiers
12) Shaun Pollock
13) Kumar Sangakkara
14) Ricky Ponting
15) Sunil Gavaskar
16) Geoff Boycott
17) Virat Kohli
18) Joe Root
19) Clive Lloyd
20) Gordon Greenidge
21) Rahul Dravid
22) Allan Border
23) Graham Gooch
24) Kapil Dev
25) Courtney Walsh
26) Ben Stokes
27) Hashim Amla
28) Colin Cowdrey
29) David Gower
30) Kevin Pietersen
31) Steve Waugh
32) James Anderson
33) Javed Miandad
34) Mark Waugh
35) Graham Thorpe
36) Michael Clarke
37) Graeme Smith
38) Anil Kumble
39) VVS Laxman
40) Mathew Hayden
41) Shiv Chanderpaul
42) Ravichandran Ashwin
43) Gary Kirsten
44) David Boon
45) Alec Stewart
46) Desmond Haynes
47) Kane Williamson
48) Mark Taylor
49) Saleem Malik
50) Justin Langer
51) Alastair Cook
52) Cheteshwar Pujara
53) Stuart Broad
54) Virender Sehwag
55) Mahela Jayawardene
56) Chaminda Vaas
57) Nathan Lyon
58) Inzamam Ul Haq
59) Younis Khan
60) Makhaya Ntini
61) Daniel Vettori
62) Harbhajan Singh
63) Tim Southee
64) Michael Atherton
65) Angelo Mathews
66) Ian Healy
67) Stephen Fleming
68) Chris Gayle
69) David Warner
70) Mark Boucher
71) Carl Hopper
72) Sourav Ganguly
73) Ian Bell
74) Jonny Bairstow
75) Brendon Mccullum
76) Andrew Strauss
77) Dilip Vengsarkar
78) Ross Taylor
79) Sanath Jayasuriya
80) Ishant Sharma

Ross Taylor is stupidly low imo.

 

[sayon basak]

Ross Taylor is stupidly low imo.

Yeah averages 319 against Zimbabwe

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Steve Smith
4. Jacques Kallis
5. Brian Lara
6. Mutthiah Muralitharan
7. Shane Warne
8. Viv Richards
9. Sunil Gavaskar
10. Wasim Akram
11. Kumar Sangakkara
12. Allan Border
13. Steve Waugh
14. Shaun Pollock
15. Ian Botham
16. Ravichandran Ashwin
17. Ricky Ponting
18. Rahul Dravid
19. Courtney Walsh
20. Javed Miandad
21. Kapil Dev
22. A B de Villiers
23. James Anderson
24. Anil Kumble
25. Joe Root
26. Virat Kohli
27. Younis Khan
28. Kane Williamson
29. Geoff Boycott
30. Graeme Smith
31. Clive Lloyd
32. Gordon Greenidge
33. Nathan Lyon
34. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
35. Hashim Amla
36. Stuart Broad
37. Matthew Hayden
38. Virendra Sehwag
39. Inzamam-ul-Haq
40. Alastair Cook
41. Graham Gooch
42. V V S Laxman
43. Michael Clarke
44. Kevin Pietersen
45. Colin Cowdrey
46. Ben Stokes
47. Ian Healy
48. Mahela Jayawardene
49. David Gower
50. Gary Kirsten
51. Cheteshwar Pujara
52. Ross Taylor
53. Graham Thorpe
54. Alec Stewart
55. Mark Taylor
56. David Boon
57. Chamunda Vaas
58. Mark Waugh
59. Justin Langer
60. Daniel Vettori
61. Brendon McCullum
62. Saleem Malik
63. Tim Southee
64. Makhaya Ntini
65. Dilip Vengsarkar
66. Chris Gayle
67. Angelo Mathews
68. Sourav Ganguly
69. Mark Boucher
70. Mike Atherton
71. Desmond Haynes
72. David Warner
73. Stephen Fleming
74. Harbhajan Singh
75. Ian Bell
76. Andrew Strauss
77. Carl Hooper
78. Sanath Jayasuriya
79. Jonny Bairstow
80. Ishant Sharma

Mostly agreed, except Kallis.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Mostly agreed, except Kallis.

Not sure exactly where he belongs myself.

 

[Coronis]

Kallis is easily the greatest cricketer to play 100 tests.