Combining ODI and Test records, who are the 5 greatest cricketers ever?

[DrWolverine]

ODIs have changed so much that it’s very tough to compare players across generations

 

[subshakerz]

ODIs have changed so much that it’s very tough to compare players across generations

I think we need to factor in how they succeeded respective to their generation.

 

[DrWolverine]

To an extent

 

[sayon basak]

Given around equal weightage (55-45 for Tests, the lowest I can go):

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Viv Richards
3. Glenn McGrath
4. Mutthiah Muralitharan
5. Wasim Akram
6. Richard Hadlee
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Joel Garner
9. Adam Gilchrist
10. Imran Khan
11. Brian Lara
12. Allan Donald
13. Curtly Ambrose
14. Ricky Ponting
15. Kapil Dev
16. Waqar Younis
17. Shane Warne
18. A B de Villiers
19. Virat Kohli
20. Jasprit Bumrah
21. Kumar Sangakkara
22. Dennis Lillee
23. Michael Holding
24. Malcolm Marshall
25. Greg Chappell
26. Shakib Al Hasan
27. Javed Miandad
28. Jacques Kallis
29. Gordon Greenidge
30. Steve Smith
31. Dale Steyn
32. M S Dhoni
33. Andy Roberts
34. Saqlain Mushtaq
35. Courtney Walsh
36. Andrew Flintoff
37. Zaheer Abbas
38. Mitchell Starc
39. Dean Jones
40. Hashim Amla
41. Mitchell Johnson
42. Joe Root
43. Aravinda de Silva
44. Mohmmad Shami
45. Kane Williamson
46. Trent Boult
47. Anil Kumble
48. Kagiso Rabada
49. Ross Taylor
50. Matthew Hayden
51. Virendra Sehwag

Now do a list giving test, ODI, T20i weightage of 60-25-15 respectively.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Now do a list giving test, ODI, T20i weightage of 60-25-15 respectively.

Top 10 (going with minimum 20 matches in each):

1. Dale Steyn
2. Steve Smith
3. Virat Kohli
4. AB de Villiers
5. Jasprit Bumrah
6. Joe Root
7. Shakib Al Hasan
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Ravindra Jadeja
10. Hashim Amla

 

[sayon basak]

Top 10 (going with minimum 20 matches in each):

1. Dale Steyn
2. Steve Smith
3. Virat Kohli
4. AB de Villiers
5. Jasprit Bumrah
6. Joe Root
7. Shakib Al Hasan
8. Hashim Amla
9. Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Ravindra Jadeja

Wow Shakib in top 7.

Guess you are a good human being after all

 

[capt_Luffy]

Wow Shakib in top 7.

Guess you are a good human being after all

Let you on a little secret, any player I pick in a draft I semi consciously starts to rate higher.

 

[sayon basak]

Let you on a little secret, any player I pick in a draft I semi consciously starts to rate higher.

Rightfully so this time, stick to it.
(Is it the same with Amla?)

 

[capt_Luffy]

Rightfully so this time, stick to it.
(Is it the same with Amla?)

Once I do, I generally continue to do so. And no, Amla isn't in my team.

Edit: Actually, he never was. Down you go!

 

[sayon basak]

Once I do, I generally continue to do so. And no, Amla isn't in my team.

Edit: Actually, he never was. Down you go!

Guess I'm gonna do this from now on.