Who is the best since Bradman?

[kyear2]

my top 15 ignoring active players

1. Donald Bradman

2. Jack Hobbs
3. Sachin Tendulkar/Viv Richards
4. Sachin Tendulkar/Viv Richards
5. Garfield Sobers
6. Len Hutton
7. Brian Lara
8. Wally Hammond
9. George Headley
10. Sunil Gavaskar
11. Herbert Sutcliffe
12. Greg Chappel
13. Ricky Ponting/Jack Kallis
14. Ricky Ponting/Jack Kallis
15. Graeme Pollock

Mine not too different

Bradman
Hobbs
Tendulkar
Viv
Sobers
Smith
Lara
Hutton
Barry
Hammond
Gavaskar
Chappell
Ponting
Kallis
Headley

 

[kyear2]

Gavaskar way too low, especially behind Hammond and Headley

Gavaskar getting a lot of retroactive love of late.

No issue with Hammond being above him. Hammond was one player away from being the best in the world from '28 till '39. Gavaskar was never in the situation.

 

[kyear2]

you all know what? Hutton is in the BAB discussion

He is, just the back end of it for me. You have to be able to dominate when the opportunity arises.

From all I read, he never did.

 

[kyear2]

You have to draw the line somewhere. CW consensus as I understand it is to count all players who played tests after World War I, but it's certainly fair to move that line back 10–15 years or forward 10 years IMO.

You have to draw the line somewhere. I definitely prefer after WWI for sure, but I prefer from the mid 30's.

Everyone has their own starting point though.

 

[subshakerz]

You have to draw the line somewhere. I definitely prefer after WWI for sure, but I prefer from the mid 30's.

Everyone has their own starting point though.

The starting point should be when we can see videos of them actually playing