The greatest men's international cricketers of the century

[cricspirit]

6 hours ago, deathmonger said:

Younis great in tests but poor in white ball. Dravid is already there and Younis is slightly inferior in tests and vastly in white ball so he is not making it.

 

Jadeja is a test great but relatively mediocre in white ball.

 

Others are very good in both formats but not great.

 

Don't think anyone is surpassing these 10 in all format excellence:

 

Sanga, Murali, Kohli, Sachin, Ponting, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kallis, ABDV, Steyn

 

 

Most of them are Tests and ODI except Kohli and ABDV.

 

Others were pre real T-20 era.

 

Not doubting their position in Top 10 or Top 25.

 

Jadeja should have made it to top 25 irrespective of his white ball exploits.. Can point to many who have lower achievements in T20 or ODI and still on the list. 7000 plus international runs and 600 plus wickets.. Numerous fielding exploits.. Serious hand in Indian test wins along with Ashwin. Ashwin also should be much higher than 25. Do not rate Mahela, Dhoni, Gayle, Pieterson etc higher than Ash. Spinners are under rated in general unless you are Aussie shane warne. Jadeja and Ashwin are both under-rated. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[deathmonger]

1 hour ago, cricspirit said:

 

Most of them are Tests and ODI except Kohli and ABDV.

 

Others were pre real T-20 era.

 

Not doubting their position in Top 10 or Top 25.

 

Jadeja should have made it to top 25 irrespective of his white ball exploits.. Can point to many who have lower achievements in T20 or ODI and still on the list. 7000 plus international runs and 600 plus wickets.. Numerous fielding exploits.. Serious hand in Indian test wins along with Ashwin. Ashwin also should be much higher than 25. Do not rate Mahela, Dhoni, Gayle, Pieterson etc higher than Ash. Spinners are under rated in general unless you are Aussie shane warne. Jadeja and Ashwin are both under-rated. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gayle also T20. Bumrah T20.

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Rohit & Kohli have to be in Top 10 if it is all formats list:

 

Rohit part of 2 T20 WC wins & 2 ODI CT wins, 2 as Captain. 12 test 100’s all in wins. 50 international 100’s.

 

Kohli part of 1 ODI WC win, 1 T20 WC win & 2 ODI CT wins, India’s best Test Captain. 85 international 100’s.

[cricspirit]

Steve Smith is no.10

 

9 positions remain.

 

Honestly I was thinking people will rank Smith higher.

[sage]

1 hour ago, cricspirit said:

Steve Smith is no.10

 

9 positions remain.

 

Honestly I was thinking people will rank Smith higher.

Is this done by voting?

[deathmonger]

3 hours ago, cricspirit said:

Steve Smith is no.10

 

9 positions remain.

 

Honestly I was thinking people will rank Smith higher.

White ball also

[deathmonger]

10 hours ago, Prabhdeep Singh said:

Rohit & Kohli have to be in Top 10 if it is all formats list:

 

Rohit part of 2 T20 WC wins & 2 ODI CT wins, 2 as Captain. 12 test 100’s all in wins. 50 international 100’s.

 

Kohli part of 1 ODI WC win, 1 T20 WC win & 2 ODI CT wins, India’s best Test Captain. 85 international 100’s.

Kohli will make it.

 

Rohit don't know. While a white ball ATG red ball is more modest (if still decent).

[Tillu]

11 hours ago, Prabhdeep Singh said:

Rohit & Kohli have to be in Top 10 if it is all formats list:

 

Rohit part of 2 T20 WC wins & 2 ODI CT wins, 2 as Captain. 12 test 100’s all in wins. 50 international 100’s.

 

Kohli part of 1 ODI WC win, 1 T20 WC win & 2 ODI CT wins, India’s best Test Captain. 85 international 100’s.

 

Rohit is good only in ODIs and has a middling career in Tests and T20is. He will not make it to these lists.

[goose]

combining formats is wrong. dravid should be top ten

[cricspirit]

6 hours ago, sage said:

Is this done by voting?

 A selected panel votes on Top 25. They first created short list based on stats.

 

[cricspirit]

Probably  the last 9.

 

Sangakara

Murali

Steyn

ponting

Tendulkar

Joe Root

ABDV

Kallis

Kohli

 

Cook, Jadeja, Amla, Graeme Smith, Warner, Younis Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Jayasurya, Lyon etc miss out.

 

 

[Vilander]

On 5/23/2026 at 8:37 AM, cricspirit said:

Probably  the last 9.

 

Sangakara

Murali

Steyn

ponting

Tendulkar

Joe Root

ABDV

Kallis

Kohli

 

Cook, Jadeja, Amla, Graeme Smith, Warner, Younis Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Jayasurya, Lyon etc miss out.

 

 

Root is 9. So who are the 8. 

 

Sachin kohli Kallis Ponting steyn sanga abdv murali .. what abt warne. So no murali ?

Edited May 24 by Vilander

[Vilander]

There are 9 remaining they have 8 spots.none of the 9 are below Ashwin.  

[Vilander]

On 5/23/2026 at 8:37 AM, cricspirit said:

Probably  the last 9.

 

Sangakara

Murali

Steyn

ponting

Tendulkar

Joe Root

ABDV

Kallis

Kohli

 

Cook, Jadeja, Amla, Graeme Smith, Warner, Younis Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Jayasurya, Lyon etc miss out.

 

 

No single format great..

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, Vilander said:

There are 9 remaining they have 8 spots.none of the 9 are below Ashwin.  

Ashwin was 25. 

 

25-11 is in OP. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

Root above Smith doesn't seem right to me. 

 

I detest Steve Smith the person. He is a serial-cheating scumbag. But there is no denying his dominance and clutchiness as a player.    

[Vilander]

19 hours ago, Gollum said:

Ashwin was 25. 

 

25-11 is in OP. 

Yes. That's why I feel there are 9 ( 8 now after root ) are remaining.

[Lord]

How are Ashwin and Jadeja below Stokes and Williamson?

 

Shami deserves  a shout too

[Lord]

how is Stuart Broad an all format great if thats the criteria?

[goose]

this is survey is a load of bollox.