ICC Men's Player Rankings

The LG ICC Player Rankings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. Until 19 January 2005 they were known as the PwC cricket ratings, when LG Electronics took over the sponsorship of the ratings system.

The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987. The intention was to produce a better indication of players' current standing in the sport than is provided by comparing their averages. Career averages are based on a player's entire career and do not make any allowance for match conditions or the strength of the opposition, whereas the ratings are biased towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures.

Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate One Day International rankings were introduced in 1998. Both sets of rankings have now been calculated back to the start of those forms of the game.

Test Cricket Rankings

Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 january 2008	[[]]	Sri lankan	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2006	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Shane Warne	Australia
31 December 2007	Ahmed Sharif Abdulla	India	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2003	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2001	Brian Lara	West Indies	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2000	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa

All time highest Test match rankings

The following tables list all the player who have achieved a rating of 900 points or more in Test cricket. It should be noted that these are not intended to be lists of the "best" batsmen and bowlers, but rather of those who reached the highest peaks of form. Some of the players maintained a rating close to their personal best for several years, while others dominated their opponents briefly before fading away. The tables are complete to 26 January 2008, and usually several years pass between additions to each list.

Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sir Don Bradman	Australia	961
2	Sir Len Hutton	England	945
3	Sir Jack Hobbs	England	942
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	942
5	Peter May	England	941
6	Sir Vivian Richards	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	938
6	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	938
6	Sir Garry Sobers	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	938
6	Sir Clyde Walcott	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	938
10	Matthew Hayden	Australia	935
10	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	935
12	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	933
13	Sir Everton Weekes	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	927
13	Graeme Pollock	South Africa	927
15	Dudley Nourse	South Africa	922
15	Doug Walters	Australia	922
17	Neil Harvey	Australia	921
18	Denis Compton	England	917
19	Sunil Gavaskar	India	916
20	George Headley	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	915
21	Ken Barrington	England	914
22	Mike Hussey	Australia	912
23	Brian Lara	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	911
24	Kevin Pietersen	England	909

Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sydney Barnes	England	932
2	George Lohmann	England	931
3	Imran Khan	Pakistan	922
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	920
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	914
6	Curtly Ambrose	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	912
6	Tony Lock	England	912
8	Sir Ian Botham	England	911
9	Malcolm Marshall	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	910
10	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	909
10	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	909
10	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	909
13	Alan Davidson	Australia	908
14	Derek Underwood	England	907
15	Shane Warne	Australia	905
16	Sir Alec Bedser	England	903
17	Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	901
17	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	901
19	Bill Johnston	Australia	900

One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings

Year end number top ranked players in ODI Cricket

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 December 2007	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2006	Michael Hussey	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2004	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2003	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2001	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2000	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka

All time highest ODI rankings

The following tables list the top 10 player rankings in the history of ODI cricket. The tables are complete to 5 January 2008.

Top 10 Rankings: Batting

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Sir Vivian Richards	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	935	1985
2	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	931	1983
3	Greg Chappell	Australia	921	1981
4	David Gower	England	919	1983
5	Dean Jones	Australia	918	1991
6	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	910	1987
7	Brian Lara	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	908	1993
8	Desmond Haynes	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	900	1985
8	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	900	1996
10	Allan Lamb	England	897	1985

Top 10 Rankings: Bowling

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Joel Garner	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	940	1985
2	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	923	1983
3	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	920	2006
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	913	2002
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	903	2002
6	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	892	1984
7	Malcolm Marshall	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	891	1985
=7	Dennis Lillee	Australia	891	1982
9	Curtly Ambrose	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	877	1991
10	Michael Holding	File:West Indies Cricket Board Flag.svg West Indies	875	1985

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