A team of students at IIM Raipur have designed an innovative cricket ranking system by applying the concepts of quantitative techniques and data analysis taught to them. The ranking system is different in approach as it takes into account the whole career of players and their consistent performance throughout their careers.This is different from all time ICC rankings where players are rated according to excellent performances during one of the periods of their careers.The batsmen ranking takes in account various parameters like averages, strike rates, consistency and number of runs made against various teams. The bowlers ranking takes in accounts the averages, consistency, economy rates and number of wickets taken against various teams. In both the rankings, averages play a crucial role though they are mixed with various other parameters to arrive at the final rankings. Currently an all time ranking has been developed for test batsmen, ODI batsmen, test bowlers and ODI bowlers taking the statistical data as on 20th October 2011. The source for statistical data is cricinfo website. All the players have been assigned rating points through which difference between players at consecutive ranks can be determined. These rating points are fixed for players who have retired though they will keep on changing for the players who are still playing and hence their ranks will also keep on changing with time. The qualifying criteria for various ratings have been defined taking into account top 150 batsmen according to runs and top 150 bowlers according to wickets taken. They are as follows:-
Top 10 Batsmen (Test matches)
Top 10 Bowlers (Test matches)
Top 10 bowlers (ODI)
Test Batsmen – minimum 3202 runs.
ODI Batsmen – minimum 2204 runs.
Test Bowlers – minimum 101 wickets.
ODI Bowlers – minimum 76 wickets.
The students are also planning to come up with a current ranking system which will be based on the current performance (in last 2-3 years) of the players.
Here are the rankings
The top 10 Batsmen and Bowlers in ODI and Test Format for all time have been displayed below and you can also view complete rankings of the top 150 players in every segment.
Top 10 Batsmen (Test matches)
Rank | Span | Matches | Runs | Rating Points | ||
1 | DG Bradman (Aus) | 1928-1948 | 52 | 6996 | 99.94 | 1099 |
2 | SR Tendulkar (India) | 1989-2011 | 181 | 14965 | 56.25 | 764 |
3 | JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2011 | 145 | 11947 | 57.43 | 734 |
4 | RT Ponting (Aus) | 1995-2011 | 154 | 12487 | 53.13 | 696 |
5 | R Dravid (ICC/India) | 1996-2011 | 157 | 12775 | 53 | 693 |
6 | GS Sobers (WI) | 1954-1974 | 93 | 8032 | 57.78 | 685 |
7 | BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 11953 | 52.88 | 683 |
8 | WR Hammond (Eng) | 1927-1947 | 85 | 7249 | 58.45 | 679 |
9 | KF Barrington (Eng) | 1955-1968 | 82 | 6806 | 58.67 | 675 |
10 | KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2011 | 100 | 8651 | 55.81 | 670 |
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Top 10 Bowlers (Test matches)
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Top 10 bowlers (ODI)
Rank | Player | Span | Matches | Wickets | Average | Rating Points | |
1 | M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) | 1993-2011 | 350 | 534 | 23.08 | 758 | |
2 | Wasim Akram (Pak) | 1984-2003 | 356 | 502 | 23.52 | 748 | |
3 | J Garner (WI) | 1977-1987 | 98 | 146 | 18.84 | 740 | |
4 | GD McGrath (Aus/ICC) | 1993-2007 | 250 | 381 | 22.02 | 730 | |
5 | AA Donald (SA) | 1991-2003 | 164 | 272 | 21.78 | 707 | |
6 | Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) | 1995-2003 | 169 | 288 | 21.78 | 707 | |
7 | SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA) | 1996-2008 | 303 | 393 | 24.5 | 701 | |
8 | B Lee (Aus) | 2000-2011 | 205 | 357 | 22.89 | 698 | |
9 | Waqar Younis (Pak) | 1989-2003 | 262 | 416 | 23.84 | 695 | |
10 | MA Holding (WI) | 1976-1987 | 102 | 142 | 21.36 | 695 | |
-- The Ranking System has been developed by Ankit Sharma PGP 2011-13 with inputs from discussions of cricket crazy fans at IIM Raipur, he hopes it helps give some basis to cricket debates( or add fire!) He has worked in the IT industry for 3 years. He can be reached through pgp11007.ankit@iimraipur.ac.in
