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The GOATs- best teams and players from various generations.  The players are ranked within the generation they played. Presenting the rankings for 5 generations starting from oldest to newest. Updated - 31st Jul 2025.

Group Sub-Group SG_rank Team (or Player) Stats
World_100 Gen1 1 Viv Richards (West Indies) flag Viv Richards (West Indies) M-187 | R-6721 | BaA-47 | W-118 | BoA-36 | Ct/St-100 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-25.80
World_100 Gen1 2 Kapil Dev (India) flag Kapil Dev (India) M-225 | R-3783 | BaA-24 | W-253 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-71 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-24.00
World_100 Gen1 3 Imran Khan (Pakistan) flag Imran Khan (Pakistan) M-175 | R-3709 | BaA-33 | W-182 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-36 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-24.44
World_100 Gen1 4 Ian Botham (England) flag Ian Botham (England) M-116 | R-2113 | BaA-23 | W-145 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-36 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-26.45
World_100 Gen1 5 Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) flag Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) M-115 | R-1751 | BaA-22 | W-158 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-25.03
World_100 Gen1 6 Greg Chappell (Australia) flag Greg Chappell (Australia) M-74 | R-2331 | BaA-40 | W-72 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-23 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-26.24
World_100 Gen1 7 Ravi Shastri (India) flag Ravi Shastri (India) M-150 | R-3108 | BaA-29 | W-129 | BoA-36 | Ct/St-40 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.95
World_100 Gen1 8 Mudassar Nazar (Pakistan) flag Mudassar Nazar (Pakistan) M-122 | R-2653 | BaA-25 | W-111 | BoA-31 | Ct/St-21 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-22.12
World_100 Gen1 9 Graham Gooch (England) flag Graham Gooch (England) M-125 | R-4290 | BaA-37 | W-36 | BoA-42 | Ct/St-45 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-20.80
World_100 Gen1 10 Allan Border (Australia) flag Allan Border (Australia) M-273 | R-6524 | BaA-31 | W-73 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-127 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-15.94
World_100 Gen1 11 Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) flag Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) M-136 | R-955 | BaA-15 | W-157 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-15 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-20.25
World_100 Gen1 12 Joel Garner (West Indies) flag Joel Garner (West Indies) M-98 | R-239 | BaA-9 | W-146 | BoA-19 | Ct/St-30 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.89
World_100 Gen1 13 Michael Holding (West Indies) flag Michael Holding (West Indies) M-102 | R-282 | BaA-9 | W-142 | BoA-21 | Ct/St-30 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.09
World_100 Gen1 14 Desmond Haynes (West Indies) flag Desmond Haynes (West Indies) M-238 | R-8648 | BaA-41 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-59 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-16.18
World_100 Gen1 15 Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) flag Abdul Qadir (Pakistan) M-104 | R-641 | BaA-15 | W-132 | BoA-26 | Ct/St-21 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-20.48
World_100 Gen1 16 Javed Miandad (Pakistan) flag Javed Miandad (Pakistan) M-233 | R-7381 | BaA-42 | W-7 | BoA-42 | Ct/St-73 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-15.79
World_100 Gen1 17 Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) flag Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) M-128 | R-5134 | BaA-45 | W-1 | BoA-45 | Ct/St-45 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-18.49
World_100 Gen2 1 Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) flag Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) M-269 | R-7456 | BaA-36 | W-79 | BoA-48 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-18.30
World_100 Gen2 2 Saleem Malik (Pakistan) flag Saleem Malik (Pakistan) M-283 | R-7170 | BaA-33 | W-89 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-81 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-17.43
World_100 Gen2 3 Craig McDermott (Australia) flag Craig McDermott (Australia) M-138 | R-432 | BaA-7 | W-203 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-20.89
World_100 Gen2 4 Martin Crowe (New Zealand) flag Martin Crowe (New Zealand) M-143 | R-4704 | BaA-39 | W-29 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-66 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-19.31
World_100 Gen2 5 Dean Jones (Australia) flag Dean Jones (Australia) M-164 | R-6068 | BaA-45 | W-3 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-54 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-16.78
World_100 Gen3 1 Wasim Akram (Pakistan) flag Wasim Akram (Pakistan) M-356 | R-3717 | BaA-17 | W-502 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-88 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-23.94
World_100 Gen3 2 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) flag Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) M-445 | R-13430 | BaA-32 | W-323 | BoA-37 | Ct/St-123 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-24.53
World_100 Gen3 3 Carl Hooper (West Indies) flag Carl Hooper (West Indies) M-227 | R-5761 | BaA-35 | W-193 | BoA-36 | Ct/St-120 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-24.37
World_100 Gen3 4 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) flag Jacques Kallis (South Africa) M-328 | R-11579 | BaA-44 | W-273 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-131 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-26.53
World_100 Gen3 5 Chris Cairns (New Zealand) flag Chris Cairns (New Zealand) M-215 | R-4950 | BaA-29 | W-201 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-66 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-24.09
World_100 Gen3 6 Sachin Tendulkar (India) flag Sachin Tendulkar (India) M-463 | R-18426 | BaA-45 | W-154 | BoA-44 | Ct/St-140 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-22.74
World_100 Gen3 7 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) flag Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) M-398 | R-8064 | BaA-24 | W-395 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-127 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-23.96
World_100 Gen3 8 Steve Waugh (Australia) flag Steve Waugh (Australia) M-325 | R-7569 | BaA-33 | W-195 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-111 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-20.14
World_100 Gen3 9 Hansie Cronje (South Africa) flag Hansie Cronje (South Africa) M-188 | R-5565 | BaA-39 | W-114 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-73 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.75
World_100 Gen3 10 Waqar Younis (Pakistan) flag Waqar Younis (Pakistan) M-262 | R-969 | BaA-10 | W-416 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-35 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-21.19
World_100 Gen3 11 Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) flag Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) M-308 | R-9284 | BaA-35 | W-106 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-95 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.96
World_100 Gen3 12 Mark Waugh (Australia) flag Mark Waugh (Australia) M-244 | R-8500 | BaA-39 | W-85 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-108 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-21.31
World_100 Gen3 13 Chris Harris (New Zealand) flag Chris Harris (New Zealand) M-250 | R-4379 | BaA-29 | W-203 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-96 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-21.06
World_100 Gen3 14 Shane Warne (Australia) flag Shane Warne (Australia) M-194 | R-1018 | BaA-13 | W-293 | BoA-26 | Ct/St-80 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.19
World_100 Gen3 15 Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) flag Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) M-169 | R-711 | BaA-12 | W-288 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-40 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-22.72
World_100 Gen3 16 Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) flag Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) M-221 | R-6571 | BaA-34 | W-104 | BoA-41 | Ct/St-86 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-21.08
World_100 Gen3 17 Aamer Sohail (Pakistan) flag Aamer Sohail (Pakistan) M-156 | R-4780 | BaA-32 | W-85 | BoA-44 | Ct/St-49 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-22.71
World_100 Gen3 18 Javagal Srinath (India) flag Javagal Srinath (India) M-229 | R-883 | BaA-11 | W-315 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-32 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-20.58
World_100 Gen3 19 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) flag Shaun Pollock (South Africa) M-303 | R-3519 | BaA-26 | W-393 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-108 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.11
World_100 Gen3 20 Andrew Flintoff (England) flag Andrew Flintoff (England) M-141 | R-3394 | BaA-32 | W-169 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-47 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-26.80
World_100 Gen3 21 Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) flag Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) M-350 | R-674 | BaA-7 | W-534 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-130 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-21.35
World_100 Gen3 22 Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) flag Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) M-265 | R-5080 | BaA-30 | W-269 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-35 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-23.01
World_100 Gen3 23 Anil Kumble (India) flag Anil Kumble (India) M-271 | R-938 | BaA-11 | W-337 | BoA-31 | Ct/St-85 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-18.62
World_100 Gen3 24 Allan Donald (South Africa) flag Allan Donald (South Africa) M-164 | R-95 | BaA-4 | W-272 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-28 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-21.28
World_100 Gen3 25 Brett Lee (Australia) flag Brett Lee (Australia) M-221 | R-1176 | BaA-18 | W-380 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-54 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-23.51
World_100 Gen3 26 Lance Klusener (South Africa) flag Lance Klusener (South Africa) M-171 | R-3576 | BaA-41 | W-192 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-35 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-24.53
World_100 Gen3 27 Heath Streak (Zimbabwe) flag Heath Streak (Zimbabwe) M-189 | R-2943 | BaA-28 | W-239 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-46 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-24.04
World_100 Gen3 28 Sourav Ganguly (India) flag Sourav Ganguly (India) M-311 | R-11363 | BaA-41 | W-100 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-100 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.01
World_100 Gen3 29 Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) flag Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) M-322 | R-2025 | BaA-14 | W-400 | BoA-28 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-20.51
World_100 Gen3 30 Nathan Astle (New Zealand) flag Nathan Astle (New Zealand) M-223 | R-7090 | BaA-35 | W-99 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-83 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.30
World_100 Gen3 31 Brian Lara (West Indies) flag Brian Lara (West Indies) M-299 | R-10405 | BaA-40 | W-4 | BoA-15 | Ct/St-120 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-16.64
World_100 Gen3 32 Andrew Symonds (Australia) flag Andrew Symonds (Australia) M-198 | R-5088 | BaA-40 | W-133 | BoA-37 | Ct/St-82 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.19
World_100 Gen3 33 Glenn McGrath (Australia) flag Glenn McGrath (Australia) M-250 | R-115 | BaA-4 | W-381 | BoA-22 | Ct/St-37 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-20.95
World_100 Gen3 34 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) flag Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) M-378 | R-11739 | BaA-40 | W-3 | BoA-21 | Ct/St-113 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-14.72
World_100 Gen3 35 Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) flag Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) M-295 | R-2253 | BaA-17 | W-305 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-88 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.39
World_100 Gen3 36 Ricky Ponting (Australia) flag Ricky Ponting (Australia) M-375 | R-13704 | BaA-42 | W-3 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-160 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-16.43
World_100 Gen4 1 Chris Gayle (West Indies) flag Chris Gayle (West Indies) M-301 | R-10480 | BaA-38 | W-167 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-124 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.54
World_100 Gen4 2 Shane Watson (Australia) flag Shane Watson (Australia) M-190 | R-5757 | BaA-41 | W-168 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-26.58
World_100 Gen4 3 Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan) flag Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan) M-218 | R-6614 | BaA-33 | W-139 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-85 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.91
World_100 Gen4 4 Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) flag Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) M-330 | R-10290 | BaA-39 | W-106 | BoA-45 | Ct/St-124 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-20.75
World_100 Gen4 5 Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) flag Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) M-287 | R-7534 | BaA-35 | W-158 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-98 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-20.52
World_100 Gen4 6 Dwayne Bravo (West Indies) flag Dwayne Bravo (West Indies) M-164 | R-2968 | BaA-25 | W-199 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-73 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.43
World_100 Gen4 7 Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) flag Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) M-226 | R-567 | BaA-7 | W-338 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-31 | FPM-0.1 | avgCR-21.35
World_100 Gen4 8 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) flag Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) M-404 | R-14234 | BaA-42 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-501 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-17.08
World_100 Gen4 9 Mitchell Johnson (Australia) flag Mitchell Johnson (Australia) M-153 | R-951 | BaA-16 | W-239 | BoA-25 | Ct/St-35 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-22.96
World_100 Gen4 10 Kyle Mills (New Zealand) flag Kyle Mills (New Zealand) M-170 | R-1047 | BaA-16 | W-240 | BoA-27 | Ct/St-42 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-21.97
World_100 Gen4 11 Virender Sehwag (India) flag Virender Sehwag (India) M-251 | R-8273 | BaA-35 | W-96 | BoA-40 | Ct/St-93 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-21.95
World_100 Gen4 12 Michael Clarke (Australia) flag Michael Clarke (Australia) M-245 | R-7981 | BaA-45 | W-57 | BoA-38 | Ct/St-106 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-19.38
World_100 Gen4 13 AB de Villiers (South Africa) flag AB de Villiers (South Africa) M-228 | R-9577 | BaA-54 | W-7 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-181 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-19.57
World_100 Gen4 14 Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh) flag Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh) M-220 | R-1787 | BaA-14 | W-270 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-62 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.66
World_100 Gen4 15 Marlon Samuels (West Indies) flag Marlon Samuels (West Indies) M-207 | R-5606 | BaA-33 | W-89 | BoA-46 | Ct/St-50 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-19.46
World_100 Gen4 16 MS Dhoni (India) flag MS Dhoni (India) M-350 | R-10773 | BaA-51 | W-1 | BoA-31 | Ct/St-444 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-16.10
World_100 Gen4 17 James Anderson (England) flag James Anderson (England) M-194 | R-273 | BaA-8 | W-269 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-53 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.63
World_100 Gen4 18 Yuvraj Singh (India) flag Yuvraj Singh (India) M-304 | R-8701 | BaA-37 | W-111 | BoA-39 | Ct/St-94 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.23
World_100 Gen4 19 Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka) flag Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka) M-184 | R-1327 | BaA-15 | W-199 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-46 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-19.55
World_100 Gen4 20 Jean-Paul Duminy (South Africa) flag Jean-Paul Duminy (South Africa) M-199 | R-5117 | BaA-37 | W-69 | BoA-46 | Ct/St-82 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-18.70
World_100 Gen5 1 Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) M-247 | R-7570 | BaA-37 | W-317 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-27.66
World_100 Gen5 2 Virat Kohli (India) flag Virat Kohli (India) M-302 | R-14181 | BaA-58 | W-5 | BoA-136 | Ct/St-161 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-20.57
World_100 Gen5 3 Mitchell Starc (Australia) flag Mitchell Starc (Australia) M-127 | R-577 | BaA-12 | W-244 | BoA-23 | Ct/St-46 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-26.27
World_100 Gen5 4 Ravindra Jadeja (India) flag Ravindra Jadeja (India) M-204 | R-2806 | BaA-33 | W-231 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-76 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.32
World_100 Gen5 5 Glenn Maxwell (Australia) flag Glenn Maxwell (Australia) M-149 | R-3990 | BaA-34 | W-77 | BoA-47 | Ct/St-91 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-24.14
World_100 Gen5 6 Chris Woakes (England) flag Chris Woakes (England) M-122 | R-1524 | BaA-24 | W-173 | BoA-30 | Ct/St-50 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-24.71
World_100 Gen5 7 Trent Boult (New Zealand) flag Trent Boult (New Zealand) M-114 | R-216 | BaA-9 | W-211 | BoA-24 | Ct/St-43 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-25.08
World_100 Gen5 8 Kane Williamson (New Zealand) flag Kane Williamson (New Zealand) M-173 | R-7235 | BaA-49 | W-37 | BoA-35 | Ct/St-74 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.38
World_100 Gen5 9 Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) flag Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) M-114 | R-1384 | BaA-19 | W-199 | BoA-20 | Ct/St-33 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-24.86
World_100 Gen5 10 Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) flag Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) M-166 | R-2338 | BaA-20 | W-175 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-62 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-22.22
World_100 Gen5 11 Joe Root (England) flag Joe Root (England) M-180 | R-7126 | BaA-49 | W-28 | BoA-62 | Ct/St-88 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-21.56
World_100 Gen5 12 Ben Stokes (England) flag Ben Stokes (England) M-114 | R-3463 | BaA-41 | W-74 | BoA-42 | Ct/St-55 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-24.28
World_100 Gen5 13 Rohit Sharma (India) flag Rohit Sharma (India) M-273 | R-11168 | BaA-49 | W-9 | BoA-59 | Ct/St-97 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-18.32
World_100 Gen5 14 Jason Holder (West Indies) flag Jason Holder (West Indies) M-138 | R-2237 | BaA-25 | W-159 | BoA-37 | Ct/St-65 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-22.69
World_100 Gen5 15 Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) flag Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) M-173 | R-3667 | BaA-27 | W-176 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-83 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-21.30
World_100 Gen5 16 Adam Zampa (Australia) flag Adam Zampa (Australia) M-111 | R-362 | BaA-10 | W-187 | BoA-29 | Ct/St-19 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-23.82
World_100 Gen5 17 Adil Rashid (England) flag Adil Rashid (England) M-152 | R-946 | BaA-18 | W-224 | BoA-32 | Ct/St-48 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.96
World_100 Gen5 18 Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) flag Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) M-118 | R-1438 | BaA-26 | W-126 | BoA-36 | Ct/St-50 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-23.04
World_100 Gen5 19 Tim Southee (New Zealand) flag Tim Southee (New Zealand) M-161 | R-740 | BaA-12 | W-221 | BoA-34 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-21.01
World_100 Gen5 20 Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) flag Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) M-226 | R-5916 | BaA-40 | W-126 | BoA-33 | Ct/St-53 | FPM-0.2 | avgCR-21.60
World_100 Gen5 21 Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) flag Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) M-239 | R-5689 | BaA-36 | W-82 | BoA-46 | Ct/St-82 | FPM-0.3 | avgCR-17.89
World_100 Gen5 22 Quinton de Kock (South Africa) flag Quinton de Kock (South Africa) M-155 | R-6770 | BaA-46 | W-0 | BoA-na | Ct/St-226 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-20.27