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 - 2nd Nov 2025. 

Gen1
Gen2
Gen3
Gen4
Gen5
Group Sub-Group SG_rank Team (or Player) Stats
World_100 Gen1 1 Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) flag Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) 2006-2017 | M-58 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-18.88 | totCR-1 | 094.89
World_100 Gen1 2 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) flag Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 2006-2014 | M-56 | Ct/St-45 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-15.13 | totCR-847.55
World_100 Gen1 3 Adam Gilchrist (Australia) flag Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 2005-2008 | M-13 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-23.82 | totCR-309.72
World_100 Gen1 4 Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) flag Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 2005-2015 | M-71 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.95 | totCR-706.64
World_100 Gen1 5 Craig Kieswetter (England) flag Craig Kieswetter (England) 2010-2012 | M-25 | Ct/St-20 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-15.24 | totCR-380.93
World_100 Gen1 6 Brad Haddin (Australia) flag Brad Haddin (Australia) 2006-2014 | M-34 | Ct/St-23 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.91 | totCR-439.04
World_100 Gen1 7 Mark Boucher (South Africa) flag Mark Boucher (South Africa) 2005-2010 | M-25 | Ct/St-19 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-14.21 | totCR-355.20
World_100 Gen1 8 Ashish Bagai (Canada) flag Ashish Bagai (Canada) 2008-2013 | M-9 | Ct/St-11 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-17.60 | totCR-158.38
World_100 Gen1 9 Niall O'Brien (Ireland) flag Niall O'Brien (Ireland) 2008-2016 | M-30 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-12.12 | totCR-363.65
World_100 Gen1 10 Matt Prior (England) flag Matt Prior (England) 2007-2010 | M-10 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.35 | totCR-163.52
World_100 Gen2 1 MS Dhoni (India) flag MS Dhoni (India) 2006-2019 | M-98 | Ct/St-91 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.81 | totCR-1 | 647.51
World_100 Gen2 2 Denesh Ramdin (West Indies) flag Denesh Ramdin (West Indies) 2006-2019 | M-71 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.32 | totCR-1 | 158.56
World_100 Gen2 4 Luke Ronchi (New Zealand/Australia) flag Luke Ronchi (New Zealand/Australia) 2008-2018 | M-33 | Ct/St-30 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.75 | totCR-552.80
World_100 Gen2 5 Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) flag Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) 2010-2023 | M-73 | Ct/St-61 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-11.89 | totCR-868.24
World_100 Gen2 11 Gary Wilson (Ireland) flag Gary Wilson (Ireland) 2008-2020 | M-81 | Ct/St-47 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-6.39 | totCR-517.80
World_100 Gen3 1 Quinton de Kock (South Africa) flag Quinton de Kock (South Africa) 2012-2025 | M-96 | Ct/St-104 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-19.74 | totCR-1 | 894.98
World_100 Gen3 2 Jos Buttler (England) flag Jos Buttler (England) 2011-2025 | M-144 | Ct/St-99 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.52 | totCR-1 | 802.58
World_100 Gen3 3 Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) flag Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) 2006-2022 | M-102 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.99 | totCR-1 | 120.76
World_100 Gen3 4 Matthew Wade (Australia) flag Matthew Wade (Australia) 2011-2024 | M-92 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.92 | totCR-1 | 188.67
World_100 Gen3 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan) flag Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan) 2010-2021 | M-61 | Ct/St-46 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-13.02 | totCR-794.48
World_100 Gen3 7 Alex Carey (Australia) flag Alex Carey (Australia) 2018-2025 | M-42 | Ct/St-32 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-13.66 | totCR-573.62
World_100 Gen3 9 Sultan Ahmed (Oman) flag Sultan Ahmed (Oman) 2015-2017 | M-17 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-16.27 | totCR-276.64
World_100 Gen3 11 Matthew Cross (Scotland) flag Matthew Cross (Scotland) 2013-2025 | M-83 | Ct/St-62 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.18 | totCR-844.87
World_100 Gen3 17 Dinesh Karthik (India) flag Dinesh Karthik (India) 2006-2022 | M-60 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.45 | totCR-567.22
World_100 Gen3 22 Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) flag Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) 2006-2025 | M-54 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-8.31 | totCR-448.82
World_100 Gen4 1 Litton Das (Bangladesh) flag Litton Das (Bangladesh) 2015-2025 | M-117 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-12.36 | totCR-1 | 445.63
World_100 Gen4 2 Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) flag Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) 2016-2024 | M-106 | Ct/St-71 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-11.32 | totCR-1 | 199.96
World_100 Gen4 3 Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) flag Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) 2015-2024 | M-106 | Ct/St-67 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.97 | totCR-1 | 162.64
World_100 Gen4 4 Scott Edwards (Netherlands) flag Scott Edwards (Netherlands) 2018-2025 | M-82 | Ct/St-74 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-11.81 | totCR-968.21
World_100 Gen4 5 Zane Green (Namibia) flag Zane Green (Namibia) 2019-2025 | M-73 | Ct/St-68 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-11.77 | totCR-859.19
World_100 Gen4 6 Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) flag Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) 2016-2025 | M-80 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-11.00 | totCR-879.61
World_100 Gen4 7 Devon Conway (New Zealand) flag Devon Conway (New Zealand) 2020-2025 | M-57 | Ct/St-41 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.62 | totCR-719.43
World_100 Gen4 8 Tim Seifert (New Zealand) flag Tim Seifert (New Zealand) 2018-2025 | M-77 | Ct/St-49 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.85 | totCR-835.49
World_100 Gen4 9 Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) 2016-2025 | M-90 | Ct/St-54 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.12 | totCR-910.80
World_100 Gen4 10 Rishabh Pant (India) flag Rishabh Pant (India) 2017-2024 | M-76 | Ct/St-51 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.55 | totCR-953.78
World_100 Gen4 13 Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) flag Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) 2018-2024 | M-58 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.31 | totCR-597.99
World_100 Gen4 14 Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh) 2016-2025 | M-54 | Ct/St-33 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.95 | totCR-537.27
World_100 Gen5 2 Mohammad Haris (Pakistan) flag Mohammad Haris (Pakistan) 2022-2025 | M-35 | Ct/St-29 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-14.46 | totCR-506.26
World_100 Gen5 4 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) flag Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) 2019-2025 | M-80 | Ct/St-52 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-11.32 | totCR-905.47
World_100 Gen5 5 Sanju Samson (India) flag Sanju Samson (India) 2015-2025 | M-51 | Ct/St-40 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-12.57 | totCR-641.03
World_100 Gen5 7 Josh Inglis (Australia) flag Josh Inglis (Australia) 2022-2025 | M-39 | Ct/St-26 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.62 | totCR-414.06
World_100 Gen5 8 Aasif Sheikh (Nepal) flag Aasif Sheikh (Nepal) 2021-2025 | M-68 | Ct/St-51 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-7.56 | totCR-513.99
World_100 Gen5 12 Rahul Chopra (U.A.E.) flag Rahul Chopra (U.A.E.) 2024-2025 | M-38 | Ct/St-31 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-9.80 | totCR-372.53
World_100 Gen5 13 Shreyas Movva (Canada) flag Shreyas Movva (Canada) 2021-2025 | M-24 | Ct/St-25 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-11.72 | totCR-281.25
World_100 Gen5 15 Usman Patel (Kuwait) flag Usman Patel (Kuwait) 2020-2025 | M-62 | Ct/St-48 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-6.97 | totCR-432.36
World_100 Gen5 24 Didier Ndikubwimana (Rwanda) flag Didier Ndikubwimana (Rwanda) 2021-2025 | M-90 | Ct/St-81 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-4.15 | totCR-373.18
Australia_25 Gen1 1 Adam Gilchrist (Australia) flag Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 2005-2008 | M-13 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-23.82 | totCR-309.72
Australia_25 Gen1 2 Brad Haddin (Australia) flag Brad Haddin (Australia) 2006-2014 | M-34 | Ct/St-23 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.91 | totCR-439.04
Australia_25 Gen2 1 Ben Dunk (Australia) flag Ben Dunk (Australia) 2014-2017 | M-5 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-12.98 | totCR-116.83
Australia_25 Gen2 2 Tim Paine (Australia) flag Tim Paine (Australia) 2009-2017 | M-12 | Ct/St-13 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-19.35 | totCR-232.17
Australia_25 Gen3 1 Matthew Wade (Australia) flag Matthew Wade (Australia) 2011-2024 | M-92 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.92 | totCR-1 | 188.67
Australia_25 Gen3 2 Alex Carey (Australia) flag Alex Carey (Australia) 2018-2025 | M-42 | Ct/St-32 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-13.66 | totCR-573.62
Australia_25 Gen5 2 Josh Inglis (Australia) flag Josh Inglis (Australia) 2022-2025 | M-39 | Ct/St-26 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.62 | totCR-414.06
England_25 Gen1 1 Craig Kieswetter (England) flag Craig Kieswetter (England) 2010-2012 | M-25 | Ct/St-20 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-15.24 | totCR-380.93
England_25 Gen1 3 Matt Prior (England) flag Matt Prior (England) 2007-2010 | M-10 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.35 | totCR-163.52
England_25 Gen3 1 Jos Buttler (England) flag Jos Buttler (England) 2011-2025 | M-144 | Ct/St-99 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.52 | totCR-1 | 802.58
India_25 Gen2 1 MS Dhoni (India) flag MS Dhoni (India) 2006-2019 | M-98 | Ct/St-91 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.81 | totCR-1 | 647.51
India_25 Gen3 2 Dinesh Karthik (India) flag Dinesh Karthik (India) 2006-2022 | M-60 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.45 | totCR-567.22
India_25 Gen4 1 Rishabh Pant (India) flag Rishabh Pant (India) 2017-2024 | M-76 | Ct/St-51 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.55 | totCR-953.78
India_25 Gen4 3 Ishan Kishan (India) flag Ishan Kishan (India) 2021-2023 | M-32 | Ct/St-16 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-7.89 | totCR-252.59
India_25 Gen5 3 Sanju Samson (India) flag Sanju Samson (India) 2015-2025 | M-51 | Ct/St-40 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-12.57 | totCR-641.03
New Zealand_25 Gen1 1 Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) flag Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) 2005-2015 | M-71 | Ct/St-44 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.95 | totCR-706.64
New Zealand_25 Gen1 2 Peter McGlashan (New Zealand) flag Peter McGlashan (New Zealand) 2006-2010 | M-11 | Ct/St-9 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-13.97 | totCR-153.72
New Zealand_25 Gen1 4 Gareth Hopkins (New Zealand) flag Gareth Hopkins (New Zealand) 2007-2010 | M-10 | Ct/St-6 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.49 | totCR-104.89
New Zealand_25 Gen2 1 Luke Ronchi (New Zealand/Australia) flag Luke Ronchi (New Zealand/Australia) 2008-2018 | M-33 | Ct/St-30 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.75 | totCR-552.80
New Zealand_25 Gen3 2 Tom Latham (New Zealand) flag Tom Latham (New Zealand) 2012-2023 | M-26 | Ct/St-19 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-13.07 | totCR-339.70
New Zealand_25 Gen4 1 Tim Seifert (New Zealand) flag Tim Seifert (New Zealand) 2018-2025 | M-77 | Ct/St-49 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.85 | totCR-835.49
New Zealand_25 Gen4 2 Devon Conway (New Zealand) flag Devon Conway (New Zealand) 2020-2025 | M-57 | Ct/St-41 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-12.62 | totCR-719.43
Pakistan_25 Gen1 1 Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) flag Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) 2006-2017 | M-58 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-18.88 | totCR-1 | 094.89
Pakistan_25 Gen3 1 Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan) flag Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan) 2010-2021 | M-61 | Ct/St-46 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-13.02 | totCR-794.48
Pakistan_25 Gen4 1 Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) flag Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) 2015-2024 | M-106 | Ct/St-67 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.97 | totCR-1 | 162.64
Pakistan_25 Gen5 1 Mohammad Haris (Pakistan) flag Mohammad Haris (Pakistan) 2022-2025 | M-35 | Ct/St-29 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-14.46 | totCR-506.26
South Africa_25 Gen1 1 Mark Boucher (South Africa) flag Mark Boucher (South Africa) 2005-2010 | M-25 | Ct/St-19 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-14.21 | totCR-355.20
South Africa_25 Gen2 4 Heino Kuhn (South Africa) flag Heino Kuhn (South Africa) 2009-2017 | M-7 | Ct/St-5 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-8.79 | totCR-79.08
South Africa_25 Gen3 1 Quinton de Kock (South Africa) flag Quinton de Kock (South Africa) 2012-2025 | M-96 | Ct/St-104 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-19.74 | totCR-1 | 894.98
South Africa_25 Gen3 3 Mangaliso Mosehle (South Africa) flag Mangaliso Mosehle (South Africa) 2017-2017 | M-7 | Ct/St-8 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-14.92 | totCR-134.30
South Africa_25 Gen4 1 Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) flag Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) 2018-2024 | M-58 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.31 | totCR-597.99
South Africa_25 Gen5 3 Ryan Rickelton (South Africa) flag Ryan Rickelton (South Africa) 2024-2025 | M-18 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.62 | totCR-173.24
Sri Lanka_25 Gen1 1 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) flag Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 2006-2014 | M-56 | Ct/St-45 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-15.13 | totCR-847.55
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 1 Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) 2016-2025 | M-90 | Ct/St-54 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-10.12 | totCR-910.80
West Indies_25 Gen2 1 Denesh Ramdin (West Indies) flag Denesh Ramdin (West Indies) 2006-2019 | M-71 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-16.32 | totCR-1 | 158.56
West Indies_25 Gen3 1 Devon Thomas (West Indies) flag Devon Thomas (West Indies) 2009-2022 | M-12 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-20.48 | totCR-245.77
West Indies_25 Gen4 1 Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) flag Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) 2016-2024 | M-106 | Ct/St-71 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-11.32 | totCR-1 | 199.96
West Indies_25 Gen5 2 AA Jangoo (West Indies) flag AA Jangoo (West Indies) 2025-2025 | M-4 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-6.95 | totCR-62.56
Bangladesh_15 Gen3 1 Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) flag Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) 2006-2022 | M-102 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-10.99 | totCR-1 | 120.76
Bangladesh_15 Gen4 1 Litton Das (Bangladesh) flag Litton Das (Bangladesh) 2015-2025 | M-117 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-12.36 | totCR-1 | 445.63
Bangladesh_15 Gen4 2 Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh) flag Nurul Hasan (Bangladesh) 2016-2025 | M-54 | Ct/St-33 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-9.95 | totCR-537.27
Zimbabwe_15 Gen1 1 Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) flag Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) 2007-2012 | M-17 | Ct/St-11 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-8.60 | totCR-146.27
Zimbabwe_15 Gen3 1 Richmond Mutumbami (Zimbabwe) flag Richmond Mutumbami (Zimbabwe) 2015-2022 | M-29 | Ct/St-28 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-11.71 | totCR-339.71
Zimbabwe_15 Gen3 2 Regis Chakabva (Zimbabwe) flag Regis Chakabva (Zimbabwe) 2008-2022 | M-49 | Ct/St-29 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-7.42 | totCR-363.58
Zimbabwe_15 Gen3 3 Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) flag Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) 2006-2025 | M-54 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-8.31 | totCR-448.82
Zimbabwe_15 Gen5 1 Clive Madande (Zimbabwe) flag Clive Madande (Zimbabwe) 2022-2025 | M-40 | Ct/St-21 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-6.46 | totCR-258.58
Afghanistan_15 Gen2 1 Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) flag Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan) 2010-2023 | M-73 | Ct/St-61 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-11.89 | totCR-868.24
Afghanistan_15 Gen5 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) flag Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) 2019-2025 | M-80 | Ct/St-52 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-11.32 | totCR-905.47
Afghanistan_15 Gen5 5 Mohammad Ishaq (Afghanistan) flag Mohammad Ishaq (Afghanistan) 2024-2025 | M-7 | Ct/St-4 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-7.15 | totCR-64.33
Ireland_15 Gen1 1 Niall O'Brien (Ireland) flag Niall O'Brien (Ireland) 2008-2016 | M-30 | Ct/St-27 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-12.12 | totCR-363.65
Ireland_15 Gen2 1 Gary Wilson (Ireland) flag Gary Wilson (Ireland) 2008-2020 | M-81 | Ct/St-47 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-6.39 | totCR-517.80
Ireland_15 Gen4 1 Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) flag Lorcan Tucker (Ireland) 2016-2025 | M-80 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-11.00 | totCR-879.61
Ireland_15 Gen4 3 Neil Rock (Ireland) flag Neil Rock (Ireland) 2021-2025 | M-25 | Ct/St-16 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-7.82 | totCR-195.52
Ireland_15 Gen5 2 Stephen Doheny (Ireland) flag Stephen Doheny (Ireland) 2023-2023 | M-3 | Ct/St-2 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-3.11 | totCR-28.01