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. For the last update date and full update schedule, refer to FAQs.
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South Africa_25 Gen1 3 Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) flag Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) 1929-1949 | M-42 | Ct/St-56 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-13.05 | CI*- 8 7 na 8 10 4 12 5
South Africa_25 Gen2 3 Russell Endean (South Africa) flag Russell Endean (South Africa) 1951-1958 | M-28 | Ct/St-41 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-15.02 | CI*- 10 6 na 8 3 13 10 7
South Africa_25 Gen2 4 Trevor Goddard (South Africa) flag Trevor Goddard (South Africa) 1955-1970 | M-41 | Ct/St-48 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-11.04 | CI*- 6 6 na 6 10 7 4 1
South Africa_25 Gen4 3 Graeme Smith (South Africa) flag Graeme Smith (South Africa) 2002-2014 | M-117 | Ct/St-169 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-14.58 | CI*- 7 8 5 8 11 9 4 6
South Africa_25 Gen4 4 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) flag Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 1995-2013 | M-166 | Ct/St-200 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-11.47 | CI*- 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 5
South Africa_25 Gen4 5 Brian McMillan (South Africa) flag Brian McMillan (South Africa) 1992-1998 | M-38 | Ct/St-49 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-13.67 | CI*- 6 9 11 7 11 5 8 5
South Africa_25 Gen4 6 Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) flag Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) 1996-2008 | M-90 | Ct/St-94 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-9.83 | CI*- 6 4 6 5 4 5 7 4
South Africa_25 Gen4 7 Gary Kirsten (South Africa) flag Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 1993-2004 | M-101 | Ct/St-83 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-7.36 | CI*- 5 3 3 4 6 3 3 4
South Africa_25 Gen4 8 Daryll Cullinan (South Africa) flag Daryll Cullinan (South Africa) 1993-2001 | M-70 | Ct/St-67 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-7.89 | CI*- 4 4 2 5 6 4 3 4
South Africa_25 Gen4 9 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) flag Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 1995-2008 | M-108 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-5.31 | CI*- 2 3 3 3 5 2 4 0
South Africa_25 Gen5 3 AB de Villiers (South Africa) flag AB de Villiers (South Africa) 2004-2018 | M-114 | Ct/St-227 | FPM-2.0 | avgCR-18.88 | CI*- 12 7 7 11 12 8 10 10
South Africa_25 Gen5 4 Aiden Markram (South Africa) flag Aiden Markram (South Africa) 2017-2025 | M-50 | Ct/St-70 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-14.36 | CI*- 5 11 13 6 7 10 4 8
South Africa_25 Gen5 5 Hashim Amla (South Africa) flag Hashim Amla (South Africa) 2004-2019 | M-124 | Ct/St-108 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-7.56 | CI*- 3 5 7 3 5 4 4 2
South Africa_25 Gen5 6 Dean Elgar (South Africa) flag Dean Elgar (South Africa) 2012-2024 | M-86 | Ct/St-92 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-8.67 | CI*- 5 4 4 5 6 6 3 4
South Africa_25 Gen5 7 Faf du Plessis (South Africa) flag Faf du Plessis (South Africa) 2012-2021 | M-69 | Ct/St-63 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-7.71 | CI*- 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4
South Africa_25 Gen5 8 Jean-Paul Duminy (South Africa) flag Jean-Paul Duminy (South Africa) 2008-2017 | M-46 | Ct/St-38 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-7.76 | CI*- 4 5 2 5 5 3 8 0
South Africa_25 Gen5 9 Alviro Petersen (South Africa) flag Alviro Petersen (South Africa) 2010-2015 | M-36 | Ct/St-31 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-6.65 | CI*- 5 2 2 4 2 5 4 0
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 4 Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) flag Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) 1989-2004 | M-83 | Ct/St-124 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-14.85 | CI*- 9 8 8 10 10 9 8 7
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 5 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) flag Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 1997-2014 | M-149 | Ct/St-205 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-13.28 | CI*- 7 7 7 7 6 9 6 8
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 7 Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) flag Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) 1986-1998 | M-52 | Ct/St-56 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-10.90 | CI*- 6 8 6 9 9 4 8 5
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 8 Jehan Mubarak (Sri Lanka) flag Jehan Mubarak (Sri Lanka) 2002-2015 | M-13 | Ct/St-15 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-13.24 | CI*- 7 7 8 2 14 4 5 6
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 9 Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) flag Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 1999-2013 | M-87 | Ct/St-88 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-8.94 | CI*- 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 7
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 10 Russel Arnold (Sri Lanka) flag Russel Arnold (Sri Lanka) 1997-2004 | M-44 | Ct/St-51 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-10.19 | CI*- 4 8 5 5 10 5 4 4
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 11 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) flag Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 1991-2007 | M-110 | Ct/St-78 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-5.91 | CI*- 4 2 4 3 5 4 3 1
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 12 Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) flag Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) 1990-2007 | M-90 | Ct/St-58 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-5.91 | CI*- 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2
Sri Lanka_25 Gen4 13 Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) flag Muthiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka) 1992-2010 | M-133 | Ct/St-72 | FPM-0.5 | avgCR-3.90 | CI*- 2 3 2 3 3 1 2 2
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 2 Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) flag Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) 2015-2025 | M-73 | Ct/St-118 | FPM-1.6 | avgCR-14.40 | CI*- 6 10 6 12 8 9 9 5
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 3 Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) flag Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka) 2016-2025 | M-65 | Ct/St-87 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-11.84 | CI*- 9 4 8 4 7 8 3 8
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 4 Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) flag Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) 2011-2025 | M-90 | Ct/St-105 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-9.66 | CI*- 4 6 3 10 7 7 5 1
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 6 Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) flag Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) 2009-2025 | M-119 | Ct/St-78 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-5.56 | CI*- 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 7 Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka) flag Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka) 2011-2022 | M-44 | Ct/St-36 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-7.86 | CI*- 5 4 5 3 3 9 3 1
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 8 Kaushal Silva (Sri Lanka) flag Kaushal Silva (Sri Lanka) 2011-2018 | M-39 | Ct/St-35 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-7.88 | CI*- 3 5 5 3 4 6 2 4
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 9 Kithuruwan Vithanage (Sri Lanka) flag Kithuruwan Vithanage (Sri Lanka) 2013-2015 | M-10 | Ct/St-10 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-9.78 | CI*- 4 7 3 13 7 7 0 5
Sri Lanka_25 Gen5 10 Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka) flag Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka) 2014-2021 | M-43 | Ct/St-19 | FPM-0.4 | avgCR-3.35 | CI*- 1 2 2 1 4 1 3 0
West Indies_25 Gen1 1 Rolph Grant (West Indies) flag Rolph Grant (West Indies) 1935-1939 | M-7 | Ct/St-13 | FPM-1.9 | avgCR-24.28 | CI*- 16 7 na 12 2 31 3 8
West Indies_25 Gen1 2 Baron Constantine (West Indies) flag Baron Constantine (West Indies) 1928-1939 | M-18 | Ct/St-28 | FPM-1.6 | avgCR-17.25 | CI*- 8 13 na 11 13 13 3 11
West Indies_25 Gen2 2 Garry Sobers (West Indies) flag Garry Sobers (West Indies) 1954-1974 | M-93 | Ct/St-109 | FPM-1.2 | avgCR-12.46 | CI*- 5 8 7 7 7 8 6 5
West Indies_25 Gen2 3 Clyde Walcott (West Indies) flag Clyde Walcott (West Indies) 1948-1960 | M-44 | Ct/St-64 | FPM-1.5 | avgCR-11.33 | CI*- 6 6 9 6 7 8 5 3
West Indies_25 Gen3 4 Viv Richards (West Indies) flag Viv Richards (West Indies) 1974-1991 | M-121 | Ct/St-122 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-9.32 | CI*- 5 5 7 4 7 6 3 4
West Indies_25 Gen3 5 Gus Logie (West Indies) flag Gus Logie (West Indies) 1983-1991 | M-52 | Ct/St-57 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-11.90 | CI*- 5 8 6 6 7 10 5 4
West Indies_25 Gen3 6 Richie Richardson (West Indies) flag Richie Richardson (West Indies) 1983-1995 | M-86 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-9.71 | CI*- 4 6 9 4 7 7 4 2
West Indies_25 Gen3 7 Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) flag Gordon Greenidge (West Indies) 1974-1991 | M-108 | Ct/St-96 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-7.49 | CI*- 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 4
West Indies_25 Gen3 8 Clive Lloyd (West Indies) flag Clive Lloyd (West Indies) 1966-1984 | M-110 | Ct/St-90 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-7.25 | CI*- 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 3
West Indies_25 Gen3 9 Roy Fredericks (West Indies) flag Roy Fredericks (West Indies) 1968-1977 | M-59 | Ct/St-62 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-9.53 | CI*- 7 4 3 5 8 3 6 2
West Indies_25 Gen4 5 Brian Lara (West Indies) flag Brian Lara (West Indies) 1990-2006 | M-131 | Ct/St-164 | FPM-1.3 | avgCR-13.85 | CI*- 9 6 5 8 10 10 6 2
West Indies_25 Gen4 6 Carl Hooper (West Indies) flag Carl Hooper (West Indies) 1987-2002 | M-102 | Ct/St-115 | FPM-1.1 | avgCR-11.98 | CI*- 6 7 6 7 9 8 6 1
West Indies_25 Gen5 4 Daren Sammy (West Indies) flag Daren Sammy (West Indies) 2007-2013 | M-38 | Ct/St-65 | FPM-1.7 | avgCR-19.55 | CI*- 11 11 14 9 8 11 13 11
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 3 Sean Ervine (Zimbabwe) flag Sean Ervine (Zimbabwe) 2003-2004 | M-5 | Ct/St-7 | FPM-1.4 | avgCR-9.58 | CI*- 3 19 na 19 16 4 na 0
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 4 Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe) flag Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe) 1992-2002 | M-60 | Ct/St-60 | FPM-1.0 | avgCR-7.80 | CI*- 5 3 3 4 6 4 4 3
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 5 Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) flag Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) 1998-2000 | M-13 | Ct/St-12 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-9.62 | CI*- 9 3 2 4 0 11 2 1
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 6 Mark Dekker (Zimbabwe) flag Mark Dekker (Zimbabwe) 1993-1996 | M-14 | Ct/St-12 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-9.34 | CI*- 9 1 1 na 10 7 1 0
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 7 Stuart Carlisle (Zimbabwe) flag Stuart Carlisle (Zimbabwe) 1995-2005 | M-37 | Ct/St-34 | FPM-0.9 | avgCR-7.70 | CI*- 7 2 1 3 4 6 4 3
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 8 Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) flag Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) 1992-2004 | M-67 | Ct/St-43 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-4.99 | CI*- 4 2 1 5 4 3 3 1
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 9 Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe) flag Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe) 1992-1997 | M-22 | Ct/St-17 | FPM-0.8 | avgCR-6.50 | CI*- 4 2 3 0 1 5 6 1
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 10 Paul Strang (Zimbabwe) flag Paul Strang (Zimbabwe) 1994-2001 | M-24 | Ct/St-15 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-5.48 | CI*- 4 2 2 2 8 4 0 1
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 11 Trevor Gripper (Zimbabwe) flag Trevor Gripper (Zimbabwe) 1999-2004 | M-20 | Ct/St-14 | FPM-0.7 | avgCR-5.53 | CI*- 3 4 6 1 3 5 2 2
Zimbabwe_15 Gen4 12 Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe) flag Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe) 1995-2005 | M-27 | Ct/St-15 | FPM-0.6 | avgCR-3.96 | CI*- 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 0
Zimbabwe_15 Gen5 3 Brian Bennett (Zimbabwe) flag Brian Bennett (Zimbabwe) 2024-2025 | M-11 | Ct/St-18 | FPM-1.6 | avgCR-15.52 | CI*- 12 4 7 0 20 7 2 2
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