| Rank |
Change |
Player |
Team |
Rating |
Career
ave |
Career
best rating |
| 1 |
(+1) |
Michael
Bevan |
Aus |
797 |
56.50 |
(841 v
Ind at Galle 1999) |
| 2 |
(+1) |
Roger
Twose |
NZ |
774 |
42.35 |
(774 v
SA at Cape Town 2000) |
| 3 |
(-2) |
Sourav
Ganguly |
Ind |
771 |
44.27 |
(813 v
SA at Vadodara 2000) |
| 4 |
(+18) |
Sanath
Jayasuriya |
Sri |
748 |
29.96 |
(804 v
Pak at Lahore 1997) |
| 5 |
(+6) |
Inzamam-
ul-Haq |
Pak |
708 |
39.94 |
(772 v
Eng at Karachi 1996) |
| 6 |
( - ) |
Gary
Kirsten |
SA |
705 |
41.26 |
(866 v
Aus at Indore 1996) |
| 7 |
(+1) |
Jacques
Kallis |
SA |
704 |
42.38 |
(755 v
Zim at Port Elizabeth 2000) |
| 8 |
(-4) |
Sachin
Tendulkar |
Ind |
702 |
41.97 |
(854 v
Sri at Delhi 1996) |
| 9 |
(-4) |
Ricky
Ponting |
Aus |
695 |
39.97 |
(758 v
Eng at Melbourne 1999) |
| 10 |
(-4) |
Adam
Gilchrist |
Aus |
694 |
33.35 |
(743 v
Eng at Melbourne 1999) |
| 11 |
(+1) |
Lance
Klusener |
SA |
686 |
42.93 |
(806 v
Zim at Nairobi 1999) |
| 12 |
(-3) |
Saeed
Anwar |
Pak |
676 |
39.37 |
(794 v
NZ at Sharjah 1996) |
| 13 |
(+5) |
Marvan
Atapattu |
Sri |
662 |
37.00 |
(683 v
Pak at Galle 2000) |
| 14 |
(-4) |
Graeme
Hick |
Eng |
651 |
37.87 |
(781 v
HOL at Peshawar 1996) |
| 15 |
(-1) |
Brian
Lara |
WI |
647 |
42.37 |
(900 v
Aus at Perth 1997) |
| 16 |
( - ) |
Steve
Waugh |
Aus |
643 |
32.22 |
(756 v
WI at Chennai 1989) |
| 17 |
( - ) |
Rahul
Dravid |
Ind |
641 |
37.43 |
(717 v
Pak at Manchester 1999) |
| 18 |
( - ) |
Graham
Thorpe |
Eng |
640 |
39.70 |
(727 v
WI at Sharjah 1997) |
| 19 |
(-6) |
Nathan
Astle |
NZ |
637 |
34.43 |
(748 v
Aus at Napier 2000) |
| 20 |
(+7) |
Russel
Arnold |
Sri |
627 |
41.87 |
(627 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 21 |
(+5) |
Andy
Flower |
Zim |
620 |
32.80 |
(647 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 22= |
(-7) |
Alec
Stewart |
Eng |
618 |
32.48 |
(715 v
WI at Bridgetown 1998) |
| 22= |
(+3) |
Alistair
Campbell |
Zim |
618 |
30.71 |
(618 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 24= |
(-3) |
Mark
Waugh |
Aus |
615 |
37.82 |
(828 v
NZ at Chennai 1996) |
| 24= |
(-4) |
Nick
Knight |
Eng |
615 |
40.08 |
(706 v
Sri at Sydney 1999) |
| 26 |
(+2) |
Chris
Cairns |
NZ |
609 |
28.93 |
(621 v
Eng at Auckland 1997) |
| 27 |
(-3) |
Damien
Martyn |
Aus |
597 |
35.05 |
(635 v
SA at Cape Town 2000) |
| 28 |
(+1) |
Yousuf
Youhana |
Pak |
589 |
38.10 |
(654 v
SA at Sharjah 2000) |
| 29 |
(-6) |
Ajay
Jadeja |
Ind |
588 |
37.47 |
(681 v
Zim at Singapore 1999) |
| 30 |
( - ) |
Sherwin
Campbell |
WI |
572 |
27.61 |
(580 v
Pak at Port-of-Spain 2000) |
| 31= |
(+4) |
Stephen
Fleming |
NZ |
549 |
30.90 |
(672 v
WI at Port-of-Spain 1996) |
| 31= |
( - ) |
Herschelle
Gibbs |
SA |
549 |
30.41 |
(682 v
Zim at Johannesburg 2000) |
| 33 |
( - ) |
Aravinda
de Silva |
Sri |
547 |
35.61 |
(842 v
Pak at Sharjah 1997) |
| 34 |
(+2) |
Shivnarine
Chanderpaul |
WI |
543 |
34.35 |
(739 v
SA at Durban 1999) |
| 35= |
(-1) |
Chris
Harris |
NZ |
542 |
31.29 |
(585 v
Zim at Auckland 1998) |
| 35= |
(-3) |
Grant
Flower |
Zim |
542 |
33.09 |
(700 v
Sri at Sharjah 1998) |
| 37 |
(+1) |
Steven
Tikolo |
Ken |
535 |
31.22 |
(545 v
SA at Nairobi 1999) |
| 38= |
(-1) |
Ijaz
Ahmed, sen. |
Pak |
533 |
32.33 |
(705 v
WI at Melbourne 1997) |
| 38= |
(+4) |
Jonty
Rhodes |
SA |
533 |
31.25 |
(720 v
Aus at Cape Town 1997) |
| 40 |
(-1) |
Ravindu
Shah |
Ken |
527 |
35.23 |
(527 v
Ind at Nairobi 2000) |
| 41 |
(+8) |
Mahela
Jayawardene |
Sri |
523 |
25.96 |
(533 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 42 |
(+3) |
Nasser
Hussain |
Eng |
518 |
28.71 |
(534 v
Zim at Kimberley 2000) |
| 43 |
(+11) |
Abdur
Razzaq |
Pak |
515 |
25.65 |
(518 v
Zim at St John's 2000) |
| 44 |
(-4) |
Romesh
Kaluwitharana |
Sri |
514 |
21.16 |
(576 v
WI at Sharjah 1999) |
| 45 |
(+15) |
Marcus
Trescothick |
Eng |
513 |
40.09 |
(513 v
Pak at Rawalpindi 2000) |
| 46 |
(-3) |
Mohammad
Azharuddin |
Ind |
508 |
36.92 |
(804 v
WI at Calcutta 1993) |
| 47 |
(+1) |
Shahid
Afridi |
Pak |
507 |
23.86 |
(633 v
Ind at Lahore 1997) |
| 48 |
(-2) |
Jimmy
Adams |
WI |
493 |
29.39 |
(525 v
Pak at Kingstown 2000) |
| 49 |
(+1) |
Moin
Khan |
Pak |
488 |
22.92 |
(571 v
Ind at Manchester 1999) |
| 50 |
(-10) |
Avishka
Gunawardene |
Sri |
486 |
28.81 |
(545 v
WI at Nairobi 2000) |
