| Rank |
Change |
Player |
Team |
Rating |
Career
ave |
Career
best rating |
| 1 |
(+1) |
Muttiah
Muralitharan |
Sri |
895 |
26.09 |
(895 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 2 |
(-1) |
Glenn
McGrath |
Aus |
839 |
23.64 |
(867 v
SA at Cape Town 2000) |
| 3 |
(+1) |
Shaun
Pollock |
SA |
801 |
23.16 |
(874 v
Eng at Johannesburg 2000) |
| 4 |
(-1) |
Alan
Mullally |
Eng |
790 |
25.83 |
(810 v
Zim at Lord's 2000) |
| 5 |
(+1) |
Reon
King |
WI |
748 |
21.83 |
(752 v
Eng at Nottingham 2000) |
| 6 |
(+1) |
Shane
Warne |
Aus |
746 |
24.82 |
(843 v
WI at Chandigarh 1996) |
| 7 |
(-2) |
Darren
Gough |
Eng |
736 |
24.34 |
(792 v
SA at Johannesburg 2000) |
| 8 |
( - ) |
Mark
Ealham |
Eng |
715 |
30.96 |
(770 v
Zim at Kimberley 2000) |
| 9 |
( - ) |
Abdur
Razzaq |
Pak |
692 |
23.43 |
(718 v
Ind at Dhaka 2000) |
| 10 |
( - ) |
Andrew
Caddick |
Eng |
688 |
26.37 |
(723 v
Ban at Nairobi 2000) |
| 11 |
(+6) |
Saqlain
Mushtaq |
Pak |
684 |
20.21 |
(840 v
WI at Sydney 1997) |
| 12=3D |
( - ) |
Allan
Donald |
SA |
680 |
21.18 |
(814 v
Aus at Melbourne 1998) |
| 12=3D |
(+14) |
Chaminda
Vaas |
Sri |
680 |
28.36 |
(780 v
Ind at Mumbai 1997) |
| 14 |
(-3) |
Wasim
Akram |
Pak |
664 |
23.81 |
(863 v
SA at Karachi 1994) |
| 15 |
(-1) |
Damien
Fleming |
Aus |
663 |
24.61 |
(750 v
Zim at Harare 1999) |
| 16 |
(-3) |
Anil
Kumble |
Ind |
654 |
28.56 |
(834 v
SA at Mumbai 1996) |
| 17 |
(+3) |
Mervyn
Dillon |
WI |
641 |
31.15 |
(680 v
Pak at Toronto 1999) |
| 18 |
( - ) |
Jacques
Kallis |
SA |
639 |
29.98 |
(665 v
Zim at Johannesburg 2000) |
| 19 |
(-4) |
Heath
Streak |
Zim |
635 |
30.43 |
(744 v
Pak at Sharjah 1997) |
| 20 |
(+2) |
Courtney
Walsh |
WI |
633 |
30.47 |
(831 v
Ind at Calcutta 1988) |
| 21 |
(-5) |
Azhar
Mahmood |
Pak |
629 |
32.94 |
(796 v
Zim at The Oval 1999) |
| 22 |
(+2) |
Chris
Harris |
NZ |
626 |
35.18 |
(709 v
Aus at Sydney 1998) |
| 23 |
(-2) |
Venkatesh
Prasad |
Ind |
624 |
32.46 |
(714 v
SA at Nairobi 1999) |
| 24 |
(+1) |
Arshad
Khan |
Pak |
617 |
36.97 |
(638 v
Sri at Nairobi 2000) |
| 25=3D |
(-2) |
Upul
Chandana |
Sri |
616 |
30.06 |
(644 v
SA at Colombo 2000) |
| 25=3D |
(+3) |
Brett
Lee |
Aus |
616 |
22.26 |
(616 v
Ind at Nairobi 2000) |
| 27 |
(+21) |
Nuwan
Zoysa |
Sri |
613 |
31.55 |
(613 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 28 |
(+1) |
Shane
Lee |
Aus |
612 |
25.70 |
(612 v
Ind at Nairobi 2000) |
| 29 |
(-2) |
Daniel
Vettori |
NZ |
604 |
35.96 |
(659 v
Aus at Auckland 2000) |
| 30 |
(-1) |
Shoaib
Akhtar |
Pak |
603 |
21.30 |
(679 v
SA at Sharjah 2000) |
| 31 |
(-12) |
Lance
Klusener |
SA |
596 |
27.66 |
(703 v
Pak at Colombo 2000) |
| 32 |
(+1) |
Adam
Dale |
Aus |
595 |
30.59 |
(664 v
Pak at Brisbane 2000) |
| 33 |
(-2) |
Nikhil
Chopra |
Ind |
594 |
27.95 |
(678 v
NZ at Gauhati 1999) |
| 34 |
( - ) |
Sunil
Joshi |
Ind |
586 |
35.19 |
(640 v
SA at Jamshedpur 2000) |
| 35 |
(-3) |
Chris
Cairns |
NZ |
577 |
33.54 |
(657 v
Ind at Sharjah 1998) |
| 36 |
(+2) |
Craig
White |
Eng |
574 |
24.26 |
(574 v
Pak at Rawalpindi 2000) |
| 37 |
(+2) |
Mushtaq
Ahmed |
Pak |
571 |
32.89 |
(743 v
Eng at Melbourne 1992) |
| 38=3D |
(-2) |
Sanath
Jayasuriya |
Sri |
562 |
34.59 |
(628 v
NZ at Dhaka 1998) |
| 38=3D |
(+3) |
Martin
Suji |
Ken |
562 |
50.13 |
(562 v
Ind at Nairobi 2000) |
| 40 |
(-5) |
Geoff
Allott |
NZ |
561 |
23.21 |
(659 v
Ind at Nottingham 1999) |
| 41 |
(+1) |
Thomas
Odoyo |
Ken |
557 |
39.10 |
(557 v
Ind at Nairobi 2000) |
| 42=3D |
(-5) |
Waqar
Younis |
Pak |
555 |
23.72 |
(802 v
WI at Johannesburg 1993) |
| 42=3D |
(+4) |
Nicky
Boje |
SA |
555 |
35.89 |
(570 v
NZ at Singapore 2000) |
| 44 |
(+24) |
R.Telemachus |
SA |
552 |
23.85 |
(552 v
NZ at Cape Town 2000) |
| 45 |
(-6) |
Pramodya
Wickremasinghe |
Sri |
549 |
38.92 |
(656 v
Ken at Southampton = |
| 46 |
(-3) |
Kumara
Dharmasena |
Sri |
543 |
37.78 |
(675 v
Ind at Colombo 1998) |
| 47 |
(-2) |
Javagal
Srinath |
Ind |
537 |
28.65 |
(756 v
WI at Calcutta 1994) |
| 48 |
(-4) |
Steve
Elworthy |
SA |
536 |
28.46 |
(611 v
Ind at Sharjah 2000) |
| 49 |
(-2) |
Robert
Croft |
Eng |
535 |
38.02 |
(650 v
Aus at Adelaide 1999) |
| 50 |
(+2) |
Ajit
Agarkar |
Ind |
529 |
30.82 |
(646 v
Sri at Pune 1999) |
