| Rank |
Change |
Player |
Team |
Rating |
Career
ave |
Career
best rating |
| 1 |
( - ) |
Sachin
Tendulkar |
Ind |
863 |
55.37 |
(880 v
SA at Mumbai 2000) |
| 2 |
( - ) |
Steve
Waugh |
Aus |
841 |
50.43 |
(909 v
WI at Melbourne 1996) |
| 3 |
( - ) |
Saeed
Anwar |
Pak |
808 |
47.10 |
(835 v
Ind at Calcutta 1999) |
| 4 |
( - ) |
Ricky
Ponting |
Aus |
804 |
47.51 |
(829 v
Ind at Sydney 2000) |
| 5 |
( - ) |
Inzamam-
ul-Haq |
Pak |
786 |
45.49 |
(865 v
Eng at Lord's 1996) |
| 6 |
( - ) |
Justin
Langer |
Aus |
767 |
41.75 |
(767 v
NZ at Hamilton 2000) |
| 7 |
( - ) |
Brian
Lara |
WI |
766 |
49.67 |
(917 v
Aus at St John's 1999) |
| 8 |
(+1) |
Jacques
Kallis |
SA |
727 |
41.92 |
(764 v
Sri at Kandy 2000) |
| 9 |
(+1) |
Alec
Stewart |
Eng |
723 |
40.40 |
(791 v
Zim at Lord's 2000) |
| 10 |
(-2) |
Andy
Flower |
Zim |
722 |
44.20 |
(770 v
WI at Port-of-Spain 2000) |
| 11= |
( - ) |
Michael
Atherton |
Eng |
709 |
38.33 |
(771 v
SA at Johannesburg 1995) |
| 11= |
( - ) |
Mahela
Jayawardene |
Sri |
709 |
43.55 |
(709 v
SA at Colombo 2000) |
| 13 |
(+4) |
Chris
Cairns |
NZ |
705 |
32.55 |
(705 v
Zim at Harare 2000) |
| 14 |
(-1) |
Daryll
Cullinan |
SA |
696 |
43.08 |
(752 v
Sri at Galle 2000) |
| 15 |
(-1) |
Craig
McMillan |
NZ |
694 |
42.00 |
(713 v
Zim at Bulawayo 2000) |
| 16 |
(-1) |
Aravinda
de Silva |
Sri |
680 |
42.42 |
(796 v
Aus at Colombo 1999) |
| 17 |
(-1) |
Michael
Slater |
Aus |
675 |
43.83 |
(768 v
Sri at Melbourne 1995) |
| 18 |
( - ) |
Adam
Gilchrist |
Aus |
664 |
57.18 |
(664 v
NZ at Hamilton 2000) |
| 19 |
( - ) |
Lance
Klusener |
SA |
661 |
39.55 |
(661 v
Sri at Colombo 2000) |
| 20= |
( - ) |
Mark
Waugh |
Aus |
660 |
41.72 |
(803 v
SA at Port Elizabeth 1997) |
| 20= |
( - ) |
Rahul
Dravid |
Ind |
660 |
47.01 |
(862 v
NZ at Hamilton 1999) |
| 22 |
( - ) |
Gary
Kirsten |
SA |
649 |
40.70 |
(766 v
Ind at Calcutta 1996) |
| 23 |
( - ) |
Sanath
Jayasuriya |
Sri |
641 |
42.55 |
(750 v
Ind at Colombo 1997) |
| 24 |
( - ) |
Shivnarine
Chanderpaul |
WI |
637 |
40.03 |
(746 v
Ind at Georgetown 1997) |
| 25 |
( - ) |
Marvan
Atapattu |
Sri |
635 |
35.39 |
(667 v
SA at Kandy 2000) |
| 26 |
( - ) |
Nathan
Astle |
NZ |
627 |
35.93 |
(648 v
Aus at Wellington 2000) |
| 27= |
(+1) |
Nasser
Hussain |
Eng |
622 |
36.07 |
(784 v
SA at Durban 1999) |
| 27= |
(+1) |
Sourav
Ganguly |
Ind |
622 |
45.54 |
(706 v
Pak at Delhi 1999) |
| 29 |
(+1) |
Yousuf
Youhana |
Pak |
620 |
35.74 |
(649 v
WI at St John's 2000) |
| 30 |
(+1) |
Mohammad
Azharuddin |
Ind |
619 |
45.03 |
(723 v
Eng at The Oval 1990) |
| 31 |
(+1) |
Sadagopan
Ramesh |
Ind |
604 |
49.58 |
(645 v
NZ at Ahmedabad 1999) |
| 32 |
(+1) |
Jimmy
Adams |
WI |
592 |
44.01 |
(830 v
Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995) |
| 33 |
(-6) |
Stephen
Fleming |
NZ |
588 |
36.24 |
(676 v
Eng at Auckland 1997) |
| 34 |
( - ) |
Arjuna
Ranatunga |
Sri |
587 |
35.69 |
(690 v
Ind at Kanpur 1986) |
| 35= |
( - ) |
Ijaz
Ahmed, sen. |
Pak |
576 |
38.61 |
(695 v
Eng at The Oval 1996) |
| 35= |
( - ) |
Jonty
Rhodes |
SA |
576 |
35.66 |
(601 v
Zim at Bloemfontein 1999) |
| 37 |
( - ) |
Sherwin
Campbell |
WI |
573 |
34.66 |
(686 v
Aus at Sydney 1996) |
| 38 |
( - ) |
Graham
Thorpe |
Eng |
566 |
38.48 |
(803 v
WI at Kingston 1998) |
| 39 |
( - ) |
Michael
Vaughan |
Eng |
529 |
28.69 |
(574 v
WI at Leeds 2000) |
| 40 |
(+10) |
Guy
Whittall |
Zim |
527 |
30.42 |
(527 v
NZ at Harare 2000) |
| 41 |
(-1) |
Greg
Blewett |
Aus |
526 |
34.02 |
(710 v
NZ at Hobart 1997) |
| 42 |
(-1) |
Mark
Boucher |
SA |
510 |
29.38 |
(530 v
Ind at Mumbai 2000) |
| 43 |
(-1) |
Graeme
Hick |
Eng |
502 |
33.23 |
(724 v
SA at Centurion 1995) |
| 44 |
(-1) |
Herschelle
Gibbs |
SA |
492 |
32.29 |
(523 v
Ind at Mumbai 2000) |
| 45 |
(-1) |
Aamir
Sohail |
Pak |
488 |
35.28 |
(696 v
WI at Karachi 1997) |
| 46 |
(-1) |
Wavell
Hinds |
WI |
485 |
34.75 |
(589 v
Pak at St John's 2000) |
| 47= |
(-1) |
Moin
Khan |
Pak |
482 |
28.15 |
(595 v
WI at Peshawar 1997) |
| 47= |
(-1) |
Russel
Arnold |
Sri |
482 |
31.77 |
(518 v
Pak at Peshawar 2000) |
| 49 |
(+6) |
Matthew
Horne |
NZ |
481 |
32.14 |
(583 v
Eng at Manchester 1999) |
| 50 |
(-2) |
Wasim
Akram |
Pak |
480 |
22.83 |
(480 v
Sri at Kandy 2000) |
