| Rank |
Change |
Player |
Team |
Rating |
Career
ave |
Career
best rating |
| 1 |
( - ) |
Shaun
Pollock |
SA |
900 |
20.45 |
(912 v
Eng at Johannesburg 1999) |
| 2 |
( - ) |
Glenn
McGrath |
Aus |
896 |
22.42 |
(902 v
NZ at Auckland 2000) |
| 3 |
( - ) |
Allan
Donald |
SA |
851 |
21.59 |
(897 v
Eng at Johannesburg 1999) |
| 4 |
( - ) |
Courtney
Walsh |
WI |
836 |
24.25 |
(844 v
Eng at Leeds 2000) |
| 5 |
( - ) |
Curtly
Ambrose |
WI |
830 |
20.99 |
(915 v
Eng at Port-of-Spain 1994) |
| 6 |
( - ) |
Muttiah
Muralitharan |
Sri |
822 |
25.57 |
(825 v
SA at Galle 2000) |
| 7 |
( - ) |
Brett
Lee |
Aus |
735 |
16.06 |
(735 v
NZ at Hamilton 2000) |
| 8 |
( - ) |
Wasim
Akram |
Pak |
725 |
22.98 |
(828 v
Aus at Karachi 1994) |
| 9 |
( - ) |
Anil
Kumble |
Ind |
722 |
28.01 |
(859 v
Sri at Bangalore 1994) |
| 10 |
( - ) |
Andrew
Caddick |
Eng |
719 |
27.34 |
(719 v
WI at The Oval 2000) |
| 11 |
(+4) |
Chris
Cairns |
NZ |
711 |
29.21 |
(733 v
WI at Wellington 1999) |
| 12 |
(-1) |
Darren
Gough |
Eng |
706 |
27.79 |
(710 v
WI at Leeds 2000) |
| 13 |
(-1) |
Damien
Fleming |
Aus |
699 |
24.90 |
(750 v
Ind at Adelaide 1999) |
| 14 |
( - ) |
Waqar
Younis |
Pak |
693 |
22.50 |
(912 v
Zim at Rawalpindi 1993) |
| 15 |
(-2) |
Heath
Streak |
Zim |
654 |
23.87 |
(752 v
Sri at Colombo 1996) |
| 16 |
(+1) |
Shane
Warne |
Aus |
652 |
25.96 |
(907 v
Eng at Melbourne 1994) |
| 17 |
(-1) |
Dion
Nash |
NZ |
648 |
27.48 |
(695 v
WI at Wellington 1999) |
| 18 |
( - ) |
Javagal
Srinath |
Ind |
640 |
30.48 |
(740 v
NZ at Mohali 1999) |
| 19 |
(+1) |
Dominic
Cork |
Eng |
601 |
28.50 |
(680 v
SA at Johannesburg 1995) |
| 20 |
(+1) |
Saqlain
Mushtaq |
Pak |
590 |
30.43 |
(724 v
Aus at Hobart 1999) |
| 21 |
(-2) |
Daniel
Vettori |
NZ |
577 |
32.62 |
(610 v
Aus at Wellington 2000) |
| 22 |
( - ) |
Simon
Doull |
NZ |
566 |
29.30 |
(795 v
Ind at Hamilton 1999) |
| 23 |
( - ) |
Chaminda
Vaas |
Sri |
533 |
30.68 |
(739 v
Pak at Sialkot 1995) |
| 24 |
( - ) |
Jacques
Kallis |
SA |
529 |
28.41 |
(596 v
Zim at Harare 1999) |
| 25 |
( - ) |
Jason
Gillespie |
Aus |
527 |
22.16 |
(701 v
Eng at Leeds 1997) |
| 26 |
( - ) |
Colin
Miller |
Aus |
520 |
28.81 |
(540 v
NZ at Wellington 2000) |
| 27 |
( - ) |
Arshad
Khan |
Pak |
517 |
29.33 |
(517 v
Sri at Kandy 2000) |
| 28 |
( - ) |
Mushtaq
Ahmed |
Pak |
495 |
31.23 |
(819 v
NZ at Rawalpindi 1996) |
| 29 |
(+5) |
Shayne
O'Connor |
NZ |
494 |
31.27 |
(494 v
Zim at Harare 2000) |
| 30 |
(-1) |
Reon
King |
WI |
479 |
27.91 |
(589 v
Eng at Birmingham 2000) |
| 31 |
(RE) |
Paul
Strang |
Zim |
465 |
34.66 |
(465 v
NZ at Harare 2000) |
| 32 |
(-2) |
Paul
Adams |
SA |
452 |
31.55 |
(553 v
Eng at Cape Town 2000) |
| 33 |
(-2) |
Henry
Olonga |
Zim |
448 |
31.48 |
(486 v
Pak at Lahore 1998) |
| 34 |
(-2) |
Alan
Mullally |
Eng |
446 |
30.58 |
(478 v
SA at Centurion 2000) |
| 35 |
(-2) |
Venkatesh
Prasad |
Ind |
442 |
34.70 |
(602 v
SA at Durban 1996) |
| 36 |
(-1) |
Pommie
Mbangwa |
Zim |
421 |
31.43 |
(605 v
Pak at Peshawar 1998) |
| 37 |
(-1) |
Nantie
Hayward |
SA |
405 |
26.68 |
(405 v
Sri at Colombo 2000) |
| 38 |
(-1) |
Nicky
Boje |
SA |
401 |
22.52 |
(401 v
Sri at Colombo 2000) |
| 39 |
(-1) |
Shoaib
Akhtar |
Pak |
393 |
35.84 |
(447 v
Aus at Brisbane 1999) |
| 40 |
(-1) |
Craig
White |
Eng |
370 |
28.66 |
(370 v
WI at The Oval 2000) |
| 41 |
(-1) |
Nuwan
Zoysa |
Sri |
362 |
28.16 |
(369 v
Pak at Colombo 2000) |
| 42 |
(-1) |
Sunil
Joshi |
Ind |
356 |
33.14 |
(378 v
NZ at Kanpur 1999) |
| 43 |
(-1) |
Michael
Kasprowicz |
Aus |
352 |
34.68 |
(439 v
Ind at Bangalore 1998) |
| 44 |
(-1) |
Phil
Tufnell |
Eng |
351 |
36.55 |
(682 v
NZ at Christchurch 1992) |
| 45 |
( - ) |
Pramodya
Wickremasinghe |
Sri |
348 |
42.26 |
(387 v
Pak at Peshawar 2000) |
| 46 |
( - ) |
Franklyn
Rose |
WI |
342 |
30.88 |
(541 v
SA at Durban 1998) |
| 47 |
(+8) |
Paul
Wiseman |
NZ |
338 |
37.56 |
(380 v
Zim at Bulawayo 2000) |
| 48 |
(-4) |
Guy
Whittall |
Zim |
333 |
35.88 |
(349 v
Eng at Nottingham 2000) |
| 49 |
(-2) |
Lance
Klusener |
SA |
312 |
38.10 |
(458 v
Pak at Johannesburg 1998) |
| 50 |
(-2) |
Kumara
Dharmasena |
Sri |
311 |
38.27 |
(380 v
NZ at Colombo 1998) |
