Who are the top ten batsmen of all-time?

[austerlitz]

Curious to see this.I want to see not the obvious top 5 guys but the 5-10 spots.

Mine.

1.Bradman
2.Tendulkar
3.Richards
4.Lara
5.Gavaskar
6.G.Chapell
7.Sobers
8.Hobbs
9.Ponting
10.Border

 

[Proactive_]

Discounting Richards and Pollock who had their careers cut short by apartheid..


Bradman
Viv
Sobers
Gavaskar
Lara
Border
Trumper
Dravid
Kallis
S. Waugh

 

[wrongun]

Bradman
Viv
Sobers
Gavaskar
Lara
Border
Tendulkar
Dravid
Hutton
Gilchrist

 

[HuzaifaE]

Excluding the dinosaurs (including Bradman).

1. Tendulkar
2. Richards
3. Sobers
4. Lara
5. Gavaskar
6. Ponting
7. Sangakkara
8. Kallis
9. Dravid
10. Chappell

 

[The_Odd_One]

Bradman
Tendulkar
Viv
Lara
Chappell
Sobers
Ponting
Sanga
Kohli
Kallis

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

In tests

1. Bradman
2. Viv
3. Tendulkar
4. Sobers
5. Hutton
6. Hobbs
7. Lara
8. Hammond
9. Chappell
10. Gavaskar

 

[The Googly]

In tests

1. Bradman
2. Viv
3. Tendulkar
4. Sobers
5. Hutton
6. Hobbs
7. Lara
8. Hammond
9. Chappell
10. Gavaskar

Search on YouTube for videos of Hobbs batting. Not impressed.
The only old timer I would consider is Bradman. Rubbish bowling and only Eng and Aus were good.

Lara
Bradman
Viv
Tendu
Sobers
Border
Gavaskar
Javed
G chappel
Gooch

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Search on YouTube for videos of Hobbs batting. Not impressed.
The only old timer I would consider is Bradman. Rubbish bowling and only Eng and Aus were good.

Lara
Bradman
Viv
Tendu
Sobers
Border
Gavaskar
Javed
G chappel
Gooch

Judging pre-war players by a few Youtube clips is garbage thinking.

Pitches and style of bowling was different and required different balance at the crease compared to truer pitches and faster bowling of later years.

 

[dauntless]

Viv
Lara
Bradman
Sobers
Gavaskar
Border
Pointing
Sanga
Dravid
Javed

 

[Hitman]

Excluding players from the pre-war era

1. Garry Sobers
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Viv Richards
4. Brian Lara
5. Sunny Gavaskar
6. Greg Chappell
7. Ricky Ponting
8. Kumar Sangakkara


That's it.

 

[sajeebmcj]

bradman
tendulkar
viv
sobers
chappel
kallis
lara
gavaskar
ponting
sanga

 

[ManFan]

At their absolute prime:
1) Tendulkar
2) VIV
3) Gavaskar
4) Lara
5) Chappel
6) Dravid
7) Border
8) Ponting
9) Sangakarrra
10) S. Anwar

 

[bujhee kom]

From the post war period:

Viv (no comparison)
Lara
Sobers
G. Chappell
Sachin
Ponting
Gavaskar
S. Waugh
Border
Kallis

 

[Bilal7]

1) Bradman
2) Viv
3) Lara
4) Sobers
5) Tendulker
6) Kallis
7) Ponting
8) Miandad
9) Chappell
10) Hobbs/Hutton

 

[Harsh Thakor]

1) Bradman
2) Viv
3) Lara
4) Sobers
5) Tendulker
6) Kallis
7) Ponting
8) Miandad
9) Chappell
10) Hobbs/Hutton

Why not Gavaskar?I think he was ahead of Chappell,Miandad ,Kalis .I would rate Chappell ahead of Kalllis and Miandad.Hobs should rank arguably ahead of even Viv.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Curious to see this.I want to see not the obvious top 5 guys but the 5-10 spots.

Mine.

1.Bradman
2.Tendulkar
3.Richards
4.Lara
5.Gavaskar
6.G.Chapell
7.Sobers
8.Hobbs
9.Ponting
10.Border

Why not Hammond?Or even Hutton?otherwise good list.

 

[Bilal7]

Why not Gavaskar?I think he was ahead of Chappell,Miandad ,Kalis .I would rate Chappell ahead of Kalllis and Miandad.Hobs should rank arguably ahead of even Viv.

Gavasker was a horrible ODI player. That is why. I looked at every format that a batsman played during his career to make this list.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Gavasker was a horrible ODI player. That is why. I looked at every format that a batsman played during his career to make this list.

Could you make a list for only test cricket?

 

[austerlitz]

Why not Hammond?Or even Hutton?otherwise good list.

Can't rate these old timers before ponting or border,only hobbs because of his longevity and 200 FC hundreds.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Curious to see this.I want to see not the obvious top 5 guys but the 5-10 spots.

Mine.

1.Bradman
2.Tendulkar
3.Richards
4.Lara
5.Gavaskar
6.G.Chapell
7.Sobers
8.Hobbs
9.Ponting
10.Border

Why Sobers below Chappell and Gavaskar ?To me just a whisker behind Tendulkar and Lara.Anyway excellent ranking of modern greats and done justice to Chappell rating him above sporting and Border.

 

[austerlitz]

Why Sobers below Chappell and Gavaskar ?To me just a whisker behind Tendulkar and Lara.Anyway excellent ranking of modern greats and done justice to Chappell rating him above sporting and Border.

Sobers played in an era of easier bowlers(late 50s and 60s) compared to chapell and gavaskar who played in the most difficult era.

 

[Robert]

Ranji
Hobbs
Bradman
Headley
Sobers
Richards IVA
Gavaskar
Miandad
Lara
Tendulkar

 

[Ab Fan]

Curious to see this.I want to see not the obvious top 5 guys but the 5-10 spots.

Mine.

1.Bradman
2.Tendulkar
3.Richards
4.Lara
5.Gavaskar
6.G.Chapell
7.Sobers
8.Hobbs
9.Ponting
10.Border

Among post war debuted cricketers:

Sobers
Tendulkar
Richards
Lara
Gavaskar
Chappell
AB
Ponting
Miandad
Sangakkara

 

[Railu Katta]

Bradman, Lara, Viv, Ponting, kallis, Sanga, Miandad, inzi, Dravid, AB

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Ranji
Hobbs
Bradman
Headley
Sobers
Richards IVA
Gavaskar
Miandad
Lara
Tendulkar

In order of merit?No Hammond?any reason?Or Hutton ? Considering both test and ODI cricket?

 

[Justcrazy]

Tendulkar , Bradman , Viv , lara , greg Chapel . These five should be there , no doubt

 

[Tusker]

I dont rate oldies nor the dull boring types ...


1. Tendulkar
2. Lara
3. Ponting
4. Smith
5. Kohli
6. Sehwag
7. Sanga
8. KP
9. AB
10.VVS


Order can change for 4-10

 

[Harsh Thakor]

My top 10 in tentative order of merit.

1.Jack Hobbs
2.Sachin Tendulkar
3.Don Bradman
4.Viv Richards
5.Brian Lara
6.Garfield Sobers
7.Walter Hammond
8.Sunil Gavaskar/Len Hutton
10.Barry Richards

Hobbs at 1 because of ascendancy for such a prolonged period conquering the worst tracks and overshadowing Bradman on wet pitches or bad wickets.Tendulkar for longevity at top in test and O.D.I.cricket and facing pressure no batting great ever did.Bradman statistically was like a creature from another planet but did not face the oposition or pressure Sachin did.Agre overal itis very controversial or debatable nut gad envisaging Bradman surpass Tendulkar in the modern era or eclipsing Hobbs in previous era.In terms of sheer talent Viv and Lara were ahead of all the top 3 and at their best were better than anybody.Hammond in another era would have been ranked in the class of a Tendulkar and could eclipse even the Don in bad conditions.Gavaskar and Hutton were an epitome of consistency against great bowling and chosen because they were opening batsmen.

Here I have considered O.D.I.and 1st class cricket .My views are similar to Geoff Boycott's on Hobbs.In only test cricket Bradman would be certainly at the top followed by Lara ,Tendulkar and Sobers in that order.Combining tests and O.D.I.Viv Overshadows Lara and Sobers.At his peak he was 2nd to only Bradman.No great was better than Lara playing the role of a lone crusader in turning a game or compiling mammoth scores that too at a breathtaking scoring rate.The likes of Greg Chappell,Everton Weekes,Alan Border,Javed Miandad and George Headley missed out by just a whisker.Placed Barry considering his outstanding WSC statistics and his superlative scores in 1st class cricket.In WSC Barry was almost an equal of Viv Richards.

Like PP viewers reaction to my tentative placing of Hobbs and Sachin and including Barry.