| 1 | Sir Don Bradman | Australia | Test avg 99.94 – greatest batsman ever |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 100 international centuries |
| 3 | Sir Garfield Sobers | West Indies | Elite all-rounder; first to hit 6 sixes in an over |
| 4 | Shane Warne | Australia | 708 Test wickets – leg-spin revolution |
| 5 | Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | Fastest Test century (56 balls) for 30 years |
| 6 | Imran Khan | Pakistan | World Cup-winning captain; elite all-rounder |
| 7 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 10,000+ runs & 200+ wickets in Tests/ODIs |
| 8 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | Most wickets in cricket history (800 Tests) |
| 9 | Brian Lara | West Indies | Highest Test score 400* & first-class 501* |
| 10 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | First to 500 ODI wickets; swing-bowling master |
