Matches won and win percentage

In the second of five stats analysis pieces, we take a look at the fundamental theme of cricket and indeed any sport - winning. From our list of 20 players, just who was the biggest winner?

Cricinfo staff

13-Dec-2006

In the second of five stats analysis pieces, we take a look at the fundamental theme of cricket and indeed any sport - winning. From our list of 20 players, just who was the biggest winner? Here are their careers ordered by percentage of matches won to help you decide:

Tests
player	mats	won	drawn	lost	tied	win%
MJ Procter	7	6	1	0		85.71
AC Gilchrist	87	66	11	10		75.86
KR Miller	55	31	15	9		56.36
MA Noble	42	21	12	9		50.00
JH Kallis	102	46	28	28		45.10
SM Pollock	102	45	32	25		44.12
A Flintoff	65	27	19	19		41.54
W Rhodes	58	24	13	21		41.38
Wasim Akram	104	41	36	27		39.42
R Benaud	63	24	25	13	1	38.10
GS Sobers	93	31	36	25	1	33.33
IT Botham	102	33	37	32		32.04
APE Knott	95	29	46	20		30.53
Imran Khan	88	26	45	17		29.55
AW Greig	58	17	24	17		29.31
RJ Hadlee	84	22	35	27		26.19
LN Constantine	18	4	5	9		22.22
N Kapil Dev	131	24	75	31	1	18.32
RJ Shastri	80	10	49	20	1	12.50
MH Mankad	44	5	26	13		11.36

ODIs
player	Mats	won	lost	nr	tie	win%
AC Gilchrist	247	174	64	4	5	70.45
JH Kallis	244	156	75	8	5	63.93
SM Pollock	271	171	86	9	5	63.10
IT Botham	116	66	47	2	1	56.90
Wasim Akram	357	200	145	6	6	56.02
APE Knott	20	11	8	1	0	55.00
AW Greig	22	12	8	2	0	54.55
Imran Khan	175	93	77	4	1	53.14
A Flintoff	105	51	49	4	1	48.57
N Kapil Dev	225	103	113	7	2	45.78
RJ Hadlee	115	51	57	7	0	44.35
RJ Shastri	150	61	82	6	1	40.67
GS Sobers	1	0	0	1	0	0.00

Please note - all stats up to date as of 13/12/06.