Well that's that for the year then.
So:
1. Sam Curran – 5049
Cricketers of the Week – 5
Most common position– 26 weeks in 1st
Can’t begrudge Curran this one. This is his third year on the List and he has occasional very purple patches and then fades away but he has shown the stamina to push on and win by a not inconsiderable margin this time out.
Key Stat – Pooran ran him close on a couple of occasions but Curran’s 4132 points in short form cricket is the highest of anyone . He has spent half the year holding that spot.
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 4296
Cricketers of the Week – 6
Most common position – 14 weeks in 1st
For the second year in a row a female cricketer has spent the most time in top spot but then ended up finishing in silver medal position. Her total is still a very impressive one considering she spent a good two thirds of the year not bowling.
Key Stat – NSB scored the most One Day points. Only 15.58% of all total points were scored in that format.
3. Liam Dawson – 4061
Cricketers of the Week – 3
Most common position– 12 weeks in 3rd.
Probably our most consistent Cricketer in the Year. He has the most average average (if you get me) at 109.76. When he plays you are almost guaranteed a decent haul of points.
Key Stat – No cricketer played more cricket than Dawson’s 37 active weeks. 3 more than Curran in second place and 17 more than Rishabh Pant who played the least.
4. Jos Buttler - 3984
Cricketers of the Week – 6
Most common position– 14 weeks in 2nd.
Spent almost all the year in the Top 5 – never hitting top spot and only spending two weeks in 5th. Will perhaps feel hard done by at spending so long in 2nd to finish 3rd but that big gap at the end of the New Zealand tour did for him.
Key Stat: In a year with a preponderance of wicketkeepers, Buttler was the standout behind the wicket. He finished with 12 more catches than anyone else and joint highest Fielding Bonus points.
5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3966
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Most common position– 19 weeks in 5th.
It’s comical how long Jadeja spends in 5th position. This year he has spent 19 weeks in the fifth position having spent 8 there last year. Was the highest scoring red ball player this year with 2529 points; 768 more than Liam Dawson.
Key Stat: Finishes second in terms of average points per active week with 136.76. Last year he was third with 131.08. Of our nine players to feature in both years his average differential is the most consistent.
6. Nicholas Pooran – 3913
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Most common position – 14 weeks in 6th.
Now devoid of any national loyalties, Pooran was free to plough the franchise furrow… and what a fruitful harvest he had. Startingly at no point in 2025did Pooran drop any lower than 8th position.
Key Stat: Pooran was always going to be a big scorer in the Strike Rate category….however the level of this has been extraordinary. In the 4 years I have been tracking that metric nobody has breached 1000 SR points in a calendar year until now.
7. Phil Salt – 3821
Cricketers of the Week – 2
Most common position – 16 weeks in 8th
Followed a similar playbook to how he operated last year; pootle along unnoticed for 10 months and then hit the accelerator in that T20 Franchise section of the year. If it ain’t broke…..
Key Stat: With the freakish anomaly of Pooran who played nothing but T20 cricket, Salt’s 91.97% is the highest proportion of anybody.
8. Annabel Sutherland – 3460
Cricketer of the Weeks – 1
Most common position - 7 weeks in 7th
Really was hampered by the second longest spell of absence of anyone in the List however 7th is a more than serviceable score for a Rookie year. She is a young lady with an enormous amount of promise.
Key Stats – Nobody has occupied more positions than Sutherland. She was as high as 2nd at the end of March and as low as 20th in July.
9. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 3218
Cricketer of the Weeks – 3
Most common position - 10 weeks in 10th
Spent more weeks outside of the Top Ten than he did within it in what has been a bit of a topsy turvy year for the Indian youngster.
Key Stats – Runs was probably the tightest fought category with 6 people being separated by less than a hundred runs at the top. Jaiswal led us out on the final week with 2060.
10. Harry Brook – 3130
Cricketer of the Weeks – 2
Most common position - 13 weeks in 17th
Strange to say looking at a tenth place finish but this has been a disappointing year for Brook….obviously in terms of results as well as in terms of output. His average score in 2025 was 13.1 points fewer than the previous year. Not the trajectory you would have hoped for the young man.
Key Stats – Brook is the only player in our Top ten to have spent time in the bottom3 with 3 weeks as second bottom and one week at the foot of the List.
Rest of the list
11 Pathum Nissanka 3109
12 Kane Williamson 2913
13 Saim Ayub 2846
14 Chamari Athapaththu 2666
14 Jamie Smith 2665
15 Travis Head 2584
16 Babar Azam 2549
18 Liam Livingstone 2514
19 Heinrich Klaasen 2500
20 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
21 Suryakumar Yadav 2263
22 Jasprit Bumrah 2078
23 Rishabh Pant 2053
24 Adam Zampa 1662
So:
1. Sam Curran – 5049
Cricketers of the Week – 5
Most common position– 26 weeks in 1st
Can’t begrudge Curran this one. This is his third year on the List and he has occasional very purple patches and then fades away but he has shown the stamina to push on and win by a not inconsiderable margin this time out.
Key Stat – Pooran ran him close on a couple of occasions but Curran’s 4132 points in short form cricket is the highest of anyone . He has spent half the year holding that spot.
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 4296
Cricketers of the Week – 6
Most common position – 14 weeks in 1st
For the second year in a row a female cricketer has spent the most time in top spot but then ended up finishing in silver medal position. Her total is still a very impressive one considering she spent a good two thirds of the year not bowling.
Key Stat – NSB scored the most One Day points. Only 15.58% of all total points were scored in that format.
3. Liam Dawson – 4061
Cricketers of the Week – 3
Most common position– 12 weeks in 3rd.
Probably our most consistent Cricketer in the Year. He has the most average average (if you get me) at 109.76. When he plays you are almost guaranteed a decent haul of points.
Key Stat – No cricketer played more cricket than Dawson’s 37 active weeks. 3 more than Curran in second place and 17 more than Rishabh Pant who played the least.
4. Jos Buttler - 3984
Cricketers of the Week – 6
Most common position– 14 weeks in 2nd.
Spent almost all the year in the Top 5 – never hitting top spot and only spending two weeks in 5th. Will perhaps feel hard done by at spending so long in 2nd to finish 3rd but that big gap at the end of the New Zealand tour did for him.
Key Stat: In a year with a preponderance of wicketkeepers, Buttler was the standout behind the wicket. He finished with 12 more catches than anyone else and joint highest Fielding Bonus points.
5. Ravindra Jadeja - 3966
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Most common position– 19 weeks in 5th.
It’s comical how long Jadeja spends in 5th position. This year he has spent 19 weeks in the fifth position having spent 8 there last year. Was the highest scoring red ball player this year with 2529 points; 768 more than Liam Dawson.
Key Stat: Finishes second in terms of average points per active week with 136.76. Last year he was third with 131.08. Of our nine players to feature in both years his average differential is the most consistent.
6. Nicholas Pooran – 3913
Cricketers of the Week – 4
Most common position – 14 weeks in 6th.
Now devoid of any national loyalties, Pooran was free to plough the franchise furrow… and what a fruitful harvest he had. Startingly at no point in 2025did Pooran drop any lower than 8th position.
Key Stat: Pooran was always going to be a big scorer in the Strike Rate category….however the level of this has been extraordinary. In the 4 years I have been tracking that metric nobody has breached 1000 SR points in a calendar year until now.
7. Phil Salt – 3821
Cricketers of the Week – 2
Most common position – 16 weeks in 8th
Followed a similar playbook to how he operated last year; pootle along unnoticed for 10 months and then hit the accelerator in that T20 Franchise section of the year. If it ain’t broke…..
Key Stat: With the freakish anomaly of Pooran who played nothing but T20 cricket, Salt’s 91.97% is the highest proportion of anybody.
8. Annabel Sutherland – 3460
Cricketer of the Weeks – 1
Most common position - 7 weeks in 7th
Really was hampered by the second longest spell of absence of anyone in the List however 7th is a more than serviceable score for a Rookie year. She is a young lady with an enormous amount of promise.
Key Stats – Nobody has occupied more positions than Sutherland. She was as high as 2nd at the end of March and as low as 20th in July.
9. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 3218
Cricketer of the Weeks – 3
Most common position - 10 weeks in 10th
Spent more weeks outside of the Top Ten than he did within it in what has been a bit of a topsy turvy year for the Indian youngster.
Key Stats – Runs was probably the tightest fought category with 6 people being separated by less than a hundred runs at the top. Jaiswal led us out on the final week with 2060.
10. Harry Brook – 3130
Cricketer of the Weeks – 2
Most common position - 13 weeks in 17th
Strange to say looking at a tenth place finish but this has been a disappointing year for Brook….obviously in terms of results as well as in terms of output. His average score in 2025 was 13.1 points fewer than the previous year. Not the trajectory you would have hoped for the young man.
Key Stats – Brook is the only player in our Top ten to have spent time in the bottom3 with 3 weeks as second bottom and one week at the foot of the List.
Rest of the list
11 Pathum Nissanka 3109
12 Kane Williamson 2913
13 Saim Ayub 2846
14 Chamari Athapaththu 2666
14 Jamie Smith 2665
15 Travis Head 2584
16 Babar Azam 2549
18 Liam Livingstone 2514
19 Heinrich Klaasen 2500
20 Wanindu Hasaranga 2463
21 Suryakumar Yadav 2263
22 Jasprit Bumrah 2078
23 Rishabh Pant 2053
24 Adam Zampa 1662
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