Garfield Sobers

The only cricketer knighted while playing, Garfield Sobers scored 8,032 Test runs at 57.78, 15% higher than the average top-order batsman of his time, while taking 235 wickets as a left-arm bowler across three styles. His 1968 feat of six sixes in an over remains unmatched, making him the only all-rounder who could have been selected as both a specialist batsman and specialist bowler, outperforming #5 Muralitharan in batting contribution. That six-hitting record stands as the first in first-class cricket, a milestone no other player has achieved.