Top 5 ODI wicketkeepers of all time

1. Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist - The man who changed it for everyone

Matches: 287

Runs Scored: 9619

Average: 35.19

100s/50s: 16/55

Dismissals: 472

The reason why Adam Gilchrist comes in at No. 1 is that the landscape changed tremendously from the time he started playing international cricket and the time he retired.

The person responsible for the change was Gilchrist himself. He changed the way wicketkeepers were perceived in cricket, and made aggressive batting an almost necessary skill for a wicketkeeper.

Responsible for Ian Healy's early retirement from cricket, Gilchrist was able to make the opening slot his own. He was easily one of the most feared cricketers in world cricket.

And the icing on the cake? Gilchrist was the epitome of a big match player. Gilchrist was a member of three World Cup winning teams, and remarkably, in all the three finals it was he who took the game away from the opposition - be it in 1999, 2003 or 2007.

Surely that makes him the greatest, doesn't it?