Squash: Who Is The Greatest of All Time? - Top 5 Men
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2018
- Over the past few weeks, we gave you the chance to decide the greatest players in squash history as we took a look at the achievements and legacies of some of the most recognisable names ever to take to a squash court. Read more about the public vote and results at psaworldtour.com
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Based on record and results, Jansher should be No 2 or No 1!
On no 2 no 1 is jahangir
No 1 is Jahangir but No 2 for sure
Jansher at no 4 is patently ludicrous. He’s one or two.
at 2 or 3 for me
@@peterhammer6915 At 2 at the very worst.
absolutely!
@@sarangpitre1713 Number 1. He would be more consistent than anyone else.
Agree with you. I’d put him at 2 although on many occasions he beat Jahangir, however Jahangir’s record is mind boggling and simply un assailable.
Jansher is number 1 for me, the way he played the game made it seem like child's play.
Love how they only had pictures of Jahangir Khan 😂 Come on you guys!! You guys didn't have a 20 second clip of the "G.O.A.T" ?
they ran out of air time.
You get these results when most people voting were not even born when jansher won his first british open.
That said, lets not forget that the purpose of these videos is to have fun and initiate a conversation. A job well done PSA 👍🏻👍🏻
Most of them weren't even born when he won his last as well
There's one more that everyone has forgotten to name - Hashim Khan. Now I know how can to know about him if u haven't seen him. But they say he pioneered the modern squash. And his career was at par with jhangeer khan
He won a ton of British opens and didn’t start until he was past 30. Imagine how many he would have won had he started playing them at age 20.
A couple of stories. He played an opponent and hit the nick with a shot, and the opponent complained it was a lucky shot, so he took the ball and did it again, and again, and again. Another opponent complained that he got everything because he was always in position at the T, so he took position behind him, the other player on the T, and invited him to do his best, and he still got it.
He said “squash player hit tin is like carpenter hit thumb with hammer.”
@@ewallt yeah! Wish there some clean videos for his work.
@@ewallt another story is that when he played his first British open he didnt have shoes so he borrowed from a shop, won the title and went to return, but when the shopkeeper found out that he had won the British open he let him keep the shoes.
The Competition for No1 in squash will always be between the two Khans .Both Jahangir and Jansher khan are the legends of squash. Nobody could beat jahangir khan for straight 555 games including each set ...That's insane...A world record of any and all sports in the world
The rest in the video list are just excellent players but no where near the consistent and legendary skills & qualities of the Khans.
The Egyptians are the kings of squash in the last 5-7 years .. world champs in men and women divisions .
Yes.
False, the game has evolved so much that the top Egyptians we have today would defeat the khan brothers any day of the week. It’s the same argument with other sports like soccer (Pele, Maradona, etc.) where people think the best players in history played several years ago but they just wouldn’t compete with the modern players. And in 20 years, the best players in the world will be much better than those of today.
@@bbgm808 Yes. Fair point. Same applies in athletics. Seb Coe’s 800 meter world record stood for at least 16 years. Ali Farag is in the top two or three in the world; his game in particular is tailor made for Jansher. Jonah Barrington said Hashim khan was better than him when khan was almost 40. If the khans has access to modern equipment, training and technological advances of today. They’d be more dominant than the players of today. Although I think there is more depth now.
In there day the khans were king of squash I mean 555 games undefeated, the modern game has changed better rackets ,diet. Coaches,10 British opens for jahaingar and six for jansher, you just can’t say todays players are better
Jansher
His records are the proof for it.
In 90s Pakistan was the only nation in the world which was world champion in 4 different sports.
Squash
Cricket
Field Hockey
Snooker
It is still a world record but than Corruption ruined it all.
you are write i also live in Pakistan but now its ok
Snooker ?
@@JasonLee-xh5lw Ye snooker? That doesn't sound right...
I am from India. I didn't knew that pak is so good in squash. Love you❤️❤️
3 Card Brag ? Darts? ……. Any more ?
What criteria is being used here? Jahangir / jansher for joint number one if talking about consistency and domination. Ashour would be number one for flair and excitement with power and shabana joint at two.
Tony Tan agree but if its about on their day who is the best its ramy as his speed and skill outplays them all and it made the top guys look like amateurs when they played him at his best
1. Jahangir
2. Jansher
3. Ramy
4. Nicol
5. Gaultier
6. Hunt
7. Shabana
8.El Shorbagy
9. Matthew
10. Power
Shabana is 4 time world champion shbana beat gaultier many times look healthy to head shabana dominate gaultire and also number of world seris title of shabana is more than gaultier by far na and gaultier is one time world champion while shabana is 4 times world champion
Thanks for your efforts, PSA -- but this is, of course, the fans' view, which is likely biased in favour of more recent players (for example, Geoff Hunt and Michelle Martin with their outstanding records coming in only at #8 is odd -- and Jansher Khan at #4 astounded me -- in my view, the only argument about Jansher was whether he or Jahangir should be #1!)
Anyway, thanks for a very interesting journey (and the players' biographies)
Peter Eedy
Agree completely. It's essentially between jansher and jahangir. Jansher at no 4 is a nonsense.
As you said, it is all about opinions and bias, but I really dont get how anyone can compare the game fron the Khans' days to the game the likes of Ramy or El Shorbagy play. In my view it would be like a virtual match between McEnroe and Nadal.
Bernardo J
Fair argument vis a vis Nadal v McEnroe comparison but everything has moved forward; rackets , courts, fitness regimes, diet etc. Jansher's record is phenomenal. Superior to the best of the modern players. Nicol who almost transcends both periods is of the view that Jansher is the greatest. And I was always a jahangir fan.
Stole my words .. completely agree
Jansher when he was young was amazing. He could get anything, without looking like he was trying.
I asked a pro (now in his 60,s) who was the most difficult to play, and he said Jahangir. He said he was always square to the ball.
No.1 Jahangir khan , was there any doubt?
Never 😅 i think
My vote: "Greatest" career is Jahangir, "best player the world has seen so far" is Ramy.
no jahangir khan is the best player
@@farheennisa6732 Ramy is the "GOAT"
@@mahmoudamgad3829 Jahangir Khan is father of All GOATS in this Game .......
@@mahmoudamgad3829 no kid you haven't watched Great jahangir Khan in the court. he was somthing else.
The greatest sportsman of all time in everything is jahangir khan
Jahangir Khan. 555 straight matches undefeated. Who else?
Just to add to this debate--here are the men's rankings, based purely on the number of British Opens and World Opens won (unfortunately, the earlier players didn't have a WO, so it is skewed to the more modern players)
1 Jahangir Khan (16 WO and BO)
2 Jansher Khan (14)
3 Geoff Hunt (12)
4 Hashim Khan (7)
5= F.D. Amr Bey (6)
5= Jonah Barrington (6)
5= David Palmer (6) (but not included in PSA Top 20!)
5= Nick Matthew (6)
9= Mahmoud Karim (4)
9= Azam Khan (4)
9= Amr Shabana (4)
9= Ramy Ashour (4)
9= Gregory Gaultier (4)
no chance peter nicol is not on your top 10
Hi @@colebannon2976 - I agree that Peter Nicol is up there in terms of quality - but as I said in the preamble to my post, this exercise is an objective list, based purely on the number of British Opens and World Opens won - Peter Nicol won two BO and one WO - total three, which doesn't get him on this BO/WO list (top 13 - meant to be top ten, but obviously couldn't be!)
Couldn’t agree more
Utter Nonsense poll results How come Jansher be voted at no 4. there are 3 Main criteria to Judge Major titles (British and World) Number of Weeks at world 1 rankings and how well you dominated your respected era. Top 10 ever should be Jahangir , Jansher, Hunt, Ramy, Shabana, Matthew, Nicol, Palmer, Power Elshorbagy and Gaultier. Not including pre 70s era legends
Hi Fareha - see near the top of these comments for my list based purely on the number of BO and WO wins (I didn't include weeks at No 1 - I was too lazy)
Top three - Jahangir, Jansher, Hunt
The PSA poll is just a bit of fun for all of us to argue about ... 😉
If this is the result of a vote, so be it. But while we are on that subject, I personally could have even voted Jansher ahead of Jahangir, never mind him languishing down in an incredible fourth!
Shabana over Jansher ? Surely not.
Jahangir first, Jansher second, Geoff third and then Ramy would be my personal ranking. But I'm not a profi and other people prefere another ranking😁
Wir waren In Karlsruhe- Ender der 70ger Jahre- Zuschauer auf einem Turnier mit Jahangir und Jansher Khan und anderen Weltklasse Spielern. Danach gingen wir in ein Restaurant, und dort erschien auch Jahangir mit seinem Staff. Ich wollte mir ein Autogramm hole, doch ein Begleiter wies mich ab. Dann rief Jahangir etwas und bat mich zu ihm. Er erfüllte sehr freundlich meine Bitte nach dem Autogramm. Ein unvergessliches Erlebnis für mich!
Unfair to have a top 5 list...missing out greats like Hunt, Jonah, Qamar Zaman, Hashim Khan, Peter Nicol
Good points and my my former coach who passed away coach dittmar in the old day. Hunt was the fittest squash star in the world but very competitive and after watching Jahangir was brilliant. Pakinstan used to dominate in world circuit and since it died off slowly that Egypt are now a powerhouse and very hard to make money
Jansher was the most talented and number 1 by a country mile. Jahangir never moved and controlled like Jansher
right 😍
i was shocked to see Jansher at 4, came here just to see of others thought the same :). For me, it is a toss-up between jahangir and jansher.
They just asked people to vote. There's nothing to get upset about. Of course it's going to be biased, unscientific etc. etc. It's just a snapshot of a certain small subset, an interesting poll to take note of.
Ramy Ashour !!!
I agree.
For me Ramy Ashour is nr one. Its not only about how many championships you have but the style plays a big role also. And Ramy is in his own class there even compared to Jansher.
Amr Bek was a legend in the 30's
Here are the women's rankings, based purely on the number of British Opens and World Opens won (unfortunately, the earlier players didn't have a WO, so it is somewhat skewed to the more modern players)
1 Heather McKay (18)
2 Nicol David (13)
3 Susan Devoy (12)
4 Janet Morgan (10)
5 Michelle Martin (9)
6 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (7)
7 Nour El Sherbini (6)
8= Margot Lumb (5)
8= Vicki Cardwell (5)
8= Rachael Grinham (5)
jansher was a minster he even won more matches against jehangir how come he is number 4
18-17
People voting now predominantly have a 10-15 year memory so it can't ever really determine who is greatest.
No footage of the number 1 choice- very strange to do that!
I dont understand how can one put an 8 time world champion on 4 ....Jansher won 99 tiles which itself is a record alongwith 10 years on top...he is an undisputed No. 1 squash player
1. Jansher Khan 2. Jahangir Khan 3. Ramy Ashour 4. Amr Shabana
Jahangir was a beast!
I think the main concern is who is number 1 and 2 beetween JK and JK.
I personnaly fall for JK.
How many players have you seen play their entire career with injuries that Drs told them should make them retire? Then they win 40 titles some of which came after months of rest due to a hamstring injury then after all that they win the world championship with an injured shoulder. The one and only Ramy Ashour. Imagine if Ramy had a healthy 10 years like JK how much he would have won. Imo the greatest of all time isnt deter by the number of titles but the circumstances surrounding those titles.
I agree that no one is more stylish than Ramy but no one, NO ONE worked harder to stay fit than Jahangir khan. From being an asthmatic to world champion and 555 record, it is testament to his discipline, and fitness training. Today’s player can learn a thing or two from his routine, imo.
Based on titles won rather than an emotional predilection as to the superiority of todays players the order would be Jahangir, Jansher, Geoff Hunt, Hashim Khan and Jonah Barrington.
Hi Steve - I've prepared such a list, based purely on BO and WO wins - see above in these comments (Jahangir Khan, Jansher Khan, Geoff Hunt, Hashim Khan - with F.D. Amr Bey, Jonah Barrington, David Palmer and Nick Matthew equal fifth) - so based on these criteria, you are pretty close!
Hashim Khan! always and forever!
Absolutely!!!! You don't get to the other Khans without him. You don't get to modern squash without him. There are vids of him still hitting the ball into his 80's and 90's.
How can you put Jansher Khan so far back? What about Jonah Barrington, Nicole David?
Absolutely ridiculous to not put Jansher at no2 or even no1, he was WR #1 for 10 years
Jansher remained world no 1 from 88 to 98. wondering whats the criteria
Obviously Ramy Ashour ❤️is the best squash player
Never won what jansher won
5- Shabana 4- Nicol 3- Power 2- Jansher 1- Jahangir. yw
Notguilty03 caca nicol was better than power
Where is ramy and dont forget that shbabna is 4 times world champion and ramy and they have many world series titles and their fitness body and speed was over all khans
Shabana+rammy No1
1.Jahangir Khan
2.Jan Sher Khan
Ridiculous ranking - Jansher at 4??! What about Hunt & Roshan Khan? Apparently, "All Time" starts with youtube video availability, and not by records or era domination or influence.
Here's a better ranking:
1. Jehangir Khan (undisputed king of the game)
2. Geof Hunt (no one before him had dominated the game like that)
3. Jansher Khan (absolutely dominated when the game was transitioning into aggressive, attacking forward play - with efficiency of court movement unmatched by any player before or after him - literally just walked around the court)
4. Ramy Ashour (embodiment of exciting squash - great influencer and a brand in himself)
5. Rohan Khan / Chris Ditmar (title tally don't do justice) / Amr Shabana
What about power, martin, eyles and hunt?
Hashim Khan
Why did you use footage from the 1980's and also put in unforced errors from the opponents, surely people want to see these great players at their best, not watch the opponent hit it into the tin.
They were the points where they won their biggest tournaments.
Jansher khan for me, he had all the skills attack and defence.
Toss for number one Jahangir or Jansher three geof hunt the remaining can be decided
Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan would remain the top 2 squash players. You can argue who was better but you can't change their position in the top 2
Jhangir and jhansher 2 goats of squash
What did Pakistan do wrong? The evaporated from the sport after these 2 players
corruption
@@carpetbilly Typically stupid answer without any understanding of game or its dynamics.
@@mquuad Youre an idiot, the government doesnt support its national heroes, they take and gauge money.. Are you too thick too understand that? There is so much potential in our youth, but no support
@@carpetbilly lol that is why I said you don't understand game. Game was in a family Khans were all related. They did not allow any outsiders in there used to be a player by the name of Sohail Qaiser. He was a rising star and Khans made sure that he didn't reach the top echelons by over training him and destroying his career. He was from Lahore. He died in 2016 from Lung Cancer. He was part of Pakistan 's 1985 world team championship winning team. This is just one example. I can quote dozens. Jahangir Khan is the greatest squash player of all time may be greatest athlete of all time, he has been the president from 2002 to 2008 and since than he is emeritus president how many Pakistani players has been produced in this time period? How many squash courts and facilities have been built where poor children can go and play? Jahangir Khan doesn't need govt funding. He just ask any sports brand and they will build a thousand squash courts around Pakistan but he doesn't. Plus there is no gate money in Squash in Pakistan. So as I said you don't understand the dynamics before calling me an idiot go study the game
Jahangir is the Arnold of squash.
Jahangir Khan Legend
What would it take for elshorbagy to become GOAT
Power can make top 5 most graceful player , not top 5 G.O.A.T . In his peak 6-8 yrs , only single British Open and World Championship , thus often beaten in betweens . Jansher & Jahangir clearly the top 2 . Beside Jahangir a real threat , rests top 3 opponents of same era only beat Jansher like once or twice over that 10 yrs !! (1987-97). For Jahangir , in 10 yrs (1981-91) beside Jansher , only 2-3 players ever beaten him more than once. If all play in same era , Ashour and Dittmar should easily make top 10 G.O.A.T .
Flair, excitement, “on their day” etc is subjective and will fade away in memory. Records are quantitative. That is why all “greatest ever” debates are mostly based on that. 20 years from now another “exciting” player will come and people will forget ramy and call the new guy “greatest”. The khans will reign supreme even then.
P.s. the recency effect is a bitch
Jansher no 2.
MAKE THIS RIGHT PSA!
All incredible and worthy players, but on his day, Jahangir destroyed everyone. It was really only a younger Jansher that could challenge him.
Jahangeer, GOAT🌹💪🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
Where are Hashim Khan at? And Jansher at 4? You serious?
Jansher is the greatest of all time!
Jansher Khan
Jahangir Khan
Chris Ditmar
Rodney Martin
Ross Norman
Peter Nicol...?
I don't agree with any Ranking that doesn't put Jehangir and Jansher in the top 2 spots... Period
Squash was ruled by Khan's. Called the khan dynasty. We are khan we break bones not hearts. I am also a khan. proud to be a khan and muslim
You assholes have to bring religion into this, right?
You assholes have to bring religion into this, right?
You assholes have to bring religion into this, right?
Jahsher Khan should be no 2 no doubt
Jahangir Khan is Papa. rest all are his kids
If you take this on Championships won you can go back to Hashim and Hunt and the take it from there with Jahangir and Jansher in the '80s.........that is if you want to be objective about it.
Jahangir
Where is mohomed el shorbagy
Jansher khan
Jansher khan in one top 2
Wrong info in this video
I thought all will be Pakistanis but congratulations to others
They are all great, without racking them. JK and JK reined supreme. Amr and Ramy brought back the Egyptian dominance. Different times but all great
Jahangir Khan is the undisputed goat of squash
Jahangir 1, Jansher 2, the rest is then details.
Wrong analysis more than 6 time world champion more than 5 time British champion more than 5 time world series campion and thats no 4 jansher is much better player than ramy ashour there is no comparison if u play tight shot then even ramy can't get it or in technical terms jansher is complete player stemina power wrist drops reach he just walk in court and in today's conditions jansher and jahangir like players will easyly won....
prime on prime Ramy would smoke everyone on that list easily
Not even close...
People having 500+ winning streaks...
He will smoke no one.
haahahaahahahahahahah
You are smoking something thats the only truth here
Depends on your scoring metric....but since you asked me....personally it's Ramy. The Lionel Messi of squash. The quality that I admire (much like I do with Messi) is the imagination. Seeing things I don't and enriching my understanding and enjoyment of the game.
I think you never see playing Jahangir Khan.
1. MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY - SINCE THE EXIT OF SHABANA, ASHOUR, GAULTIER AND MATTHEW FROM THE TOUR HE2MATURED AND HAS BEEN QUITE DOMINANT. I PLACE HIM AHEAD OF ASHOUR BECAUSE AS TIME GOES BY PLAYERS AND THE GAME IMPROVES. ALSO HE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE SINCE HE IS NOT RETIRED. HE IS A STREET WISE BEAST. (not particularly my favourite player but he cannot be denied one of the top spots).
2. RAMY ASHOUR - GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SPORT AND ON HIS DAY WAS LEAGUES AND BOUNDS IN FRONT OF HIS CONTEMPARIES.(did not like his attitude at the end of his career he would resign matches when he was close to defeat but his talent is unmatched and cannot be denied the number 2 spot here).
3. AMR SHABANA - MOST BEAUTIFUL PLAYER TO WATCH. MOST NATURAL ORTHODOX TECHNIQUE AND THEN SOME. GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS WAS DOMINANT FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. (my favourite player. I could be biased but I am putting him at number 3).
4. JANSHER KHAN - WALKED ON COURT AND CONTROLLED THE COURT SO WELL WINNING RECORD OF 19 WINS AGAINST JAHANGIR WHILE JAHANGIR WON 18 TIMES. GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. (I am a Khan so I am a littles biased on this one. You will note that generally younger players are rated higher on this list because of the general improvement in the game and players as time goes by).
5. JAHANGIR KHAN - GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN SQUASH HISTORY. (In my opinion boring game to watch. I am not much of a fan).
5. NICK MATTHEW - TENACIOUS AND STRONG WILLED. COULD HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT MORE BUT HE HAD A TOUGH BUNCH OF CONTEMPORARIES WITH ASHOUR, SHABANA AND GAULTIER. (mentally toughest player ever aside from maybe Jahangir).
6. PETER NICOL - ACHIEVEMENTS CANNOT BE DENIED. WAS ON TOP WHEN JANSHER SLOWED DOWN AND STAYED ON TOP FOR THE MOST PART ALTHOUGH HE HAND JONATHAN POWER JOCKEY FOR TOP SPOT UNTIL AMR SHABANA CLEARLY BECAME DOMINANT. (brought a new level of physicality to the sport).
7. JONATHAN POWER - THE MAGICIAN. ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING PLAYERS TO WATCH AND A BEAUTIFUL GAME.A LOT OF HIS ARGUMENTS WERE WELL FOUNDED. THE REFFING TERRIBLE BACK IN HIS DAY. (One of my favourite players to watch. Slightly biased as he is my countryman).
HONORABLE MENTIONS (HASHIM KHAN, GREG GAULTIER, KARIM DARWISH, GEOFF HUNT, JONAH BARINGTON, DAVID PALMER, JAMES WILLSTROP, ALI FARAG AND MY SECOND FAVOURITE PLAER KARIM ABDEL GAWAD.
Jansher had to be at No.2.
Aly Farag!
Jamsher and Jahangir r 1 and 2 all the others after them
Gaultier??
Players playing in khans era had poor stats only because they entered in the sports when khans were in charge. That was their bad luck.
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Jahangir Khan won 555 matches in a row with any lose
Pakistan 🤍🇵🇰🤍
Squash is game of khans 🤍🇵🇰🤍
Ramyyyyyyyy and shabana
Don't agree with these rankings at all... Everyone knows JKs are 1 and 2 - you can debate which way round that is. Really not sure about the other three. Rodney Martin is just as talented as Ramy and Chris Dittmar was a beast.
Nicol beat all of them and stayed number one for 60 months...
Love watching ashour but we all know shorbagy can slap him now
Jonathan Power does not belong in top 5. Ali Farag, Nick Matthew, Big Mo and GG far surpass him in achievement and longevity