Well stats alone are not enough to assess a player’s greatness. Qadir’s googly was almost unplayable and he could bowl six different deliveries per over. Just read what Scyld Berry says here about Qadir:
“It is impossible to believe that wrist-spin has ever been bowled better than Qadir did in his home city of Lahore in 1987-88, when he took 9 for 56 against England. Graham Gooch, who faced him that day, said Qadir was even finer than Shane Warne, to whom he passed on the candle.”
Abdul Qadir | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com
At a glance Viv and Chanderpaul’s test batting stats look similar but noone in their right minds would say that they had same ability. Viv was head and shoulders the best batsman of his generation
Records | Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in career | Cricinfo.com
And while Kaneria’s test stats are good, his ODI stats are quite ordinary. On top of that his batting and fielding are worse than both Afridi and Ajmal.
Danish Kaneria | Pakistan Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com