All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards
(Know Why). Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current
bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section
(Detailed Explanation). The Top 7 (T7) Rating is performance of bowlers against
Top 7 Batsmen of Top Teams. Here are the Top
15 Spin bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams in Test cricket.
*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09
THE CRITERIA
The TOP 7 VICTIMS Rating is divided into three main sections:-
CRITERIA |
STAT |
POINTS |
Prolific |
Wickets Taken |
250.00 |
Consistent |
Wkts/Inn |
600.00 |
Perc7 |
%age of Top 7 Victims |
150.00 |
The Trend Setter (TS)
TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark.
Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-
- TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
- TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
- Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
QUALIFICATION
Min Innings |
50 |
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR) |
60 |
PROLIFIC
The Eras
The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make
it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points.
Know More About Eras.
Era 1 | MP before 1991 |
Era 2 | MP between 1990 And 2016 |
Era 3 | MP greater than 2015 |
Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken
RANK | ERA 1 | NAT | FP |
LP |
MP | INNS |
T7 WKTS |
RAT |
TS |
LR Gibbs |
WI | 1958 |
1976 |
1967 | 148 | 185 |
150.00 |
1 |
LR Gibbs |
WI | 1958 |
1976 |
1967 | 148 | 185 |
150.00 |
2 |
DL Underwood |
ENG | 1966 |
1982 |
1974 | 151 | 176 |
142.70 |
3 |
R Benaud |
AUS | 1952 |
1964 |
1958 | 116 | 166 |
134.59 |
4 |
BS Bedi |
IND | 1966 |
1979 |
1972.5 | 118 | 163 |
132.16 |
5 |
BS Chandrasekhar |
IND | 1964 |
1979 |
1971.5 | 97 | 145 |
117.57 |
6 |
FJ Titmus |
ENG | 1955 |
1975 |
1965 | 90 | 106 |
85.95 |
7 |
DA Allen |
ENG | 1960 |
1966 |
1963 | 65 | 84 |
68.11 |
8 |
SP Gupte |
IND | 1951 |
1961 |
1956 | 61 | 80 |
64.86 |
9 |
B Yardley |
AUS | 1978 |
1983 |
1980.5 | 58 | 78 |
63.24 |
9 |
DR Doshi |
IND | 1979 |
1983 |
1981 | 55 | 78 |
63.24 |
11 |
NS Yadav |
IND | 1979 |
1987 |
1983 | 61 | 66 |
53.51 |
12 |
HJ Howarth |
NZ | 1969 |
1977 |
1973 | 50 | 65 |
52.70 |
RANK | ERA 2 | NAT | FP |
LP |
MP | INNS |
T7 WKTS |
RAT |
TS |
SK Warne |
AUS | 1992 |
2007 |
1999.5 | 273 | 358 |
200.00 |
1 |
SK Warne |
AUS | 1992 |
2007 |
1999.5 | 273 | 358 |
200.00 |
2 |
M Muralitharan |
SL | 1992 |
2010 |
2001 | 230 | 342 |
191.06 |
RANK | ERA 3 | NAT | FP |
LP |
MP | INNS |
T7 WKTS |
RAT |
TS |
NM Lyon |
AUS | 2011 |
2023 |
2017 | 228 | 265 |
170.00 |
1 |
NM Lyon |
AUS | 2011 |
2023 |
2017 | 228 | 265 |
170.00 |
CONSISTENT
Wkts/Inn
In the T7 Rating, instead of Average, Wickets/Inning (WKTS/INN) is used as a measure of Consistency. Overall and Away matches are
two parts of this criteria.
Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wkts/Inn
In All Matches
RANK |
BOWLER |
INNS | T7 WKTS |
WKTS/INN | RAT |
TS |
BS Chandrasekhar | 97 |
145 |
1.49 | 300.00 |
1 |
BS Chandrasekhar | 97 |
145 |
1.49 | 300.00 |
2 |
M Muralitharan | 230 |
342 |
1.49 | 298.42 |
3 |
R Benaud | 116 |
166 |
1.43 | 287.19 |
4 |
DR Doshi | 55 |
78 |
1.42 | 284.61 |
5 |
BS Bedi | 118 |
163 |
1.38 | 277.22 |
6 |
B Yardley | 58 |
78 |
1.34 | 269.89 |
7 |
SP Gupte | 61 |
80 |
1.31 | 263.20 |
8 |
SK Warne | 273 |
358 |
1.31 | 263.18 |
9 |
HJ Howarth | 50 |
65 |
1.30 | 260.90 |
10 |
DA Allen | 65 |
84 |
1.29 | 259.35 |
11 |
LR Gibbs | 148 |
185 |
1.25 | 250.86 |
12 |
FJ Titmus | 90 |
106 |
1.18 | 236.37 |
13 |
DL Underwood | 151 |
176 |
1.17 | 233.92 |
14 |
NM Lyon | 228 |
265 |
1.16 | 233.26 |
15 |
NS Yadav | 61 |
66 |
1.08 | 217.14 |
In Away Matches
RANK |
BOWLER |
INNS | T7 WKTS |
WKTS/INN | RAT |
TS |
SP Gupte | 25 |
42 |
1.68 | 300.00 |
1 |
SP Gupte | 25 |
42 |
1.68 | 300.00 |
2 |
HJ Howarth | 29 |
48 |
1.66 | 295.57 |
3 |
NS Yadav | 12 |
19 |
1.58 | 282.74 |
4 |
M Muralitharan | 96 |
151 |
1.57 | 280.88 |
5 |
DA Allen | 43 |
67 |
1.56 | 278.24 |
6 |
R Benaud | 62 |
96 |
1.55 | 276.50 |
7 |
SK Warne | 144 |
221 |
1.53 | 274.06 |
8 |
BS Chandrasekhar | 42 |
62 |
1.48 | 263.61 |
9 |
BS Bedi | 64 |
93 |
1.45 | 259.49 |
10 |
FJ Titmus | 52 |
75 |
1.44 | 257.55 |
11 |
DR Doshi | 18 |
25 |
1.39 | 248.02 |
12 |
B Yardley | 22 |
29 |
1.32 | 235.39 |
13 |
LR Gibbs | 89 |
116 |
1.30 | 232.74 |
14 |
NM Lyon | 112 |
142 |
1.27 | 226.40 |
15 |
DL Underwood | 78 |
97 |
1.24 | 222.07 |
TOP 7 PERCENTAGE
T7 Perc
This criteria gives you the percentage of victims of the bowler which were Top 7 batsmen. Like, if a bowler has 50 Wkts and out of those
40 are top 7 batsmen. Then the T7 PERC is 40/50*100 or 80%.
Criteria: Percentage of Top 7 Victims
RANK |
BOWLER |
INNS |
OV WKTS |
T7 WKTS |
%AGE |
RAT |
TS |
HJ Howarth |
50 |
86 |
65 |
75.58 |
200.00 |
1 |
HJ Howarth |
50 |
86 |
65 |
75.58 |
200.00 |
2 |
FJ Titmus |
90 |
153 |
106 |
69.28 |
183.33 |
3 |
DA Allen |
65 |
122 |
84 |
68.85 |
182.19 |
4 |
DR Doshi |
55 |
114 |
78 |
68.42 |
181.05 |
5 |
R Benaud |
116 |
248 |
166 |
66.94 |
177.12 |
6 |
NS Yadav |
61 |
102 |
66 |
64.71 |
171.22 |
7 |
B Yardley |
58 |
126 |
78 |
61.90 |
163.81 |
8 |
BS Bedi |
118 |
266 |
163 |
61.28 |
162.15 |
9 |
BS Chandrasekhar |
97 |
242 |
145 |
59.92 |
158.55 |
10 |
LR Gibbs |
148 |
309 |
185 |
59.87 |
158.43 |
11 |
DL Underwood |
151 |
297 |
176 |
59.26 |
156.81 |
12 |
SP Gupte |
61 |
149 |
80 |
53.69 |
142.08 |
13 |
NM Lyon |
228 |
496 |
265 |
53.43 |
141.38 |
14 |
SK Warne |
273 |
708 |
358 |
50.56 |
133.80 |
15 |
M Muralitharan |
230 |
800 |
342 |
42.75 |
113.12 |
TOP 7 VICTIMS RATING
The TOP 7 VICTIMS (T7) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.
RANK |
BOWLER |
PRO |
CON | CON AW |
PERC 7 | T7 RAT |
1 |
M Muralitharan |
191.06 | 298.42 |
280.88 |
113.12 | 883.48 |
2 |
R Benaud |
134.59 | 287.19 |
276.50 |
177.12 | 875.41 |
3 |
SK Warne |
200.00 | 263.18 |
274.06 |
133.80 | 871.04 |
4 |
BS Chandrasekhar |
117.57 | 300.00 |
263.61 |
158.55 | 839.72 |
5 |
BS Bedi |
132.16 | 277.22 |
259.49 |
162.15 | 831.02 |
6 |
HJ Howarth |
52.70 | 260.90 |
295.57 |
200.00 | 809.17 |
7 |
LR Gibbs |
150.00 | 250.86 |
232.74 |
158.43 | 792.03 |
8 |
DA Allen |
68.11 | 259.35 |
278.24 |
182.19 | 787.89 |
9 |
DR Doshi |
63.24 | 284.61 |
248.02 |
181.05 | 776.93 |
10 |
NM Lyon |
170.00 | 233.26 |
226.40 |
141.38 | 771.04 |
11 |
SP Gupte |
64.86 | 263.20 |
300.00 |
142.08 | 770.14 |
12 |
FJ Titmus |
85.95 | 236.37 |
257.55 |
183.33 | 763.20 |
13 |
DL Underwood |
142.70 | 233.92 |
222.07 |
156.81 | 755.50 |
14 |
B Yardley |
63.24 | 269.89 |
235.39 |
163.81 | 732.34 |
15 |
NS Yadav |
53.51 | 217.14 |
282.74 |
171.22 | 724.61 |
TOP TEAMS
Top Teams In Asia
DECADE OF MAT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1950s | AUS | WI | PAK | IND | ENG | |
1960s | WI | AUS | PAK | IND | ENG | SA |
1970s | PAK | ENG | IND | WI | SA | AUS |
1980s | PAK | WI | ENG | NZ | AUS | |
1990s | IND | PAK | SA | AUS | WI | |
2000s | AUS | SL | IND | PAK | SA | ENG |
2010s | IND | PAK | SL | ENG | SA | AUS |
2020s | IND | ENG | PAK | AUS | NZ | |
Top Teams Outside Asia
DECADE OF MAT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
1950s | AUS | ENG | WI | SA | PAK |
1960s | ENG | AUS | WI | SA | NZ |
1970s | SA | ENG | WI | AUS | IND |
1980s | WI | NZ | AUS | ENG | PAK |
1990s | AUS | SA | WI | PAK | ENG |
2000s | AUS | SA | ENG | IND | NZ |
2010s | SA | AUS | ENG | NZ | IND |
2020s | AUS | NZ | SA | ENG | IND |