Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). So, here are the Top 10 Australian Fast bowlers in ODI cricket in all matches.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ECONOMIC

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

3.6. PRIMARY RATING

4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

4.1. HOME/AWAY

4.1.1. At Home

4.1.2. Away From Home

4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating

4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WORLD CUP

5.2. IMPACT INNINGS

5.3. TOP FORM

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. OVERALL RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

Nations Filter

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Australia.

The Rating of the players from Australia remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Australia.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns

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 an 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.

TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
They are calculated by decades.
A bowler's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Economic	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Inns (Wkts)	100.00
Economic Bowling	Top Inns (Eco)	100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 2011
Era 3	MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1994	1986	221	253	150.00
1	DK Lillee	AUS	1972	1983	1977.5	63	103	61.07

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Wasim Akram	PAK	1984	2003	1993.5	351	502	200.00
1	GD McGrath	AUS	1993	2007	2000	248	381	151.79
2	B Lee	AUS	2000	2012	2006	217	380	151.39
3	MG Johnson	AUS	2005	2015	2010	150	239	95.22
4	CJ McDermott	AUS	1985	1996	1990.5	138	203	80.88
5	NW Bracken	AUS	2001	2009	2005	116	174	69.32
6	JN Gillespie	AUS	1996	2005	2000.5	96	142	56.57

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	SL Malinga	SL	2004	2019	2011.5	220	338	170.00
1	MA Starc	AUS	2010	2024	2017	127	244	122.72
2	JR Hazlewood	AUS	2010	2025	2017.5	92	139	69.91
3	CJ McKay	AUS	2009	2014	2011.5	59	97	48.79

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

Strength of Opposition.
Venues at which a bowler has played.
Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	100
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SE Bond	80	3069	147	20.88	20.57	150.00
1	MA Starc	127	5711	244	23.41	22.59	136.61
2	GD McGrath	248	8391	381	22.02	22.90	134.75
3	DK Lillee	63	2145	103	20.83	23.63	130.56
4	CJ McKay	59	2364	97	24.37	23.91	129.06
5	B Lee	217	8877	380	23.36	24.26	127.17
6	NW Bracken	116	4240	174	24.37	24.90	123.91
7	MG Johnson	150	6038	239	25.26	25.07	123.09
8	JN Gillespie	96	3611	142	25.43	26.09	118.27
9	JR Hazlewood	92	3856	139	27.74	26.16	117.96
10	CJ McDermott	138	5020	203	24.73	26.21	117.72

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	J Garner	91	2615	139	18.81	20.65	150.00
1	DK Lillee	58	1978	101	19.58	22.04	140.54
2	CJ McKay	45	1829	77	23.75	22.24	139.27
3	GD McGrath	185	6513	281	23.18	23.40	132.37
4	B Lee	167	7012	293	23.93	23.97	129.19
5	NW Bracken	89	3448	138	24.99	24.39	127.00
6	MA Starc	93	4311	165	26.13	24.50	126.40
7	MG Johnson	117	4915	185	26.57	25.26	122.60
8	CJ McDermott	119	4399	177	24.85	26.07	118.83
9	JR Hazlewood	68	3028	103	29.40	26.95	114.91
10	JN Gillespie	71	2800	100	28.00	27.67	111.93

ECONOMIC

R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with ER.

Criteria: Points For R ER

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls	1500

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	J Garner	98	5330	2752	3.10	3.53	150.00
1	GD McGrath	248	12970	8391	3.88	3.79	139.69
2	JR Hazlewood	92	4840	3856	4.78	3.82	138.78
3	CJ McKay	59	2965	2364	4.78	3.98	133.24
4	JN Gillespie	96	5144	3611	4.21	4.05	130.66
5	NW Bracken	116	5759	4240	4.42	4.10	129.13
6	DK Lillee	63	3593	2145	3.58	4.13	128.24
7	MG Johnson	150	7489	6038	4.84	4.21	125.73
8	MA Starc	127	6512	5711	5.26	4.28	123.69
9	CJ McDermott	138	7460	5020	4.04	4.34	122.02
10	B Lee	217	11185	8877	4.76	4.38	120.81

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	J Garner	91	4970	2615	3.16	3.58	150.00
1	GD McGrath	185	9806	6513	3.99	3.83	140.14
2	JR Hazlewood	68	3665	3028	4.96	3.94	136.41
3	CJ McKay	45	2270	1829	4.83	3.95	135.95
4	NW Bracken	89	4602	3448	4.50	4.09	131.45
5	JN Gillespie	71	3870	2800	4.34	4.10	131.03
6	DK Lillee	58	3299	1978	3.60	4.12	130.28
7	MG Johnson	117	5943	4915	4.96	4.23	126.84
8	MA Starc	93	4838	4311	5.35	4.32	124.36
9	B Lee	167	8738	7012	4.81	4.36	123.27
10	CJ McDermott	119	6423	4399	4.11	4.40	122.11

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams in all matches. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	Waqar Younis	7/36	6/26	6/30	6/44	6/59	6.20	100.00
1	MA Starc	6/28	6/43	5/20	5/26	5/32	5.40	87.10
2	GD McGrath	5/14	5/27	5/37	5/40	5/49	5.00	80.65
2	B Lee	5/22	5/27	5/27	5/30	5/38	5.00	80.65
4	MG Johnson	6/31	5/26	5/29	4/11	4/33	4.80	77.42
5	JR Hazlewood	6/52	5/31	5/50	4/35	3/11	4.60	74.19
6	NW Bracken	5/47	5/67	4/19	4/29	4/29	4.40	70.97
6	CJ McKay	5/28	5/33	4/20	4/33	4/35	4.40	70.97
8	DK Lillee	5/34	4/12	4/28	4/32	4/35	4.20	67.74
8	CJ McDermott	5/44	4/34	4/38	4/42	4/56	4.20	67.74
8	JN Gillespie	5/22	5/70	4/26	4/43	3/13	4.20	67.74

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 30+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBE	RAT
TS	CEL Ambrose	10.0/5	5.0/4	8.4/9	6.0/8	8.5/13	1.05	100.00
1	GD McGrath	10.0/8	6.0/6	6.0/7	10.0/13	9.0/13	1.12	93.93
2	JR Hazlewood	8.0/12	6.0/11	6.0/11	10.0/20	6.1/13	1.48	71.11
3	DK Lillee	5.0/3	10.0/12	10.0/14	6.0/10	10.0/17	1.58	66.79
4	CJ McDermott	7.0/8	6.0/8	10.0/15	10.0/17	6.0/11	1.63	64.67
5	B Lee	6.0/5	8.0/8	8.2/18	10.0/22	10.0/22	1.63	64.48
6	NW Bracken	8.0/11	8.0/15	9.4/19	7.0/15	6.0/13	1.75	60.00
7	JN Gillespie	10.0/13	10.0/16	10.0/20	10.0/22	9.0/20	1.79	58.84
8	CJ McKay	7.0/10	7.3/15	8.0/16	7.0/16	9.5/28	1.80	58.57
9	MG Johnson	6.0/10	5.0/9	10.0/21	10.0/24	7.0/17	1.86	56.66
10	MA Starc	7.0/12	8.0/20	10.0/26	9.4/26	6.5/20	2.04	51.57

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ECO	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	GD McGrath	151.79	267.12	279.83	80.65	93.93	873.32	349.33
2	B Lee	151.39	256.36	244.08	80.65	64.48	796.96	318.78
3	MA Starc	122.72	263.01	248.05	87.10	51.57	772.45	308.98
4	MG Johnson	95.22	245.69	252.57	77.42	56.66	727.56	291.02
5	DK Lillee	61.07	271.10	258.53	67.74	66.79	725.22	290.09
6	JR Hazlewood	69.91	232.87	275.20	74.19	71.11	723.28	289.31
7	CJ McKay	48.79	268.33	269.18	70.97	58.57	715.84	286.33
8	NW Bracken	69.32	250.91	260.58	70.97	60.00	711.78	284.71
9	CJ McDermott	80.88	236.55	244.14	67.74	64.67	693.97	277.59
10	JN Gillespie	56.57	230.20	261.69	67.74	58.84	675.05	270.02

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	20.00
Away	80.00
Favourable Conditions	20.00
Unfavourable Conditions	80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	GD McGrath	95	160	20.13	3.77	833.21	16.66
2	B Lee	94	169	23.34	4.69	772.10	15.44
3	CJ McKay	30	60	18.63	4.52	737.57	14.75
4	DK Lillee	41	69	18.72	3.50	735.66	14.71
5	MA Starc	55	102	21.38	4.87	731.07	14.62
6	CJ McDermott	88	125	24.32	3.89	689.33	13.79
7	JR Hazlewood	41	63	26.14	4.56	654.35	13.09
8	NW Bracken	52	77	24.82	4.51	645.53	12.91
9	MG Johnson	57	83	26.86	4.78	616.87	12.34
10	JN Gillespie	29	37	30.54	4.10	544.03	10.88

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	GD McGrath	153	221	23.40	3.96	825.29	66.02
2	B Lee	123	211	23.37	4.82	758.61	60.69
3	MA Starc	72	142	24.86	5.54	742.23	59.38
4	MG Johnson	93	156	24.42	4.87	738.17	59.05
5	JN Gillespie	67	105	23.63	4.27	697.91	55.83
6	NW Bracken	64	97	24.01	4.34	697.14	55.77
7	JR Hazlewood	51	76	29.07	4.96	694.78	55.58
8	CJ McDermott	50	78	25.38	4.28	633.80	50.70
9	DK Lillee	22	34	25.09	3.71	614.95	49.20
10	CJ McKay	29	37	33.68	5.04	585.71	46.86

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	GD McGrath	201	312	21.29	3.79	928.35	18.57
2	B Lee	180	322	23.48	4.80	852.86	17.06
3	MA Starc	99	190	22.51	5.15	821.64	16.43
4	DK Lillee	61	103	20.29	3.60	783.01	15.66
5	CJ McKay	50	87	21.93	4.56	779.15	15.58
6	JR Hazlewood	71	114	25.76	4.72	768.42	15.37
7	CJ McDermott	111	166	23.62	3.92	722.43	14.45
8	NW Bracken	89	128	25.73	4.53	705.41	14.11
9	MG Johnson	104	155	27.09	4.88	695.79	13.92
10	JN Gillespie	81	121	25.82	4.25	691.55	13.83

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MG Johnson	46	84	21.89	4.75	849.20	67.94
2	GD McGrath	47	69	25.32	4.29	780.75	62.46
3	MA Starc	28	54	26.57	5.62	737.75	59.02
4	B Lee	37	58	22.72	4.53	723.61	57.89
5	NW Bracken	27	46	20.59	4.06	710.11	56.81
6	CJ McDermott	27	37	29.70	4.50	611.57	48.93
7	JN Gillespie	15	21	23.19	3.96	589.77	47.18
8	JR Hazlewood	21	25	36.76	4.99	559.14	44.73
9	DK Lillee	2	0	NA	NA	500.00	40.00
10	CJ McKay	9	10	45.60	6.00	428.38	34.27

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK	BOWLER	AW	HM	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	GD McGrath	66.02	16.66	62.46	18.57	163.71
2	MG Johnson	59.05	12.34	67.94	13.92	153.24
3	B Lee	60.69	15.44	57.89	17.06	151.08
4	MA Starc	59.38	14.62	59.02	16.43	149.45
5	NW Bracken	55.77	12.91	56.81	14.11	139.60
6	JR Hazlewood	55.58	13.09	44.73	15.37	128.77
7	CJ McDermott	50.70	13.79	48.93	14.45	127.86
8	JN Gillespie	55.83	10.88	47.18	13.83	127.73
9	DK Lillee	49.20	14.71	40.00	15.66	119.57
10	CJ McKay	46.86	14.75	34.27	15.58	111.46

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00
Top Form	100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MA Starc	28	65	19.29	5.16	833.05	124.96
2	GD McGrath	39	71	18.20	3.97	792.31	118.85
3	B Lee	17	35	17.97	4.57	623.92	93.59
4	NW Bracken	10	16	16.13	3.60	588.80	88.32
5	CJ McDermott	17	27	22.19	4.02	572.95	85.94
6	JR Hazlewood	16	23	27.17	4.60	565.51	84.83
7	MG Johnson	15	25	22.28	4.60	524.99	78.75
8	JN Gillespie	4	8	12.25	3.27	500.00	75.00
8	CJ McKay	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00
10	DK Lillee	9	12	33.33	4.08	431.17	64.68

IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 4.
A Bowler bowls more than 30 balls and has a low ER.
The required ER is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	GD McGrath	248	116	46.77	748.88	112.33
2	JN Gillespie	96	41	42.71	614.76	92.21
3	DK Lillee	63	33	52.38	610.39	91.56
4	CJ McKay	59	25	42.37	586.60	87.99
5	NW Bracken	116	43	37.07	547.25	82.09
6	JR Hazlewood	92	32	34.78	541.38	81.21
7	MA Starc	127	39	30.71	534.30	80.14
8	CJ McDermott	138	45	32.61	491.85	73.78
9	B Lee	217	65	29.95	471.23	70.68
10	MG Johnson	150	44	29.33	409.66	61.45

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	GD McGrath	50	93	18.98	3.95	883.02	88.30
2	MA Starc	50	107	20.94	4.98	846.50	84.65
3	DK Lillee	50	88	18.59	3.49	826.07	82.61
4	B Lee	50	105	19.91	4.71	809.93	80.99
5	NW Bracken	50	94	19.72	4.32	803.05	80.31
6	CJ McKay	50	88	22.36	4.67	792.46	79.25
7	JR Hazlewood	50	87	25.21	4.77	786.70	78.67
8	MG Johnson	50	85	22.65	4.73	768.65	76.87
9	JN Gillespie	50	81	22.63	4.02	766.93	76.69
10	CJ McDermott	50	90	19.71	3.99	760.77	76.08

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	WC	II	TF	SEC RAT
1	GD McGrath	118.85	112.33	88.30	319.48
2	MA Starc	124.96	80.14	84.65	289.75
3	NW Bracken	88.32	82.09	80.31	250.71
4	B Lee	93.59	70.68	80.99	245.26
5	JR Hazlewood	84.83	81.21	78.67	244.70
6	JN Gillespie	75.00	92.21	76.69	243.91
7	CJ McKay	75.00	87.99	79.25	242.24
8	DK Lillee	64.68	91.56	82.61	238.84
9	CJ McDermott	85.94	73.78	76.08	235.80
10	MG Johnson	78.75	61.45	76.87	217.06

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	OV RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	1	GD McGrath	AUS	349.33	163.71	319.48	832.52
2	9	MA Starc	AUS	308.98	149.45	289.75	748.18
3	14	B Lee	AUS	318.78	151.08	245.26	715.13
4	23	NW Bracken	AUS	284.71	139.60	250.71	675.02
5	27	JR Hazlewood	AUS	289.31	128.77	244.70	662.78
6	28	MG Johnson	AUS	291.02	153.24	217.06	661.33
7	37	DK Lillee	AUS	290.09	119.57	238.84	648.50
8	40	JN Gillespie	AUS	270.02	127.73	243.91	641.65
9	41	CJ McDermott	AUS	277.59	127.86	235.80	641.25
10	42	CJ McKay	AUS	286.33	111.46	242.24	640.03

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1970s	WI	ENG	AUS	NZ	PAK	SL	IND
1980s	WI	ENG	AUS	PAK	IND	NZ	SL	ZIM
1990s	SA	AUS	PAK	WI	IND	SL	ENG	NZ	ZIM
2000s	AUS	SA	SL	PAK	IND	NZ	ENG	WI	BAN
2010s	IND	SA	AUS	ENG	NZ	PAK	SL	BAN	WI
2020s	IND	NZ	SL	AUS	PAK	SA	BAN	ENG	WI	AFG