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Top 20 Fast Bowlers In ODI World Cups

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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. 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). So, here are the Top 20 Fast bowlers in World Cups in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2024-10-02

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Non Weak Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Non Weak Teams
6. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)
7. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
8. WORLD CUP RATING
9. NON WEAK TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The WORLD CUP Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 150.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 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 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.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against Non Weak Teams. Here is some information about the Non Weak Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine Non Weak Teams.
  • The Non Weak Teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in NWT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (NWT) 5

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 2015
Era 3 MP greater than 2014

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Imran Khan PAK 1974 1992 1983 19 34 250.00
1 Imran Khan PAK 1974 1992 1983 19 34 250.00
2 IT Botham ENG 1976 1992 1984 22 30 220.59
3 N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 25 28 205.88
4 AME Roberts WI 1975 1983 1979 16 26 191.18
5 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 1981.5 13 22 161.76
6 MA Holding WI 1976 1987 1981.5 11 20 147.06
7 RGD Willis ENG 1973 1984 1978.5 11 18 132.35
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 2000 39 71 300.00
1 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 2000 39 71 300.00
2 SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 28 56 236.62
3 Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 36 55 232.39
4 WPUJC Vaas SL 1994 2008 2001 31 49 207.04
5 JDP Oram NZ 2001 2012 2006.5 23 36 152.11
6 B Lee AUS 2000 2012 2006 17 35 147.89
7 SM Pollock SA 1996 2008 2002 31 31 130.99
8 SE Bond NZ 2002 2010 2006 16 30 126.76
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS MA Starc AUS 2010 2024 2017 28 65 290.00
1 MA Starc AUS 2010 2024 2017 28 65 290.00
2 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2023 2018 18 55 245.38
3 TA Boult NZ 2012 2023 2017.5 29 53 236.46
4 JJ Bumrah IND 2016 2023 2019.5 20 38 169.54
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 2018 2023 2020.5 14 34 151.69

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 R Ave

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 20
Min Wickets (NWT) 20

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 18 744 55 13.53 14.17 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 18 744 55 13.53 14.17 100.00
2 SE Bond 16 518 30 17.27 18.05 78.46
3 MA Holding 11 341 20 17.05 18.30 77.43
4 B Lee 17 629 35 17.97 18.49 76.60
5 MA Starc 28 1254 65 19.29 18.80 75.34
6 GD McGrath 39 1292 71 18.20 19.23 73.65
7 JJ Bumrah 20 744 38 19.58 19.83 71.43
8 RGD Willis 11 315 18 17.50 20.55 68.94
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 14 715 34 21.03 20.91 67.74
10 Imran Khan 19 655 34 19.26 20.95 67.60
11 WPUJC Vaas 31 1040 49 21.22 21.37 66.28
12 JDP Oram 23 768 36 21.33 22.28 63.58
13 AME Roberts 16 552 26 21.23 23.14 61.21
14 SL Malinga 28 1281 56 22.88 23.26 60.91
15 RJ Hadlee 13 421 22 19.14 23.60 60.02
16 Wasim Akram 36 1311 55 23.84 24.88 56.93
17 TA Boult 29 1354 53 25.55 25.42 55.73
18 IT Botham 22 762 30 25.40 28.65 49.43
19 SM Pollock 31 970 31 31.29 32.15 44.06
20 N Kapil Dev 25 892 28 31.86 33.96 41.71

Against Non Weak Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 14 574 45 12.76 13.36 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 14 574 45 12.76 13.36 100.00
2 B Lee 11 420 24 17.50 18.01 74.17
3 SE Bond 12 415 24 17.29 18.08 73.88
4 MA Holding 10 308 18 17.11 18.36 72.75
5 MA Starc 24 1169 57 20.51 19.99 66.83
6 JJ Bumrah 18 672 34 19.76 20.02 66.73
7 GD McGrath 27 982 48 20.46 21.62 61.77
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 12 631 29 21.76 21.64 61.73
9 Imran Khan 17 613 30 20.43 22.23 60.10
10 WPUJC Vaas 22 762 34 22.41 22.57 59.19
11 RJ Hadlee 11 387 21 18.43 22.73 58.77
12 JDP Oram 16 579 24 24.13 25.19 53.02
13 RGD Willis 10 304 14 21.71 25.49 52.39
14 TA Boult 25 1231 48 25.65 25.51 52.35
15 AME Roberts 14 500 21 23.81 25.96 51.46
16 SL Malinga 22 1073 39 27.51 27.97 47.75
17 Wasim Akram 28 1102 38 29.00 30.27 44.12
18 IT Botham 20 727 26 27.96 31.54 42.34
19 N Kapil Dev 19 722 23 31.39 33.46 39.92
20 SM Pollock 22 772 22 35.09 36.06 37.04

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 400

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS CEL Ambrose 17 987 499 3.03 3.14 100.00
1 RGD Willis 11 709 315 2.67 3.27 96.16
2 SE Bond 16 886 518 3.51 3.33 94.36
3 JJ Bumrah 20 1055 744 4.23 3.37 93.19
4 SM Pollock 31 1614 970 3.61 3.56 88.21
5 MA Holding 11 695 341 2.94 3.59 87.45
6 RJ Hadlee 13 877 421 2.88 3.62 86.72
7 WPUJC Vaas 31 1570 1040 3.97 3.84 81.80
8 JDP Oram 23 1094 768 4.21 3.88 80.95
9 GD McGrath 39 1955 1292 3.97 3.90 80.68
10 TA Boult 29 1650 1354 4.92 3.94 79.68
11 IT Botham 22 1332 762 3.43 3.96 79.45
12 AME Roberts 16 1021 552 3.24 3.96 79.26
13 MA Starc 28 1459 1254 5.16 4.12 76.24
14 B Lee 17 825 629 4.57 4.13 76.09
15 Wasim Akram 36 1947 1311 4.04 4.16 75.53
16 N Kapil Dev 25 1422 892 3.76 4.18 75.12
17 Mohammed Shami 18 870 744 5.13 4.19 74.95
18 Imran Khan 19 1017 655 3.86 4.23 74.26
19 Shaheen Shah Afridi 14 769 715 5.58 4.36 72.04
20 SL Malinga 28 1394 1281 5.51 4.77 65.85

Against Non Weak Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS CEL Ambrose 14 816 442 3.25 3.37 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 18 941 672 4.28 3.41 98.59
2 SE Bond 12 688 415 3.62 3.44 97.98
3 RGD Willis 10 646 304 2.82 3.46 97.26
4 MA Holding 10 623 308 2.97 3.62 92.99
5 SM Pollock 22 1182 772 3.92 3.87 86.96
6 WPUJC Vaas 22 1117 762 4.09 3.96 85.10
7 RJ Hadlee 11 733 387 3.17 3.99 84.48
8 JDP Oram 16 789 579 4.40 4.06 82.97
9 TA Boult 25 1446 1231 5.11 4.09 82.29
10 IT Botham 20 1218 727 3.58 4.13 81.58
11 AME Roberts 14 877 500 3.42 4.18 80.53
12 GD McGrath 27 1373 982 4.29 4.22 79.87
13 MA Starc 24 1329 1169 5.28 4.22 79.82
14 Mohammed Shami 14 667 574 5.16 4.22 79.80
15 B Lee 11 533 420 4.73 4.27 78.87
16 N Kapil Dev 19 1098 722 3.95 4.39 76.78
17 Wasim Akram 28 1537 1102 4.30 4.43 76.00
18 Imran Khan 17 908 613 4.05 4.44 75.90
19 Shaheen Shah Afridi 12 667 631 5.68 4.44 75.86
20 SL Malinga 22 1118 1073 5.76 4.98 67.55

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. 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 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/54 5/69 4/16 5.20 150.00
1 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/54 5/69 4/16 5.20 150.00
2 MA Starc 6/28 5/26 5/46 4/43 4/55 4.80 138.46
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 6/35 5/54 3/23 3/28 3/45 4.00 115.38
3 TA Boult 5/27 4/30 4/44 4/51 3/37 4.00 115.38
5 WPUJC Vaas 6/25 4/22 3/33 3/34 3/46 3.80 109.62
6 B Lee 5/42 4/28 3/35 3/36 3/52 3.60 103.85
7 JJ Bumrah 4/39 4/55 3/32 3/37 3/61 3.40 98.08
7 GD McGrath 5/14 3/16 3/18 3/29 3/31 3.40 98.08
7 Wasim Akram 4/32 4/40 3/45 3/49 3/64 3.40 98.08
7 SL Malinga 4/43 4/54 3/27 3/35 3/55 3.40 98.08
11 SE Bond 6/23 3/31 3/33 2/15 2/19 3.20 92.31
11 Imran Khan 4/37 4/37 3/36 3/57 2/29 3.20 92.31
13 JDP Oram 4/39 3/23 3/30 3/32 2/26 3.00 86.54
13 N Kapil Dev 5/43 3/35 3/41 2/30 2/38 3.00 86.54
13 RJ Hadlee 5/25 3/20 3/32 2/20 2/48 3.00 86.54
16 AME Roberts 3/32 3/39 3/43 2/18 2/25 2.60 75.00
16 SM Pollock 5/36 2/8 2/10 2/16 2/33 2.60 75.00
16 MA Holding 4/33 3/40 2/16 2/26 2/32 2.60 75.00
19 IT Botham 4/31 2/12 2/12 2/27 2/36 2.40 69.23
20 RGD Willis 4/42 2/9 2/24 1/9 1/20 2.00 57.69

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 SM Pollock 8.0/10 6.0/8 9.0/13 10.0/17 8.0/16 1.54 150.00
1 SM Pollock 8.0/10 6.0/8 9.0/13 10.0/17 8.0/16 1.54 150.00
2 JJ Bumrah 6.0/9 5.0/8 7.0/19 5.0/14 10.0/35 2.05 112.69
3 GD McGrath 9.0/13 8.4/14 8.0/18 9.4/25 7.0/20 2.09 110.76
4 SE Bond 10.0/15 10.0/19 10.0/23 10.0/26 8.0/23 2.10 110.33
5 WPUJC Vaas 7.0/11 10.0/22 8.0/19 10.0/27 9.1/25 2.28 101.64
6 RGD Willis 9.0/9 7.0/9 11.0/20 12.0/24 12.0/37 2.38 97.20
7 MA Starc 8.0/20 9.4/26 9.0/28 8.5/28 10.0/34 2.39 96.83
8 TA Boult 7.0/18 10.0/27 10.0/30 10.0/32 10.0/37 2.45 94.26
9 RJ Hadlee 12.0/16 10.0/20 12.0/26 9.0/20 10.1/25 2.53 91.36
10 IT Botham 10.0/12 9.0/12 10.0/27 10.0/30 12.0/36 2.64 87.50
11 Mohammed Shami 6.2/16 7.0/22 5.0/18 8.0/30 9.0/35 2.80 82.67
12 JDP Oram 10.0/26 8.0/23 9.3/30 10.0/32 8.0/29 2.84 81.57
13 MA Holding 8.0/16 12.0/25 12.0/29 12.0/32 9.4/26 2.91 79.46
14 AME Roberts 11.0/18 7.0/14 12.0/25 10.0/32 9.0/29 2.94 78.59
15 Imran Khan 12.0/24 8.0/22 10.1/29 8.0/25 10.0/32 3.00 77.08
16 Shaheen Shah Afridi 9.0/23 10.0/28 9.1/35 10.0/45 10.0/54 3.00 77.02
17 N Kapil Dev 11.0/21 8.0/16 10.0/30 11.0/35 10.0/34 3.02 76.51
18 Wasim Akram 10.0/27 9.0/27 9.2/32 9.0/32 10.0/37 3.37 68.60
19 SL Malinga 7.0/21 9.0/35 10.0/43 6.0/27 10.0/46 3.54 65.26
20 B Lee 8.0/28 8.0/29 9.0/36 8.0/35 7.0/31 3.59 64.46

WORLD CUP RATING

The WORLD CUP (WC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE WC RAT
1 Mohammed Shami 245.38 200.00 154.75 150.00 82.67 832.80
2 MA Starc 290.00 142.16 156.06 138.46 96.83 823.52
3 GD McGrath 300.00 135.42 160.54 98.08 110.76 804.80
4 TA Boult 236.46 108.09 161.97 115.38 94.26 716.15
5 WPUJC Vaas 207.04 125.47 166.90 109.62 101.64 710.67
6 JJ Bumrah 169.54 138.16 191.78 98.08 112.69 710.25
7 Imran Khan 250.00 127.70 150.15 92.31 77.08 697.23
8 SE Bond 126.76 152.33 192.34 92.31 110.33 674.07
9 Wasim Akram 232.39 101.06 151.54 98.08 68.60 651.66
10 SL Malinga 236.62 108.66 133.39 98.08 65.26 642.01
11 MA Holding 147.06 150.17 180.44 75.00 79.46 632.14
12 IT Botham 220.59 91.78 161.03 69.23 87.50 630.12
13 RJ Hadlee 161.76 118.79 171.20 86.54 91.36 629.67
14 B Lee 147.89 150.77 154.96 103.85 64.46 621.92
15 Shaheen Shah Afridi 151.69 129.47 147.89 115.38 77.02 621.47
16 AME Roberts 191.18 112.67 159.79 75.00 78.59 617.23
17 SM Pollock 130.99 81.10 175.17 75.00 150.00 612.26
18 N Kapil Dev 205.88 81.63 151.89 86.54 76.51 602.46
19 RGD Willis 132.35 121.33 193.42 57.69 97.20 602.00
20 JDP Oram 152.11 116.60 163.92 86.54 81.57 600.74

NON WEAK TEAMS

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

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