T20Is - Best Fast Bowlers In World Cups

Top 10 Fast Bowlers In T20I World Cups

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005. They are updated till 2026-03-08. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in World Cups in T20Is.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
7.1. Against All Teams
7.2. Against Top Teams
8. WORLD CUP RATING
9. BRIEF EXPLANATION
9.1. Dynamic Nature
9.2. Trend Setter (TS)
9.3. Top Teams (TT)
9.4. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
9.5. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

The WC Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Economy Rate 250.00
Best Bowling (Wkts) Top Bowling By Wkts 150.00
Best Bowling (Eco) Top Bowling By Economy 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 5
Min Career Wkts 25

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 2005 to present is divided into eras for this section. Players are compared with players of the same period. A few points are deducted if the top wicket taker of that era is not the overall top wicket taker. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 2021
Era 2 MP greater than 2020

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 2006 2020 2013 31 38 250.00
1 SL Malinga SL 2006 2020 2013 31 38 250.00
2 TG Southee NZ 2008 2024 2016 25 36 236.84
3 Umar Gul PAK 2007 2016 2011.5 24 35 230.26
4 TA Boult NZ 2013 2024 2018.5 18 34 223.68
5 CJ Jordan ENG 2014 2024 2019 23 31 203.95
6 DW Steyn SA 2007 2020 2013.5 23 30 197.37
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS JJ Bumrah IND 2016 2026 2021 26 40 250.00
1 JJ Bumrah IND 2016 2026 2021 26 40 250.00
2 AA Nortje SA 2019 2026 2022.5 21 38 237.50
3 Arshdeep Singh IND 2022 2026 2024 22 36 225.00
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 2018 2026 2022 22 31 193.75

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 player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 15
Min Wickets (TT) 9

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS AA Nortje 21 456 38 12.00 12.84 80.00
1 AA Nortje 21 456 38 12.00 12.84 80.00
2 TA Boult 18 425 34 12.50 12.90 79.60
3 JJ Bumrah 26 546 40 13.65 14.15 72.58
4 Umar Gul 24 604 35 17.26 17.83 57.59
5 Arshdeep Singh 22 625 36 17.36 18.16 56.54
6 TG Southee 25 645 36 17.92 18.77 54.71
7 CJ Jordan 23 598 31 19.29 19.50 52.67
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 22 608 31 19.61 19.95 51.48
9 DW Steyn 23 579 30 19.30 20.40 50.33
10 SL Malinga 31 763 38 20.08 21.55 47.64

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 14 315 24 13.13 12.93 120.00
1 JJ Bumrah 14 315 24 13.13 12.93 120.00
2 TA Boult 9 240 16 15.00 14.10 110.04
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 10 262 17 15.41 14.57 106.53
4 AA Nortje 8 213 13 16.38 15.86 97.84
5 Umar Gul 18 456 24 19.00 18.81 82.54
6 Arshdeep Singh 10 288 14 20.57 20.33 76.35
7 CJ Jordan 15 459 21 21.86 21.02 73.84
8 DW Steyn 19 524 23 22.78 23.34 66.49
9 SL Malinga 25 692 30 23.07 24.05 64.53
10 TG Southee 16 492 19 25.89 25.87 60.00

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 Bowled 250
Min Balls (TT) 150

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 26 578 546 5.67 5.74 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 26 578 546 5.67 5.74 100.00
2 AA Nortje 21 479 456 5.71 5.92 96.94
3 TA Boult 18 430 425 5.93 6.08 94.37
4 TG Southee 25 553 645 7.00 7.24 79.31
5 DW Steyn 23 499 579 6.96 7.40 77.52
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 22 493 608 7.40 7.46 76.90
7 Umar Gul 24 496 604 7.31 7.71 74.48
8 Arshdeep Singh 22 480 625 7.81 7.85 73.12
9 SL Malinga 31 616 763 7.43 8.01 71.61
10 CJ Jordan 23 445 598 8.06 8.26 69.52

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 14 310 315 6.10 5.98 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 14 310 315 6.10 5.98 150.00
2 TA Boult 9 214 240 6.73 6.61 135.55
3 AA Nortje 8 186 213 6.87 6.68 134.21
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 10 211 262 7.45 7.20 124.46
5 Umar Gul 18 369 456 7.41 7.66 117.09
6 Arshdeep Singh 10 216 288 8.00 7.72 116.19
7 DW Steyn 19 415 524 7.58 7.91 113.36
8 SL Malinga 25 529 692 7.85 8.27 108.44
9 TG Southee 16 349 492 8.46 8.55 104.81
10 CJ Jordan 15 314 459 8.77 8.81 101.73

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Umar Gul 5/6 4/25 3/15 3/28 3/30 3.60 50.00
1 Umar Gul 5/6 4/25 3/15 3/28 3/30 3.60 50.00
2 SL Malinga 5/31 3/17 3/28 3/36 3/43 3.40 47.22
2 CJ Jordan 4/10 4/28 3/17 3/37 3/43 3.40 47.22
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 4/30 3/14 3/22 3/31 3.40 47.22
2 AA Nortje 4/7 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/7 3.40 47.22
6 TA Boult 4/13 3/16 3/17 3/20 3/20 3.20 44.44
6 Arshdeep Singh 4/9 3/24 3/32 3/36 3/37 3.20 44.44
8 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/7 3/14 3/15 2/6 3.00 41.67
9 TG Southee 3/4 3/6 3/16 3/21 2/11 2.80 38.89
10 DW Steyn 4/17 3/22 2/6 2/10 2/19 2.60 36.11

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS SL Malinga 5/31 3/17 3/28 3/36 3/43 3.40 100.00
1 SL Malinga 5/31 3/17 3/28 3/36 3/43 3.40 100.00
2 Umar Gul 5/6 3/15 3/28 2/14 2/29 3.00 88.24
2 CJ Jordan 4/28 3/17 3/37 3/43 2/27 3.00 88.24
4 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/14 3/15 2/12 2/17 2.80 82.35
5 DW Steyn 4/17 3/22 2/10 2/25 2/30 2.60 76.47
5 TA Boult 3/16 3/20 3/20 2/18 2/24 2.60 76.47
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/30 3/14 3/31 2/24 1/13 2.60 76.47
8 TG Southee 3/6 3/21 2/21 2/31 2/46 2.40 70.59
8 Arshdeep Singh 3/32 3/37 2/20 2/25 2/28 2.40 70.59
10 AA Nortje 4/41 2/7 2/21 2/26 1/23 2.20 64.71

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 4.0/10 3.3/10 2.44 50.00
1 AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 4.0/10 3.3/10 2.44 50.00
2 JJ Bumrah 4.0/7 3.0/6 3.4/10 4.0/13 4.0/14 2.71 45.00
3 TG Southee 4.0/4 4.0/11 2.1/6 4.0/12 4.0/15 2.73 44.67
4 TA Boult 4.0/7 4.0/13 4.0/14 4.0/16 4.0/17 3.44 35.53
5 SL Malinga 2.0/5 2.0/5 3.4/14 2.0/8 4.0/17 3.87 31.57
6 DW Steyn 3.0/6 4.0/9 4.0/17 4.0/19 4.0/19 3.92 31.15
7 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.4/17 4.0/19 4.01 30.43
8 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/9 2.0/9 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/24 4.46 27.34
9 CJ Jordan 2.0/7 2.5/10 4.0/17 3.0/13 4.0/24 4.59 26.58
10 Shaheen Shah Afridi 3.0/14 4.0/19 4.0/21 4.0/21 4.0/22 5.15 23.70

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 4.0/15 2.4/12 3.73 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 4.0/15 2.4/12 3.73 100.00
2 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/14 4.0/15 2.0/11 3.0/19 4.20 88.88
3 SL Malinga 2.0/5 3.4/14 4.0/17 4.0/19 4.0/25 4.77 78.17
4 TA Boult 4.0/16 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.0/24 4.82 77.42
5 DW Steyn 4.0/17 4.0/19 2.0/10 3.0/15 4.0/22 5.10 73.16
6 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/21 4.0/21 4.0/21 4.0/24 5.18 72.03
7 AA Nortje 3.0/7 4.0/21 4.0/23 4.0/26 4.0/26 5.27 70.75
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 3.0/14 4.0/21 2.1/13 4.0/24 4.0/29 5.69 65.55
9 CJ Jordan 4.0/17 4.0/24 4.0/24 4.0/27 4.0/28 6.03 61.85
10 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/20 4.0/25 4.0/28 2.0/15 4.0/31 6.38 58.48

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 ATT BBW BBE WC RAT
1 JJ Bumrah 250.00 192.58 250.00 124.02 145.00 961.60
2 AA Nortje 237.50 177.84 231.15 111.93 120.75 879.17
3 TA Boult 223.68 189.64 229.91 120.92 112.94 877.10
4 Umar Gul 230.26 140.13 191.57 138.24 119.31 819.50
5 SL Malinga 250.00 112.18 180.05 147.22 109.74 799.19
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 193.75 158.00 201.36 123.69 89.25 766.06
7 TG Southee 236.84 114.71 184.12 109.48 116.70 761.84
8 Arshdeep Singh 225.00 132.88 189.31 115.03 85.81 748.04
9 CJ Jordan 203.95 126.51 171.25 135.46 88.43 725.59
10 DW Steyn 197.37 116.82 190.88 112.58 104.31 721.97

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

  1. Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
  2. This is generally 12 balls for a 20 over match.
  3. However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER, ECO - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. TF, 3WH - Three Fors or 3 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. RAT - Rating
  19. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  20. TS - Trend Setter
  21. TT - Top Teams
  22. WKTS - Wickets Taken
  23. WTG - Weightage

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