This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 25 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in ODI cricket in the last 25 years.

*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

4.2.1.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.2.2. 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. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

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

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	MA Starc	AUS	127	244	200.00
1	MA Starc	AUS	127	244	200.00
2	Mohammed Shami	IND	107	206	168.85
3	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	111	175	143.44
4	K Rabada	SA	104	168	137.70
5	MJ Henry	NZ	89	165	135.25
6	PJ Cummins	AUS	90	143	117.21
7	JR Hazlewood	AUS	92	139	113.93
8	AS Joseph	WI	79	133	109.02
9	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	65	131	107.38
10	JC Archer	ENG	34	62	50.82

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	MA Starc	127	5711	244	23.41	22.59	150.00
1	MA Starc	127	5711	244	23.41	22.59	150.00
2	JC Archer	34	1509	62	24.34	23.30	145.40
3	Mohammed Shami	107	4955	206	24.05	23.38	144.92
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	65	3181	131	24.28	23.46	144.40
5	MJ Henry	89	4094	165	24.81	24.08	140.71
6	PJ Cummins	90	4117	143	28.79	25.95	130.56
7	JR Hazlewood	92	3856	139	27.74	26.16	129.52
8	AS Joseph	79	3709	133	27.89	26.56	127.54
9	K Rabada	104	4613	168	27.46	26.76	126.59
10	Mustafizur Rahman	111	4687	175	26.78	26.91	125.93

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	MJ Henry	66	3051	128	23.84	22.58	150.00
1	MJ Henry	66	3051	128	23.84	22.58	150.00
2	JC Archer	26	1179	48	24.56	23.11	146.55
3	Mohammed Shami	70	3328	135	24.65	23.51	144.02
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	44	2300	91	25.27	23.58	143.64
5	MA Starc	93	4311	165	26.13	24.50	138.19
6	AS Joseph	49	2356	86	27.40	25.21	134.33
7	PJ Cummins	75	3497	120	29.14	25.68	131.85
8	K Rabada	81	3711	133	27.90	26.53	127.66
9	JR Hazlewood	68	3028	103	29.40	26.95	125.63
10	Mustafizur Rahman	64	2896	93	31.14	29.22	115.90

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	JR Hazlewood	92	4840	3856	4.78	3.82	150.00
1	JR Hazlewood	92	4840	3856	4.78	3.82	150.00
2	JC Archer	34	1775	1509	5.10	4.06	141.14
3	K Rabada	104	5444	4613	5.08	4.13	138.71
4	PJ Cummins	90	4683	4117	5.27	4.17	137.38
5	MJ Henry	89	4734	4094	5.19	4.23	135.46
6	Mustafizur Rahman	111	5422	4687	5.19	4.28	133.89
7	MA Starc	127	6512	5711	5.26	4.28	133.68
8	Mohammed Shami	107	5326	4955	5.58	4.45	128.62
9	Shaheen Shah Afridi	65	3372	3181	5.66	4.47	128.17
10	AS Joseph	79	4053	3709	5.49	4.50	127.16

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JR Hazlewood	68	3665	3028	4.96	3.94	150.00
1	JR Hazlewood	68	3665	3028	4.96	3.94	150.00
2	JC Archer	26	1362	1179	5.19	4.07	144.94
3	MJ Henry	66	3562	3051	5.14	4.15	142.29
4	K Rabada	81	4299	3711	5.18	4.15	142.24
5	PJ Cummins	75	3967	3497	5.29	4.16	141.84
6	MA Starc	93	4838	4311	5.35	4.32	136.75
7	Mustafizur Rahman	64	3142	2896	5.53	4.43	133.27
8	Mohammed Shami	70	3481	3328	5.74	4.46	132.50
9	AS Joseph	49	2516	2356	5.62	4.54	130.06
10	Shaheen Shah Afridi	44	2317	2300	5.96	4.61	128.10

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 the last 25 years. 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	MA Starc	6/28	6/43	5/20	5/26	5/32	5.40	100.00
1	MA Starc	6/28	6/43	5/20	5/26	5/32	5.40	100.00
1	Mohammed Shami	7/57	5/18	5/51	5/53	5/54	5.40	100.00
3	Mustafizur Rahman	6/43	5/50	5/59	5/75	4/43	5.00	92.59
4	JR Hazlewood	6/52	5/31	5/50	4/35	3/11	4.60	85.19
4	MJ Henry	5/30	5/40	5/42	4/19	4/27	4.60	85.19
4	K Rabada	6/16	5/39	4/39	4/41	4/41	4.60	85.19
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	6/35	5/54	4/35	4/38	4/46	4.60	85.19
8	PJ Cummins	5/70	4/24	4/29	4/35	4/41	4.20	77.78
9	AS Joseph	5/56	4/31	4/65	4/76	3/36	4.00	74.07
9	JC Archer	6/40	4/18	4/62	3/27	3/29	4.00	74.07

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	JR Hazlewood	8.0/12	6.0/11	6.0/11	10.0/20	6.1/13	1.48	100.00
1	JR Hazlewood	8.0/12	6.0/11	6.0/11	10.0/20	6.1/13	1.48	100.00
2	MJ Henry	10.0/14	10.0/19	6.0/12	10.0/27	9.0/26	1.77	83.39
3	K Rabada	7.0/13	8.0/16	6.0/16	6.0/16	6.0/18	1.94	76.11
4	MA Starc	7.0/12	8.0/20	10.0/26	9.4/26	6.5/20	2.04	72.52
5	Mustafizur Rahman	7.5/15	6.0/15	6.0/16	9.0/24	7.0/19	2.05	72.24
6	PJ Cummins	6.0/14	10.0/24	10.0/27	8.0/22	8.0/23	2.07	71.49
7	JC Archer	5.0/8	9.0/18	7.0/17	10.0/32	8.5/29	2.08	71.24
8	Mohammed Shami	6.2/16	9.0/23	6.0/17	8.0/23	6.0/18	2.19	67.57
9	Shaheen Shah Afridi	9.0/23	10.0/28	8.0/24	9.4/31	8.0/26	2.33	63.42
10	AS Joseph	8.0/17	10.0/25	10.0/31	10.0/33	10.0/36	2.43	60.98

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	MA Starc	200.00	288.19	270.43	100.00	72.52	931.15	372.46
2	Mohammed Shami	168.85	288.93	261.12	100.00	67.57	886.47	354.59
3	MJ Henry	135.25	290.71	277.75	85.19	83.39	872.27	348.91
4	JR Hazlewood	113.93	255.15	300.00	85.19	100.00	854.27	341.71
5	K Rabada	137.70	254.25	280.95	85.19	76.11	834.20	333.68
6	Mustafizur Rahman	143.44	241.82	267.16	92.59	72.24	817.26	326.90
7	PJ Cummins	117.21	262.41	279.22	77.78	71.49	808.11	323.24
8	Shaheen Shah Afridi	107.38	288.03	256.27	85.19	63.42	800.29	320.12
9	JC Archer	50.82	291.95	286.08	74.07	71.24	774.16	309.66
10	AS Joseph	109.02	261.88	257.23	74.07	60.98	763.17	305.27

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.

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	MJ Henry	36	73	19.27	4.49	898.98	17.98
2	Mustafizur Rahman	42	70	20.34	4.27	886.43	17.73
3	MA Starc	55	102	21.38	4.87	878.35	17.57
4	Mohammed Shami	46	87	24.90	5.86	835.81	16.72
5	JR Hazlewood	41	63	26.14	4.56	768.68	15.37
6	JC Archer	22	41	22.46	4.83	752.08	15.04
7	K Rabada	47	74	29.04	5.17	717.78	14.36
8	PJ Cummins	27	46	27.26	5.21	692.62	13.85
9	AS Joseph	39	62	29.23	5.35	676.09	13.52
10	Shaheen Shah Afridi	24	46	24.72	5.61	657.45	13.15

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MA Starc	72	142	24.86	5.54	916.68	73.33
2	K Rabada	57	94	26.21	5.01	871.49	69.72
3	Mohammed Shami	61	119	23.44	5.38	861.33	68.91
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	41	85	24.05	5.69	840.35	67.23
5	PJ Cummins	63	97	29.52	5.30	836.54	66.92
6	JR Hazlewood	51	76	29.07	4.96	834.35	66.75
7	MJ Henry	53	92	29.21	5.65	787.09	62.97
8	AS Joseph	40	71	26.72	5.63	768.89	61.51
9	Mustafizur Rahman	69	105	31.08	5.73	745.91	59.67
10	JC Archer	12	21	28.00	5.60	500.00	40.00

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	MA Starc	99	190	22.51	5.15	937.24	18.74
2	JR Hazlewood	71	114	25.76	4.72	874.14	17.48
3	MJ Henry	64	114	25.07	5.03	859.91	17.20
4	K Rabada	75	118	28.52	5.06	786.22	15.72
5	JC Archer	28	50	23.94	4.97	785.83	15.72
6	PJ Cummins	59	95	28.77	5.34	764.06	15.28
7	AS Joseph	57	97	27.75	5.50	739.56	14.79

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mohammed Shami	50	98	23.11	5.33	971.84	19.44
2	Shaheen Shah Afridi	26	54	24.06	5.76	862.08	17.24
3	Mustafizur Rahman	41	66	29.41	5.76	802.42	16.05

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	K Rabada	29	50	24.96	5.15	945.39	75.63
2	MA Starc	28	54	26.57	5.62	931.42	74.51
3	PJ Cummins	31	48	28.83	5.15	929.06	74.33
4	MJ Henry	25	51	24.24	5.61	913.56	73.09
5	AS Joseph	22	36	28.25	5.47	767.52	61.40
6	JR Hazlewood	21	25	36.76	4.99	702.65	56.21
7	JC Archer	6	12	26.00	5.69	500.00	40.00

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mohammed Shami	57	108	24.91	5.81	926.49	74.12
2	Mustafizur Rahman	70	109	25.19	4.85	922.78	73.82
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	39	77	24.44	5.59	824.63	65.97

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	MA Starc	73.33	17.57	74.51	18.74	184.16
2	Mohammed Shami	68.91	16.72	74.12	19.44	179.18
3	K Rabada	69.72	14.36	75.63	15.72	175.43
4	MJ Henry	62.97	17.98	73.09	17.20	171.23
5	PJ Cummins	66.92	13.85	74.33	15.28	170.38
6	Mustafizur Rahman	59.67	17.73	73.82	16.05	167.27
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	67.23	13.15	65.97	17.24	163.59
8	JR Hazlewood	66.75	15.37	56.21	17.48	155.82
9	AS Joseph	61.51	13.52	61.40	14.79	151.23
10	JC Archer	40.00	15.04	40.00	15.72	110.76

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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	912.14	136.82
2	Mohammed Shami	18	55	13.53	5.13	907.64	136.15
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	14	34	21.03	5.58	699.82	104.97
4	JR Hazlewood	16	23	27.17	4.60	639.28	95.89
5	PJ Cummins	23	34	30.06	5.41	617.52	92.63
6	JC Archer	11	20	23.05	4.57	615.00	92.25
7	MJ Henry	18	27	29.37	5.22	608.79	91.32
8	K Rabada	17	24	31.71	5.05	584.42	87.66
9	Mustafizur Rahman	16	25	35.28	6.40	530.67	79.60
10	AS Joseph	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	75.00

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	MA Starc	127	39	30.71	834.04	125.11
2	JR Hazlewood	92	32	34.78	828.56	124.28
3	Mohammed Shami	107	32	29.91	823.61	123.54
4	JC Archer	34	17	50.00	822.44	123.37
5	K Rabada	104	34	32.69	783.76	117.56
6	MJ Henry	89	28	31.46	744.03	111.61
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	65	22	33.85	740.91	111.14
8	PJ Cummins	90	27	30.00	670.37	100.56
9	Mustafizur Rahman	111	31	27.93	618.42	92.76
10	AS Joseph	79	23	29.11	500.00	75.00

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	MA Starc	50	107	20.94	4.98	939.51	93.95
2	Mohammed Shami	50	104	21.88	5.65	913.90	91.39
3	JR Hazlewood	50	87	25.21	4.77	885.97	88.60
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	50	106	23.37	5.72	877.80	87.78
5	Mustafizur Rahman	50	93	24.76	5.50	847.21	84.72
6	MJ Henry	50	97	24.73	5.26	840.69	84.07
7	PJ Cummins	50	84	27.82	5.17	821.37	82.14
8	K Rabada	50	80	27.70	5.09	799.06	79.91
9	AS Joseph	50	87	26.93	5.52	777.59	77.76
10	JC Archer	32	58	24.43	5.10	770.11	77.01

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	MA Starc	136.82	125.11	93.95	355.88
2	Mohammed Shami	136.15	123.54	91.39	351.08
3	JR Hazlewood	95.89	124.28	88.60	308.77
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	104.97	111.14	87.78	303.89
5	JC Archer	92.25	123.37	77.01	292.63
6	MJ Henry	91.32	111.61	84.07	286.99
7	K Rabada	87.66	117.56	79.91	285.13
8	PJ Cummins	92.63	100.56	82.14	275.32
9	Mustafizur Rahman	79.60	92.76	84.72	257.08
10	AS Joseph	75.00	75.00	77.76	227.76

PRESENT ERA RATING

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

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	MA Starc	AUS	372.46	184.16	355.88	912.50
2	Mohammed Shami	IND	354.59	179.18	351.08	884.84
3	MJ Henry	NZ	348.91	171.23	286.99	807.13
4	JR Hazlewood	AUS	341.71	155.82	308.77	806.30
5	K Rabada	SA	333.68	175.43	285.13	794.24
6	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	320.12	163.59	303.89	787.59
7	PJ Cummins	AUS	323.24	170.38	275.32	768.94
8	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	326.90	167.27	257.08	751.26
9	JC Archer	ENG	309.66	110.76	292.63	713.05
10	AS Joseph	WI	305.27	151.23	227.76	684.25

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