Top ODI Fast Bowler of the Decade (2010 – 2019)

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy Rate, Top Inns
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 20
Min Wkts 25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 250.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Economy Rate 250.00
Best Bowling (Wkts) BBI by Wickets 150.00
Best Bowling (Eco) BBI by Economy 100.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 158 248 250.00
1 SL Malinga SL 158 248 250.00
2 MA Starc AUS 85 172 173.39
3 TA Boult NZ 89 164 165.32
4 M Morkel SA 92 154 155.24
5 DW Steyn SA 90 145 146.17
6 CR Woakes ENG 95 142 143.15
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 113 132 133.06
8 MG Johnson AUS 79 128 129.03
9 K Rabada SA 73 117 117.94
10 JJ Bumrah IND 58 103 103.83

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 50
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS MA Starc 85 3611 172 20.99 20.37 100.00
1 MA Starc 85 3611 172 20.99 20.37 100.00
2 JJ Bumrah 58 2254 103 21.88 20.40 99.87
3 M Morkel 92 3768 154 24.47 23.36 87.21
4 TA Boult 89 4111 164 25.07 23.88 85.32
5 DW Steyn 90 3596 145 24.80 23.96 85.01
6 MG Johnson 79 3131 128 24.46 24.45 83.32
7 K Rabada 73 3199 117 27.34 25.87 78.76
8 SL Malinga 158 7129 248 28.75 27.71 73.52
9 CR Woakes 95 4327 142 30.47 29.34 69.44
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 113 4568 132 34.61 32.44 62.80

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS MJ Henry 29 1443 64 22.55 20.85 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 43 1787 73 24.48 22.01 142.04
2 MA Starc 66 2910 118 24.66 23.32 134.08
3 TA Boult 56 2677 102 26.25 23.70 131.95
4 M Morkel 72 3064 120 25.53 23.71 131.90
5 K Rabada 44 2017 75 26.89 24.28 128.76
6 DW Steyn 67 2851 108 26.40 24.74 126.36
7 MG Johnson 60 2456 94 26.13 25.09 124.61
8 CR Woakes 69 3118 106 29.42 27.66 113.03
9 SL Malinga 122 5744 189 30.39 28.28 110.55
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 82 3497 99 35.32 31.92 97.95

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 1000
Min Balls (TT) 600

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 58 3009 2254 4.49 3.66 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 58 3009 2254 4.49 3.66 100.00
2 DW Steyn 90 4562 3596 4.73 4.01 91.24
3 K Rabada 73 3842 3199 5.00 4.07 89.87
4 MG Johnson 79 3981 3131 4.72 4.11 89.07
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 113 5451 4568 5.03 4.14 88.40
6 TA Boult 89 4884 4111 5.05 4.15 88.09
7 MA Starc 85 4315 3611 5.02 4.20 87.07
8 M Morkel 92 4556 3768 4.96 4.22 86.59
9 CR Woakes 95 4638 4327 5.60 4.62 79.22
10 SL Malinga 158 7822 7129 5.47 4.67 78.31

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS AD Mathews 111 3607 2697 4.49 3.77 150.00
1 JJ Bumrah 43 2253 1787 4.76 3.79 149.27
2 K Rabada 44 2377 2017 5.09 4.06 139.28
3 DW Steyn 67 3513 2851 4.87 4.08 138.65
4 MG Johnson 60 3029 2456 4.86 4.14 136.44
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 82 4079 3497 5.14 4.15 136.28
6 TA Boult 56 3075 2677 5.22 4.19 135.00
7 MA Starc 66 3408 2910 5.12 4.23 133.57
8 M Morkel 72 3658 3064 5.03 4.23 133.55
9 CR Woakes 69 3439 3118 5.44 4.44 127.33
10 SL Malinga 122 6163 5744 5.59 4.71 120.05

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 TA Boult 7/34 6/33 5/17 5/21 5/27 5.60 50.00
1 TA Boult 7/34 6/33 5/17 5/21 5/27 5.60 50.00
2 MA Starc 6/28 6/43 5/20 5/26 5/32 5.40 48.21
3 SL Malinga 6/38 5/28 5/30 5/34 5/44 5.20 46.43
4 CR Woakes 6/45 6/47 5/54 4/33 4/38 5.00 44.64
5 DW Steyn 6/39 5/25 5/50 4/34 3/17 4.60 41.07
6 MG Johnson 6/31 4/19 4/22 4/33 4/36 4.40 39.29
6 M Morkel 5/21 5/38 4/10 4/21 4/22 4.40 39.29
6 K Rabada 6/16 4/39 4/41 4/41 4/43 4.40 39.29
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/42 4/8 4/31 4/33 4/45 4.20 37.50
9 JJ Bumrah 5/27 4/22 4/28 4/35 4/43 4.20 37.50

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS MA Starc 6/28 6/43 5/26 5/42 4/27 5.20 100.00
1 MA Starc 6/28 6/43 5/26 5/42 4/27 5.20 100.00
2 SL Malinga 5/28 5/34 5/44 5/52 5/54 5.00 96.15
3 CR Woakes 6/45 6/47 4/33 4/38 4/40 4.80 92.31
3 TA Boult 6/33 5/21 5/27 4/35 4/44 4.80 92.31
5 DW Steyn 6/39 5/25 5/50 4/34 3/17 4.60 88.46
6 M Morkel 5/21 5/38 4/10 4/22 4/39 4.40 84.62
7 MG Johnson 6/31 4/33 4/46 4/51 3/11 4.20 80.77
8 K Rabada 4/39 4/41 4/41 4/45 4/54 4.00 76.92
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/42 4/8 4/45 3/9 3/29 3.80 73.08
10 JJ Bumrah 5/27 4/43 3/35 3/37 3/47 3.60 69.23

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 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6.0/8 6.1/9 8.0/14 5.0/9 6.0/12 1.37 30.00
1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6.0/8 6.1/9 8.0/14 5.0/9 6.0/12 1.37 30.00
2 JJ Bumrah 6.0/9 6.0/11 10.0/22 5.0/12 10.0/27 1.78 23.12
3 M Morkel 6.0/10 6.0/13 10.0/22 7.0/16 10.0/23 1.83 22.47
4 MG Johnson 6.0/7 9.2/19 10.0/21 7.0/18 8.0/23 1.90 21.70
5 SL Malinga 7.0/14 10.0/23 3.0/7 9.0/21 7.0/17 1.95 21.17
6 TA Boult 10.0/21 7.2/17 10.0/25 10.0/27 9.0/25 2.04 20.19
7 DW Steyn 7.0/17 10.0/25 7.0/18 7.0/18 10.0/26 2.15 19.16
8 K Rabada 7.0/13 8.0/16 6.0/18 10.0/31 10.0/32 2.19 18.85
9 CR Woakes 8.0/16 8.0/20 5.0/16 10.0/32 8.0/26 2.33 17.70
10 MA Starc 8.0/20 9.4/26 6.5/20 6.0/18 9.0/27 2.35 17.52

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6.0/8 6.1/9 8.0/14 5.0/9 9.0/18 1.37 70.00
1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6.0/8 6.1/9 8.0/14 5.0/9 9.0/18 1.37 70.00
2 M Morkel 6.0/10 6.0/13 10.0/22 7.0/16 5.0/12 1.81 52.99
3 SL Malinga 7.0/14 10.0/23 3.0/7 9.0/21 7.0/17 1.92 49.96
4 DW Steyn 7.0/17 10.0/25 7.0/18 7.0/18 10.0/26 2.12 45.12
5 TA Boult 10.0/21 10.0/25 10.0/27 6.0/19 10.0/32 2.16 44.34
6 JJ Bumrah 5.0/12 10.0/27 10.0/29 8.0/24 7.0/22 2.27 42.25
7 CR Woakes 8.0/16 8.0/20 10.0/32 8.0/26 10.0/34 2.38 40.36
8 MA Starc 8.0/20 9.4/26 9.0/27 9.0/28 8.5/28 2.40 40.01
9 MG Johnson 10.0/21 7.0/18 10.0/31 9.0/30 9.0/30 2.46 38.95
10 K Rabada 7.0/13 10.0/31 10.0/33 7.1/25 8.0/30 2.50 38.40

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 ATT BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 SL Malinga 250.00 184.07 198.36 142.58 71.13 846.14 338.46
2 MA Starc 173.39 234.08 220.64 148.21 57.53 833.86 333.54
3 TA Boult 165.32 217.27 223.10 142.31 64.53 812.53 325.01
4 M Morkel 155.24 219.11 220.13 123.90 75.45 793.84 317.54
5 DW Steyn 146.17 211.37 229.89 129.53 64.27 781.23 312.49
6 JJ Bumrah 103.83 241.91 249.27 106.73 65.37 767.11 306.85
7 MG Johnson 129.03 207.93 225.52 120.05 60.64 743.18 297.27
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 133.06 160.76 224.68 110.58 100.00 729.08 291.63
9 K Rabada 117.94 207.52 229.14 116.21 57.24 728.06 291.22
10 CR Woakes 143.15 182.47 206.54 136.95 58.06 727.17 290.87

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent 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: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 TA Boult 53 111 21.43 4.94 852.97 17.06
2 SL Malinga 67 103 27.08 5.40 758.69 15.17
3 MA Starc 42 82 20.11 4.84 758.32 15.17
4 DW Steyn 37 58 24.24 4.54 662.28 13.25
5 M Morkel 30 46 26.02 4.90 658.26 13.17
6 CR Woakes 39 54 31.20 5.53 591.19 11.82
7 MG Johnson 31 48 25.58 4.85 584.68 11.69
8 JJ Bumrah 25 39 28.00 4.97 573.81 11.48
9 K Rabada 35 52 30.21 5.12 567.74 11.35
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 41 44 43.09 5.37 558.42 11.17

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 33 64 18.16 4.12 791.84 63.35
2 SL Malinga 91 145 29.93 5.51 788.85 63.11
3 M Morkel 62 108 23.81 4.99 760.64 60.85
4 MA Starc 43 90 21.80 5.19 748.71 59.90
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 72 88 30.36 4.81 733.05 58.64
6 DW Steyn 53 87 25.17 4.86 723.89 57.91
7 MG Johnson 48 80 23.79 4.64 721.75 57.74
8 K Rabada 38 65 25.05 4.88 709.01 56.72
9 CR Woakes 56 88 30.02 5.64 701.70 56.14
10 TA Boult 36 53 32.68 5.21 597.95 47.84

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: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 TA Boult 75 147 23.39 4.97 905.77 18.12
2 MA Starc 74 146 21.41 5.09 893.93 17.88
3 M Morkel 64 111 23.52 5.01 828.76 16.58
4 DW Steyn 69 109 24.50 4.56 803.15 16.06
5 CR Woakes 73 106 30.92 5.54 753.72 15.07
6 K Rabada 61 93 28.88 5.00 741.48 14.83
7 MG Johnson 53 81 26.06 4.81 707.06 14.14

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 SL Malinga 69 110 30.37 5.60 813.48 16.27
2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 57 72 29.04 4.85 785.94 15.72
3 JJ Bumrah 24 41 21.10 4.24 754.35 15.09

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 MG Johnson 26 47 21.70 4.54 895.76 71.66
2 M Morkel 28 43 26.91 4.86 830.74 66.46
3 MA Starc 11 26 18.65 4.64 785.88 62.87
4 DW Steyn 21 36 25.69 5.32 782.77 62.62
5 CR Woakes 22 36 29.14 5.78 757.24 60.58
6 K Rabada 12 24 21.38 4.98 739.37 59.15
7 TA Boult 14 17 39.53 5.48 584.36 46.75

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 SL Malinga 89 138 27.45 5.36 849.18 67.93
2 JJ Bumrah 34 62 22.40 4.67 735.21 58.82
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 56 60 41.28 5.19 627.25 50.18

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 AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 SL Malinga 788.85 189.67 849.18 203.37 162.49
2 M Morkel 760.64 164.57 830.74 207.19 157.05
3 MA Starc 748.71 189.58 785.88 223.48 155.81
4 MG Johnson 721.75 146.17 895.76 176.76 155.24
5 DW Steyn 723.89 165.57 782.77 200.79 149.84
6 JJ Bumrah 791.84 143.45 735.21 188.59 148.73
7 CR Woakes 701.70 147.80 757.24 188.43 143.61
8 K Rabada 709.01 141.94 739.37 185.37 142.06
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 733.05 139.60 627.25 196.48 135.71
10 TA Boult 597.95 213.24 584.36 226.44 129.76

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
Top Form 100.00
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00

TOP FORM


TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 25 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 M Morkel 25 50 18.72 4.73 918.22 91.82
2 TA Boult 25 58 20.93 5.12 902.00 90.20
3 MA Starc 25 53 18.68 4.59 901.67 90.17
4 DW Steyn 25 46 20.04 4.26 874.20 87.42
5 JJ Bumrah 25 46 19.96 4.41 854.53 85.45
6 CR Woakes 25 47 22.15 4.96 808.03 80.80
7 SL Malinga 25 45 22.04 4.79 799.85 79.99
8 MG Johnson 25 41 21.49 4.38 779.97 78.00
9 K Rabada 25 46 25.26 5.23 772.04 77.20
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 25 35 29.71 5.22 694.57 69.46

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 3

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ER RAT WTG
1 MA Starc 18 49 14.82 4.65 982.07 147.31
2 TA Boult 19 39 21.79 4.62 815.84 122.38
3 SL Malinga 20 38 26.24 5.73 662.62 99.39
4 M Morkel 14 26 19.46 4.66 646.77 97.02
5 MG Johnson 15 25 22.28 4.60 645.24 96.79
6 DW Steyn 14 23 23.39 4.68 614.87 92.23
7 JJ Bumrah 9 18 20.61 4.42 612.21 91.83
8 CR Woakes 16 21 32.38 5.54 599.67 89.95
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7 11 26.18 5.08 546.34 81.95
10 K Rabada 8 11 36.09 5.09 500.96 75.14

IMPACT INNINGS


II RATING

Impact Innings (II) 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 equal to or more wickets than 4.
  • A Bowler bowls with good economy rate (ER).
  • The required ER increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 58 35 60.34 896.70 134.51
2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 113 45 39.82 740.62 111.09
3 MA Starc 85 38 44.71 735.47 110.32
4 K Rabada 73 35 47.95 726.37 108.96
5 TA Boult 89 40 44.94 698.50 104.77
6 DW Steyn 90 41 45.56 662.68 99.40
7 M Morkel 92 37 40.22 634.78 95.22
8 SL Malinga 158 53 33.54 627.90 94.19
9 MG Johnson 79 34 43.04 619.31 92.90
10 CR Woakes 95 37 38.95 601.94 90.29

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 TF WC II SEC RAT
1 MA Starc 360.67 147.31 73.55 347.80
2 TA Boult 360.80 122.38 69.85 317.35
3 JJ Bumrah 341.81 91.83 89.67 311.79
4 M Morkel 367.29 97.02 63.48 284.05
5 DW Steyn 349.68 92.23 66.27 279.05
6 SL Malinga 319.94 99.39 62.79 273.56
7 MG Johnson 311.99 96.79 61.93 267.68
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 277.83 81.95 74.06 262.50
9 K Rabada 308.82 75.14 72.64 261.30
10 CR Woakes 323.21 89.95 60.19 261.04

DECADES RATING

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

RANK BOWLER NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 MA Starc AUS 333.54 155.81 347.80 837.15
2 SL Malinga SL 338.46 162.49 273.56 774.51
3 TA Boult NZ 325.01 129.76 317.35 772.12
4 JJ Bumrah IND 306.85 148.73 311.79 767.36
5 M Morkel SA 317.54 157.05 284.05 758.64
6 DW Steyn SA 312.49 149.84 279.05 741.39
7 MG Johnson AUS 297.27 155.24 267.68 720.19
8 CR Woakes ENG 290.87 143.61 261.04 695.53
9 K Rabada SA 291.22 142.06 261.30 694.58
10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 291.63 135.71 262.50 689.84

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 conditions.

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 30 balls for a 50 over match and 36 balls for a 60 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. FF, 4WH - Four Fors or 4 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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