ODIs - Best Fast Bowlers At Home

Top 20 Fast Bowlers At Home In ODI Cricket

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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 matches At Home in ODIs.

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

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 BY WKTS (NWT)
7. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
8. HOME RATING
9. TOP TEAMS
10. NON WEAK TEAMS
HM RATING

Points to note about HOME Rating:-

  • 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.

THE CRITERIA

The HOME 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
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) 7
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1971 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 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 83 100 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 83 100 150.00
2 Imran Khan PAK 1974 1992 1983 69 83 124.50
3 DK Lillee AUS 1972 1983 1977.5 41 69 103.50
4 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 1981.5 35 49 73.50
5 J Garner WI 1977 1987 1982 19 32 48.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SM Pollock SA 1996 2008 2002 125 193 200.00
1 SM Pollock SA 1996 2008 2002 125 193 200.00
2 Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 141 191 197.93
3 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 103 181 187.56
4 B Lee AUS 2000 2012 2006 94 169 175.13
5 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 2000 95 160 165.80
6 JM Anderson ENG 2002 2015 2008.5 86 131 135.75
7 M Ntini SA 1998 2009 2003.5 76 122 126.42
8 SE Bond NZ 2002 2010 2006 21 40 41.45
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Mashrafe Mortaza BAN 2001 2020 2010.5 103 147 180.00
1 Mashrafe Mortaza BAN 2001 2020 2010.5 103 147 180.00
2 TA Boult NZ 2012 2023 2017.5 56 116 142.04
3 MA Starc AUS 2010 2025 2017.5 58 105 128.57
4 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2025 2019 46 87 106.53
5 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 2015 2026 2020.5 48 82 100.41
6 MJ Henry NZ 2014 2025 2019.5 40 80 97.96
7 CJ McKay AUS 2009 2014 2011.5 30 60 73.47

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 25
Min Wickets (TT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS J Garner 19 492 32 15.38 17.55 150.00
1 J Garner 19 492 32 15.38 17.55 150.00
2 SE Bond 21 767 40 19.18 18.87 139.50
3 CJ McKay 30 1118 60 18.63 19.71 133.51
4 MJ Henry 40 1611 80 20.14 20.85 126.21
5 SM Pollock 125 3906 193 20.24 21.28 123.71
6 TA Boult 56 2492 116 21.48 21.29 123.61
7 GD McGrath 95 3220 160 20.13 21.48 122.54
8 DK Lillee 41 1292 69 18.72 21.48 122.54
9 Mustafizur Rahman 48 1648 82 20.10 21.68 121.39
10 RJ Hadlee 35 1013 49 20.67 21.70 121.28
11 Waqar Younis 103 3851 181 21.28 22.15 118.81
12 MA Starc 58 2296 105 21.87 22.34 117.82
13 Mohammed Shami 46 2166 87 24.90 23.92 110.05
14 B Lee 94 3945 169 23.34 24.37 108.00
15 Wasim Akram 141 4602 191 24.09 24.50 107.45
16 M Ntini 76 2926 122 23.98 24.77 106.25
17 Imran Khan 69 2004 83 24.14 25.10 104.86
18 JM Anderson 86 3470 131 26.49 25.34 103.87
19 N Kapil Dev 83 2715 100 27.15 25.38 103.69
20 Mashrafe Mortaza 103 3850 147 26.19 27.87 94.43

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS RD King 8 301 19 15.84 15.62 150.00
1 J Garner 19 492 32 15.38 17.55 133.51
2 Mustafizur Rahman 22 802 46 17.43 17.75 131.97
3 CJ McKay 23 853 48 17.77 18.44 127.06
4 SE Bond 16 581 30 19.37 18.70 125.29
5 MJ Henry 29 1155 61 18.93 19.07 122.83
6 RJ Hadlee 30 901 45 20.02 20.42 114.71
7 DK Lillee 41 1292 69 18.72 21.48 109.07
8 SM Pollock 90 2945 137 21.50 21.90 106.96
9 TA Boult 45 2086 91 22.92 22.30 105.06
10 GD McGrath 70 2394 111 21.57 22.67 103.32
11 Mohammed Shami 31 1391 59 23.58 23.08 101.49
12 Wasim Akram 109 3643 155 23.50 23.33 100.43
13 Imran Khan 56 1636 68 24.06 24.39 96.06
14 B Lee 80 3408 142 24.00 24.50 95.63
15 N Kapil Dev 62 2041 72 28.35 24.95 93.91
16 JM Anderson 73 2875 108 26.62 25.09 93.36
17 MA Starc 48 1986 78 25.46 25.14 93.18
18 Waqar Younis 79 3081 125 24.65 25.22 92.90
19 M Ntini 58 2377 92 25.84 25.70 91.14
20 Mashrafe Mortaza 48 1931 64 30.17 29.60 79.15

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 500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SM Pollock 125 6677 3906 3.51 3.40 150.00
1 SM Pollock 125 6677 3906 3.51 3.40 150.00
2 J Garner 19 964 492 3.06 3.48 146.69
3 SE Bond 21 1136 767 4.05 3.60 141.71
4 Mustafizur Rahman 48 2277 1648 4.34 3.67 139.12
5 GD McGrath 95 5129 3220 3.77 3.73 136.85
6 RJ Hadlee 35 1816 1013 3.35 3.82 133.58
7 CJ McKay 30 1483 1118 4.52 3.85 132.48
8 MJ Henry 40 2091 1611 4.62 3.86 132.19
9 Wasim Akram 141 7041 4602 3.92 3.91 130.57
10 DK Lillee 41 2214 1292 3.50 3.98 128.39
11 TA Boult 56 3064 2492 4.88 4.05 126.10
12 Imran Khan 69 3063 2004 3.93 4.10 124.55
13 MA Starc 58 2815 2296 4.89 4.11 124.25
14 N Kapil Dev 83 4065 2715 4.01 4.11 124.25
15 Mashrafe Mortaza 103 5119 3850 4.51 4.14 123.26
16 M Ntini 76 3972 2926 4.42 4.15 123.04
17 JM Anderson 86 4289 3470 4.85 4.21 121.43
18 B Lee 94 5046 3945 4.69 4.34 117.66
19 Mohammed Shami 46 2218 2166 5.86 4.49 113.61
20 Waqar Younis 103 5005 3851 4.62 4.60 110.94

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS J Garner 19 964 492 3.06 3.48 150.00
1 J Garner 19 964 492 3.06 3.48 150.00
2 SM Pollock 90 4793 2945 3.69 3.51 148.86
3 SE Bond 16 844 581 4.13 3.60 144.85
4 Mustafizur Rahman 22 1085 802 4.44 3.66 142.84
5 GD McGrath 70 3805 2394 3.78 3.70 141.19
6 MJ Henry 29 1552 1155 4.47 3.73 139.91
7 CJ McKay 23 1138 853 4.50 3.83 136.42
8 RJ Hadlee 30 1562 901 3.46 3.91 133.63
9 Wasim Akram 109 5552 3643 3.94 3.94 132.62
10 DK Lillee 41 2214 1292 3.50 3.98 131.29
11 JM Anderson 73 3628 2875 4.75 4.09 127.82
12 Imran Khan 56 2485 1636 3.95 4.09 127.66
13 N Kapil Dev 62 3017 2041 4.06 4.10 127.35
14 TA Boult 45 2479 2086 5.05 4.16 125.45
15 MA Starc 48 2365 1986 5.04 4.18 124.79
16 M Ntini 58 3053 2377 4.67 4.29 121.70
17 Mohammed Shami 31 1462 1391 5.71 4.29 121.65
18 B Lee 80 4329 3408 4.72 4.31 121.05
19 Mashrafe Mortaza 48 2312 1931 5.01 4.33 120.50
20 Waqar Younis 79 3868 3081 4.78 4.73 110.32

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

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

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS TA Boult 7/34 6/33 5/17 5/21 5/27 5.60 100.00
1 TA Boult 7/34 6/33 5/17 5/21 5/27 5.60 100.00
2 Waqar Younis 6/26 6/44 5/11 5/16 5/20 5.40 96.43
3 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/51 5/54 4/22 5.20 92.86
4 SM Pollock 6/35 5/20 5/23 5/37 4/18 5.00 89.29
4 B Lee 5/22 5/27 5/27 5/30 5/58 5.00 89.29
6 MA Starc 6/43 5/20 5/32 4/27 4/32 4.80 85.71
7 GD McGrath 5/27 5/40 5/49 4/8 4/24 4.60 82.14
7 M Ntini 6/22 5/37 4/24 4/33 4/56 4.60 82.14
9 Wasim Akram 5/15 5/38 4/24 4/24 4/33 4.40 78.57
9 CJ McKay 5/28 5/33 4/20 4/33 4/35 4.40 78.57
9 Mustafizur Rahman 6/43 5/43 5/50 3/16 3/27 4.40 78.57
12 Imran Khan 6/14 4/27 4/37 4/37 3/15 4.20 75.00
12 MJ Henry 5/40 4/19 4/27 4/33 4/35 4.20 75.00
14 RJ Hadlee 5/32 5/38 4/15 3/9 3/32 4.00 71.43
14 JM Anderson 4/18 4/23 4/27 4/38 4/44 4.00 71.43
16 DK Lillee 4/12 4/28 4/32 4/56 3/17 3.80 67.86
17 SE Bond 5/23 4/26 3/29 3/32 3/39 3.60 64.29
18 Mashrafe Mortaza 4/29 4/44 3/25 3/30 3/43 3.40 60.71
19 J Garner 4/10 3/22 3/27 3/29 3/33 3.20 57.14
19 N Kapil Dev 4/31 3/26 3/38 3/44 3/48 3.20 57.14

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

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. 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 Wasim Akram 7.2/4 6.0/7 8.0/11 7.0/10 7.0/11 1.21 100.00
1 Wasim Akram 7.2/4 6.0/7 8.0/11 7.0/10 7.0/11 1.21 100.00
2 SM Pollock 5.0/6 9.5/12 7.0/9 10.0/13 10.0/13 1.23 98.77
3 GD McGrath 10.0/8 6.0/7 10.0/18 8.5/16 9.0/17 1.49 81.36
4 Imran Khan 6.0/7 10.0/14 7.0/10 7.0/11 8.0/14 1.54 78.85
5 J Garner 6.0/6 6.0/6 6.0/10 6.0/10 10.0/17 1.64 74.08
6 N Kapil Dev 8.0/9 7.0/10 9.0/16 10.0/18 7.0/13 1.65 73.51
7 DK Lillee 5.0/3 10.0/12 6.0/10 10.0/17 10.0/18 1.66 73.01
8 M Ntini 7.0/12 10.0/18 7.0/13 10.0/20 10.0/22 1.81 66.91
9 MJ Henry 10.0/14 10.0/19 6.0/12 10.0/27 9.0/26 1.82 66.69
10 JM Anderson 7.0/10 8.0/14 10.0/23 7.0/17 10.0/26 1.86 65.38
11 B Lee 8.0/8 8.2/18 10.0/22 10.0/22 10.0/23 1.86 65.35
12 RJ Hadlee 6.0/6 8.0/9 9.0/15 8.0/15 10.0/22 1.87 65.02
13 Waqar Younis 8.0/13 6.4/11 7.0/15 9.0/20 6.0/14 1.99 61.14
14 TA Boult 10.0/21 7.2/17 10.0/27 9.0/25 8.4/26 2.14 56.74
15 Mustafizur Rahman 7.5/15 6.0/15 6.0/16 7.0/19 10.0/29 2.16 56.26
16 CJ McKay 7.0/10 7.3/15 7.0/16 9.5/28 10.0/36 2.16 56.06
17 Mohammed Shami 9.0/23 6.0/17 8.0/23 6.0/18 7.0/22 2.19 55.30
18 MA Starc 7.0/12 8.0/20 6.5/20 9.0/27 8.5/28 2.27 53.57
19 Mashrafe Mortaza 10.0/18 10.0/27 10.0/29 10.0/30 9.5/30 2.47 49.16
20 SE Bond 10.0/23 9.3/23 9.1/26 9.4/32 6.0/20 2.49 48.78

HOME RATING

The HOME (HM) 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 HM RAT
1 SM Pollock 200.00 230.68 298.86 89.29 98.77 917.59
2 Wasim Akram 197.93 207.87 263.19 78.57 100.00 847.57
3 GD McGrath 165.80 225.86 278.04 82.14 81.36 833.21
4 TA Boult 142.04 228.67 251.56 100.00 56.74 779.00
5 Waqar Younis 187.56 211.71 221.26 96.43 61.14 778.11
6 B Lee 175.13 203.63 238.71 89.29 65.35 772.10
7 Mustafizur Rahman 100.41 253.35 281.96 78.57 56.26 770.55
8 MJ Henry 97.96 249.04 272.10 75.00 66.69 760.78
9 J Garner 48.00 283.51 296.69 57.14 74.08 759.43
10 CJ McKay 73.47 260.57 268.90 78.57 56.06 737.57
11 DK Lillee 103.50 231.61 259.69 67.86 73.01 735.66
12 Imran Khan 124.50 200.92 252.21 75.00 78.85 731.49
13 N Kapil Dev 150.00 197.61 251.60 57.14 73.51 729.86
14 MA Starc 128.57 211.00 249.04 85.71 53.57 727.90
15 JM Anderson 135.75 197.23 249.26 71.43 65.38 719.05
16 M Ntini 126.42 197.38 244.74 82.14 66.91 717.60
17 RJ Hadlee 73.50 235.98 267.21 71.43 65.02 713.15
18 Mashrafe Mortaza 180.00 173.58 243.76 60.71 49.16 707.22
19 SE Bond 41.45 264.79 286.56 64.29 48.78 705.87
20 Mohammed Shami 106.53 211.54 235.26 92.86 55.30 701.49

TOP TEAMS

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

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 AUS PAK SL SA BAN ENG AFG WI

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