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Top 10 Current Fast Bowlers 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 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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. CURRENT RATING
9. NON WEAK TEAMS
10. TOP TEAMS
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Strike Rate 250.00
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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 10

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 45 87 200.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 45 87 200.00
2 Haris Rauf PAK 48 85 195.40
3 AS Joseph WI 47 75 172.41
4 MJ Henry NZ 39 73 167.82
5 M Siraj IND 42 71 163.22
6 Taskin Ahmed BAN 46 66 151.72
6 MA Starc AUS 36 66 151.72
8 Mohammed Shami IND 31 62 142.53
9 JR Hazlewood AUS 43 60 137.93
10 K Rabada SA 31 51 117.24

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 (TT) 10

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 31 1294 62 20.87 21.35 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 31 1294 62 20.87 21.35 100.00
2 MJ Henry 39 1657 73 22.70 21.73 98.29
3 M Siraj 42 1631 71 22.97 23.92 89.27
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 45 2248 87 25.84 24.99 85.45
5 Haris Rauf 48 2271 85 26.72 26.36 81.02
6 MA Starc 36 1755 66 26.59 26.44 80.78
7 K Rabada 31 1414 51 27.73 26.60 80.27
8 AS Joseph 47 2097 75 27.96 27.51 77.61
9 JR Hazlewood 43 1760 60 29.33 28.66 74.50
10 Taskin Ahmed 46 1935 66 29.32 29.63 72.06

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 21 896 44 20.36 20.83 150.00
1 Mohammed Shami 21 896 44 20.36 20.83 150.00
2 M Siraj 25 912 45 20.27 21.10 148.09
3 MJ Henry 23 944 42 22.48 21.51 145.27
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 28 1555 61 25.49 24.65 126.76
5 AS Joseph 25 1138 45 25.29 24.89 125.58
6 K Rabada 18 847 31 27.32 26.22 119.21
7 MA Starc 18 915 31 29.52 29.34 106.50
8 Haris Rauf 28 1453 46 31.59 31.16 100.30
9 Taskin Ahmed 22 1013 32 31.66 32.00 97.67
10 JR Hazlewood 24 1125 33 34.09 33.31 93.82

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 300

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JR Hazlewood 43 2206 1760 4.79 3.76 100.00
1 JR Hazlewood 43 2206 1760 4.79 3.76 100.00
2 MJ Henry 39 2031 1657 4.90 3.88 96.83
3 Taskin Ahmed 46 2309 1935 5.03 4.06 92.59
4 M Siraj 42 1915 1631 5.11 4.06 92.54
5 K Rabada 31 1602 1414 5.30 4.08 92.17
6 AS Joseph 47 2402 2097 5.24 4.28 87.82
7 Mohammed Shami 31 1396 1294 5.56 4.31 87.29
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 45 2364 2248 5.71 4.43 84.86
9 MA Starc 36 1864 1755 5.65 4.48 83.95
10 Haris Rauf 48 2318 2271 5.88 4.60 81.76

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS MJ Henry 23 1173 944 4.83 3.83 150.00
1 MJ Henry 23 1173 944 4.83 3.83 150.00
2 M Siraj 25 1079 912 5.07 4.03 142.48
3 JR Hazlewood 24 1287 1125 5.24 4.12 139.46
4 K Rabada 18 928 847 5.48 4.22 136.19
5 Taskin Ahmed 22 1116 1013 5.45 4.40 130.61
6 AS Joseph 25 1249 1138 5.47 4.47 128.57
7 Mohammed Shami 21 929 896 5.79 4.48 128.19
8 MA Starc 18 940 915 5.84 4.63 124.07
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 28 1532 1555 6.09 4.73 121.48
10 Haris Rauf 28 1426 1453 6.11 4.78 120.12

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 5/51 5/53 5/54 5.40 150.00
1 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/51 5/53 5/54 5.40 150.00
2 Haris Rauf 5/18 5/29 4/19 4/65 4/77 4.40 122.22
3 MA Starc 5/48 5/53 4/47 3/26 3/33 4.00 111.11
3 MJ Henry 5/42 4/19 4/27 4/55 3/14 4.00 111.11
3 Taskin Ahmed 5/35 4/44 4/46 4/53 3/36 4.00 111.11
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 5/54 4/35 4/47 4/63 3/23 4.00 111.11
3 M Siraj 6/21 4/32 4/46 3/16 3/29 4.00 111.11
8 K Rabada 5/39 3/33 3/36 3/41 3/56 3.40 94.44
9 JR Hazlewood 3/11 3/26 3/31 3/38 3/41 3.00 83.33
9 AS Joseph 3/36 3/39 3/50 3/53 3/61 3.00 83.33

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 8.0/18 10.0/26 1.61 150.00
1 JR Hazlewood 8.0/12 6.0/11 6.0/11 8.0/18 10.0/26 1.61 150.00
2 MJ Henry 10.0/14 10.0/19 6.0/12 10.0/27 9.0/26 1.73 140.00
3 M Siraj 6.0/10 7.0/16 7.0/21 10.0/32 10.0/32 2.21 109.61
4 MA Starc 7.0/12 10.0/26 10.0/33 10.0/34 10.0/38 2.41 100.25
5 Mohammed Shami 6.0/17 6.0/18 7.0/22 6.0/20 5.0/18 2.45 98.61
6 Taskin Ahmed 8.2/23 9.0/26 10.0/31 8.0/25 8.0/27 2.46 98.30
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 9.0/23 9.4/31 8.0/26 10.0/35 8.5/32 2.51 96.39
8 AS Joseph 8.0/17 10.0/25 10.0/33 10.0/36 10.0/40 2.57 94.05
9 Haris Rauf 6.2/18 6.0/19 7.0/24 8.0/29 6.2/23 2.63 92.10
10 K Rabada 6.0/16 6.0/16 10.0/39 10.0/40 8.0/33 2.77 87.21

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) 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 CUR RAT
1 MJ Henry 167.82 243.56 246.83 111.11 140.00 909.32
2 Mohammed Shami 142.53 250.00 215.49 150.00 98.61 856.63
3 M Siraj 163.22 237.35 235.02 111.11 109.61 856.32
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 200.00 212.21 206.34 111.11 96.39 826.06
5 Haris Rauf 195.40 181.32 201.88 122.22 92.10 792.93
6 JR Hazlewood 137.93 168.32 239.46 83.33 150.00 779.04
7 AS Joseph 172.41 203.19 216.39 83.33 94.05 769.38
8 MA Starc 151.72 187.28 208.01 111.11 100.25 758.37
9 Taskin Ahmed 151.72 169.73 223.20 111.11 98.30 754.07
10 K Rabada 117.24 199.48 228.36 94.44 87.21 726.73

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 PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

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

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