Current Rating - Best ODI Fast Bowlers

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. They are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in ODIs.

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. CURRENT 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
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in the last 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2025 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 10
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Haris Rauf PAK 48 89 250.00
1 Haris Rauf PAK 48 89 250.00
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 46 86 241.57
3 M Siraj IND 48 76 213.48
4 MJ Henry NZ 40 74 207.87
5 AS Joseph WI 43 73 205.06
6 Taskin Ahmed BAN 45 71 199.44
7 LT Ngidi SA 45 61 171.35
8 Mohammed Shami IND 29 58 162.92
9 JR Hazlewood AUS 40 49 137.64
10 JC Archer ENG 19 35 98.31

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 25
Min Wickets (TT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 29 1162 58 20.03 20.05 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 29 1162 58 20.03 20.05 100.00
2 MJ Henry 40 1760 74 23.78 22.79 87.99
3 JC Archer 19 865 35 24.71 22.95 87.37
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 2188 86 25.44 24.67 81.29
5 M Siraj 48 1849 76 24.33 24.86 80.68
6 Haris Rauf 48 2238 89 25.15 25.00 80.22
7 AS Joseph 43 1995 73 27.33 26.00 77.14
8 Taskin Ahmed 45 1909 71 26.89 26.64 75.27
9 JR Hazlewood 40 1595 49 32.55 30.71 65.30
10 LT Ngidi 45 2046 61 33.54 30.94 64.82

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 19 755 40 18.88 18.13 150.00
1 Mohammed Shami 19 755 40 18.88 18.13 150.00
2 MJ Henry 26 1138 46 24.74 22.08 123.14
3 JC Archer 19 865 35 24.71 22.95 118.47
4 AS Joseph 27 1320 50 26.40 23.72 114.64
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 36 1823 69 26.42 24.95 109.01
6 Taskin Ahmed 31 1424 53 26.87 25.49 106.68
7 M Siraj 32 1253 46 27.24 26.68 101.91
8 LT Ngidi 33 1477 49 30.14 26.73 101.75
9 Haris Rauf 34 1708 58 29.45 27.86 97.61
10 JR Hazlewood 28 1182 37 31.95 28.47 95.51

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 500
Min Balls (TT) 300

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JR Hazlewood 40 2009 1595 4.76 3.74 100.00
1 JR Hazlewood 40 2009 1595 4.76 3.74 100.00
2 M Siraj 48 2191 1849 5.06 4.04 92.40
3 MJ Henry 40 2069 1760 5.10 4.08 91.59
4 JC Archer 19 984 865 5.27 4.08 91.54
5 Taskin Ahmed 45 2257 1909 5.07 4.12 90.72
6 Mohammed Shami 29 1282 1162 5.44 4.23 88.41
7 AS Joseph 43 2185 1995 5.48 4.41 84.76
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 2308 2188 5.69 4.52 82.68
9 LT Ngidi 45 2069 2046 5.93 4.62 80.87
10 Haris Rauf 48 2309 2238 5.82 4.69 79.70

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JR Hazlewood 28 1424 1182 4.98 3.80 150.00
1 JR Hazlewood 28 1424 1182 4.98 3.80 150.00
2 MJ Henry 26 1329 1138 5.14 4.00 142.60
3 JC Archer 19 984 865 5.27 4.08 139.68
4 Mohammed Shami 19 839 755 5.40 4.12 138.53
5 M Siraj 32 1417 1253 5.31 4.12 138.35
6 Taskin Ahmed 31 1582 1424 5.40 4.26 133.90
7 AS Joseph 27 1351 1320 5.86 4.52 126.14
8 LT Ngidi 33 1499 1477 5.91 4.52 126.08
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 36 1860 1823 5.88 4.60 123.88
10 Haris Rauf 34 1699 1708 6.03 4.74 120.33

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 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/51 5/53 5/54 5.40 50.00
1 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/18 5/51 5/53 5/54 5.40 50.00
2 Haris Rauf 5/18 5/29 4/19 4/61 4/77 4.40 40.74
3 MJ Henry 5/42 4/19 4/36 4/43 4/55 4.20 38.89
3 Taskin Ahmed 5/35 4/44 4/47 4/49 4/53 4.20 38.89
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 5/54 4/35 4/47 4/51 4/63 4.20 38.89
6 M Siraj 6/21 4/32 4/46 3/16 3/29 4.00 37.04
6 JC Archer 6/40 4/18 4/62 3/23 3/35 4.00 37.04
8 LT Ngidi 5/42 4/51 4/62 3/52 3/58 3.80 35.19
9 AS Joseph 4/31 3/36 3/50 3/53 3/55 3.20 29.63
10 JR Hazlewood 3/30 3/31 3/38 3/41 3/43 3.00 27.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/51 5/54 4/22 3/17 4.80 100.00
1 Mohammed Shami 7/57 5/51 5/54 4/22 3/17 4.80 100.00
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi 5/54 4/35 4/47 4/51 4/63 4.20 87.50
3 Taskin Ahmed 5/35 4/47 4/49 4/53 3/36 4.00 83.33
3 JC Archer 6/40 4/18 4/62 3/23 3/35 4.00 83.33
5 MJ Henry 5/42 4/19 4/55 3/33 3/48 3.80 79.17
5 LT Ngidi 5/42 4/51 4/62 3/52 3/58 3.80 79.17
5 M Siraj 6/21 4/46 3/29 3/32 3/38 3.80 79.17
5 Haris Rauf 5/29 4/61 4/78 3/26 3/39 3.80 79.17
9 AS Joseph 4/31 3/36 3/50 3/53 3/61 3.20 66.67
10 JR Hazlewood 3/31 3/38 3/41 2/12 2/20 2.60 54.17

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 MJ Henry 10.0/14 10.0/19 6.0/12 10.0/29 5.0/16 1.75 30.00
1 MJ Henry 10.0/14 10.0/19 6.0/12 10.0/29 5.0/16 1.75 30.00
2 JR Hazlewood 8.0/12 6.0/11 6.0/16 7.0/20 10.0/29 1.87 28.21
3 M Siraj 6.0/10 8.0/16 7.0/16 7.0/21 10.0/32 2.00 26.36
4 JC Archer 5.0/8 9.0/18 10.0/23 10.0/37 8.5/35 2.19 24.08
5 Taskin Ahmed 6.0/15 10.0/26 8.2/23 9.0/26 10.0/31 2.27 23.23
6 Haris Rauf 7.1/16 6.2/18 6.0/19 5.0/16 7.0/24 2.38 22.12
7 Mohammed Shami 6.0/17 6.0/18 7.0/22 6.0/20 5.0/18 2.46 21.39
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 9.0/23 9.4/31 8.0/26 10.0/35 8.5/32 2.57 20.51
9 AS Joseph 10.0/25 10.0/31 10.0/33 10.0/35 10.0/36 2.57 20.44
10 LT Ngidi 8.0/18 10.0/34 6.0/22 5.0/20 8.0/33 2.67 19.69

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS JR Hazlewood 8.0/12 6.0/11 7.0/20 10.0/29 7.0/21 1.87 70.00
1 JR Hazlewood 8.0/12 6.0/11 7.0/20 10.0/29 7.0/21 1.87 70.00
2 JC Archer 5.0/8 9.0/18 10.0/23 10.0/37 8.5/35 2.19 59.81
3 MJ Henry 10.0/19 10.0/29 5.0/16 10.0/33 7.2/25 2.24 58.30
4 M Siraj 6.0/10 7.0/21 10.0/32 5.0/17 5.0/17 2.28 57.27
5 LT Ngidi 8.0/18 6.0/22 5.0/20 5.0/21 8.0/35 2.77 47.15
6 Taskin Ahmed 9.0/26 10.0/36 9.0/35 7.0/28 8.0/32 2.88 45.42
7 Mohammed Shami 6.0/17 6.0/18 7.0/22 7.0/31 10.0/48 2.88 45.40
8 AS Joseph 10.0/31 10.0/33 10.0/36 8.2/36 10.0/45 2.89 45.28
9 Haris Rauf 7.0/24 8.0/29 6.2/23 10.0/38 8.0/33 2.94 44.54
10 Shaheen Shah Afridi 8.0/26 10.0/35 8.5/32 10.0/43 5.0/22 2.96 44.23

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 ATT BBW BBE CUR RAT
1 MJ Henry 207.87 211.12 234.20 118.06 88.30 859.54
2 Mohammed Shami 162.92 250.00 226.94 150.00 66.79 856.65
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 241.57 190.29 206.56 126.39 64.74 829.55
4 M Siraj 213.48 182.59 230.75 116.20 83.63 826.65
5 Haris Rauf 250.00 177.83 200.04 119.91 66.65 814.43
6 Taskin Ahmed 199.44 181.96 224.63 122.22 68.65 796.89
7 AS Joseph 205.06 191.78 210.90 96.30 65.72 769.75
8 JC Archer 98.31 205.84 231.22 120.37 83.88 739.63
9 JR Hazlewood 137.64 160.81 250.00 81.94 98.21 728.61
10 LT Ngidi 171.35 166.57 206.95 114.35 66.85 726.07

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 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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