ODIs - Best Fast Bowlers Four Wicket Hauls

Top 20 ODI Fast Bowlers In 4 Wkt Hauls Rating

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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 20 Fast bowlers in Four Fors Rating in ODIs.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
4.3. In ICC Tournaments
5. 4 WKT HAULS RATING
6. BRIEF EXPLANATION
6.1. Dynamic Nature
6.2. Trend Setter (TS)
6.3. Top Teams (TT)
6.4. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
6.5. Abbreviations
4WH RATING

Points to note about 4 WKT HAULS Rating:-

  • It gives points for two criteria.
  • The total number of Four Wicket Hauls.
  • Number of Inns per 4WH in various scenarios.

THE CRITERIA

The 4WH Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Total Five Fors 400.00
Consistent Inns/FF 160.00
Top Teams Inns/FF (TT) 240.00
In ICC Trophies Inns/FF (ICC) 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
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 Total 4 Fors

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS 4WH RAT
TS DK Lillee AUS 1972 1983 1977.5 63 6 360.00
1 DK Lillee AUS 1972 1983 1977.5 63 6 360.00
1 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 1981.5 112 6 360.00
1 MA Holding WI 1976 1987 1981.5 102 6 360.00
1 MD Marshall WI 1980 1992 1986 134 6 360.00
1 SP O'Donnell AUS 1985 1991 1988 87 6 360.00
6 J Garner WI 1977 1987 1982 98 5 300.00
7 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 1973 1984 1978.5 45 4 240.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS 4WH RAT
TS Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 258 27 400.00
1 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 258 27 400.00
2 Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 351 23 340.74
2 B Lee AUS 2000 2012 2006 217 23 340.74
4 SE Bond NZ 2002 2010 2006 80 11 162.96
5 R Rampaul WI 2003 2015 2009 88 10 148.15
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS 4WH RAT
TS MA Starc AUS 2010 2025 2017.5 130 21 390.00
1 MA Starc AUS 2010 2025 2017.5 130 21 390.00
2 SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 220 19 352.86
3 TA Boult NZ 2012 2023 2017.5 113 16 297.14
3 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2025 2019 107 16 297.14
3 MJ Henry NZ 2014 2025 2019.5 93 16 297.14
6 CR Woakes ENG 2011 2023 2017 118 14 260.00
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 2018 2026 2022 73 11 204.29
8 MJ McClenaghan NZ 2013 2015 2014 45 7 130.00

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Inns Per 4 Wkt Hauls

Min Qualification For TS
Min FF 7
Min FF (TT) 5
Min FF (ICC) 2

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS 4WH Inns/4WH RAT
TS MJ Henry 93 16 5.81 160.00
1 MJ Henry 93 16 5.81 160.00
2 MA Starc 130 21 6.19 150.23
3 MJ McClenaghan 45 7 6.43 144.67
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 11 6.64 140.14
5 Mohammed Shami 107 16 6.69 139.07
6 TA Boult 113 16 7.06 131.68
7 SE Bond 80 11 7.27 127.88
8 CR Woakes 118 14 8.43 110.34
9 R Rampaul 88 10 8.80 105.68
10 B Lee 217 23 9.43 98.57
11 Waqar Younis 258 27 9.56 97.33
12 DK Lillee 63 6 10.50 88.57
13 Sarfraz Nawaz 45 4 11.25 82.67
14 SL Malinga 220 19 11.58 80.32
15 SP O'Donnell 87 6 14.50 64.14
16 Wasim Akram 351 23 15.26 60.94
17 MA Holding 102 6 17.00 54.71
18 RJ Hadlee 112 6 18.67 49.82
19 J Garner 98 5 19.60 47.45
20 MD Marshall 134 6 22.33 41.64

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS 4WH Inns/4WH RAT
TS MJ Henry 55 10 5.50 240.00
1 MJ Henry 55 10 5.50 240.00
2 MJ McClenaghan 35 6 5.83 226.29
3 TA Boult 71 11 6.45 204.51
4 R Rampaul 57 8 7.13 185.26
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 57 8 7.13 185.26
6 SE Bond 58 8 7.25 182.07
7 MA Starc 103 12 8.58 153.79
8 Mohammed Shami 69 8 8.63 153.04
9 CR Woakes 87 10 8.70 151.72
10 Waqar Younis 189 19 9.95 132.70
11 SL Malinga 161 16 10.06 131.18
12 B Lee 145 13 11.15 118.34
13 DK Lillee 47 4 11.75 112.34
14 Sarfraz Nawaz 36 3 12.00 110.00
15 Wasim Akram 257 17 15.12 87.32
16 J Garner 76 5 15.20 86.84
17 SP O'Donnell 61 4 15.25 86.56
18 MA Holding 75 4 18.75 70.40
19 MD Marshall 96 5 19.20 68.75
20 RJ Hadlee 81 4 20.25 65.19

In ICC Tournaments

RANK BOWLER INNS 4WH Inns/4WH RAT
TS MJ McClenaghan 4 2 2.00 200.00
1 MJ McClenaghan 4 2 2.00 200.00
2 Mohammed Shami 23 9 2.56 156.52
3 MA Starc 32 7 4.57 87.50
4 R Rampaul 5 1 5.00 80.00
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 16 3 5.33 75.00
6 SP O'Donnell 7 1 7.00 57.14
7 J Garner 8 1 8.00 50.00
7 TA Boult 32 4 8.00 50.00
9 SL Malinga 44 5 8.80 45.45
10 DK Lillee 9 1 9.00 44.44
11 B Lee 32 3 10.67 37.50
12 Sarfraz Nawaz 11 1 11.00 36.36
12 MA Holding 11 1 11.00 36.36
12 MJ Henry 22 2 11.00 36.36
15 RJ Hadlee 13 1 13.00 30.77
15 Waqar Younis 13 1 13.00 30.77
15 SE Bond 26 2 13.00 30.77
18 Wasim Akram 40 3 13.33 30.00
19 CR Woakes 25 1 25.00 16.00
20 MD Marshall 11 0 INF 0.00

4 WKT HAULS RATING

The 4 WKT HAULS (4WH) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON C TT C ICC 4WH RAT
1 MA Starc 390.00 150.23 153.79 87.50 781.52
2 Mohammed Shami 297.14 139.07 153.04 156.52 745.77
3 MJ Henry 297.14 160.00 240.00 36.36 733.51
4 MJ McClenaghan 130.00 144.67 226.29 200.00 700.95
5 TA Boult 297.14 131.68 204.51 50.00 683.33
6 Waqar Younis 400.00 97.33 132.70 30.77 660.79
7 SL Malinga 352.86 80.32 131.18 45.45 609.81
8 DK Lillee 360.00 88.57 112.34 44.44 605.36
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 204.29 140.14 185.26 75.00 604.69
10 B Lee 340.74 98.57 118.34 37.50 595.16
11 SP O'Donnell 360.00 64.14 86.56 57.14 567.84
12 CR Woakes 260.00 110.34 151.72 16.00 538.06
13 MA Holding 360.00 54.71 70.40 36.36 521.47
14 R Rampaul 148.15 105.68 185.26 80.00 519.09
15 Wasim Akram 340.74 60.94 87.32 30.00 519.00
16 RJ Hadlee 360.00 49.82 65.19 30.77 505.78
17 SE Bond 162.96 127.88 182.07 30.77 503.68
18 J Garner 300.00 47.45 86.84 50.00 484.29
19 MD Marshall 360.00 41.64 68.75 0.00 470.39
20 Sarfraz Nawaz 240.00 82.67 110.00 36.36 469.03

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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