Top 10 Fast Bowlers In ICC Champions Trophy

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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 Champions Trophy in ODIs.

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

THE CRITERIA


The CHAMPIONS TROPHY Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 200.00
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.
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) 5
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 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS KD Mills NZ 2001 2015 2008 15 28 250.00
1 KD Mills NZ 2001 2015 2008 15 28 250.00
2 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 2000 12 21 187.50
2 JM Anderson ENG 2002 2015 2008.5 12 21 187.50
4 JH Kallis SA 1996 2013 2004.5 15 20 178.57
5 M Dillon WI 1997 2005 2001 7 19 169.64
6 WPUJC Vaas SL 1994 2008 2001 16 18 160.71
7 SM Pollock SA 1996 2008 2002 11 16 142.86
7 M Ntini SA 1998 2009 2003.5 8 16 142.86
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 16 25 240.00
1 SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 16 25 240.00
2 Hasan Ali PAK 2016 2025 2020.5 5 13 124.80

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 10
Min Wickets (TT) 6

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Hasan Ali 5 191 13 14.69 13.32 100.00
1 Hasan Ali 5 191 13 14.69 13.32 100.00
2 KD Mills 15 483 28 17.25 16.55 80.51
3 M Ntini 8 248 16 15.50 16.75 79.54
4 M Dillon 7 317 19 16.68 17.10 77.90
5 JM Anderson 12 457 21 21.76 19.34 68.91
6 SM Pollock 11 321 16 20.06 21.86 60.96
7 GD McGrath 12 412 21 19.62 23.12 57.64
8 JH Kallis 15 525 20 26.25 27.74 48.04
9 WPUJC Vaas 16 494 18 27.44 29.05 45.87
10 SL Malinga 16 766 25 30.64 30.31 43.96

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Hasan Ali 5 191 13 14.69 13.32 100.00
1 Hasan Ali 5 191 13 14.69 13.32 100.00
2 JM Anderson 11 385 21 18.33 16.24 82.05
3 KD Mills 14 470 26 18.08 17.02 78.28
4 M Ntini 5 166 9 18.44 18.73 71.15
5 M Dillon 5 243 12 20.25 19.02 70.05
6 SM Pollock 7 206 11 18.73 19.53 68.22
7 GD McGrath 9 340 19 17.89 19.91 66.93
8 JH Kallis 12 435 18 24.17 25.14 53.01
9 WPUJC Vaas 11 353 12 29.42 28.99 45.96
10 SL Malinga 13 680 20 34.00 32.29 41.26

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 150

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Hasan Ali 5 267 191 4.29 3.47 100.00
1 Hasan Ali 5 267 191 4.29 3.47 100.00
2 SM Pollock 11 529 321 3.64 3.48 99.62
3 WPUJC Vaas 16 754 494 3.93 3.77 91.94
4 KD Mills 15 675 483 4.29 3.78 91.73
5 JM Anderson 12 608 457 4.51 3.83 90.66
6 GD McGrath 12 612 412 4.04 3.94 88.11
7 M Ntini 8 342 248 4.35 4.17 83.22
8 M Dillon 7 408 317 4.66 4.58 75.69
9 JH Kallis 15 639 525 4.93 4.67 74.30
10 SL Malinga 16 864 766 5.32 4.71 73.65

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SM Pollock 7 337 206 3.67 3.42 100.00
1 SM Pollock 7 337 206 3.67 3.42 100.00
2 Hasan Ali 5 267 191 4.29 3.47 98.53
3 JM Anderson 11 548 385 4.22 3.56 96.06
4 KD Mills 14 645 470 4.37 3.81 89.73
5 WPUJC Vaas 11 514 353 4.12 3.83 89.25
6 GD McGrath 9 480 340 4.25 4.01 85.16
7 M Ntini 5 198 166 5.03 4.64 73.60
8 JH Kallis 12 513 435 5.09 4.76 71.83
9 M Dillon 5 288 243 5.06 4.76 71.75
10 SL Malinga 13 713 680 5.72 4.94 69.18

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 KD Mills 4/30 4/38 3/18 3/27 3/69 3.40 200.00
1 KD Mills 4/30 4/38 3/18 3/27 3/69 3.40 200.00
2 M Dillon 5/29 4/60 3/38 2/46 2/46 3.20 188.24
3 GD McGrath 5/37 3/22 3/39 2/24 2/34 3.00 176.47
3 JH Kallis 5/30 3/28 3/48 2/26 2/41 3.00 176.47
5 JM Anderson 3/20 3/30 3/32 3/42 2/14 2.80 164.71
5 SL Malinga 4/34 4/53 2/22 2/26 2/43 2.80 164.71
7 M Ntini 5/21 3/19 2/24 2/26 1/37 2.60 152.94
7 Hasan Ali 3/19 3/24 3/35 3/43 1/70 2.60 152.94
9 SM Pollock 3/27 3/43 2/20 2/21 2/56 2.40 141.18
10 WPUJC Vaas 2/6 2/16 2/46 2/51 2/61 2.00 117.65

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 KD Mills 10.0/19 6.0/14 5.0/13 10.0/27 6.0/18 2.17 150.00
1 KD Mills 10.0/19 6.0/14 5.0/13 10.0/27 6.0/18 2.17 150.00
2 JM Anderson 8.0/14 9.3/20 10.0/30 9.0/31 10.0/42 2.50 130.01
3 SM Pollock 10.0/21 6.0/15 7.0/20 9.1/27 6.0/18 2.53 128.39
4 WPUJC Vaas 6.0/6 10.0/16 10.0/27 7.0/27 10.0/41 2.61 124.43
5 GD McGrath 8.0/17 10.0/22 10.0/34 7.0/24 10.0/39 2.95 110.31
6 SL Malinga 9.2/22 10.0/34 10.0/35 5.4/26 9.0/43 3.22 100.93
7 M Ntini 9.0/19 9.0/24 6.0/21 5.0/26 6.0/35 3.42 94.98
8 Hasan Ali 6.3/19 8.0/24 10.0/35 10.0/43 10.0/70 3.47 93.68
9 JH Kallis 8.0/24 8.0/26 7.0/28 7.3/30 8.0/34 3.49 93.02
10 M Dillon 10.0/29 10.0/46 10.0/46 8.0/38 10.0/53 4.34 74.84

CHAMPIONS TROPHY RATING


The CHAMPIONS TROPHY (CT) 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 CT RAT
1 KD Mills 250.00 158.80 181.46 200.00 150.00 940.26
2 JM Anderson 187.50 150.95 186.72 164.71 130.01 819.89
3 GD McGrath 187.50 124.57 173.27 176.47 110.31 772.12
4 Hasan Ali 124.80 200.00 198.53 152.94 93.68 769.95
5 SM Pollock 142.86 129.18 199.62 141.18 128.39 741.22
6 SL Malinga 240.00 85.22 142.83 164.71 100.93 733.68
7 M Dillon 169.64 147.95 147.44 188.24 74.84 728.11
8 M Ntini 142.86 150.68 156.82 152.94 94.98 698.28
9 JH Kallis 178.57 101.04 146.12 176.47 93.02 695.23
10 WPUJC Vaas 160.71 91.83 181.19 117.65 124.43 675.80

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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