ODIs - Best Fast Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

Top 20 ODI Fast Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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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 with most Wickets Per Inning in ODIs.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. LBW Victims
3.5. Caught Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The WICKETS PER INNING Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 200.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 300.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 250.00
Cons LBW LBW/Inn 150.00
Cons CGT Caught/Inn 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.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine Top Teams.
  • The Top Teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler's performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • Top Teams may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wkts (TT) 60
Min Wkts (BLD) 20
Min Wkts (LBW) 20
Min Wkts (CGT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 107 206 1.93 200.00
1 Mohammed Shami 107 206 1.93 200.00
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 139 1.90 197.81
3 MA Starc 130 247 1.90 197.38
4 LS Pascoe 28 53 1.89 196.64
5 TA Boult 113 211 1.87 193.98
6 MJ Henry 93 172 1.85 192.13
7 Haris Rauf 56 103 1.84 191.07
8 SE Bond 80 147 1.84 190.89
9 SW Tait 34 62 1.82 189.43
10 MJ McClenaghan 45 82 1.82 189.30
11 Naseem Shah 33 60 1.82 188.88
12 JC Archer 36 65 1.81 187.57
13 B Lee 217 380 1.75 181.92
14 JJ Bumrah 88 149 1.69 175.89
15 DK Lillee 63 103 1.63 169.84
16 Waqar Younis 258 416 1.61 167.50
17 MS Kasprowicz 42 67 1.60 165.72
18 DE Bollinger 39 62 1.59 165.15
19 M Siraj 49 76 1.55 161.13
20 Wasim Akram 351 502 1.43 148.57

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS MJ McClenaghan 35 68 1.94 300.00
1 MJ McClenaghan 35 68 1.94 300.00
2 MJ Henry 66 128 1.94 299.47
3 Mohammed Shami 70 135 1.93 297.79
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 52 99 1.90 293.98
5 LS Pascoe 28 53 1.89 292.28
6 Haris Rauf 38 70 1.84 284.44
7 SE Bond 62 113 1.82 281.43
8 JC Archer 28 51 1.82 281.25
9 SW Tait 26 47 1.81 279.13
10 TA Boult 87 157 1.80 278.65
11 B Lee 167 293 1.75 270.91
12 MA Starc 96 168 1.75 270.22
13 DK Lillee 58 101 1.74 268.89
14 MS Kasprowicz 28 48 1.71 264.71
15 Naseem Shah 25 42 1.68 259.41
16 M Siraj 36 58 1.61 248.77
17 DE Bollinger 33 51 1.55 238.64
18 Waqar Younis 191 292 1.53 236.06
19 JJ Bumrah 72 105 1.46 225.18
20 Wasim Akram 264 370 1.40 216.41

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS SW Tait 34 25 0.74 250.00
1 SW Tait 34 25 0.74 250.00
2 MA Starc 130 91 0.70 238.00
3 LS Pascoe 28 19 0.68 230.71
4 Mohammed Shami 107 64 0.60 203.36
5 Waqar Younis 258 152 0.59 200.31
6 Naseem Shah 33 18 0.55 185.45
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 38 0.52 176.99
8 JJ Bumrah 88 45 0.51 173.86
9 Wasim Akram 351 176 0.50 170.48
10 DK Lillee 63 29 0.46 156.51
11 SE Bond 80 35 0.44 148.75
12 TA Boult 113 49 0.43 147.43
13 M Siraj 49 21 0.43 145.71
14 Haris Rauf 56 24 0.43 145.71
15 JC Archer 36 15 0.42 141.67
16 B Lee 217 89 0.41 139.45
17 MJ Henry 93 35 0.38 127.96
18 DE Bollinger 39 14 0.36 122.05
19 MJ McClenaghan 45 16 0.36 120.89
20 MS Kasprowicz 42 12 0.29 97.14

LBW Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS DW Fleming 88 26 0.30 150.00
1 Waqar Younis 258 72 0.28 141.68
2 Wasim Akram 351 92 0.26 133.07
3 DK Lillee 63 16 0.25 128.94
4 SW Tait 34 8 0.24 119.46
5 DE Bollinger 39 9 0.23 117.16
6 MA Starc 130 30 0.23 117.16
7 MS Kasprowicz 42 9 0.21 108.79
8 TA Boult 113 22 0.19 98.84
9 JC Archer 36 7 0.19 98.72
10 M Siraj 49 9 0.18 93.25
11 B Lee 217 39 0.18 91.24
12 MJ McClenaghan 45 8 0.18 90.26
13 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 12 0.16 83.46
14 JJ Bumrah 88 14 0.16 80.77
15 SE Bond 80 11 0.14 69.81
16 Haris Rauf 56 7 0.13 63.46
17 Mohammed Shami 107 12 0.11 56.94
18 MJ Henry 93 10 0.11 54.59
19 LS Pascoe 28 3 0.11 54.40
20 Naseem Shah 33 3 0.09 46.15

Caught Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS MJ Henry 93 127 1.37 100.00
1 MJ Henry 93 127 1.37 100.00
2 MJ McClenaghan 45 58 1.29 94.38
3 Haris Rauf 56 72 1.29 94.15
4 SE Bond 80 101 1.26 92.45
5 TA Boult 113 139 1.23 90.08
6 Mohammed Shami 107 130 1.21 88.97
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 88 1.21 88.28
8 JC Archer 36 43 1.19 87.47
9 Naseem Shah 33 39 1.18 86.54
10 B Lee 217 250 1.15 84.36
11 LS Pascoe 28 31 1.11 81.07
12 MS Kasprowicz 42 46 1.10 80.20
13 JJ Bumrah 88 90 1.02 74.89
14 DE Bollinger 39 39 1.00 73.23
15 MA Starc 130 126 0.97 70.98
16 M Siraj 49 46 0.94 68.74
17 DK Lillee 63 57 0.90 66.25
18 SW Tait 34 29 0.85 62.46
19 Waqar Younis 258 191 0.74 54.21
20 Wasim Akram 351 231 0.66 48.19

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON TT BLD LBW CGT WPI RAT
1 SW Tait 189.43 279.13 250.00 119.46 62.46 900.48
2 MA Starc 197.38 270.22 238.00 117.16 70.98 893.73
3 LS Pascoe 196.64 292.28 230.71 54.40 81.07 855.10
4 Mohammed Shami 200.00 297.79 203.36 56.94 88.97 847.07
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 197.81 293.98 176.99 83.46 88.28 840.50
6 TA Boult 193.98 278.65 147.43 98.84 90.08 808.98
7 Waqar Younis 167.50 236.06 200.31 141.68 54.21 799.77
8 JC Archer 187.57 281.25 141.67 98.72 87.47 796.67
9 MJ McClenaghan 189.30 300.00 120.89 90.26 94.38 794.83
10 DK Lillee 169.84 268.89 156.51 128.94 66.25 790.43
11 SE Bond 190.89 281.43 148.75 69.81 92.45 783.32
12 Haris Rauf 191.07 284.44 145.71 63.46 94.15 778.84
13 MJ Henry 192.13 299.47 127.96 54.59 100.00 774.14
14 B Lee 181.92 270.91 139.45 91.24 84.36 767.89
15 Naseem Shah 188.88 259.41 185.45 46.15 86.54 766.44
16 JJ Bumrah 175.89 225.18 173.86 80.77 74.89 730.60
17 M Siraj 161.13 248.77 145.71 93.25 68.74 717.61
18 Wasim Akram 148.57 216.41 170.48 133.07 48.19 716.73
19 MS Kasprowicz 165.72 264.71 97.14 108.79 80.20 716.56
20 DE Bollinger 165.15 238.64 122.05 117.16 73.23 716.22

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

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