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 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 131 2.02 200.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 131 2.02 200.00
2 Mohammed Shami 107 206 1.93 191.05
3 MA Starc 127 244 1.92 190.66
4 LS Pascoe 28 53 1.89 187.84
5 TA Boult 113 211 1.87 185.30
6 MJ Henry 89 165 1.85 183.98
7 SE Bond 80 147 1.84 182.35
8 SW Tait 34 62 1.82 180.96
9 JC Archer 34 62 1.82 180.96
10 MJ McClenaghan 45 82 1.82 180.83
11 Haris Rauf 50 88 1.76 174.66
12 B Lee 217 380 1.75 173.78
13 JJ Bumrah 88 149 1.69 168.03
14 M Siraj 43 71 1.65 163.86
15 DK Lillee 63 103 1.63 162.24
16 Waqar Younis 258 416 1.61 160.01
17 MS Kasprowicz 42 67 1.60 158.31
18 DE Bollinger 39 62 1.59 157.76
19 SL Malinga 220 338 1.54 152.46
20 Wasim Akram 351 502 1.43 141.93

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 91 2.07 300.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 91 2.07 300.00
2 MJ McClenaghan 35 68 1.94 281.82
3 MJ Henry 66 128 1.94 281.32
4 Mohammed Shami 70 135 1.93 279.75
5 LS Pascoe 28 53 1.89 274.57
6 JC Archer 26 48 1.85 267.79
7 SE Bond 62 113 1.82 264.37
8 SW Tait 26 47 1.81 262.21
9 TA Boult 87 157 1.80 261.77
10 MA Starc 93 165 1.77 257.36
11 M Siraj 30 53 1.77 256.26
12 B Lee 167 293 1.75 254.50
13 DK Lillee 58 101 1.74 252.60
14 Haris Rauf 32 55 1.72 249.31
15 MS Kasprowicz 28 48 1.71 248.67
16 DE Bollinger 33 51 1.55 224.18
17 Waqar Younis 191 292 1.53 221.76
18 JJ Bumrah 72 105 1.46 211.54
19 SL Malinga 179 261 1.46 211.50
20 Wasim Akram 264 370 1.40 203.30

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 127 90 0.71 240.94
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 JJ Bumrah 88 45 0.51 173.86
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 33 0.51 172.62
8 Wasim Akram 351 176 0.50 170.48
9 SL Malinga 220 104 0.47 160.73
10 M Siraj 43 20 0.47 158.14
11 DK Lillee 63 29 0.46 156.51
12 JC Archer 34 15 0.44 150.00
13 SE Bond 80 35 0.44 148.75
14 TA Boult 113 49 0.43 147.43
15 B Lee 217 89 0.41 139.45
16 Haris Rauf 50 20 0.40 136.00
17 MJ Henry 89 33 0.37 126.07
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 MA Starc 127 30 0.24 119.93
5 SW Tait 34 8 0.24 119.46
6 DE Bollinger 39 9 0.23 117.16
7 MS Kasprowicz 42 9 0.21 108.79
8 SL Malinga 220 47 0.21 108.46
9 M Siraj 43 9 0.21 106.26
10 TA Boult 113 22 0.19 98.84
11 B Lee 217 39 0.18 91.24
12 MJ McClenaghan 45 8 0.18 90.26
13 JC Archer 34 6 0.18 89.59
14 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 11 0.17 85.92
15 JJ Bumrah 88 14 0.16 80.77
16 SE Bond 80 11 0.14 69.81
17 MJ Henry 89 10 0.11 57.04
18 Mohammed Shami 107 12 0.11 56.94
19 LS Pascoe 28 3 0.11 54.40
20 Haris Rauf 50 4 0.08 40.62

Caught Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS MJ Henry 89 122 1.37 100.00
1 MJ Henry 89 122 1.37 100.00
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 86 1.32 96.52
3 MJ McClenaghan 45 58 1.29 94.03
4 Haris Rauf 50 64 1.28 93.38
5 SE Bond 80 101 1.26 92.10
6 TA Boult 113 139 1.23 89.74
7 Mohammed Shami 107 130 1.21 88.63
8 JC Archer 34 41 1.21 87.97
9 B Lee 217 250 1.15 84.04
10 LS Pascoe 28 31 1.11 80.77
11 MS Kasprowicz 42 46 1.10 79.90
12 JJ Bumrah 88 90 1.02 74.61
13 DE Bollinger 39 39 1.00 72.95
14 M Siraj 43 42 0.98 71.25
15 MA Starc 127 124 0.98 71.23
16 DK Lillee 63 57 0.90 66.00
17 SW Tait 34 29 0.85 62.22
18 SL Malinga 220 187 0.85 62.01
19 Waqar Younis 258 191 0.74 54.01
20 Wasim Akram 351 231 0.66 48.01

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 MA Starc 190.66 257.36 240.94 119.93 71.23 880.11
2 SW Tait 180.96 262.21 250.00 119.46 62.22 874.86
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 200.00 300.00 172.62 85.92 96.52 855.05
4 LS Pascoe 187.84 274.57 230.71 54.40 80.77 828.29
5 Mohammed Shami 191.05 279.75 203.36 56.94 88.63 819.74
6 TA Boult 185.30 261.77 147.43 98.84 89.74 783.08
7 Waqar Younis 160.01 221.76 200.31 141.68 54.01 777.77
8 JC Archer 180.96 267.79 150.00 89.59 87.97 776.32
9 MJ McClenaghan 180.83 281.82 120.89 90.26 94.03 767.82
10 DK Lillee 162.24 252.60 156.51 128.94 66.00 766.29
11 SE Bond 182.35 264.37 148.75 69.81 92.10 757.38
12 M Siraj 163.86 256.26 158.14 106.26 71.25 755.77
13 MJ Henry 183.98 281.32 126.07 57.04 100.00 748.41
14 B Lee 173.78 254.50 139.45 91.24 84.04 743.01
15 JJ Bumrah 168.03 211.54 173.86 80.77 74.61 708.81
16 Wasim Akram 141.93 203.30 170.48 133.07 48.01 696.79
17 SL Malinga 152.46 211.50 160.73 108.46 62.01 695.17
18 DE Bollinger 157.76 224.18 122.05 117.16 72.95 694.10
19 Haris Rauf 174.66 249.31 136.00 40.62 93.38 693.96
20 MS Kasprowicz 158.31 248.67 97.14 108.79 79.90 692.80

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 SL AUS PAK SA BAN

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