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Top ODI Spin Bowlers of The Present Era

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 25 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 7 Spin bowlers in ODI cricket in the last 25 years.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ECONOMIC
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)
3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. PRESENT ERA RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
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) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 40

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 150.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Shakib Al Hasan BAN 241 317 200.00
1 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 241 317 200.00
2 RA Jadeja IND 196 231 145.74
3 AU Rashid ENG 143 215 135.65
4 A Zampa AUS 111 187 117.98
5 Kuldeep Yadav IND 110 181 114.20
6 MJ Santner NZ 112 126 79.50
7 YS Chahal IND 69 121 76.34

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 Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS YS Chahal 69 3283 121 27.13 26.02 100.00
1 YS Chahal 69 3283 121 27.13 26.02 100.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav 110 4786 181 26.44 26.32 98.86
3 A Zampa 111 5342 187 28.57 26.97 96.49
4 AU Rashid 143 7058 215 32.83 31.06 83.79
5 MJ Santner 112 4505 126 35.75 31.70 82.08
6 Shakib Al Hasan 241 9360 317 29.53 31.87 81.65
7 RA Jadeja 196 8180 231 35.41 34.48 75.48

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 69 3059 122 25.07 24.96 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 69 3059 122 25.07 24.96 150.00
2 YS Chahal 42 2123 70 30.33 29.09 128.71
3 A Zampa 73 3736 104 35.92 33.92 110.39
4 AU Rashid 96 4893 130 37.64 35.61 105.15
5 MJ Santner 79 3234 80 40.43 35.85 104.45
6 RA Jadeja 112 4957 125 39.66 38.61 96.98
7 Shakib Al Hasan 114 4915 135 36.41 39.30 95.27

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 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS MJ Santner 112 5607 4505 4.82 4.17 100.00
1 MJ Santner 112 5607 4505 4.82 4.17 100.00
2 Shakib Al Hasan 241 12575 9360 4.47 4.25 98.02
3 RA Jadeja 196 10116 8180 4.85 4.35 95.78
4 Kuldeep Yadav 110 5754 4786 4.99 4.42 94.34
5 YS Chahal 69 3739 3283 5.27 4.60 90.62
6 A Zampa 111 5777 5342 5.55 4.72 88.25
7 AU Rashid 143 7517 7058 5.63 4.88 85.36

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS MJ Santner 79 3938 3234 4.93 4.26 150.00
1 MJ Santner 79 3938 3234 4.93 4.26 150.00
2 RA Jadeja 112 5927 4957 5.02 4.50 141.99
3 Kuldeep Yadav 69 3524 3059 5.21 4.61 138.60
4 Shakib Al Hasan 114 6038 4915 4.88 4.65 137.42
5 YS Chahal 42 2295 2123 5.55 4.84 131.88
6 A Zampa 73 3883 3736 5.77 4.91 130.04
7 AU Rashid 96 5037 4893 5.83 5.05 126.49

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams in the last 25 years. 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 YS Chahal 6/42 5/22 4/17 4/46 4/47 4.60 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 6/25 5/25 4/6 4/18 4/23 4.60 150.00
1 YS Chahal 6/42 5/22 4/17 4/46 4/47 4.60 150.00
3 RA Jadeja 5/33 5/36 4/23 4/28 4/29 4.40 143.48
4 Shakib Al Hasan 5/36 4/8 4/16 4/33 4/35 4.20 136.96
4 AU Rashid 5/85 4/36 4/41 4/43 4/45 4.20 136.96
4 A Zampa 5/35 4/31 4/38 4/43 4/45 4.20 136.96
7 MJ Santner 3/15 3/31 3/39 3/40 3/41 3.00 97.83

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. 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 Shakib Al Hasan 7.2/8 10.0/13 5.0/9 10.0/20 10.0/21 1.60 150.00
1 Shakib Al Hasan 7.2/8 10.0/13 5.0/9 10.0/20 10.0/21 1.60 150.00
2 MJ Santner 10.0/20 10.0/22 8.0/20 5.0/14 7.3/21 2.07 115.67
3 RA Jadeja 7.0/12 10.0/19 7.0/16 10.0/27 10.0/28 2.08 115.20
4 Kuldeep Yadav 5.1/7 10.0/25 9.0/23 8.0/24 10.0/31 2.31 103.72
5 A Zampa 10.0/21 5.0/14 10.0/29 5.3/16 10.0/32 2.35 101.75
6 AU Rashid 10.0/32 10.0/32 10.0/34 10.0/34 9.0/31 2.88 83.07
7 YS Chahal 8.2/22 10.0/34 10.0/36 10.0/38 8.0/31 3.03 78.95

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 Shakib Al Hasan 200.00 176.92 235.45 136.96 150.00 899.32 449.66
2 Kuldeep Yadav 114.20 248.86 232.94 150.00 103.72 849.72 424.86
3 RA Jadeja 145.74 172.46 237.77 143.48 115.20 814.65 407.33
4 A Zampa 117.98 206.88 218.29 136.96 101.75 781.85 390.93
5 YS Chahal 76.34 228.71 222.50 150.00 78.95 756.50 378.25
6 AU Rashid 135.65 188.94 211.85 136.96 83.07 756.47 378.24
7 MJ Santner 79.50 186.54 250.00 97.83 115.67 729.53 364.76

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Favourable Conditions 200.00
Unfavourable Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Shakib Al Hasan 118 183 22.69 4.03 866.22 173.24
2 RA Jadeja 79 117 29.52 4.79 756.66 151.33
3 A Zampa 29 48 27.44 5.33 640.88 128.18
4 AU Rashid 74 103 35.16 5.61 638.21 127.64
5 Kuldeep Yadav 49 78 29.90 5.52 634.59 126.92
6 MJ Santner 44 46 35.07 4.84 608.04 121.61
7 YS Chahal 17 30 28.23 5.36 571.49 114.30

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Kuldeep Yadav 61 103 23.83 4.58 901.42 721.14
2 A Zampa 82 139 28.96 5.62 865.83 692.66
3 YS Chahal 52 91 26.77 5.24 807.55 646.04
4 AU Rashid 69 112 30.69 5.66 805.62 644.49
5 Shakib Al Hasan 123 134 38.86 4.89 778.45 622.76
6 RA Jadeja 117 114 41.46 4.90 767.11 613.69
7 MJ Santner 68 80 36.15 4.81 764.40 611.52

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 A Zampa 45 79 27.90 5.49 923.93 184.79
2 AU Rashid 33 56 29.07 5.62 802.27 160.45
3 MJ Santner 34 41 36.63 4.65 753.99 150.80

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Shakib Al Hasan 150 217 25.40 4.22 934.44 186.89
2 RA Jadeja 113 153 30.57 4.73 843.79 168.76
3 Kuldeep Yadav 72 114 28.28 5.09 778.97 155.79
4 YS Chahal 28 46 29.00 5.09 664.44 132.89

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AU Rashid 110 159 34.15 5.64 903.28 722.62
2 A Zampa 66 108 29.06 5.59 888.52 710.82
3 MJ Santner 78 85 35.33 4.91 824.96 659.96

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Kuldeep Yadav 38 67 23.31 4.80 892.90 714.32
2 YS Chahal 41 75 25.99 5.40 843.68 674.95
3 Shakib Al Hasan 91 100 38.48 4.88 839.75 671.80
4 RA Jadeja 83 78 44.91 5.03 777.80 622.24

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 Kuldeep Yadav 721.14 126.92 714.32 155.79 1,718.17 171.82
2 A Zampa 692.66 128.18 710.82 184.79 1,716.44 171.64
3 AU Rashid 644.49 127.64 722.62 160.45 1,655.21 165.52
4 Shakib Al Hasan 622.76 173.24 671.80 186.89 1,654.69 165.47
5 YS Chahal 646.04 114.30 674.95 132.89 1,568.17 156.82
6 RA Jadeja 613.69 151.33 622.24 168.76 1,556.01 155.60
7 MJ Santner 611.52 121.61 659.96 150.80 1,543.89 154.39

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 RA Jadeja 21 27 30.70 4.60 800.14 800.14
2 Shakib Al Hasan 36 43 36.07 5.15 796.27 796.27
3 A Zampa 15 28 26.82 5.82 754.38 754.38
4 MJ Santner 19 22 35.09 4.84 687.77 687.77
5 Kuldeep Yadav 18 21 36.24 4.69 680.54 680.54
6 AU Rashid 20 26 36.12 5.47 679.22 679.22
7 YS Chahal 8 12 36.83 5.97 509.23 509.23
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 A Zampa 50 101 24.15 5.37 920.78 920.78
2 Kuldeep Yadav 50 95 23.88 5.02 897.48 897.48
3 AU Rashid 50 93 25.89 5.46 856.56 856.56
4 YS Chahal 50 92 26.76 5.46 848.21 848.21
5 RA Jadeja 50 76 26.33 4.72 833.16 833.16
6 Shakib Al Hasan 50 75 27.16 4.60 787.24 787.24
7 MJ Santner 50 54 35.48 4.71 694.43 694.43
IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

  • A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 4.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 30 balls and has a low ER.
  • The ER should be less than 75% of the ER of the better team.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 RA Jadeja 196 77 39.29 924.73 924.73
2 Shakib Al Hasan 241 89 36.93 854.93 854.93
3 MJ Santner 112 44 39.29 778.95 778.95
4 Kuldeep Yadav 110 43 39.09 755.09 755.09
5 AU Rashid 143 52 36.36 721.48 721.48
6 YS Chahal 69 26 37.68 673.84 673.84
7 A Zampa 111 39 35.14 655.02 655.02

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BOWLER WC TF II TOT SEC RAT
1 RA Jadeja 800.14 833.16 924.73 2,558.03 255.80
2 Shakib Al Hasan 796.27 787.24 854.93 2,438.43 243.84
3 Kuldeep Yadav 680.54 897.48 755.09 2,333.11 233.31
4 A Zampa 754.38 920.78 655.02 2,330.17 233.02
5 AU Rashid 679.22 856.56 721.48 2,257.25 225.73
6 MJ Santner 687.77 694.43 778.95 2,161.15 216.11
7 YS Chahal 509.23 848.21 673.84 2,031.28 203.13

PRESENT ERA RATING

PRESENT ERA Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BOWLER NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 449.66 165.47 243.84 858.97
2 Kuldeep Yadav IND 424.86 171.82 233.31 829.99
3 RA Jadeja IND 407.33 155.60 255.80 818.73
4 A Zampa AUS 390.93 171.64 233.02 795.59
5 AU Rashid ENG 378.24 165.52 225.73 769.48
6 YS Chahal IND 378.25 156.82 203.13 738.20
7 MJ Santner NZ 364.76 154.39 216.11 735.27

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 PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA

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