This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 25 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). It is to be noted that 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. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in ODI cricket in the last 25 years.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

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 (WKTS)

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. WORLD CUP

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts), BBI (Eco)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form Home, Top Form Away, World Cup

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 ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Wickets (TS AVE)	50
Min Balls (TS ECO)	2000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	229	305	200.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	229	305	200.00
2	RA Jadeja	IND	171	194	127.21
3	AU Rashid	ENG	119	183	120.00
4	R Ashwin	IND	111	151	99.02
5	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	137	150	98.36
6	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	82	141	92.46
7	A Zampa	AUS	79	131	85.90
8	YS Chahal	IND	69	121	79.34
9	MM Ali	ENG	119	99	64.92
10	MJ Santner	NZ	88	90	59.02

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	YS Chahal	69	3283	121	27.13	25.08	150.00
1	YS Chahal	69	3283	121	27.13	25.08	150.00
2	Kuldeep Yadav	82	3744	141	26.55	25.77	145.98
3	A Zampa	79	3729	131	28.47	26.44	142.28
4	AU Rashid	119	5894	183	32.21	29.15	129.06
5	Shakib Al Hasan	229	8840	305	28.98	31.55	119.22
6	R Ashwin	111	5058	151	33.50	31.95	117.73
7	MJ Santner	88	3473	90	38.59	34.75	108.25
8	RA Jadeja	171	7232	194	37.28	36.08	104.27
9	Mohammad Nabi	137	4792	150	31.95	37.86	99.37
10	MM Ali	119	4940	99	49.90	44.34	84.84

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	58	2792	101	27.64	26.83	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	58	2792	101	27.64	26.83	150.00
2	YS Chahal	54	2655	90	29.50	27.27	147.58
3	A Zampa	67	3227	107	30.16	28.01	143.66
4	AU Rashid	96	4824	142	33.97	30.74	130.89
5	R Ashwin	91	4221	120	35.18	33.55	119.93
6	MJ Santner	78	3073	72	42.68	38.44	104.70
7	Shakib Al Hasan	130	5440	148	36.76	40.01	100.57
8	RA Jadeja	129	5498	132	41.65	40.31	99.84
9	MM Ali	98	4098	88	46.57	41.38	97.24
10	Mohammad Nabi	38	1343	38	35.34	41.88	96.09

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	AR Patel	48	2427	1826	4.51	4.16	150.00
1	Mohammad Nabi	137	6681	4792	4.30	4.20	148.54
2	MJ Santner	88	4277	3473	4.87	4.24	147.28
3	Shakib Al Hasan	229	11939	8840	4.44	4.26	146.70
4	R Ashwin	111	6141	5058	4.94	4.41	141.55
5	RA Jadeja	171	8827	7232	4.92	4.43	141.03
6	Kuldeep Yadav	82	4348	3744	5.17	4.56	136.94
7	MM Ali	119	5606	4940	5.29	4.60	135.74
8	YS Chahal	69	3739	3283	5.27	4.61	135.51
9	A Zampa	79	4122	3729	5.43	4.65	134.39
10	AU Rashid	119	6263	5894	5.65	4.91	127.15

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	MJ Santner	78	3758	3073	4.91	4.27	150.00
1	MJ Santner	78	3758	3073	4.91	4.27	150.00
2	Mohammad Nabi	38	1787	1343	4.51	4.40	145.40
3	RA Jadeja	129	6624	5498	4.98	4.48	142.78
4	R Ashwin	91	4996	4221	5.07	4.52	141.53
5	MM Ali	98	4718	4098	5.21	4.53	141.24
6	Shakib Al Hasan	130	6824	5440	4.78	4.58	139.75
7	A Zampa	67	3554	3227	5.45	4.66	137.33
8	YS Chahal	54	2954	2655	5.39	4.72	135.78
9	Kuldeep Yadav	58	3098	2792	5.41	4.77	134.19
10	AU Rashid	96	5067	4824	5.71	4.97	128.91

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top teams in the last 25 years. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	A Zampa	5/35	4/31	4/38	4/43	4/45	4/45	4/54	5.80	100.00
1	A Zampa	5/35	4/31	4/38	4/43	4/45	4/45	4/54	5.80	100.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	6/25	4/18	4/23	4/39	4/45	4/57	3/20	5.80	100.00
1	YS Chahal	6/42	5/22	4/46	4/47	4/51	3/30	3/41	5.80	100.00
4	AU Rashid	4/36	4/41	4/43	4/45	4/47	4/49	4/55	5.60	96.55
5	Shakib Al Hasan	5/36	4/33	4/35	4/41	4/55	3/27	3/32	5.40	93.10
6	RA Jadeja	4/23	4/28	4/29	4/32	4/33	3/19	3/30	5.20	89.66
7	MM Ali	4/46	3/28	3/32	3/36	3/43	3/43	3/50	4.40	75.86
8	R Ashwin	3/24	3/28	3/32	3/35	3/38	3/39	3/39	4.20	72.41
9	MJ Santner	3/31	3/40	3/44	3/45	3/47	2/0	2/23	3.80	65.52
10	Mohammad Nabi	4/30	3/44	2/16	2/23	2/29	2/30	2/33	3.40	58.62

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against top 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	10.0/20	10.0/21	10.0/22	5.0/12	10.0/25	2.13	100.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	10.0/20	10.0/21	10.0/22	5.0/12	10.0/25	2.13	100.00
2	RA Jadeja	7.0/12	10.0/19	10.0/29	10.0/29	7.5/23	2.25	94.62
3	Mohammad Nabi	10.0/16	10.0/23	10.0/24	10.0/29	10.0/30	2.38	89.33
4	Kuldeep Yadav	10.0/25	9.0/23	5.0/16	6.0/20	10.0/34	2.60	81.77
5	MJ Santner	8.0/20	8.0/23	6.0/18	7.0/22	10.0/34	2.61	81.55
6	R Ashwin	8.0/24	10.0/30	10.0/30	9.0/28	10.0/32	2.73	77.85
7	MM Ali	9.0/27	10.0/30	10.0/32	10.0/33	9.0/31	2.77	76.77
8	AU Rashid	10.0/32	10.0/32	10.0/34	10.0/34	10.0/36	2.92	72.86
9	YS Chahal	8.2/22	10.0/34	10.0/36	10.0/38	8.0/31	3.04	70.05
10	A Zampa	10.0/34	10.0/36	8.0/30	10.0/38	10.0/38	3.14	67.83

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	219.79	286.45	93.10	100.00	899.34	449.67
2	Kuldeep Yadav	92.46	295.98	271.13	100.00	81.77	841.34	420.67
3	YS Chahal	79.34	297.58	271.28	100.00	70.05	818.26	409.13
4	A Zampa	85.90	285.93	271.72	100.00	67.83	811.38	405.69
5	AU Rashid	120.00	259.95	256.05	96.55	72.86	805.41	402.71
6	RA Jadeja	127.21	204.11	283.81	89.66	94.62	799.41	399.70
7	R Ashwin	99.02	237.65	283.08	72.41	77.85	770.01	385.00
8	Mohammad Nabi	98.36	195.46	293.94	58.62	89.33	735.71	367.86
9	MJ Santner	59.02	212.94	297.28	65.52	81.55	716.31	358.15
10	MM Ali	64.92	182.08	276.98	75.86	76.77	676.62	338.31

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for spin bowlers and In Asia for pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shakib Al Hasan	118	183	22.69	4.03	940.95	235.24
2	RA Jadeja	63	91	31.22	4.87	818.01	204.50
3	A Zampa	23	41	26.78	5.37	786.38	196.59
4	AU Rashid	68	99	34.02	5.61	761.83	190.46
5	R Ashwin	42	65	30.88	5.07	739.71	184.93
6	Kuldeep Yadav	35	59	29.98	5.82	716.63	179.16
7	MJ Santner	41	42	36.12	4.88	704.90	176.22
8	YS Chahal	17	30	28.23	5.36	693.35	173.34
9	MM Ali	51	42	50.14	5.37	643.57	160.89
10	Mohammad Nabi	35	41	29.34	4.11	500.00	125.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	47	82	24.09	4.69	898.42	898.42
2	YS Chahal	52	91	26.77	5.24	871.22	871.22
3	A Zampa	56	90	29.23	5.45	820.58	820.58
4	AU Rashid	51	84	30.07	5.69	818.33	818.33
5	Mohammad Nabi	102	109	32.93	4.37	801.05	801.05
6	Shakib Al Hasan	111	122	38.42	4.88	797.87	797.87
7	R Ashwin	69	86	35.48	4.86	779.92	779.92
8	RA Jadeja	108	103	42.63	4.94	762.52	762.52
9	MJ Santner	47	48	40.75	4.87	687.97	687.97
10	MM Ali	68	57	49.72	5.23	677.41	677.41

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Zampa	27	46	28.57	5.39	934.99	233.75
2	AU Rashid	18	31	28.39	5.75	827.16	206.79
3	MM Ali	27	20	56.90	5.12	614.50	153.63
4	MJ Santner	14	10	60.40	4.64	564.05	141.01

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shakib Al Hasan	138	205	24.35	4.16	884.82	221.21
2	RA Jadeja	88	116	32.15	4.82	774.77	193.69
3	R Ashwin	57	90	29.33	4.90	728.57	182.14
4	Kuldeep Yadav	46	75	29.77	5.45	693.65	173.41
5	Mohammad Nabi	71	80	31.90	4.30	676.34	169.08
6	YS Chahal	28	46	29.00	5.09	662.09	165.52

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AU Rashid	101	152	32.99	5.63	923.20	923.20
2	A Zampa	52	85	28.41	5.45	874.74	874.74
3	MJ Santner	74	80	35.86	4.92	823.59	823.59
4	MM Ali	92	79	48.13	5.34	771.81	771.81

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	36	66	22.89	4.80	883.56	883.56
2	YS Chahal	41	75	25.99	5.40	862.97	862.97
3	Shakib Al Hasan	91	100	38.48	4.88	843.84	843.84
4	RA Jadeja	83	78	44.91	5.03	750.98	750.98
5	R Ashwin	54	61	39.64	4.98	726.40	726.40
6	Mohammad Nabi	66	70	32.00	4.31	685.43	685.43

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	AU Rashid	818.33	190.46	923.20	206.79	2,138.78	213.88
2	Kuldeep Yadav	898.42	179.16	883.56	173.41	2,134.55	213.45
3	A Zampa	820.58	196.59	874.74	233.75	2,125.66	212.57
4	Shakib Al Hasan	797.87	235.24	843.84	221.21	2,098.15	209.81
5	YS Chahal	871.22	173.34	862.97	165.52	2,073.04	207.30
6	RA Jadeja	762.52	204.50	750.98	193.69	1,911.69	191.17
7	R Ashwin	779.92	184.93	726.40	182.14	1,873.39	187.34
8	MJ Santner	687.97	176.22	823.59	141.01	1,828.79	182.88
9	Mohammad Nabi	801.05	125.00	685.43	169.08	1,780.57	178.06
10	MM Ali	677.41	160.89	771.81	153.63	1,763.74	176.37

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And World Cup

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 25 consecutive innings of a bowlers against Top Teams such that his Rating Points are Maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. World Cup Rating gives points for performances in World Cups. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
WORLD CUP – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	RA Jadeja	25	42	24.62	4.59	963.86	481.93
2	AU Rashid	25	44	28.32	5.39	900.64	450.32
3	R Ashwin	25	42	28.81	5.12	859.57	429.78
4	A Zampa	20	35	28.23	5.41	855.78	427.89
5	Shakib Al Hasan	25	36	27.17	4.17	838.72	419.36
6	Kuldeep Yadav	25	42	31.12	5.90	824.33	412.17
7	MJ Santner	25	31	30.19	4.65	799.92	399.96
8	MM Ali	25	29	36.55	5.30	740.07	370.03
9	YS Chahal	12	20	29.65	5.47	663.61	331.81
10	Mohammad Nabi	7	7	38.14	4.10	500.00	250.00

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	25	49	21.67	4.73	965.29	965.29
2	YS Chahal	25	47	23.62	4.89	930.26	930.26
3	AU Rashid	25	43	28.51	5.51	828.21	828.21
4	A Zampa	25	46	28.78	5.50	827.44	827.44
5	RA Jadeja	25	31	31.74	4.71	740.19	740.19
6	R Ashwin	25	33	32.27	4.93	726.37	726.37
7	Shakib Al Hasan	25	33	35.09	4.95	723.46	723.46
8	Mohammad Nabi	25	26	34.50	4.54	678.44	678.44
9	MJ Santner	25	24	40.33	4.50	663.83	663.83
10	MM Ali	25	24	45.04	4.96	642.50	642.50

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shakib Al Hasan	29	34	35.94	5.12	880.79	880.79
2	R Ashwin	10	17	24.88	4.36	749.80	749.80
3	Mohammad Nabi	15	13	45.85	5.04	724.26	724.26
4	RA Jadeja	10	11	39.18	4.97	620.74	620.74
5	YS Chahal	8	12	36.83	5.97	594.25	594.25
6	AU Rashid	11	11	47.82	5.72	589.14	589.14
7	MJ Santner	9	6	53.83	4.82	575.41	575.41
8	MM Ali	9	9	47.89	5.32	567.62	567.62
9	A Zampa	4	5	47.20	7.15	500.00	500.00
10	Kuldeep Yadav	7	6	56.17	5.03	499.99	499.99

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	TF HM	TF AW	WC	TOT	SEC RAT
1	Shakib Al Hasan	419.36	723.46	880.79	2,023.61	202.36
2	R Ashwin	429.78	726.37	749.80	1,905.96	190.60
3	Kuldeep Yadav	412.17	965.29	499.99	1,877.45	187.74
4	AU Rashid	450.32	828.21	589.14	1,867.67	186.77
5	YS Chahal	331.81	930.26	594.25	1,856.31	185.63
6	RA Jadeja	481.93	740.19	620.74	1,842.86	184.29
7	A Zampa	427.89	827.44	500.00	1,755.34	175.53
8	Mohammad Nabi	250.00	678.44	724.26	1,652.70	165.27
9	MJ Santner	399.96	663.83	575.41	1,639.19	163.92
10	MM Ali	370.03	642.50	567.62	1,580.15	158.01

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. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	449.67	209.81	202.36	861.85
2	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	420.67	213.45	187.74	821.87
3	AU Rashid	ENG	402.71	213.88	186.77	803.35
4	YS Chahal	IND	409.13	207.30	185.63	802.07
5	A Zampa	AUS	405.69	212.57	175.53	793.79
6	RA Jadeja	IND	399.70	191.17	184.29	775.16
7	R Ashwin	IND	385.00	187.34	190.60	762.94
8	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	367.86	178.06	165.27	711.18
9	MJ Santner	NZ	358.15	182.88	163.92	704.95
10	MM Ali	ENG	338.31	176.37	158.01	672.70