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Top 10 Current Spin Bowlers In ODI Cricket

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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). Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in matches in last 5 years in ODI cricket.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
8. CURRENT RATING
9. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT Rating is divided into five main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 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 ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 20
Min Wickets (TS AVE) 25
Min Balls (TS ECO) 1000

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS A Zampa AUS 35 71 200.00
1 A Zampa AUS 35 71 200.00
2 Mehedi Hasan Miraz BAN 50 62 174.65
3 W Hasaranga SL 38 58 163.38
4 AJ Hosein WI 38 57 160.56
5 AU Rashid ENG 42 55 154.93
6 Kuldeep Yadav IND 40 54 152.11
7 YS Chahal IND 29 49 138.03
8 T Shamsi SA 26 38 107.04
9 MJ Santner NZ 33 27 76.06
10 DM de Silva SL 36 26 73.24

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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS A Zampa 35 1602 71 22.56 22.34 150.00
1 A Zampa 35 1602 71 22.56 22.34 150.00
2 YS Chahal 29 1511 49 30.84 26.87 124.73
3 W Hasaranga 38 1632 58 28.14 27.51 121.82
4 AJ Hosein 38 1687 57 29.60 31.70 105.73
5 T Shamsi 26 1278 38 33.63 31.77 105.47
6 AU Rashid 42 2087 55 37.95 32.28 103.83
7 Kuldeep Yadav 40 1852 54 34.30 33.02 101.49
8 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 50 1990 62 32.10 34.24 97.88
9 DM de Silva 36 1028 26 39.54 40.58 82.58
10 MJ Santner 33 1286 27 47.63 44.41 75.46

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS A Zampa 27 1263 56 22.55 22.33 150.00
1 A Zampa 27 1263 56 22.55 22.33 150.00
2 YS Chahal 21 1166 32 36.44 31.75 105.51
3 DM de Silva 21 619 20 30.95 31.77 105.45
4 AU Rashid 33 1662 43 38.65 32.88 101.89
5 AJ Hosein 26 1143 36 31.75 34.00 98.52
6 T Shamsi 20 1030 27 38.15 36.04 92.94
7 Kuldeep Yadav 26 1317 35 37.63 36.23 92.46
8 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 23 1052 30 35.07 37.41 89.55
9 W Hasaranga 20 910 20 45.50 44.48 75.30
10 MJ Santner 26 978 18 54.33 50.66 66.12

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 MJ Santner 33 1600 1286 4.82 4.18 150.00
1 MJ Santner 33 1600 1286 4.82 4.18 150.00
2 W Hasaranga 38 2020 1632 4.85 4.30 145.88
3 A Zampa 35 1840 1602 5.22 4.30 145.65
4 AJ Hosein 38 2090 1687 4.84 4.35 144.22
5 DM de Silva 36 1256 1028 4.91 4.38 142.93
6 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 50 2456 1990 4.86 4.44 141.27
7 T Shamsi 26 1363 1278 5.63 4.64 135.05
8 Kuldeep Yadav 40 2050 1852 5.42 4.69 133.51
9 AU Rashid 42 2173 2087 5.76 4.83 129.87
10 YS Chahal 29 1566 1511 5.79 4.93 127.21

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS MJ Santner 26 1213 978 4.84 4.19 150.00
1 MJ Santner 26 1213 978 4.84 4.19 150.00
2 A Zampa 27 1467 1263 5.17 4.25 147.75
3 AJ Hosein 26 1400 1143 4.90 4.40 143.03
4 DM de Silva 21 744 619 4.99 4.46 141.05
5 W Hasaranga 20 1068 910 5.11 4.53 138.76
6 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 23 1213 1052 5.20 4.75 132.40
7 T Shamsi 20 1050 1030 5.89 4.85 129.49
8 Kuldeep Yadav 26 1354 1317 5.84 5.05 124.39
9 AU Rashid 33 1645 1662 6.06 5.08 123.84
10 YS Chahal 21 1165 1166 6.01 5.11 123.02

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top teams. 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 A Zampa 5/35 4/31 4/38 4/45 4/45 4.20 100.00
1 A Zampa 5/35 4/31 4/38 4/45 4/45 4.20 100.00
2 YS Chahal 4/47 4/51 3/47 3/50 3/58 3.40 80.95
3 AU Rashid 4/45 3/29 3/51 3/54 3/57 3.20 76.19
4 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 4/30 4/61 3/28 2/35 2/46 3.00 71.43
4 Kuldeep Yadav 4/18 3/51 3/56 3/62 2/16 3.00 71.43
4 AJ Hosein 3/26 3/28 3/30 3/33 3/52 3.00 71.43
7 T Shamsi 5/49 3/38 2/31 2/39 2/45 2.80 66.67
8 W Hasaranga 4/58 3/37 2/32 2/47 2/63 2.60 61.90
9 DM de Silva 3/32 3/45 2/26 2/39 2/40 2.40 57.14
10 MJ Santner 2/23 2/34 2/34 2/51 1/5 1.80 42.86

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 AJ Hosein 10.0/26 10.0/28 10.0/29 10.0/30 10.0/33 2.62 100.00
1 AJ Hosein 10.0/26 10.0/28 10.0/29 10.0/30 10.0/33 2.62 100.00
2 MJ Santner 8.0/23 7.0/22 10.0/34 10.0/34 10.0/34 2.83 92.57
3 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 10.0/28 10.0/30 10.0/30 10.0/35 10.0/38 2.94 89.17
4 W Hasaranga 10.0/28 10.0/33 10.0/37 7.0/26 8.0/32 3.07 85.28
5 T Shamsi 10.0/26 10.0/31 10.0/38 10.0/45 10.0/51 3.15 83.15
6 A Zampa 10.0/36 10.0/38 10.0/38 9.0/35 10.0/44 3.21 81.60
7 Kuldeep Yadav 5.0/16 9.0/32 7.3/29 10.0/46 8.0/39 3.55 73.77
8 DM de Silva 10.0/39 10.0/39 8.0/32 7.0/30 6.0/26 3.61 72.47
9 AU Rashid 5.0/21 8.0/35 8.0/35 10.0/45 10.0/45 3.70 70.87
10 YS Chahal 10.0/47 10.0/47 10.0/47 10.0/50 10.0/50 4.10 63.87

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) 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 CUR RAT
1 A Zampa 200.00 300.00 293.40 100.00 81.60 975.00
2 AJ Hosein 160.56 204.25 287.26 71.43 100.00 823.50
3 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 174.65 187.43 273.66 71.43 89.17 796.33
4 W Hasaranga 163.38 197.13 284.65 61.90 85.28 792.34
5 YS Chahal 138.03 230.24 250.23 80.95 63.87 763.32
6 AU Rashid 154.93 205.71 253.72 76.19 70.87 761.42
7 Kuldeep Yadav 152.11 193.95 257.91 71.43 73.77 749.17
8 T Shamsi 107.04 198.42 264.54 66.67 83.15 719.81
9 DM de Silva 73.24 188.03 283.98 57.14 72.47 674.87
10 MJ Santner 76.06 141.58 300.00 42.86 92.57 653.07

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN
2020s BAN IND PAK AUS NZ SA ENG SL

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