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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 2022 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 48 89 200.00
1 A Zampa AUS 48 89 200.00
2 Kuldeep Yadav IND 55 83 186.52
3 Mehedi Hasan Miraz BAN 58 74 166.29
4 AU Rashid ENG 49 70 157.30
4 YS Chahal IND 39 70 157.30
6 W Hasaranga SL 38 58 130.34
7 AJ Hosein WI 38 57 128.09
8 T Shamsi SA 31 44 98.88
9 Shadab Khan PAK 28 36 80.90
10 DM de Silva SL 45 33 74.16

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 48 2270 89 25.51 24.27 150.00
1 A Zampa 48 2270 89 25.51 24.27 150.00
2 YS Chahal 39 2012 70 28.74 25.39 143.41
3 W Hasaranga 38 1632 58 28.14 27.51 132.35
4 Kuldeep Yadav 55 2578 83 31.06 29.85 121.99
5 AU Rashid 49 2413 70 34.47 29.93 121.64
6 AJ Hosein 38 1687 57 29.60 31.70 114.87
7 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 58 2306 74 31.16 33.34 109.21
8 T Shamsi 31 1544 44 35.09 33.50 108.67
9 Shadab Khan 28 1395 36 38.75 36.89 98.70
10 DM de Silva 45 1261 33 38.21 38.34 94.96

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS A Zampa 40 1931 74 26.09 24.83 150.00
1 A Zampa 40 1931 74 26.09 24.83 150.00
2 YS Chahal 28 1507 48 31.40 27.73 134.32
3 DM de Silva 30 852 27 31.56 31.66 117.64
4 AU Rashid 37 1801 49 36.76 31.91 116.72
5 Kuldeep Yadav 37 1864 55 33.89 32.57 114.38
6 AJ Hosein 26 1143 36 31.75 34.00 109.55
7 T Shamsi 24 1224 33 37.09 35.41 105.19
8 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 26 1179 32 36.84 39.42 94.50
9 Shadab Khan 22 1124 27 41.63 39.63 93.99
10 W Hasaranga 20 910 20 45.50 44.48 83.74

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 38 1828 1472 4.83 4.21 150.00
1 W Hasaranga 38 2020 1632 4.85 4.30 146.96
2 AJ Hosein 38 2090 1687 4.84 4.35 145.29
3 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 58 2877 2306 4.81 4.40 143.39
4 DM de Silva 45 1520 1261 4.98 4.43 142.63
5 A Zampa 48 2582 2270 5.27 4.44 142.21
6 Shadab Khan 28 1547 1395 5.41 4.72 133.75
7 Kuldeep Yadav 55 2844 2578 5.44 4.74 133.21
8 T Shamsi 31 1621 1544 5.71 4.78 132.13
9 YS Chahal 39 2112 2012 5.72 4.89 129.18
10 AU Rashid 49 2485 2413 5.83 4.94 127.82

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS MJ Santner 31 1441 1164 4.85 4.22 150.00
1 AJ Hosein 26 1400 1143 4.90 4.40 144.09
2 A Zampa 40 2209 1931 5.24 4.41 143.47
3 DM de Silva 30 1008 852 5.07 4.51 140.43
4 W Hasaranga 20 1068 910 5.11 4.53 139.78
5 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 26 1358 1179 5.21 4.77 132.79
6 Shadab Khan 22 1205 1124 5.60 4.88 129.71
7 T Shamsi 24 1248 1224 5.88 4.92 128.72
8 Kuldeep Yadav 37 1948 1864 5.74 5.00 126.59
9 YS Chahal 28 1531 1507 5.91 5.05 125.42
10 AU Rashid 37 1807 1801 5.98 5.07 124.92

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 4/43 4/45 4.20 100.00
1 A Zampa 5/35 4/31 4/38 4/43 4/45 4.20 100.00
2 YS Chahal 6/42 4/47 4/51 3/41 3/47 4.00 95.24
3 Kuldeep Yadav 4/18 4/39 4/45 3/51 3/54 3.60 85.71
4 AU Rashid 4/36 4/45 3/29 3/51 3/54 3.40 80.95
5 T Shamsi 5/49 3/38 3/56 2/31 2/39 3.00 71.43
5 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 4/30 4/61 3/28 2/35 2/46 3.00 71.43
5 AJ Hosein 3/26 3/28 3/30 3/33 3/52 3.00 71.43
8 DM de Silva 3/32 3/41 3/45 2/26 2/39 2.60 61.90
8 Shadab Khan 4/38 3/50 2/42 2/46 2/59 2.60 61.90
8 W Hasaranga 4/58 3/37 2/32 2/47 2/63 2.60 61.90

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 T Shamsi 10.0/26 10.0/31 10.0/34 10.0/38 10.0/45 2.91 90.05
3 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 10.0/28 10.0/30 10.0/30 10.0/35 10.0/38 2.95 88.87
4 W Hasaranga 10.0/28 10.0/33 10.0/37 7.0/26 8.0/32 3.07 85.28
5 A Zampa 10.0/34 10.0/36 10.0/38 10.0/38 9.0/35 3.11 84.28
6 Shadab Khan 10.0/25 10.0/38 10.0/41 10.0/43 10.0/45 3.35 78.21
7 Kuldeep Yadav 5.0/16 9.0/32 7.3/29 10.0/39 10.0/45 3.38 77.50
8 AU Rashid 10.0/36 5.0/21 8.0/35 8.0/35 10.0/45 3.56 73.67
9 DM de Silva 10.0/39 10.0/39 8.0/32 10.0/41 7.0/30 3.58 73.25
10 YS Chahal 10.0/41 10.0/42 10.0/43 10.0/47 10.0/47 3.76 69.64

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 200.00 300.00 285.68 100.00 84.28 969.95
2 YS Chahal 157.30 277.74 254.60 95.24 69.64 854.53
3 Kuldeep Yadav 186.52 236.37 259.80 85.71 77.50 845.91
4 AJ Hosein 128.09 224.41 289.37 71.43 100.00 813.31
5 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 166.29 203.72 276.18 71.43 88.87 806.49
6 AU Rashid 157.30 238.36 252.75 80.95 73.67 803.04
7 W Hasaranga 130.34 216.08 286.74 61.90 85.28 780.35
8 T Shamsi 98.88 213.86 260.85 71.43 90.05 735.06
9 DM de Silva 74.16 212.60 283.06 61.90 73.25 704.97
10 Shadab Khan 80.90 192.69 263.46 61.90 78.21 677.17

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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