Top 15 ODI Spin Bowlers Impact Innings

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 15 Spin bowlers with best Impact Innings Potential in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

4.2. Against Top Teams

4.3. In ICC Tournaments

5. IMPACT INNINGS RATING

6. TOP TEAMS

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 required ER is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

THE CRITERIA

The IMPACT INNINGS Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Total Impact Inns	300.00
Consistent	II Percentage	250.00
Top Teams	II Percentage (TT)	250.00
In ICC Tournaments	II Percentage (ICC)	200.00

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

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1971 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3	MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Total Impact Innings

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	INNS	II	RAT
TS	RJ Shastri	IND	136	35	220.00
1	Abdul Qadir	PAK	100	35	220.00
2	JE Emburey	ENG	61	23	144.57
3	Maninder Singh	IND	57	21	132.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	INNS	II	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	SL	341	150	300.00
1	M Muralitharan	SL	341	150	300.00
2	DL Vettori	NZ	277	102	204.00
3	A Kumble	IND	265	93	186.00
4	Harbhajan Singh	IND	227	83	166.00
5	SK Warne	AUS	191	73	146.00
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	PAK	165	68	136.00

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	INNS	II	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	241	78	250.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	241	78	250.00
2	RA Jadeja	IND	196	65	208.33
3	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	112	49	157.05
4	Imran Tahir	SA	104	42	134.62
5	Rashid Khan	AFG	106	41	131.41
6	SP Narine	WI	65	33	105.77

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Impact Innings Percentage

Min Qualification For TS
Min Impact Inns	20
Min II (TT)	10
Min II (ICC)	5

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II PERC	RAT
TS	SP Narine	65	33	50.77	250.00
1	SP Narine	65	33	50.77	250.00
2	M Muralitharan	341	150	43.99	216.61
3	Saeed Ajmal	112	49	43.75	215.44
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	68	41.21	202.94
5	Imran Tahir	104	42	40.38	198.86
6	Rashid Khan	106	41	38.68	190.47
7	SK Warne	191	73	38.22	188.20
8	JE Emburey	61	23	37.70	185.67
9	Maninder Singh	57	21	36.84	181.42
10	DL Vettori	277	102	36.82	181.33
11	Harbhajan Singh	227	83	36.56	180.05
12	A Kumble	265	93	35.09	172.81
13	Abdul Qadir	100	35	35.00	172.35
14	RA Jadeja	196	65	33.16	163.30
15	Shakib Al Hasan	241	78	32.37	159.37

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II PERC	RAT
TS	SP Narine	54	28	51.85	250.00
1	SP Narine	54	28	51.85	250.00
2	Saeed Ajmal	77	35	45.45	219.16
3	M Muralitharan	248	105	42.34	204.13
4	Rashid Khan	35	14	40.00	192.86
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	127	49	38.58	186.02
6	JE Emburey	58	22	37.93	182.88
7	Maninder Singh	43	16	37.21	179.40
8	SK Warne	142	52	36.62	176.56
9	Imran Tahir	77	28	36.36	175.32
10	A Kumble	182	63	34.62	166.90
11	Harbhajan Singh	158	54	34.18	164.78
12	RA Jadeja	135	46	34.07	164.29
13	DL Vettori	215	71	33.02	159.22
14	Abdul Qadir	82	27	32.93	158.75
15	Shakib Al Hasan	130	34	26.15	126.10

In ICC Tournaments

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II PERC	RAT
TS	PL Symcox	7	5	71.43	200.00
1	SK Warne	20	12	60.00	168.00
2	Maninder Singh	7	4	57.14	160.00
3	JE Emburey	8	4	50.00	140.00
4	M Muralitharan	54	27	50.00	140.00
5	Abdul Qadir	13	6	46.15	129.23
6	Imran Tahir	24	11	45.83	128.33
7	Saqlain Mushtaq	17	7	41.18	115.29
8	A Kumble	28	11	39.29	110.00
9	SP Narine	3	1	33.33	93.33
10	DL Vettori	48	15	31.25	87.50
11	RA Jadeja	36	11	30.56	85.56
12	Harbhajan Singh	33	9	27.27	76.36
13	Rashid Khan	19	5	26.32	73.68
14	Saeed Ajmal	10	2	20.00	56.00
15	Shakib Al Hasan	42	8	19.05	53.33

IMPACT INNINGS RATING

The IMPACT INNINGS (II) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	C TT	C ICC	II RAT
1	M Muralitharan	300.00	216.61	204.13	140.00	860.74
2	SP Narine	105.77	250.00	250.00	93.33	699.10
3	Abdul Qadir	220.00	172.35	158.75	129.23	680.33
4	SK Warne	146.00	188.20	176.56	168.00	678.76
5	JE Emburey	144.57	185.67	182.88	140.00	653.12
6	Maninder Singh	132.00	181.42	179.40	160.00	652.82
7	Saeed Ajmal	157.05	215.44	219.16	56.00	647.64
8	Saqlain Mushtaq	136.00	202.94	186.02	115.29	640.26
9	Imran Tahir	134.62	198.86	175.32	128.33	637.14
10	A Kumble	186.00	172.81	166.90	110.00	635.71
11	DL Vettori	204.00	181.33	159.22	87.50	632.05
12	RA Jadeja	208.33	163.30	164.29	85.56	621.48
13	Shakib Al Hasan	250.00	159.37	126.10	53.33	588.81
14	Rashid Khan	131.41	190.47	192.86	73.68	588.42
15	Harbhajan Singh	166.00	180.05	164.78	76.36	587.20