Top 15 ODI Spin Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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 most Wickets Per Inning in ODIs.

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

CONTENTS

1. THE CRITERIA

2. QUALIFICATION

3. CONSISTENT

3.1. Against All Teams

3.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. Bowled Victims

3.4. LBW Victims

3.5. Caught Victims

4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING

5. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The WICKETS PER INNING Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Consistent	Wkts/Inn	200.00
Cons TT	Wkts/Inn Vs TT	300.00
Cons BLD	Bowled/Inn	250.00
Cons LBW	LBW/Inn	150.00
Cons CGT	Caught/Inn	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 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

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	100
Min Wkts (TT)	60
Min Wkts (BLD)	20
Min Wkts (LBW)	20
Min Wkts (CGT)	30

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Rashid Khan	109	210	1.93	200.00
1	Rashid Khan	109	210	1.93	200.00
2	BAW Mendis	84	152	1.81	187.85
3	YS Chahal	69	121	1.75	182.04
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	288	1.75	181.19
5	A Zampa	116	196	1.69	175.40
6	Imran Tahir	104	173	1.66	172.68
7	Kuldeep Yadav	117	194	1.66	172.13
8	W Hasaranga	68	112	1.65	170.98
9	Saeed Ajmal	112	184	1.64	170.54
10	AJ Hosein	40	63	1.58	163.50
11	M Muralitharan	341	534	1.57	162.56
12	AU Rashid	155	242	1.56	162.08
13	SK Warne	191	293	1.53	159.25
14	MKPAD Perera	40	59	1.48	153.12
15	MM Theekshana	58	79	1.36	141.40

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	83	144	1.73	300.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	83	144	1.73	300.00
2	Saeed Ajmal	77	132	1.71	296.43
3	BAW Mendis	56	95	1.70	293.34
4	YS Chahal	48	81	1.69	291.80
5	Rashid Khan	38	62	1.63	282.13
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	127	206	1.62	280.48
7	M Muralitharan	248	372	1.50	259.38
8	AJ Hosein	28	42	1.50	259.38
9	A Zampa	84	124	1.48	255.26
10	MKPAD Perera	30	44	1.47	253.61
11	SK Warne	142	205	1.44	249.63
12	AU Rashid	119	171	1.44	248.48
13	Imran Tahir	77	109	1.42	244.78
14	W Hasaranga	34	46	1.35	233.95
15	MM Theekshana	30	40	1.33	230.56

Bowled Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Rashid Khan	109	70	0.64	250.00
1	Rashid Khan	109	70	0.64	250.00
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	96	0.58	226.49
3	W Hasaranga	68	39	0.57	223.27
4	Saeed Ajmal	112	62	0.55	215.50
5	BAW Mendis	84	46	0.55	213.18
6	Kuldeep Yadav	117	63	0.54	209.62
7	M Muralitharan	341	179	0.52	204.35
8	SK Warne	191	99	0.52	201.78
9	MM Theekshana	58	29	0.50	194.64
10	MKPAD Perera	40	19	0.48	184.91
11	AJ Hosein	40	17	0.43	165.45
12	AU Rashid	155	65	0.42	163.25
13	Imran Tahir	104	39	0.38	145.98
14	A Zampa	116	43	0.37	144.30
15	YS Chahal	69	25	0.36	141.05

LBW Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Rashid Khan	109	74	0.68	150.00
1	Rashid Khan	109	74	0.68	150.00
2	W Hasaranga	68	39	0.57	126.72
3	BAW Mendis	84	34	0.40	89.43
4	MKPAD Perera	40	16	0.40	88.38
5	YS Chahal	69	27	0.39	86.46
6	A Zampa	116	43	0.37	81.90
7	MM Theekshana	58	21	0.36	80.00
8	Imran Tahir	104	37	0.36	78.61
9	Saeed Ajmal	112	36	0.32	71.02
10	Kuldeep Yadav	117	37	0.32	69.87
11	AJ Hosein	40	11	0.28	60.76
12	SK Warne	191	48	0.25	55.53
13	M Muralitharan	341	65	0.19	42.12
14	AU Rashid	155	26	0.17	37.06
15	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	23	0.14	30.80

Caught Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	169	1.02	100.00
1	Saqlain Mushtaq	165	169	1.02	100.00
2	YS Chahal	69	69	1.00	97.63
3	AU Rashid	155	151	0.97	95.11
4	A Zampa	116	110	0.95	92.58
5	Imran Tahir	104	97	0.93	91.06
6	AJ Hosein	40	35	0.88	85.43
7	BAW Mendis	84	72	0.86	83.69
8	M Muralitharan	341	289	0.85	82.74
9	Kuldeep Yadav	117	94	0.80	78.44
10	Saeed Ajmal	112	86	0.77	74.97
11	SK Warne	191	145	0.76	74.12
12	Rashid Khan	109	66	0.61	59.12
13	MKPAD Perera	40	24	0.60	58.58
14	W Hasaranga	68	34	0.50	48.82
15	MM Theekshana	58	29	0.50	48.82

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BOWLER	CON	TT	BLD	LBW	CGT	WPI RAT
1	Rashid Khan	200.00	282.13	250.00	150.00	59.12	941.24
2	BAW Mendis	187.85	293.34	213.18	89.43	83.69	867.48
3	Kuldeep Yadav	172.13	300.00	209.62	69.87	78.44	830.06
4	Saeed Ajmal	170.54	296.43	215.50	71.02	74.97	828.46
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	181.19	280.48	226.49	30.80	100.00	818.97
6	W Hasaranga	170.98	233.95	223.27	126.72	48.82	803.73
7	YS Chahal	182.04	291.80	141.05	86.46	97.63	798.98
8	M Muralitharan	162.56	259.38	204.35	42.12	82.74	751.15
9	A Zampa	175.40	255.26	144.30	81.90	92.58	749.45
10	SK Warne	159.25	249.63	201.78	55.53	74.12	740.30
11	MKPAD Perera	153.12	253.61	184.91	88.38	58.58	738.60
12	AJ Hosein	163.50	259.38	165.45	60.76	85.43	734.51
13	Imran Tahir	172.68	244.78	145.98	78.61	91.06	733.11
14	AU Rashid	162.08	248.48	163.25	37.06	95.11	705.98
15	MM Theekshana	141.40	230.56	194.64	80.00	48.82	695.41