Top 10 Spin Bowlers In T20I World Cups

Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in World Cups in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

CONTENTS

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 BY WKTS (NWT)

7. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

8. WORLD CUP RATING

9. TOP TEAMS

10. NON WEAK TEAMS

WC RATING

Points to note about WORLD CUP Rating:-

Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

THE CRITERIA

The WORLD CUP Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	200.00
Economic	Strike Rate	250.00
Best Bowling	Top Inns (Wkts)	150.00
Economic Bowling	Top Inns (Eco)	150.00

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.

TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
They are calculated by decades.
A bowler's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	5
Min Career Wkts	25

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	AU Rashid	ENG	2009	2026	2017.5	38	44	250.00
1	AU Rashid	ENG	2009	2026	2017.5	38	44	250.00
1	A Zampa	AUS	2016	2026	2021	25	44	250.00
3	Shahid Afridi	PAK	2006	2025	2015.5	34	39	221.59
4	Rashid Khan	AFG	2015	2026	2020.5	24	37	210.23
5	Saeed Ajmal	PAK	2009	2015	2012	23	36	204.55
6	BAW Mendis	SL	2008	2014	2011	21	35	198.86
7	R Ashwin	IND	2010	2022	2016	24	32	181.82
8	W Hasaranga	SL	2019	2026	2022.5	14	27	153.41
9	S Badree	WI	2012	2018	2015	15	24	136.36
10	SP Narine	WI	2012	2019	2015.5	12	15	85.23

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

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	15
Min Wickets (TT)	9

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Imran Tahir	9	214	18	11.89	12.16	100.00
1	S Badree	15	326	24	13.58	13.33	91.25
2	W Hasaranga	14	351	27	13.00	14.03	86.67
3	A Zampa	25	609	44	13.84	15.20	80.02
4	BAW Mendis	21	526	35	15.03	16.76	72.57
5	SP Narine	12	231	15	15.40	16.76	72.56
6	Rashid Khan	24	596	37	16.11	17.23	70.59
7	Saeed Ajmal	23	607	36	16.86	17.83	68.22
8	R Ashwin	24	552	32	17.25	18.80	64.69
9	AU Rashid	38	984	44	22.36	23.00	52.88
10	Shahid Afridi	34	907	39	23.26	24.83	48.97

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Imran Tahir	7	169	12	14.08	14.36	100.00
1	SP Narine	10	193	13	14.85	15.76	91.12
2	W Hasaranga	10	263	17	15.47	16.14	89.01
3	S Badree	13	297	17	17.47	16.90	85.01
4	A Zampa	13	323	18	17.94	17.83	80.57
5	Rashid Khan	17	462	25	18.48	18.56	77.40
6	Saeed Ajmal	18	498	26	19.15	19.13	75.07
7	BAW Mendis	17	475	24	19.79	21.09	68.11
8	AU Rashid	24	626	26	24.08	23.43	61.31
9	R Ashwin	16	391	15	26.07	26.93	53.34
10	Shahid Afridi	26	721	25	28.84	28.89	49.73

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

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls	100

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SMSM Senanayake	5	102	83	4.88	5.05	100.00
1	SP Narine	12	268	231	5.17	5.39	93.67
2	S Badree	15	354	326	5.53	5.69	88.71
3	W Hasaranga	14	320	351	6.58	6.47	78.08
4	Rashid Khan	24	548	596	6.53	6.57	76.88
5	A Zampa	25	560	609	6.53	6.57	76.86
6	R Ashwin	24	510	552	6.49	6.64	76.11
7	Shahid Afridi	34	810	907	6.72	6.91	73.14
8	BAW Mendis	21	471	526	6.70	6.91	73.06
9	Saeed Ajmal	23	536	607	6.79	7.03	71.85
10	AU Rashid	38	822	984	7.18	7.08	71.32

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	SMSM Senanayake	5	102	83	4.88	5.05	150.00
1	SP Narine	10	220	193	5.26	5.43	139.57
2	S Badree	13	306	297	5.82	5.95	127.39
3	W Hasaranga	10	224	263	7.04	6.81	111.30
4	A Zampa	13	276	323	7.02	6.83	110.91
5	Rashid Khan	17	390	462	7.11	6.88	110.16
6	AU Rashid	24	524	626	7.17	6.99	108.45
7	Shahid Afridi	26	618	721	7.00	7.00	108.28
8	Saeed Ajmal	18	428	498	6.98	7.07	107.22
9	BAW Mendis	17	396	475	7.20	7.28	104.10
10	R Ashwin	16	318	391	7.38	7.40	102.36

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak 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	Saeed Ajmal	4/26	4/30	3/17	3/34	2/18	3.20	150.00
1	Saeed Ajmal	4/26	4/30	3/17	3/34	2/18	3.20	150.00
2	BAW Mendis	4/12	3/9	3/20	3/24	2/9	3.00	140.63
2	S Badree	4/15	3/10	3/12	3/14	2/16	3.00	140.63
2	Rashid Khan	4/17	4/23	3/26	2/17	2/26	3.00	140.63
5	A Zampa	5/19	3/23	2/12	2/21	2/22	2.80	131.25
6	R Ashwin	4/11	3/22	2/14	2/15	2/16	2.60	121.88
6	SP Narine	3/9	3/16	3/20	2/17	2/19	2.60	121.88
6	W Hasaranga	3/13	3/20	3/21	2/19	2/22	2.60	121.88
9	AU Rashid	4/2	2/13	2/13	2/16	2/18	2.40	112.50
10	Shahid Afridi	3/18	2/16	2/23	2/27	2/29	2.20	103.13

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 12+ 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	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/13	3.4/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.29	150.00
1	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/13	3.4/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.29	150.00
2	BAW Mendis	4.0/9	3.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/19	3.31	148.82
3	S Badree	4.0/10	4.0/12	4.0/14	4.0/15	4.0/16	3.45	142.80
4	R Ashwin	3.2/11	4.0/14	4.0/15	3.0/12	4.0/16	3.79	130.07
5	SP Narine	3.4/9	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/19	4.0/20	4.29	114.80
6	A Zampa	4.0/12	4.0/19	4.0/20	4.0/21	2.0/11	4.64	106.15
7	W Hasaranga	4.0/13	4.0/19	4.0/20	4.0/21	4.0/22	4.67	105.58
8	Shahid Afridi	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/18	4.0/20	4.0/20	4.68	105.40
9	Rashid Khan	4.0/17	4.0/17	4.0/17	4.0/23	4.0/23	4.88	100.96
10	Saeed Ajmal	4.0/17	4.0/18	3.3/18	4.0/23	4.0/23	5.25	93.86

WORLD CUP RATING

The WORLD CUP (WC) 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	WC RAT
1	A Zampa	250.00	160.60	187.77	131.25	106.15	835.76
2	S Badree	136.36	176.26	216.09	140.63	142.80	812.14
3	AU Rashid	250.00	114.18	179.77	112.50	150.00	806.46
4	BAW Mendis	198.86	140.68	177.16	140.63	148.82	806.16
5	Rashid Khan	210.23	147.99	187.04	140.63	100.96	786.84
6	Saeed Ajmal	204.55	143.29	179.07	150.00	93.86	770.76
7	W Hasaranga	153.41	175.68	189.38	121.88	105.58	745.93
8	R Ashwin	181.82	118.03	178.48	121.88	130.07	730.26
9	SP Narine	85.23	163.68	233.25	121.88	114.80	718.83
10	Shahid Afridi	221.59	98.70	181.41	103.13	105.40	710.23