This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 20 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in T20I cricket in the last 20 years.

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

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ECONOMIC

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

3.6. PRIMARY RATING

4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

4.1. HOME/AWAY

4.1.1. At Home

4.1.2. Away From Home

4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating

4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.2.2. Asians In Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WORLD CUP

5.2. IMPACT INNINGS

5.3. TOP FORM

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	World Cup, Impact Inns, Top Form

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)	25
Min Overall Wkts	25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The PRESENT ERA Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Economic	Strike Rate	250.00
Best Bowling	Top Inns (Wkts)	100.00
Economic Bowling	Top Inns (Eco)	200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	TG Southee	NZ	123	164	200.00
1	TG Southee	NZ	123	164	200.00
2	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	125	158	192.68
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	103	136	165.85
4	Haris Rauf	PAK	92	133	162.20
5	Arshdeep Singh	IND	83	127	154.88
6	JJ Bumrah	IND	92	121	147.56
7	LT Ngidi	SA	64	90	109.76
8	TA Boult	NZ	61	83	101.22
9	JR Hazlewood	AUS	59	79	96.34
10	AA Nortje	SA	46	56	68.29

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 Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	50
Min Wickets (TT)	30

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	36	978	55	17.78	17.93	100.00
1	JJ Bumrah	92	2188	121	18.08	19.03	94.22
2	LT Ngidi	64	1866	90	20.73	19.60	91.48
3	AA Nortje	46	1187	56	21.20	19.99	89.68
4	Arshdeep Singh	83	2502	127	19.70	20.16	88.93
5	Haris Rauf	92	2807	133	21.11	21.53	83.27
6	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	2904	136	21.35	21.55	83.22
7	TA Boult	61	1779	83	21.43	21.69	82.67
8	JR Hazlewood	59	1680	79	21.27	21.78	82.31
9	TG Southee	123	3671	164	22.38	22.33	80.32
10	Mustafizur Rahman	125	3313	158	20.97	22.34	80.28

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	NT Ellis	29	812	46	17.65	17.17	150.00
1	JJ Bumrah	68	1732	91	19.03	19.35	133.12
2	Arshdeep Singh	59	1813	90	20.14	19.80	130.07
3	LT Ngidi	50	1530	69	22.17	19.91	129.32
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	80	2297	105	21.88	21.41	120.30
5	AA Nortje	35	956	39	24.51	21.47	119.94
6	JR Hazlewood	46	1371	60	22.85	22.41	114.91
7	Haris Rauf	68	2214	96	23.06	22.69	113.50
8	TG Southee	108	3349	138	24.27	23.58	109.23
9	TA Boult	50	1518	62	24.48	23.63	109.01
10	Mustafizur Rahman	69	1908	77	24.78	24.60	104.70

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	500

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	92	2014	2188	6.52	6.35	100.00
1	JJ Bumrah	92	2014	2188	6.52	6.35	100.00
2	AA Nortje	46	977	1187	7.29	6.97	91.13
3	JR Hazlewood	59	1348	1680	7.48	7.31	86.86
4	Mustafizur Rahman	125	2730	3313	7.28	7.44	85.36
5	TA Boult	61	1389	1779	7.68	7.56	83.99
6	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	2223	2904	7.84	7.57	83.85
7	TG Southee	123	2753	3671	8.00	7.79	81.51
8	LT Ngidi	64	1299	1866	8.62	8.00	79.34
9	Arshdeep Singh	83	1760	2502	8.53	8.13	78.12
10	Haris Rauf	92	2009	2807	8.38	8.15	77.93

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	68	1488	1732	6.98	6.59	200.00
1	JJ Bumrah	68	1488	1732	6.98	6.59	200.00
2	AA Nortje	35	737	956	7.78	7.16	184.19
3	JR Hazlewood	46	1042	1371	7.89	7.56	174.46
4	Mustafizur Rahman	69	1474	1908	7.77	7.65	172.37
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	80	1701	2297	8.10	7.65	172.27
6	TA Boult	50	1131	1518	8.05	7.71	171.04
7	TG Southee	108	2419	3349	8.31	7.96	165.69
8	Arshdeep Singh	59	1259	1813	8.64	7.97	165.46
9	LT Ngidi	50	996	1530	9.22	8.29	159.03
10	Haris Rauf	68	1502	2214	8.84	8.33	158.30

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 in the last 20 years. 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	Mustafizur Rahman	6/10	5/22	4/12	4/21	3/13	4.40	100.00
1	Mustafizur Rahman	6/10	5/22	4/12	4/21	3/13	4.40	100.00
2	Haris Rauf	4/18	4/22	4/22	4/27	4/31	4.00	90.91
3	TG Southee	5/18	4/21	4/25	3/6	3/13	3.80	86.36
3	JR Hazlewood	4/12	4/16	4/30	4/39	3/12	3.80	86.36
3	LT Ngidi	5/39	4/19	4/29	3/26	3/30	3.80	86.36
3	Arshdeep Singh	5/51	4/9	4/37	3/12	3/14	3.80	86.36
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	4/22	4/30	4/30	3/13	3/14	3.60	81.82
8	TA Boult	4/13	4/34	3/16	3/17	3/20	3.40	77.27
8	AA Nortje	4/7	4/10	4/41	3/8	2/7	3.40	77.27
10	JJ Bumrah	4/15	3/7	3/12	3/14	3/14	3.20	72.73

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	Mustafizur Rahman	4.0/6	4.0/9	4.0/9	4.0/10	3.3/12	2.41	150.00
1	Mustafizur Rahman	4.0/6	4.0/9	4.0/9	4.0/10	3.3/12	2.41	150.00
2	AA Nortje	4.0/7	3.0/7	3.2/8	3.3/10	4.0/14	2.47	146.62
3	JJ Bumrah	4.0/7	2.0/5	3.0/8	4.0/12	4.0/13	2.58	140.20
4	Arshdeep Singh	4.0/9	4.0/13	3.0/10	2.0/7	2.0/7	2.92	123.71
5	TG Southee	2.1/6	4.0/12	4.0/13	3.0/10	3.0/10	3.07	117.69
6	JR Hazlewood	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.08	117.40
7	TA Boult	4.0/8	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/18	3.54	102.08
8	Shaheen Shah Afridi	2.0/7	4.0/15	3.1/13	4.0/17	3.0/14	3.94	91.66
9	LT Ngidi	4.0/15	2.4/11	4.0/19	2.0/10	3.4/19	4.21	85.93
10	Haris Rauf	3.0/13	3.3/18	3.3/18	4.0/21	4.0/22	4.97	72.77

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ECO	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	JJ Bumrah	147.56	227.34	300.00	72.73	140.20	887.83	355.13
2	Mustafizur Rahman	192.68	184.98	257.72	100.00	150.00	885.38	354.15
3	TG Southee	200.00	189.55	247.20	86.36	117.69	840.80	336.32
4	Arshdeep Singh	154.88	219.00	243.58	86.36	123.71	827.54	331.01
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	165.85	203.52	256.13	81.82	91.66	798.98	319.59
6	AA Nortje	68.29	209.62	275.32	77.27	146.62	777.12	310.85
7	Haris Rauf	162.20	196.77	236.23	90.91	72.77	758.88	303.55
8	JR Hazlewood	96.34	197.22	261.32	86.36	117.40	758.64	303.46
9	LT Ngidi	109.76	220.80	238.38	86.36	85.93	741.23	296.49
10	TA Boult	101.22	191.68	255.03	77.27	102.08	727.28	290.91

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	20.00
Away	80.00
Favourable Conditions	20.00
Unfavourable Conditions	80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mustafizur Rahman	55	69	18.83	6.56	830.19	16.60
2	TG Southee	66	91	22.81	8.37	777.39	15.55
3	JJ Bumrah	42	48	21.35	6.94	744.98	14.90
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	43	59	19.00	7.25	717.68	14.35
5	Arshdeep Singh	34	50	22.76	9.17	673.31	13.47
6	Haris Rauf	41	61	20.54	8.35	670.69	13.41
7	JR Hazlewood	22	33	21.03	8.16	604.40	12.09
8	LT Ngidi	19	29	20.97	9.78	585.38	11.71
9	TA Boult	32	33	31.48	8.74	537.25	10.74
10	AA Nortje	7	6	40.00	9.23	500.00	10.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	50	73	15.93	6.19	862.49	69.00
2	AA Nortje	39	50	18.94	6.92	819.57	65.57
3	TA Boult	29	50	14.80	6.57	812.64	65.01
4	Arshdeep Singh	49	77	17.71	8.06	812.49	65.00
5	Mustafizur Rahman	70	89	22.63	7.84	757.55	60.60
6	JR Hazlewood	37	46	21.43	7.06	748.83	59.91
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	60	77	23.16	8.26	738.83	59.11
8	TG Southee	57	73	21.85	7.57	736.07	58.89
9	LT Ngidi	45	61	20.62	8.15	733.36	58.67
10	Haris Rauf	51	72	21.58	8.41	705.67	56.45

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	93	122	23.14	8.22	844.56	16.89
2	AA Nortje	28	37	19.41	7.14	749.69	14.99
3	JR Hazlewood	40	50	24.00	7.69	721.28	14.43
4	LT Ngidi	45	64	21.05	8.87	710.56	14.21
5	TA Boult	46	57	23.98	7.86	680.30	13.61

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	33	50	15.68	6.17	884.88	17.70
2	Arshdeep Singh	37	62	16.32	7.93	867.78	17.36
3	Haris Rauf	47	68	21.43	8.51	813.63	16.27
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	52	64	24.22	8.25	801.61	16.03
5	Mustafizur Rahman	31	39	21.10	7.21	717.44	14.35

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	30	42	20.19	7.34	893.94	71.52
2	JR Hazlewood	19	29	16.55	6.99	882.38	70.59
3	TA Boult	15	26	15.85	7.14	858.57	68.69
4	LT Ngidi	19	26	19.96	8.03	774.28	61.94
5	AA Nortje	18	19	24.68	7.52	743.25	59.46

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mustafizur Rahman	94	119	20.92	7.31	908.49	72.68
2	JJ Bumrah	59	71	19.77	6.73	836.37	66.91
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	51	72	18.81	7.41	798.68	63.89
4	Arshdeep Singh	46	65	22.92	8.99	744.33	59.55
5	Haris Rauf	45	65	20.77	8.25	707.40	56.59

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK	BOWLER	AW	HM	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	JJ Bumrah	69.00	14.90	66.91	17.70	168.51
2	Mustafizur Rahman	60.60	16.60	72.68	14.35	164.24
3	TG Southee	58.89	15.55	71.52	16.89	162.84
4	TA Boult	65.01	10.74	68.69	13.61	158.05
5	JR Hazlewood	59.91	12.09	70.59	14.43	157.01
6	Arshdeep Singh	65.00	13.47	59.55	17.36	155.37
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	59.11	14.35	63.89	16.03	153.39
8	AA Nortje	65.57	10.00	59.46	14.99	150.02
9	LT Ngidi	58.67	11.71	61.94	14.21	146.53
10	Haris Rauf	56.45	13.41	56.59	16.27	142.73

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
World Cup	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00
Top Form	100.00

WORLD CUP RATING

Points to note:-

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.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AA Nortje	21	38	12.00	5.71	983.91	147.59
2	JJ Bumrah	26	40	13.65	5.67	936.93	140.54
3	TA Boult	18	34	12.50	5.93	848.44	127.27
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	22	31	19.61	7.40	766.11	114.92
5	Arshdeep Singh	22	36	17.36	7.81	741.95	111.29
6	TG Southee	25	36	17.92	7.00	736.68	110.50
7	JR Hazlewood	19	21	24.19	7.15	647.77	97.17
8	Haris Rauf	17	23	19.43	6.98	642.56	96.38
9	LT Ngidi	11	19	15.95	7.77	639.23	95.88
10	Mustafizur Rahman	19	22	20.91	6.57	638.75	95.81

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 12 balls and has a low ER.
The required ER increases as wickets increase.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	92	58	63.04	967.57	145.14
2	JR Hazlewood	59	36	61.02	816.78	122.52
3	Mustafizur Rahman	125	62	49.60	812.67	121.90
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	103	53	51.46	801.96	120.29
5	AA Nortje	46	27	58.70	791.66	118.75
6	TG Southee	123	55	44.72	759.81	113.97
7	LT Ngidi	64	33	51.56	746.57	111.99
8	Arshdeep Singh	83	39	46.99	701.18	105.18
9	TA Boult	61	30	49.18	698.80	104.82
10	Haris Rauf	92	38	41.30	624.02	93.60

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AA Nortje	30	44	17.23	7.16	910.78	91.08
2	Arshdeep Singh	30	56	16.02	8.19	899.01	89.90
3	JJ Bumrah	30	46	16.46	6.83	879.30	87.93
4	JR Hazlewood	30	47	16.87	7.17	870.88	87.09
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	30	51	16.14	7.60	858.28	85.83
6	Haris Rauf	30	55	17.20	8.30	836.52	83.65
7	TG Southee	30	46	18.96	7.64	815.81	81.58
8	Mustafizur Rahman	30	41	19.22	7.14	808.79	80.88
9	LT Ngidi	30	50	19.44	9.67	800.32	80.03
10	TA Boult	30	43	21.74	8.39	741.82	74.18

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	WC	II	TF	SEC RAT
1	JJ Bumrah	140.54	145.14	87.93	373.61
2	AA Nortje	147.59	118.75	91.08	357.41
3	Shaheen Shah Afridi	114.92	120.29	85.83	321.04
4	JR Hazlewood	97.17	122.52	87.09	306.77
5	Arshdeep Singh	111.29	105.18	89.90	306.37
6	TA Boult	127.27	104.82	74.18	306.27
7	TG Southee	110.50	113.97	81.58	306.05
8	Mustafizur Rahman	95.81	121.90	80.88	298.59
9	LT Ngidi	95.88	111.99	80.03	287.90
10	Haris Rauf	96.38	93.60	83.65	273.64

PRESENT ERA RATING

PRESENT ERA Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI PTS	CON PTS	SEC PTS	FIN RAT
1	JJ Bumrah	IND	355.13	168.51	373.61	897.24
2	AA Nortje	SA	310.85	150.02	357.41	818.28
3	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	354.15	164.24	298.59	816.98
4	TG Southee	NZ	336.32	162.84	306.05	805.21
5	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	319.59	153.39	321.04	794.02
6	Arshdeep Singh	IND	331.01	155.37	306.37	792.75
7	JR Hazlewood	AUS	303.46	157.01	306.77	767.24
8	TA Boult	NZ	290.91	158.05	306.27	755.23
9	LT Ngidi	SA	296.49	146.53	287.90	730.92
10	Haris Rauf	PAK	303.55	142.73	273.64	719.92