This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 20 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). It is to be noted that U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan. All home and away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly. So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in T20I cricket in the last 20 years.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

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 (WKTS)

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. WORLD CUP

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

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

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 matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	20
Min Wickets (TS AVE)	25
Min Balls (TS ECO)	500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	TG Southee	NZ	105	134	200.00
1	TG Southee	NZ	105	134	200.00
2	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	77	97	144.78
3	CJ Jordan	ENG	83	95	141.79
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	86	90	134.33
5	TA Boult	NZ	55	74	110.45
6	MA Starc	AUS	58	73	108.96
7	JJ Bumrah	IND	59	70	104.48
8	JR Hazlewood	AUS	41	58	86.57
8	LT Ngidi	SA	36	58	86.57
10	WD Parnell	SA	52	57	85.07

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	LT Ngidi	36	1061	58	18.29	17.00	150.00
1	LT Ngidi	36	1061	58	18.29	17.00	150.00
2	JJ Bumrah	59	1416	70	20.23	20.00	127.56
3	JR Hazlewood	41	1181	58	20.36	20.11	126.84
4	TA Boult	55	1647	74	22.26	21.48	118.77
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86	2079	90	23.10	22.56	113.07
6	Mustafizur Rahman	77	2129	97	21.95	22.88	111.46
7	WD Parnell	52	1402	57	24.60	23.18	110.04
8	TG Southee	105	3179	134	23.72	23.23	109.78
9	MA Starc	58	1674	73	22.93	23.32	109.40
10	CJ Jordan	83	2570	95	27.05	25.71	99.23

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	LT Ngidi	28	878	48	18.29	17.00	150.00
1	LT Ngidi	28	878	48	18.29	17.00	150.00
2	JJ Bumrah	48	1194	55	21.71	21.46	118.85
3	TA Boult	46	1395	61	22.87	22.07	115.58
4	JR Hazlewood	34	1031	46	22.41	22.13	115.23
5	MA Starc	52	1504	63	23.87	24.27	105.07
6	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	74	1858	74	25.11	24.52	104.01
7	WD Parnell	42	1163	44	26.43	24.91	102.39
8	TG Southee	91	2825	110	25.68	25.15	101.40
9	CJ Jordan	80	2515	93	27.04	25.70	99.25
10	Mustafizur Rahman	53	1506	61	24.69	25.74	99.09

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	JJ Bumrah	59	1283	1416	6.62	6.68	150.00
1	JJ Bumrah	59	1283	1416	6.62	6.68	150.00
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86	1791	2079	6.96	6.94	144.41
3	JR Hazlewood	41	922	1181	7.69	7.68	130.53
4	TA Boult	55	1257	1647	7.86	7.68	130.49
5	MA Starc	58	1314	1674	7.64	7.79	128.69
6	Mustafizur Rahman	77	1672	2129	7.64	7.99	125.48
7	TG Southee	105	2335	3179	8.17	8.07	124.29
8	WD Parnell	52	1037	1402	8.11	8.07	124.27
9	LT Ngidi	36	714	1061	8.92	8.52	117.69
10	CJ Jordan	83	1769	2570	8.72	8.63	116.14

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	48	1027	1194	6.98	7.04	150.00
1	JJ Bumrah	48	1027	1194	6.98	7.04	150.00
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	74	1539	1858	7.24	7.22	146.27
3	TA Boult	46	1047	1395	7.99	7.81	135.18
4	MA Starc	52	1176	1504	7.67	7.82	135.04
5	JR Hazlewood	34	774	1031	7.99	7.99	132.23
6	WD Parnell	42	846	1163	8.25	8.20	128.75
7	TG Southee	91	2035	2825	8.33	8.22	128.41
8	Mustafizur Rahman	53	1124	1506	8.04	8.41	125.62
9	CJ Jordan	80	1715	2515	8.80	8.71	121.20
10	LT Ngidi	28	555	878	9.49	9.07	116.45

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top 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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5/24	4/13	4/22	4/26	3/9	4.00	100.00
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5/24	4/13	4/22	4/26	3/9	4.00	100.00
2	Mustafizur Rahman	5/22	4/12	4/21	3/13	3/23	3.80	95.00
2	JR Hazlewood	4/12	4/16	4/30	4/39	3/12	3.80	95.00
2	LT Ngidi	5/39	4/19	4/29	3/30	3/32	3.80	95.00
5	TG Southee	5/18	4/21	3/6	3/13	3/16	3.60	90.00
5	CJ Jordan	4/6	4/27	4/28	3/17	3/22	3.60	90.00
7	TA Boult	4/13	4/34	3/20	3/20	3/21	3.40	85.00
8	MA Starc	4/20	3/11	3/20	3/23	3/26	3.20	80.00
8	WD Parnell	4/13	3/14	3/15	3/25	3/31	3.20	80.00
10	JJ Bumrah	3/12	3/14	3/16	3/23	2/9	2.80	70.00

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 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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	4.0/12	2.35	100.00
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	4.0/12	2.35	100.00
2	JJ Bumrah	2.0/5	3.0/8	4.0/12	3.0/10	3.0/10	3.03	77.46
3	TG Southee	2.1/6	4.0/12	4.0/13	3.0/10	3.0/10	3.11	75.29
4	Mustafizur Rahman	4.0/9	4.0/9	3.3/12	4.0/16	2.5/13	3.37	69.69
5	WD Parnell	3.0/8	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.5/14	4.0/15	3.38	69.40
6	JR Hazlewood	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/16	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.60	65.19
7	TA Boult	4.0/8	4.0/13	4.0/18	3.0/14	4.0/20	3.75	62.46
8	CJ Jordan	2.0/6	4.0/13	2.0/7	4.0/17	3.0/16	3.89	60.21
9	MA Starc	2.2/8	3.1/11	4.0/15	4.0/16	4.0/17	3.90	60.10
10	LT Ngidi	2.4/11	4.0/19	2.0/10	2.0/12	2.0/13	4.90	47.83

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 half of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ECO	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	134.33	217.08	290.68	100.00	100.00	842.09	421.05
2	TG Southee	200.00	211.18	252.70	90.00	75.29	829.18	414.59
3	JJ Bumrah	104.48	246.42	300.00	70.00	77.46	798.35	399.17
4	Mustafizur Rahman	144.78	210.55	251.11	95.00	69.69	771.12	385.56
5	LT Ngidi	86.57	300.00	234.14	95.00	47.83	763.54	381.77
6	TA Boult	110.45	234.35	265.67	85.00	62.46	757.93	378.96
7	JR Hazlewood	86.57	242.07	262.76	95.00	65.19	751.59	375.79
8	CJ Jordan	141.79	198.48	237.34	90.00	60.21	727.83	363.91
9	MA Starc	108.96	214.47	263.72	80.00	60.10	727.25	363.63
10	WD Parnell	85.07	212.44	253.02	80.00	69.40	699.93	349.96

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for spin bowlers and In Asia for pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	58	78	23.63	8.51	785.26	196.31
2	Mustafizur Rahman	34	46	17.17	6.48	767.85	191.96
3	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	33	34	26.03	7.59	708.93	177.23
4	JJ Bumrah	28	28	23.11	6.76	697.00	174.25
5	LT Ngidi	14	26	16.77	9.02	676.61	169.15
6	MA Starc	20	24	23.04	7.34	631.53	157.88
7	JR Hazlewood	15	22	21.32	8.09	620.87	155.22
8	CJ Jordan	28	32	28.03	8.69	593.16	148.29
9	TA Boult	30	33	29.27	8.56	589.81	147.45
10	WD Parnell	14	15	26.93	8.88	513.62	128.40

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	53	56	21.32	6.57	873.90	873.90
2	TA Boult	25	41	16.61	7.04	867.54	867.54
3	JJ Bumrah	31	42	18.31	6.51	803.06	803.06
4	CJ Jordan	55	63	26.56	8.73	779.29	779.29
5	TG Southee	47	56	23.86	7.74	774.20	774.20
6	JR Hazlewood	26	36	19.78	7.44	771.49	771.49
7	WD Parnell	38	42	23.76	7.84	762.37	762.37
8	MA Starc	38	49	22.88	7.80	759.25	759.25
9	LT Ngidi	22	32	19.53	8.84	730.44	730.44
10	Mustafizur Rahman	43	51	26.25	8.54	711.57	711.57

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	78	98	24.61	8.45	839.25	209.81
2	LT Ngidi	31	52	17.50	8.71	787.08	196.77
3	CJ Jordan	56	68	26.00	8.85	727.93	181.98
4	TA Boult	40	48	25.73	8.13	707.01	176.75
5	WD Parnell	36	40	23.88	8.23	676.73	169.18
6	JR Hazlewood	22	29	24.17	8.25	672.47	168.12
7	MA Starc	33	34	27.21	7.59	664.96	166.24

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	36	33	25.91	6.93	906.24	226.56
2	JJ Bumrah	20	28	19.36	6.99	876.67	219.17
3	Mustafizur Rahman	18	19	29.21	8.26	626.53	156.63

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MA Starc	25	39	19.21	7.71	896.20	896.20
2	JR Hazlewood	19	29	16.55	6.99	873.10	873.10
3	TG Southee	27	36	21.31	7.39	861.99	861.99
4	TA Boult	15	26	15.85	7.14	841.39	841.39
5	CJ Jordan	27	27	29.70	8.43	736.77	736.77
6	WD Parnell	16	17	26.29	7.87	684.55	684.55
7	LT Ngidi	5	6	25.17	10.41	500.00	500.00

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	50	57	21.47	6.99	853.30	853.30
2	Mustafizur Rahman	59	78	20.18	7.44	841.32	841.32
3	JJ Bumrah	39	42	20.81	6.41	772.03	772.03

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	873.90	177.23	853.30	226.56	2,130.99	213.10
2	TG Southee	774.20	196.31	861.99	209.81	2,042.32	204.23
3	TA Boult	867.54	147.45	841.39	176.75	2,033.13	203.31
4	MA Starc	759.25	157.88	896.20	166.24	1,979.57	197.96
5	JJ Bumrah	803.06	174.25	772.03	219.17	1,968.50	196.85
6	JR Hazlewood	771.49	155.22	873.10	168.12	1,967.93	196.79
7	Mustafizur Rahman	711.57	191.96	841.32	156.63	1,901.49	190.15
8	CJ Jordan	779.29	148.29	736.77	181.98	1,846.33	184.63
9	WD Parnell	762.37	128.40	684.55	169.18	1,744.50	174.45
10	LT Ngidi	730.44	169.15	500.00	196.77	1,596.36	159.64

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And World Cup

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 15 consecutive innings of a bowlers against Top Teams such that his Rating Points are Maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. World Cup Rating gives points for performances in World Cups. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
WORLD CUP – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mustafizur Rahman	15	23	14.04	6.40	858.90	429.45
2	TG Southee	15	26	18.42	8.19	816.71	408.35
3	JJ Bumrah	15	19	16.11	6.18	784.31	392.16
4	LT Ngidi	12	23	17.09	9.51	746.55	373.28
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	15	18	20.28	6.76	742.92	371.46
6	MA Starc	15	20	19.90	6.94	720.34	360.17
7	JR Hazlewood	13	20	20.60	8.08	700.27	350.14
8	CJ Jordan	15	18	24.17	8.03	638.40	319.20
9	TA Boult	15	18	28.11	8.90	610.11	305.06
10	WD Parnell	12	13	25.69	8.91	522.97	261.48

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Mustafizur Rahman	15	29	15.79	8.30	882.21	882.21
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	15	20	14.45	6.22	863.08	863.08
3	TA Boult	15	24	17.04	7.22	861.28	861.28
4	JR Hazlewood	15	22	18.27	7.05	860.06	860.06
5	MA Starc	15	23	17.74	7.14	827.56	827.56
6	CJ Jordan	15	24	17.04	8.21	813.66	813.66
7	WD Parnell	15	20	17.55	7.49	809.72	809.72
8	LT Ngidi	15	25	18.40	9.55	800.83	800.83
9	TG Southee	15	19	21.37	7.00	757.13	757.13
10	JJ Bumrah	15	16	24.63	6.91	683.33	683.33

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TA Boult	14	25	14.64	6.57	893.63	893.63
2	TG Southee	22	29	21.00	7.60	809.19	809.19
3	WD Parnell	14	18	17.17	6.74	782.33	782.33
4	CJ Jordan	18	21	22.10	7.69	750.55	750.55
5	MA Starc	20	27	24.48	8.37	740.48	740.48
6	JR Hazlewood	13	17	21.35	7.72	684.34	684.34
7	Mustafizur Rahman	12	14	22.71	7.23	636.44	636.44
8	JJ Bumrah	10	11	22.55	6.41	552.26	552.26
9	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	13	8	30.38	5.98	528.38	528.38
10	LT Ngidi	4	7	16.57	8.92	500.00	500.00

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	TF HM	TF AW	WC	TOT	SEC RAT
1	TA Boult	305.06	861.28	893.63	2,059.97	206.00
2	TG Southee	408.35	757.13	809.19	1,974.67	197.47
3	Mustafizur Rahman	429.45	882.21	636.44	1,948.10	194.81
4	MA Starc	360.17	827.56	740.48	1,928.21	192.82
5	JR Hazlewood	350.14	860.06	684.34	1,894.54	189.45
6	CJ Jordan	319.20	813.66	750.55	1,883.41	188.34
7	WD Parnell	261.48	809.72	782.33	1,853.53	185.35
8	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	371.46	863.08	528.38	1,762.93	176.29
9	LT Ngidi	373.28	800.83	500.00	1,674.10	167.41
10	JJ Bumrah	392.16	683.33	552.26	1,627.74	162.77

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. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	TG Southee	NZ	414.59	204.23	197.47	816.29
2	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	421.05	213.10	176.29	810.44
3	TA Boult	NZ	378.96	203.31	206.00	788.27
4	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	385.56	190.15	194.81	770.52
5	JR Hazlewood	AUS	375.79	196.79	189.45	762.04
6	JJ Bumrah	IND	399.17	196.85	162.77	758.80
7	MA Starc	AUS	363.63	197.96	192.82	754.40
8	CJ Jordan	ENG	363.91	184.63	188.34	736.89
9	WD Parnell	SA	349.96	174.45	185.35	709.77
10	LT Ngidi	SA	381.77	159.64	167.41	708.82