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Top T20I Fast Bowlers of The Present Era

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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 2024-12-06

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
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. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
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), BBI (Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
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.
Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against Non Weak Teams. Here is some information about the Non Weak Teams:-

  • Non Weak Teams are calculated in the same way as TT.
  • However, they are more in number.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 15

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 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00

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 105 132 160.98
3 Haris Rauf PAK 75 110 134.15
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 73 97 118.29
5 Arshdeep Singh IND 60 95 115.85
6 JJ Bumrah IND 69 89 108.54
7 TA Boult NZ 61 83 101.22
8 Mohammad Aamer PAK 61 71 86.59
9 JR Hazlewood AUS 52 67 81.71
10 AA Nortje SA 41 53 64.63

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) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS LH Ferguson 43 1088 64 17.00 17.28 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 69 1579 89 17.74 18.13 95.30
2 Arshdeep Singh 60 1720 95 18.11 18.33 94.27
3 AA Nortje 41 1016 53 19.17 18.53 93.26
4 Haris Rauf 75 2243 110 20.39 20.99 82.31
5 TA Boult 61 1779 83 21.43 21.56 80.15
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 2065 97 21.29 21.73 79.52
7 JR Hazlewood 52 1481 67 22.10 22.37 77.24
8 Mohammad Aamer 61 1558 71 21.94 22.48 76.87
9 TG Southee 123 3671 164 22.38 22.67 76.24
10 Mustafizur Rahman 105 2854 132 21.62 23.28 74.23

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Arshdeep Singh 37 1096 57 19.23 19.47 150.00
1 Arshdeep Singh 37 1096 57 19.23 19.47 150.00
2 JJ Bumrah 44 1067 53 20.13 20.58 141.91
3 Haris Rauf 48 1579 75 21.05 21.68 134.72
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 57 1661 75 22.15 22.61 129.17
5 TA Boult 45 1392 54 25.78 25.93 112.61
6 AA Nortje 29 807 30 26.90 26.00 112.31
7 Mohammad Aamer 44 1177 46 25.59 26.22 111.39
8 TG Southee 91 2862 109 26.26 26.59 109.83
9 JR Hazlewood 32 1018 37 27.51 27.85 104.86
10 Mustafizur Rahman 57 1579 56 28.20 30.36 96.19

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 69 1509 1579 6.28 6.38 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 69 1509 1579 6.28 6.38 100.00
2 AA Nortje 41 869 1016 7.01 6.88 92.73
3 Mohammad Aamer 61 1321 1558 7.08 7.21 88.54
4 JR Hazlewood 52 1186 1481 7.49 7.42 85.94
5 TA Boult 61 1389 1779 7.68 7.55 84.55
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 1588 2065 7.80 7.67 83.12
7 Mustafizur Rahman 105 2278 2854 7.52 7.82 81.59
8 TG Southee 123 2753 3671 8.00 7.92 80.59
9 Haris Rauf 75 1654 2243 8.14 8.08 78.99
10 Arshdeep Singh 60 1240 1720 8.32 8.20 77.83

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 44 941 1067 6.80 6.91 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 44 941 1067 6.80 6.91 200.00
2 Mohammad Aamer 44 943 1177 7.49 7.63 181.32
3 AA Nortje 29 612 807 7.91 7.76 178.20
4 Mustafizur Rahman 57 1225 1579 7.73 8.04 171.88
5 TA Boult 45 1011 1392 8.26 8.11 170.46
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 57 1204 1661 8.28 8.14 169.81
7 JR Hazlewood 32 726 1018 8.41 8.34 165.87
8 TG Southee 91 2032 2862 8.45 8.36 165.36
9 Arshdeep Singh 37 764 1096 8.61 8.48 163.10
10 Haris Rauf 48 1066 1579 8.89 8.82 156.73

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

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 OC McCoy 6/17 4/22 4/26 3/14 3/25 4.00 100.00
1 TG Southee 5/18 4/21 4/25 3/6 3/13 3.80 95.00
1 JR Hazlewood 4/12 4/16 4/30 4/39 3/12 3.80 95.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 4/12 4/21 3/13 3/17 3.80 95.00
1 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 3/21 3.80 95.00
5 AA Nortje 4/7 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/7 3.40 85.00
5 TA Boult 4/13 4/34 3/16 3/17 3/20 3.40 85.00
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 4/30 3/13 3/14 3/20 3.40 85.00
8 Arshdeep Singh 4/37 3/12 3/14 3/20 3/20 3.20 80.00
8 Mohammad Aamer 4/13 3/18 3/22 3/23 3/27 3.20 80.00
10 JJ Bumrah 3/7 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/16 3.00 75.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

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 AD Mathews 3.0/4 4.0/8 3.0/8 4.0/11 4.0/13 2.50 150.00
1 AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 3.3/10 4.0/14 2.53 148.46
2 JJ Bumrah 4.0/7 2.0/5 3.0/8 4.0/12 4.0/13 2.69 139.62
3 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/12 4.0/13 3.0/10 3.0/10 3.12 120.32
4 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.15 119.33
5 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.19 117.63
6 Arshdeep Singh 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 3.5/14 3.1/12 3.52 106.77
7 TA Boult 4.0/8 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/17 4.0/18 3.53 106.25
8 Mohammad Aamer 2.0/3 4.0/13 3.0/11 4.0/16 3.0/13 3.56 105.38
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.1/13 3.0/14 4.0/19 2.0/10 4.32 86.93
10 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 3.3/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 5.07 74.03

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 JJ Bumrah 108.54 237.21 300.00 75.00 139.62 860.37 430.18
2 TG Southee 200.00 186.08 245.96 95.00 120.32 847.35 423.68
3 Mustafizur Rahman 160.98 170.42 253.47 95.00 119.33 799.19 399.60
4 Arshdeep Singh 115.85 244.27 240.93 80.00 106.77 787.83 393.91
5 AA Nortje 64.63 205.57 270.93 85.00 148.46 774.60 387.30
6 Haris Rauf 134.15 217.03 235.73 95.00 74.03 755.93 377.97
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 118.29 208.69 252.93 85.00 86.93 751.84 375.92
8 TA Boult 101.22 192.76 255.01 85.00 106.25 740.23 370.11
9 Mohammad Aamer 86.59 188.26 269.86 80.00 105.38 730.08 365.04
10 JR Hazlewood 81.71 182.09 251.81 95.00 117.63 728.25 364.12

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 200.00
Away 800.00
Favourable Conditions 200.00
Unfavourable Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • 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.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 TG Southee 66 91 22.81 8.37 780.05 156.01
2 Mustafizur Rahman 46 57 19.70 6.81 718.74 143.75
3 Haris Rauf 33 49 19.98 7.99 669.13 133.83
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 28 38 19.74 7.36 664.63 132.93
5 JJ Bumrah 28 28 23.11 6.76 656.90 131.38
6 Mohammad Aamer 12 17 17.06 6.69 653.42 130.68
7 Arshdeep Singh 15 24 20.67 9.45 602.96 120.59
8 JR Hazlewood 17 24 22.67 8.24 577.95 115.59
9 TA Boult 32 33 31.48 8.74 551.71 110.34
10 AA Nortje 6 6 30.17 7.87 500.00 100.00

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 41 61 15.28 5.98 871.85 697.48
2 AA Nortje 35 47 17.77 6.85 841.95 673.56
3 TA Boult 29 50 14.80 6.57 835.89 668.71
4 Arshdeep Singh 45 71 17.24 7.94 785.36 628.29
5 TG Southee 57 73 21.85 7.57 758.10 606.48
6 JR Hazlewood 35 43 21.79 7.12 751.82 601.46
7 Mustafizur Rahman 59 75 23.08 8.06 720.39 576.31
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 45 59 22.29 8.08 710.81 568.65
9 Mohammad Aamer 49 54 23.48 7.17 703.53 562.82
10 Haris Rauf 42 61 20.72 8.25 690.41 552.33

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS 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 Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 TG Southee 93 122 23.14 8.22 877.04 175.41
2 AA Nortje 27 37 17.81 6.76 830.11 166.02
3 TA Boult 46 57 23.98 7.86 728.77 145.75
4 JR Hazlewood 33 38 26.34 7.76 709.05 141.81

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 30 47 15.00 6.12 941.67 188.33
2 Arshdeep Singh 35 58 16.47 7.91 844.81 168.96
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 57 22.81 8.18 788.66 157.73
4 Haris Rauf 39 59 20.10 8.34 788.58 157.72
5 Mohammad Aamer 40 43 24.35 7.33 744.14 148.83
6 Mustafizur Rahman 31 39 21.10 7.21 688.67 137.73

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 JR Hazlewood 19 29 16.55 6.99 919.56 735.65
2 TG Southee 30 42 20.19 7.34 883.35 706.68
3 TA Boult 15 26 15.85 7.14 879.81 703.85
4 AA Nortje 14 16 22.31 7.54 758.65 606.92

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Mustafizur Rahman 74 93 21.84 7.65 851.13 680.91
2 JJ Bumrah 39 42 20.81 6.41 777.43 621.94
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 29 40 19.13 7.23 768.36 614.69
4 Mohammad Aamer 21 28 18.25 6.61 755.20 604.16
5 Haris Rauf 36 51 20.73 7.92 746.82 597.46
6 Arshdeep Singh 25 37 20.68 8.90 738.18 590.55

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 TG Southee 606.48 156.01 706.68 175.41 1,644.58 164.46
2 JJ Bumrah 697.48 131.38 621.94 188.33 1,639.14 163.91
3 TA Boult 668.71 110.34 703.85 145.75 1,628.65 162.87
4 JR Hazlewood 601.46 115.59 735.65 141.81 1,594.50 159.45
5 AA Nortje 673.56 100.00 606.92 166.02 1,546.50 154.65
6 Mustafizur Rahman 576.31 143.75 680.91 137.73 1,538.70 153.87
7 Arshdeep Singh 628.29 120.59 590.55 168.96 1,508.39 150.84
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 568.65 132.93 614.69 157.73 1,473.99 147.40
9 Mohammad Aamer 562.82 130.68 604.16 148.83 1,446.49 144.65
10 Haris Rauf 552.33 133.83 597.46 157.72 1,441.33 144.13

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 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
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 Non Weak Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AA Nortje 19 35 11.40 5.55 990.48 990.48
2 TA Boult 18 34 12.50 5.93 882.01 882.01
3 JJ Bumrah 18 26 14.31 5.44 815.04 815.04
4 TG Southee 25 36 17.92 7.00 743.03 743.03
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 17 23 18.65 6.58 705.29 705.29
6 Arshdeep Singh 14 27 13.74 7.42 677.60 677.60
7 Mohammad Aamer 21 24 21.54 6.63 638.67 638.67
8 Mustafizur Rahman 19 22 20.91 6.57 634.07 634.07
9 JR Hazlewood 19 21 24.19 7.15 632.37 632.37
10 Haris Rauf 17 23 19.43 6.98 627.75 627.75
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 25 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 JR Hazlewood 25 43 14.70 6.89 897.07 897.07
2 AA Nortje 25 38 16.39 7.09 893.37 893.37
3 JJ Bumrah 25 32 17.34 6.05 848.20 848.20
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 25 45 15.22 7.67 840.81 840.81
5 Mohammad Aamer 25 37 17.49 6.81 810.71 810.71
6 Haris Rauf 25 48 16.42 8.38 802.18 802.18
7 TG Southee 25 40 18.63 7.90 769.23 769.23
8 Arshdeep Singh 25 40 17.60 8.30 768.96 768.96
9 TA Boult 25 34 20.26 7.05 757.58 757.58
10 Mustafizur Rahman 25 35 20.00 8.12 730.33 730.33
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 3.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 12 balls and has a low ER.
  • The ER should be lower than the ER of the better team.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 69 51 73.91 972.88 972.88
2 AA Nortje 41 27 65.85 800.30 800.30
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 42 57.53 762.51 762.51
4 Arshdeep Singh 60 33 55.00 716.40 716.40
5 TG Southee 123 59 47.97 702.91 702.91
6 TA Boult 61 34 55.74 694.46 694.46
7 JR Hazlewood 52 29 55.77 683.99 683.99
8 Mustafizur Rahman 105 51 48.57 654.87 654.87
9 Mohammad Aamer 61 32 52.46 650.43 650.43
10 Haris Rauf 75 34 45.33 620.80 620.80

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BOWLER WC TF II TOT SEC RAT
1 AA Nortje 99.05 89.34 80.03 2,684.15 268.41
2 JJ Bumrah 81.50 84.82 97.29 2,636.13 263.61
3 TA Boult 88.20 75.76 69.45 2,334.04 233.40
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 70.53 84.08 76.25 2,308.60 230.86
5 TG Southee 74.30 76.92 70.29 2,215.17 221.52
6 JR Hazlewood 63.24 89.71 68.40 2,213.42 221.34
7 Arshdeep Singh 67.76 76.90 71.64 2,162.96 216.30
8 Mohammad Aamer 63.87 81.07 65.04 2,099.82 209.98
9 Haris Rauf 62.77 80.22 62.08 2,050.73 205.07
10 Mustafizur Rahman 63.41 73.03 65.49 2,019.26 201.93

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 430.18 163.91 263.61 857.71
2 AA Nortje SA 387.30 154.65 268.41 810.37
3 TG Southee NZ 423.68 164.46 221.52 809.65
4 TA Boult NZ 370.11 162.87 233.40 766.38
5 Arshdeep Singh IND 393.91 150.84 216.30 761.05
6 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 399.60 153.87 201.93 755.39
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 375.92 147.40 230.86 754.18
8 JR Hazlewood AUS 364.12 159.45 221.34 744.92
9 Haris Rauf PAK 377.97 144.13 205.07 727.17
10 Mohammad Aamer PAK 365.04 144.65 209.98 719.67

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN
2020s IND AUS ENG PAK NZ SA WI BAN SL AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL
2020s IND AUS ENG PAK NZ SA WI

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