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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 2023 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 2025-02-15

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 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. 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) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 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 77 110 134.15
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 75 100 121.95
5 Arshdeep Singh IND 63 99 120.73
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 17.42 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 69 1579 89 17.74 18.14 96.02
2 Arshdeep Singh 63 1812 99 18.30 18.50 94.17
3 AA Nortje 41 1016 53 19.17 18.70 93.14
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 75 2124 100 21.24 21.62 80.56
5 TA Boult 61 1779 83 21.43 21.63 80.53
6 Haris Rauf 77 2341 110 21.28 21.94 79.37
7 Mohammad Aamer 61 1558 71 21.94 22.48 77.48
8 JR Hazlewood 52 1481 67 22.10 22.49 77.43
9 TG Southee 123 3671 164 22.38 22.70 76.73
10 Mustafizur Rahman 105 2854 132 21.62 23.35 74.59

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Arshdeep Singh 40 1188 61 19.48 19.68 150.00
1 Arshdeep Singh 40 1188 61 19.48 19.68 150.00
2 JJ Bumrah 44 1067 53 20.13 20.58 143.42
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 59 1720 78 22.05 22.45 131.51
4 Haris Rauf 50 1677 75 22.36 23.06 128.04
5 TA Boult 45 1392 54 25.78 26.01 113.48
6 Mohammad Aamer 44 1177 46 25.59 26.21 112.62
7 AA Nortje 29 807 30 26.90 26.24 112.50
8 TG Southee 91 2862 109 26.26 26.63 110.87
9 JR Hazlewood 32 1018 37 27.51 28.00 105.44
10 Mustafizur Rahman 57 1579 56 28.20 30.45 96.94

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 88.56
4 JR Hazlewood 52 1186 1481 7.49 7.42 85.99
5 TA Boult 61 1389 1779 7.68 7.54 84.59
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 75 1636 2124 7.79 7.63 83.61
7 Mustafizur Rahman 105 2278 2854 7.52 7.81 81.68
8 TG Southee 123 2753 3671 8.00 7.92 80.60
9 Arshdeep Singh 63 1310 1812 8.30 8.14 78.37
10 Haris Rauf 77 1702 2341 8.25 8.16 78.20

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 7.63 181.36
3 AA Nortje 29 612 807 7.91 7.76 178.19
4 Mustafizur Rahman 57 1225 1579 7.73 8.04 172.06
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 59 1252 1720 8.24 8.08 171.25
6 TA Boult 45 1011 1392 8.26 8.11 170.53
7 JR Hazlewood 32 726 1018 8.41 8.33 165.98
8 TG Southee 91 2032 2862 8.45 8.36 165.39
9 Arshdeep Singh 40 834 1188 8.55 8.38 164.94
10 Haris Rauf 50 1114 1677 9.03 8.93 154.85

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 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 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 3/21 3.80 95.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 4/12 4/21 3/13 3/17 3.80 95.00
1 JR Hazlewood 4/12 4/16 4/30 4/39 3/12 3.80 95.00
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
5 AA Nortje 4/7 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/7 3.40 85.00
8 Mohammad Aamer 4/13 3/18 3/22 3/23 3/27 3.20 80.00
8 Arshdeep Singh 4/37 3/12 3/14 3/20 3/20 3.20 80.00
10 JJ Bumrah 3/7 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/16 3.00 75.00

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 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 2.53 148.47
2 JJ Bumrah 4.0/7 2.0/5 3.0/8 4.0/12 4.0/13 2.69 139.64
3 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/12 4.0/13 3.0/10 3.0/10 3.12 120.35
4 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.14 119.47
5 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.19 117.72
6 Arshdeep Singh 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 3.5/14 3.1/12 3.50 107.22
7 TA Boult 4.0/8 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/17 4.0/18 3.53 106.30
8 Mohammad Aamer 2.0/3 4.0/13 3.0/11 4.0/16 3.0/13 3.56 105.41
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.1/13 3.0/14 4.0/19 2.0/10 4.30 87.31
10 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 3.3/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 5.05 74.34

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 108.54 239.44 300.00 75.00 139.64 862.61 431.30
2 TG Southee 200.00 187.60 245.99 95.00 120.35 848.94 424.47
3 Mustafizur Rahman 160.98 171.52 253.73 95.00 119.47 800.70 400.35
4 Arshdeep Singh 120.73 244.17 243.31 80.00 107.22 795.44 397.72
5 AA Nortje 64.63 205.64 270.92 85.00 148.47 774.66 387.33
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 121.95 212.07 254.86 85.00 87.31 761.20 380.60
7 Haris Rauf 134.15 207.42 233.05 95.00 74.34 743.95 371.97
8 TA Boult 101.22 194.01 255.12 85.00 106.30 741.64 370.82
9 Mohammad Aamer 86.59 190.09 269.92 80.00 105.41 732.01 366.00
10 JR Hazlewood 81.71 182.87 251.97 95.00 117.72 729.27 364.64

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 8.37 780.72 156.14
2 Mustafizur Rahman 46 57 19.70 6.81 718.62 143.72
3 Haris Rauf 33 49 19.98 7.99 668.08 133.62
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 28 38 19.74 7.36 665.44 133.09
5 JJ Bumrah 28 28 23.11 6.76 656.93 131.39
6 Mohammad Aamer 12 17 17.06 6.69 653.96 130.79
7 Arshdeep Singh 18 28 21.00 9.16 624.98 125.00
8 JR Hazlewood 17 24 22.67 8.24 577.46 115.49
9 TA Boult 32 33 31.48 8.74 552.63 110.53
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 5.98 874.06 699.25
2 AA Nortje 35 47 17.77 6.85 841.70 673.36
3 TA Boult 29 50 14.80 6.57 835.55 668.44
4 Arshdeep Singh 45 71 17.24 7.94 786.51 629.21
5 TG Southee 57 73 21.85 7.57 758.70 606.96
6 JR Hazlewood 35 43 21.79 7.12 752.91 602.33
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 47 62 22.16 8.04 724.47 579.57
8 Mustafizur Rahman 59 75 23.08 8.06 721.78 577.43
9 Mohammad Aamer 49 54 23.48 7.17 704.97 563.98
10 Haris Rauf 44 61 22.33 8.45 676.85 541.48

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 8.22 877.66 175.53
2 AA Nortje 27 37 17.81 6.76 829.98 166.00
3 TA Boult 46 57 23.98 7.86 729.65 145.93
4 JR Hazlewood 33 38 26.34 7.76 709.31 141.86

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 6.12 939.02 187.80
2 Arshdeep Singh 35 58 16.47 7.91 840.31 168.06
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 60 22.65 8.15 802.13 160.43
4 Haris Rauf 41 59 21.76 8.55 767.12 153.42
5 Mohammad Aamer 40 43 24.35 7.33 741.55 148.31
6 Mustafizur Rahman 31 39 21.10 7.21 687.42 137.48

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 6.99 920.61 736.49
2 TG Southee 30 42 20.19 7.34 884.65 707.72
3 TA Boult 15 26 15.85 7.14 879.58 703.67
4 AA Nortje 14 16 22.31 7.54 757.41 605.93

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 7.65 851.81 681.45
2 JJ Bumrah 39 42 20.81 6.41 778.75 623.00
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 29 40 19.13 7.23 770.79 616.63
4 Mohammad Aamer 21 28 18.25 6.61 757.12 605.70
5 Arshdeep Singh 28 41 20.90 8.77 756.03 604.82
6 Haris Rauf 36 51 20.73 7.92 746.57 597.26

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 606.96 156.14 707.72 175.53 1,646.35 164.64
2 JJ Bumrah 699.25 131.39 623.00 187.80 1,641.44 164.14
3 TA Boult 668.44 110.53 703.67 145.93 1,628.57 162.86
4 JR Hazlewood 602.33 115.49 736.49 141.86 1,596.17 159.62
5 AA Nortje 673.36 100.00 605.93 166.00 1,545.28 154.53
6 Mustafizur Rahman 577.43 143.72 681.45 137.48 1,540.08 154.01
7 Arshdeep Singh 629.21 125.00 604.82 168.06 1,527.09 152.71
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 579.57 133.09 616.63 160.43 1,489.72 148.97
9 Mohammad Aamer 563.98 130.79 605.70 148.31 1,448.78 144.88
10 Haris Rauf 541.48 133.62 597.26 153.42 1,425.78 142.58

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 Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AA Nortje 19 35 11.40 5.55 964.43 964.43
2 TA Boult 18 34 12.50 5.93 897.60 897.60
3 JJ Bumrah 18 26 14.31 5.44 855.42 855.42
4 TG Southee 25 36 17.92 7.00 744.98 744.98
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 17 23 18.65 6.58 741.32 741.32
6 Arshdeep Singh 14 27 13.74 7.42 740.63 740.63
7 JR Hazlewood 19 21 24.19 7.15 689.81 689.81
8 Haris Rauf 17 23 19.43 6.98 684.45 684.45
9 Mohammad Aamer 21 24 21.54 6.63 667.10 667.10
10 Mustafizur Rahman 19 22 20.91 6.57 656.06 656.06
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 6.89 897.31 897.31
2 AA Nortje 25 38 16.39 7.09 892.45 892.45
3 JJ Bumrah 25 32 17.34 6.05 849.26 849.26
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 25 45 15.22 7.67 844.18 844.18
5 Mohammad Aamer 25 37 17.49 6.81 811.92 811.92
6 Haris Rauf 25 48 16.42 8.38 804.23 804.23
7 Arshdeep Singh 25 40 17.60 8.30 771.79 771.79
8 TG Southee 25 40 18.63 7.90 770.04 770.04
9 TA Boult 25 34 20.26 7.05 758.13 758.13
10 Mustafizur Rahman 25 35 20.00 8.12 731.06 731.06
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: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 JJ Bumrah 69 47 68.12 924.92 924.92
2 Shaheen Shah Afridi 75 43 57.33 810.52 810.52
3 AA Nortje 41 26 63.41 765.50 765.50
4 TG Southee 123 58 47.15 758.23 758.23
5 JR Hazlewood 52 32 61.54 755.30 755.30
6 Arshdeep Singh 63 34 53.97 713.55 713.55
7 TA Boult 61 33 54.10 688.95 688.95
8 Mustafizur Rahman 105 49 46.67 669.51 669.51
9 Mohammad Aamer 61 32 52.46 669.29 669.29
10 Haris Rauf 77 34 44.16 610.34 610.34

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 JJ Bumrah 85.54 84.93 92.49 2,629.60 262.96
2 AA Nortje 96.44 89.25 76.55 2,622.39 262.24
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 74.13 84.42 81.05 2,396.01 239.60
4 TA Boult 89.76 75.81 68.90 2,344.69 234.47
5 JR Hazlewood 68.98 89.73 75.53 2,342.42 234.24
6 TG Southee 74.50 77.00 75.82 2,273.25 227.33
7 Arshdeep Singh 74.06 77.18 71.36 2,225.97 222.60
8 Mohammad Aamer 66.71 81.19 66.93 2,148.31 214.83
9 Haris Rauf 68.45 80.42 61.03 2,099.02 209.90
10 Mustafizur Rahman 65.61 73.11 66.95 2,056.62 205.66

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 431.30 164.14 262.96 858.41
2 TG Southee NZ 424.47 164.64 227.33 816.43
3 AA Nortje SA 387.33 154.53 262.24 804.10
4 Arshdeep Singh IND 397.72 152.71 222.60 773.03
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 380.60 148.97 239.60 769.17
6 TA Boult NZ 370.82 162.86 234.47 768.15
7 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 400.35 154.01 205.66 760.02
8 JR Hazlewood AUS 364.64 159.62 234.24 758.49
9 Mohammad Aamer PAK 366.00 144.88 214.83 725.71
10 Haris Rauf PAK 371.97 142.58 209.90 724.45

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 NZ PAK 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 NZ PAK SA WI

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