This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2010s. 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 2010s.

*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. DECADES 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)	15
Min Overall Wkts	15

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The DECADES 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	SL Malinga	SL	59	82	200.00
1	SL Malinga	SL	59	82	200.00
2	TG Southee	NZ	55	64	156.10
3	KMDN Kulasekara	SL	49	60	146.34
4	JJ Bumrah	IND	42	51	124.39
5	Mohammad Aamer	PAK	38	50	121.95
6	SR Watson	AUS	44	45	109.76
7	SCJ Broad	ENG	37	43	104.88
8	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	43	41	100.00
9	MA Starc	AUS	28	39	95.12
10	DW Steyn	SA	30	38	92.68

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	25
Min Wickets (TT)	15

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Al-Amin Hossain	26	673	40	16.83	17.20	100.00
1	MA Starc	28	718	39	18.41	18.64	92.28
2	SL Malinga	59	1561	82	19.04	19.27	89.24
3	Mohammad Aamer	38	973	50	19.46	19.32	88.99
4	DW Steyn	30	709	38	18.66	19.74	87.13
5	KMDN Kulasekara	49	1210	60	20.17	20.69	83.11
6	JJ Bumrah	42	1029	51	20.18	21.07	81.63
7	SCJ Broad	37	973	43	22.63	23.12	74.38
8	SR Watson	44	1079	45	23.98	23.52	73.12
9	TG Southee	55	1643	64	25.67	25.94	66.29
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	43	1088	41	26.54	26.27	65.45

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JEC Franklin	16	256	15	17.07	16.19	150.00
1	MA Starc	26	673	36	18.69	18.82	129.04
2	KMDN Kulasekara	40	962	49	19.63	19.44	124.92
3	Mohammad Aamer	32	828	40	20.70	19.93	121.83
4	SL Malinga	50	1351	65	20.78	20.39	119.11
5	DW Steyn	27	675	33	20.45	21.20	114.53
6	JJ Bumrah	34	861	41	21.00	21.34	113.75
7	SR Watson	41	997	39	25.56	24.90	97.49
8	SCJ Broad	35	939	38	24.71	25.03	97.02
9	TG Southee	50	1521	57	26.68	26.55	91.47
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	38	995	36	27.64	26.76	90.73

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	500

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	Mohammad Aamer	38	850	973	6.87	6.58	100.00
1	Mohammad Aamer	38	850	973	6.87	6.58	100.00
2	JJ Bumrah	42	919	1029	6.72	6.71	98.07
3	DW Steyn	30	637	709	6.68	6.96	94.54
4	MA Starc	28	639	718	6.74	6.97	94.32
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	43	926	1088	7.05	7.19	91.45
6	KMDN Kulasekara	49	1022	1210	7.10	7.31	89.94
7	SL Malinga	59	1309	1561	7.16	7.34	89.60
8	SCJ Broad	37	783	973	7.46	7.67	85.78
9	SR Watson	44	855	1079	7.57	7.69	85.51
10	TG Southee	55	1185	1643	8.32	8.11	81.14

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	Mohammad Aamer	32	706	828	7.04	6.59	200.00
1	Mohammad Aamer	32	706	828	7.04	6.59	200.00
2	JJ Bumrah	34	733	861	7.05	6.89	191.47
3	MA Starc	26	591	673	6.83	7.06	186.84
4	KMDN Kulasekara	40	824	962	7.00	7.11	185.44
5	SL Malinga	50	1133	1351	7.15	7.24	182.01
6	DW Steyn	27	571	675	7.09	7.29	180.81
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	38	812	995	7.35	7.41	177.94
8	SR Watson	41	783	997	7.64	7.75	170.20
9	SCJ Broad	35	741	939	7.60	7.78	169.44
10	TG Southee	50	1089	1521	8.38	8.09	162.92

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 2010s. 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	SL Malinga	5/6	5/31	3/12	3/20	3/26	3.80	100.00
1	SL Malinga	5/6	5/31	3/12	3/20	3/26	3.80	100.00
2	TG Southee	5/18	3/13	3/16	3/17	3/21	3.40	89.47
3	Mohammad Aamer	4/13	3/18	3/22	3/23	3/27	3.20	84.21
4	SCJ Broad	4/24	3/15	3/30	3/32	2/10	3.00	78.95
4	KMDN Kulasekara	4/31	4/32	3/4	2/10	2/13	3.00	78.95
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5/24	3/9	3/35	2/12	2/19	3.00	78.95
7	DW Steyn	4/17	3/15	3/22	2/6	2/10	2.80	73.68
7	MA Starc	3/11	3/20	3/26	3/35	2/16	2.80	73.68
9	SR Watson	4/15	3/34	2/17	2/23	2/23	2.60	68.42
9	JJ Bumrah	3/14	3/16	3/23	2/9	2/17	2.60	68.42

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	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	4.0/12	2.40	150.00
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3.0/3	4.0/9	3.0/7	3.0/9	4.0/12	2.40	150.00
2	SL Malinga	4.0/6	2.0/5	4.0/11	4.0/15	3.0/12	2.96	121.77
3	Mohammad Aamer	2.0/3	4.0/13	3.0/11	4.0/16	3.0/13	3.35	107.43
4	KMDN Kulasekara	3.0/4	4.0/13	3.0/10	3.0/13	3.0/13	3.41	105.60
5	JJ Bumrah	3.0/8	3.0/10	4.0/15	4.0/16	3.0/13	3.64	98.90
6	TG Southee	4.0/13	3.0/10	4.0/16	4.0/16	4.0/17	3.69	97.52
7	DW Steyn	3.0/6	4.0/13	4.0/15	4.0/17	3.0/13	3.70	97.21
8	SR Watson	2.5/9	4.0/15	4.0/16	4.0/17	3.0/13	3.99	90.30
9	MA Starc	2.2/8	3.1/11	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/17	4.08	88.29
10	SCJ Broad	3.0/10	3.2/12	4.0/15	4.0/18	4.0/18	4.10	87.94

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	SL Malinga	200.00	208.34	271.61	100.00	121.77	901.73	360.69
2	Mohammad Aamer	121.95	210.82	300.00	84.21	107.43	824.42	329.77
3	KMDN Kulasekara	146.34	208.03	275.38	78.95	105.60	814.29	325.72
4	JJ Bumrah	124.39	195.38	289.53	68.42	98.90	776.62	310.65
5	MA Starc	95.12	221.32	281.16	73.68	88.29	759.58	303.83
6	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	100.00	156.19	269.39	78.95	150.00	754.52	301.81
7	TG Southee	156.10	157.76	244.06	89.47	97.52	744.90	297.96
8	DW Steyn	92.68	201.66	275.35	73.68	97.21	740.58	296.23
9	SCJ Broad	104.88	171.40	255.22	78.95	87.94	698.38	279.35
10	SR Watson	109.76	170.61	255.71	68.42	90.30	694.80	277.92

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: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	24	35	19.69	7.53	796.95	15.94
2	Mohammad Aamer	7	12	12.50	5.77	771.37	15.43
3	SR Watson	9	12	14.08	5.83	767.78	15.36
4	JJ Bumrah	22	24	20.58	6.44	757.77	15.16
5	TG Southee	28	34	25.44	8.48	752.89	15.06
6	MA Starc	10	12	19.42	6.24	642.12	12.84
7	KMDN Kulasekara	19	18	26.22	7.04	631.11	12.62
8	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	15	15	27.60	7.71	599.02	11.98
9	DW Steyn	7	9	19.56	7.33	573.02	11.46
10	SCJ Broad	10	7	40.86	8.33	434.94	8.70

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	35	47	18.55	6.88	917.83	73.43
2	KMDN Kulasekara	30	42	17.57	7.14	902.60	72.21
3	Mohammad Aamer	31	38	21.66	7.12	851.61	68.13
4	SCJ Broad	27	36	19.08	7.14	821.99	65.76
5	DW Steyn	23	29	18.38	6.49	818.55	65.48
6	MA Starc	18	27	17.96	7.01	812.46	65.00
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	28	26	25.92	6.70	766.81	61.34
8	JJ Bumrah	20	27	19.81	6.99	725.84	58.07
9	TG Southee	27	30	25.93	8.15	701.32	56.11
10	SR Watson	35	33	27.58	8.02	700.13	56.01

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: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	TG Southee	39	43	27.26	8.52	834.77	16.70
2	MA Starc	13	15	20.33	6.44	745.17	14.90
3	SCJ Broad	23	26	24.15	7.83	734.96	14.70
4	DW Steyn	16	17	21.82	6.63	719.07	14.38
5	SR Watson	25	22	25.86	7.79	706.11	14.12

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	23	29	20.48	6.96	935.16	18.70
2	Mohammad Aamer	23	28	22.29	7.37	923.65	18.47
3	KMDN Kulasekara	14	20	17.40	7.10	890.81	17.82
4	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	20	19	27.74	7.15	750.11	15.00
5	JJ Bumrah	14	20	20.15	7.39	721.86	14.44

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MA Starc	15	24	17.21	6.98	948.35	75.87
2	DW Steyn	14	21	16.10	6.74	919.26	73.54
3	SR Watson	19	23	22.17	7.34	851.44	68.12
4	TG Southee	16	21	22.43	7.85	840.40	67.23
5	SCJ Broad	14	17	20.29	6.85	783.55	62.68

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	36	53	18.25	7.28	861.23	68.90
2	JJ Bumrah	28	31	20.19	6.34	793.17	63.45
3	Mohammad Aamer	15	22	15.86	6.12	788.61	63.09
4	KMDN Kulasekara	35	40	21.55	7.10	748.83	59.91
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	23	22	25.50	6.95	715.39	57.23

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	SL Malinga	73.43	15.94	68.90	18.70	176.97
2	MA Starc	65.00	12.84	75.87	14.90	168.61
3	Mohammad Aamer	68.13	15.43	63.09	18.47	165.12
4	DW Steyn	65.48	11.46	73.54	14.38	164.87
5	KMDN Kulasekara	72.21	12.62	59.91	17.82	162.55
6	TG Southee	56.11	15.06	67.23	16.70	155.09
7	SR Watson	56.01	15.36	68.12	14.12	153.60
8	SCJ Broad	65.76	8.70	62.68	14.70	151.84
9	JJ Bumrah	58.07	15.16	63.45	14.44	151.11
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	61.34	11.98	57.23	15.00	145.56

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: 3

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	17	21	20.67	7.10	845.46	126.82
2	SL Malinga	19	19	25.37	7.61	772.28	115.84
3	SCJ Broad	15	19	20.16	7.39	762.69	114.40
4	SR Watson	20	21	26.29	8.12	753.62	113.04
5	KMDN Kulasekara	16	15	23.53	6.94	700.97	105.14
6	MA Starc	10	15	20.67	7.75	694.04	104.11
7	Mohammad Aamer	10	11	24.55	7.11	677.47	101.62
8	TG Southee	10	14	22.43	8.97	650.20	97.53
9	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6	4	25.75	5.42	577.47	86.62
10	JJ Bumrah	5	4	38.25	7.65	440.93	66.14

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	DW Steyn	30	20	66.67	809.31	121.40
2	MA Starc	28	19	67.86	803.87	120.58
3	SL Malinga	59	31	52.54	791.91	118.79
4	Mohammad Aamer	38	23	60.53	780.65	117.10
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	43	25	58.14	767.43	115.12
6	JJ Bumrah	42	25	59.52	754.90	113.24
7	KMDN Kulasekara	49	25	51.02	727.70	109.15
8	SR Watson	44	23	52.27	691.68	103.75
9	TG Southee	55	24	43.64	633.61	95.04
10	SCJ Broad	37	18	48.65	632.47	94.87

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: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	SL Malinga	30	48	17.21	7.13	876.70	87.67
2	Mohammad Aamer	30	42	18.19	6.70	858.88	85.89
3	TG Southee	30	45	20.73	8.52	789.24	78.92
4	KMDN Kulasekara	30	39	18.05	6.81	782.38	78.24
5	MA Starc	27	37	18.86	6.81	766.74	76.67
6	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	30	29	25.69	7.07	754.46	75.45
7	DW Steyn	28	35	19.46	6.94	749.26	74.93
8	SCJ Broad	30	36	21.83	7.18	730.39	73.04
9	JJ Bumrah	30	34	21.26	6.84	723.50	72.35
10	SR Watson	30	31	23.65	7.37	690.81	69.08

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	DW Steyn	126.82	121.40	74.93	323.14
2	SL Malinga	115.84	118.79	87.67	322.30
3	Mohammad Aamer	101.62	117.10	85.89	304.61
4	MA Starc	104.11	120.58	76.67	301.36
5	KMDN Kulasekara	105.14	109.15	78.24	292.54
6	SR Watson	113.04	103.75	69.08	285.88
7	SCJ Broad	114.40	94.87	73.04	282.31
8	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	86.62	115.12	75.45	277.18
9	TG Southee	97.53	95.04	78.92	271.50
10	JJ Bumrah	66.14	113.24	72.35	251.72

DECADES RATING

DECADES 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	SL Malinga	SL	360.69	176.97	322.30	859.96
2	Mohammad Aamer	PAK	329.77	165.12	304.61	799.49
3	DW Steyn	SA	296.23	164.87	323.14	784.24
4	KMDN Kulasekara	SL	325.72	162.55	292.54	780.81
5	MA Starc	AUS	303.83	168.61	301.36	773.80
6	TG Southee	NZ	297.96	155.09	271.50	724.55
7	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	301.81	145.56	277.18	724.55
8	SR Watson	AUS	277.92	153.60	285.88	717.40
9	SCJ Broad	ENG	279.35	151.84	282.31	713.51
10	JJ Bumrah	IND	310.65	151.11	251.72	713.49