Top 10 Current Fast Bowlers In T20 internationals

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Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA


The CURRENT 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
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 bowlerโ€™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

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Haris Rauf PAK 75 108 200.00
1 Haris Rauf PAK 75 108 200.00
2 Arshdeep Singh IND 63 99 183.33
3 TG Southee NZ 54 86 159.26
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 63 84 155.56
5 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 64 74 137.04
6 JR Hazlewood AUS 45 59 109.26
7 HH Pandya IND 63 56 103.70
8 AA Nortje SA 38 51 94.44
9 LH Ferguson NZ 35 50 92.59
10 NT Ellis AUS 20 32 59.26

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 R Ave

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 25
Min Wickets (TT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS NT Ellis 20 541 32 16.91 16.28 100.00
1 NT Ellis 20 541 32 16.91 16.28 100.00
2 AA Nortje 38 919 51 18.02 17.81 91.41
3 LH Ferguson 35 866 50 17.32 18.05 90.15
4 TG Southee 54 1530 86 17.79 18.41 88.39
5 Arshdeep Singh 63 1812 99 18.30 18.50 87.99
6 JR Hazlewood 45 1212 59 20.54 21.17 76.88
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 63 1791 84 21.32 21.61 75.32
8 Haris Rauf 75 2282 108 21.13 21.73 74.89
9 Mustafizur Rahman 64 1663 74 22.47 24.94 65.25
10 HH Pandya 63 1509 56 26.95 27.70 58.74

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS NT Ellis 15 417 23 18.13 17.45 150.00
1 NT Ellis 15 417 23 18.13 17.45 150.00
2 Arshdeep Singh 40 1188 61 19.48 19.68 133.03
3 TG Southee 37 1149 54 21.28 22.02 118.88
4 Haris Rauf 50 1677 75 22.36 23.00 113.84
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 50 1459 64 22.80 23.10 113.31
6 LH Ferguson 23 645 29 22.24 23.18 112.93
7 AA Nortje 26 710 28 25.36 25.06 104.49
8 JR Hazlewood 26 785 30 26.17 26.96 97.09
9 HH Pandya 44 1074 39 27.54 28.31 92.47
10 Mustafizur Rahman 33 845 29 29.14 32.34 80.95

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 250

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS AA Nortje 38 803 919 6.87 6.77 100.00
1 AA Nortje 38 803 919 6.87 6.77 100.00
2 LH Ferguson 35 733 866 7.09 6.91 98.09
3 JR Hazlewood 45 1018 1212 7.14 7.10 95.45
4 TG Southee 54 1235 1530 7.43 7.29 92.88
5 NT Ellis 20 424 541 7.66 7.31 92.68
6 Mustafizur Rahman 64 1377 1663 7.25 7.54 89.83
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 63 1360 1791 7.90 7.69 88.13
8 HH Pandya 63 1116 1509 8.11 7.93 85.44
9 Arshdeep Singh 63 1310 1812 8.30 8.14 83.20
10 Haris Rauf 75 1654 2282 8.28 8.18 82.83

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS TA Boult 24 556 718 7.75 7.63 200.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 33 687 845 7.38 7.68 198.82
2 AA Nortje 26 546 710 7.80 7.70 198.38
3 NT Ellis 15 310 417 8.07 7.70 198.16
4 LH Ferguson 23 485 645 7.98 7.77 196.42
5 HH Pandya 44 792 1074 8.14 7.95 192.05
6 JR Hazlewood 26 582 785 8.09 8.04 189.92
7 TG Southee 37 841 1149 8.20 8.04 189.85
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 50 1048 1459 8.35 8.13 187.91
9 Arshdeep Singh 40 834 1188 8.55 8.38 182.10
10 Haris Rauf 50 1114 1677 9.03 8.92 171.12

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. 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 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 3/21 3.80 95.00
2 JR Hazlewood 4/12 4/16 4/39 3/12 3/16 3.60 90.00
3 TG Southee 4/21 4/25 3/6 3/15 3/16 3.40 85.00
3 HH Pandya 4/16 4/33 3/20 3/25 3/30 3.40 85.00
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 4/30 3/13 3/14 3/22 3.40 85.00
3 AA Nortje 4/7 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/7 3.40 85.00
7 LH Ferguson 5/21 4/12 3/7 2/25 2/25 3.20 80.00
7 NT Ellis 4/28 3/9 3/20 3/25 3/30 3.20 80.00
7 Arshdeep Singh 4/37 3/12 3/14 3/20 3/20 3.20 80.00
10 Mustafizur Rahman 4/12 3/13 3/17 3/23 2/9 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 AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 3.3/10 4.0/14 2.54 150.00
1 AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 3.3/10 4.0/14 2.54 150.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.15 121.22
3 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.20 119.23
4 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.43 111.30
5 Arshdeep Singh 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 3.5/14 3.1/12 3.50 108.93
6 HH Pandya 3.0/8 2.0/6 3.0/12 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.54 107.75
7 LH Ferguson 3.5/12 2.0/7 4.0/16 4.0/21 4.0/22 4.26 89.57
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.1/13 3.0/14 4.0/19 2.0/10 4.27 89.34
9 NT Ellis 4.0/16 2.0/9 4.0/20 3.0/16 2.0/11 4.58 83.29
10 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 3.3/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 5.05 75.59

CURRENT RATING


The CURRENT (CUR) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE CUR RAT
1 Arshdeep Singh 183.33 221.02 265.30 80.00 108.93 858.59
2 TG Southee 159.26 207.27 282.73 85.00 111.30 845.56
3 AA Nortje 94.44 195.90 298.38 85.00 150.00 823.73
4 Haris Rauf 200.00 188.74 253.96 95.00 75.59 813.28
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 155.56 188.63 276.04 85.00 89.34 794.56
6 JR Hazlewood 109.26 173.98 285.37 90.00 119.23 777.84
7 Mustafizur Rahman 137.04 146.20 288.65 75.00 121.22 768.11
8 NT Ellis 59.26 250.00 290.84 80.00 83.29 763.39
9 LH Ferguson 92.59 203.08 294.50 80.00 89.57 759.75
10 HH Pandya 103.70 151.21 277.49 85.00 107.75 725.15

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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