Current Rating - Best T20I Fast Bowlers

Top 10 Current Fast Bowlers In T20 internationals

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005. They are updated till 2026-03-08. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in T20Is.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
7.1. Against All Teams
7.2. Against Top Teams
8. CURRENT RATING
9. BRIEF EXPLANATION
9.1. Dynamic Nature
9.2. Trend Setter (TS)
9.3. Top Teams (TT)
9.4. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
9.5. Abbreviations
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in the last 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2025 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Economy Rate 300.00
Best Bowling (Wkts) Top Bowling By Wkts 100.00
Best Bowling (Eco) Top Bowling By Economy 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 15
Min Career Wkts 25

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Arshdeep Singh IND 83 127 200.00
1 Arshdeep Singh IND 83 127 200.00
2 Haris Rauf PAK 71 105 165.35
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 73 104 163.78
4 Taskin Ahmed BAN 63 92 144.88
5 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 78 90 141.73
6 B Muzarabani ZIM 68 81 127.56
7 Fazal Haque AFG 53 65 102.36
8 JJ Bumrah IND 43 62 97.64
9 JR Hazlewood AUS 42 58 91.34
10 NT Ellis AUS 35 52 81.89

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 player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler 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 Abbas Afridi 23 590 38 15.53 16.35 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 43 993 62 16.02 16.69 97.99
2 NT Ellis 35 944 52 18.15 17.39 94.03
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 2027 104 19.49 19.78 82.68
4 Arshdeep Singh 83 2502 127 19.70 19.99 81.81
5 Haris Rauf 71 2105 105 20.05 20.13 81.25
6 JR Hazlewood 42 1148 58 19.79 20.15 81.16
7 Taskin Ahmed 63 1786 92 19.41 20.31 80.51
8 Fazal Haque 53 1304 65 20.06 21.32 76.72
9 B Muzarabani 68 1700 81 20.99 23.12 70.74
10 Mustafizur Rahman 78 1986 90 22.07 23.24 70.38

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Abbas Afridi 15 383 25 15.32 15.74 150.00
1 NT Ellis 28 778 43 18.09 16.58 142.42
2 JJ Bumrah 26 675 38 17.76 17.83 132.41
3 Fazal Haque 25 650 35 18.57 18.48 127.76
4 Arshdeep Singh 55 1727 85 20.32 19.74 119.59
5 Haris Rauf 46 1467 69 21.26 20.30 116.30
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 1320 62 21.29 20.80 113.49
7 JR Hazlewood 24 713 30 23.77 22.14 106.64
8 Taskin Ahmed 30 886 38 23.32 22.63 104.33
9 B Muzarabani 23 613 28 21.89 22.76 103.73
10 Mustafizur Rahman 34 915 27 33.89 33.02 71.50

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 Bowled 500
Min Balls (TT) 300

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 43 939 993 6.35 6.28 120.00
1 JJ Bumrah 43 939 993 6.35 6.28 120.00
2 Fazal Haque 53 1113 1304 7.03 7.15 105.42
3 JR Hazlewood 42 948 1148 7.27 7.17 105.14
4 Mustafizur Rahman 78 1685 1986 7.07 7.19 104.88
5 B Muzarabani 68 1457 1700 7.00 7.39 102.07
6 NT Ellis 35 729 944 7.77 7.40 101.88
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 73 1579 2027 7.70 7.55 99.85
8 Taskin Ahmed 63 1414 1786 7.58 7.69 98.05
9 Haris Rauf 71 1538 2105 8.21 8.07 93.40
10 Arshdeep Singh 83 1760 2502 8.53 8.31 90.70

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 26 563 675 7.19 6.90 180.00
1 JJ Bumrah 26 563 675 7.19 6.90 180.00
2 B Muzarabani 23 510 613 7.21 7.18 172.80
3 Fazal Haque 25 524 650 7.44 7.24 171.51
4 NT Ellis 28 586 778 7.97 7.43 167.13
5 JR Hazlewood 24 534 713 8.01 7.59 163.64
6 Mustafizur Rahman 34 707 915 7.77 7.59 163.51
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 961 1320 8.24 7.85 158.09
8 Taskin Ahmed 30 662 886 8.03 7.88 157.45
9 Haris Rauf 46 1025 1467 8.59 8.16 152.09
10 Arshdeep Singh 55 1161 1727 8.93 8.45 146.92

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS JO Holder 5/27 4/7 4/19 4/20 4/27 4.20 30.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 6/10 4/12 4/36 3/7 3/11 4.00 28.57
1 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 4/31 4.00 28.57
3 Arshdeep Singh 5/51 4/9 4/37 3/12 3/14 3.80 27.14
4 JR Hazlewood 4/12 4/16 4/39 3/13 3/16 3.60 25.71
4 Taskin Ahmed 4/16 4/25 4/28 3/14 3/16 3.60 25.71
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 4/30 4/30 3/13 3/14 3.60 25.71
4 Fazal Haque 5/9 4/17 3/11 3/16 3/18 3.60 25.71
8 NT Ellis 4/12 4/28 3/9 3/20 3/21 3.40 24.29
9 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/7 3/14 3/15 3/17 3.20 22.86
9 B Muzarabani 4/17 3/8 3/14 3/16 3/20 3.20 22.86

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS JO Holder 5/27 4/7 4/19 3/31 3/44 3.80 70.00
1 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 3/21 3.80 70.00
2 Arshdeep Singh 5/51 4/37 3/20 3/20 3/32 3.60 66.32
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/30 4/30 3/13 3/14 3/22 3.40 62.63
4 Fazal Haque 4/17 3/18 3/25 3/31 3/33 3.20 58.95
4 NT Ellis 4/28 3/9 3/20 3/21 3/25 3.20 58.95
6 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/14 3/15 3/17 2/10 3.00 55.26
7 Taskin Ahmed 3/16 3/22 3/28 3/38 2/16 2.80 51.58
8 JR Hazlewood 3/13 3/16 3/27 2/19 2/26 2.60 47.89
8 Mustafizur Rahman 4/12 3/13 2/6 2/15 2/36 2.60 47.89
8 B Muzarabani 4/17 3/14 2/19 2/22 2/25 2.60 47.89

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 4.0/10 3.3/10 2.33 50.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/6 4.0/7 4.0/10 4.0/12 3.3/12 2.45 47.51
2 JJ Bumrah 4.0/7 3.0/6 3.4/10 4.0/13 3.0/10 2.58 45.15
3 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/9 4.0/13 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 2.99 38.95
4 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.24 35.98
5 B Muzarabani 3.1/8 3.0/9 4.0/13 3.0/10 3.0/10 3.26 35.67
6 Fazal Haque 4.0/9 3.4/11 4.0/13 4.0/15 4.0/16 3.31 35.16
7 Taskin Ahmed 4.0/12 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/16 3.59 32.42
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 2.0/7 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.1/13 4.0/17 3.77 30.88
9 NT Ellis 3.5/12 3.0/12 4.0/16 2.0/9 4.0/20 3.90 29.81
10 Haris Rauf 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/17 3.0/13 3.3/18 3.93 29.61

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/6 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.0/13 3.17 100.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/6 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.0/13 3.17 100.00
2 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/14 4.0/16 4.0/19 3.50 90.50
3 JJ Bumrah 3.0/10 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 4.0/17 3.58 88.51
4 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/13 2.0/7 4.0/17 4.0/20 3.3/18 4.06 78.15
5 Taskin Ahmed 4.0/15 4.0/16 4.0/18 3.3/16 4.0/19 4.23 74.97
6 B Muzarabani 4.0/14 4.0/17 4.0/17 4.0/18 4.0/19 4.23 74.90
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.1/13 3.0/14 4.0/20 4.0/21 4.35 72.84
8 Fazal Haque 4.0/13 4.0/18 4.0/19 3.2/17 2.0/11 4.38 72.46
9 NT Ellis 4.0/16 2.0/9 4.0/20 4.0/21 4.0/21 4.51 70.36
10 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 4.0/22 4.0/22 4.0/22 4.98 63.63

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 ATT BBW BBE CUR RAT
1 Arshdeep Singh 200.00 201.40 237.62 93.46 117.10 849.58
2 JJ Bumrah 97.64 230.40 300.00 78.12 133.66 839.82
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 163.78 196.17 257.94 88.35 103.73 809.96
4 Haris Rauf 165.35 197.55 245.49 98.57 93.23 800.20
5 Fazal Haque 102.36 204.48 276.93 84.66 107.62 776.05
6 Mustafizur Rahman 141.73 141.87 268.39 76.47 147.51 775.97
7 NT Ellis 81.89 236.45 269.01 83.23 100.17 770.76
8 Taskin Ahmed 144.88 184.85 255.50 77.29 107.40 769.92
9 B Muzarabani 127.56 174.46 274.87 70.75 110.57 758.22
10 JR Hazlewood 91.34 187.79 268.78 73.61 126.49 748.01

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

  1. Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
  2. This is generally 12 balls for a 20 over match.
  3. However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER, ECO - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. TF, 3WH - Three Fors or 3 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. RAT - Rating
  19. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  20. TS - Trend Setter
  21. TT - Top Teams
  22. WKTS - Wickets Taken
  23. WTG - Weightage

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