T20Is - Best Fast Bowlers In Victories

Top 10 T20I Fast Bowlers In Victories

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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 victories 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. VICTORIES 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

THE CRITERIA

The VC 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

The Eras

The time period from 2005 to present is divided into eras for this section. Players are compared with players of the same period. A few points are deducted if the top wicket taker of that era is not the overall top wicket taker. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 2021
Era 2 MP greater than 2020

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Mustafizur Rahman BAN 2015 2025 2020 61 107 200.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 2015 2025 2020 61 107 200.00
2 TG Southee NZ 2008 2024 2016 61 105 196.26
3 SL Malinga SL 2006 2020 2013 42 68 127.10
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 2012 2022 2017 54 68 127.10
5 Umar Gul PAK 2007 2016 2011.5 35 60 112.15
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Arshdeep Singh IND 2022 2026 2024 65 107 200.00
1 Arshdeep Singh IND 2022 2026 2024 65 107 200.00
2 HH Pandya IND 2016 2026 2021 93 99 185.05
3 JJ Bumrah IND 2016 2026 2021 72 97 181.31
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 2018 2026 2022 57 95 177.57
5 JA Duffy NZ 2020 2026 2023 27 49 91.59

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 Umar Gul 35 720 60 12.00 12.73 100.00
1 Umar Gul 35 720 60 12.00 12.73 100.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman 61 1419 107 13.26 14.50 87.80
3 SL Malinga 42 965 68 14.19 14.91 85.40
4 JA Duffy 27 704 49 14.37 14.91 85.37
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 57 1514 95 15.94 16.14 78.90
6 TG Southee 61 1646 105 15.68 16.22 78.47
7 JJ Bumrah 72 1679 97 17.31 17.82 71.47
8 Arshdeep Singh 65 1911 107 17.86 18.38 69.28
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 54 1253 68 18.43 18.47 68.95
10 HH Pandya 93 2216 99 22.38 22.80 55.85

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Umar Gul 25 520 47 11.06 11.36 150.00
1 Umar Gul 25 520 47 11.06 11.36 150.00
2 JA Duffy 17 467 35 13.34 13.71 124.32
3 Mustafizur Rahman 23 548 41 13.37 13.81 123.35
4 SL Malinga 31 749 49 15.29 15.39 110.73
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 32 877 52 16.87 16.34 104.26
6 TG Southee 36 1061 60 17.68 17.45 97.64
7 Arshdeep Singh 39 1193 66 18.08 17.76 95.97
8 JJ Bumrah 46 1180 63 18.73 18.29 93.18
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 35 884 42 21.05 19.93 85.51
10 HH Pandya 64 1559 75 20.79 20.31 83.90

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 Umar Gul 35 712 720 6.07 6.46 120.00
1 Umar Gul 35 712 720 6.07 6.46 120.00
2 JJ Bumrah 72 1563 1679 6.45 6.48 119.51
3 Mustafizur Rahman 61 1351 1419 6.30 6.57 117.82
4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 54 1129 1253 6.66 6.69 115.71
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 57 1283 1514 7.08 7.00 110.63
6 JA Duffy 27 590 704 7.16 7.04 110.01
7 SL Malinga 42 873 965 6.63 7.12 108.85
8 TG Southee 61 1372 1646 7.20 7.25 106.84
9 HH Pandya 93 1649 2216 8.06 8.00 96.84
10 Arshdeep Singh 65 1384 1911 8.28 8.12 95.36

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Umar Gul 25 501 520 6.23 6.45 180.00
1 Umar Gul 25 501 520 6.23 6.45 180.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman 23 497 548 6.62 6.66 174.09
3 JA Duffy 17 392 467 7.15 6.93 167.40
4 JJ Bumrah 46 989 1180 7.16 6.97 166.49
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 35 742 884 7.15 7.04 164.79
6 SL Malinga 31 667 749 6.74 7.07 164.09
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 32 713 877 7.38 7.10 163.36
8 TG Southee 36 826 1061 7.71 7.62 152.19
9 HH Pandya 64 1157 1559 8.08 7.81 148.50
10 Arshdeep Singh 39 826 1193 8.67 8.21 141.26

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 Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/25 4.40 30.00
1 Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/25 4.40 30.00
2 TG Southee 5/18 5/25 4/21 4/25 3/4 4.20 28.64
2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/4 5/24 4/22 4/26 3/35 4.20 28.64
2 Mustafizur Rahman 6/10 4/12 4/21 4/36 3/7 4.20 28.64
5 SL Malinga 5/6 5/31 4/26 3/12 3/17 4.00 27.27
5 JA Duffy 4/14 4/15 4/20 4/33 4/35 4.00 27.27
7 HH Pandya 4/16 4/33 4/38 3/8 3/20 3.60 24.55
7 Arshdeep Singh 5/51 4/9 3/12 3/14 3/20 3.60 24.55
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 4/30 3/13 3/14 3/14 3.40 23.18
10 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/7 3/11 3/12 3/14 3.20 21.82

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 3/15 4.20 70.00
1 Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 3/15 4.20 70.00
2 SL Malinga 5/6 5/31 3/12 3/17 3/28 3.80 63.33
2 TG Southee 5/18 4/21 4/25 3/6 3/13 3.80 63.33
2 JA Duffy 4/14 4/20 4/33 4/35 3/20 3.80 63.33
5 HH Pandya 4/16 4/33 4/38 3/8 3/20 3.60 60.00
6 Mustafizur Rahman 4/12 4/21 3/13 3/23 3/31 3.40 56.67
6 Arshdeep Singh 5/51 3/20 3/20 3/32 3/32 3.40 56.67
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/24 4/26 3/35 2/12 2/15 3.20 53.33
8 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/12 3/14 3/14 3/17 3.20 53.33
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/30 3/13 3/14 3/20 3/26 3.20 53.33

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 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 4.0/4 4.0/8 3.0/7 3.0/9 1.83 50.00
1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 4.0/4 4.0/8 3.0/7 3.0/9 1.83 50.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/6 4.0/7 4.0/9 4.0/10 4.0/12 2.30 39.94
3 JJ Bumrah 4.0/7 3.0/6 2.0/5 3.0/8 3.4/10 2.31 39.67
4 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/8 3.0/7 2.2/6 4.0/12 2.54 36.08
5 TG Southee 4.0/4 4.0/11 2.1/6 4.0/12 4.0/13 2.55 35.94
6 SL Malinga 4.0/6 2.0/5 2.0/5 4.0/15 2.0/8 2.99 30.67
7 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/9 4.0/13 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 3.01 30.48
8 HH Pandya 3.3/8 3.0/8 2.0/6 4.0/14 3.0/11 3.01 30.47
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 2.0/7 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.1/13 4.0/17 3.80 24.11
10 JA Duffy 4.0/15 4.0/15 3.4/14 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.10 22.35

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 3.0/7 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/15 2.72 100.00
1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 3.0/7 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/15 2.72 100.00
2 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/8 2.2/6 2.0/7 4.0/14 2.77 98.39
3 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/6 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 2.89 94.12
4 HH Pandya 3.3/8 3.0/8 2.0/6 3.0/12 4.0/16 3.12 87.35
5 JJ Bumrah 3.0/8 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.19 85.34
6 SL Malinga 4.0/6 2.0/5 4.0/15 3.0/12 4.0/17 3.40 80.20
7 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/13 3.0/10 3.0/10 4.0/17 3.43 79.47
8 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/13 2.0/7 4.0/17 4.0/20 3.3/18 4.06 67.04
9 JA Duffy 4.0/15 3.4/14 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.29 63.48
10 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.1/13 3.0/14 4.0/19 4.0/20 4.29 63.46

VICTORIES RATING

The VICTORIES (VC) 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 VC RAT
1 Mustafizur Rahman 200.00 211.16 291.90 85.30 134.06 922.43
2 Umar Gul 112.15 250.00 300.00 100.00 134.47 896.62
3 TG Southee 196.26 176.11 259.03 91.97 115.41 838.78
4 JJ Bumrah 181.31 164.65 286.00 75.15 125.01 832.11
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 177.57 183.17 273.99 76.52 87.57 798.81
6 SL Malinga 127.10 196.13 272.94 90.61 110.87 797.65
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 127.10 154.46 280.50 81.97 150.00 794.04
8 Arshdeep Singh 200.00 165.25 236.61 81.21 97.52 780.60
9 HH Pandya 185.05 139.76 245.34 84.55 117.82 772.52
10 JA Duffy 91.59 209.70 277.41 90.61 85.84 755.14

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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