T20Is - Best Fast Bowlers In Top Form

Top 10 T20I Fast Bowlers In Top Form

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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 their Top Form in T20Is.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
6.1. Against Top Teams
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
7.1. Against Top Teams
8. TOP FORM 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
TF RATING

Points to note about TOP FORM Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 40 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

THE CRITERIA

The TF Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 15
Min Career Wkts 25

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Umar Gul PAK 2007-09-22 2016-01-17 40 62 200.00
1 Umar Gul PAK 2007-09-22 2016-01-17 40 62 200.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 2015-04-24 2025-12-02 40 55 177.42
3 SL Malinga SL 2010-10-31 2020-03-06 40 53 170.97
4 DW Steyn SA 2007-11-23 2020-02-21 40 52 167.74
5 KMDN Kulasekara SL 2010-05-07 2017-04-06 40 49 158.06
6 Mohammad Aamer PAK 2009-06-12 2024-06-16 40 46 148.39
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 2017-10-10 2022-11-22 40 44 141.94
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Haris Rauf PAK 2021-10-26 2025-09-28 40 65 200.00
1 Haris Rauf PAK 2021-10-26 2025-09-28 40 65 200.00
2 Arshdeep Singh IND 2022-11-22 2026-03-08 40 63 193.85
3 JJ Bumrah IND 2018-02-18 2026-03-08 40 53 163.08

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

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Abbas Afridi 15 383 25 15.32 16.14 200.00
1 Umar Gul 40 977 62 15.76 16.35 197.41
2 Haris Rauf 40 1269 65 19.52 19.44 166.05
3 JJ Bumrah 40 1047 53 19.75 20.10 160.57
4 KMDN Kulasekara 40 962 49 19.63 20.21 159.70
5 Arshdeep Singh 40 1260 63 20.00 20.29 159.03
6 SL Malinga 40 1073 53 20.25 20.62 156.54
7 DW Steyn 40 1043 52 20.06 20.92 154.26
8 Mustafizur Rahman 40 1127 55 20.49 21.12 152.80
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 40 983 44 22.34 21.93 147.19
10 Mohammad Aamer 40 1005 46 21.85 21.95 147.03

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

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 40 893 1047 7.03 7.05 300.00
1 JJ Bumrah 40 893 1047 7.03 7.05 300.00
2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 40 832 983 7.09 7.07 299.19
3 Mohammad Aamer 40 851 1005 7.09 7.16 295.41
4 KMDN Kulasekara 40 824 962 7.00 7.41 285.51
5 SL Malinga 40 909 1073 7.08 7.41 285.43
6 DW Steyn 40 871 1043 7.18 7.55 280.23
7 Umar Gul 40 791 977 7.41 7.83 270.35
8 Mustafizur Rahman 40 859 1127 7.87 8.02 263.74
9 Haris Rauf 40 895 1269 8.51 8.36 253.12
10 Arshdeep Singh 40 824 1260 9.17 8.94 236.68

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 Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/37 4.40 150.00
1 Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/37 4.40 150.00
2 Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 4/12 4/21 3/13 3/23 3.80 129.55
2 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/27 3/21 3.80 129.55
4 SL Malinga 5/6 5/31 3/26 3/28 2/5 3.60 122.73
4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/24 4/13 4/26 3/15 2/12 3.60 122.73
4 Arshdeep Singh 5/51 4/37 3/20 3/20 3/35 3.60 122.73
7 DW Steyn 4/9 4/17 3/15 3/22 3/38 3.40 115.91
8 Mohammad Aamer 4/13 3/18 3/22 3/23 3/27 3.20 109.09
8 JJ Bumrah 4/15 3/12 3/14 3/15 3/16 3.20 109.09
10 KMDN Kulasekara 4/31 4/32 3/4 2/10 2/13 3.00 102.27

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 Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS AD Mathews 3.0/4 4.0/8 4.0/11 4.0/13 2.0/7 2.66 150.00
1 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/8 2.2/6 2.0/7 4.0/15 2.89 137.96
2 SL Malinga 4.0/6 2.0/5 4.0/11 4.0/15 3.0/12 3.02 132.29
3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/13 3.0/10 4.0/15 3.27 122.05
4 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/16 2.5/13 3.28 121.68
5 JJ Bumrah 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 3.48 114.59
6 KMDN Kulasekara 3.0/4 4.0/13 3.0/10 3.0/13 3.0/13 3.51 113.88
7 Mohammad Aamer 2.0/3 4.0/13 3.0/11 3.0/13 3.0/13 3.57 111.74
8 DW Steyn 3.0/9 4.0/13 4.0/15 4.0/17 4.0/17 3.93 101.62
9 Arshdeep Singh 4.0/13 2.0/7 4.0/17 4.0/20 3.0/16 4.19 95.38
10 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 4.0/22 4.0/22 4.0/22 5.15 77.46

TOP FORM RATING

The TOP FORM (TF) 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 TF RAT
1 Umar Gul 200.00 197.41 270.35 150.00 137.96 955.72
2 SL Malinga 170.97 156.54 285.43 122.73 132.29 867.96
3 JJ Bumrah 163.08 160.57 300.00 109.09 114.59 847.33
4 Mustafizur Rahman 177.42 152.80 263.74 129.55 121.68 845.19
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 141.94 147.19 299.19 122.73 122.05 833.09
6 Haris Rauf 200.00 166.05 253.12 129.55 77.46 826.18
7 DW Steyn 167.74 154.26 280.23 115.91 101.62 819.76
8 KMDN Kulasekara 158.06 159.70 285.51 102.27 113.88 819.43
9 Mohammad Aamer 148.39 147.03 295.41 109.09 111.74 811.65
10 Arshdeep Singh 193.85 159.03 236.68 122.73 95.38 807.65

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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