T20Is - Best Fast Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

Top 10 T20I Fast Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers with most Wickets Per Inning in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2026-03-08

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. LBW Victims
3.5. Caught Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

The WICKETS PER INNING Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 200.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 300.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 250.00
Cons LBW LBW/Inn 150.00
Cons CGT Caught/Inn 100.00
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

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT). Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine Top Teams.
  • The Top Teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler's performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 25

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 50
Min Wkts (TT) 30
Min Wkts (BLD) 10
Min Wkts (LBW) 10
Min Wkts (CGT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Arshdeep Singh 83 127 1.53 200.00
1 Arshdeep Singh 83 127 1.53 200.00
2 NT Ellis 36 55 1.53 199.69
3 Haris Rauf 92 133 1.45 188.96
4 Umar Gul 60 85 1.42 185.17
5 LH Ferguson 51 72 1.41 184.53
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 103 136 1.32 172.59
7 JJ Bumrah 92 121 1.32 171.91
8 SL Malinga 83 107 1.29 168.50
9 Mohammad Wasim jr 34 42 1.24 161.46
10 MA Starc 65 79 1.22 158.86

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS NT Ellis 29 46 1.59 300.00
1 NT Ellis 29 46 1.59 300.00
2 Arshdeep Singh 59 90 1.53 288.50
3 Umar Gul 48 70 1.46 275.82
4 Haris Rauf 68 96 1.41 267.01
5 JJ Bumrah 68 91 1.34 253.10
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 80 105 1.31 248.23
7 LH Ferguson 37 48 1.30 245.36
8 MA Starc 55 66 1.20 226.96
9 SL Malinga 71 85 1.20 226.42
10 Mohammad Wasim jr 26 29 1.12 210.95

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS SL Malinga 83 43 0.52 250.00
1 SL Malinga 83 43 0.52 250.00
2 Umar Gul 60 31 0.52 249.32
3 JJ Bumrah 92 47 0.51 246.52
4 MA Starc 65 31 0.48 230.14
5 Mohammad Wasim jr 34 15 0.44 212.89
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 103 39 0.38 182.72
7 LH Ferguson 51 18 0.35 170.31
8 Haris Rauf 92 31 0.34 162.60
9 NT Ellis 36 12 0.33 160.85
10 Arshdeep Singh 83 22 0.27 127.91

LBW Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS Umar Gul 60 11 0.18 150.00
1 NT Ellis 36 7 0.19 150.00
2 Umar Gul 60 11 0.18 150.00
3 LH Ferguson 51 8 0.16 128.34
4 Mohammad Wasim jr 34 5 0.15 120.32
5 SL Malinga 83 12 0.14 118.29
6 Arshdeep Singh 83 12 0.14 118.29
7 MA Starc 65 8 0.12 100.70
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 103 12 0.12 95.32
9 JJ Bumrah 92 7 0.08 62.25
10 Haris Rauf 92 6 0.07 53.36

Caught Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS AJ Tye 31 40 1.29 100.00
1 Arshdeep Singh 83 93 1.12 86.84
2 Haris Rauf 92 96 1.04 80.87
3 NT Ellis 36 36 1.00 77.50
4 LH Ferguson 51 44 0.86 66.86
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 103 85 0.83 63.96
6 JJ Bumrah 92 67 0.73 56.44
7 Umar Gul 60 43 0.72 55.54
8 Mohammad Wasim jr 34 22 0.65 50.15
9 SL Malinga 83 52 0.63 48.55
10 MA Starc 65 39 0.60 46.50

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON TT BLD LBW CGT WPI RAT
1 Umar Gul 185.17 275.82 249.32 150.00 55.54 915.85
2 NT Ellis 199.69 300.00 160.85 150.00 77.50 888.05
3 Arshdeep Singh 200.00 288.50 127.91 118.29 86.84 821.54
4 SL Malinga 168.50 226.42 250.00 118.29 48.55 811.77
5 LH Ferguson 184.53 245.36 170.31 128.34 66.86 795.41
6 JJ Bumrah 171.91 253.10 246.52 62.25 56.44 790.23
7 MA Starc 158.86 226.96 230.14 100.70 46.50 763.16
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 172.59 248.23 182.72 95.32 63.96 762.81
9 Mohammad Wasim jr 161.46 210.95 212.89 120.32 50.15 755.78
10 Haris Rauf 188.96 267.01 162.60 53.36 80.87 752.80

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND ENG AUS PAK NZ SA BAN WI

*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.

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