Top T20I Spin Bowlers of The Present Era

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts), BBI (Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
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)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. 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.
Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against Non Weak Teams. Here is some information about the Non Weak Teams:-

  • Non Weak Teams are calculated in the same way as TT.
  • However, they are more in number.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 15

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The PRESENT ERA Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 200.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Rashid Khan AFG 94 153 200.00
1 Rashid Khan AFG 94 153 200.00
2 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 126 149 194.77
3 AU Rashid ENG 110 120 156.86
4 MJ Santner NZ 102 115 150.33
5 W Hasaranga SL 64 107 139.87
5 Shadab Khan PAK 96 107 139.87
7 A Zampa AUS 86 105 137.25
8 T Shamsi SA 70 89 116.34
9 Imad Wasim PAK 74 73 95.42
10 Kuldeep Yadav IND 39 69 90.20

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 Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 50
Min Wickets (TT) 25

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 39 971 69 14.07 14.38 100.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 39 971 69 14.07 14.38 100.00
2 W Hasaranga 64 1638 107 15.31 15.79 91.11
3 Rashid Khan 94 2197 153 14.36 16.71 86.11
4 T Shamsi 70 1860 89 20.90 18.92 76.04
5 A Zampa 86 2268 105 21.60 21.49 66.94
6 MJ Santner 102 2533 115 22.03 22.15 64.93
7 Imad Wasim 74 1588 73 21.75 22.34 64.40
8 Shakib Al Hasan 126 3117 149 20.92 23.43 61.39
9 AU Rashid 110 2936 120 24.47 23.43 61.39
10 Shadab Khan 96 2522 107 23.57 23.86 60.30

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 26 622 44 14.14 14.45 100.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 26 622 44 14.14 14.45 100.00
2 W Hasaranga 45 1202 72 16.69 17.22 83.92
3 T Shamsi 56 1477 61 24.21 21.92 65.93
4 MJ Santner 76 1956 87 22.48 22.61 63.90
5 AU Rashid 88 2461 93 26.46 25.34 57.01
6 Imad Wasim 46 1062 42 25.29 25.96 55.65
7 Rashid Khan 18 469 21 22.33 25.98 55.62
8 A Zampa 67 1830 70 26.14 26.01 55.56
9 Shadab Khan 61 1674 58 28.86 29.21 49.46
10 Shakib Al Hasan 64 1610 61 26.39 29.56 48.88

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 500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Imad Wasim 74 1536 1588 6.20 6.19 150.00
1 Imad Wasim 74 1536 1588 6.20 6.19 150.00
2 Rashid Khan 94 2138 2197 6.17 6.49 143.09
3 Kuldeep Yadav 39 860 971 6.77 6.68 138.98
4 MJ Santner 102 2154 2533 7.06 6.80 136.60
5 W Hasaranga 64 1440 1638 6.83 6.82 136.12
6 T Shamsi 70 1509 1860 7.40 6.90 134.47
7 AU Rashid 110 2402 2936 7.33 7.06 131.48
8 Shakib Al Hasan 126 2745 3117 6.81 7.06 131.43
9 A Zampa 86 1883 2268 7.23 7.07 131.24
10 Shadab Khan 96 2089 2522 7.24 7.17 129.57

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Kuldeep Yadav 26 575 622 6.49 6.40 150.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 26 575 622 6.49 6.40 150.00
2 Imad Wasim 46 960 1062 6.64 6.62 144.96
3 T Shamsi 56 1185 1477 7.48 6.98 137.50
4 MJ Santner 76 1586 1956 7.40 7.13 134.69
5 Rashid Khan 18 414 469 6.80 7.15 134.22
6 W Hasaranga 45 1002 1202 7.20 7.19 133.47
7 AU Rashid 88 1958 2461 7.54 7.26 132.22
8 Shakib Al Hasan 64 1372 1610 7.04 7.30 131.51
9 A Zampa 67 1427 1830 7.69 7.53 127.46
10 Shadab Khan 61 1312 1674 7.66 7.57 126.77

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)


BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams in the last 20 years. 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 YS Chahal 6/25 4/23 4/52 3/18 3/20 4.00 100.00
1 Kuldeep Yadav 5/17 5/24 3/12 3/13 3/19 3.80 95.00
1 Shakib Al Hasan 5/21 4/9 4/34 3/24 3/27 3.80 95.00
3 T Shamsi 5/24 4/25 3/6 3/17 3/19 3.60 90.00
3 A Zampa 5/19 4/34 3/14 3/16 3/16 3.60 90.00
3 Rashid Khan 4/12 4/17 4/23 3/13 3/22 3.60 90.00
3 MJ Santner 4/11 4/16 4/31 3/12 3/15 3.60 90.00
7 W Hasaranga 4/9 4/33 3/12 3/13 3/17 3.40 85.00
7 AU Rashid 4/2 4/35 3/11 3/21 3/25 3.40 85.00
7 Shadab Khan 4/14 4/26 3/7 3/13 3/17 3.40 85.00
10 Imad Wasim 5/14 3/19 3/20 3/21 2/2 3.20 80.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)


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 AU Rashid 2.2/2 4.0/11 4.0/11 4.0/15 3.0/12 2.83 200.00
1 AU Rashid 2.2/2 4.0/11 4.0/11 4.0/15 3.0/12 2.83 200.00
2 Imad Wasim 4.0/8 4.0/9 4.0/11 4.0/14 3.0/12 2.84 199.79
3 W Hasaranga 4.0/9 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/13 2.95 192.18
4 MJ Santner 4.0/11 4.0/11 4.0/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.03 186.72
5 Shakib Al Hasan 3.4/9 4.0/10 4.0/13 4.0/13 2.0/8 3.11 182.15
6 Shadab Khan 4.0/7 4.0/13 4.0/14 4.0/14 4.0/16 3.17 178.99
7 T Shamsi 4.0/11 4.0/13 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.22 175.91
8 A Zampa 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/14 2.3/9 4.0/16 3.41 166.04
9 Rashid Khan 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 4.0/15 3.58 158.35
10 Kuldeep Yadav 4.0/12 4.0/13 4.0/16 4.0/17 4.0/18 3.75 151.20

PRIMARY RATING


The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 Rashid Khan 200.00 141.72 277.31 90.00 158.35 867.38 433.69
2 W Hasaranga 139.87 175.03 269.59 85.00 192.18 861.67 430.84
3 Shakib Al Hasan 194.77 110.27 262.94 95.00 182.15 845.13 422.57
4 MJ Santner 150.33 128.83 271.29 90.00 186.72 827.17 413.58
5 Kuldeep Yadav 90.20 200.00 288.98 95.00 151.20 825.38 412.69
6 AU Rashid 156.86 118.40 263.70 85.00 200.00 823.97 411.98
7 T Shamsi 116.34 141.98 271.97 90.00 175.91 796.19 398.10
8 Imad Wasim 95.42 120.05 294.96 80.00 199.79 790.23 395.11
9 A Zampa 137.25 122.50 258.69 90.00 166.04 774.49 387.25
10 Shadab Khan 139.87 109.76 256.34 85.00 178.99 769.96 384.98

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Favourable Conditions 200.00
Unfavourable Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY


HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Shakib Al Hasan 52 69 18.16 6.56 833.43 166.69
2 Imad Wasim 38 40 19.28 5.93 806.26 161.25
3 MJ Santner 50 56 23.04 7.58 789.17 157.83
4 Shadab Khan 48 55 21.80 6.95 771.74 154.35
5 W Hasaranga 17 28 15.25 6.71 718.20 143.64
6 Rashid Khan 26 41 13.68 5.71 707.84 141.57
7 A Zampa 27 35 20.83 7.15 696.46 139.29
8 AU Rashid 33 39 23.23 7.68 685.86 137.17
9 Kuldeep Yadav 15 21 18.95 7.51 671.76 134.35
10 T Shamsi 29 25 35.28 8.24 617.46 123.49

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 68 112 14.61 6.34 870.81 696.64
2 T Shamsi 41 64 15.28 6.77 851.09 680.87
3 W Hasaranga 47 79 15.33 6.87 822.76 658.21
4 Kuldeep Yadav 24 48 11.94 6.34 817.24 653.79
5 AU Rashid 77 81 25.06 7.19 789.05 631.24
6 MJ Santner 52 59 21.07 6.58 779.93 623.94
7 A Zampa 59 70 21.99 7.27 755.04 604.03
8 Shakib Al Hasan 74 80 23.30 6.99 713.80 571.04
9 Shadab Khan 48 52 25.44 7.53 696.91 557.53
10 Imad Wasim 36 33 24.76 6.48 652.14 521.71

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS


FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 A Zampa 30 36 19.36 6.45 925.54 185.11
2 MJ Santner 27 27 23.11 6.42 889.50 177.90
3 T Shamsi 19 23 19.39 6.90 854.97 170.99
4 AU Rashid 32 32 26.84 7.45 845.94 169.19

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 67 115 13.30 5.97 889.75 177.95
2 Shakib Al Hasan 76 99 18.62 6.56 838.25 167.65
3 W Hasaranga 40 69 14.78 6.73 819.17 163.83
4 Imad Wasim 43 44 19.77 6.04 783.36 156.67
5 Shadab Khan 50 58 21.40 6.88 739.69 147.94
6 Kuldeep Yadav 18 25 18.56 7.37 671.64 134.33

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 T Shamsi 51 66 21.42 7.57 885.47 708.38
2 MJ Santner 75 88 21.69 7.29 885.13 708.10
3 AU Rashid 78 88 23.60 7.29 870.78 696.62
4 A Zampa 56 69 22.77 7.63 806.67 645.33

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Kuldeep Yadav 21 44 11.52 6.31 911.13 728.91
2 W Hasaranga 24 38 16.26 7.00 806.39 645.11
3 Shadab Khan 46 49 26.14 7.64 790.10 632.08
4 Rashid Khan 27 38 17.55 6.67 765.71 612.57
5 Shakib Al Hasan 50 50 25.48 7.22 737.07 589.66
6 Imad Wasim 31 29 24.76 6.41 710.34 568.27

CONDITIONS RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 T Shamsi 680.87 123.49 708.38 170.99 1,683.74 168.37
2 MJ Santner 623.94 157.83 708.10 177.90 1,667.78 166.78
3 Kuldeep Yadav 653.79 134.35 728.91 134.33 1,651.38 165.14
4 AU Rashid 631.24 137.17 696.62 169.19 1,634.23 163.42
5 Rashid Khan 696.64 141.57 612.57 177.95 1,628.73 162.87
6 W Hasaranga 658.21 143.64 645.11 163.83 1,610.79 161.08
7 A Zampa 604.03 139.29 645.33 185.11 1,573.77 157.38
8 Shakib Al Hasan 571.04 166.69 589.66 167.65 1,495.03 149.50
9 Shadab Khan 557.53 154.35 632.08 147.94 1,491.90 149.19
10 Imad Wasim 521.71 161.25 568.27 156.67 1,407.90 140.79

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
WORLD CUP RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don’t play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 A Zampa 21 36 13.69 6.32 924.44 924.44
2 W Hasaranga 13 24 13.58 6.61 853.13 853.13
3 Rashid Khan 20 31 15.77 6.49 849.69 849.69
4 T Shamsi 12 23 13.26 6.96 816.76 816.76
5 AU Rashid 30 31 23.68 6.90 799.99 799.99
6 MJ Santner 21 25 18.72 6.34 792.31 792.31
7 Shadab Khan 15 20 17.05 6.43 756.22 756.22
8 Shakib Al Hasan 33 29 29.97 7.47 724.09 724.09
9 Kuldeep Yadav 5 10 13.90 6.95 691.75 691.75
10 Imad Wasim 12 10 22.80 5.56 613.30 613.30
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 25 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 W Hasaranga 25 44 14.27 6.54 929.44 929.44
2 Kuldeep Yadav 25 42 14.05 6.42 896.45 896.45
3 T Shamsi 25 34 17.21 6.16 894.11 894.11
4 Imad Wasim 25 31 17.71 5.60 866.49 866.49
5 Shadab Khan 25 37 16.70 6.61 851.20 851.20
6 AU Rashid 25 35 17.57 6.52 830.28 830.28
7 A Zampa 25 33 16.79 6.19 828.29 828.29
8 MJ Santner 25 32 19.28 6.56 802.45 802.45
9 Rashid Khan 25 35 17.11 6.18 796.19 796.19
10 Shakib Al Hasan 25 36 17.53 6.74 792.12 792.12
IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

  • A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 3.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 12 balls and has a low ER.
  • The ER should be lower than the ER of the better team.

IMPACT INNINGS


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 Rashid Khan 94 70 74.47 902.65 902.65
2 Kuldeep Yadav 39 28 71.79 865.64 865.64
3 Imad Wasim 74 51 68.92 838.89 838.89
4 AU Rashid 110 66 60.00 826.01 826.01
5 W Hasaranga 64 40 62.50 758.15 758.15
6 Shadab Khan 96 56 58.33 757.49 757.49
7 A Zampa 86 51 59.30 737.74 737.74
8 Shakib Al Hasan 126 68 53.97 731.79 731.79
9 T Shamsi 70 39 55.71 693.69 693.69
10 MJ Santner 102 54 52.94 692.79 692.79

SECONDARY RATING


The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BOWLER WC TF II TOT SEC RAT
1 Rashid Khan 84.97 79.62 90.26 2,548.53 254.85
2 W Hasaranga 85.31 92.94 75.81 2,540.72 254.07
3 A Zampa 92.44 82.83 73.77 2,490.47 249.05
4 AU Rashid 80.00 83.03 82.60 2,456.27 245.63
5 Kuldeep Yadav 69.17 89.64 86.56 2,453.83 245.38
6 T Shamsi 81.68 89.41 69.37 2,404.56 240.46
7 Shadab Khan 75.62 85.12 75.75 2,364.90 236.49
8 Imad Wasim 61.33 86.65 83.89 2,318.68 231.87
9 MJ Santner 79.23 80.24 69.28 2,287.55 228.76
10 Shakib Al Hasan 72.41 79.21 73.18 2,247.99 224.80

PRESENT ERA RATING

PRESENT ERA Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BOWLER NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 Rashid Khan AFG 433.69 162.87 254.85 851.42
2 W Hasaranga SL 430.84 161.08 254.07 845.99
3 Kuldeep Yadav IND 412.69 165.14 245.38 823.21
4 AU Rashid ENG 411.98 163.42 245.63 821.03
5 MJ Santner NZ 413.58 166.78 228.76 809.12
6 T Shamsi SA 398.10 168.37 240.46 806.93
7 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 422.57 149.50 224.80 796.87
8 A Zampa AUS 387.25 157.38 249.05 793.67
9 Shadab Khan PAK 384.98 149.19 236.49 770.66
10 Imad Wasim PAK 395.11 140.79 231.87 767.77

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 ENG PAK AUS NZ 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 ENG PAK AUS NZ SA WI


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