This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 20 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2024 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in T20I cricket in the last 20 years.

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

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ECONOMIC

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

3.6. PRIMARY RATING

4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

4.1. HOME/AWAY

4.1.1. At Home

4.1.2. Away From Home

4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating

4.2.1.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WORLD CUP

5.2. IMPACT INNINGS

5.3. TOP FORM

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. NON WEAK TEAMS

8. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

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

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.

TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Overall Wkts	25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

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

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	250.00
Economic	Strike Rate	250.00
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	115	193	200.00
1	Rashid Khan	AFG	115	193	200.00
2	AU Rashid	ENG	138	163	168.91
3	W Hasaranga	SL	93	154	159.59
4	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	126	149	154.40
5	A Zampa	AUS	112	147	152.33
6	MJ Santner	NZ	130	137	141.97
7	Shadab Khan	PAK	115	123	127.46
8	Shahid Afridi	PAK	104	104	107.77
9	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	52	95	98.45
10	T Shamsi	SA	70	89	92.23

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)	30

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	52	1306	95	13.75	15.01	100.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	52	1306	95	13.75	15.01	100.00
2	Rashid Khan	115	2650	193	13.73	16.19	92.72
3	W Hasaranga	93	2473	154	16.06	16.40	91.55
4	T Shamsi	70	1860	89	20.90	20.06	74.83
5	A Zampa	112	3033	147	20.63	20.59	72.91
6	AU Rashid	138	3789	163	23.25	22.57	66.54
7	Shakib Al Hasan	126	3117	149	20.92	22.95	65.41
8	MJ Santner	130	3339	137	24.37	23.48	63.94
9	Shadab Khan	115	2991	123	24.32	25.02	60.00
10	Shahid Afridi	104	2531	104	24.34	26.78	56.06

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	41	1039	75	13.85	14.78	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	41	1039	75	13.85	14.78	150.00
2	W Hasaranga	71	1986	113	17.58	16.98	130.56
3	Rashid Khan	44	1098	62	17.71	18.37	120.66
4	T Shamsi	58	1518	66	23.00	21.13	104.89
5	A Zampa	92	2531	112	22.60	21.79	101.71
6	MJ Santner	98	2590	107	24.21	22.37	99.07
7	AU Rashid	116	3247	132	24.60	23.17	95.68
8	Shakib Al Hasan	72	1814	75	24.19	24.58	90.18
9	Shadab Khan	88	2320	90	25.78	25.96	85.40
10	Shahid Afridi	74	1859	71	26.18	27.05	81.93

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	5.98	100.00
1	Rashid Khan	115	2630	2650	6.05	6.31	94.92
2	T Shamsi	70	1509	1860	7.40	6.45	92.82
3	Kuldeep Yadav	52	1127	1306	6.95	6.66	89.88
4	W Hasaranga	93	2112	2473	7.03	6.77	88.43
5	Shahid Afridi	104	2252	2531	6.74	6.80	87.97
6	MJ Santner	130	2772	3339	7.23	6.81	87.89
7	Shakib Al Hasan	126	2745	3117	6.81	6.96	86.00
8	AU Rashid	138	3036	3789	7.49	6.97	85.85
9	A Zampa	112	2467	3033	7.38	7.02	85.24
10	Shadab Khan	115	2425	2991	7.40	7.10	84.32

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	Mujeeb Zadran	26	576	594	6.19	6.05	200.00
1	T Shamsi	58	1233	1518	7.39	6.27	192.98
2	Rashid Khan	44	1032	1098	6.38	6.38	189.58
3	Kuldeep Yadav	41	907	1039	6.87	6.45	187.60
4	Shahid Afridi	74	1652	1859	6.75	6.53	185.25
5	MJ Santner	98	2060	2590	7.54	6.91	175.08
6	AU Rashid	116	2564	3247	7.60	6.98	173.48
7	Shakib Al Hasan	72	1546	1814	7.04	6.99	173.22
8	W Hasaranga	71	1596	1986	7.47	7.00	172.99
9	Shadab Khan	88	1851	2320	7.52	7.05	171.60
10	A Zampa	92	1991	2531	7.63	7.13	169.66

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)

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	Kuldeep Yadav	5/17	5/24	4/30	3/12	3/13	4.00	100.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	5/17	5/24	4/30	3/12	3/13	4.00	100.00
2	Shakib Al Hasan	5/21	4/9	4/34	3/8	3/24	3.80	95.00
2	Rashid Khan	4/12	4/17	4/18	4/23	3/13	3.80	95.00
2	A Zampa	5/19	4/24	4/34	3/14	3/16	3.80	95.00
2	W Hasaranga	4/9	4/17	4/33	4/35	3/12	3.80	95.00
6	AU Rashid	4/2	4/32	4/35	3/11	3/19	3.60	90.00
6	MJ Santner	4/11	4/16	4/31	3/12	3/15	3.60	90.00
6	T Shamsi	5/24	4/25	3/6	3/17	3/19	3.60	90.00
9	Shadab Khan	4/14	4/26	3/7	3/13	3/17	3.40	85.00
10	Shahid Afridi	4/14	3/14	3/15	3/18	3/28	3.20	80.00

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)

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	4.0/13	4.0/14	2.59	150.00
1	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/11	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/14	2.59	150.00
2	W Hasaranga	4.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/13	2.84	136.70
3	Shakib Al Hasan	3.4/9	4.0/10	3.1/8	4.0/13	4.0/13	2.87	135.14
4	MJ Santner	4.0/11	4.0/11	4.0/12	4.0/14	4.0/14	2.92	133.00
5	T Shamsi	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.01	129.15
6	A Zampa	4.0/11	4.0/12	3.0/10	4.0/14	2.3/9	3.05	127.55
7	Shadab Khan	4.0/7	4.0/13	4.0/14	4.0/14	4.0/16	3.07	126.57
8	Rashid Khan	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/14	3.34	116.40
9	Shahid Afridi	4.0/13	4.0/14	4.0/14	4.0/15	4.0/15	3.58	108.46
10	Kuldeep Yadav	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/17	4.0/18	3.64	106.75

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 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ECO	BBW	BBE	RAT	PRI PTS
1	Rashid Khan	200.00	213.38	284.50	95.00	116.40	909.28	363.71
2	W Hasaranga	159.59	222.11	261.42	95.00	136.70	874.82	349.93
3	Kuldeep Yadav	98.45	250.00	277.48	100.00	106.75	832.68	333.07
4	AU Rashid	168.91	162.21	259.33	90.00	150.00	830.45	332.18
5	A Zampa	152.33	174.61	254.90	95.00	127.55	804.39	321.76
6	Shakib Al Hasan	154.40	155.60	259.22	95.00	135.14	799.36	319.74
7	MJ Santner	141.97	163.01	262.96	90.00	133.00	790.94	316.38
8	T Shamsi	92.23	179.73	285.80	90.00	129.15	776.90	310.76
9	Shadab Khan	127.46	145.40	255.92	85.00	126.57	740.35	296.14
10	Shahid Afridi	107.77	137.99	273.22	80.00	108.46	707.45	282.98

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	20.00
Away	80.00
Favourable Conditions	20.00
Unfavourable Conditions	80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

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

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Rashid Khan	64	114	12.76	5.88	933.16	18.66
2	Shakib Al Hasan	52	69	18.16	6.56	788.22	15.76
3	W Hasaranga	32	54	16.04	7.24	778.91	15.58
4	MJ Santner	59	65	23.86	7.60	752.58	15.05
5	A Zampa	34	49	18.73	7.23	731.54	14.63
6	Shadab Khan	54	63	21.10	6.94	728.57	14.57
7	Kuldeep Yadav	19	27	19.11	7.82	679.97	13.60
8	AU Rashid	40	47	24.40	7.97	667.92	13.36
9	Shahid Afridi	24	22	25.86	6.69	610.65	12.21
10	T Shamsi	29	25	35.28	8.24	603.03	12.06

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	33	68	11.62	6.48	839.07	67.13
2	AU Rashid	98	116	22.78	7.30	826.62	66.13
3	T Shamsi	41	64	15.28	6.77	825.38	66.03
4	W Hasaranga	61	100	16.07	6.92	820.12	65.61
5	A Zampa	78	98	21.58	7.44	760.62	60.85
6	Rashid Khan	51	79	15.13	6.26	751.64	60.13
7	MJ Santner	71	72	24.83	6.93	732.89	58.63
8	Shahid Afridi	80	82	23.93	6.76	697.61	55.81
9	Shakib Al Hasan	74	80	23.30	6.99	678.70	54.30
10	Shadab Khan	61	60	27.70	7.82	652.10	52.17

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FC/UC 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 Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Zampa	37	49	18.04	6.63	902.82	18.06
2	AU Rashid	48	55	23.82	7.49	882.69	17.65
3	MJ Santner	41	36	28.64	6.96	812.10	16.24
4	T Shamsi	19	23	19.39	6.90	737.13	14.74

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Rashid Khan	83	143	13.20	5.88	922.28	18.45
2	W Hasaranga	66	110	15.96	6.98	866.37	17.33
3	Shakib Al Hasan	76	99	18.62	6.56	803.72	16.07
4	Kuldeep Yadav	30	49	15.39	7.24	774.02	15.48
5	Shadab Khan	64	73	21.47	7.01	715.05	14.30
6	Shahid Afridi	50	42	29.33	6.73	623.56	12.47

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	AU Rashid	90	108	22.95	7.49	888.70	71.10
2	T Shamsi	51	66	21.42	7.57	876.21	70.10
3	MJ Santner	89	101	22.85	7.35	862.94	69.04
4	A Zampa	75	98	21.93	7.73	846.14	67.69

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Kuldeep Yadav	22	46	12.00	6.60	878.94	70.32
2	Shahid Afridi	54	62	20.95	6.75	819.98	65.60
3	Rashid Khan	32	50	15.24	6.51	809.68	64.77
4	W Hasaranga	27	44	16.30	7.15	806.27	64.50
5	Shadab Khan	51	50	28.48	7.88	765.11	61.21
6	Shakib Al Hasan	50	50	25.48	7.22	720.63	57.65

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK	BOWLER	AW	HM	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	AU Rashid	66.13	13.36	71.10	17.65	168.24
2	Kuldeep Yadav	67.13	13.60	70.32	15.48	166.52
3	W Hasaranga	65.61	15.58	64.50	17.33	163.02
4	T Shamsi	66.03	12.06	70.10	14.74	162.93
5	Rashid Khan	60.13	18.66	64.77	18.45	162.01
6	A Zampa	60.85	14.63	67.69	18.06	161.23
7	MJ Santner	58.63	15.05	69.04	16.24	158.96
8	Shahid Afridi	55.81	12.21	65.60	12.47	146.09
9	Shakib Al Hasan	54.30	15.76	57.65	16.07	143.79
10	Shadab Khan	52.17	14.57	61.21	14.30	142.25

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	150.00
Impact Innings	150.00
Top Form	100.00

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 Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Zampa	25	44	13.84	6.53	892.83	133.92
2	AU Rashid	38	44	22.36	7.18	856.64	128.50
3	Rashid Khan	24	37	16.11	6.53	842.91	126.44
4	W Hasaranga	14	27	13.00	6.58	803.67	120.55
5	T Shamsi	12	23	13.26	6.96	763.27	114.49
6	Shahid Afridi	34	39	23.26	6.72	759.64	113.95
7	MJ Santner	28	27	24.19	6.41	736.57	110.49
8	Kuldeep Yadav	6	11	13.91	6.65	694.38	104.16
9	Shadab Khan	21	25	19.72	6.94	692.14	103.82
10	Shakib Al Hasan	33	29	29.97	7.47	686.11	102.92

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 4.
A Bowler bowls more than 12 balls and has a low ER.
The required ER increases as wickets increase.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	Rashid Khan	115	88	76.52	960.72	144.11
2	AU Rashid	138	84	60.87	830.35	124.55
3	A Zampa	112	66	58.93	783.44	117.52
4	Kuldeep Yadav	52	36	69.23	758.91	113.84
5	W Hasaranga	93	57	61.29	746.14	111.92
6	MJ Santner	130	68	52.31	702.11	105.32
7	Shahid Afridi	104	56	53.85	690.25	103.54
8	Shadab Khan	115	59	51.30	673.06	100.96
9	Shakib Al Hasan	126	67	53.17	670.04	100.51
10	T Shamsi	70	37	52.86	621.44	93.22

TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 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: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	W Hasaranga	30	52	14.35	6.72	919.83	91.98
2	Kuldeep Yadav	30	53	13.77	6.53	911.76	91.18
3	T Shamsi	30	42	17.26	6.73	878.78	87.88
4	Rashid Khan	30	45	15.76	6.06	833.24	83.32
5	AU Rashid	30	41	18.88	7.14	811.70	81.17
6	MJ Santner	30	37	18.78	6.44	809.05	80.91
7	Shakib Al Hasan	30	41	18.17	6.55	792.54	79.25
8	Shadab Khan	30	40	19.35	6.82	783.11	78.31
9	A Zampa	30	37	18.92	6.58	763.79	76.38
10	Shahid Afridi	30	33	21.06	6.13	710.02	71.00

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	WC	II	TF	SEC RAT
1	Rashid Khan	126.44	144.11	83.32	353.87
2	AU Rashid	128.50	124.55	81.17	334.22
3	A Zampa	133.92	117.52	76.38	327.82
4	W Hasaranga	120.55	111.92	91.98	324.45
5	Kuldeep Yadav	104.16	113.84	91.18	309.17
6	MJ Santner	110.49	105.32	80.91	296.71
7	T Shamsi	114.49	93.22	87.88	295.58
8	Shahid Afridi	113.95	103.54	71.00	288.49
9	Shadab Khan	103.82	100.96	78.31	283.09
10	Shakib Al Hasan	102.92	100.51	79.25	282.68

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	363.71	162.01	353.87	879.60
2	W Hasaranga	SL	349.93	163.02	324.45	837.40
3	AU Rashid	ENG	332.18	168.24	334.22	834.64
4	A Zampa	AUS	321.76	161.23	327.82	810.80
5	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	333.07	166.52	309.17	808.76
6	MJ Santner	NZ	316.38	158.96	296.71	772.05
7	T Shamsi	SA	310.76	162.93	295.58	769.27
8	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	319.74	143.79	282.68	746.21
9	Shadab Khan	PAK	296.14	142.25	283.09	721.48
10	Shahid Afridi	PAK	282.98	146.09	288.49	717.56