This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 20 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). It is to be noted that 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. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in T20I cricket in the last 20 years.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

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 (WKTS)

3.5. BEST BOWLING (ECO)

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. WORLD CUP

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

THE CRITERIA

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

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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	20
Min Wickets (TS AVE)	25
Min Balls (TS ECO)	500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	107	128	200.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	107	128	200.00
2	IS Sodhi	NZ	86	111	173.44
3	Shadab Khan	PAK	80	98	153.13
4	AU Rashid	ENG	88	93	145.31
5	MJ Santner	NZ	79	89	139.06
5	W Hasaranga	SL	53	89	139.06
7	A Zampa	AUS	71	82	128.13
8	T Shamsi	SA	59	73	114.06
9	R Ashwin	IND	65	72	112.50
10	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	24	44	68.75

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	24	617	44	14.02	13.98	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	24	617	44	14.02	13.98	150.00
2	W Hasaranga	53	1345	89	15.11	15.79	132.78
3	T Shamsi	59	1534	73	21.01	18.29	114.61
4	Shadab Khan	80	2105	98	21.48	20.80	100.78
5	IS Sodhi	86	2467	111	22.23	21.53	97.36
6	MJ Santner	79	1953	89	21.94	21.58	97.13
7	A Zampa	71	1780	82	21.71	21.86	95.91
8	R Ashwin	65	1672	72	23.22	22.87	91.66
9	AU Rashid	88	2378	93	25.57	23.63	88.73
10	Shakib Al Hasan	107	2716	128	21.22	23.78	88.16

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Kuldeep Yadav	22	580	37	15.68	15.62	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	22	580	37	15.68	15.62	150.00
2	W Hasaranga	41	1087	68	15.99	16.70	140.33
3	T Shamsi	51	1304	57	22.88	19.92	117.68
4	MJ Santner	64	1584	76	20.84	20.50	114.32
5	Shadab Khan	59	1567	68	23.04	22.32	105.01
6	AU Rashid	83	2233	90	24.81	22.93	102.22
7	A Zampa	62	1575	65	24.23	24.40	96.05
8	IS Sodhi	67	1955	77	25.39	24.60	95.27
9	R Ashwin	51	1358	50	27.16	26.75	87.61
10	Shakib Al Hasan	69	1750	73	23.97	26.87	87.23

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	AC Agar	47	994	1073	6.48	6.49	150.00
1	Kuldeep Yadav	24	537	617	6.89	6.76	144.12
2	T Shamsi	59	1288	1534	7.15	6.78	143.61
3	MJ Santner	79	1646	1953	7.12	6.86	141.99
4	W Hasaranga	53	1186	1345	6.80	6.88	141.51
5	Shadab Khan	80	1795	2105	7.04	6.92	140.79
6	A Zampa	71	1541	1780	6.93	6.93	140.51
7	R Ashwin	65	1452	1672	6.91	7.04	138.27
8	Shakib Al Hasan	107	2385	2716	6.83	7.11	136.92
9	AU Rashid	88	1922	2378	7.42	7.20	135.28
10	IS Sodhi	86	1843	2467	8.03	7.78	125.18

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	RUNS	ER	R ER	RAT
TS	AC Agar	39	814	913	6.73	6.74	150.00
1	T Shamsi	51	1096	1304	7.14	6.77	149.37
2	Kuldeep Yadav	22	498	580	6.99	6.85	147.73
3	MJ Santner	64	1322	1584	7.19	6.93	146.09
4	Shadab Khan	59	1317	1567	7.14	7.02	144.18
5	A Zampa	62	1325	1575	7.13	7.13	141.87
6	AU Rashid	83	1808	2233	7.41	7.19	140.81
7	W Hasaranga	41	916	1087	7.12	7.20	140.52
8	Shakib Al Hasan	69	1498	1750	7.01	7.30	138.68
9	R Ashwin	51	1134	1358	7.19	7.32	138.15
10	IS Sodhi	67	1431	1955	8.20	7.94	127.44

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top 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	3/20	3/25	4.00	100.00
1	Shakib Al Hasan	5/21	4/9	4/34	3/24	3/27	3.80	95.00
2	T Shamsi	5/24	4/25	3/17	3/19	3/20	3.60	90.00
3	MJ Santner	4/11	4/31	3/12	3/15	3/19	3.40	85.00
3	W Hasaranga	4/9	4/33	3/12	3/17	3/20	3.40	85.00
3	Shadab Khan	4/14	4/26	3/7	3/17	3/19	3.40	85.00
3	AU Rashid	4/2	4/35	3/11	3/21	3/25	3.40	85.00
3	R Ashwin	4/8	4/11	3/14	3/22	3/24	3.40	85.00
8	Kuldeep Yadav	5/24	3/12	3/13	3/52	2/16	3.20	80.00
8	IS Sodhi	4/28	3/18	3/24	3/26	3/30	3.20	80.00
10	A Zampa	3/14	3/16	3/16	3/18	3/25	3.00	75.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against top 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	R Ashwin	4.0/8	4.0/8	3.2/11	4.0/14	3.0/11	2.89	100.00
1	R Ashwin	4.0/8	4.0/8	3.2/11	4.0/14	3.0/11	2.89	100.00
2	W Hasaranga	4.0/9	4.0/12	4.0/12	4.0/13	3.0/12	3.09	93.66
3	AU Rashid	2.2/2	4.0/11	4.0/15	3.0/12	4.0/16	3.13	92.29
4	MJ Santner	4.0/11	4.0/12	4.0/14	4.0/15	4.0/15	3.23	89.59
5	T Shamsi	4.0/11	4.0/13	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/16	3.27	88.32
6	Shadab Khan	4.0/7	4.0/14	4.0/14	4.0/16	3.5/16	3.32	87.07
7	Shakib Al Hasan	3.4/9	4.0/10	4.0/13	2.0/8	4.0/17	3.36	86.09
8	A Zampa	4.0/12	3.0/10	4.0/14	2.3/9	4.0/16	3.49	82.95
9	Kuldeep Yadav	4.0/12	4.0/13	4.0/16	4.0/18	4.0/19	3.82	75.64
10	IS Sodhi	4.0/14	4.0/17	4.0/18	4.0/21	4.0/23	4.50	64.20

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	W Hasaranga	139.06	273.11	282.03	85.00	93.66	872.86	436.43
2	Shakib Al Hasan	200.00	175.40	275.60	95.00	86.09	832.09	416.04
3	T Shamsi	114.06	232.29	292.98	90.00	88.32	817.65	408.83
4	Kuldeep Yadav	68.75	300.00	291.85	80.00	75.64	816.24	408.12
5	Shadab Khan	153.13	205.79	284.97	85.00	87.07	815.95	407.98
6	MJ Santner	139.06	211.45	288.08	85.00	89.59	813.18	406.59
7	AU Rashid	145.31	190.95	276.09	85.00	92.29	789.64	394.82
8	IS Sodhi	173.44	192.64	252.63	80.00	64.20	762.90	381.45
9	A Zampa	128.13	191.97	282.38	75.00	82.95	760.41	380.21
10	R Ashwin	112.50	179.28	276.41	85.00	100.00	753.19	376.59

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for spin bowlers and In Asia for pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

HOME – 250 PTS
AWAY – 1,000 PTS
FC – 250 PTS
UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shadab Khan	37	46	20.63	6.85	757.12	189.28
2	Shakib Al Hasan	42	52	20.31	6.67	747.48	186.87
3	IS Sodhi	44	57	23.81	8.58	734.42	183.61
4	MJ Santner	41	45	23.09	7.63	732.31	183.08
5	A Zampa	24	30	19.97	6.66	691.10	172.78
6	AU Rashid	27	33	22.24	7.57	688.18	172.05
7	R Ashwin	21	22	23.45	6.88	687.61	171.90
8	W Hasaranga	13	20	16.90	7.09	687.55	171.89
9	Kuldeep Yadav	11	18	17.67	7.76	666.18	166.54
10	T Shamsi	23	20	34.20	7.86	584.49	146.12

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	T Shamsi	36	53	16.04	6.66	842.49	842.49
2	W Hasaranga	40	69	14.59	6.71	824.55	824.55
3	Kuldeep Yadav	13	26	11.50	6.16	794.60	794.60
4	MJ Santner	38	44	20.77	6.62	754.39	754.39
5	Shadab Khan	43	52	22.23	7.20	720.56	720.56
6	Shakib Al Hasan	65	76	21.84	6.94	720.01	720.01
7	AU Rashid	61	60	27.40	7.36	715.22	715.22
8	A Zampa	47	52	22.71	7.08	675.12	675.12
9	IS Sodhi	42	54	20.56	7.45	651.67	651.67
10	R Ashwin	44	50	23.12	6.92	644.78	644.78

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	A Zampa	29	36	18.44	6.38	910.79	227.70
2	AU Rashid	29	30	26.10	7.50	868.58	217.15
3	T Shamsi	19	23	19.39	6.90	850.97	212.74
4	MJ Santner	21	21	23.19	6.57	823.87	205.97
5	IS Sodhi	22	27	21.22	7.47	781.21	195.30

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	W Hasaranga	35	59	15.24	6.83	858.91	214.73
2	R Ashwin	41	51	18.88	6.34	807.55	201.89
3	Shakib Al Hasan	66	82	20.07	6.63	783.90	195.97
4	Shadab Khan	39	49	20.22	6.76	744.29	186.07
5	Kuldeep Yadav	14	22	17.45	7.53	692.01	173.00

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	MJ Santner	58	68	21.56	7.32	873.49	873.49
2	T Shamsi	40	50	21.76	7.25	861.39	861.39
3	IS Sodhi	64	84	22.55	8.22	825.55	825.55
4	AU Rashid	59	63	25.32	7.38	819.72	819.72
5	A Zampa	42	46	24.26	7.30	753.25	753.25

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shadab Khan	41	49	22.73	7.30	975.20	975.20
2	Shakib Al Hasan	41	46	23.26	7.17	876.06	876.06
3	W Hasaranga	18	30	14.87	6.76	844.45	844.45
4	R Ashwin	24	21	33.76	7.88	582.42	582.42
5	Kuldeep Yadav	10	22	10.59	6.05	500.00	500.00

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	TOT	CON PTS
1	Shadab Khan	720.56	189.28	975.20	186.07	2,071.12	207.11
2	T Shamsi	842.49	146.12	861.39	212.74	2,062.75	206.27
3	W Hasaranga	824.55	171.89	844.45	214.73	2,055.61	205.56
4	MJ Santner	754.39	183.08	873.49	205.97	2,016.93	201.69
5	Shakib Al Hasan	720.01	186.87	876.06	195.97	1,978.91	197.89
6	AU Rashid	715.22	172.05	819.72	217.15	1,924.12	192.41
7	IS Sodhi	651.67	183.61	825.55	195.30	1,856.13	185.61
8	A Zampa	675.12	172.78	753.25	227.70	1,828.84	182.88
9	Kuldeep Yadav	794.60	166.54	500.00	173.00	1,634.15	163.41
10	R Ashwin	644.78	171.90	582.42	201.89	1,600.99	160.10

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And World Cup

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 15 consecutive innings of a bowlers against Top Teams such that his Rating Points are Maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. World Cup Rating gives points for performances in World Cups. 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:-

TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
WORLD CUP – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	Shadab Khan	15	24	16.00	6.53	852.60	426.30
2	R Ashwin	15	19	17.68	6.46	849.04	424.52
3	AU Rashid	15	23	17.70	7.27	810.79	405.40
4	A Zampa	15	21	17.24	6.35	799.29	399.64
5	Shakib Al Hasan	15	22	16.73	6.51	798.98	399.49
6	MJ Santner	15	23	17.35	8.03	783.50	391.75
7	IS Sodhi	15	22	18.86	7.98	781.05	390.52
8	W Hasaranga	13	20	16.90	7.09	776.37	388.19
9	Kuldeep Yadav	11	18	17.67	7.76	734.51	367.25
10	T Shamsi	15	15	27.87	7.33	656.55	328.27

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	W Hasaranga	15	31	11.48	6.03	930.45	930.45
2	T Shamsi	15	23	13.39	5.40	888.95	888.95
3	MJ Santner	15	21	16.05	6.02	776.54	776.54
4	Shadab Khan	15	22	18.59	7.09	752.98	752.98
5	Kuldeep Yadav	11	19	13.79	6.24	739.99	739.99
6	AU Rashid	15	22	17.68	6.78	738.80	738.80
7	R Ashwin	15	20	18.70	6.54	687.80	687.80
8	A Zampa	15	16	18.31	6.04	664.98	664.98
9	IS Sodhi	15	18	21.28	7.09	622.55	622.55
10	Shakib Al Hasan	15	17	22.06	6.92	600.94	600.94

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	ECO	RAT	WTG
1	R Ashwin	24	32	17.25	6.49	865.00	865.00
2	MJ Santner	17	21	18.67	6.52	814.75	814.75
3	IS Sodhi	17	25	17.76	7.05	808.73	808.73
4	W Hasaranga	10	18	13.72	6.50	806.76	806.76
5	A Zampa	14	23	13.30	6.12	800.26	800.26
6	Shakib Al Hasan	27	26	28.42	7.46	774.68	774.68
7	AU Rashid	22	21	26.10	7.00	755.37	755.37
8	Shadab Khan	13	20	15.15	6.18	738.13	738.13
9	T Shamsi	7	12	14.75	6.56	609.31	609.31
10	Kuldeep Yadav	0	0	NA	NA	500.00	500.00

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the PRESENT ERA Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK	BOWLER	TF HM	TF AW	WC	TOT	SEC RAT
1	W Hasaranga	388.19	930.45	806.76	2,125.41	212.54
2	MJ Santner	391.75	776.54	814.75	1,983.04	198.30
3	R Ashwin	424.52	687.80	865.00	1,977.33	197.73
4	Shadab Khan	426.30	752.98	738.13	1,917.42	191.74
5	AU Rashid	405.40	738.80	755.37	1,899.57	189.96
6	A Zampa	399.64	664.98	800.26	1,864.88	186.49
7	T Shamsi	328.27	888.95	609.31	1,826.53	182.65
8	IS Sodhi	390.52	622.55	808.73	1,821.81	182.18
9	Shakib Al Hasan	399.49	600.94	774.68	1,775.11	177.51
10	Kuldeep Yadav	367.25	739.99	500.00	1,607.25	160.72

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. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	W Hasaranga	SL	436.43	205.56	212.54	854.53
2	Shadab Khan	PAK	407.98	207.11	191.74	806.83
3	MJ Santner	NZ	406.59	201.69	198.30	806.59
4	T Shamsi	SA	408.83	206.27	182.65	797.75
5	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	416.04	197.89	177.51	791.45
6	AU Rashid	ENG	394.82	192.41	189.96	777.19
7	A Zampa	AUS	380.21	182.88	186.49	749.58
8	IS Sodhi	NZ	381.45	185.61	182.18	749.24
9	R Ashwin	IND	376.59	160.10	197.73	734.43
10	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	408.12	163.41	160.72	732.26