This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the last 30 years. Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in Test Cricket in the last 30 years.

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. 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 Outside Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.2.2. Asians In Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WKTS/INN

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNINGS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. PRESENT ERA RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Wkts Per Inn, Top Form, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	25
Min Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	150.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	JM Anderson	ENG	350	704	250.00
1	JM Anderson	ENG	350	704	250.00
2	SCJ Broad	ENG	309	604	214.49
3	MA Starc	AUS	202	433	153.76
4	TG Southee	NZ	203	391	138.85
5	K Rabada	SA	134	340	120.74
6	PJ Cummins	AUS	134	315	111.86
7	JR Hazlewood	AUS	143	295	104.76
8	JJ Bumrah	IND	99	234	83.10
9	Mohammed Shami	IND	122	229	81.32
10	M Jansen	SA	38	89	31.61

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	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	99	4631	234	19.79	19.33	120.00
1	JJ Bumrah	99	4631	234	19.79	19.33	120.00
2	M Jansen	38	1880	89	21.12	21.82	106.26
3	K Rabada	134	7493	340	22.04	22.16	104.66
4	PJ Cummins	134	6946	315	22.05	22.41	103.50
5	JM Anderson	350	18627	704	26.46	23.80	97.45
6	JR Hazlewood	143	7144	295	24.22	23.88	97.12
7	SCJ Broad	309	16719	604	27.68	25.32	91.60
8	Mohammed Shami	122	6346	229	27.71	25.72	90.15
9	MA Starc	202	11481	433	26.52	26.03	89.08
10	TG Southee	203	11832	391	30.26	28.50	81.38

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	JJ Bumrah	83	4138	193	21.44	20.10	180.00
1	JJ Bumrah	83	4138	193	21.44	20.10	180.00
2	M Jansen	28	1311	62	21.15	20.63	175.37
3	PJ Cummins	104	5698	250	22.79	22.37	161.71
4	K Rabada	88	5364	220	24.38	22.53	160.57
5	JM Anderson	237	12709	438	29.02	24.55	147.38
6	JR Hazlewood	98	5188	196	26.47	24.55	147.37
7	SCJ Broad	204	11091	389	28.51	24.66	146.69
8	MA Starc	142	8398	299	28.09	26.38	137.14
9	Mohammed Shami	87	4838	164	29.50	26.46	136.70
10	TG Southee	126	7769	227	34.22	30.18	119.87

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	75
Min Wickets (TT)	60

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	M Jansen	38	3408	89	38.29	42.71	120.00
1	M Jansen	38	3408	89	38.29	42.71	120.00
2	K Rabada	134	13436	340	39.52	42.76	119.87
3	JJ Bumrah	99	10031	234	42.87	46.27	110.77
4	MA Starc	202	20013	433	46.22	48.78	105.07
5	PJ Cummins	134	14391	315	45.69	49.55	103.45
6	Mohammed Shami	122	11515	229	50.28	51.12	100.26
7	JR Hazlewood	143	15423	295	52.28	55.61	92.17
8	SCJ Broad	309	33698	604	55.79	56.12	91.33
9	JM Anderson	350	40037	704	56.87	56.20	91.20
10	TG Southee	203	23490	391	60.08	61.32	83.58

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	M Jansen	28	2507	62	40.44	42.78	180.00
1	M Jansen	28	2507	62	40.44	42.78	180.00
2	K Rabada	88	9468	220	43.04	43.45	177.23
3	JJ Bumrah	83	8909	193	46.16	48.44	158.96
4	MA Starc	142	14362	299	48.03	49.03	157.04
5	PJ Cummins	104	11609	250	46.44	49.13	156.72
6	Mohammed Shami	87	8757	164	53.40	53.00	145.29
7	SCJ Broad	204	22344	389	57.44	55.19	139.52
8	JR Hazlewood	98	10831	196	55.26	56.28	136.81
9	JM Anderson	237	27270	438	62.26	58.58	131.44
10	TG Southee	126	14819	227	65.28	63.29	121.66

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	SCJ Broad	8/15	7/44	7/72	6/17	6/25	6/31	6/46	6.57	50.00
1	SCJ Broad	8/15	7/44	7/72	6/17	6/25	6/31	6/46	6.57	50.00
2	JM Anderson	7/42	7/43	6/17	6/40	6/42	6/47	5/16	6.14	46.74
2	MA Starc	7/58	6/9	6/48	6/50	6/66	6/75	6/111	6.14	46.74
4	TG Southee	7/64	6/43	6/50	6/62	6/68	6/80	5/32	6.00	45.65
4	K Rabada	7/112	6/32	6/46	6/50	6/54	6/55	5/30	6.00	45.65
6	PJ Cummins	6/23	6/27	6/28	6/79	6/91	5/28	5/38	5.71	43.48
6	JJ Bumrah	6/27	6/33	6/45	6/61	6/76	5/7	5/24	5.71	43.48
8	JR Hazlewood	6/67	6/70	6/89	5/8	5/30	5/31	5/35	5.43	41.30
9	M Jansen	7/13	6/48	6/52	5/35	4/31	4/36	4/55	5.14	39.13
10	Mohammed Shami	6/56	5/28	5/35	5/44	5/47	5/112	4/31	5.00	38.04

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	SCJ Broad	8/15	6/17	6/25	6/46	6/50	6/54	6/81	6.29	100.00
1	SCJ Broad	8/15	6/17	6/25	6/46	6/50	6/54	6/81	6.29	100.00
2	MA Starc	7/58	6/48	6/50	6/75	6/111	6/154	5/34	6.00	95.45
3	TG Southee	7/64	6/43	6/50	6/62	5/35	5/55	5/61	5.71	90.91
4	PJ Cummins	6/27	6/28	6/79	6/91	5/28	5/38	5/42	5.57	88.64
4	K Rabada	7/112	6/32	6/54	5/51	5/52	5/59	5/60	5.57	88.64
4	JJ Bumrah	6/33	6/45	6/61	6/76	5/27	5/30	5/42	5.57	88.64
7	JR Hazlewood	6/67	6/89	5/8	5/30	5/31	5/48	5/57	5.29	84.09
8	JM Anderson	6/47	5/20	5/40	5/43	5/53	5/60	5/62	5.14	81.82
9	Mohammed Shami	6/56	5/28	5/35	5/44	5/112	4/49	4/57	4.86	77.27
10	M Jansen	6/48	5/35	4/31	4/36	4/55	4/98	3/32	4.29	68.18

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	RAT	PRI PTS
1	JM Anderson	250.00	244.83	91.20	128.56	846.02	338.41
2	SCJ Broad	214.49	238.29	91.33	150.00	833.63	333.45
3	K Rabada	120.74	265.23	119.87	134.29	817.35	326.94
4	JJ Bumrah	83.10	300.00	110.77	132.11	784.93	313.97
5	MA Starc	153.76	226.22	105.07	142.19	784.29	313.72
6	PJ Cummins	111.86	265.22	103.45	132.11	769.36	307.74
7	M Jansen	31.61	281.62	120.00	107.31	720.54	288.22
8	JR Hazlewood	104.76	244.49	92.17	125.40	703.63	281.45
9	TG Southee	138.85	201.24	83.58	136.56	681.90	272.76
10	Mohammed Shami	81.32	226.85	100.26	115.32	669.03	267.61

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent 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	30.00
Away	120.00
Favourable Conditions	30.00
Unfavourable Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW 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 Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SCJ Broad	188	398	25.93	50.20	800.87	24.03
2	JM Anderson	202	438	24.41	52.34	788.95	23.67
3	K Rabada	71	198	20.08	35.10	767.32	23.02
4	MA Starc	117	266	25.70	45.79	709.41	21.28
5	PJ Cummins	75	183	19.91	43.22	687.45	20.62
6	JR Hazlewood	76	168	22.70	52.09	643.02	19.29
7	JJ Bumrah	31	62	17.71	38.00	632.08	18.96
8	M Jansen	20	51	19.88	33.86	631.32	18.94
9	Mohammed Shami	42	76	22.11	42.62	627.60	18.83
10	TG Southee	114	234	28.80	57.10	582.46	17.47

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	68	172	20.54	44.62	835.23	100.23
2	JM Anderson	148	266	29.83	64.33	802.45	96.29
3	MA Starc	85	167	27.81	46.90	753.40	90.41
4	PJ Cummins	59	132	25.02	49.10	748.63	89.84
5	SCJ Broad	121	206	31.06	66.60	745.71	89.48
6	K Rabada	63	142	24.77	45.68	742.63	89.12
7	TG Southee	89	157	32.44	64.51	694.54	83.34
8	Mohammed Shami	80	153	30.50	54.09	678.64	81.44
9	JR Hazlewood	67	127	26.22	52.54	673.60	80.83
10	M Jansen	18	38	22.79	44.24	673.43	80.81

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 Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SCJ Broad	272	560	26.86	53.64	849.43	25.48
2	JM Anderson	292	612	26.30	55.85	830.38	24.91
3	K Rabada	109	300	21.32	37.51	821.36	24.64
4	PJ Cummins	117	284	21.20	43.79	764.87	22.95
5	MA Starc	167	375	26.17	45.15	762.72	22.88
6	JR Hazlewood	126	279	23.36	49.82	710.04	21.30
7	M Jansen	32	77	22.03	38.04	670.55	20.12
8	TG Southee	164	328	30.62	59.51	637.61	19.13

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	68	172	20.54	44.62	1,000.00	30.00
2	Mohammed Shami	74	143	31.39	55.32	795.71	23.87

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	JM Anderson	58	92	27.51	63.67	948.08	113.77
2	MA Starc	35	58	28.76	53.12	861.63	103.40
3	TG Southee	39	63	28.38	63.05	851.64	102.20
4	K Rabada	25	40	27.43	54.58	762.34	91.48
5	PJ Cummins	17	31	29.84	63.03	678.32	81.40
6	SCJ Broad	37	44	38.09	83.14	627.10	75.25
7	M Jansen	6	12	15.33	39.92	500.00	60.00
8	JR Hazlewood	17	16	39.19	95.19	465.21	55.83

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Mohammed Shami	48	86	21.59	41.91	916.90	110.03
2	JJ Bumrah	31	62	17.71	38.00	852.68	102.32

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	JM Anderson	802.45	197.24	948.08	207.59	258.64
2	JJ Bumrah	835.23	158.02	852.68	250.00	251.51
3	MA Starc	753.40	177.35	861.63	190.68	237.97
4	Mohammed Shami	678.64	156.90	916.90	198.93	234.16
5	K Rabada	742.63	191.83	762.34	205.34	228.26
6	TG Southee	694.54	145.62	851.64	159.40	222.14
7	PJ Cummins	748.63	171.86	678.32	191.22	214.80
8	SCJ Broad	745.71	200.22	627.10	212.36	214.25
9	M Jansen	673.43	157.83	500.00	167.64	179.87
10	JR Hazlewood	673.60	160.76	465.21	177.51	177.25

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
Wickets Per Inn	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

WKTS/INN

WPI RATING

Points to note about WPI Rating:-

It gives points for three criteria.
The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams.
The number of bowled victims per inn.
The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	W/I	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	99	234	2.36	944.68	47.23
2	K Rabada	134	340	2.54	857.00	42.85
3	M Jansen	38	89	2.34	826.91	41.35
4	PJ Cummins	134	315	2.35	818.50	40.93
5	MA Starc	202	433	2.14	804.76	40.24
6	Mohammed Shami	122	229	1.88	739.41	36.97
7	JR Hazlewood	143	295	2.06	717.70	35.88
8	JM Anderson	350	704	2.01	715.53	35.78
9	SCJ Broad	309	604	1.95	678.58	33.93
10	TG Southee	203	391	1.93	643.43	32.17

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	50	122	19.43	40.76	946.11	94.61
2	K Rabada	50	136	22.82	39.30	927.47	92.75
3	PJ Cummins	50	128	19.83	44.79	907.44	90.74
4	SCJ Broad	50	112	23.38	48.39	887.38	88.74
5	MA Starc	50	118	25.59	45.42	851.36	85.14
6	JM Anderson	50	106	21.67	55.00	833.81	83.38
7	Mohammed Shami	50	104	24.88	47.15	817.54	81.75
8	TG Southee	50	112	26.79	54.49	801.83	80.18
9	JR Hazlewood	50	104	24.98	56.55	774.39	77.44
10	M Jansen	28	62	21.15	40.44	735.98	73.60

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

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

A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
The required AVE or SR increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	JJ Bumrah	99	52	52.53	794.41	119.16
2	JM Anderson	350	150	42.86	789.24	118.39
3	K Rabada	134	69	51.49	778.35	116.75
4	M Jansen	38	21	55.26	777.37	116.61
5	PJ Cummins	134	64	47.76	733.67	110.05
6	SCJ Broad	309	124	40.13	724.18	108.63
7	JR Hazlewood	143	63	44.06	669.82	100.47
8	Mohammed Shami	122	54	44.26	662.99	99.45
9	MA Starc	202	81	40.10	658.92	98.84
10	TG Southee	203	80	39.41	614.59	92.19

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	TF	WPI	II	SEC RAT
1	JJ Bumrah	94.61	47.23	119.16	261.01
2	K Rabada	92.75	42.85	116.75	252.35
3	PJ Cummins	90.74	40.93	110.05	241.72
4	JM Anderson	83.38	35.78	118.39	237.54
5	M Jansen	73.60	41.35	116.61	231.55
6	SCJ Broad	88.74	33.93	108.63	231.29
7	MA Starc	85.14	40.24	98.84	224.21
8	Mohammed Shami	81.75	36.97	99.45	218.17
9	JR Hazlewood	77.44	35.88	100.47	213.80
10	TG Southee	80.18	32.17	92.19	204.54

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 RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	JM Anderson	ENG	338.41	258.64	237.54	834.60
2	JJ Bumrah	IND	313.97	251.51	261.01	826.49
3	K Rabada	SA	326.94	228.26	252.35	807.55
4	SCJ Broad	ENG	333.45	214.25	231.29	778.99
5	MA Starc	AUS	313.72	237.97	224.21	775.90
6	PJ Cummins	AUS	307.74	214.80	241.72	764.27
7	Mohammed Shami	IND	267.61	234.16	218.17	719.95
8	M Jansen	SA	288.22	179.87	231.55	699.63
9	TG Southee	NZ	272.76	222.14	204.54	699.45
10	JR Hazlewood	AUS	281.45	177.25	213.80	672.50

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)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
TS Bowling 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific conditions.