This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 2010s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in Test Cricket in the 2010s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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

3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

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. TOP FORM AT HOME

5.2. TOP FORM AWAY

5.3. IMPACT INNINGS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

7.1. Top Teams In Asia

7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Top Form Home, Top Form Away, 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.
Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
A bowler's performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	30
Min Career Wkts	50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	200.00
Consistent	Average	400.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	100.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	JM Anderson	ENG	200	429	200.00
1	JM Anderson	ENG	200	429	200.00
2	SCJ Broad	ENG	207	403	187.88
3	DW Steyn	SA	108	267	124.48
4	M Morkel	SA	125	248	115.62
5	MA Starc	AUS	107	240	111.89
6	VD Philander	SA	114	220	102.56
7	K Rabada	SA	75	190	88.58
8	Mohammed Shami	IND	91	175	81.59
9	PJ Cummins	AUS	55	139	64.80
10	RJ Harris	AUS	52	113	52.68

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	100

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	PJ Cummins	55	3048	139	21.93	21.52	200.00
1	PJ Cummins	55	3048	139	21.93	21.52	200.00
2	VD Philander	114	4838	220	21.99	21.72	198.15
3	DW Steyn	108	5954	267	22.30	22.12	194.58
4	K Rabada	75	4289	190	22.57	22.43	191.86
5	RJ Harris	52	2658	113	23.52	23.05	186.71
6	JM Anderson	200	10448	429	24.35	23.22	185.39
7	Mohammed Shami	91	4742	175	27.10	25.29	170.20
8	M Morkel	125	6446	248	25.99	25.45	169.11
9	MA Starc	107	6501	240	27.09	26.34	163.39
10	SCJ Broad	207	11146	403	27.66	26.75	160.92

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	PJ Cummins	43	2508	111	22.59	21.71	200.00
1	PJ Cummins	43	2508	111	22.59	21.71	200.00
2	VD Philander	81	3587	152	23.60	22.05	196.92
3	DW Steyn	72	4098	173	23.69	22.08	196.69
4	RJ Harris	48	2474	107	23.12	22.32	194.56
5	K Rabada	53	3205	128	25.04	23.09	188.03
6	JM Anderson	144	7757	284	27.31	24.38	178.08
7	SCJ Broad	144	7909	290	27.27	24.74	175.53
8	M Morkel	97	5159	196	26.32	24.76	175.38
9	MA Starc	83	5087	178	28.58	26.57	163.46
10	Mohammed Shami	64	3704	125	29.63	26.94	161.20

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	100

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BALLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	K Rabada	75	7604	190	40.02	43.63	300.00
1	K Rabada	75	7604	190	40.02	43.63	300.00
2	DW Steyn	108	11728	267	43.93	46.62	280.81
3	Mohammed Shami	91	8602	175	49.15	49.66	263.59
4	MA Starc	107	11573	240	48.22	50.33	260.07
5	PJ Cummins	55	6563	139	47.22	50.48	259.34
6	RJ Harris	52	5736	113	50.76	53.57	244.37
7	VD Philander	114	10986	220	49.94	53.59	244.25
8	M Morkel	125	12977	248	52.33	55.21	237.09
9	JM Anderson	200	23568	429	54.94	56.49	231.73
10	SCJ Broad	207	22850	403	56.70	58.95	222.07

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

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AVE WT	RAT
TS	SCJ Broad	8/15	7/44	7/72	6/17	6/25	6/46	6/50	6.57	100.00
1	SCJ Broad	8/15	7/44	7/72	6/17	6/25	6/46	6/50	6.57	100.00
2	DW Steyn	7/51	6/8	6/34	6/50	6/100	5/17	5/29	5.86	89.13
3	JM Anderson	7/42	6/17	6/42	6/47	5/16	5/20	5/29	5.71	86.96
3	K Rabada	7/112	6/32	6/54	6/55	5/30	5/33	5/78	5.71	86.96
5	VD Philander	6/21	6/42	6/44	6/81	5/7	5/15	5/21	5.57	84.78
5	MA Starc	6/50	6/66	6/111	6/154	5/34	5/44	5/46	5.57	84.78
7	M Morkel	6/23	5/20	5/21	5/23	5/54	5/75	5/146	5.14	78.26
7	RJ Harris	7/117	6/47	5/25	5/62	5/72	4/32	4/33	5.14	78.26
7	PJ Cummins	6/23	6/27	6/79	5/28	5/83	4/32	4/39	5.14	78.26
10	Mohammed Shami	6/56	5/28	5/35	5/47	5/112	4/31	4/49	4.86	73.91

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	DW Steyn	124.48	391.28	280.81	89.13	885.69	354.28
2	JM Anderson	200.00	363.47	231.73	86.96	882.16	352.86
3	K Rabada	88.58	379.89	300.00	86.96	855.42	342.17
4	SCJ Broad	187.88	336.44	222.07	100.00	846.39	338.56
5	VD Philander	102.56	395.07	244.25	84.78	826.67	330.67
6	PJ Cummins	64.80	400.00	259.34	78.26	802.40	320.96
7	MA Starc	111.89	326.86	260.07	84.78	783.59	313.44
8	M Morkel	115.62	344.49	237.09	78.26	775.45	310.18
9	RJ Harris	52.68	381.26	244.37	78.26	756.58	302.63
10	Mohammed Shami	81.59	331.40	263.59	73.91	750.49	300.19

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: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	K Rabada	46	134	19.40	32.74	848.09	25.44
2	JM Anderson	110	264	21.19	48.34	843.02	25.29
3	DW Steyn	61	161	20.34	40.27	829.66	24.89
4	VD Philander	64	142	18.49	42.27	817.90	24.54
5	SCJ Broad	124	264	25.38	50.63	816.89	24.51
6	Mohammed Shami	32	62	21.08	42.45	800.28	24.01
7	MA Starc	59	146	26.08	46.60	713.78	21.41
8	M Morkel	67	132	24.86	49.51	678.14	20.34
9	PJ Cummins	28	67	22.00	48.64	658.61	19.76
10	RJ Harris	24	49	24.88	55.59	604.94	18.15

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	PJ Cummins	27	72	21.86	45.89	860.74	103.29
2	DW Steyn	47	106	25.28	49.48	838.41	100.61
3	RJ Harris	28	64	22.48	47.06	816.28	97.95
4	JM Anderson	90	165	29.41	65.50	813.29	97.59
5	M Morkel	58	116	27.28	55.53	797.17	95.66
6	MA Starc	48	94	28.66	50.73	775.73	93.09
7	SCJ Broad	83	139	31.99	68.24	759.17	91.10
8	Mohammed Shami	59	113	30.40	52.83	731.15	87.74
9	VD Philander	50	78	28.37	63.88	715.72	85.89
10	K Rabada	29	56	30.16	57.45	694.79	83.37

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	DW Steyn	86	221	21.39	42.37	854.82	25.64
2	JM Anderson	168	381	23.93	53.42	849.99	25.50
3	K Rabada	62	173	21.40	37.26	849.28	25.48
4	VD Philander	97	204	20.73	46.72	839.07	25.17
5	SCJ Broad	178	365	26.88	54.68	834.92	25.05
6	PJ Cummins	48	125	21.06	45.78	794.56	23.84
7	M Morkel	103	214	25.25	49.98	750.83	22.52
8	MA Starc	88	203	26.93	48.03	739.36	22.18
9	RJ Harris	48	102	24.49	52.35	719.78	21.59

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Mohammed Shami	53	103	31.63	54.42	791.02	23.73

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	DW Steyn	22	46	26.65	51.41	938.80	112.66
2	MA Starc	19	37	27.95	49.27	899.59	107.95
3	JM Anderson	32	48	27.71	66.96	896.17	107.54
4	M Morkel	22	34	30.65	67.09	764.76	91.77
5	SCJ Broad	29	38	35.13	76.05	736.81	88.42
6	K Rabada	13	17	34.53	68.12	611.43	73.37
7	RJ Harris	4	11	14.55	36.00	500.00	60.00
7	PJ Cummins	7	14	29.71	60.00	500.00	60.00
9	VD Philander	17	16	38.06	91.00	499.08	59.89

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Mohammed Shami	38	72	20.61	41.63	924.90	110.99

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	DW Steyn	838.41	207.41	938.80	213.70	263.80
2	JM Anderson	813.29	210.76	896.17	212.50	255.92
3	Mohammed Shami	731.15	200.07	924.90	197.75	246.47
4	MA Starc	775.73	178.45	899.59	184.84	244.63
5	M Morkel	797.17	169.54	764.76	187.71	230.30
6	SCJ Broad	759.17	204.22	736.81	208.73	229.07
7	K Rabada	694.79	212.02	611.43	212.32	207.67
8	PJ Cummins	860.74	164.65	500.00	198.64	206.88
9	RJ Harris	816.28	151.24	500.00	179.94	197.70
10	VD Philander	715.72	204.47	499.08	209.77	195.49

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
Top Form Home	30.00
Top Form Away	120.00
Impact Innings	150.00

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

Top Form (TF) is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
There are two TF Ratings used in our DECADES Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	K Rabada	30	95	16.57	29.91	938.61	28.16
2	JM Anderson	30	83	14.54	36.18	917.28	27.52
3	DW Steyn	30	92	17.17	36.51	871.32	26.14
4	SCJ Broad	30	80	22.03	45.43	784.22	23.53
5	VD Philander	30	65	16.18	40.40	782.62	23.48
6	Mohammed Shami	30	60	20.48	42.02	771.09	23.13
7	MA Starc	30	78	22.54	42.51	760.62	22.82
8	PJ Cummins	28	67	22.00	48.64	694.89	20.85
9	M Morkel	30	66	21.79	43.03	691.60	20.75
10	RJ Harris	24	49	24.88	55.59	595.73	17.87

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	MA Starc	30	71	22.83	38.79	981.80	117.82
2	PJ Cummins	27	72	21.86	45.89	924.34	110.92
3	DW Steyn	30	71	23.63	48.66	903.92	108.47
4	RJ Harris	28	64	22.48	47.06	877.85	105.34
5	SCJ Broad	30	61	25.69	53.05	861.54	103.38
6	VD Philander	30	56	23.77	54.70	847.02	101.64
7	Mohammed Shami	30	62	24.71	43.21	840.31	100.84
8	M Morkel	30	60	24.98	54.32	827.19	99.26
9	JM Anderson	30	64	26.59	57.25	824.66	98.96
10	K Rabada	29	56	30.16	57.45	757.22	90.87

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 takes equal to or more wickets than 5.
A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
1st and 2nd; and 3rd and 4th inns are clubbed together.
The required AVE or SR is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	RJ Harris	52	28	53.85	820.47	123.07
2	DW Steyn	108	56	51.85	817.42	122.61
3	PJ Cummins	55	29	52.73	799.58	119.94
4	JM Anderson	200	91	45.50	786.44	117.97
5	Mohammed Shami	91	42	46.15	723.61	108.54
6	K Rabada	75	38	50.67	702.48	105.37
7	SCJ Broad	207	80	38.65	700.61	105.09
8	VD Philander	114	49	42.98	677.27	101.59
9	M Morkel	125	50	40.00	640.82	96.12
10	MA Starc	107	45	42.06	640.42	96.06

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 HM	TF AW	II	SEC RAT
1	DW Steyn	26.14	108.47	122.61	257.22
2	PJ Cummins	20.85	110.92	119.94	251.70
3	RJ Harris	17.87	105.34	123.07	246.28
4	JM Anderson	27.52	98.96	117.97	244.44
5	MA Starc	22.82	117.82	96.06	236.70
6	Mohammed Shami	23.13	100.84	108.54	232.51
7	SCJ Broad	23.53	103.38	105.09	232.00
8	VD Philander	23.48	101.64	101.59	226.71
9	K Rabada	28.16	90.87	105.37	224.40
10	M Morkel	20.75	99.26	96.12	216.13

DECADES RATING

DECADES 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	DW Steyn	SA	354.28	263.80	257.22	875.30
2	JM Anderson	ENG	352.86	255.92	244.44	853.23
3	SCJ Broad	ENG	338.56	229.07	232.00	799.63
4	MA Starc	AUS	313.44	244.63	236.70	794.77
5	PJ Cummins	AUS	320.96	206.88	251.70	779.55
6	Mohammed Shami	IND	300.19	246.47	232.51	779.17
7	K Rabada	SA	342.17	207.67	224.40	774.23
8	M Morkel	SA	310.18	230.30	216.13	756.62
9	VD Philander	SA	330.67	195.49	226.71	752.86
10	RJ Harris	AUS	302.63	197.70	246.28	746.61

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5	6
1950s	AUS	WI	PAK	IND	ENG
1960s	WI	AUS	PAK	IND	ENG	SA
1970s	PAK	ENG	IND	WI	SA	AUS
1980s	PAK	WI	ENG	NZ	AUS
1990s	IND	PAK	SA	AUS	WI
2000s	AUS	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	SA	ENG