All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards. Our ratings are based on conditions and diverse oppositions. Before the above
mentioned date, there were primarily only two teams which dominated cricket. Moreover, matches were of unequal length with some ending in 4 days
and some being timeless. Post 1950, West Indies and South Africa grew as test teams. Moreover, Asian teams India and Pakistan started improving
after 1950 and became compenent at home at least. Performance in Asia and outside Asia are integral to our overall rating. How the rating works
is explained in highlighted sections. So, here are the Top 25 Fast bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams
*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08
TOP 7 VICTIMS Rating
This rating only include stats of Fast bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams. The rating is divided into sections to make it easy to understand how it is calculated. Before each section, its criteria is highlighted in bold. Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.
The Trend Setter
The Trend Setter (TS) is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated as percentage points of TS. Let’s taken an example to understand it:-
- Let’s assume that Glenn McGrath has taken 500 wkts, which is the highest. This makes him the TS.
- Another player, say Jason Gillespie, has taken 250 wkts.
- If the rating is out of 250, McGrath will get the full points (pts), that is 250.
- The points of Gillespie are calculated as His Wkts/McGrath’s Wkts*250. This comes out to be 125.
- Thus the formula is (Wkts Taken/Wkts Taken By TS)*Max Points.
- All ratings are calculated similarly with Wkts being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
- Obviously, for average the formula is reverased as the lower average is better for a bowler.
- For Average and Strike Rate, a bowler is eligible to be TS only if he has taken a minimum number of wickets, which are mentioned in the qualificaton.
- Lastly, it is to be noted that it is not necessary for a TS to be part of the rating as he might have topped in a criteria but not done well in others.
Top Teams (TT)
The Top 7 Rating considers performances only against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams. Here is some infomartion about 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.
- To be a top team, the team should be among the top teams in the specific condition (Asia or outside Asia) or among the top teams of the decade overall.
- A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if he palyed against it in the specific condition and in the specific decade.
- The Top Teams may be found in the last section of the rating.
QUALIFICATION
Min Innings | 50 |
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR) | 75 |
The Eras
The first criteria Prolific gives points for wkts taken. We have divided cricket from 1950 onwards into 3 broad eras. This has been done to make it fair for players from earlier era, when less cricket was played, and also for current players, who are in the middle of their careers. Let’s take an example:-
- Let’s assume Murlidharan has taken 500 wickets, which is the maximum and gives him 250 points.
- Now, say Underwood in earlier times took 250 wkts, which was the max for his era.
- If there are no eras, he would get 50% of the pts, that is 125.
- Instead of that, we reduced 50 pts (according to %age) from the max to arrive at the figure of 200 pts for Underwood.
- Now, everyone in his era is compared to Underwood and not Murlidharan.
- So a player who has taken 50 Wkts in Underwood’s era will get (50/250)*200 pts or 40pts.
- Eras are calculated by MP, which is the mean of the years a player: First Played (FP) and Last Played (LP).
PROLIFIC
Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken
Era 1 | MP before 1991 |
Era 2 | MP between 1990 and 2016 |
Era 3 | MP greater than 2015 |
RANK | ERA 1 | NAT | FP | LP | MP | INNS | T7 WKTS | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | MD Marshall | WI | 1978 | 1991 | 1984.5 | 151 | 269 | 230.00 |
1 | MD Marshall | WI | 1978 | 1991 | 1984.5 | 151 | 269 | 230.00 |
2 | RJ Hadlee | NZ | 1973 | 1990 | 1981.5 | 150 | 209 | 178.70 |
3 | RGD Willis | ENG | 1971 | 1984 | 1977.5 | 165 | 193 | 165.02 |
4 | MA Holding | WI | 1975 | 1987 | 1981 | 113 | 180 | 153.90 |
5 | Imran Khan | PAK | 1971 | 1991 | 1981 | 142 | 174 | 148.77 |
6 | GS Sobers | WI | 1954 | 1974 | 1964 | 159 | 170 | 145.35 |
7 | DK Lillee | AUS | 1971 | 1984 | 1977.5 | 132 | 169 | 144.50 |
8 | J Garner | WI | 1977 | 1987 | 1982 | 111 | 155 | 132.53 |
9 | WW Hall | WI | 1958 | 1969 | 1963.5 | 92 | 149 | 127.40 |
10 | GD McKenzie | AUS | 1961 | 1971 | 1966 | 113 | 145 | 123.98 |
11 | AME Roberts | WI | 1974 | 1983 | 1978.5 | 90 | 124 | 106.02 |
12 | AK Davidson | AUS | 1953 | 1963 | 1958 | 82 | 107 | 91.49 |
13 | PM Pollock | SA | 1961 | 1970 | 1965.5 | 52 | 84 | 71.82 |
14 | Fazal Mahmood | PAK | 1952 | 1962 | 1957 | 53 | 76 | 64.98 |
15 | CC Griffith | WI | 1960 | 1969 | 1964.5 | 50 | 68 | 58.14 |
RANK | ERA 2 | NAT | FP | LP | MP | INNS | T7 WKTS | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | JM Anderson | ENG | 2003 | 2022 | 2012.5 | 329 | 339 | 250.00 |
1 | JM Anderson | ENG | 2003 | 2022 | 2012.5 | 329 | 339 | 250.00 |
2 | CA Walsh | WI | 1984 | 2001 | 1992.5 | 242 | 323 | 238.20 |
3 | SCJ Broad | ENG | 2007 | 2022 | 2014.5 | 293 | 299 | 220.50 |
4 | GD McGrath | AUS | 1993 | 2007 | 2000 | 243 | 263 | 193.95 |
5 | CEL Ambrose | WI | 1988 | 2000 | 1994 | 179 | 258 | 190.27 |
6 | AA Donald | SA | 1992 | 2002 | 1997 | 129 | 166 | 122.42 |
7 | IR Bishop | WI | 1989 | 1998 | 1993.5 | 76 | 105 | 77.43 |
RANK | ERA 3 | NAT | FP | LP | MP | INNS | T7 WKTS | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | MA Starc | AUS | 2011 | 2022 | 2016.5 | 144 | 148 | 190.00 |
1 | PJ Cummins | AUS | 2011 | 2023 | 2017 | 88 | 131 | 168.18 |
2 | K Rabada | SA | 2015 | 2022 | 2018.5 | 104 | 126 | 161.76 |
3 | JJ Bumrah | IND | 2018 | 2022 | 2020 | 58 | 76 | 97.57 |
Wkts/Inn
In the T7 Rating, instead of Average, Wickets/Inning (WKTS/INN) is used as a measure of Consistency. Average data against the top 7 batsmen is not available for earlier matches. The WKTS/INN in this criteria is the wickets of top 7 batsmen taking by the bowler per inning. Overall and Away matches are two parts of this criteria.
CONSISTENT
Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wkts/Inn
In All Matches
RANK | BOWLER | INNS | T7 WKTS | WKTS/INN | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | MD Marshall | 151 | 269 | 1.78 | 300.00 |
1 | MD Marshall | 151 | 269 | 1.78 | 300.00 |
2 | WW Hall | 92 | 149 | 1.62 | 272.74 |
3 | PM Pollock | 52 | 84 | 1.62 | 272.03 |
4 | MA Holding | 113 | 180 | 1.59 | 268.25 |
5 | PJ Cummins | 88 | 131 | 1.49 | 250.69 |
6 | CEL Ambrose | 179 | 258 | 1.44 | 242.72 |
7 | Fazal Mahmood | 53 | 76 | 1.43 | 241.48 |
8 | J Garner | 111 | 155 | 1.40 | 235.16 |
9 | RJ Hadlee | 150 | 209 | 1.39 | 234.64 |
10 | IR Bishop | 76 | 105 | 1.38 | 232.66 |
11 | AME Roberts | 90 | 124 | 1.38 | 232.02 |
12 | CC Griffith | 50 | 68 | 1.36 | 229.03 |
13 | CA Walsh | 242 | 323 | 1.33 | 224.77 |
14 | JJ Bumrah | 58 | 76 | 1.31 | 220.66 |
15 | AK Davidson | 82 | 107 | 1.30 | 219.74 |
16 | AA Donald | 129 | 166 | 1.29 | 216.70 |
17 | GD McKenzie | 113 | 145 | 1.28 | 216.09 |
18 | DK Lillee | 132 | 169 | 1.28 | 215.60 |
19 | Imran Khan | 142 | 174 | 1.23 | 206.35 |
20 | K Rabada | 104 | 126 | 1.21 | 204.02 |
21 | RGD Willis | 165 | 193 | 1.17 | 196.98 |
22 | GD McGrath | 243 | 263 | 1.08 | 182.26 |
23 | GS Sobers | 159 | 170 | 1.07 | 180.05 |
24 | JM Anderson | 329 | 339 | 1.03 | 173.52 |
25 | SCJ Broad | 293 | 299 | 1.02 | 171.85 |
In Away Matches
RANK | BOWLER | INNS | T7 WKTS | WKTS/INN | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | DK Lillee | 48 | 96 | 2.00 | 300.00 |
1 | PM Pollock | 21 | 43 | 2.05 | 300.00 |
2 | DK Lillee | 48 | 96 | 2.00 | 300.00 |
3 | RJ Hadlee | 75 | 131 | 1.75 | 262.00 |
4 | MD Marshall | 93 | 162 | 1.74 | 261.29 |
5 | CEL Ambrose | 86 | 148 | 1.72 | 258.14 |
6 | PJ Cummins | 35 | 59 | 1.69 | 252.86 |
7 | J Garner | 55 | 90 | 1.64 | 245.45 |
8 | Fazal Mahmood | 30 | 49 | 1.63 | 245.00 |
9 | AME Roberts | 56 | 91 | 1.63 | 243.75 |
10 | MA Holding | 71 | 114 | 1.61 | 240.85 |
11 | WW Hall | 57 | 89 | 1.56 | 234.21 |
12 | GD McKenzie | 64 | 96 | 1.50 | 225.00 |
13 | CA Walsh | 137 | 203 | 1.48 | 222.26 |
14 | IR Bishop | 40 | 59 | 1.48 | 221.25 |
15 | JJ Bumrah | 51 | 73 | 1.43 | 214.71 |
16 | AK Davidson | 50 | 71 | 1.42 | 213.00 |
17 | CC Griffith | 34 | 48 | 1.41 | 211.76 |
18 | GD McGrath | 112 | 154 | 1.38 | 206.25 |
19 | AA Donald | 61 | 80 | 1.31 | 196.72 |
20 | Imran Khan | 83 | 102 | 1.23 | 184.34 |
21 | K Rabada | 49 | 59 | 1.20 | 180.61 |
22 | GS Sobers | 83 | 95 | 1.14 | 171.69 |
23 | RGD Willis | 92 | 105 | 1.14 | 171.20 |
24 | SCJ Broad | 117 | 127 | 1.09 | 162.82 |
25 | JM Anderson | 137 | 146 | 1.07 | 159.85 |
T7 Perc
This criteria gives you the percentage of victims of the bowler which were Top 7 batsmen. Like, if a bowler has 50 Wkts and out of those 40 are top 7 batsmen. Then the T7 PERC is 40/50*100 or 80%.
TOP 7 PERCENTAGE
Criteria: Percentage of Top 7 Victims
RANK | BOWLER | INNS | OV WKTS | T7 WKTS | %AGE | RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS | WW Hall | 92 | 192 | 149 | 77.60 | 150.00 |
1 | WW Hall | 92 | 192 | 149 | 77.60 | 150.00 |
2 | PM Pollock | 52 | 116 | 84 | 72.41 | 139.97 |
3 | CC Griffith | 50 | 94 | 68 | 72.34 | 139.83 |
4 | GS Sobers | 159 | 235 | 170 | 72.34 | 139.83 |
5 | MA Holding | 113 | 249 | 180 | 72.29 | 139.73 |
6 | MD Marshall | 151 | 376 | 269 | 71.54 | 138.28 |
7 | IR Bishop | 76 | 161 | 105 | 65.22 | 126.06 |
8 | CEL Ambrose | 179 | 405 | 258 | 63.70 | 123.13 |
9 | CA Walsh | 242 | 519 | 323 | 62.24 | 120.29 |
10 | AME Roberts | 90 | 202 | 124 | 61.39 | 118.65 |
11 | PJ Cummins | 88 | 214 | 131 | 61.21 | 118.32 |
12 | J Garner | 111 | 259 | 155 | 59.85 | 115.67 |
13 | RGD Willis | 165 | 325 | 193 | 59.38 | 114.78 |
14 | JJ Bumrah | 58 | 128 | 76 | 59.38 | 114.77 |
15 | GD McKenzie | 113 | 246 | 145 | 58.94 | 113.93 |
16 | AK Davidson | 82 | 186 | 107 | 57.53 | 111.19 |
17 | Fazal Mahmood | 53 | 139 | 76 | 54.68 | 105.68 |
18 | SCJ Broad | 293 | 566 | 299 | 52.83 | 102.11 |
19 | AA Donald | 129 | 330 | 166 | 50.30 | 97.23 |
20 | JM Anderson | 329 | 675 | 339 | 50.22 | 97.07 |
21 | RJ Hadlee | 150 | 431 | 209 | 48.49 | 93.73 |
22 | Imran Khan | 142 | 362 | 174 | 48.07 | 92.91 |
23 | DK Lillee | 132 | 355 | 169 | 47.61 | 92.02 |
24 | K Rabada | 104 | 268 | 126 | 47.01 | 90.87 |
25 | GD McGrath | 243 | 563 | 263 | 46.71 | 90.29 |
T7 Rating
The TOP 7 VICTIMS (T7) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.
RATING
RANK | BOWLER | PRO | CON | CON AW | PERC 7 | T7 RAT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MD Marshall | 230.00 | 300.00 | 261.29 | 138.28 | 929.57 |
2 | CEL Ambrose | 190.27 | 242.72 | 258.14 | 123.13 | 814.26 |
3 | CA Walsh | 238.20 | 224.77 | 222.26 | 120.29 | 805.52 |
4 | MA Holding | 153.90 | 268.25 | 240.85 | 139.73 | 802.73 |
5 | PJ Cummins | 168.18 | 250.69 | 252.86 | 118.32 | 790.04 |
6 | WW Hall | 127.40 | 272.74 | 234.21 | 150.00 | 784.35 |
7 | PM Pollock | 71.82 | 272.03 | 300.00 | 139.97 | 783.82 |
8 | RJ Hadlee | 178.70 | 234.64 | 262.00 | 93.73 | 769.07 |
9 | DK Lillee | 144.50 | 215.60 | 300.00 | 92.02 | 752.12 |
10 | J Garner | 132.53 | 235.16 | 245.45 | 115.67 | 728.81 |
11 | AME Roberts | 106.02 | 232.02 | 243.75 | 118.65 | 700.44 |
12 | JM Anderson | 250.00 | 173.52 | 159.85 | 97.07 | 680.45 |
13 | GD McKenzie | 123.98 | 216.09 | 225.00 | 113.93 | 679.00 |
14 | GD McGrath | 193.95 | 182.26 | 206.25 | 90.29 | 672.76 |
15 | IR Bishop | 77.43 | 232.66 | 221.25 | 126.06 | 657.40 |
16 | SCJ Broad | 220.50 | 171.85 | 162.82 | 102.11 | 657.28 |
17 | Fazal Mahmood | 64.98 | 241.48 | 245.00 | 105.68 | 657.15 |
18 | RGD Willis | 165.02 | 196.98 | 171.20 | 114.78 | 647.98 |
19 | JJ Bumrah | 97.57 | 220.66 | 214.71 | 114.77 | 647.70 |
20 | CC Griffith | 58.14 | 229.03 | 211.76 | 139.83 | 638.76 |
21 | K Rabada | 161.76 | 204.02 | 180.61 | 90.87 | 637.27 |
22 | GS Sobers | 145.35 | 180.05 | 171.69 | 139.83 | 636.92 |
23 | AK Davidson | 91.49 | 219.74 | 213.00 | 111.19 | 635.42 |
24 | AA Donald | 122.42 | 216.70 | 196.72 | 97.23 | 633.07 |
25 | Imran Khan | 148.77 | 206.35 | 184.34 | 92.91 | 632.37 |
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 | SL | IND | PAK | SA | ENG |
2010s | IND | PAK | SL | ENG | SA | AUS |
2020s | IND | AUS | ENG | PAK | NZ |
TOP TEAMS OUTSIDE ASIA
DECADE OF MAT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950s | AUS | ENG | WI | SA | PAK | |
1960s | ENG | AUS | WI | SA | NZ | |
1970s | SA | ENG | WI | AUS | IND | |
1980s | WI | NZ | AUS | ENG | PAK | |
1990s | AUS | SA | WI | PAK | ENG | |
2000s | AUS | SA | ENG | IND | NZ | |
2010s | SA | AUS | ENG | NZ | IND | |
2020s | AUS | NZ | ENG | SA | IND |