All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). The Top 7 (T7) Rating is performance of bowlers against Top 7 Batsmen of Top Teams. Here are the Top 25 Fast bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

3. PROLIFIC

6. TOP 7 VICTIMS RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

7.1. Top Teams In Asia

7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The TOP 7 VICTIMS Rating is divided into three main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Wkts/Inn	600.00
Perc7	%age of Top 7 Victims	150.00

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 a simple 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	50
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR)	60

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1994	1986	227	268	170.00
1	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1994	1986	227	268	170.00
2	RJ Hadlee	NZ	1973	1990	1981.5	150	228	144.63
3	MD Marshall	WI	1978	1991	1984.5	151	223	141.46
4	DK Lillee	AUS	1971	1984	1977.5	132	207	131.31
5	GD McKenzie	AUS	1961	1971	1966	113	171	108.47
6	JR Thomson	AUS	1972	1985	1978.5	90	155	98.32
7	J Garner	WI	1977	1987	1982	111	150	95.15
8	GF Lawson	AUS	1980	1989	1984.5	78	139	88.17
9	JA Snow	ENG	1965	1976	1970.5	93	132	83.73
9	AK Davidson	AUS	1953	1963	1958	82	132	83.73
11	WW Hall	WI	1958	1969	1963.5	92	126	79.93
12	TM Alderman	AUS	1981	1991	1986	73	119	75.49
13	Fazal Mahmood	PAK	1952	1962	1957	53	101	64.07
14	PM Pollock	SA	1961	1970	1965.5	52	84	53.28
15	BR Taylor	NZ	1965	1973	1969	53	68	43.13

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	JM Anderson	ENG	2003	2023	2013	341	359	200.00
1	JM Anderson	ENG	2003	2023	2013	341	359	200.00
2	GD McGrath	AUS	1993	2007	2000	243	326	181.62
3	SCJ Broad	ENG	2007	2023	2015	309	325	181.06
4	CA Walsh	WI	1984	2001	1992.5	242	282	157.10
5	CEL Ambrose	WI	1988	2000	1994	179	250	139.28
6	ARC Fraser	ENG	1989	1998	1993.5	79	107	59.61
7	M Dillon	WI	1997	2004	2000.5	66	92	51.25
8	RJ Harris	AUS	2010	2015	2012.5	52	77	42.90

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	MA Starc	AUS	2011	2023	2017	156	187	150.00
1	MA Starc	AUS	2011	2023	2017	156	187	150.00
2	PJ Cummins	AUS	2011	2023	2017	101	148	118.72

CONSISTENT

Wkts/Inn

In the T7 Rating, instead of Average, Wickets/Inning (WKTS/INN) is used as a measure of Consistency. Overall and Away matches are two parts of this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wkts/Inn

In All Matches

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	T7 WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Fazal Mahmood	53	101	1.91	300.00
1	Fazal Mahmood	53	101	1.91	300.00
2	GF Lawson	78	139	1.78	280.54
3	JR Thomson	90	155	1.72	271.12
4	TM Alderman	73	119	1.63	256.63
5	PM Pollock	52	84	1.62	254.30
6	AK Davidson	82	132	1.61	253.42
7	DK Lillee	132	207	1.57	246.87
8	RJ Hadlee	150	228	1.52	239.29
9	GD McKenzie	113	171	1.51	238.23
10	RJ Harris	52	77	1.48	233.11
11	MD Marshall	151	223	1.48	232.49
12	PJ Cummins	101	148	1.47	230.68
13	JA Snow	93	132	1.42	223.44
14	CEL Ambrose	179	250	1.40	219.87
15	M Dillon	66	92	1.39	219.44
16	WW Hall	92	126	1.37	215.60
17	ARC Fraser	79	107	1.35	213.22
18	J Garner	111	150	1.35	212.74
19	GD McGrath	243	326	1.34	211.20
20	BR Taylor	53	68	1.28	201.98
21	MA Starc	156	187	1.20	188.71
22	N Kapil Dev	227	268	1.18	185.86
23	CA Walsh	242	282	1.17	183.45
24	JM Anderson	341	359	1.05	165.74
25	SCJ Broad	309	325	1.05	165.58

In Away Matches

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	T7 WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	JA Snow	22	46	2.09	300.00
1	JA Snow	22	46	2.09	300.00
2	PM Pollock	21	43	2.05	293.79
3	TM Alderman	39	72	1.85	264.88
4	Fazal Mahmood	30	54	1.80	258.26
5	DK Lillee	48	86	1.79	257.07
6	GF Lawson	37	66	1.78	255.93
7	RJ Hadlee	75	130	1.73	248.70
8	GD McKenzie	64	109	1.70	244.36
9	BR Taylor	36	61	1.69	243.12
10	CEL Ambrose	86	144	1.67	240.24
11	GD McGrath	112	186	1.66	238.28
12	ARC Fraser	39	64	1.64	235.45
13	J Garner	55	90	1.64	234.78
14	PJ Cummins	48	76	1.58	227.17
15	WW Hall	57	89	1.56	224.03
16	M Dillon	34	51	1.50	215.22
16	RJ Harris	28	42	1.50	215.22
18	MD Marshall	93	136	1.46	209.82
19	JR Thomson	38	55	1.45	207.67
20	AK Davidson	50	71	1.42	203.74
21	N Kapil Dev	108	141	1.31	187.32
22	CA Walsh	137	173	1.26	181.18
23	MA Starc	69	87	1.26	180.91
24	JM Anderson	141	163	1.16	165.86
25	SCJ Broad	121	136	1.12	161.26

TOP 7 PERCENTAGE

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%.

Criteria: Percentage of Top 7 Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	OV WKTS	T7 WKTS	%AGE	RAT
TS	KD Ghavri	69	109	86	78.90	200.00
1	JR Thomson	90	200	155	77.50	196.45
2	GF Lawson	78	180	139	77.22	195.75
3	Fazal Mahmood	53	139	101	72.66	184.19
4	PM Pollock	52	116	84	72.41	183.56
5	AK Davidson	82	186	132	70.97	179.89
6	M Dillon	66	131	92	70.23	178.02
7	TM Alderman	73	170	119	70.00	177.44
8	GD McKenzie	113	246	171	69.51	176.21
9	RJ Harris	52	113	77	68.14	172.73
10	WW Hall	92	192	126	65.63	166.35
11	JA Snow	93	202	132	65.35	165.65
12	PJ Cummins	101	239	148	61.92	156.97
13	N Kapil Dev	227	434	268	61.75	156.53
14	CEL Ambrose	179	405	250	61.73	156.47
15	BR Taylor	53	111	68	61.26	155.29
16	ARC Fraser	79	177	107	60.45	153.24
17	MD Marshall	151	376	223	59.31	150.34
18	DK Lillee	132	355	207	58.31	147.81
19	J Garner	111	259	150	57.92	146.81
20	GD McGrath	243	563	326	57.90	146.78
21	MA Starc	156	333	187	56.16	142.35
22	CA Walsh	242	519	282	54.34	137.73
23	SCJ Broad	309	604	325	53.81	136.40
24	RJ Hadlee	150	431	228	52.90	134.10
25	JM Anderson	341	690	359	52.03	131.89

TOP 7 VICTIMS 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.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	CON AW	PERC 7	T7 RAT
1	GF Lawson	88.17	280.54	255.93	195.75	820.40
2	Fazal Mahmood	64.07	300.00	258.26	184.19	806.52
3	PM Pollock	53.28	254.30	293.79	183.56	784.94
4	DK Lillee	131.31	246.87	257.07	147.81	783.05
5	GD McGrath	181.62	211.20	238.28	146.78	777.87
6	TM Alderman	75.49	256.63	264.88	177.44	774.44
7	JR Thomson	98.32	271.12	207.67	196.45	773.56
8	JA Snow	83.73	223.44	300.00	165.65	772.82
9	GD McKenzie	108.47	238.23	244.36	176.21	767.27
10	RJ Hadlee	144.63	239.29	248.70	134.10	766.71
11	CEL Ambrose	139.28	219.87	240.24	156.47	755.86
12	MD Marshall	141.46	232.49	209.82	150.34	734.10
13	PJ Cummins	118.72	230.68	227.17	156.97	733.55
14	AK Davidson	83.73	253.42	203.74	179.89	720.78
15	N Kapil Dev	170.00	185.86	187.32	156.53	699.71
16	J Garner	95.15	212.74	234.78	146.81	689.48
17	WW Hall	79.93	215.60	224.03	166.35	685.91
18	RJ Harris	42.90	233.11	215.22	172.73	663.96
19	M Dillon	51.25	219.44	215.22	178.02	663.94
20	JM Anderson	200.00	165.74	165.86	131.89	663.49
21	MA Starc	150.00	188.71	180.91	142.35	661.97
22	ARC Fraser	59.61	213.22	235.45	153.24	661.52
23	CA Walsh	157.10	183.45	181.18	137.73	659.46
24	SCJ Broad	181.06	165.58	161.26	136.40	644.30
25	BR Taylor	43.13	201.98	243.12	155.29	643.52

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	SL	IND	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	ENG	PAK	AUS	NZ

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT	1	2	3	4	5
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	SA	ENG	IND

Top 25 Fast Bowlers Against Top 7 Batsmen In Tests