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Top 10 Current Fast Bowlers In Test Cricket

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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). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-11-11

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. CURRENT RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in the last 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 100.00
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.
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 20

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS PJ Cummins AUS 64 138 200.00
1 PJ Cummins AUS 64 138 200.00
2 SCJ Broad ENG 63 133 192.75
3 K Rabada SA 47 130 188.41
4 JM Anderson ENG 72 129 186.96
4 MA Starc AUS 67 129 186.96
6 JJ Bumrah IND 53 111 160.87
7 KA Jamieson NZ 36 80 115.94
8 JR Hazlewood AUS 38 79 114.49
9 MJ Henry NZ 32 77 111.59
10 OE Robinson ENG 37 76 110.14

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 40

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 53 2366 111 21.32 19.53 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 53 2366 111 21.32 19.53 200.00
2 KA Jamieson 36 1580 80 19.75 21.16 184.57
3 K Rabada 47 2611 130 20.08 22.05 177.19
4 JR Hazlewood 38 1669 79 21.13 22.20 175.98
5 OE Robinson 37 1742 76 22.92 22.46 173.95
6 PJ Cummins 64 3167 138 22.95 23.69 164.90
7 JM Anderson 72 3136 129 24.31 23.78 164.27
8 MJ Henry 32 1875 77 24.35 23.88 163.56
9 SCJ Broad 63 3164 133 23.79 23.98 162.90
10 MA Starc 67 3617 129 28.04 28.90 135.17

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 49 2225 100 22.25 20.39 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 49 2225 100 22.25 20.39 200.00
2 OE Robinson 37 1742 76 22.92 22.46 181.58
3 MJ Henry 26 1528 65 23.51 23.05 176.86
4 KA Jamieson 21 960 43 22.33 23.92 170.44
5 JM Anderson 61 2670 109 24.50 23.96 170.18
6 JR Hazlewood 26 1204 52 23.15 24.33 167.61
7 PJ Cummins 53 2724 111 24.54 25.33 160.97
8 K Rabada 31 2043 85 24.04 26.38 154.56
9 SCJ Broad 52 2662 98 27.16 27.38 148.93
10 MA Starc 53 2901 100 29.01 29.90 136.37

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 40
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS K Rabada 47 4687 130 36.05 43.36 300.00
1 K Rabada 47 4687 130 36.05 43.36 300.00
2 JJ Bumrah 53 5011 111 45.14 48.92 265.91
3 KA Jamieson 36 3558 80 44.48 51.51 252.55
4 JR Hazlewood 38 3566 79 45.14 51.82 251.02
5 MJ Henry 32 3739 77 48.56 52.56 247.50
6 PJ Cummins 64 6463 138 46.83 52.82 246.29
7 SCJ Broad 63 6328 133 47.58 53.52 243.06
8 MA Starc 67 6203 129 48.09 54.07 240.57
9 OE Robinson 37 3796 76 49.95 55.03 236.38
10 JM Anderson 72 7678 129 59.52 65.33 199.13

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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 MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 5/15 5/70 4/80 5.60 100.00
1 MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 5/15 5/70 4/80 5.60 100.00
2 JJ Bumrah 6/45 6/61 5/24 5/42 5/64 5.40 96.43
2 K Rabada 6/46 6/50 5/34 5/37 5/52 5.40 96.43
4 JM Anderson 6/40 5/40 5/56 5/60 5/62 5.20 92.86
4 KA Jamieson 6/48 5/31 5/34 5/45 5/69 5.20 92.86
4 PJ Cummins 6/91 5/28 5/38 5/42 5/48 5.20 92.86
7 JR Hazlewood 5/8 5/31 5/35 5/57 5/126 5.00 89.29
8 SCJ Broad 6/31 5/51 5/101 4/36 4/41 4.80 85.71
9 OE Robinson 5/49 5/65 5/85 4/43 4/50 4.60 82.14
10 MA Starc 5/52 5/78 4/33 4/37 4/45 4.40 78.57

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW CUR RAT
1 JJ Bumrah 160.87 400.00 265.91 96.43 923.21
2 K Rabada 188.41 331.74 300.00 96.43 916.58
3 PJ Cummins 200.00 325.87 246.29 92.86 865.02
4 SCJ Broad 192.75 311.83 243.06 85.71 833.35
5 KA Jamieson 115.94 355.01 252.55 92.86 816.35
6 JM Anderson 186.96 334.45 199.13 92.86 813.39
7 MJ Henry 111.59 340.42 247.50 100.00 799.52
8 JR Hazlewood 114.49 343.59 251.02 89.29 798.39
9 OE Robinson 110.14 355.54 236.38 82.14 784.20
10 MA Starc 186.96 271.54 240.57 78.57 777.64

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ ENG

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 ENG SA IND

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