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Top 15 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). Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Here are the Top 15 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT Rating is divided into four 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 25
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR) 50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS PJ Cummins AUS 75 173 200.00
1 PJ Cummins AUS 75 173 200.00
2 SCJ Broad ENG 84 171 197.69
3 MA Starc AUS 74 151 174.57
4 TG Southee NZ 67 150 173.41
5 K Rabada SA 49 129 149.13
6 JM Anderson ENG 74 126 145.66
7 N Wagner NZ 52 109 126.01
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 46 105 121.39
9 Mohammed Shami IND 55 103 119.08
10 JJ Bumrah IND 46 100 115.61
11 OE Robinson ENG 36 76 87.86
12 MA Wood ENG 35 74 85.55
13 KA Jamieson NZ 31 72 83.24
14 UT Yadav IND 38 64 73.99
15 KR Mayers WI 28 34 39.31

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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS KA Jamieson 31 1401 72 19.46 19.73 200.00
1 KA Jamieson 31 1401 72 19.46 19.73 200.00
2 KR Mayers 28 622 34 18.29 19.95 197.75
3 JJ Bumrah 46 2099 100 20.99 20.41 193.33
4 OE Robinson 36 1688 76 22.21 21.77 181.25
5 UT Yadav 38 1588 64 24.81 21.83 180.77
6 PJ Cummins 75 3912 173 22.61 22.87 172.50
7 Mohammed Shami 55 2544 103 24.70 23.27 169.56
8 MA Wood 35 1811 74 24.47 23.69 166.53
9 K Rabada 49 2978 129 23.09 24.04 164.09
10 JM Anderson 74 3094 126 24.56 24.26 162.63
11 SCJ Broad 84 4194 171 24.53 24.39 161.77
12 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 2686 105 25.58 24.46 161.29
13 TG Southee 67 3945 150 26.30 25.51 154.69
14 N Wagner 52 2884 109 26.46 26.46 149.10
15 MA Starc 74 4065 151 26.92 26.80 147.23

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS OE Robinson 36 1688 76 22.21 21.77 200.00
1 KR Mayers 9 251 21 11.95 13.04 200.00
2 OE Robinson 36 1688 76 22.21 21.77 200.00
3 MA Wood 27 1409 62 22.73 22.00 197.89
4 PJ Cummins 64 3392 146 23.23 23.50 185.27
5 KA Jamieson 19 866 37 23.41 23.73 183.47
6 JJ Bumrah 38 1889 77 24.53 23.85 182.53
7 JM Anderson 57 2395 94 25.48 25.17 172.96
8 Mohammed Shami 41 2096 78 26.87 25.32 171.97
9 TG Southee 43 2602 94 27.68 26.85 162.18
10 N Wagner 32 1859 68 27.34 27.34 159.23
11 K Rabada 31 2166 81 26.74 27.85 156.31
12 SCJ Broad 65 3456 122 28.33 28.17 154.55
13 UT Yadav 26 1122 34 33.00 29.03 149.98
14 MA Starc 59 3294 111 29.68 29.54 147.38
15 Shaheen Shah Afridi 20 1453 42 34.60 33.08 131.60

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

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS UT Yadav 38 2859 64 44.67 42.39 300.00
1 UT Yadav 38 2859 64 44.67 42.39 300.00
2 K Rabada 49 5180 129 40.16 44.95 282.93
3 KA Jamieson 31 3162 72 43.92 46.62 272.75
4 MA Wood 35 3333 74 45.04 46.81 271.65
5 Mohammed Shami 55 4845 103 47.04 48.93 259.91
6 KR Mayers 28 1524 34 44.82 49.95 254.60
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 46 5218 105 49.70 50.60 251.33
8 MA Starc 74 7256 151 48.05 50.90 249.86
9 PJ Cummins 75 8175 173 47.25 51.52 246.82
10 JJ Bumrah 46 4795 100 47.95 51.73 245.81
11 OE Robinson 36 3718 76 48.92 52.29 243.18
12 SCJ Broad 84 8441 171 49.36 53.48 237.77
13 N Wagner 52 5688 109 52.18 55.82 227.83
14 TG Southee 67 8274 150 55.16 56.98 223.19
15 JM Anderson 74 7717 126 61.25 64.95 195.78

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 PJ Cummins 6/23 6/27 6/91 5/28 5/38 5.60 100.00
1 PJ Cummins 6/23 6/27 6/91 5/28 5/38 5.60 100.00
2 TG Southee 6/43 6/68 5/32 5/35 5/61 5.40 96.43
2 JJ Bumrah 6/27 6/33 5/7 5/24 5/42 5.40 96.43
4 JM Anderson 6/40 5/40 5/46 5/56 5/60 5.20 92.86
4 KA Jamieson 6/48 5/31 5/34 5/45 5/69 5.20 92.86
4 MA Starc 6/66 5/46 5/52 5/54 5/78 5.20 92.86
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 6/51 5/32 5/52 5/77 4/43 5.00 89.29
7 K Rabada 6/50 5/34 5/52 5/60 4/13 5.00 89.29
7 SCJ Broad 6/31 5/51 5/86 5/101 4/19 5.00 89.29
7 MA Wood 6/37 5/34 5/41 5/46 4/54 5.00 89.29
11 Mohammed Shami 6/56 5/35 5/44 4/31 4/60 4.80 85.71
11 N Wagner 5/44 5/45 5/47 5/124 4/28 4.80 85.71
13 OE Robinson 5/49 5/65 5/85 4/43 4/50 4.60 82.14
14 UT Yadav 6/88 5/53 4/25 4/45 3/12 4.40 78.57
15 KR Mayers 5/18 3/24 3/28 3/32 3/46 3.40 60.71

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 PJ Cummins 200.00 357.77 246.82 100.00 904.59
2 K Rabada 149.13 320.40 282.93 89.29 841.75
3 SCJ Broad 197.69 316.33 237.77 89.29 841.07
4 JJ Bumrah 115.61 375.86 245.81 96.43 833.70
5 KA Jamieson 83.24 383.47 272.75 92.86 832.32
6 MA Starc 174.57 294.61 249.86 92.86 811.89
7 MA Wood 85.55 364.42 271.65 89.29 810.91
8 TG Southee 173.41 316.87 223.19 96.43 809.89
9 Mohammed Shami 119.08 341.53 259.91 85.71 806.24
10 OE Robinson 87.86 381.25 243.18 82.14 794.43
11 UT Yadav 73.99 330.75 300.00 78.57 783.31
12 JM Anderson 145.66 335.59 195.78 92.86 769.89
13 Shaheen Shah Afridi 121.39 292.90 251.33 89.29 754.90
14 KR Mayers 39.31 397.75 254.60 60.71 752.38
15 N Wagner 126.01 308.33 227.83 85.71 747.89

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

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