Current Rating - Best Test Fast Bowlers

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 2025-09-10

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 2025 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 (TT) 15
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS MA Starc AUS 85 178 200.00
1 MA Starc AUS 85 178 200.00
2 JJ Bumrah IND 65 155 174.16
3 PJ Cummins AUS 69 151 169.66
4 K Rabada SA 56 143 160.67
5 MJ Henry NZ 40 109 122.47
6 M Jansen SA 38 89 100.00
7 JR Hazlewood AUS 40 83 93.26
8 SM Boland AUS 37 82 92.13
9 AAP Atkinson ENG 31 69 77.53
10 S Joseph WI 21 51 57.30

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 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 65 2925 155 18.87 19.12 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 65 2925 155 18.87 19.12 200.00
2 SM Boland 37 1524 82 18.59 19.98 191.41
3 MJ Henry 40 2201 109 20.19 20.87 183.20
4 K Rabada 56 2970 143 20.77 22.24 171.91
5 M Jansen 38 1880 89 21.12 22.59 169.28
6 JR Hazlewood 40 1706 83 20.55 22.73 168.22
7 S Joseph 21 1105 51 21.67 23.25 164.47
8 PJ Cummins 69 3404 151 22.54 23.87 160.21
9 AAP Atkinson 31 1671 69 24.22 24.70 154.82
10 MA Starc 85 4450 178 25.00 26.15 146.21

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 53 2552 127 20.09 19.56 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 53 2552 127 20.09 19.56 200.00
2 SM Boland 33 1443 73 19.77 20.63 189.69
3 S Joseph 17 899 44 20.43 21.19 184.60
4 M Jansen 28 1311 62 21.15 21.60 181.12
5 MJ Henry 30 1729 78 22.17 21.81 179.39
6 K Rabada 32 1935 84 23.04 22.50 173.86
7 PJ Cummins 51 2696 114 23.65 24.04 162.74
8 JR Hazlewood 22 1039 42 24.74 24.48 159.85
9 MA Starc 58 3283 123 26.69 27.13 144.19
10 AAP Atkinson 17 910 32 28.44 27.30 143.30

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 50
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS S Joseph 21 1740 51 34.12 42.51 300.00
1 S Joseph 21 1740 51 34.12 42.51 300.00
2 K Rabada 56 5425 143 37.94 44.55 286.24
3 AAP Atkinson 31 2698 69 39.10 45.18 282.27
4 M Jansen 38 3408 89 38.29 45.79 278.46
5 MJ Henry 40 4346 109 39.87 46.98 271.43
6 JJ Bumrah 65 6244 155 40.28 47.92 266.09
7 SM Boland 37 3191 82 38.91 48.85 261.07
8 MA Starc 85 7438 178 41.79 49.36 258.34
9 JR Hazlewood 40 3536 83 42.60 52.35 243.61
10 PJ Cummins 69 6657 151 44.09 52.36 243.52

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 BBW RAT
TS MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 6/39 5/15 5/40 5/70 4/48 5.57 100.00
1 MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 6/39 5/15 5/40 5/70 4/48 5.57 100.00
2 MA Starc 7/58 6/9 6/48 6/75 5/78 4/33 4/37 5.43 97.44
2 JJ Bumrah 6/45 6/61 6/76 5/24 5/27 5/30 5/42 5.43 97.44
4 PJ Cummins 6/28 6/91 5/38 5/42 5/48 5/49 5/56 5.29 94.87
4 K Rabada 6/46 6/50 5/34 5/37 5/51 5/52 5/59 5.29 94.87
6 M Jansen 7/13 6/48 6/52 5/35 4/31 4/36 4/55 5.14 92.31
7 S Joseph 7/68 5/33 5/87 5/94 4/33 4/34 4/46 4.86 87.18
8 AAP Atkinson 7/45 5/33 5/61 5/62 4/31 4/67 3/66 4.71 84.62
9 JR Hazlewood 5/31 5/35 5/43 5/126 4/16 4/29 4/44 4.57 82.05
10 SM Boland 6/7 6/45 4/31 4/33 4/36 3/2 3/16 4.29 76.92

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 174.16 400.00 266.09 97.44 937.68
2 K Rabada 160.67 345.76 286.24 94.87 887.55
3 MJ Henry 122.47 362.60 271.43 100.00 856.50
4 MA Starc 200.00 290.40 258.34 97.44 846.18
5 PJ Cummins 169.66 322.94 243.52 94.87 831.00
6 M Jansen 100.00 350.40 278.46 92.31 821.17
7 SM Boland 92.13 381.11 261.07 76.92 811.23
8 S Joseph 57.30 349.06 300.00 87.18 793.55
9 JR Hazlewood 93.26 328.07 243.61 82.05 746.99
10 AAP Atkinson 77.53 298.12 282.27 84.62 742.53

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

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

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