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 2023 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

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	SCJ Broad	ENG	78	167	200.00
1	SCJ Broad	ENG	78	167	200.00
2	PJ Cummins	AUS	64	145	173.65
3	TG Southee	NZ	57	126	150.90
4	MA Starc	AUS	59	122	146.11
5	JM Anderson	ENG	64	115	137.72
6	K Rabada	SA	39	104	124.55
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	PAK	41	93	111.38
8	Mohammed Shami	IND	45	85	101.80
9	N Wagner	NZ	41	84	100.60
10	OE Robinson	ENG	36	76	91.02
11	JR Hazlewood	AUS	36	74	88.62
12	AA Nortje	SA	32	70	83.83
13	MA Wood	ENG	33	68	81.44
14	UT Yadav	IND	32	51	61.08
15	KR Mayers	WI	28	34	40.72

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	OE Robinson	36	1688	76	22.21	21.77	200.00
1	KR Mayers	28	622	34	18.29	19.95	200.00
2	OE Robinson	36	1688	76	22.21	21.77	200.00
3	UT Yadav	32	1280	51	25.10	22.52	193.34
4	JM Anderson	64	2744	115	23.86	23.31	186.78
5	PJ Cummins	64	3414	145	23.54	23.63	184.26
6	K Rabada	39	2424	104	23.31	23.66	184.05
7	Shaheen Shah Afridi	41	2309	93	24.83	23.81	182.87
8	Mohammed Shami	45	2092	85	24.61	23.82	182.79
9	SCJ Broad	78	4021	167	24.08	23.87	182.40
10	MA Wood	33	1718	68	25.26	24.15	180.29
11	JR Hazlewood	36	1790	74	24.19	24.17	180.12
12	TG Southee	57	3348	126	26.57	25.65	169.76
13	MA Starc	59	3242	122	26.57	26.55	163.97
14	AA Nortje	32	1870	70	26.71	27.28	159.59
15	N Wagner	41	2307	84	27.46	27.65	157.45

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	MA Wood	27	1409	62	22.73	21.72	200.00
1	KR Mayers	9	251	21	11.95	13.04	200.00
2	MA Wood	27	1409	62	22.73	21.72	200.00
3	OE Robinson	36	1688	76	22.21	21.77	199.57
4	PJ Cummins	57	3003	132	22.75	22.83	190.28
5	JR Hazlewood	30	1465	62	23.63	23.61	183.99
6	JM Anderson	53	2290	93	24.62	24.05	180.60
7	Mohammed Shami	33	1677	62	27.05	26.18	165.96
8	TG Southee	41	2504	90	27.82	26.85	161.77
9	N Wagner	29	1739	65	26.75	26.94	161.28
10	K Rabada	31	2166	81	26.74	27.14	160.07
11	UT Yadav	24	983	32	30.72	27.56	157.62
12	SCJ Broad	63	3406	122	27.92	27.68	156.97
13	MA Starc	48	2668	94	28.38	28.36	153.18
14	AA Nortje	22	1374	45	30.53	31.18	139.33
15	Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	1213	33	36.76	35.25	123.25

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	32	2320	51	45.49	43.98	300.00
1	UT Yadav	32	2320	51	45.49	43.98	300.00
2	K Rabada	39	4287	104	41.22	45.20	291.86
3	AA Nortje	32	3057	70	43.67	48.55	271.71
4	MA Wood	33	3211	68	47.22	48.68	271.02
5	Mohammed Shami	45	3953	85	46.51	49.75	265.20
6	KR Mayers	28	1524	34	44.82	49.95	264.13
7	MA Starc	59	5710	122	46.80	50.20	262.82
8	Shaheen Shah Afridi	41	4599	93	49.45	50.30	262.27
9	SCJ Broad	78	7961	167	47.67	51.72	255.10
10	PJ Cummins	64	6995	145	48.24	52.28	252.33
11	OE Robinson	36	3718	76	48.92	52.29	252.28
12	JR Hazlewood	36	3752	74	50.70	54.94	240.13
13	N Wagner	41	4414	84	52.55	56.65	232.88
14	TG Southee	57	7098	126	56.33	57.75	228.44
15	JM Anderson	64	6882	115	59.84	63.16	208.86

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	JM Anderson	6/40	5/40	5/56	5/60	5/62	5.20	100.00
1	JM Anderson	6/40	5/40	5/56	5/60	5/62	5.20	100.00
1	TG Southee	6/43	5/32	5/35	5/61	5/64	5.20	100.00
1	PJ Cummins	6/91	5/28	5/38	5/42	5/56	5.20	100.00
4	SCJ Broad	6/31	5/51	5/86	5/101	4/19	5.00	96.15
4	AA Nortje	6/56	5/36	5/56	5/110	4/35	5.00	96.15
4	Shaheen Shah Afridi	6/51	5/32	5/52	5/77	4/43	5.00	96.15
4	K Rabada	6/50	5/34	5/52	5/60	4/13	5.00	96.15
8	MA Wood	6/37	5/34	5/46	4/54	4/65	4.80	92.31
8	JR Hazlewood	5/8	5/30	5/57	5/126	4/48	4.80	92.31
8	MA Starc	6/66	5/52	5/78	4/33	4/37	4.80	92.31
11	OE Robinson	5/49	5/65	5/85	4/43	4/50	4.60	88.46
12	N Wagner	5/44	5/124	4/62	4/66	4/82	4.40	84.62
12	Mohammed Shami	5/35	5/44	4/31	4/60	4/76	4.40	84.62
14	UT Yadav	5/53	4/25	3/12	3/22	3/29	3.60	69.23
15	KR Mayers	5/18	3/24	3/28	3/32	3/46	3.40	65.38

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	173.65	374.53	252.33	100.00	900.52
2	SCJ Broad	200.00	339.36	255.10	96.15	890.62
3	K Rabada	124.55	344.11	291.86	96.15	856.68
4	OE Robinson	91.02	399.57	252.28	88.46	831.32
5	MA Wood	81.44	380.29	271.02	92.31	825.06
6	MA Starc	146.11	317.15	262.82	92.31	818.39
7	JM Anderson	137.72	367.38	208.86	100.00	813.97
8	TG Southee	150.90	331.53	228.44	100.00	810.87
9	Mohammed Shami	101.80	348.74	265.20	84.62	800.35
10	JR Hazlewood	88.62	364.11	240.13	92.31	785.16
11	UT Yadav	61.08	350.97	300.00	69.23	781.27
12	Shaheen Shah Afridi	111.38	306.11	262.27	96.15	775.92
13	KR Mayers	40.72	400.00	264.13	65.38	770.24
14	AA Nortje	83.83	298.92	271.71	96.15	750.61
15	N Wagner	100.60	318.74	232.88	84.62	736.83

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 15 Current Fast Bowlers In Test Cricket