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). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. CURRENT RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
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 250.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 10
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS MA Starc AUS 85 178 250.00
1 MA Starc AUS 85 178 250.00
2 PJ Cummins AUS 69 151 212.08
3 JJ Bumrah IND 58 142 199.44
4 K Rabada SA 48 127 178.37
5 M Siraj IND 72 120 168.54
6 MJ Henry NZ 38 103 144.66
7 M Jansen SA 38 89 125.00
8 JR Hazlewood AUS 40 83 116.57
9 SM Boland AUS 37 82 115.17
10 S Joseph WI 21 51 71.63

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 30
Min Wickets (TT) 24

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 58 2594 142 18.27 19.28 120.00
1 JJ Bumrah 58 2594 142 18.27 19.28 120.00
2 SM Boland 37 1524 82 18.59 19.93 116.11
3 MJ Henry 38 2087 103 20.26 21.37 108.28
4 M Jansen 38 1880 89 21.12 21.82 106.02
5 K Rabada 48 2647 127 20.84 22.24 104.02
6 JR Hazlewood 40 1706 83 20.55 22.49 102.90
7 PJ Cummins 69 3404 151 22.54 23.69 97.67
8 S Joseph 21 1105 51 21.67 23.76 97.39
9 MA Starc 85 4450 178 25.00 26.24 88.19
10 M Siraj 72 3540 120 29.50 30.05 77.01

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 46 2221 114 19.48 19.71 180.00
1 JJ Bumrah 46 2221 114 19.48 19.71 180.00
2 M Jansen 28 1311 62 21.15 20.63 171.96
3 SM Boland 33 1443 73 19.77 20.67 171.63
4 K Rabada 28 1738 79 22.00 21.39 165.84
5 S Joseph 17 899 44 20.43 21.65 163.82
6 MJ Henry 28 1615 72 22.43 22.44 158.09
7 PJ Cummins 51 2696 114 23.65 23.72 149.56
8 JR Hazlewood 22 1039 42 24.74 24.25 146.26
9 MA Starc 58 3283 123 26.69 27.07 131.03
10 M Siraj 56 2980 93 32.04 31.14 113.91

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 30
Min Wickets (TT) 24

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS K Rabada 48 4651 127 36.62 41.50 120.00
1 K Rabada 48 4651 127 36.62 41.50 120.00
2 S Joseph 21 1740 51 34.12 41.69 119.47
3 M Jansen 38 3408 89 38.29 42.71 116.61
4 JJ Bumrah 58 5498 142 38.72 45.23 110.11
5 SM Boland 37 3191 82 38.91 45.48 109.51
6 MJ Henry 38 4118 103 39.98 45.87 108.58
7 MA Starc 85 7438 178 41.79 46.88 106.24
8 PJ Cummins 69 6657 151 44.09 49.14 101.35
9 JR Hazlewood 40 3536 83 42.60 49.33 100.96
10 M Siraj 72 5823 120 48.53 54.34 91.65

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS K Rabada 28 2869 79 36.32 38.15 180.00
1 K Rabada 28 2869 79 36.32 38.15 180.00
2 S Joseph 17 1440 44 32.73 38.95 176.29
3 M Jansen 28 2507 62 40.44 42.78 160.52
4 MJ Henry 28 2951 72 40.99 45.45 151.09
5 SM Boland 33 2944 73 40.33 46.48 147.75
6 JJ Bumrah 46 4671 114 40.97 46.54 147.55
7 MA Starc 58 5321 123 43.26 47.69 143.99
8 PJ Cummins 51 5047 114 44.27 47.85 143.50
9 JR Hazlewood 22 1992 42 47.43 51.42 133.54
10 M Siraj 56 4672 93 50.24 55.07 124.69

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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS MA Starc 7/58 6/9 6/48 6/75 5/78 6.00 50.00
1 MA Starc 7/58 6/9 6/48 6/75 5/78 6.00 50.00
1 MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 6/39 5/15 5/40 6.00 50.00
3 JJ Bumrah 6/45 6/61 6/76 5/24 5/27 5.60 46.67
3 M Jansen 7/13 6/48 6/52 5/35 4/31 5.60 46.67
5 PJ Cummins 6/28 6/91 5/38 5/42 5/48 5.40 45.00
5 K Rabada 6/46 6/50 5/37 5/51 5/52 5.40 45.00
7 M Siraj 6/15 6/70 5/60 5/104 4/32 5.20 43.33
7 S Joseph 7/68 5/33 5/87 5/94 4/33 5.20 43.33
9 JR Hazlewood 5/31 5/35 5/43 5/126 4/16 4.80 40.00
9 SM Boland 6/7 6/45 4/31 4/33 4/36 4.80 40.00

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS MA Starc 7/58 6/48 6/75 5/78 4/33 5.60 100.00
1 MA Starc 7/58 6/48 6/75 5/78 4/33 5.60 100.00
1 MJ Henry 7/23 7/67 5/15 5/70 4/48 5.60 100.00
1 JJ Bumrah 6/45 6/61 6/76 5/27 5/30 5.60 100.00
4 PJ Cummins 6/28 6/91 5/38 5/42 5/56 5.40 96.43
5 S Joseph 7/68 5/33 5/87 5/94 4/33 5.20 92.86
6 M Siraj 6/15 6/70 5/104 4/32 4/66 5.00 89.29
7 K Rabada 5/51 5/52 5/59 5/60 4/13 4.80 85.71
7 SM Boland 6/7 6/45 4/31 4/33 4/36 4.80 85.71
9 M Jansen 6/48 5/35 4/31 4/36 4/55 4.60 82.14
10 JR Hazlewood 5/31 5/126 4/29 4/48 3/80 4.20 75.00

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 199.44 300.00 257.65 146.67 903.76
2 K Rabada 178.37 269.87 300.00 130.71 878.95
3 MA Starc 250.00 219.22 250.23 150.00 869.45
4 PJ Cummins 212.08 247.23 244.85 141.43 845.59
5 MJ Henry 144.66 266.37 259.67 150.00 820.70
6 M Jansen 125.00 277.99 277.13 128.81 808.92
7 SM Boland 115.17 287.74 257.25 125.71 785.87
8 S Joseph 71.63 261.21 295.76 136.19 764.79
9 JR Hazlewood 116.57 249.16 234.50 115.00 715.24
10 M Siraj 168.54 190.92 216.34 132.62 708.42

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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