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Top 25 Fast Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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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 25 Fast bowlers with most Wickets Per Inning in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
4. CONSISTENT AGAINST T7
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
6. TOP TEAMS
6.1. Top Teams In Asia
6.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • The first part gives points for wickets taken per inn.
  • The second part gives points for wkts/inn of Top 7 batsmen.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 2 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 500.00
Consistent T7 Top 7 Wkts/Inn 500.00
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 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS RJ Hadlee 150 431 2.87 250.00
1 RJ Hadlee 150 431 2.87 250.00
2 DK Lillee 132 355 2.69 234.00
3 Fazal Mahmood 53 139 2.62 228.19
4 K Rabada 120 313 2.61 226.94
5 DW Steyn 171 439 2.57 223.37
6 AA Donald 129 330 2.56 222.58
7 Imran Khan 142 362 2.55 221.81
8 MD Marshall 151 376 2.49 216.65
9 Waqar Younis 154 373 2.42 210.74
10 FS Trueman 127 307 2.42 210.32
11 D Gough 95 229 2.41 209.73
12 CEH Croft 52 125 2.40 209.15
13 CJ McDermott 124 291 2.35 204.19
14 PJ Cummins 115 269 2.34 203.52
15 J Garner 111 259 2.33 203.02
16 TM Alderman 73 170 2.33 202.62
17 GD McGrath 243 563 2.32 201.58
18 GF Lawson 78 180 2.31 200.79
19 AK Davidson 82 186 2.27 197.36
20 CEL Ambrose 179 405 2.26 196.86
21 ARC Fraser 79 177 2.24 194.94
22 MG Johnson 140 313 2.24 194.52
23 AR Caddick 105 234 2.23 193.90
24 JR Thomson 90 200 2.22 193.35
25 DG Cork 62 131 2.11 183.84

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS RJ Hadlee 121 352 2.91 250.00
1 RJ Hadlee 121 352 2.91 250.00
2 Fazal Mahmood 50 134 2.68 230.31
3 DK Lillee 108 283 2.62 225.19
4 AA Donald 92 235 2.55 219.51
5 DW Steyn 119 299 2.51 215.93
6 K Rabada 82 206 2.51 215.89
7 MD Marshall 136 336 2.47 212.32
8 Imran Khan 120 292 2.43 209.11
9 J Garner 94 227 2.41 207.53
10 CEL Ambrose 144 347 2.41 207.09
11 FS Trueman 89 212 2.38 204.71
12 CJ McDermott 92 219 2.38 204.57
13 TM Alderman 68 161 2.37 203.47
14 GD McGrath 189 442 2.34 200.98
15 DG Cork 36 84 2.33 200.52
16 PJ Cummins 92 214 2.33 199.90
17 GF Lawson 77 179 2.32 199.78
18 MG Johnson 106 246 2.32 199.44
19 ARC Fraser 66 151 2.29 196.61
20 JR Thomson 87 198 2.28 195.58
21 AK Davidson 82 186 2.27 194.93
22 D Gough 66 147 2.23 191.41
23 CEH Croft 42 92 2.19 188.24
24 Waqar Younis 99 216 2.18 187.50
25 AR Caddick 72 155 2.15 185.00

CONSISTENT AGAINST T7

Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 60
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS RJ Hadlee 150 302 2.01 250.00
1 RJ Hadlee 150 302 2.01 250.00
2 Fazal Mahmood 53 106 2.00 248.34
3 DK Lillee 132 258 1.95 242.70
4 AA Donald 129 244 1.89 234.87
5 MD Marshall 151 277 1.83 227.79
6 CEH Croft 52 95 1.83 226.85
7 Imran Khan 142 258 1.82 225.61
8 K Rabada 120 218 1.82 225.58
9 GF Lawson 78 140 1.79 222.87
10 CJ McDermott 124 220 1.77 220.31
11 DW Steyn 171 300 1.75 217.85
12 JR Thomson 90 157 1.74 216.61
13 GD McGrath 243 421 1.73 215.13
14 D Gough 95 164 1.73 214.36
15 TM Alderman 73 126 1.73 214.32
16 Waqar Younis 154 264 1.71 212.87
17 AR Caddick 105 178 1.70 210.50
18 PJ Cummins 115 192 1.67 207.31
19 FS Trueman 127 210 1.65 205.32
20 CEL Ambrose 179 293 1.64 203.25
21 DG Cork 62 101 1.63 202.28
22 AK Davidson 82 132 1.61 199.89
23 MG Johnson 140 224 1.60 198.68
24 ARC Fraser 79 124 1.57 194.90
25 J Garner 111 172 1.55 192.41

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS Fazal Mahmood 50 101 2.02 250.00
1 Fazal Mahmood 50 101 2.02 250.00
2 RJ Hadlee 121 241 1.99 246.50
3 AA Donald 92 177 1.92 238.11
4 DK Lillee 108 207 1.92 237.21
5 DG Cork 36 68 1.89 233.77
6 MD Marshall 136 249 1.83 226.59
7 GF Lawson 77 139 1.81 223.42
8 CJ McDermott 92 165 1.79 221.97
9 JR Thomson 87 155 1.78 220.50
10 GD McGrath 189 331 1.75 216.75
11 TM Alderman 68 119 1.75 216.58
12 CEL Ambrose 144 251 1.74 215.72
13 Imran Khan 120 208 1.73 214.52
14 DW Steyn 119 204 1.71 212.16
15 K Rabada 82 140 1.71 211.30
16 CEH Croft 42 71 1.69 209.22
17 PJ Cummins 92 153 1.66 205.82
18 AR Caddick 72 119 1.65 204.55
19 MG Johnson 106 174 1.64 203.16
20 Waqar Younis 99 162 1.64 202.52
21 ARC Fraser 66 107 1.62 200.65
22 FS Trueman 89 144 1.62 200.24
23 AK Davidson 82 132 1.61 199.23
24 D Gough 66 106 1.61 198.77
25 J Garner 94 150 1.60 197.49

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON CON TT CON T7 CON T7 TT WPI RAT
1 RJ Hadlee 250.00 250.00 250.00 246.50 996.50
2 Fazal Mahmood 228.19 230.31 248.34 250.00 956.84
3 DK Lillee 234.00 225.19 242.70 237.21 939.10
4 AA Donald 222.58 219.51 234.87 238.11 915.07
5 MD Marshall 216.65 212.32 227.79 226.59 883.35
6 K Rabada 226.94 215.89 225.58 211.30 879.72
7 Imran Khan 221.81 209.11 225.61 214.52 871.05
8 DW Steyn 223.37 215.93 217.85 212.16 869.31
9 CJ McDermott 204.19 204.57 220.31 221.97 851.02
10 GF Lawson 200.79 199.78 222.87 223.42 846.85
11 TM Alderman 202.62 203.47 214.32 216.58 837.00
12 GD McGrath 201.58 200.98 215.13 216.75 834.44
13 CEH Croft 209.15 188.24 226.85 209.22 833.47
14 JR Thomson 193.35 195.58 216.61 220.50 826.04
15 CEL Ambrose 196.86 207.09 203.25 215.72 822.92
16 FS Trueman 210.32 204.71 205.32 200.24 820.60
17 DG Cork 183.84 200.52 202.28 233.77 820.41
18 PJ Cummins 203.52 199.90 207.31 205.82 816.55
19 D Gough 209.73 191.41 214.36 198.77 814.27
20 Waqar Younis 210.74 187.50 212.87 202.52 813.62
21 J Garner 203.02 207.53 192.41 197.49 800.45
22 MG Johnson 194.52 199.44 198.68 203.16 795.80
23 AR Caddick 193.90 185.00 210.50 204.55 793.96
24 AK Davidson 197.36 194.93 199.89 199.23 791.40
25 ARC Fraser 194.94 196.61 194.90 200.65 787.10

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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