Tests - Best Fast Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

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). 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 25 Fast bowlers in WPI Rating in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. Top 7 Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. BRIEF EXPLANATION
5.1. Dynamic Nature
5.2. Trend Setter (TS)
5.3. Top Teams (TT)
5.4. Abbreviations
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • It gives points for three criteria.
  • The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams..
  • The number of bowled victims per inn.
  • The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 160.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 240.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 300.00
Cons T Top 7 Victims/Inn 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 75
Min Wkts (TT) 60
Min Wkts (BLD) 25
Min Wkts (T7) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS RJ Hadlee 150 431 2.87 160.00
1 RJ Hadlee 150 431 2.87 160.00
2 BA Reid 42 113 2.69 149.82
3 DK Lillee 132 355 2.69 149.76
4 Fazal Mahmood 53 139 2.62 146.04
5 DW Steyn 171 439 2.57 142.96
6 AA Donald 129 330 2.56 142.45
7 Imran Khan 142 362 2.55 141.96
8 MD Marshall 151 376 2.49 138.66
9 Waqar Younis 154 373 2.42 134.87
10 FS Trueman 127 307 2.42 134.61
11 D Gough 95 229 2.41 134.23
12 Mohammad Asif 44 106 2.41 134.15
13 JJ Bumrah 99 234 2.36 131.62
14 J Garner 111 259 2.33 129.93
15 GF Lawson 78 180 2.31 128.50
16 Wasim Akram 181 414 2.29 127.37
17 AK Davidson 82 186 2.27 126.31
18 NAT Adcock 46 104 2.26 125.90
19 JR Thomson 90 200 2.22 123.74
20 MA Holding 113 249 2.20 122.70
21 GD McKenzie 113 246 2.18 121.22
22 JA Snow 93 202 2.17 120.95
23 Shoaib Akhtar 82 178 2.17 120.88
24 WW Hall 92 192 2.09 116.21
25 JB Statham 129 252 1.95 108.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS RJ Hadlee 95 279 2.94 240.00
1 RJ Hadlee 95 279 2.94 240.00
2 Fazal Mahmood 44 125 2.84 232.16
3 DK Lillee 91 245 2.69 220.02
4 Imran Khan 85 211 2.48 202.86
5 Wasim Akram 71 176 2.48 202.57
6 MD Marshall 86 211 2.45 200.50
7 AA Donald 66 160 2.42 198.11
8 JR Thomson 78 187 2.40 195.92
9 DW Steyn 97 232 2.39 195.46
10 J Garner 72 172 2.39 195.22
11 FS Trueman 53 124 2.34 191.19
12 MA Holding 89 208 2.34 190.99
13 GF Lawson 61 142 2.33 190.23
14 JJ Bumrah 83 193 2.33 190.02
15 D Gough 74 172 2.32 189.94
16 BA Reid 26 60 2.31 188.59
17 Mohammad Asif 38 87 2.29 187.10
18 JA Snow 74 169 2.28 186.63
19 NAT Adcock 33 71 2.15 175.82
20 AK Davidson 61 131 2.15 175.50
21 Shoaib Akhtar 56 116 2.07 169.28
22 GD McKenzie 76 154 2.03 165.59
23 WW Hall 66 130 1.97 160.96
24 Waqar Younis 58 113 1.95 159.21
25 JB Statham 70 124 1.77 144.76

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS FS Trueman 127 103 0.81 300.00
1 FS Trueman 127 103 0.81 300.00
2 JB Statham 129 102 0.79 292.48
3 Shoaib Akhtar 82 64 0.78 288.70
4 NAT Adcock 46 35 0.76 281.45
5 Fazal Mahmood 53 39 0.74 272.19
6 JJ Bumrah 99 72 0.73 269.02
7 MA Holding 113 81 0.72 265.15
8 WW Hall 92 65 0.71 261.34
9 Imran Khan 142 96 0.68 250.08
10 Waqar Younis 154 102 0.66 245.00
11 JA Snow 93 58 0.62 230.69
12 RJ Hadlee 150 93 0.62 229.34
13 J Garner 111 68 0.61 226.61
14 GD McKenzie 113 69 0.61 225.87
15 AK Davidson 82 47 0.57 212.02
16 Wasim Akram 181 101 0.56 206.41
17 DW Steyn 171 90 0.53 194.69
18 Mohammad Asif 44 23 0.52 193.36
19 D Gough 95 49 0.52 190.79
20 GF Lawson 78 40 0.51 189.69
21 MD Marshall 151 73 0.48 178.83
22 AA Donald 129 62 0.48 177.78
23 JR Thomson 90 43 0.48 176.73
24 DK Lillee 132 54 0.41 151.32
25 BA Reid 42 14 0.33 123.30

Top 7 Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS BA Reid 42 86 2.05 300.00
1 BA Reid 42 86 2.05 300.00
2 RJ Hadlee 150 302 2.01 294.98
3 Fazal Mahmood 53 106 2.00 293.02
4 DK Lillee 132 258 1.95 286.36
5 Mohammad Asif 44 85 1.93 283.03
6 AA Donald 129 244 1.89 277.12
7 MD Marshall 151 277 1.83 268.77
8 Imran Khan 142 258 1.82 266.20
9 GF Lawson 78 140 1.79 262.97
10 DW Steyn 171 300 1.75 257.04
11 JR Thomson 90 157 1.74 255.58
12 D Gough 95 164 1.73 252.93
13 Waqar Younis 154 264 1.71 251.16
14 NAT Adcock 46 78 1.70 248.43
15 FS Trueman 127 210 1.65 242.26
16 GD McKenzie 113 185 1.64 239.86
17 JJ Bumrah 99 161 1.63 238.27
18 WW Hall 92 149 1.62 237.29
19 AK Davidson 82 132 1.61 235.85
20 MA Holding 113 180 1.59 233.38
21 JA Snow 93 146 1.57 230.01
22 J Garner 111 172 1.55 227.03
23 Shoaib Akhtar 82 127 1.55 226.91
24 Wasim Akram 181 269 1.49 217.74
25 JB Statham 129 190 1.47 215.79

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 C TT C BLD C TBN WPI RAT
1 Fazal Mahmood 146.04 232.16 272.19 293.02 943.42
2 RJ Hadlee 160.00 240.00 229.34 294.98 924.32
3 FS Trueman 134.61 191.19 300.00 242.26 868.07
4 Imran Khan 141.96 202.86 250.08 266.20 861.09
5 NAT Adcock 125.90 175.82 281.45 248.43 831.60
6 JJ Bumrah 131.62 190.02 269.02 238.27 828.93
7 MA Holding 122.70 190.99 265.15 233.38 812.22
8 DK Lillee 149.76 220.02 151.32 286.36 807.46
9 Shoaib Akhtar 120.88 169.28 288.70 226.91 805.77
10 Mohammad Asif 134.15 187.10 193.36 283.03 797.64
11 AA Donald 142.45 198.11 177.78 277.12 795.46
12 Waqar Younis 134.87 159.21 245.00 251.16 790.25
13 DW Steyn 142.96 195.46 194.69 257.04 790.13
14 MD Marshall 138.66 200.50 178.83 268.77 786.75
15 J Garner 129.93 195.22 226.61 227.03 778.79
16 WW Hall 116.21 160.96 261.34 237.29 775.81
17 GF Lawson 128.50 190.23 189.69 262.97 771.40
18 JA Snow 120.95 186.63 230.69 230.01 768.28
19 D Gough 134.23 189.94 190.79 252.93 767.89
20 JB Statham 108.78 144.76 292.48 215.79 761.81
21 BA Reid 149.82 188.59 123.30 300.00 761.70
22 Wasim Akram 127.37 202.57 206.41 217.74 754.09
23 GD McKenzie 121.22 165.59 225.87 239.86 752.55
24 JR Thomson 123.74 195.92 176.73 255.58 751.98
25 AK Davidson 126.31 175.50 212.02 235.85 749.67

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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