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 15 Non Asian Fast bowlers in matches Outside Asia 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. NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

8. TOP TEAMS

8.1. Top Teams In Asia

8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA 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

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	RJ Hadlee	NZ	1973	1990	1981.5	128	363	160.00
1	RJ Hadlee	NZ	1973	1990	1981.5	128	363	160.00
2	DK Lillee	AUS	1971	1984	1977.5	126	349	153.83
3	FS Trueman	ENG	1952	1965	1958.5	127	307	135.32
4	MD Marshall	WI	1978	1991	1984.5	117	305	134.44
5	J Garner	WI	1977	1987	1982	106	249	109.75
6	FH Tyson	ENG	1954	1959	1956.5	29	76	33.50

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	JM Anderson	ENG	2003	2023	2013	290	608	200.00
1	JM Anderson	ENG	2003	2023	2013	290	608	200.00
2	SCJ Broad	ENG	2007	2023	2015	272	560	184.21
3	GD McGrath	AUS	1993	2007	2000	207	491	161.51
4	CEL Ambrose	WI	1988	2000	1994	169	387	127.30
5	DW Steyn	SA	2004	2019	2011.5	133	347	114.14
6	AA Donald	SA	1992	2002	1997	113	294	96.71

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	TG Southee	NZ	2008	2023	2015.5	150	316	150.00
1	K Rabada	SA	2015	2023	2019	91	258	122.47
2	VD Philander	SA	2011	2020	2015.5	102	208	98.73
2	PJ Cummins	AUS	2011	2023	2017	84	208	98.73

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	SR Clark	42	2005	91	22.03	19.52	200.00
1	FH Tyson	29	1411	76	18.57	20.22	193.04
2	GD McGrath	207	10528	491	21.44	20.44	190.97
3	CEL Ambrose	169	8096	387	20.92	21.10	184.99
4	MD Marshall	117	6239	305	20.46	21.35	182.82
5	VD Philander	102	4391	208	21.11	21.57	180.97
6	J Garner	106	5241	249	21.05	21.76	179.40
7	PJ Cummins	84	4559	208	21.92	22.36	174.57
8	K Rabada	91	5473	258	21.21	22.38	174.43
9	FS Trueman	127	6625	307	21.58	22.45	173.90
10	DW Steyn	133	7858	347	22.65	22.62	172.60
11	RJ Hadlee	128	8143	363	22.43	22.62	172.55
12	AA Donald	113	6612	294	22.49	22.79	171.33
13	DK Lillee	126	8083	349	23.16	23.53	165.88
14	JM Anderson	290	16038	608	26.38	25.63	152.34
15	SCJ Broad	272	15043	560	26.86	26.55	147.03

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SR Clark	32	1498	71	21.10	18.69	200.00
1	J Garner	89	4252	217	19.59	20.26	184.54
2	CEL Ambrose	134	6763	329	20.56	20.74	180.28
3	GD McGrath	153	8075	370	21.82	20.81	179.67
4	MD Marshall	102	5454	265	20.58	21.48	174.00
5	RJ Hadlee	106	6869	311	22.09	22.28	167.82
6	FH Tyson	22	1225	59	20.76	22.62	165.30
7	VD Philander	71	3205	142	22.57	23.06	162.09
8	PJ Cummins	75	4159	183	22.73	23.19	161.22
9	DK Lillee	104	6426	280	22.95	23.32	160.30
10	DW Steyn	87	5439	227	23.96	23.93	156.21
11	AA Donald	76	4743	199	23.83	24.15	154.81
12	FS Trueman	89	5038	212	23.76	24.72	151.22
13	K Rabada	61	4131	173	23.88	25.19	148.38
14	SCJ Broad	194	11053	400	27.63	27.31	136.87
15	JM Anderson	206	11960	409	29.24	28.41	131.59

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	FH Tyson	29	3452	76	45.42	38.70	300.00
1	FH Tyson	29	3452	76	45.42	38.70	300.00
2	K Rabada	91	9539	258	36.97	42.77	271.47
3	FS Trueman	127	15178	307	49.44	44.00	263.89
4	DW Steyn	133	14653	347	42.23	46.22	251.18
5	AA Donald	113	13773	294	46.85	46.47	249.84
6	MD Marshall	117	14123	305	46.30	47.09	246.59
7	DK Lillee	126	17675	349	50.64	47.73	243.24
8	RJ Hadlee	128	19009	363	52.37	49.07	236.60
9	J Garner	106	12632	249	50.73	50.36	230.56
10	PJ Cummins	84	9442	208	45.39	50.48	230.00
11	GD McGrath	207	25297	491	51.52	51.54	225.26
12	VD Philander	102	9935	208	47.76	53.56	216.77
13	CEL Ambrose	169	21089	387	54.49	54.43	213.33
14	SCJ Broad	272	30040	560	53.64	57.86	200.67
15	JM Anderson	290	34019	608	55.95	59.48	195.19

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	GD McGrath	8/24	8/38	7/76	7/76	6/17	7.20	100.00
1	GD McGrath	8/24	8/38	7/76	7/76	6/17	7.20	100.00
2	RJ Hadlee	9/52	7/23	7/116	6/26	6/50	7.00	97.22
3	FS Trueman	8/31	7/44	7/75	6/30	6/31	6.80	94.44
3	SCJ Broad	8/15	7/44	7/72	6/17	6/25	6.80	94.44
5	AA Donald	8/71	7/84	6/53	6/59	6/88	6.60	91.67
5	MD Marshall	7/22	7/53	7/80	6/32	6/55	6.60	91.67
5	CEL Ambrose	8/45	7/25	6/24	6/34	6/51	6.60	91.67
8	JM Anderson	7/42	7/43	6/17	6/42	6/47	6.40	88.89
8	DK Lillee	7/83	7/89	6/26	6/53	6/60	6.40	88.89
10	K Rabada	7/112	6/32	6/50	6/54	6/55	6.20	86.11
11	DW Steyn	6/8	6/34	6/49	6/50	6/72	6.00	83.33
12	PJ Cummins	6/23	6/27	6/79	6/91	5/28	5.80	80.56
12	FH Tyson	7/27	6/28	6/40	6/85	4/16	5.80	80.56
12	VD Philander	6/21	6/42	6/44	6/81	5/7	5.80	80.56
15	J Garner	6/56	6/60	6/75	5/51	5/55	5.60	77.78

NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

The NON ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA (FC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000. Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers. Favourable Conditions (FC) is the opposite.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	FC RAT
1	GD McGrath	161.51	370.65	225.26	100.00	857.42
2	RJ Hadlee	160.00	340.37	236.60	97.22	834.20
3	MD Marshall	134.44	356.82	246.59	91.67	829.50
4	FS Trueman	135.32	325.13	263.89	94.44	818.77
5	DK Lillee	153.83	326.19	243.24	88.89	812.15
6	K Rabada	122.47	322.81	271.47	86.11	802.86
7	CEL Ambrose	127.30	365.26	213.33	91.67	797.56
8	J Garner	109.75	363.94	230.56	77.78	782.04
9	DW Steyn	114.14	328.80	251.18	83.33	777.46
10	FH Tyson	33.50	358.34	300.00	80.56	772.39
11	JM Anderson	200.00	283.93	195.19	88.89	768.00
12	AA Donald	96.71	326.14	249.84	91.67	764.36
13	SCJ Broad	184.21	283.89	200.67	94.44	763.22
14	PJ Cummins	98.73	335.79	230.00	80.56	745.09
15	VD Philander	98.73	343.06	216.77	80.56	739.12

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