This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1990s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in Test Cricket in the 1990s.

CONTENTS

3. PRIMARY CRITERIA

3.1. PROLIFIC

3.2. CONSISTENT

3.2.1. Against All Teams

3.2.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. ATTACKING

3.3.1. Against All Teams

3.3.2. Against Top Teams

3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

3.4.1. Against All Teams

3.4.2. Against Top Teams

3.5. PRIMARY RATING

4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA

4.1. HOME/AWAY

4.1.1. At Home

4.1.2. Away From Home

4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating

4.2.1.1. Non Asians In Asia

4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia

4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating

4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia

4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia

4.3. CONDITIONS RATING

5. SECONDARY CRITERIA

5.1. WKTS/INN

5.2. TOP FORM

5.3. IMPACT INNINGS

5.4. SECONDARY RATING

6. DECADES RATING

6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION

6.1.1. Dynamic Nature

6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)

6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)

6.1.4. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA	CONSTITUENTS
Primary	Wickets, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions	Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary	Wkts Per Inn, Top Form, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	20
Min Wkts	30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	300.00
Best Bowling	Top Bowling Performances	150.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	SK Warne	AUS	146	351	250.00
1	SK Warne	AUS	146	351	250.00
2	A Kumble	IND	103	264	188.03
3	M Muralitharan	SL	74	227	161.68
4	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	73	172	122.51
5	PCR Tufnell	ENG	68	119	84.76
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	PAK	42	107	76.21
7	SLV Raju	IND	49	92	65.53
8	DL Vettori	NZ	47	91	64.81
9	PR Adams	SA	47	86	61.25
10	DN Patel	NZ	46	74	52.71

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	50
Min Wickets (TT)	40

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SK Warne	146	9009	351	25.67	23.60	120.00
1	SK Warne	146	9009	351	25.67	23.60	120.00
2	M Muralitharan	74	6140	227	27.05	25.87	109.49
3	Mushtaq Ahmed	73	5152	172	29.95	27.15	104.31
4	PR Adams	47	2560	86	29.77	27.51	102.94
5	A Kumble	103	7341	264	27.81	27.94	101.34
6	SLV Raju	49	2741	92	29.79	28.48	99.44
7	Saqlain Mushtaq	42	3119	107	29.15	28.70	98.66
8	PCR Tufnell	68	4289	119	36.04	30.70	92.23
9	DL Vettori	47	3161	91	34.74	30.90	91.66
10	DN Patel	46	2944	74	39.78	33.51	84.51

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	Saqlain Mushtaq	20	1542	60	25.70	22.32	180.00
1	Saqlain Mushtaq	20	1542	60	25.70	22.32	180.00
2	SK Warne	82	5202	200	26.01	23.44	171.37
3	PR Adams	20	1166	40	29.15	24.35	164.96
4	A Kumble	51	3544	130	27.26	26.01	154.47
5	M Muralitharan	41	3881	124	31.30	26.64	150.84
6	SLV Raju	26	1558	43	36.23	29.98	134.01
7	Mushtaq Ahmed	39	2843	85	33.45	30.05	133.72
8	PCR Tufnell	49	3279	83	39.51	31.15	129.00
9	DN Patel	26	1710	34	50.29	36.77	109.28
10	DL Vettori	21	1647	35	47.06	38.76	103.66

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	50
Min Wickets (TT)	40

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	Mushtaq Ahmed	73	10792	172	62.74	56.27	120.00
1	Mushtaq Ahmed	73	10792	172	62.74	56.27	120.00
2	SK Warne	146	22575	351	64.32	57.12	118.21
3	PR Adams	47	5698	86	66.26	60.00	112.53
4	M Muralitharan	74	14882	227	65.56	60.73	111.19
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	42	6958	107	65.03	64.40	104.85
6	A Kumble	103	18203	264	68.95	66.23	101.96
7	DN Patel	46	6167	74	83.34	68.81	98.13
8	SLV Raju	49	7392	92	80.35	71.79	94.06
9	DL Vettori	47	7485	91	82.25	72.41	93.26
10	PCR Tufnell	68	10816	119	90.89	74.78	90.30

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	PR Adams	20	2275	40	56.88	51.42	180.00
1	PR Adams	20	2275	40	56.88	51.42	180.00
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	20	3467	60	57.78	52.55	176.14
3	SK Warne	82	12757	200	63.79	57.30	161.53
4	M Muralitharan	41	8588	124	69.26	60.04	154.14
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	39	5663	85	66.62	60.83	152.14
6	A Kumble	51	8494	130	65.34	61.76	149.85
7	DN Patel	26	3293	34	96.85	71.89	128.75
8	SLV Raju	26	3921	43	91.19	73.41	126.07
9	PCR Tufnell	49	8240	83	99.28	76.76	120.57
10	DL Vettori	21	3538	35	101.09	87.73	105.50

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	A Kumble	10/74	7/59	6/53	6/64	6/67	6/70	6/98	6.71	50.00
1	A Kumble	10/74	7/59	6/53	6/64	6/67	6/70	6/98	6.71	50.00
1	SK Warne	8/71	7/23	7/52	7/56	6/31	6/34	6/48	6.71	50.00
3	M Muralitharan	9/65	7/94	7/155	6/98	5/23	5/30	5/33	6.29	46.81
4	Mushtaq Ahmed	7/56	6/78	6/78	6/84	6/87	5/35	5/57	5.86	43.62
5	PCR Tufnell	7/47	7/66	6/25	5/61	5/94	4/27	4/61	5.43	40.43
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	6/46	5/32	5/54	5/89	5/93	5/94	5/94	5.14	38.30
7	SLV Raju	6/12	6/87	5/38	5/60	5/127	4/103	3/11	4.86	36.17
8	DL Vettori	6/64	6/127	5/84	4/46	4/83	4/88	4/97	4.71	35.11
9	DN Patel	6/50	6/113	5/93	4/36	4/87	4/96	3/62	4.57	34.04
10	PR Adams	6/55	4/31	4/63	4/63	4/64	3/30	3/36	4.00	29.79

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	BBW	RAT
TS	A Kumble	10/74	6/53	6/70	6/98	5/62	5/67	5/104	6.14	100.00
1	A Kumble	10/74	6/53	6/70	6/98	5/62	5/67	5/104	6.14	100.00
1	SK Warne	7/23	7/52	7/56	6/34	6/136	5/72	5/75	6.14	100.00
3	PCR Tufnell	7/47	7/66	6/25	5/61	4/27	4/79	4/100	5.29	86.05
4	M Muralitharan	6/98	5/34	5/63	5/68	5/71	5/101	5/104	5.14	83.72
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	6/46	5/54	5/93	5/94	5/94	5/122	5/129	5.14	83.72
6	Mushtaq Ahmed	6/78	5/35	5/71	5/95	5/115	4/57	4/83	4.86	79.07
7	SLV Raju	5/60	5/127	3/11	3/31	3/54	3/73	3/73	3.57	58.14
8	PR Adams	6/55	4/64	3/30	3/36	3/45	3/80	2/49	3.43	55.81
8	DL Vettori	6/127	4/83	4/153	4/200	2/69	2/87	2/171	3.43	55.81
10	DN Patel	5/93	4/36	4/87	3/112	2/65	2/81	2/131	3.14	51.16

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	RAT	PRI PTS
1	SK Warne	250.00	291.37	118.21	150.00	971.11	388.44
2	A Kumble	188.03	255.81	101.96	150.00	845.65	338.26
3	M Muralitharan	161.68	260.33	111.19	130.53	817.88	327.15
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	76.21	278.66	104.85	122.02	757.88	303.15
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	122.51	238.03	120.00	122.69	755.36	302.14
6	PR Adams	61.25	267.91	112.53	85.60	707.29	282.92
7	PCR Tufnell	84.76	221.23	90.30	126.47	643.33	257.33
8	SLV Raju	65.53	233.45	94.06	94.31	613.42	245.37
9	DN Patel	52.71	193.79	98.13	85.21	558.58	223.43
10	DL Vettori	64.81	195.32	93.26	90.92	549.82	219.93

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Home	30.00
Away	120.00
Favourable Conditions	30.00
Unfavourable Conditions	120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	73	188	24.22	60.15	948.58	28.46
2	A Kumble	53	163	21.36	54.61	901.74	27.05
3	M Muralitharan	39	121	24.01	60.24	749.24	22.48
4	PCR Tufnell	19	47	25.96	60.64	675.94	20.28
5	SLV Raju	28	70	22.69	60.43	637.30	19.12
6	PR Adams	24	43	31.81	67.81	607.37	18.22
7	Saqlain Mushtaq	21	49	27.22	61.00	605.89	18.18
8	Mushtaq Ahmed	31	64	30.69	63.25	585.00	17.55
9	DN Patel	30	49	38.63	83.45	541.86	16.26
10	DL Vettori	22	40	35.25	83.25	456.39	13.69

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	73	163	27.34	69.12	889.14	106.70
2	Mushtaq Ahmed	42	108	29.52	62.44	861.24	103.35
3	M Muralitharan	35	106	30.52	71.63	811.82	97.42
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	21	58	30.78	68.43	801.94	96.23
5	PR Adams	23	43	27.72	64.70	730.47	87.66
6	A Kumble	50	101	38.22	92.10	671.03	80.52
7	PCR Tufnell	49	72	42.63	110.64	603.61	72.43
8	DL Vettori	25	51	34.33	81.47	566.93	68.03
9	DN Patel	16	25	42.04	83.12	472.10	56.65
10	SLV Raju	21	22	52.41	143.73	430.13	51.62

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable/Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Points to note:-

Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	19	39	33.77	68.15	835.65	25.07
2	DL Vettori	10	29	31.17	72.52	754.89	22.65
3	PR Adams	8	16	22.69	40.69	753.51	22.61
4	PCR Tufnell	4	7	59.43	103.86	500.00	15.00
5	DN Patel	7	4	58.00	129.25	289.63	8.69

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	A Kumble	61	185	23.89	58.83	1,000.00	30.00
2	M Muralitharan	49	151	26.79	64.25	862.76	25.88
3	Saqlain Mushtaq	33	91	27.15	61.91	820.54	24.62
4	SLV Raju	30	72	23.74	63.08	707.15	21.21
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	40	84	31.55	63.74	680.09	20.40

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	127	312	24.65	63.84	958.66	115.04
2	PCR Tufnell	64	112	34.58	90.08	637.06	76.45
3	PR Adams	39	70	31.39	72.10	609.62	73.15
4	DN Patel	39	70	38.74	80.71	540.25	64.83
5	DL Vettori	37	62	36.40	86.81	474.56	56.95

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	Mushtaq Ahmed	33	88	28.43	61.80	987.10	118.45
2	M Muralitharan	25	76	27.55	68.17	900.64	108.08
3	A Kumble	42	79	36.97	92.66	751.27	90.15
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	9	16	40.50	82.75	518.20	62.18
5	SLV Raju	19	20	51.60	142.50	418.36	50.20

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	AWAY	HOME	UC	FC	CON PTS
1	SK Warne	889.14	237.15	958.66	208.91	275.26
2	Mushtaq Ahmed	861.24	146.25	987.10	170.02	259.75
3	M Muralitharan	811.82	187.31	900.64	215.69	253.86
4	A Kumble	671.03	225.44	751.27	250.00	227.73
5	PR Adams	730.47	151.84	609.62	188.38	201.64
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	801.94	151.47	518.20	205.13	201.21
7	PCR Tufnell	603.61	168.98	637.06	125.00	184.16
8	DL Vettori	566.93	114.10	474.56	188.72	161.32
9	DN Patel	472.10	135.47	540.25	72.41	146.43
10	SLV Raju	430.13	159.33	418.36	176.79	142.15

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA	POINTS
Wickets Per Inn	50.00
Top Form	100.00
Impact Innings	150.00

WKTS/INN

WPI RATING

Points to note about WPI 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.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	W/I	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	74	227	3.07	1,000.00	50.00
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	42	107	2.55	788.76	39.44
3	Mushtaq Ahmed	73	172	2.36	750.84	37.54
4	A Kumble	103	264	2.56	727.08	36.35
5	SK Warne	146	351	2.40	718.65	35.93
6	PR Adams	47	86	1.83	560.40	28.02
7	DL Vettori	47	91	1.94	557.77	27.89
8	SLV Raju	49	92	1.88	548.00	27.40
9	PCR Tufnell	68	119	1.75	525.19	26.26
10	DN Patel	46	74	1.61	442.86	22.14

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

TF is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	AVE	SR	RAT	WTG
1	SK Warne	30	91	19.92	55.56	962.40	96.24
2	A Kumble	30	89	24.07	56.09	893.60	89.36
3	M Muralitharan	30	97	31.07	67.10	824.04	82.40
4	Mushtaq Ahmed	30	73	27.55	57.27	811.27	81.13
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	20	60	25.70	57.78	753.54	75.35
6	PCR Tufnell	30	64	34.14	83.95	705.43	70.54
7	PR Adams	20	40	29.15	56.88	647.50	64.75
8	SLV Raju	26	43	36.23	91.19	535.69	53.57
9	DN Patel	26	34	50.29	96.85	472.29	47.23
10	DL Vettori	21	35	47.06	101.09	470.59	47.06

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

Impact Innings (II) are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or strike rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
The required AVE or SR is increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	II	II Perc	RAT	WTG
1	M Muralitharan	74	42	56.76	893.06	133.96
2	SK Warne	146	68	46.58	873.42	131.01
3	A Kumble	103	55	53.40	873.18	130.98
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	42	19	45.24	751.94	112.79
5	PR Adams	47	20	42.55	714.41	107.16
6	Mushtaq Ahmed	73	31	42.47	670.24	100.54
7	PCR Tufnell	68	22	32.35	485.40	72.81
8	DL Vettori	47	16	34.04	477.28	71.59
9	SLV Raju	49	17	34.69	408.45	61.27
10	DN Patel	46	13	28.26	347.33	52.10

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK	BOWLER	TF	WPI	II	SEC RAT
1	M Muralitharan	82.40	50.00	133.96	266.36
2	SK Warne	96.24	35.93	131.01	263.19
3	A Kumble	89.36	36.35	130.98	256.69
4	Saqlain Mushtaq	75.35	39.44	112.79	227.58
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	81.13	37.54	100.54	219.21
6	PR Adams	64.75	28.02	107.16	199.93
7	PCR Tufnell	70.54	26.26	72.81	169.61
8	DL Vettori	47.06	27.89	71.59	146.54
9	SLV Raju	53.57	27.40	61.27	142.24
10	DN Patel	47.23	22.14	52.10	121.47

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	PRI RAT	CON RAT	SEC RAT	FIN RAT
1	SK Warne	AUS	388.44	275.26	263.19	926.89
2	M Muralitharan	SL	327.15	253.86	266.36	847.37
3	A Kumble	IND	338.26	227.73	256.69	822.68
4	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	302.14	259.75	219.21	781.10
5	Saqlain Mushtaq	PAK	303.15	201.21	227.58	731.94
6	PR Adams	SA	282.92	201.64	199.93	684.49
7	PCR Tufnell	ENG	257.33	184.16	169.61	611.10
8	SLV Raju	IND	245.37	142.15	142.24	529.76
9	DL Vettori	NZ	219.93	161.32	146.54	527.78
10	DN Patel	NZ	223.43	146.43	121.47	491.33

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)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
TS Bowling 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter

Top Teams (TT)

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