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). The Top 7 (T7) Rating is performance of bowlers against Top 7 Batsmen of Top Teams. Here are the Top 15 Spin bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

CONTENTS

3. PROLIFIC

6. TOP 7 VICTIMS RATING

7. TOP TEAMS

7.1. Top Teams In Asia

7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The TOP 7 VICTIMS Rating is divided into three main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Wickets Taken	250.00
Consistent	Wkts/Inn	600.00
Perc7	%age of Top 7 Victims	150.00

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	50
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR)	60

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	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	148	185	150.00
1	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	148	185	150.00
2	DL Underwood	ENG	1966	1982	1974	151	176	142.70
3	R Benaud	AUS	1952	1964	1958	116	166	134.59
4	BS Bedi	IND	1966	1979	1972.5	118	163	132.16
5	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	1964	1979	1971.5	97	145	117.57
6	FJ Titmus	ENG	1955	1975	1965	90	106	85.95
7	DA Allen	ENG	1960	1966	1963	65	84	68.11
8	SP Gupte	IND	1951	1961	1956	61	80	64.86
9	B Yardley	AUS	1978	1983	1980.5	58	78	63.24
9	DR Doshi	IND	1979	1983	1981	55	78	63.24
11	NS Yadav	IND	1979	1987	1983	61	66	53.51
12	HJ Howarth	NZ	1969	1977	1973	50	65	52.70

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	SK Warne	AUS	1992	2007	1999.5	273	358	200.00
1	SK Warne	AUS	1992	2007	1999.5	273	358	200.00
2	M Muralitharan	SL	1992	2010	2001	230	342	191.06

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	T7 WKTS	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2023	2017	228	265	170.00
1	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2023	2017	228	265	170.00

CONSISTENT

Wkts/Inn

In the T7 Rating, instead of Average, Wickets/Inning (WKTS/INN) is used as a measure of Consistency. Overall and Away matches are two parts of this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wkts/Inn

In All Matches

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	T7 WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	BS Chandrasekhar	97	145	1.49	300.00
1	BS Chandrasekhar	97	145	1.49	300.00
2	M Muralitharan	230	342	1.49	298.42
3	R Benaud	116	166	1.43	287.19
4	DR Doshi	55	78	1.42	284.61
5	BS Bedi	118	163	1.38	277.22
6	B Yardley	58	78	1.34	269.89
7	SP Gupte	61	80	1.31	263.20
8	SK Warne	273	358	1.31	263.18
9	HJ Howarth	50	65	1.30	260.90
10	DA Allen	65	84	1.29	259.35
11	LR Gibbs	148	185	1.25	250.86
12	FJ Titmus	90	106	1.18	236.37
13	DL Underwood	151	176	1.17	233.92
14	NM Lyon	228	265	1.16	233.26
15	NS Yadav	61	66	1.08	217.14

In Away Matches

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	T7 WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	SP Gupte	25	42	1.68	300.00
1	SP Gupte	25	42	1.68	300.00
2	HJ Howarth	29	48	1.66	295.57
3	NS Yadav	12	19	1.58	282.74
4	M Muralitharan	96	151	1.57	280.88
5	DA Allen	43	67	1.56	278.24
6	R Benaud	62	96	1.55	276.50
7	SK Warne	144	221	1.53	274.06
8	BS Chandrasekhar	42	62	1.48	263.61
9	BS Bedi	64	93	1.45	259.49
10	FJ Titmus	52	75	1.44	257.55
11	DR Doshi	18	25	1.39	248.02
12	B Yardley	22	29	1.32	235.39
13	LR Gibbs	89	116	1.30	232.74
14	NM Lyon	112	142	1.27	226.40
15	DL Underwood	78	97	1.24	222.07

TOP 7 PERCENTAGE

T7 Perc

This criteria gives you the percentage of victims of the bowler which were Top 7 batsmen. Like, if a bowler has 50 Wkts and out of those 40 are top 7 batsmen. Then the T7 PERC is 40/50*100 or 80%.

Criteria: Percentage of Top 7 Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	OV WKTS	T7 WKTS	%AGE	RAT
TS	HJ Howarth	50	86	65	75.58	200.00
1	HJ Howarth	50	86	65	75.58	200.00
2	FJ Titmus	90	153	106	69.28	183.33
3	DA Allen	65	122	84	68.85	182.19
4	DR Doshi	55	114	78	68.42	181.05
5	R Benaud	116	248	166	66.94	177.12
6	NS Yadav	61	102	66	64.71	171.22
7	B Yardley	58	126	78	61.90	163.81
8	BS Bedi	118	266	163	61.28	162.15
9	BS Chandrasekhar	97	242	145	59.92	158.55
10	LR Gibbs	148	309	185	59.87	158.43
11	DL Underwood	151	297	176	59.26	156.81
12	SP Gupte	61	149	80	53.69	142.08
13	NM Lyon	228	496	265	53.43	141.38
14	SK Warne	273	708	358	50.56	133.80
15	M Muralitharan	230	800	342	42.75	113.12

TOP 7 VICTIMS RATING

The TOP 7 VICTIMS (T7) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	CON AW	PERC 7	T7 RAT
1	M Muralitharan	191.06	298.42	280.88	113.12	883.48
2	R Benaud	134.59	287.19	276.50	177.12	875.41
3	SK Warne	200.00	263.18	274.06	133.80	871.04
4	BS Chandrasekhar	117.57	300.00	263.61	158.55	839.72
5	BS Bedi	132.16	277.22	259.49	162.15	831.02
6	HJ Howarth	52.70	260.90	295.57	200.00	809.17
7	LR Gibbs	150.00	250.86	232.74	158.43	792.03
8	DA Allen	68.11	259.35	278.24	182.19	787.89
9	DR Doshi	63.24	284.61	248.02	181.05	776.93
10	NM Lyon	170.00	233.26	226.40	141.38	771.04
11	SP Gupte	64.86	263.20	300.00	142.08	770.14
12	FJ Titmus	85.95	236.37	257.55	183.33	763.20
13	DL Underwood	142.70	233.92	222.07	156.81	755.50
14	B Yardley	63.24	269.89	235.39	163.81	732.34
15	NS Yadav	53.51	217.14	282.74	171.22	724.61

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

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	SA	ENG	IND

Top 15 Spin Bowlers Against Top 7 Batsmen In Tests