Top 15 Spin Bowlers Away From Home In Test Cricket

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 15 Spin bowlers in matches Away From Home in Test cricket.

CONTENTS

4.1. Against All Teams

4.2. Against Top Teams

5. ATTACKING

5.1. Against All Teams

5.2. Against Top Teams

6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

6.1. Against All Teams

6.2. Against Top Teams

7. AWAY RATING

8. BRIEF EXPLANATION

8.1. Dynamic Nature

8.2. Trend Setter (TS)

8.3. Top Teams (TT)

8.4. Abbreviations

AW RATING

Points to note about AWAY Rating:-

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.

THE CRITERIA

The AW Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	10
Min Career Wkts	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 1976
Era 2	MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3	MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4	MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	89	183	220.00
1	LR Gibbs	WI	1958	1976	1967	89	183	220.00
2	DL Underwood	ENG	1966	1982	1974	78	152	182.73
3	R Benaud	AUS	1952	1964	1958	62	144	173.11
4	BS Chandrasekhar	IND	1964	1979	1971.5	42	100	120.22

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	JE Emburey	ENG	1978	1995	1986.5	49	84	210.00
1	JE Emburey	ENG	1978	1995	1986.5	49	84	210.00

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	SK Warne	AUS	1992	2007	1999.5	144	389	250.00
1	SK Warne	AUS	1992	2007	1999.5	144	389	250.00
2	M Muralitharan	SL	1992	2010	2001	96	307	197.30
3	A Kumble	IND	1990	2008	1999	121	269	172.88
4	GP Swann	ENG	2008	2013	2010.5	52	135	86.76
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	PAK	1990	2003	1996.5	52	118	75.84

RANK	ERA 4	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2025	2018	126	294	240.00
1	NM Lyon	AUS	2011	2025	2018	126	294	240.00
2	R Ashwin	IND	2011	2024	2017.5	73	154	125.71
3	KA Maharaj	SA	2016	2025	2020.5	56	132	107.76
4	AY Patel	NZ	2018	2025	2021.5	32	85	69.39
5	SR Harmer	SA	2015	2025	2020	16	44	35.92

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	30
Min Wickets (TT)	24

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SR Harmer	16	1046	44	23.77	22.59	120.00
1	SR Harmer	16	1046	44	23.77	22.59	120.00
2	SK Warne	144	9575	389	24.61	22.94	118.15
3	KA Maharaj	56	3753	132	28.43	24.97	108.58
4	R Ashwin	73	4628	154	30.05	25.93	104.54
5	M Muralitharan	96	8534	307	27.80	25.98	104.34
6	GP Swann	52	4169	135	30.88	26.23	103.36
7	NM Lyon	126	8612	294	29.29	26.25	103.27
8	R Benaud	62	3507	144	24.35	26.59	101.95
9	DL Underwood	78	4159	152	27.36	26.95	100.59
10	AY Patel	32	2381	85	28.01	27.10	100.03
11	Mushtaq Ahmed	52	3773	118	31.97	27.41	98.90
12	LR Gibbs	89	5252	183	28.70	28.95	93.63
13	BS Chandrasekhar	42	3266	100	32.66	29.02	93.42
14	JE Emburey	49	3097	84	36.87	32.70	82.91
15	A Kumble	121	9645	269	35.86	33.02	82.11

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	SR Harmer	14	865	41	21.10	19.77	180.00
1	SR Harmer	14	865	41	21.10	19.77	180.00
2	SK Warne	93	6575	260	25.29	22.82	155.90
3	AY Patel	25	1761	63	27.95	26.30	135.29
4	R Ashwin	56	3668	110	33.35	26.54	134.08
5	KA Maharaj	42	3036	93	32.65	26.54	134.05
6	GP Swann	43	3308	100	33.08	26.61	133.70
7	Mushtaq Ahmed	22	1671	51	32.76	27.47	129.52
8	LR Gibbs	63	3951	136	29.05	27.52	129.28
9	NM Lyon	102	7011	217	32.31	27.54	129.21
10	M Muralitharan	56	5616	178	31.55	27.60	128.93
11	DL Underwood	42	2244	68	33.00	29.27	121.55
12	BS Chandrasekhar	32	2316	68	34.06	29.52	120.55
13	JE Emburey	43	2689	73	36.84	31.80	111.88
14	A Kumble	72	5941	162	36.67	32.12	110.77
15	R Benaud	37	1893	62	30.53	33.18	107.24

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	30
Min Wickets (TT)	24

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	SK Warne	144	21288	389	54.72	51.10	120.00
1	SK Warne	144	21288	389	54.72	51.10	120.00
2	BS Chandrasekhar	42	6778	100	67.78	56.00	109.50
3	Mushtaq Ahmed	52	7866	118	66.66	56.95	107.67
4	SR Harmer	16	2201	44	50.02	59.71	102.70
5	AY Patel	32	4288	85	50.45	60.75	100.94
6	M Muralitharan	96	18978	307	61.82	60.82	100.82
7	KA Maharaj	56	7418	132	56.20	61.25	100.11
8	NM Lyon	126	17175	294	58.42	62.47	98.15
9	R Benaud	62	10064	144	69.89	64.76	94.69
10	GP Swann	52	8513	135	63.06	64.86	94.54
11	R Ashwin	73	9613	154	62.42	64.95	94.42
12	DL Underwood	78	11889	152	78.22	68.30	89.78
13	A Kumble	121	20058	269	74.57	72.23	84.89
14	LR Gibbs	89	16005	183	87.46	75.94	80.75
15	JE Emburey	49	8534	84	101.60	85.13	72.03

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	BLS	WKTS	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	SK Warne	93	14098	260	54.22	50.83	180.00
1	SK Warne	93	14098	260	54.22	50.83	180.00
2	SR Harmer	14	1853	41	45.20	53.49	171.06
3	Mushtaq Ahmed	22	3362	51	65.92	56.10	163.08
4	BS Chandrasekhar	32	4851	68	71.34	58.02	157.71
5	AY Patel	25	3168	63	50.29	59.05	154.94
6	M Muralitharan	56	11589	178	65.11	62.92	145.43
7	GP Swann	43	6563	100	65.63	64.70	141.41
8	KA Maharaj	42	5854	93	62.95	65.10	140.56
9	NM Lyon	102	13864	217	63.89	65.51	139.68
10	R Ashwin	56	7616	110	69.24	67.94	134.67
11	A Kumble	72	11890	162	73.40	70.48	129.82
12	LR Gibbs	63	11784	136	86.65	71.73	127.55
13	DL Underwood	42	6236	68	91.71	73.80	123.97
14	R Benaud	37	5174	62	83.45	75.48	121.21
15	JE Emburey	43	7574	73	103.75	84.68	108.04

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

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	9/65	8/70	7/100	7/155	6/39	7.40	50.00
1	M Muralitharan	9/65	8/70	7/100	7/155	6/39	7.40	50.00
2	NM Lyon	8/50	8/64	7/94	7/94	6/49	7.20	48.65
3	AY Patel	10/119	6/57	6/57	6/90	5/59	6.60	44.59
4	A Kumble	8/141	6/53	6/72	6/78	6/176	6.40	43.24
4	SK Warne	7/94	7/165	6/33	6/46	6/48	6.40	43.24
4	KA Maharaj	9/129	7/102	6/40	5/36	5/59	6.40	43.24
7	LR Gibbs	7/98	6/39	6/76	6/98	5/37	6.00	40.54
7	BS Chandrasekhar	6/38	6/52	6/52	6/94	6/120	6.00	40.54
7	R Ashwin	7/71	7/83	6/46	5/42	5/52	6.00	40.54
10	R Benaud	7/72	6/52	6/70	5/43	5/49	5.80	39.19
10	DL Underwood	7/113	6/12	6/85	5/28	5/84	5.80	39.19
10	Mushtaq Ahmed	7/56	6/78	6/78	5/57	5/95	5.80	39.19
13	JE Emburey	7/78	6/33	5/78	5/80	5/124	5.60	37.84
14	GP Swann	6/82	6/106	5/54	5/57	5/90	5.40	36.49
15	SR Harmer	6/37	6/50	4/21	4/30	4/51	4.80	32.43

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	1	2	3	4	5	BBW	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	8/50	8/64	7/94	6/49	6/65	7.00	100.00
1	NM Lyon	8/50	8/64	7/94	6/49	6/65	7.00	100.00
2	M Muralitharan	8/70	7/100	6/39	6/71	6/86	6.60	94.29
3	A Kumble	8/141	6/53	6/72	6/176	5/84	6.20	88.57
3	SK Warne	7/94	6/46	6/86	6/122	6/124	6.20	88.57
3	KA Maharaj	9/129	7/102	6/40	5/94	4/58	6.20	88.57
3	AY Patel	10/119	6/57	5/59	5/89	5/103	6.20	88.57
7	BS Chandrasekhar	6/38	6/52	6/52	5/127	5/136	5.60	80.00
8	LR Gibbs	6/39	6/98	5/37	5/59	5/66	5.40	77.14
8	GP Swann	6/82	6/106	5/54	5/91	5/110	5.40	77.14
10	JE Emburey	7/78	5/78	5/80	5/124	4/46	5.20	74.29
11	Mushtaq Ahmed	6/78	5/95	5/115	4/83	4/91	4.80	68.57
11	R Ashwin	6/46	5/42	5/69	4/55	4/62	4.80	68.57
11	SR Harmer	6/37	6/50	4/21	4/30	4/51	4.80	68.57
14	R Benaud	6/70	5/93	4/15	4/42	4/69	4.60	65.71
14	DL Underwood	7/113	5/94	4/66	4/102	3/16	4.60	65.71

AWAY RATING

The AWAY (AW) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BOWLER	PRO	CON	ATT	BBW	AW RAT
1	SK Warne	250.00	274.05	300.00	131.81	955.87
2	NM Lyon	240.00	232.47	237.83	148.65	858.95
3	M Muralitharan	197.30	233.27	246.25	144.29	821.10
4	LR Gibbs	220.00	222.91	208.30	117.68	768.89
5	DL Underwood	182.73	222.14	213.75	104.90	723.53
6	KA Maharaj	107.76	242.62	240.66	131.81	722.86
7	BS Chandrasekhar	120.22	213.97	267.21	120.54	721.94
8	A Kumble	172.88	192.88	214.71	131.81	712.29
9	SR Harmer	35.92	300.00	273.76	101.00	710.68
10	R Benaud	173.11	209.19	215.91	104.90	703.12
11	R Ashwin	125.71	238.62	229.08	109.11	702.53
12	JE Emburey	210.00	194.78	180.07	112.12	696.98
13	AY Patel	69.39	235.31	255.88	133.17	693.75
14	Mushtaq Ahmed	75.84	228.42	270.75	107.76	682.77
15	GP Swann	86.76	237.06	235.95	113.63	673.40

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 condition.