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). Only bowlers active till at least 2022 are considered in this rating. Here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in matches in last 5 years 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. CURRENT RATING

8. TOP TEAMS

8.1. Top Teams In Asia

8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT 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

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	NM Lyon	AUS	79	190	200.00
1	NM Lyon	AUS	79	190	200.00
2	R Ashwin	IND	62	162	170.53
3	MJ Leach	ENG	57	122	128.42
4	Taijul Islam	BAN	40	108	113.68
5	RA Jadeja	IND	57	97	102.11
6	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	BAN	42	93	97.89
7	Yasir Shah	PAK	35	79	83.16
8	KA Maharaj	SA	42	68	71.58
9	MM Ali	ENG	28	59	62.11
10	AY Patel	NZ	25	48	50.53

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	R Ashwin	62	3199	162	19.75	20.83	200.00
1	R Ashwin	62	3199	162	19.75	20.83	200.00
2	RA Jadeja	57	2410	97	24.85	25.53	163.22
3	NM Lyon	79	5520	190	29.05	26.44	157.56
4	AY Patel	25	1510	48	31.46	29.84	139.62
5	Yasir Shah	35	2798	79	35.42	31.58	131.91
6	MM Ali	28	1949	59	33.03	31.63	131.70
7	MJ Leach	57	4126	122	33.82	31.90	130.62
8	KA Maharaj	42	2566	68	37.74	32.20	129.39
9	Taijul Islam	40	3224	108	29.85	32.47	128.33
10	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	42	2951	93	31.73	34.11	122.13

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	R Ashwin	43	2262	114	19.84	20.93	200.00
1	R Ashwin	43	2262	114	19.84	20.93	200.00
2	NM Lyon	64	4527	156	29.02	26.41	158.50
3	RA Jadeja	37	1758	67	26.24	26.96	155.29
4	AY Patel	22	1429	48	29.77	28.24	148.25
5	MJ Leach	45	3281	97	33.82	31.90	131.23
6	MM Ali	22	1601	44	36.39	34.84	120.14
7	Taijul Islam	13	1210	32	37.81	41.12	101.80
8	Yasir Shah	17	1452	29	50.07	44.65	93.76
9	KA Maharaj	24	1900	36	52.78	45.04	92.96
10	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	16	1405	29	48.45	52.09	80.37

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	R Ashwin	62	7642	162	47.17	56.98	300.00
1	R Ashwin	62	7642	162	47.17	56.98	300.00
2	MM Ali	28	3218	59	54.54	63.75	268.12
3	Yasir Shah	35	4978	79	63.01	67.16	254.50
4	NM Lyon	79	12228	190	64.36	70.08	243.91
5	AY Patel	25	2999	48	62.48	70.20	243.50
6	RA Jadeja	57	5713	97	58.90	71.61	238.71
7	KA Maharaj	42	4821	68	70.90	72.06	237.21
8	MJ Leach	57	8068	122	66.13	74.56	229.25
9	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	42	5960	93	64.09	77.37	220.94
10	Taijul Islam	40	6915	108	64.03	79.46	215.12

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	NM Lyon	8/64	6/49	6/122	6/128	5/50	6.20	100.00
1	R Ashwin	7/71	7/145	6/61	6/91	5/37	6.20	100.00
1	NM Lyon	8/64	6/49	6/122	6/128	5/50	6.20	100.00
3	Taijul Islam	7/116	6/33	6/108	6/135	5/58	6.00	96.77
4	Yasir Shah	8/41	6/143	5/110	4/58	4/66	5.40	87.10
4	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	7/58	5/38	5/59	5/63	5/82	5.40	87.10
4	KA Maharaj	7/32	7/40	5/36	5/180	3/71	5.40	87.10
4	AY Patel	10/119	5/59	5/89	4/106	3/42	5.40	87.10
8	RA Jadeja	7/42	5/41	5/47	4/40	4/46	5.00	80.65
8	MJ Leach	5/66	5/83	5/100	5/122	5/157	5.00	80.65
10	MM Ali	4/36	4/66	4/71	4/72	4/92	4.00	64.52

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) 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	CUR RAT
1	R Ashwin	170.53	400.00	300.00	100.00	970.53
2	NM Lyon	200.00	316.06	243.91	100.00	859.97
3	RA Jadeja	102.11	318.51	238.71	80.65	739.97
4	MJ Leach	128.42	261.86	229.25	80.65	700.18
5	AY Patel	50.53	287.87	243.50	87.10	668.99
6	Taijul Islam	113.68	230.13	215.12	96.77	655.71
7	Yasir Shah	83.16	225.68	254.50	87.10	650.44
8	MM Ali	62.11	251.84	268.12	64.52	646.59
9	KA Maharaj	71.58	222.34	237.21	87.10	618.22
10	Mehedi Hasan Miraz	97.89	202.50	220.94	87.10	608.43

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