Current Rating - Best Test Spin Bowlers

Top 7 Current Spin Bowlers In Test Cricket

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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 7 Spin bowlers in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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. CURRENT RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in the last 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2025 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR 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

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS NM Lyon AUS 71 168 250.00
1 NM Lyon AUS 71 168 250.00
2 RA Jadeja IND 70 128 190.48
3 NGRP Jayasuriya SL 41 122 181.55
4 Taijul Islam BAN 45 116 172.62
5 Nauman Ali PAK 32 81 120.54
6 AY Patel NZ 25 69 102.68
7 SR Harmer SA 16 49 72.92

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 16 916 49 18.69 19.85 120.00
1 SR Harmer 16 916 49 18.69 19.85 120.00
2 NM Lyon 71 4283 168 25.49 23.71 100.46
3 AY Patel 25 1890 69 27.39 26.64 89.40
4 Nauman Ali 32 2061 81 25.44 28.03 84.99
5 RA Jadeja 70 3390 128 26.48 28.88 82.48
6 Taijul Islam 45 3346 116 28.84 32.16 74.06
7 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 3828 122 31.38 32.59 73.09

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SR Harmer 10 611 31 19.71 18.87 180.00
1 SR Harmer 10 611 31 19.71 18.87 180.00
2 NM Lyon 46 2724 101 26.97 23.44 144.87
3 AY Patel 16 1134 41 27.66 25.07 135.49
4 Taijul Islam 15 1168 43 27.16 26.98 125.89
5 Nauman Ali 16 1329 50 26.58 27.30 124.41
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 27 2712 87 31.17 30.22 112.40
7 RA Jadeja 54 2773 94 29.50 30.65 110.80

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 SR Harmer 16 1986 49 40.53 52.61 120.00
1 SR Harmer 16 1986 49 40.53 52.61 120.00
2 AY Patel 25 3395 69 49.20 60.13 104.98
3 NM Lyon 71 9142 168 54.42 61.21 103.12
4 Nauman Ali 32 3919 81 48.38 65.32 96.65
5 RA Jadeja 70 7104 128 55.50 72.21 87.42
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 7163 122 58.71 73.97 85.34
7 Taijul Islam 45 6775 116 58.41 75.24 83.90

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS AY Patel 16 1837 41 44.80 52.33 180.00
1 AY Patel 16 1837 41 44.80 52.33 180.00
2 SR Harmer 10 1353 31 43.65 53.03 177.62
3 Nauman Ali 16 2442 50 48.84 61.85 152.30
4 Taijul Islam 15 2286 43 53.16 65.03 144.84
5 NM Lyon 46 6154 101 60.93 65.04 144.83
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 27 4867 87 55.94 66.91 140.78
7 RA Jadeja 54 5757 94 61.24 77.42 121.67

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 AY Patel 10/119 6/57 6/57 6/90 5/103 6.60 50.00
1 AY Patel 10/119 6/57 6/57 6/90 5/103 6.60 50.00
1 Nauman Ali 8/46 7/70 6/41 6/42 6/107 6.60 50.00
3 NM Lyon 8/64 6/65 6/128 5/67 5/83 6.00 45.45
3 Taijul Islam 7/116 6/60 6/75 6/135 5/50 6.00 45.45
3 NGRP Jayasuriya 7/52 6/42 6/59 6/118 5/56 6.00 45.45
6 RA Jadeja 7/42 5/41 5/41 5/47 5/55 5.40 40.91
7 SR Harmer 6/37 6/50 4/21 4/30 4/51 4.80 36.36

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS Nauman Ali 8/46 6/42 6/107 6/112 4/79 6.00 100.00
1 Nauman Ali 8/46 6/42 6/107 6/112 4/79 6.00 100.00
2 NM Lyon 8/64 6/65 5/67 5/83 4/41 5.60 93.33
2 AY Patel 10/119 6/57 5/103 4/106 3/88 5.60 93.33
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 6/42 6/59 6/118 5/68 5/82 5.60 93.33
5 RA Jadeja 7/42 5/41 5/47 5/55 5/65 5.40 90.00
5 Taijul Islam 7/116 6/75 6/135 4/74 4/109 5.40 90.00
7 SR Harmer 6/37 6/50 4/21 4/30 4/51 4.80 80.00

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 NM Lyon 250.00 245.33 247.95 138.79 882.08
2 SR Harmer 72.92 300.00 297.62 116.36 786.90
3 AY Patel 102.68 224.89 284.98 143.33 755.88
4 Taijul Islam 172.62 199.95 228.74 135.45 736.76
5 NGRP Jayasuriya 181.55 185.49 226.13 138.79 731.96
6 Nauman Ali 120.54 209.39 248.95 150.00 728.87
7 RA Jadeja 190.48 193.27 209.09 130.91 723.75

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)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

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

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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