Tests - Best Spin Bowlers Five Wicket Hauls

Top 15 Test Spin Bowlers 5 Wicket Hauls Rating

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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 15 Spin bowlers in FF Rating in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
4.3. In Home Matches
4.4. In Away Matches
5. 5 WKT HAULS RATING
6. BRIEF EXPLANATION
6.1. Dynamic Nature
6.2. Trend Setter (TS)
6.3. Top Teams (TT)
6.4. Abbreviations
5WH RATING

Points to note about 5 WKT HAULS Rating:-

  • It gives points for two criteria.
  • The total number of Five Wicket Hauls.
  • Number of Inns per 5WH in various scenarios.

THE CRITERIA

The 5WH Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Total Five Fors 250.00
Consistent Inns/FF 200.00
Top Teams Inns/FF (TT) 300.00
At Home Inns/FF (HM) 50.00
Away From Home Inns/FF (AW) 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Innings At Home 10
Min Innings Away 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 Total 5 Fors

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS 5WH RAT
TS LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 18 210.00
1 LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 18 210.00
2 R Benaud AUS 1952 1964 1958 116 16 186.67
2 BS Chandrasekhar IND 1964 1979 1971.5 97 16 186.67
4 SP Gupte IND 1951 1961 1956 61 12 140.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS 5WH RAT
TS Abdul Qadir PAK 1977 1990 1983.5 111 15 210.00
1 Abdul Qadir PAK 1977 1990 1983.5 111 15 210.00
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS 5WH RAT
TS M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 67 250.00
1 M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 67 250.00
2 SK Warne AUS 1992 2007 1999.5 273 37 138.06
3 A Kumble IND 1990 2008 1999 236 35 130.60
4 HMRKB Herath SL 1999 2018 2008.5 170 34 126.87
5 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 1995 2004 1999.5 86 13 48.51
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS 5WH RAT
TS R Ashwin IND 2011 2024 2017.5 200 37 230.00
1 R Ashwin IND 2011 2024 2017.5 200 37 230.00
2 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2007 2024 2015.5 121 19 118.11
3 Taijul Islam BAN 2014 2025 2019.5 102 17 105.68
4 Yasir Shah PAK 2014 2022 2018 89 16 99.46
5 NGRP Jayasuriya SL 2022 2025 2023.5 41 12 74.59

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Inns Per 5 Wkt Hauls

Min Qualification For TS
Min FF 10
Min FF (TT) 5
Min FF (HM) 5
Min FF (AW) 5

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS 5WH Inns/5WH RAT
TS NGRP Jayasuriya 41 12 3.42 200.00
1 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 12 3.42 200.00
2 M Muralitharan 230 67 3.43 199.06
3 HMRKB Herath 170 34 5.00 136.67
4 SP Gupte 61 12 5.08 134.43
5 R Ashwin 200 37 5.41 126.42
6 Yasir Shah 89 16 5.56 122.85
7 Taijul Islam 102 17 6.00 113.89
8 BS Chandrasekhar 97 16 6.06 112.71
9 Shakib Al Hasan 121 19 6.37 107.30
10 Saqlain Mushtaq 86 13 6.62 103.29
11 A Kumble 236 35 6.74 101.34
12 R Benaud 116 16 7.25 94.25
13 SK Warne 273 37 7.38 92.61
14 Abdul Qadir 111 15 7.40 92.34
15 LR Gibbs 148 18 8.22 83.11

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS 5WH Inns/5WH RAT
TS NGRP Jayasuriya 27 8 3.38 300.00
1 NGRP Jayasuriya 27 8 3.38 300.00
2 M Muralitharan 134 36 3.72 272.01
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 33 8 4.13 245.45
4 HMRKB Herath 117 20 5.85 173.08
5 BS Chandrasekhar 77 13 5.92 170.94
6 Shakib Al Hasan 61 10 6.10 165.98
7 A Kumble 143 23 6.22 162.85
8 R Ashwin 144 23 6.26 161.72
9 SK Warne 168 24 7.00 144.64
10 Abdul Qadir 53 7 7.57 133.73
11 LR Gibbs 108 14 7.71 131.25
11 Yasir Shah 54 7 7.71 131.25
13 SP Gupte 40 5 8.00 126.56
14 Taijul Islam 41 4 10.25 98.78
15 R Benaud 76 6 12.67 79.93

In Home Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS 5WH Inns/5WH RAT
TS NGRP Jayasuriya 26 11 2.36 50.00
1 NGRP Jayasuriya 26 11 2.36 50.00
2 M Muralitharan 134 45 2.98 39.69
3 HMRKB Herath 92 26 3.54 33.40
4 R Ashwin 127 29 4.38 26.99
5 A Kumble 115 25 4.60 25.69
6 Yasir Shah 41 8 5.13 23.06
7 Shakib Al Hasan 76 14 5.43 21.77
8 Abdul Qadir 68 12 5.67 20.86
9 SP Gupte 36 6 6.00 19.70
10 Taijul Islam 73 12 6.08 19.43
11 BS Chandrasekhar 55 8 6.88 17.19
12 SK Warne 129 15 8.60 13.74
13 LR Gibbs 59 6 9.83 12.02
14 Saqlain Mushtaq 40 4 10.00 11.82
15 R Benaud 54 5 10.80 10.94

In Away Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS 5WH Inns/5WH RAT
TS SP Gupte 25 6 4.17 200.00
1 SP Gupte 25 6 4.17 200.00
2 M Muralitharan 96 22 4.36 190.97
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 46 9 5.11 163.04
4 BS Chandrasekhar 42 8 5.25 158.73
5 R Benaud 62 11 5.64 147.85
6 Taijul Islam 29 5 5.80 143.68
7 Yasir Shah 48 8 6.00 138.89
8 SK Warne 144 22 6.55 127.31
9 LR Gibbs 89 12 7.42 112.36
10 Shakib Al Hasan 45 5 9.00 92.59
11 R Ashwin 73 8 9.13 91.32
12 HMRKB Herath 78 8 9.75 85.47
13 A Kumble 121 10 12.10 68.87
14 Abdul Qadir 43 3 14.33 58.14
15 NGRP Jayasuriya 15 1 15.00 55.56

5 WKT HAULS RATING

The 5 WKT HAULS (5WH) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON C TT C HM C AW 5WH RAT
1 M Muralitharan 250.00 199.06 272.01 39.69 190.97 951.73
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 74.59 200.00 300.00 50.00 55.56 680.15
3 BS Chandrasekhar 186.67 112.71 170.94 17.19 158.73 646.24
4 R Ashwin 230.00 126.42 161.72 26.99 91.32 636.45
5 SP Gupte 140.00 134.43 126.56 19.70 200.00 620.69
6 Saqlain Mushtaq 48.51 103.29 245.45 11.82 163.04 572.12
7 HMRKB Herath 126.87 136.67 173.08 33.40 85.47 555.48
8 LR Gibbs 210.00 83.11 131.25 12.02 112.36 548.74
9 R Benaud 186.67 94.25 79.93 10.94 147.85 519.65
10 SK Warne 138.06 92.61 144.64 13.74 127.31 516.37
11 Yasir Shah 99.46 122.85 131.25 23.06 138.89 515.50
12 Abdul Qadir 210.00 92.34 133.73 20.86 58.14 515.06
13 Shakib Al Hasan 118.11 107.30 165.98 21.77 92.59 505.75
14 A Kumble 130.60 101.34 162.85 25.69 68.87 489.35
15 Taijul Islam 105.68 113.89 98.78 19.43 143.68 481.45

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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