Tests - Best Spin Bowlers Wickets Per Inning

Top 15 Spin Bowlers With Most Wkts Per Inn

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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 WPI Rating in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. Bowled Victims
3.4. Top 7 Victims
4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
5. BRIEF EXPLANATION
5.1. Dynamic Nature
5.2. Trend Setter (TS)
5.3. Top Teams (TT)
5.4. Abbreviations
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • It gives points for three criteria.
  • The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams..
  • The number of bowled victims per inn.
  • The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 160.00
Cons TT Wkts/Inn Vs TT 240.00
Cons BLD Bowled/Inn 300.00
Cons T Top 7 Victims/Inn 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 75
Min Wkts (TT) 60
Min Wkts (BLD) 25
Min Wkts (T7) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 160.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 160.00
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 122 2.98 136.88
3 Yasir Shah 89 244 2.74 126.11
4 R Ashwin 200 537 2.69 123.51
5 Saeed Ajmal 67 178 2.66 122.21
6 A Kumble 236 619 2.62 120.65
7 SK Warne 273 708 2.59 119.30
8 HMRKB Herath 170 433 2.55 117.16
9 BS Chandrasekhar 97 242 2.49 114.76
10 Taijul Islam 102 250 2.45 112.75
11 SCG MacGill 85 208 2.45 112.56
12 SP Gupte 61 149 2.44 112.36
13 GP Swann 109 255 2.34 107.61
14 AY Patel 39 91 2.33 107.33
15 S Ramadhin 76 158 2.08 95.63

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 134 452 3.37 240.00
1 M Muralitharan 134 452 3.37 240.00
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 27 87 3.22 229.26
3 SK Warne 168 451 2.68 191.01
4 A Kumble 143 368 2.57 183.10
5 Saeed Ajmal 51 130 2.55 181.36
6 R Ashwin 144 366 2.54 180.84
7 HMRKB Herath 117 284 2.43 172.71
8 Yasir Shah 54 131 2.43 172.61
9 BS Chandrasekhar 77 185 2.40 170.95
10 SP Gupte 40 94 2.35 167.20
11 AY Patel 27 63 2.33 166.02
12 SCG MacGill 49 114 2.33 165.53
13 GP Swann 72 157 2.18 155.15
14 Taijul Islam 41 89 2.17 154.45
15 S Ramadhin 45 85 1.89 134.40

Bowled Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 214 0.93 300.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 214 0.93 300.00
2 S Ramadhin 76 68 0.89 288.49
3 Yasir Shah 89 73 0.82 264.46
4 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 32 0.78 251.65
5 SP Gupte 61 43 0.70 227.29
6 BS Chandrasekhar 97 68 0.70 226.03
7 HMRKB Herath 170 117 0.69 221.91
8 GP Swann 109 68 0.62 201.15
9 R Ashwin 200 123 0.62 198.29
10 SCG MacGill 85 51 0.60 193.46
11 Taijul Islam 102 61 0.60 192.83
12 Saeed Ajmal 67 40 0.60 192.50
13 AY Patel 39 22 0.56 181.88
14 SK Warne 273 152 0.56 179.52
15 A Kumble 236 118 0.50 161.21

Top 7 Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 300.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 300.00
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 41 94 2.29 292.95
3 Yasir Shah 89 167 1.88 239.76
4 R Ashwin 200 365 1.83 233.19
5 A Kumble 236 418 1.77 226.32
6 BS Chandrasekhar 97 171 1.76 225.26
7 HMRKB Herath 170 297 1.75 223.24
8 Saeed Ajmal 67 117 1.75 223.13
9 Taijul Islam 102 176 1.73 220.48
10 SP Gupte 61 103 1.69 215.76
11 GP Swann 109 182 1.67 213.35
12 AY Patel 39 64 1.64 209.69
13 SK Warne 273 445 1.63 208.28
14 SCG MacGill 85 127 1.49 190.92
15 S Ramadhin 76 110 1.45 184.94

WICKETS PER INNING RATING

The WICKETS PER INNING (WPI) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER CON C TT C BLD C TBN WPI RAT
1 M Muralitharan 160.00 240.00 300.00 300.00 1,000.00
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 136.88 229.26 251.65 292.95 910.75
3 Yasir Shah 126.11 172.61 264.46 239.76 802.95
4 BS Chandrasekhar 114.76 170.95 226.03 225.26 737.00
5 R Ashwin 123.51 180.84 198.29 233.19 735.84
6 HMRKB Herath 117.16 172.71 221.91 223.24 735.01
7 SP Gupte 112.36 167.20 227.29 215.76 722.61
8 Saeed Ajmal 122.21 181.36 192.50 223.13 719.20
9 S Ramadhin 95.63 134.40 288.49 184.94 703.46
10 SK Warne 119.30 191.01 179.52 208.28 698.11
11 A Kumble 120.65 183.10 161.21 226.32 691.29
12 Taijul Islam 112.75 154.45 192.83 220.48 680.50
13 GP Swann 107.61 155.15 201.15 213.35 677.26
14 AY Patel 107.33 166.02 181.88 209.69 664.92
15 SCG MacGill 112.56 165.53 193.46 190.92 662.47

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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