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). Here are the Top 15 Spin bowlers with most Wkts Per Inning in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

3. CONSISTENT

3.1. Against All Teams

3.2. Against Top Teams

3.3. Bowled Victims

3.4. LBW Victims

3.5. Caught Victims

4. WICKETS PER INNING RATING

5. TOP TEAMS

5.1. Top Teams In Asia

5.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Consistent	Wkts/Inn	200.00
Cons TT	Wkts/Inn Vs TT	300.00
Cons BLD	Bowled/Inn	250.00
Cons LBW	LBW/Inn	150.00
Cons CGT	Caught/Inn	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.

Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
The top teams are calculated by decades.
Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
A bowler's performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT)	30
Min Career Wkts	50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets	100
Min Wkts (TT)	50
Min Wkts (BLD)	20
Min Wkts (LBW)	20
Min Wkts (CGT)	20

Against All Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	230	800	3.48	200.00
1	M Muralitharan	230	800	3.48	200.00
2	Yasir Shah	89	244	2.74	157.64
3	R Ashwin	200	537	2.69	154.39
4	Saeed Ajmal	67	178	2.66	152.76
5	A Kumble	236	619	2.62	150.82
6	SK Warne	273	708	2.59	149.12
7	HMRKB Herath	170	433	2.55	146.46
8	BS Chandrasekhar	97	242	2.49	143.45
9	Taijul Islam	102	250	2.45	140.93
10	SCG MacGill	85	208	2.45	140.71
11	SP Gupte	61	149	2.44	140.45
12	Saqlain Mushtaq	86	208	2.42	139.07
13	GP Swann	109	255	2.34	134.52
14	Abdur Rehman	43	99	2.30	132.38
15	S Ramadhin	76	158	2.08	119.54

Against Top Teams

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	142	492	3.46	300.00
1	M Muralitharan	142	492	3.46	300.00
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	43	120	2.79	241.63
3	SK Warne	211	559	2.65	229.39
4	A Kumble	159	407	2.56	221.64
5	R Ashwin	144	366	2.54	220.07
6	Saeed Ajmal	53	132	2.49	215.65
7	BS Chandrasekhar	83	206	2.48	214.90
8	HMRKB Herath	123	299	2.43	210.48
9	Yasir Shah	54	131	2.43	210.05
10	SCG MacGill	43	103	2.40	207.40
11	Taijul Islam	44	102	2.32	200.72
12	Abdur Rehman	31	70	2.26	195.52
13	SP Gupte	51	115	2.25	195.24
14	GP Swann	75	167	2.23	192.80
15	S Ramadhin	57	113	1.98	171.65

Bowled Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	230	214	0.93	250.00
1	M Muralitharan	230	214	0.93	250.00
2	S Ramadhin	76	68	0.89	240.41
3	Yasir Shah	89	73	0.82	220.39
4	SP Gupte	61	43	0.70	189.41
5	BS Chandrasekhar	97	68	0.70	188.36
6	HMRKB Herath	170	117	0.69	184.92
7	GP Swann	109	68	0.62	167.62
8	R Ashwin	200	123	0.62	165.25
9	SCG MacGill	85	51	0.60	161.21
10	Taijul Islam	102	61	0.60	160.69
11	Saeed Ajmal	67	40	0.60	160.41
12	Abdur Rehman	43	25	0.58	156.22
13	SK Warne	273	152	0.56	149.60
14	A Kumble	236	118	0.50	134.35
15	Saqlain Mushtaq	86	42	0.49	131.22

LBW Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	Saeed Ajmal	67	59	0.88	150.00
1	Saeed Ajmal	67	59	0.88	150.00
2	A Kumble	236	156	0.66	112.60
3	M Muralitharan	230	150	0.65	111.09
4	Abdur Rehman	43	28	0.65	110.92
5	GP Swann	109	70	0.64	109.39
6	Taijul Islam	102	65	0.64	108.55
7	HMRKB Herath	170	108	0.64	108.22
8	Yasir Shah	89	54	0.61	103.35
9	R Ashwin	200	117	0.59	99.65
10	SK Warne	273	138	0.51	86.11
11	BS Chandrasekhar	97	42	0.43	73.76
12	SP Gupte	61	26	0.43	72.60
13	Saqlain Mushtaq	86	35	0.41	69.32
14	SCG MacGill	85	33	0.39	66.13
15	S Ramadhin	76	29	0.38	65.00

Caught Victims

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	WKTS	WKTS/INN	RAT
TS	M Muralitharan	230	435	1.89	100.00
1	M Muralitharan	230	435	1.89	100.00
2	SK Warne	273	418	1.53	80.96
3	Saqlain Mushtaq	86	131	1.52	80.54
4	R Ashwin	200	297	1.49	78.52
5	A Kumble	236	345	1.46	77.29
6	SCG MacGill	85	123	1.45	76.51
7	BS Chandrasekhar	97	132	1.36	71.95
8	Yasir Shah	89	117	1.31	69.51
9	SP Gupte	61	80	1.31	69.34
10	HMRKB Herath	170	208	1.22	64.69
11	Taijul Islam	102	124	1.22	64.28
12	Saeed Ajmal	67	79	1.18	62.34
13	GP Swann	109	117	1.07	56.75
14	Abdur Rehman	43	46	1.07	56.56
15	S Ramadhin	76	61	0.80	42.44

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 LBW	C CGT	WPI RAT
1	M Muralitharan	200.00	300.00	250.00	111.09	100.00	961.09
2	Yasir Shah	157.64	210.05	220.39	103.35	69.51	760.94
3	Saeed Ajmal	152.76	215.65	160.41	150.00	62.34	741.16
4	R Ashwin	154.39	220.07	165.25	99.65	78.52	717.87
5	HMRKB Herath	146.46	210.48	184.92	108.22	64.69	714.77
6	A Kumble	150.82	221.64	134.35	112.60	77.29	696.69
7	SK Warne	149.12	229.39	149.60	86.11	80.96	695.17
8	BS Chandrasekhar	143.45	214.90	188.36	73.76	71.95	692.42
9	Taijul Islam	140.93	200.72	160.69	108.55	64.28	675.17
10	SP Gupte	140.45	195.24	189.41	72.60	69.34	667.04
11	Saqlain Mushtaq	139.07	241.63	131.22	69.32	80.54	661.79
12	GP Swann	134.52	192.80	167.62	109.39	56.75	661.09
13	SCG MacGill	140.71	207.40	161.21	66.13	76.51	651.97
14	Abdur Rehman	132.38	195.52	156.22	110.92	56.56	651.60
15	S Ramadhin	119.54	171.65	240.41	65.00	42.44	639.04

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	IND	SL	PAK	SA	ENG
2010s	IND	PAK	SL	ENG	SA	AUS
2020s	IND	AUS	PAK	NZ	SA	ENG