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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). 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 Wickets Per Inning in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-10-02

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. CONSISTENT
3.1. Against All Teams
3.2. Against Top Teams
4. CONSISTENT AGAINST T7
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. WICKETS PER INNING RATING
6. TOP TEAMS
6.1. Top Teams In Asia
6.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
WPI RATING

Points to note about WICKETS PER INNING Rating:-

  • The first part gives points for wickets taken per inn.
  • The second part gives points for wkts/inn of Top 7 batsmen.

THE CRITERIA

The WPI Rating is divided into 2 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Consistent Wkts/Inn 500.00
Consistent T7 Top 7 Wkts/Inn 500.00
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 50

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 800 3.48 250.00
2 Yasir Shah 89 244 2.74 197.05
3 R Ashwin 193 527 2.73 196.26
4 Saeed Ajmal 67 178 2.66 190.95
5 A Kumble 236 619 2.62 188.52
6 SK Warne 273 708 2.59 186.40
7 HMRKB Herath 170 433 2.55 183.07
8 BS Chandrasekhar 97 242 2.49 179.32
9 SP Gupte 61 149 2.44 175.56
10 Saqlain Mushtaq 86 208 2.42 173.84
11 GP Swann 109 255 2.34 168.15
12 Danish Kaneria 112 261 2.33 167.49
13 BS Bedi 118 266 2.25 162.02
14 AL Valentine 63 139 2.21 158.58
15 Abdul Qadir 111 236 2.13 152.82

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 142 492 3.46 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 142 492 3.46 250.00
2 Saqlain Mushtaq 43 120 2.79 201.36
3 SK Warne 211 559 2.65 191.16
4 R Ashwin 141 368 2.61 188.32
5 A Kumble 159 407 2.56 184.70
6 Saeed Ajmal 53 132 2.49 179.71
7 BS Chandrasekhar 83 206 2.48 179.08
8 Yasir Shah 54 132 2.44 176.38
9 Abdul Qadir 79 193 2.44 176.28
10 HMRKB Herath 123 299 2.43 175.40
11 AL Valentine 38 86 2.26 163.30
12 SP Gupte 51 115 2.25 162.70
13 GP Swann 75 167 2.23 160.66
14 Danish Kaneria 87 193 2.22 160.07
15 BS Bedi 104 225 2.16 156.10

CONSISTENT AGAINST T7

Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wickets Per Inns

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 60
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 540 2.35 250.00
2 Yasir Shah 89 167 1.88 199.80
3 R Ashwin 193 356 1.84 196.41
4 A Kumble 236 418 1.77 188.60
5 BS Chandrasekhar 97 171 1.76 187.71
6 HMRKB Herath 170 297 1.75 186.03
7 Saeed Ajmal 67 117 1.75 185.95
8 SP Gupte 61 103 1.69 179.80
9 GP Swann 109 182 1.67 177.79
10 BS Bedi 118 195 1.65 175.97
11 SK Warne 273 445 1.63 173.57
12 AL Valentine 63 102 1.62 172.40
13 Danish Kaneria 112 180 1.61 171.13
14 Saqlain Mushtaq 86 136 1.58 168.39
15 Abdul Qadir 111 158 1.42 151.57

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS T7 WKTS/INN RAT
TS M Muralitharan 142 342 2.41 250.00
1 M Muralitharan 142 342 2.41 250.00
2 Saqlain Mushtaq 43 82 1.91 197.95
3 R Ashwin 141 249 1.77 183.31
4 BS Chandrasekhar 83 145 1.75 181.34
5 Saeed Ajmal 53 90 1.70 176.27
6 SK Warne 211 358 1.70 176.12
7 Abdul Qadir 79 134 1.70 176.07
8 GP Swann 75 125 1.67 173.00
8 A Kumble 159 265 1.67 173.00
8 Yasir Shah 54 90 1.67 173.00
11 HMRKB Herath 123 203 1.65 171.31
12 AL Valentine 38 62 1.63 169.36
13 SP Gupte 51 80 1.57 162.83
14 BS Bedi 104 163 1.57 162.69
15 Danish Kaneria 87 128 1.47 152.72

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 CON TT CON T7 CON T7 TT WPI RAT
1 M Muralitharan 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 1,000.00
2 R Ashwin 196.26 188.32 196.41 183.31 764.30
3 Yasir Shah 197.05 176.38 199.80 173.00 746.23
4 Saqlain Mushtaq 173.84 201.36 168.39 197.95 741.53
5 A Kumble 188.52 184.70 188.60 173.00 734.82
6 Saeed Ajmal 190.95 179.71 185.95 176.27 732.87
7 BS Chandrasekhar 179.32 179.08 187.71 181.34 727.45
8 SK Warne 186.40 191.16 173.57 176.12 727.25
9 HMRKB Herath 183.07 175.40 186.03 171.31 715.81
10 SP Gupte 175.56 162.70 179.80 162.83 680.89
11 GP Swann 168.15 160.66 177.79 173.00 679.61
12 AL Valentine 158.58 163.30 172.40 169.36 663.64
13 BS Bedi 162.02 156.10 175.97 162.69 656.78
14 Abdul Qadir 152.82 176.28 151.57 176.07 656.73
15 Danish Kaneria 167.49 160.07 171.13 152.72 651.41

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 SL PAK AUS ENG NZ

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5
1950s AUS ENG WI SA PAK
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG
2000s AUS SA ENG IND NZ
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND
2020s AUS NZ ENG SA IND

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